A Day in St Pierre Aboard a Small Boat
Two New York Commercial Advertiser correspondents voyage from Fort de France to the ruined city of St Pierre to photograph Mt Pelee’s eruption. They encounter peril, disinfecting warnings, and a fragile, smoke-darkened landscape as they enter the devastated town and document its burned ruins and ghostly streets.
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Fort de France
Ciaty
Pelee
Bt Pierre
Fort de Vrance
Martinique
New York
St. Pierre
Laurille
Pointe Des Negres
Case Navire
Bellefontaine
Case Pirote
Mornes
Lehind Point
Mont Pelee
Morne
Carbet
Pierre
Ciendre
Elendre
Carhet Striueht
von Gottverg
Clty
Droom
Harper
Dita
Gnat Egg Rafts Show Water Repellent Surface
The article explains how gnats’ egg rafts float and resist sinking due to water repellent surfaces. Tiny hairs on plant leaves keep upper surfaces dry and prevent water penetration, while gnat eggs glued in tight clusters maintain buoyancy and self-righting behavior.
Hoist With His Own Petard
A Philadelphia clergyman shares a tale of a young man who flashed a five door gold piece to impress his fiancée at church. The plate came around and the collection totaled 3.75 dollars, leaving him without funds after the outing.
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Philadelphia
George
Nose Breathing Rules for Fresh Air at Work and Home
The piece urges nasal breathing in all atmospheres and allows rare mouth breaths for pure air. It notes overheated, poorly vented offices require fresh air intake to restore balance. Best times to air the space are early morning and late night to aid sleep. It suggests breathing correctly while waiting where streets meet to form a habit automatically.
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Steed
Two Great Painters Meet in Haarlem
When in Haarlem Anthony van Dyck visited the elder Frans Hals disguised as a sitter named Frank Lars and requested a two hour portrait. Hals painted quickly and Vandyke was pleased, then swapped roles and finished, prompting Hals to exclaim that only Van Dyck could have done it. The two masters then became acquainted.
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Haarlem
Vandyke
Frank Lars
Thljs
Hals
Pocket Handkerchief Meaning and Food Quips
A London Globe quip explores the \"pocket handkerchief\" as small cloth for head or pocket while a Chicago News joke contrasts hunger with a refined dinner phrase. The brief humor reflects language quirks and witty entendres in print.
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London Globe
Remark on a Maid Unknown to the Pair
Conversation reveals a wife not knowing the speaker who mentions a former maid from the house. The exchange hints at prior acquaintance through the maid’s two months of employment and raises questions about hidden connections between the characters.
Satisfactory Excuses Amid Odd Exchange
A pompous speaker proclaims a self needlessly exposed chest and is told his excuse is satisfactory in a curious Brooklyn Life moment. The other observer criticizes the scene, capturing a sharp, humorous exchange within the page’s tone.
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Brooklyn
Earths vastness drawn by distant friends
Fragmentary lines describe how distant friends map the world by latitudes and longitudes, shaping perception of space and connection. The text hints at the expansive feel of the globe when viewed through relationships spanning great distances.
Eternity A Poem Attributed To John Whit tier
A fragmentary 1831 poem signed Adrian and attributed to John Whit tier, printed in the New England Review. The verses explore eternity as unchanging, with references to time, creation, and the endless march of worlds, ends in a meditation on time’s insignificance before eternity.
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John Greemsleat Whittier
Mr. Whittier
New England Review
Adrian
S. T. Pickard
Seven Room Cottage Plans Offer Summer Occupancy
A seven room seaside summer cottage plan from 1902 shows a convenient layout with a wide hall and adaptable features for year round use. The design aims at popular resort homes along the seashore and notes a projected cost around eighty one hundred nine dollars.
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George Hitchings
Park Row
New York
Perspective view of an ornamental staircase in a family home
Perspective view shows an open stairway with parlor dining room and kitchen on the first door. Second floor has three chambers and a bathroom. Exterior features moss green pine shingles and red spruce roof. First floor yellow siding with white trim. Jersey brick foundation. Prices range from 1000 to 1500 depending on location.
Grandmother's Martinique Sale Ties to French Nobility
Athens Georgia woman recounts how her grandmother Mme Gouvain owned much of Martinique and sold lands to Count d Estaing before leaving France. The tale links Napoleonic era figures to U S properties including sites near Athens and Tallulah Falls. Mrs Reese also possesses relics and papers tracing the estate's division among relatives.
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Georgia
Athens
Martinique
Napoleon
France
Marie Louise
America
French West Indies
da’ Estaing
Tallulah Falls
Mme
Gouvain
Reese
Josephine Beauharnais
D’estaing
Ballooning Over Sahara Plan By Deburaux Of France
M Deburaux seeks 160000 dollars to build a balloon and launch from Tunis toward the Niger across the Sahara desert. The Chicago Daily News notes the funding target and project but omits any plan for return travel from the Niger to Tunis.
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Sahara
M. Deburaux
France
Tunis
Niger
Chicago Daily News
Massillon to Grand Rapids Train Service Details Extended
A verbose travel notice outlines Massillon to Grand Rapids through cars on train No 9 with weekly service on the Fort Wayne route. It notes plans to extend through service to Petoskey next season and promotes $18.50 round trips to multiple Jersey and Delaware shore resorts with ten day return limits. Details list schedules from Massillon Canton and baggage options, plus Home-Seekers excursions via Pennsylvania Lines.
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Grand Rapids
Fort Wayne
Petoskey
Massillon
Pennsylvania Lines
Atlantic City
Cape May
Avalon
Anglesea
Holly Beach
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Wildwood
New Jersey
Maryland
Rehoboth
Delaware
J. A. Shoemaker
Pennsylvania Company
Northwest
Charleston Exposition Route by Queen & Crescent and Southern
Through Sleepers Q and OC offer direct Pullman service from Cincinnati to Charleston with no change via Chattanooga Atlanta and Augusta. Depart Cincinnati daily at 8 05 p m. Also note Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and diarrhoea at twenty five cents a bottle.
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Charleston Exposition
Cincinnati
Charleston
Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Augusta
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