Fragmented Early 20th Century Clippings Across Topics
A patchwork of brief notes covers diverse items. The American Tract Society’s age, a swamp-find inscription in Canter bury, US pig iron output near 21 million tons yearly, UK mail per capita vs US mail, a 4250 foot plumb line used in a Tamarack copper mine, a Portsmouth man’s goldfish that takes hand offerings, a request at the agricultural department for two loads of furtellizer, and a Sherman statue unveiling near the dragon-guarded studio of Rohl-Smith, with demolition planned at the monument site.
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American Tract Society
Canterbury
United States
Lan
United States Post Office
Tamarack
Portsmouth
N. W
Agricultural Department
Sherman
Washington
Rohl-Smith
Plays and Players in London Theatre Scene
The Comedy theater marks Monsieur Beaucaire's two hundredth performance in London. Frank Daniels’ new opera, The Jockey, is written by Harry B. Smith and Clinton Crawford. Joseph Tart and Carrie de Mar remain in Moxy Grandpa. Ida Conquest sails Europe for a summer, to lead with William Gillette next season. Frank Moulin continues as Wiram in The Sultan of Sulu that tours the country. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Vassar Students features Jane Priscilla Sousa as a standout. Clara Lipman is to be promoted by Weber & Fields with Louis Mann joining their organization.
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Monsieur Beaucaire
Comedy Theater
London
Frank Daniels
Harry B. Smith
Clinton Crawford
Joseph Tart
Carrie de Mar
Ida Conquest
William Gillette
Europe
Frank Moulin
Wiram
Vassar
Jane Priscilla Sousa
Clara Lipman
Weber & Fields
Louis Mann
Editorial Flings Reflect Rough Seas of 1903 Headlines
A string of quips and quibbles from newspapers critiques errors in state enrollment in Arkansas sparking calls to pension the clerk. Satirical notes poke sea serpents, Sing Sing inmates, Servia’s Peter, and European returnees to New York, highlighting public mood and media tone across papers.
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Arkansas
Logansport Journal
New York World
German Gleanings On Capital And Growth In Germany
Large German capital abroad totals over 8.0 billion dollars. In seven years Germany laid 7.375 miles of cable at about 7.43 million. Cities grow fast, sawmills struggle to meet orders, and Berlin wires go underground to avoid storm damage. A bachelors club in Berlin offers shared flats with communal dining and smoking rooms at moderate rates. The empire has 145 chambers of commerce influencing legislation, especially tariffs.
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Germany
Berlin
German Empire
Chamber of Ecommerce
Orchard and Garden Advice From a Cloudy Transplant Day
Moist earth and a cloudy day set the scene for transplanting and cherry culture noted as the simplest fruit culture. The guide urges careful planting, letting trees establish, and using powdered hellebore on leaves when dew is on to combat currant worm. It stresses manure, continuous succession crops, proper drying of medicinal herb harvests, and warns white salt kills weeds but can harm plants, requiring caution.
Antiquity of Hospitals Across Ancient Civilizations
A compact survey traces early hospital-like institutions in India, Ceylon, and Rome, noting Buddhist maintenance, biblical mentions, and later European foundations. It cites FaBiola, St Pammachus, St Basil, Innocent III, Lanfranc, and early American efforts led by Dr. Bond and Benjamin Franklin. The piece contrasts ancient healing sites with medieval and early modern developments.
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India
Ceylon
Rome
St. Pammachus
St. Basil
Caesarea
Europe
San Spiritu
Innocent III
England
Lanfranc
Canterbury
America
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Bond
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia Medical Journal
Horses of Celebrated Men and Famous War Horses
The piece recalls famed steeds such as Napoleon's Marengo and Wellington's Copenhagen from Waterloo. It notes Copenhagen’s age of twenty seven and Marengo’s display in the Museum of the United Services in London, then questions Washington’s horse name and mentions Richard III’s White Surrey and William III's Sorrel with one eye.
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Napoleon
Waterloo
Marengo
Wellington
Copenhagen
Museum of the United Services
London
George Washington
Washington
Richard III
White Surrey
Kingdom
William III
Sorrel
Sa_voy
Charles VIII
France
Carlyle and His Wife Portrayal in Froude Volume
The late historian Anthony Froude recounts Carlyle and his wife’s stormy marriage. She dies first, and Carlyle preserves a diary remark of blue marks from a fit of passion. He then compiles a memoir including diary passages and orders the record not to be destroyed.
