Wealthy Century Club to Build Exclusive Chicago Apartment Hotel
Promoters plan a massive Chicago hotel on the Otto Young property in Michigan Avenue for fifty millionaires and other wealthy families. The building will feature private elevators, scattered garages, athletic quarters, and bespoke suites with imported staff, gardens, and dining. long term leases and highly individualized layouts will be offered to elites from Chicago and the Midwest.
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Chicago
Otto Young
Michigan Avenue
Middle West
New York City
Milionaires
Krnown
England
Continent
Thumb Print Expert Becomes Secret Service Patron
Chicago woman Mrs Holland, aged thirty four, joins Washington secret service after a decade studying thumbprint identification. She learned under Scotland Yard’s German expert and now advises on use of prints for laborer payroll and criminal identification. A rail signaling reform is also noted in London Express.
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Chicago
Secret Service
Washington
Waashington
Evhtaiests
Ernier
Scotland Yard
Mtvip
Uae
Leather Drinking Cups Revival in English Sporting Prizes
A revival of an old English custom features leather drinking cups as prizes in sports events. The cups echo sixteenth and seventeenth century loving cups and betrothal shapes, richly mounted.
The Ivory Market at London Docks and Ivory Trade Details
Big London docks showcase Brent Ivory for inspection before sale. Ivory lots include tusks, shavings, and residue from previous sales, with buyers selecting classes for their industries. Soundness, flaw absence, and exact hollow measurements determine value and price per pound.
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London
Brent
London Docks
Tonka Byep
Congregationalists Pioneered US Mission, Education, and Reform
The Congregationalists founded the first foreign missionary society and the first home mission society, established the country’s earliest city mission, launched the nation’s leading Christian youth movement, created the first college and theological seminary, published the first religious newspaper and hymn book, and pioneered the town meeting and temperance society, shaping American religious and civic life.
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Foreign Missionary Society
Home Missionary Society
City Missionary Society
America
Chicago
Avusteious Woman and the Wealth Obsessed Lady Margaret
A London Queenesbury sister, Lady Margaret, earned money by ferrying passengers and selling pies. Despite a rich background and rare glimpses of decent clothes, she spent days on the barrows of the street, wearing rags yet swapping to finer garments before entering houses to serve customers.
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Ee Oe Jarline
Queensbury
Margaret
Annan
London
Realism and politics through a glimpse at figures
The narrative recalls Zangwill’s experience at a political meeting where a man confidently identifies speakers on a platform. A heated exchange follows as a bystander mistakes Henry Cabot Lodge for a literary figure, highlighting perceptions of status and recognition in public life.
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Zangwill
Politien
Nan
Senator Lodge
Shea
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Massachusetts
Unclear party etiquette instruction overheard in dialogue
A fragment captures a scene where a mother tells her son Tommy how to behave at a party and decline offers politely by saying yes or no, while Tommy interrupts with a brief retort about not needing to finish the instruction. The text is a damaged OCR fragment with no clear resolution.
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Tommy
Angora goats touted as estate poison ivy cure on Long Island
Ex congressman Townsend Scudder plans a 10,000 foot fence to enclose Angora goats sent from New Hampshire to clear poison ivy and scrub on his Roslyn Sea Cliff estate. The goats, famed for fending vines and yard waste, will forage within a large tract near Glen Cove and Shore roads. Fencing priority arises after a neighbor complained their appetite and teamwork stripped a rose garden.
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Townsend Scudder
Roslyn
Sea Clit
Long Island
Bne
Brooklyn Bugle
Fountain Bend
Br. Scudder
Glen Cove
Shore Road
Sea Cliff
Bureau of Agriculture
New Hampshire
AngSoras
Welier
United States
Roentgen Rays Said to Restore Hair Color
Professor Bouchard at a meeting of the Academy of Science reported that Roentgen rays can restore natural hair color in whites. Pall Mall Gazette notes doctors applying X rays to patients with lupus and other conditions observed hair regaining its rightful color, including a patient whose mustache darkened. Bouchard cautions that the rays should be administered only by experienced practitioners.
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Bouchard
Academy of Science
Pall Mall Gazette
Lucky Baldwin and his whirlwind of mining wealth and gambling
The piece chronicles E. J. Baldwin known as Lucky Baldwin from Racine Wisconsin to California placer mining after Indians fought six hours near Hangtown. He later thrived in stock and mining speculation, cleaned millions from Ophir mines, built hotels theaters and blocks in San Francisco, and created a grand Los Angeles estate with shaded avenues and tropical gardens.
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Racine
Wis
E. J. Baldwin
Utah
Baldwin
Hangtown
Placerville
Virginia City
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Los Angeles
Ralph D. Paine
Outing Magazine
Tell It to the Marines Pepys Version of a Royal Origin
Pepys attributes the origin of the saying to Charles II and his amused exchange with Pepys and naval officers at Deptford. The tale centers on a joke about flying fish and a royal wit, ending with a claim that mariners should hear such stories first.
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Deptford
Mr. Pepys
Defryance
Indies
William Billgrew
Maritime Regiment of Foot
Duke of York
Rowley
Peps
Army and Navy Journal
Weight of Ice Cakes How to Calculate Ice Weight
Instructions explain a quick method to estimate the weight of ice by measuring a block, computing its volume in cubic inches, then multiplying by 0.033 to get pounds. Example shows an 8 by 9 by 10 inch cake equals 720 cubic inches and yields about 294 pounds. A humorous interjection from Cleveland Leader follows.
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Lee
Courigs Note on Josh and Courage of Convictions
A terse Washington Star quotation discusses Josh Cortes, noting he lacks work ethic but possesses courage of his convictions, and that his knowledge enables him to do well while refraining from evil. The exchange contrasts effort and moral resolve in a rural setting.
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Courigs
Josh
Farmer Cortessel
Washington Star
Faly Warnire
John Williams
Willams
Reed
Cod and French cook work miracles in deception tale
A New York Telegraph piece recounts chef tricks that fool diners in top restaurants. It describes substituting salmon with corn cutlets, dulling color with dye, and turning beef into salted bandages. A French cook proclaims that a cod and a French cook can work miracles.
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Bilton
Flatagh
Epteures
New York
Walter
New York Telegraph
Word Origins of Sculls and Slhubs in Diarist Papys
The diarist Papys explains how the terms sculls and shaker like oars arose from variants of skulle or seule meaning a bowl. He notes Thames usage shifts from sent to skuller and discusses the bowl shaped blade comparison to oars.
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Papys
Behind His Back Harsh Talk Provokes Courtred Conscience
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger quotes Juvenal on guilt and conscience as a husband makes improper remarks while attempting to button his wife’s waist. The piece plays on verbal provocation and moral judgment in a courtroom sense.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The Great Kill Ants of Equatorial Africa
Europeans exploring equatorial Africa face many risks but the bashik or great-kill ant is most dreaded. These giant ants swarm like locusts, devour living beings in minutes, and bore tunnels underground to reach shelter. A French zoologist Chailler recounts encounters with the bull ant, noting its ferocity and the grisly remains it leaves behind.
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Mont
Africa
Chailler
Tfmember
Bashirkouays
Aden
Fayus
Philadelphia
Odors of Disease and a Tale of Wit in News Clippings
A collection of curious notes on medical smells and diagnoses, paired with humor frags. It cites how diseases have distinct odors, from scurvy to diphtheria, then shifts to anecdotes about lawyers, a judge, and a witty exchange about hanging oneself.
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