Vincent Astor the Frail Heir of the Astor Fortune
Vincent Astor heir to the Astor fortune, born frail and educated at Eton, Newport, and Harvard, has faced early life saved by surgeons and nurses. He inherits about 400 million from his father and plans to enter college life despite vast wealth and family duty.
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Vincent Astor
House of
Astor
Wisa Vincent
Mestead
New York
St. Moritz
Riviera
Newport
Eton
Nee Totes
St. George's
Harvard
Vincent As
University
Lake of the Dead in Oban country Nigeria described as haunted spot
An English traveler recounts Lake of the Dead in Oban country, Nigeria, a sanctuary where crocodiles, pythons, and tree frog nests guard the waters. Locals fear famine and pestilence if the edge is disturbed, and ghostly Ekoi spirits are said to drift by night.
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Oban
Nigeria
Chicago News
Ghostly mother appel to Washington hotel guest
A Washington hotel tale recalls a 19th century ghost incident reported by a lady visiting Congress. She awoke to a voice and touch crying mother while a delirious former occupant had died recently, with a chambermaid confirming the troubled specter’s origin and room history. Glass spoons and a lighthearted exchange about marriage close the clipping.
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Washington
Sir Henry Lucy
Cornhill Magazine
United States
Congress
Taily
What Did the Bride Say
A three times widower with his newest choice visits the Hoboken city official. After paying the fee the clerk exclaims heartily thank you come again.
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Hoboken
Quotations Prompt Curious Pair for Household Arts
A fragment quotes Mai-She at eighty nine pounds and Lucille as an ideal partner for light house keeping. It cites a line on grief versus fear from Pliny the Younger. The excerpt is a mix of social banter and literary allusion with no clear news event.
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Mai
Lucille
Harper'’s
Minute Movies of the News Right Off the Reel
A collage of quirky items notes a Greenpoint man earning 12000 for three fingers, a blind hospital operator in Lebanon NY, Massachusetts widows barred by Spinnsters, a joke about mice and a cat, aviation lessons for King Alfonso, LA Christmas shopping rules, a wealthy widow arriving with trunks and dogs, Fowler McCormick aiming to be a top pitcher, Harvard weighing worm thinking, rising water costs, Yonkers and Mount Vernon rate hikes, and a deciphers ancient Greek manuscript on living costs and trusts.
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Greenpoint
N. Y
Marshall
Lebanon Hospital
New York
Spinnsters’ Association of Massachusetts
King Alfonso
Los Angeles
University of Pennsylvania
Bitoluge
Railway enjoins decorum with strict B and M rules
The Boston and Maine railroad bans tan shoes flashy neckties chewing gum and certain dress and conduct for male employees. Observers will patrol trains to enforce caps worn straight and buttons displayed. Food in baggage cars is forbidden and chewing gum is deemed improper under new etiquette for staff.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
North Pole by aeroplane proposed by Bartlett
Captain Robert A. Bartlett of the Peary North Pole party told the Aero Club of New England that traveling to the pole by aeroplane is the safest and easiest method. He described routes from Cape Morris K. Jesup 381 miles to the pole and from the pole to Cape Chelinskin in Siberia 720 miles beyond it.
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North Pole
Robert A. Bartlett
Peary
Pole
Cape Josip
Cape Chelinskin
Siberia
Electricity Is Food Say Scientist Also Calls Current Food
Professor Bergonie of Bordeaux asserts that a 1000 volt electrical current equals a porterhouse steak in food value. He reports experiments showing electricity can replace part of nutrition and heat the body without pain using 2 to 3 amperes at 1000 to 2500 volts, delivering about 1000 calories per hour, over one third of daily food heat.
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Bergonie
Bordeaux
Cergonie
Academy of Science
Bergonle
Sue
Mark Twain in Uniform on Train with Sherman and Lincoln
A humorous Harper's anecdote recalls Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner riding a West Point bound train with General Sherman and Secretary of War Robert Lincoln. Sherman mocked Clemens, forcing him to don a military uniform and deliver speeches on platform stops as the crowd cheered.
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General Sherman
Albert Bigelow Paine
Harper's
Mark Ywinn
West Point
Hartford
Clemens
Genards Sherman
Robert Lincoln
Twichell
Lincoln
Sherman
Mark Twain
Marie Antoinette Two Dramatic Life Episodes
Two contrasting scenes from Marie Antoinette in Thistelton-Dyer's Royalty In All Ages. An opera tribute to the queen drew cheers and tears, while a later performance provoked protests with cries of No mistress No master Liberty. Also a brief note on keeping peace at home with a Sussex couple quelling quarrels by quiet signals.
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Thistelton-Dyer
Royalty
Marie Antoinette
France
Iphigenia
Achilles
Queen
It Suits to a T Phrase Origin in T Square Tool
A note explains the expression It suits to a T meaning fits exactly. It traces to the T square tool used by mechanics and draftsmen to form true angles and perpendiculars. The phrase appears in Johnson era usage via Boswell referencing Wharburton.
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Johnson
Boswell
Wharburton
Why She Couldn’t
A quoted social moment shows a woman lamenting a lonely social scene. She explains she failed to enjoy the event because she could not find a man to talk to while noting many other girls were chatting but not providing satisfaction.
Rightly Named Jewitt and the late-night grill room quarrel
The New York Globe reports a tersely humorous exchange where Jewitt jokes that his grill room is the place his wife corners him after late returns. The caption hints at domestic banter in a newspaper style item.
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Jewitt
Iate
New York Globe
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Pliny the Younger
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Peary Party
Tad
London Chronicle
Broadway
Long Branch, N. J
Willard
Florence Horst & Co
Place, New England
Equinle European Novelty
Saly Brown
Willie Jones
Zeke Swift
Florence Horst Rudolph Horst Kenneth Williams
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Winrow & Renard
Harry Austin the Fun Maker
Merkel Harder Stock Co
Weinstein
Einstein & Co
M. L. Weinstein & CO
Reliable Moderate Price Jewelry Store
Cookman Avenue
Asbury Park
Bank
Lemaistre Lace & Embroidery CO
Cookman Ave
Emory St. Asbury Park
J. Krides Red Bank
Joseph Salz
H.N. Supp
Farydir
Franks
Efes Atsu EY
Berger
Asbury Party
Nii Jq
Fecentadataaeta Heeds Sadat Seh
Stricklin’s
W. C. Wiseman
Long Branch Daily Record
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