Golden tress awakens past and tests love then guilt
Dr. Ogden exposes Jessie Morrison as the daughter of a smallpox patient, revealing Carroll Eyting’s engagement to her was based on vanity and class. The shock splits the pair. Morrison’s mother finds work as a charity matron, and Carroll quits marriage, chastened by the truth.
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Dr. Ogden
Carroll
Carroll Eyting
Jessie Morrison
John
Jessie
Doctor Ogden
Uncle John
Morrison
Hewling & Donaldson
Halfill
Miss Morrison
Ogden
Ancient beauty rituals echoed in modern society
The piece surveys historic beauty practices from Lesbos to Rome and Grecian ideals, noting cosmetics use by Aspasia and Cleopatra, masks for protection of complexions, and Albanian, Tartars, and Indian dress and ornament styles, while contrasting them with contemporary vanity and fashion.
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Lesbos
Marc Antony
Lollia Paulina
Aggiipina
Poppe
Nero
Lollia
Roman Empire
Napoleon
France
Mme, Tallieu
Ovid
Aspasia
Cleopatra
Spiti
India
Africa
Hog feeding principles for better frame and fat
A fragment advises building the frame first before fattening hogs. It suggests focusing on growth of frame and muscle with grain and thickening the flesh later, contrasting with corn-focused feeding for fattening.
Bank Robbery Gang Story of Elmira Case and Hall Lock
A San Francisco writer recalls 1870s burglaries tied to a single gang led by Robert Scott and Jimmy Dunlap. They planned to break into Second National Bank of Elmira via the Young Men’s Christian Association room above the vault. An iron door and a Hall lock blocked them until a lock expert agreed to reveal his secrets for payment.
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Elmira
Pie” Dutade
H. C . Pratt
San Francisco
Louisville
Northampton
Robert Scott
Jimmy Dunlap
Warsaw
Lil
Scotland
Nobby
Scott
Knox
Dunlap
Long Branch
Billy Conners
New York
Crook
Second National Bank of Elmira
Young Men’s Christian Association
Conners
Buz
Davis
Baltimore
Braza and Stanley clash in a Florentine head duel
The remarks describe Brazza as Florentine in appearance and recount his clash with Stanley, praising Brazza’s striking features and dramatic coup de theatre while criticizing Stanley as a long winded speaker. The piece also surveys papier mache’s architectural uses and future potential as a substitute for timber.
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Brazza
Stanley
Euclid
Duke of Wellington
Florentine
Leonardo
Judas
New York
Square Yard
Dante
Language is what elevates humans above dogs
The author argues that dogs can share simple present states through barking but cannot convey past or future experiences. Language, spoken or written, lets humans profit from others' experiences and traditions, creating accumulated thought and enabling abstract reasoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprout
Sale of Malmaison Ends Bonapartes Landmark Era
Malmaison to be sold to a land company for 90000 dollars or less, less than a third of the price paid by Napoleon for the estate. Once Josephine’s dowry and hospital, it later passed to Christina of Spain and a Swedish banker before a financier, who planned building sites. The property will be demolished to make room for a factory after the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malmaison
Napoleon
Christina
Spain
Josephine
Beauharnais
Lord Holland
Aes
Malmaison Isa
Tiger Slaying Extraordinary in Java Tiger Fights at Kraton
In October at the Kraton Java a royal tiger fight drew thousands as a buffalo killed a tiger in a two hour melee. Then thirteen successive tiger fights followed with spears and flames, ending at 2 PM. One soldier suffered a leg wound and a native was killed when a tiger broke the enclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Average Weights of Men and Women in Cincinnati Area
A test at the industrial exhibition weighed 22 155 adults in Cincinnati with 7 467 men and 14 688 women. Average weights: men 154.02 pounds, women 180.87 pounds. A 1864 Boston study found men 141.5 pounds and women 124.5 pounds.
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Cincinnati
Boston
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Practical
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Cery Store
Main Street
Millaerm, Pa
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Alexander & Bower
Attorneys AT Law
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Oo B. Linn
Attorney AT Law
T Dale
Bellefont, Pa
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Orphans Court Business
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Centre County
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Ofice
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