Billy Bings Wins Bet By Wedding Plots At Auction
Billy Bings, known bargain fiend, bursts from bashfulness as an auction scene exposes his plans. He kisses the widow Myra Moffatt and cherub, then reveals an engagement to Mars Moffatt, inviting the crowd to celebrate at The Elms next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bligs
Whitlock
Bings
Bhigs
Baby Moffatt
Billy Bings
Billy
Myra
Jessie Moffatt
Jung
Ud Bings
Ah. Bings
Vets
Marston
Sam
Bingo
Ant
Tie
Witow
Mars
Moffatt
An Artist's Juke By Holman Hunt In Early Career
A portrait artist and former clerk Holman Hunt chased drawing during his early years. He etched figures on office windows using ink blots, creating wings and a birdlike image that amused his employer who watched the growing graffiti daily. The boss puzzled over why the images multiplied each day as he brushed away the marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holman Hunt
Liannah
Piper
Iit Arange
Iis
Mame
Primitive Incense And The Origin Of Perfume
Ancient practices used aromatic gums and woods to create perfume, a term from Latin through plus funus. Incense played a role in eastern worship, feasts, funerals, and even theaters as a disinfectant. Pliny notes incense emerged in sacrifice after the Trojan War. A magical manuscript advised placing three grains under a threshold to ward off evil spirits via odors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Fresh Air as Health Shield in Cold Weather
An Adirondack physician extols the fresh air remedy for consumption and general health. He urges sleeping with windows open or vented, argues against heavy heating, and explains how outdoor air can be gained even in backyards. The piece emphasizes gradual adaptation to more air and questions the need for drastic climates to gain health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh
Adirondacks
Colorado
Holding Term Rise and Investment Patience
The article discusses holding stocks for a rise, citing the Rothschilds and others who lock up shares during a downturn. It notes a hypothetical $36,575 investment in 1000 American Smelting shares could rise from 364 in 1903 to about $157,000 by 1905, illustrating profits from patience and market foresight.
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Rothschilds
America
Charles A. Conant
Atlantic
Record high altitude kite observation at Linden Bute
Meteorologists achieved a new height record at Linden Bute Prussia with six linked kites reaching 21100 feet using 43680 feet of line. Instrument readings showed minus 138 degrees, air temperature far below surface, and wind speeds of 56 mph at peak versus 18 mph at the surface, surpassing Teisserenc de Bort’s Baltic sea record.
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Aderomautical Observatory
Lindenbute
Prussia
Leightway
M. Teisserenc de Bort
Baltic Sea
Uniper’s
Derendial Burial Ceremony Described by Swiss Traveler
Pan Brun, a Swiss traveler, returns from two and a half years among Kongo tribes and reports a dreadful Bakete chief burial. The rite includes placing the body in a chamber in a ditch, youths thrown in, limbs broken, and the chief’s gun broken to prevent theft. Wives and slaves are killed over the grave as the earth is filled.
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Pan Brun
Fini Ée
Chinese Horsemen and Japanese Cavalry: Horsemanship Notes
A correspondent notes Chinese horsemen are among the best in the world, with superior horses and horsemanship, while Japanese cavalry is described as notably deficient. The piece also mentions the London Vegetarian Messenger praising footwear free of animal taint, using balata soles, canvas rubbers, and bright American cloth for accents.
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Eurepe
America
London Vegetarian Messenger
Probing the Dentist Waiting Room Illumination
A New York newspaper column vents irritation at dreary waiting rooms. Doctors and dentists, the piece argues, neglect reader-friendly magazines and bright, comfortable rooms, supposedly delaying patient discomfort while profiting from literature and comfort.
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New York Hyeuing Post
Two Ladies End Quarrel by Shared Mother Mystery
In the Chicago Journal quote two women settle a quarrel about ages with a remark that a mother abandoned one at age nine. A Rouen church, St Laurent, has become commercialized with chapels and porches rented as stores and exterior walls leased to advertisers.
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Abe
Haly
Chicago Journal
St. Laurent
Rouen
Tambor and Noerthel Company Action Reports
Fragmentary OCR notes show names Tambor and Noerthel with company activity. The text includes hours and locations such as Malvern and Pabor, but details are garbled, leaving unclear actions, dates, or outcomes.
Terse News Tidbits From 19th Century Wires
Reports from Oshkosh reveal the Williamson-Lidbery Lamber Company entering liquidation with liabilities around 500000 dollars. Pittsburg talks of a 12000000 dollar brick workers cartel. Jack Root defeated Fred Russell in Kalamazoo after ten rounds. A Spanish sailor Alvarez killed two men in Philadelphia. England sees many women turning to gardening for livelihood. A fish loses scales they never regrow. Abyssinia's people commonly carry Robinson Crusoe style umbrellas. London bath attendees reached over 8 million. Clifford W. Barnes to study European religious education abroad. French Academy offers 20000 dollars for interplanetary communication discovery. Mrs Ellis Rowan seeks 75000 dollars from Germany for flower pictures under residency条件.
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Williamson-Lidbery Lamber Company
Oshkosh
Wis
Pittsburg
Jack Root
Chicago
Fred Russell
Denver
Kalamazoo
Mich
Root
Joaquin Alvarez
Philadelphia
Albert Neuman
Herman Pierce
Abysshia
Borough
London
Clifford W. Barnes
Religious Education Society of
Europe
Stories From Java Resident Misadventures
In Java the European resident at a government station is treated with great homage by locals. A resident is tossed from a dogcart after a fall, then sees his secretary tumbling down a steep road with a rubber ball. During a cholera scare a widow asks to be buried beside the resident, claiming her time to die has come and noting her late husband’s importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Vie
Chicago News
Dinner Party Carved Roast Cat Story
A Fort Leavenworth officer’s wife hosted a dinner for six with distinguished officers. She trained the new cook to carve the roast and warned him before serving. When the meat arrived, the roast cat appeared in six large chunks, one for each guest.
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Fort Leavenworth
Sfanila
Philippines
Kansas City Journal
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McClure, Phiilijy & Co
Mills County Gribune
Bradway
Glen Woop
Towa
Glenwood
East Boand
East Band
Lobbby
Lock
the Tribune RR
Hastings Beches
Burlington East Bound
Ani Po
Man Omaha
Connel Bluffs
Pacific Junction
Bijalfour
Malvern
Hastings
Emerson
Oast Board
Dhd
A.m
West Road
Mie
Red Oak
As Rinersens
Jhastings
WAT
Mulvara Bn
J Balfour
Conneid Datta
Oma
Jenyes
Chile
ULB Yi
Pagine Junation
Ee North- Santas Iamphe
Sidney
Taudulot
Alastings
Henderson
Varrals
Kansas City
Omitha
Quundi Bluffs
Pac Junction
Bartlett
Seuss
Try
Kansas
Wabash
Mignola
Tao Strahan
Tmugene
I Shenaudonts
Louis A
Tambor
Noerthel
Co Acrives
Laaves
Ypabor
Trust
Maru Ve
England
French Academy of Science
Pierre Guzmann
Ellis Rowan
Germany
Bromiley & Lewis
Glenwood, Towa
Matthews Ros
North Tabor
Oelovka. In
Bud Brown
W. B. Bell
J. L. Talbott
Matthews Bros
CG. L. Hall
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