Random musings on society and headlines from bygone days
A fragmented column from a 19th or early 20th century issue surveys social quips about wages rents public figures and cultural notes. It touches on Portland lobsters New York veal sacred calls India Balkan affairs Kipling and notable names like Kipling Schwab Vanderbilt Astor and Hamline University. the tone recalls a society commentary page with satirical asides and loose observations.
Ragtime Rumors and Proposals Across The Era
A fragmented column jokes about royal whisky orders and seven assorted topics. It mentions Col Watterson sending shoots, a three hour proposal to marriage, Wall Street millionaires gaining life experience, a vague anti wife kissing law, changing college yells, the cake walk fad, Henry Watterson on blood will tell, praying without state church license, and Rockefeller receiving an eight million quarterly dividend with other curios.
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New York
Henry Watterson
Britain Eyes Warship Spending To Retain Naval Lead
Great Britain seeks about 200 million dollars annually to fund warships and maintain naval supremacy. With current strains, England may be forced to trade rural families for armor plate if the situation persists for several years.
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Great Britain
England
Street Saleswomen of New York A Tough Daily Market
A Chicago Tribune piece surveys five thousand women working outdoors on Manhattan streets from Battery to Harlem. It paints sidewalk shops over indoor stores, notes mothers steering carts, and highlights the hardiness and adaptability of fruit, dry goods, and newsstand vendors amid urban bustle.
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Gushcart
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the Battery
Harlem
Divielon Street
New York
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Uso
Names of Welsh Towne in Daily Chronicle list
The London Daily Chronicle cites Welsh Towne names such as raragabapeelangamukalans and Piltakandaboragoilemukelang as towns in Wales. It notes Danunugahewalakadamukelana and other forms, including Linpotabeniyakumburayaye and Manamalagaboamulakumbure, among listed places.
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Wales
London Daily Chronicle
Raragabapeelangamukalans
Piltakandaboragoilemukelang
Danunugahewalakadamukelana
Maikekunelangahenedeniva
Banasalagodellmukalana
Dodanyahamullatonnahena
Linpotabeniyakumburayaye
Manamalagaboamulakumbure
Karendagahanulakumbura
Karendagahamulakumbura
Fitted with Celluloid Nose
A damaged footstaller was just fitted at a London depot with a celluloid nose, reflecting a medical or prosthetic adjustment.
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Eo London
Had Never Seen a Horse in Alaska Ethnology Tale
Washington Star recounts Quartermaster John F. Rice recalling Abercrombie expedition era in 1899 Alaska. A Matanuski guide, unfamiliar with horses, joins camp after a caribou hunt. Europeans compare Matanuski with Apache, noting fierce nature, dog and sled transport, and curious reactions to grazing horses. Shore Indians seen as jolly contrast, with Yukon camp songs heard nearby.
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John F. Rice
Normandie
Alaskan
Alaska
Earibow
Pawcomer
Bells From Cal linsville Factory Chime Across Plains
A Cal linsville Connecticut bell factory on a hill makes 10 000 to 15 040 bells yearly for farms ranches and wholesale houses. Bells of various sizes gain tone by brass coatings and correct heat treatment then polished on a revolving cylinder. Bells are shipped to western cattle ranches where their tones reputedly deter wolves.
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Wetle
Callinsville
Conn
West
Old English Remedies for Rabies Mentioned in Lancet Note
The Lancet notes Stephen Bradwell’s early 17th century guide to rabies cures. It cites crude methods such as drawing the wound with cupping, cautery, and poultices, plus sublimate and questionable cures like pullets eggs and leeches. It also references Galen era antidotes and 1658 manuscripts advocating strong ale, treacle, garlic, sage, and crayfish powder.
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Stephen Bradwell
England
Celius
Galen
Rhazes
Thomas Sendall
Islands Built by Oysters Study in North Carolina
Dr Grave of the United States fish commission is studying oyster island formations in Newport River and Beaufort harbor North Carolina. The reefs develop in stages as generations of oysters attach to clean edges kept by swift currents, then grow through wind, waves, and plant accumulation.
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Grave
United States Fish Commision
Newport River
Beaufort Harbor
North Carolina
Pacific
Oysters Turn Reef Into Island Says Journal
The Minneapolis Junior Journal reports that a reef grows until it forms an island as oysters continue to accumulate shell and rock, reshaping the shoreline over time. The observation highlights natural coastal dynamics and ecological succession.
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The
Minneapolis Junior Journal
Government theater and railways support urged
A speaker, Stormington Barnes, advocates government ownership of theaters and railways, calling for cooperation between these branches of the nation’s system. The remarks include his wife’s entitled recognition amid the public discourse.
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Stormington Barnes
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