Far-Flung Topics From A Bright Busy Era
A miscellany of social quips and observations spans science weather and manners. Highlights include a Maine lobster catch totaling eight million dollars with few left, a Perseus star racing at six thousand miles per second, and several marriage notes within a Kansas family. The piece ponders German women’s labor, a Paris princess doing her own housework, and a boastful Brooklyn husband famed for paying alimony in stamps. It also critiques advertising by doctors, notes the gray hair bacillus and a craze for life elixirs, and reflects on first and last words of famous figures amid insurance woes and aging.
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Ward McAllister
Republic
C. W. de Lyon Nichols
New York
Dr. Nichols
New York City
Newport
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Nichols
Rome
Grand Hotel
Palestra
Quirinal
Italy
Corso
Paris
London
States
White House
Astor Court
Astor
War on Dirt Frames Havana as Model for Public Health
The piece extols Havana’s postwar cleanup and a dramatic drop in November yellow fever deaths, praising American sanitation efforts and stricter public health measures. It notes centuries of filth, front-yard slaughter and dog scavenging replaced by military-led hygiene, fighting disease and improving life in Cuba’s first city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Spain
Cuba
Sam
Germans in Brazil Drive Public Progress Across Regions
German settlers in southern Brazil exceed 300000 in number and help shape the economy by founding banks and funding public improvements. Their presence strengthens local markets and infrastructure through a growing immigrant community.
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Brasil
Brazil
When Love Passed By Poem by Solomon Solis-Cohen
A lyric poem where a speaker chooses sowing and harvest over love, then calls to Love with a weary longing to follow as regrets and ghosts haunt the heart. The narrator alternates between pursuit of earthly labor and desire for affection, ending with a vow to follow Love despite weariness.
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Solomon Solis-Cohen
Cupid and Mildred in a Snowbound Proposal
Cupid Littlewood Phillips hides his love for Mildred Farrington behind polite sleigh rides at Newington. A stalled sleigh and unclear hints derail his bold confession, leaving his plan to declare love to the woman he adores postponed for a later, safer moment.
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Ittlewood Phillips
Mildred Farrington
Hallowells
Newington
Farrington
Cupid
Littlewood
Miss Farrington
Mildred
Mr. Phillips
Mister” Phillips
McGovern Beats Sullivan in Desperate 15 Round Bout
Louisville February 24 Terry Mc Govern defeated Dave Sullivan in a hard fought 15 round bout at the Southern Athletic club arena. From start to finish Mc Govern pressed the action, with Sullivan forced into defense though he fought gamely. A late fourth round surge showed Sullivan at his best, but a critical blunder and Mc Govern's resilience carried the decision in a brutal, high energy contest.
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Louisville
Terry McGovern
Dave Sullivan
Saurdy
Southern Athletic Club
McGovern
Sullivan
Fitzsimmons
Why American Jockeys Excel Polo Stars Rise
George Morgan, veteran rider from the Pacific era, joined James Gordon Bennett's polo circle in the 1870s and helped establish American prowess. The article emphasizes early polo culture and notable figures shaping the sport's development in the United States.
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George Morgan
Pacific
James Gordon Bennett
Garden City idea outlines concentric city plan
An English writer advocates a future garden city model with concentric rings from factories on the rim to green belts, parks, housing, churches, schools, retail, and a central civic core. A garden city conference gathers leaders, with some manufacturers already starting to move factories outward and build new communities. Salt production by evaporation in Aden on the Suez Canal region is noted as a major export.
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Garden City
Aden
Bues
Peculiar Tragedy At Yonkers Residence
A Hungarian servant woman shot Georgianna Simmons a five year old girl, wounding her seriously, and is believed to have shot herself fatally. The incident at William J. Simmons residence in Caryl Yonkers stems from a feared separation after dismissal.
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New York
William J. Simmons
Caryl
Yonkers
Georgianna
Simmons
Amelia Foscher
Boer Force Surprised by Mounted Scouts at Noertgedacht
London dispatch from Pretoria dated February 21 reports Colonel Park leading 300 mounted native scouts to surprise a Boer force at Noertgedacht Transvaal. They captured 164 prisoners including Field Cornets Joubert and Dejater ard Lieutenant Viljoen, along with munitions, horses, and wagons. No British casualties.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Aays
Park
Noertgedacht
Transvaal
Joubert
Dejater
Ard
Viljoen
Mountain of Arsenic Found Near Tacoma
Mountain of arsenic discovered by John T. Davis and associates in a range 50 miles southeast of Tacoma promising the first major arsenic deposit in America. Previously all supply came from Cornwall and the United States imports nearly $1,000,000 worth annually.
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Tacoma
Wash
John T. Davis
America
Cornwall
United States
Missing Buffalo society woman Alice Colie
Buffalo N Y Feb 24 Miss Alice M Colie 28 prominent society woman has disappeared A pocketbook believed to belong to Miss Colie was found on Goat Island Niagara Falls pointing to possible foul play or flight authorities investigating her disappearance and tracing her movements in the city and region
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Alice Collie
Buffalo
N. Y
Alice M. Colie
Oxford Triumphs Over Cambridge in 2 0 Victory
Oxtera beat Cambridge 2 to 0 in the annual Oxford versus Cambridge football match held Saturday at Queen's club London. Oxford secured the win with two goals, delivering a decisive result in the traditional contest.
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London
Oxford
Cambridge
Queen's Club
Climatic Courage and Odd Public Scenes Cited
Fragmented quotes depict a xenophobic remark by an Orientalist about “The Chinaman” being meek and self effacing while a doubtfully described person questions public appearances in pajamas. The Washington Evening Star and Chicago sources appear in garbled, OCR-like text.
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Washington Evening Star
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Maine
Perseus
Heavus
Kaneas
Germany
Brooklyn
Chicago Tribune
Iowa
Roadyerd Kipling
Africa
Senator Depew
Chine
Wordsworth
Diaz
President Diaz
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Dias
South
Central America
Miss—Mildred
Atlanta Constitution
Bennett
George Gould
Morgan
New York Times
George Work
Frank Work
David B. Hill
Charles H. Truax
Patrick A. Collins
Edward M. Shepard
Governor Toole
Montana
Collins
Y. Shepard
Edward Murphy
Don M. Dickinson
Michigan
W. A. Clark
Josephs Wheeler
Alabama
C. §. Thomas
Colorado
C. S. Wood
Oregon
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Robertb. Roosevelt
Edward Cooper
Daniel
Oxtera
Simpeon
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