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Tsi
Yentsi
Carlyle
Anthony Froude
Causes of Deafness Tied to Nose Blowing, Expert Warns
A New York eye and ear specialist notes deafness often follows violent nose blowing. He cites the link between nasal and ear passages, explains how water and catarrh worsen condition, and says straining can stretch or rupture the eardrum. He recalls cases where deafness appeared after a heavy head cold.
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New York
Miss Ethel Delays Appearance Amid Courtship Doubts
The youth tells a servant he waits for Miss Ethel and jokes she may be making up her mind. The servant answers with a cold smile that she is not deciding her mind but something more decisive about the visit.
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Ethel
A Change of Name in a Marriage Proposal
In a playful exchange Miss Warringford asks Boothby to change his name to Mr Ethel Warringford rather than her changing to Mrs Henry Boothby. The comic dialogue reveals social name expectations and witty banter about marriage.
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Boothby
Ethel
Thinner Then Barberexchange Becomes Odd Banter
A brief exchange depicts a barber and customer remarking on hair thinning and age. The barber notes extreme thinness while the customer jokes that he appears thirty, but was thirty yesterday, giving a light, period-voice teaser.
Miss Charmington Fond of Animals Cites Hope for Bliggens
In a pointed exchange from the Syracuse Standard, Miss Charmington voices fondness for animals, Bliggens’ sister notes potential hope for him, while Bliggens recalls she once called him a brute. A Franklin adage adds that laziness lets poverty overtake one slowly.
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Franklin
Man Should Live Long Enough to Welcome Death
A quotation from Professor Metchnikoff argues for extreme longevity. It asserts most die from accidents, not natural causes, and advocates living to 140. From youth to old age, life should serve family, science, humanity, and the state, with the aim of delaying death and sustaining desire to live.
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Professor Metchnikoff
The Day After and the Knocking at the Gate
A reflection on the day after a great event, drawing on De Quincey’s image from The Knocking at the Gate to suggest that the true horror and meaning of a deed reveal themselves only after the immediate moment. The essay notes that the moment of reckoning arrives with the day after and its reaction.
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de Quincey
Macbeth
Duncan
Atlantic
Too Small to Obey
A marriage tale from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper humor piece depicts a wife who grows in size while her husband remains unchanged. After years of quiet compromise, she refuses a demand and quips that she expected him to grow to match her, highlighting comic gender role reversals.
Pine Wood Improvement by Pruning and Pasture Practice
White Mountains farmers learn that removing lower balsam limbs when young prevents regrowth and yields knot-free lumber. Hotels seeking pine lands ask how to obtain them, and officials advise cutting hard woods then turning cattle into pasture for three years to suppress shoots and let pines, avoided by cattle, thrive with denser needles.
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White Mountains
Tricky Dynamite Dealer Warns of Uncertain Hazards
A dealer in dangerous dynamite warns that accidents are unpredictable with the explosive material. Dropping a cartridge could cause a deadly explosion while another taken from the same case might land harmlessly as if wax, underscoring the peril and unpredictable behavior of dynamite.
Prison guard witty reply to visitor about pain
A lawyer recalls a prison guard’s sharp humor when asked if guard life is painful. The guard quips that it is painful considering the number of felons they handle, illustrating a grimly comic take on prison work.
Ingenious Woman Humiliates Husband with Nightgown Tucks
A Kansas City Journal item recounts a Wichita man whose wife makes him wear nightgowns with pink ribbon trimmed sleeves so the baby won’t notice the difference when he walks the floor at night. The piece highlights domestic gender role play and humor in an era.
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Kansas City Journal
Rossini’s Quaint Logic on Spinach and Preference
The remark humorously claims a logical paradox from Rossini about spinach. It notes the speaker dislikes spinach and suggests it’s fortunate, because if they liked it they would eat it and could not endure it. The tone mirrors a witty, self contradictory reasoning style.
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Dumas
Rossini
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Sing Sing
Daniels
Washington Post
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Servia
Kansas City
Hartford Courant
Science and
Ferguson
Grand Discount Sale
Rte
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Vogus & Sons
Doble & Son
1St St
2Nd St
4Th St
Main St
Postoffice
Omaha Track
J. E. Wells
Mitchell
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S. W. Rowley
N. Jensen
Preston & Hannett
LAW
A. Branch
D. Prescott
Davison County
Main
Star Barber Shop
St. J. N
Emerson
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