Ballooning Feats and Altitude Records in Exploration
The article surveys upper air exploration noting Voyngurs reaching 29,930 feet, compares past English and French ascents, discusses unverified Paris balloon data from 1893 claiming 52,490 feet, and mentions oxygen tubes and portable stock to aid future climbers. It cites current climber records at 25,504 feet, far below Everest.
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Wershauts
Djilano
Messrs. 4
Glaisher
Paris
Milano
Fragmentary dialogue sketch in a rural scene
A disjointed OCR passage presents a rural social moment with characters including Douthitt Jr and Mrs. Goodheart. The text shows a hungry exchange and a distressed speaker, mentioning a drink and a meal amid unclear context and names.
Paris Restaurateurs Bewail American Wine Demand
A Paris chef laments that American visitors overwhelm famed Parisian eateries. He cites Cafe Anglais Paillard Voisin and Foyot’s as long trusted for their cellars and cooking, but says demand from wealthy Americans has emptied premier vintages, prompting a call to look to Brussels for superior wine cellars.
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Paris
Cafe Anglais
Paillard’s
Boulevard Des Italiens
Foyot’s
Odeon
Voisin’s
Rue St. Honore
Brussels
Something Like It Coachman Job Seeks Applicant
A ragged exchange shows a would be coachman Mr Swellman tailoring the interview. The applicant claims no direct automobile experience yet asserts readiness and a foxed tale about an old bull incident.
Society Man Requests Final Custom Tie Before Hanging
In a jailhouse exchange, the sheriff asks for any last requests from the condemned man. The prisoner, slated for execution the next day, insists on tying his own noose saying he has never worn a ready made necktie. The odd exchange highlights a ritual moment before the hanging.
Duty of the provider and women's unselfish role
A page excerpt argues that women who avoid responsibility by choosing easy life parts lack true duty as providers. It critiques thrift as selfish when overextended and praises the Consumers' League for protecting workers. The author urges readers to reflect on serious social subjects and repay government effort with thought.
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Pictorial Review
Tia
Consumers’ League
Private collection houses 1500 Indian stone idols in New Mexico
Ex-governor L Bradford Prince of New Mexico preserves a vast private trove of 1500 Indian stone idols at his Santa Fe home. Many are fragile pumice carvings, some loaned to national museums, collected over 17 years from New Mexico ruins.
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L. Bradford Prince
New Mexico
United States
Kansas City Times
Mr. Prince
Santa Fe
National Museum
Washington
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Coates House
Europe
Government Bureau of Ethnology
Matilda D. Stevenson
Zuni
When Food Becomes Poison Diet and digestion discussed
The piece argues that many people poison themselves with food by over or under eating. It notes few individuals choose meals to optimize digestion and nutrient absorption. Readers are urged to consider how daily eating patterns tax the digestive system.
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Nora
New To Him Weary Weetk Phrase from Tribune
A brief Cincinnati Tribune excerpt shows a speaker remarking weary Weetk as a novel word, noting the need to fetch a dictionary for its meaning. The toned aside hints at language curiosity and regional usage.
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Cincinnati Tribune
The Habit of Work in Writing Practice
A Harper's Weekly excerpt advocates daily writing from ten to one to form a productive habit. It argues ideas, like other forces, respond to routine, and discipline in schedule tests initiative and potential success.
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Harper's Weekly
Predigested toast aids invalids, chemist claims
A chemist explains that toast becomes easier to digest as starch converts to dextrin when brown. She notes pre-digested bread is gentle on weak stomachs and should be fed thoroughly predigested to invalids, comparing it to famed breakfast foods.
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Dextr
Pretty Chinese Gold Fish at Market
A vendor touts a brush-tailed Chinese gold fish as the finest aquarium specimen. It is described as handsome, healthy, and long-lived with a bright golden body and a bushy tail. Prices quoted range from 250 to 700 dollars for select specimens.
Bittersi Entices Customers With Odd Inducement
A garbled New York Times fragment reports a storekeeper at Apple Bend offering unusual inducements to sell medicines. quotes suggest a strange deal involving a package of cloves with cattle. The dialogue mentions clashing explanations and a reaction from a customer.
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Jason
Apple Bend
Sridtimer Jimson
Lerberry
N. Y
Millionaire Hale Declines Unanimous Senate Offer
J H Hale the South Glastonbury Connecticut fruit grower, famed for 350000 trees in Georgia and a $160000 crop market last year, rejected a unanimous bid for United States senator, saying there’s more money in farming and he’d rather stay a farmer. He remains active in town and state affairs.
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J. H. Hale
South Glastonbury
Conn
United States
Hale
Georgia
Connecticut
Legislative Committee
Cooking by Nature in New Zealand’s North Island
The article describes New Zealand's North Island as a volcanic wonderland where Maori women cook and wash by natural hot water from geysers and boiling streams. It notes pools of boiling water near rivers and warns that wandering without a guide can be dangerous due to volcanic activity and eruptions.
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Iceland
North Island
New Zealand
Busy shopper bargains at fruit stand
A shopper asks the price of pingapples at a fruit vendor. The vendor replies right vents apiece. She buys eight for 95, delighted by the bargain until her husband reminds her to study multiplication.
Local quarrel reveals household money talk
Dialogue shows Mrs Sobihaba and Mr Subbaba discussing allowances with wry humor. Mrs Sobihaba claims she never asks her husband for money because he provides, while Mr Subbaba retorts about earning independence and spending freely.
Spell Reform Dialogue From Detroit Free Press Fragment
A fragmented Detroit Free Press dialogue captures a tense exchange about spelling reform. A speaker asks how progress is going while another remarks the effort started with a poor spell. The snippet hints at editorial debate and linguistic reform discussions.
Relatives and Friends Recall Charity Benefactor
A rumor of a deceased man who left his money to charity is recalled by speakers. The funeral drew a large crowd. The talk turns to his friendships and possible enemies among relatives and acquaintances.
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Crenshaw & Young
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