Intellectuals and the dirt mark of genius in Greenwich Village
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes a Greenwich Village coffee house where writers and their entourage gathered. It contrasts cleanly dressed historical figures with later imitators who wore dirty linen to attract notice, describing a culture of stylistic defiance among so called intellectuals in New York City.
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Greenwich Village
New York City
Washington Square
Johnson
Swift
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Desert Lily Family Blooms In Arizona Dunes
The Arizona desert hosts bold lily family blooms with big yucca and sotal displaying vivid flowers on tall stalks. The water cactus rises five to ten feet high with a barrel sized circumference, its pulpy cover yielding water for Indians and travelers when supplies run low.
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Arizona
Columbus Dispatch
Stenographer recalls matinee dress anecdote from Irving Milward
A Boston Transcript item links a stenographer who grew tired of an inept boss to a Henry Irving Jessie Milward anecdote. Miss Millward wore a dainty dress at rehearsal and Irving quipped about her lunch date and working attire. He urged her to return in working clothes tomorrow with a mind focused on work.
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Henry Irving
Jessie Milward
Boston Transcript
Helping Him Along At The Movies
A humorous exchange shows a beggar asking for a quarter to reach his family at the movies. A kind responder offers help, prompting a brief, light moment about seeking kin during a simple outing. The anecdote highlights street life intersecting everyday leisure.
Beans Up Nose Remedy Puts Pepper On Lip Says Paper
In a humorous exchange Mrs. Johnson reads a newspaper claim that beans and other small objects can be removed from a child’s nose by rubbing red pepper on the upper lip, prompting a skeptical reply about poking beans in first.
Passing the Buck in a Quirky Kitchen Scene
A new cook shares pork chops with a relative during a series of odd exchanges. A parlour child warns the missus will miss them while blame shifts to the cat. The cook retorts about the cat and a canary being freed, painting a humorous domestic moment.
Mystery Letter O Found at Windsor Castle Wall
A carved letter O about five inches across is found high on a Windsor Castle wall near the Norman gate. Tradition says it marks Oliver Cromwell’s porter height. others suggest a “round head” giant carved by the guard. The porter supposedly preached in Windsor church and kept his post after the Restoration, owning a Bible gifted by Nell of Old Drury.
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Windsor Castle
Oliver Cromwell
Winfsor
Cromwell
Nell
Old Drury
London
Not Old Age Says Parishioner Dialogue
A minister queries a parishioner about his health. John replies he is well except for rheumatism in his right leg. The minister muses that aging brings more, while John quips that old age has nothing to do with it as his other leg remains sturdy.
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John
Green Stuff and Poultry Advice in a Quirky Exchange
Mr Subbubs returns from work and asks if the lions are better. His wife reports consulting a poultry specialist who recommends feeding them green stuff but gives no specifics. They speculate about feeding eggplant.
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Mr. Subbubs
Cow dies after eating old shoe found in stomach
Post mortem on a Cumberland county farm cow owned by Charles Shearer revealed death from ingesting an old shoe. Veterinarians retrieved mangled shoe pieces along with three large and twenty small nails from the animal. Entire Al lentown preparatory school quarantined due to scarlet fever contracted by senior Charles Towrd of Bedminster New Jersey. Isolation lasts ten days marking the school’s first quarantine in twenty one years.
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Charles Shearer
Cumberland County
Allentown Preparatory School
Charles Towrd
Bedminster
N. J
Brothers Reunited Yet Silent Across Language Barrier
Lynn Sedgwick of Elk county and Olaf of Hornell were united at St Marys after a seventeen year separation but cannot talk to each other. Lynn alone speaks English while Olaf knows only Swedish. Born in Sweden and Chicago respectively, they grew up in language environments that prevented mutual conversation.
