The Mysterious Lady in a Medieval Rome Palace
A narrator recalls visiting a Roman palazzo with partitioned rooms in a fifteenth century house. A mysterious woman in medieval dress appears through a hidden mirror wall, thrilling him as he chases clues about a secret passage. Years later on a voyage, the woman explains the trick and their past meeting.
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Epeans
Rome
Tix
Orsini
Colonna
Man
Italy
Furine
Renne
Oenthries
Palazzio
America
Southampton
TvGrRiog
Masizgiu
Moravian Costume Adorns Burton Holmes Show
The article describes Burton Holmes praising picturesque costumes while presenting Jim in Moravian attire from Austro Hungary. It notes a Moravian male outfit priced at 9.48, and imagines how a woman might appropriate elements like the embroidered girdle bolero sleeves and ornate plaited accordion sleeves for various garments.
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Burton Holmes
Jim
Moravia
Austro Hungary
Holmes
Spring House
An Unusual Blend
Mrs. Dorking senses a new tobacco aroma and Mr. Dorking jokes about Mrs. Dorking's keen nose. He adds he burnt a hole in his smoking jacket while smoking.
Plucky Bank Manager Repels Melbourne Bank Robbery
Box Hill near Melbourne reports an armed robber invading the Australian Bank. Manager Robert Sutton, awakened from sleep, faced the masked intruder. Mrs. Sutton rang an electric bell while he fired from under his pillow, driving the thief away. Wounds implied by blood trails from the manager’s shot.
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Box Hill
Melbourne
Australia
Robert Sutton
Mr. Sutton
Pin Money Phrases Through History
A dated piece notes how costly pins prompted husbands to allow wives a specific allowance called pin money. It mentions five centuries after pins were invented peddlers sang in London using the rhyme Ten rows a penny, O! Isn't that a manr, O! with lines about silver heads and golden points.
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London
Fortune teller swindles miners in Canada stock scam
In a Canadian mining camp a fortune teller conned two men with a lure of a big gain on a stock starting with Victor. The scam promised a ten to one rise in a fraudulent Victorian stock, netting about twenty thousand dollars before the pair fled and authorities sought the duo.
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S. Isham
Canada
Niine
New York Sun
Senator Root And The Senate’s Tired Etiquette
A Washington Letter recounts Senator Root’s habit of sending witty notes to friends when bored in formal sessions. It narrates an incident where Root ignored a lengthy speech, then handed a sharp note to Vice President Sherman offering to obey orders or listen elsewhere.
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Root
The
Hague
Samuel J. Elder
Boston
Sam
Senate
Senator Root
Senator Clay
Georgia
Sherman
Senator Blank
Washington
Boston Herald
Use of Antitoxin in Diphtheria Urged by American Medicine
The American Medicine urges general use of diphtheria antitoxin and warns that failure to use antitoxin risks criminal as well as civil liability. It notes the death rate from diphtheria has fallen since the preventive serum’s discovery and cites France as leading with the lowest mortality among civilized nations.
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France
The Northwest Passage Achieved by Amundsen
The piece recalls the long search for the Northwest Passage begun after Columbus discovery with a London company formed in 1585 and a British reward of 100000. It credits Roald Amundsen with completing the voyage by sailing through the passage after centuries of effort.
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Northwest Passage
America
London
North America
Pacific
A. Amundsen
New York American
Hairbrush Exposition Draws Praise From Mrs Lapsling
Mrs Lapsling showcases a new hairbrush praised as the best seen, bought from a traveling vendor. The brush features long firm bristles that reach to the foot of the chair, illustrating practical grooming utility.
Fashionable Dog Collars Move Into Bright Green and Red
The article notes spring collar trends with bright green feathers on suitable coats, red for black dogs, and a silver beaded model. A capital-area terrier’s collar uses brown leather with silver nails, while bangles display the dog’s name and address. A Baltimore man ordered a 700-diamond collar for his Dixie the black and tan terrier.
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National Capital
Baltimore
Dixie
Skating on a Tennis Court as a Frozen Arena
A 19th century note suggests repurposing a tennis court as a rink by digging 6 inches to 1 foot deeper, widening the play area to 25 feet beyond the lines for over 11,000 square feet, and flooding the surface with a hose from a house faucet after freezing.
Deafness Linked to Blue Eyed White Cats
St Nicholas notes that not all white cats are deaf but most blue eyed white cats are. It remains unexplained why blue eyes correlate with deafness while yellow or green eyed white cats have not been reported deaf except by accident.
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St. Nicholas
Duty and Will to Heed a Call
Fragmentary quotation from Francis Peabody about duty and listening to her voice. The readable text frames duty as near and clear and invites the willing to accept her guidance. No further context or names beyond Peabody are readable.
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Francis Peabody
Atlas Mount Inspires Ocean Ecosystem Name
A brief note explains the Atlantic Ocean’s name deriving from Mount Atlas, highlighting the link between the mountain and the sea’s naming origin.
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Atlantic Ocean
Mount Atlas
Inscription at Wrutendouw House In Latin Translates
An oak board inscription at an old country house in Wrutendouw Nortok England appears Latin and may render No dorineuss as no servant for me neither a nurse for a guest. The garbled text suggests a medieval or antiquarian plaque with unclear wording and possible misreadings.
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Wrutendouw
Nortok
England
Aptique
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American Press Association
Isham
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