Various Facts on Education Population and Global Demographics
Illinois public and private school pupil totals are given along with schoolhouse values. Woolen industry employment and wages are stated. Vermont judicial terms, alien women naturalization, and New York citizen numbers are noted. Milk desiccation history, London orchestra status, and a Scottish misfortune are mentioned. Population projections place the United States and Russia as leading powers a century hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Vermont
New York City
London
Boston Symphony
Europe
Asia
America
Australia
Africa
United States
Russia
Odds and Ends From A Bygone era in Brief Snippets
A miscellaneous collection notes Chicago tenements housing nearly a third of residents, an express engine using ten gallons per mile, a 5400 pound tin nugget found in Tasmania, and Russian belief in beardless souls. It cites Bolivia’s annual burden of 1.8 million, a Bohemian bridge height, 6000 to 7000 double stars in later astronomy, Herschel’s early era star count, Eastern hemisphere rail mileage, rising use of women as advertising solicitors, Sweden as highly Protestant with 2,000 Catholics, and Lutherans forming most of its 6 million population.
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Chicago
Tasmania
Russia
Bolivia
Meso
Bohemia
Herschel
Sweden
Knowledge Brings Comfort And Improves Life
Fragmentary text discusses health benefits of pure nutrients and wellness, asserting that proper products aid hope and comfort. Mentions improved adaptation to world’s demands and personal enjoyment through better health and nutrition.
Bloody Hand Tale Haunts St Louis Mansion Window
A St Louis Republic style tale recounts a murdered widow in a palatial house, a nephew's debts, and a blood handprint on a wall created by a murdered woman. The story links a false window to a haunted room, with the heir’s panic, late revels, and eventual death in a card quarrel.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Republic
Nexes
Mery
Coquetry In A Coal Yard On Lucas Avenue
A St Louis Republic description places a small Afro American settlement along Lucas avenue near Robbins lane. In a tale of a buxom colored woman buying coal from a widowed old man, coquetry fails to soften a twenty cent price rise amid a miners strike. The merchant explains the slim two cent profit and his refusal to lower the price.
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Witow
Robbins Lane
Lucas Street
St. Louis Republic
Lucas Avenue
Hyar
Sam
Uncle Sam
Russian Marriages And Old Customs In Fashionable Circles
In Russia fashionable weddings occur in drawing rooms by candlelight with a banquet ball and supper. A new satin slipper, Bride’s drinking vessel, is passed among friends to toast her health until soaked. The bride’s father gives thanks and retains authority over his daughter after marriage, even during widowhood or if the daughter's Nation dies.
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Russia
Natio
Ape
Petern Roof
Ant He Grechai
He Forgot His Social Status Judge Peterby Play
Amateur theatrical scene underwhelms audience as Gus De Smith flubs blocking and a stage whisper fails to salvage the act. Sparse rehearsal evident and directors’ guidance barely audible amid crowd noise.
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Peterby
Gus de Smith
Ulee
Buckingham
Texas
Fragmented 1891 Humorous Ads and Medical Claims
A collage of quirky quotes, jokes, and medical advertisements from a late 19th century paper. Items include a misfit silk remark, agnostic joke, corn barter note, deafness cure claims, catarrh remedies, testimonials, a toothpaste pitch, and historical curiosities about ancient needles, bread, and relics.
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Aels Swill
Rand
Lutesville News
Leavening Po
U.S. Gov't Report
Hall
Ne Fees Toledo
C. Ol Raita
Maud
L. ©. Johnston
Iola
Hegeman
C. C.G. Clark Co
New Haven
Jackson
Hanson
Lightbrain
Caesar
Herculaneum
WorLd's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Webster's International Dictionary
Eaglish
Supreme Cort
Government Printing Office
G. & C. Merriam Co
Springfield
Mass
Ely
Frice
AePixon
Bdwarren
W.N. U
Tlon
Louisians
Adj
Alain, Gee
Digime
Ferkents
Rostasius
Patette
Talon
Inve
Scott
BREE
Scott & Bowne
H. Y
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