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Lynn Sedgwick
Elk County
Olaf
Hornell
St. Mary’s
Lynn
Sweden
Chicago
Conrad Paulus Ends Three Wives Burial In Steelton Graveyard
Conrad Paulus 76 was buried last Saturday in Steelton near the graves of his three wives. He died Thursday night at home, having arranged funeral details. Friends say he loved all three wives equally and refused partiality in burial. In Pottsville John Johnson survived a fall after fearing a fatal fire trap and walked away uninjured. He told onlookers it was a mighty close call. In Harrisburg, Township Supervisors Association urges state care for roads, proposing centralized planning to reduce taxes and improve highways.
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Conrad Paulus
Steelton
Paulus
John Johnson
Samuel Barker
Pottsville
Johnson
Township Supervisors Association
Harrisburg
Walter Linn
Montgomery Township
State Highway Department
Mojave desert hut built from beer bottles
The hut between Searchlight and Silver City in the Mojave desert is a house nearly entirely of beer bottles. Light and dark bottles with labels from known drinkers line twenty layers on each wall, totaling about three hundred dozen bottles, evidence of the desert rat builder's immense thirst.
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Mojave Desert
Searchlight
Silver City
Cal
Los Angeles Times
Three Hundred Students to Receive Diphtheria Inoculations
In Lancaster the medical inspectors organized an inoculation program to protect three hundred school children from diphtheria. A fee of thirty cents covered material costs. Lieutenant O. K. Campbell of the State Police earned a crow killer title after bagging three crows with one shot near harricks.
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Lancaster
O. K. Campbell
State Police
Harricks
Campbell
Slaughter of a Champion Freisian-Holstein Bull in Meadow Valley
Slaughtered Big Bull Walter Raihl of Ephrata butchered Amos W. Hess’s Freisian-Holstein, a 2210 pound stock from DuPont farms. The bull, a dandy, stood as a notable prize animal. Frank Rohrer of Strasburg escaped serious injury after a timber tackle broke at the Woolworth building, striking his arm but causing only bad lacerations.
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Walter Raihl
Ephrata
Amos W. Hess
Meadow Valley
Lititz
R. D
DuPont Farms
Ile
Frank Rohrer
Strasburg
Woolworth
Manheim Postmaster Change Takes Effect March First
John C. Coldren succeeds C. H. Young as Manheim postmaster on March 1. All current employees stay in place, and Coldren has prior employment at Lititz.
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Manheim
John C. Coldren
C. H. Young
Mr.Coldren
Lititz
Farm Calendar and Practical Tips for Spring Work
Agricultural notes cover Spring vegetable beds repairs and sowing cabbage and lettuce once thawed, harness care for longevity, butter making with clean cream and cream separator use, early hatched chicks management and brooder conditions, seed potato sizing and planting rate recommendations.
Sale of Antiques at Edgar Maxwell Estate Auction
A seventeenth century mahogany clock brought $225 at a home auction of antiques for the late Edgar Maxwell in East Drumore Township. Other items sold included two sets of irons for $72, a Franklin store piece for $100, a mahogany desk for $76, two seventeenth century waiters for $13 each, two glass pieces at $22 and $40, two mahogany dining chairs at $7 each, kitchen chairs at $3 each, and an old armchair at $18.
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Edgar Maxwell
Drumore
Franklin
Those Who Do It Themselves Rarely Get Rich
Those who think it necessary to do the work themselves in order to have it done right seldom get rich, a reflection on independence and efficiency with caution about overreliance on personal effort.
The Oscillator Quote on Resoluteness and Feelings
A compact reflection on irresolution critiquing one who wavers between opposing emotions. The speaker hints that genuine unity of opposing states is impossible for such a person, invoking Goethe to underscore the futility of indecision.
Je Davis Tribute to President Grant in Jesters and Papers
The letter by Jefferson Davis reviews General Grant's career with restraint, noting no malice toward Confederates and seeking peace for his closing hours. It questions the Boston journalist's request for a critique and highlights the letter's historical interest and emotional stir.
