Troops and Music in the Russian Army Bands
The Washington Star notes Russia maintains vast military bands. Each regiment or battalion has a brass band and full orchestra, totaling about 100000 musicians across services. Bands train at conservatories and regimental schools, performing publicly in parks and barracks. Musicians return home after service, often leading village bands and teaching music.
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Russia
United States
Musykalnnaya Kastiminada
Washington
Ivanoff
Liszt
Schumann
Chopin
Tschaikowsky
Glinke
Stravoss
Delussy
Washington Star
Tulips of Haariema and Dutch bulb trade
Holland leads in bulb culture with Haariema as a hub for European and American markets. Dutch growers produce 2,000 tulip varieties and sell bulbs worth about $1,000,000 annually to the United States.句
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Holland
Haariem
Europe
United States
Mexico’s Royal Ghost of the Las Sierras Hot Springs
Legends describe a rumbling cave near Valle de Cuernas Guerrero where the ghost of King Excamina, a murderous ruler from centuries past, torments the spring grotto with thunder like echoes. Natives claim the spirit haunts the cave connected by a tunnel to a palace destroyed by earthquake.
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Las Sierras
Valle de Cuuizas
Guerrero
Mexico
Excamina
America
New York Sun
Greeks Loathe Turks A Child of the Orient excerpt shows deep hate
In Demetra Vaka's A Child of the Orient the aunt Kathree embodies anti Turkish sentiment. A Greek homestead is kept to prevent Turkish seizure and a Kal liree home is purged with icons incense and candles to cleanse it of Turkish pollution.
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Demetra Vaka
Kathree
Sue
Kalliree
Spathary
Baku
Good Word For Religion On The Tram
A column reflects on a broad minded era with a passenger on a tram describing religious openness. The speaker defends religious tolerance, stating no group is inherently worse than others and emphasizing common decency over dogma.
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Manchester Guardian
Planning a Future
A slingy young man agrees to support a daughter in the family’s accustomed style. He asks to remain with the family for a few years to adapt, seeking acceptance and a stable future in the arrangement.
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Washington Star
Attendant asks for typewriter attachment in office
An agent pitches an attachment for a typewriter, but Mr. Grouch declines. He mentions still paying alimony based on his first model, per the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Mr. Grouch
Cincinnati Enquirer
Drawing Materials In Odd Package Cause Modern Mixup
A Boston Transcript item notes a humorous misinterpretation when a small parcel labeled drawing waterfil s is opened. The contents turn out to be medical tools used by a dentist, including forceps, rather than art supplies, prompting laughs about mistaken identity.
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Boston Transcript
Judge asks for final statement before sentencing
A recently convicted man says he has nothing to offer. the prisoner tells the judge his lawyer took his last farthing, implying no funds remain for appeal or defense as sentence looms.
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London
Cleaning Mother of Pearl Articles
To clean dull or blurred mother of pearl items, first cleave with pure olive oil. Then apply the ordinary adilbrush and rub with a chamois to restore luster.
Watchdog vs Burglar Ends In Family Chaos
Comedian Walt Mason in Chicago News recounts a wild suburban tale of a burglar scare leading to a battered home. A mastiff’s noisy guarding spree ends with a kitchen of wreckage, a cat in gas fixtures, and neighbors with shotguns and crowbars separating combatants.
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Walt Mason
Chicago News
Stationers and the origin of stationery
The article explains how pens inks and writing materials shifted from traveling peddlers to stationary stalls run by stationers. It notes the five classes of paper sellers and defines stationery as the goods sold by the stallholders.
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Wisconsin Strate Journal
Untitled passage harbors a mother's biting question
A mother of four confronts a suitor in the drawing room asking which daughter he admires. He quips about admiring the married Gus as the conversation reveals social expectations and hinted irony in a domestic moment.
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Gus
Railroad Car Service Schedules Lititz Lancaster
The notice lists Saturday train times with Lititz departures at 6 45 and 6 45 A M then every half hour to 8 45 P M with later 10 15 10 45 and 11 44 P M from Lititz and Lancaster departures at 5 00 and 6 00 A M and every half hour thereafter to 11 00 P M Sundays follow weekday pattern with Lititz 8 15 A M and Lancaster 7 00 A M. Freight cars depart Lititz 9 15 A M and 3 15 P M arriving Lancaster 11 30 A M and 6 00 P M.
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Lititz
Lancaster
Conestoga Traction Co
Lancaster and
Lancaster Alm
PLM
A.M P.M
Lititz and Lancaster Rail Timetable and Local Society Notes
Train times for Lititz and Lancaster routes list weekday and Sunday departures to Philadelphia and Lebanon. Local fraternal groups from Lititz Castle and Lute Lodge to Garfield Castle and Washington Camp hold regular meetings at Rudy's Hall or local halls on specific weeknights and Saturdays, with school boards and clubs scheduling monthly sessions.
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Lititz Castle
M.O. Mesis
Hudy's
Hell
Tau P.M
Mornay Star Temple
Ladies of the
Rudy's Hall
Washington Camp
P.O
Rothsville
Swan Hotel
Council Chamber
East Orange Street
Warwick School Board
Warwick House
Ulite Agricultural Mutualire Fasirsuct Company
Wwo¢ Fpu
Moravian Chapel
Suoyal Bombaranca Legion
Constratuz
F.of A
Arvana and
Tyrth
Queer animal traps prove deadly in oil fields
In California mid and Sunset oil fields rabbits and waterfowl perish in oil piping zones. Rabbits seek shelter in holes as lines are laid, leading to fatal entanglements and mass deaths. waterfowl face similar dangers at tar lakes near gushers.
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Midway
Sunset
California
Scientific American
Unhappy Hindu Women and Domestic Rules
A Liverpool Mercury note on Hindu women depicts strict bans during husbands absence. It outlines prohibitions on dining, hearing music, wearing jewels, cosmetic practices, viewing mirrors, and consuming certain foods. The piece links these rules to divorce permissions if the wife lacks sons or harms property or his honor.
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Liverpool Mercury
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