Transmigration tale ends in murder for a monkey fortune
In Bangalore an old man dies and his widow believes his soul inhabits a pet monkey. She wills wealth to the animal then to her nephew. A servant, Dulmara, plots to keep the monkey alive while Agya plots to kill it to gain wealth. Agya poisons the monkey, marries the nephew, and years later confesses after converting him to her faith.
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Bangalore
India
Que Kader
Vietrna
Sle
Rustom
Shello
Dalmira
St Pent
Agya
Dolmarn
Tustom
Dulmara
Vishnu
Gettysburg Tale Told by a Father in Memorial Day
A father recounts the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg to his grandchildren, focusing on a Union color bearer who stays brave under fire. The story ends with the boy's death and a marble statue in the national cemetery honoring fallen soldiers.
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Jack
Evelyn
Grandfather
Daddy
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Lee
Harrisburg
Glenwood Cemetery Notice From Throckmorton Address
Public notice indicates details about Glenwood Cemetery in Pera with further particulars available from Throckmorton at 182 Broadway Long & Co. for those seeking information.
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Pera
Throckmorton
Broadway
Long
Curious Dinner Question Sparks Aunt Marie
A five year old named Harold visiting his aunt at dinner asked if the pie was an ornament, a quip noted by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In another vignette a guest complains about ordering three dishes but receiving none in a cheap restaurant. Havre is described as Europe’s most important coffee market.
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Harold
H Harold
Marie
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Havre
Europe
Entir
Mrs Ralph Pulitzer Aids Newsboys With Clubhouse Plan
Mrs Ralph Pulitzer wife of the New York World editor leads a fundraising drive to build a clubhouse for newsboys. She chairs a committee to raise funds and provide a safe social home for waifs who sell papers, aiming to inspire similar acts in other cities.
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Ralph Pulitzer
New York Word
Metropolis
Pulitzer
Seward Webb
William H. Vanderbilt
Newsies
Entertains at Summer Resort Finds Work as Elocutionist
An elocutionist who runs a dramatic school in winter spends summers at large hotels entertaining guests. She chooses room and board in exchange or a salary with lodging elsewhere. Loved by wealthy guests, she gains health and students each autumn, advertising her classes effectively.
Beatrice Herford and the Windsortla Village Joke
Beatrice Herford recalls a London dinner with a famed geographer who hears a mispronounced English village name. Herford asks about a place called Winkle. The geographer mishears as Windsortla and jokes about the pronunciation, prompting amusement over cultural miscommunication.
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Beatrice Herford
London
Winkle
Futurist flowers decorate fans in bold color
A new use for futurist flowers appears in corsages belts hats and neck ruffs. They are fastened to net ivory or paper fans along the outside stem and one flower is placed further along the stick. A faint brush can create a different futurist fan with painted spots and blotches of bright colors.
The Useful Stool for Kitchen Tasks
A Victorian style note recommends sitting to chores like washing dishes preparing vegetables and ironing. It suggests a kitchen stool under the sink or table to ease strain and says a stool can be bought for about 1.25 dollars with small leg adjustments. It cites a far earlier reference linking a heelier aid to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Asparagus Dishes With Eggs and Cheese
Tender asparagus tips are cut and blanched then served with drawn butter or cream sauces. Recipes include baked eggs over asparagus, an asparagus mold with a rich egg custard, and an asparagus omelet withParmesan cheese.
History of the World Two in One Puzzle Clue
Fragmentary lines describe a puzzle about wars between England and Spain with colonies involved. The text hints at a historic riddle where deciphering aids reveals the name of a war and references a treaty and soldiers’ pay. The passage is garbled but centers on a wartime puzzle from a colonial era.
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England
Prince
Spain
Tea and coffee as national character in Britain and America
The piece contrasts tea drinking in the United Kingdom with coffee in the United States, noting per capita consumption and regional habits. It cites British tea at 6.5 pounds per person yearly and US coffee at 9.5 pounds, while British coffee use remains low. It then highlights advances in bacteriology and serums, praising physicians from Pasteur to Carrel in the fight against disease.
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America
United Kingdom
United States
England
Britain
Chicago Journal
Alexander
Cyrus
Philadelphia
Eight-Year-Old Seized Telegraph Wire and Died in Ithaca
In Ithaca New York eight year old Gras Reynolds son of Mr and Mrs William Reynolds grasped a loose telegraph wire hanging from a pole and was instantly killed by electricity. His mother who arrived at the scene received a bad shock while attempting to free his hands. The wire likely bridged a high power line, ordinary telephone voltage could not cause fatal harm.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Dine
Dines Reynolds
William AL Reynolds
An Appreciation for Garden Seeds from Congress
An appreciation note thanks congressmen for a package of garden seeds loaned from Washington. The writer, far away in a strange land, reflects on the seeds enjoyed for breakfast and jokes about Congress turning Democratic and the seeds’ biting flavor, while expressing gratitude.
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Washington
Congressional
Congress
Life Expectancy Upward Trend Reported
The New York Telegraph quotes life insurance experts claiming current life expectancy exceeds seventy. It suggests many live to eighty or ninety, with about five in two hundred reaching a century.
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New York Telegraph
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37Th Street
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the Daily Record
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Chicago
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