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Jefferson
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
LSS
Baston
General Grant
Ilitasy Caeer
Boston
Boston Usraud
The
Confederacy
First U. S. Currency Easily Counterfeited
The article notes early U S money was easily counterfeited in the 1860s. Spurious bills harmed many merchants until Heath’s Infallible Government Counterfeit Detector was published in 1870. Modern practice uses hard watermark paper and embedded threads, making counterfeiting far harder.
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United States
Heath
Tleath
United States Treasury Department
American, National and Continental Bank
New York
Boston
Detroit News
One Kind Act From Willy Inspires a Late-Night Resolve
A boy named Willie frets that he has not performed a single kind act, disappointing his father and shaking his confidence. He worries all night until early morning, then quietly carries out a second act of kindness by giving the cat soup. The tale ends with renewed resolve and a glad father.
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Willie
Awell
Living cow drama ends in bizarre railway verdict
An engineer testifies in a cattle-damage suit against a railway. The farmer’s attorney presses, asking if the cow was on the track. The engineer finally says the cow was in the stream beyond the track, and the engine leaped the bank to strike and kill the cow, ending the case with a grim joke.
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Iig
Milwaukee Journal
Newtonsiest Lesson Turns Apple into Gravity Gaffe
A teacher prompts students about gravity with a tale of Isaac Newton under a tree until an apple falls on his head. A quick thinking pupil retorts that if he had stayed in class reading his books he might never have discovered anything, humorously undercutting the lesson.
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Isaae Newton
Wasted Effort Baby Demands Its Own Way
A family quarrel centers on a crying child who wants his own way. The mother explains he cannot have it, and the father agrees the idea should be dropped from the start.
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Arizaly
City owned gas plants in the United States shortage noted
The Pennsylvania Public Service Information Committee reports municipal gas plants number 41 cities about five percent of total gas companies. Over nine million meters exist nationally with municipal plants supplying under 168,000. Philadelphia's plant alone makes three times as much gas as all municipal plants combined. Pennsylvania lists only Schuylkill Haven with 800 meters and seven miles of mains.
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United States
Pennsylvania Public Service Information Committee
Omaha
Richmond
Duluth
Munical Prolticle Gas Company
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill Mayen
Schuylkill County
All From a Tooth
A visitor describes how the Metropolitan Museum lists “prehistoric men” from a single tooth. Scientists infer diet, fin size, head shape, and other traits to model a full man and tell his life story from minimal evidence.
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Metropolitan Museum
New York
Faith of Woman Scattergood Met Praises Faith of Women
Harris, a Pittsburgh divorce lawyer, extols women's faith and trust. He recounts a young woman who mocks the carelessness of past office workers while describing Pete, her rich profligate husband, kept in Altoona and paid for by postmarked checks from Pislin Beach.
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Scattergood
Harris
Pittsburgh
Esarmple
Pete
Altoona
Maya Calendar Dates Back to Aut 6 613 B C
The Peabody Museum at Margard University releases final Mayan chronology solving early New World dates. The calendar began at December 10 380 B C with the winter solstice. Key points include March 21 and September 24 for the myrinoxesa and December 22 and June 3 as solstice marks.
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Peabody Museum of Margard University
Detroit News
Papenque
Fortune in Graveyard Ivory as Elephants Die
Ancient elephants reportedly travel to a burial ground when aging and dying, where countless skeletons lie. Scientists and hunters claim the site hides wealth in tusks entwined with bones across ages.
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Ivaery
Materialism and the sales of books and remedies
Professor Stephen Duggan at a Columbia reception laments an age of materialism. The public’s judgments rely on sales figures, while a tale about Sir Henry Irving’s Hamlet performance contrasts businessmen debating whether a theater wadgers could profit by buying damaged remedies at five dollars a dozen and selling them at seventeen apiece.
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Stephen Duggan
Columbia
Sir Henry Irving
Hamlet
Betwee
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