Washington sidewalk improvements and other notes
Washington letter reports ongoing sidewalk upgrades cost 150000 yearly with 75000 borne by property owners, calls for higher congressional appropriations to speed pavework. Also notes leniency request by Navy chief commissary steward Edds, Garfield to slow antitrust actions, push for gymnasiums in high schools, and staffing changes in the Department of Commerce.
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Washington City
Congress
Edds
Newport
Narragansett Bay Naval Training Station
Navy Department
Naval Prison
Boston
Garfield
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Western High School
Georgetown
Elizabeth R. Walton
New Department
J. W. Mitchell
Munich
Auburn
Hill
Department of Commere
Sinhchell
Mitchell W
Hottentot moral tale and comic snippets period style
A spoof poem titled This poor unfortunate Hottentot unfolds a lean tale of hunger, peril, and moral ending as a hunter faces a snake and a lioness amid rustic trouble. It is followed by brief jokes and light anecdotes from various 19th century papers.
Foreign Pigkings and Global Teasers in Brief
A Spanish regulation requires foreigners in Spain to register at consulates. A Lisbon physician claims Portugal hosts at least 2,000 lepers who beg and spread infection. Paris National Library earmarks 636,200 yearly for new books. Berlin Royal Library 37,500. British Museum Library 185,000. Eugenie curates sovereign letters after Napoleon III’s marriage. Swiss watchmakers plan emigration to Germany for cheaper labor. A Florence archeology custodian insane, shattered a famed Greek vase. fragments later recovered enabling reconstruction.
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Spain
Lisbon
Portugal
National Library of
Paris
Berlin
British Museum
Napoleon Ili
Eugenie
France
Switzerland
Germany
Archeological Museum
Florence
Fashion notes for spring and summer dress fabrics
A New York Post style roundup describes turndown collars and cuffs on women’s wear, etamine and canvas patterns, mercerized linens for shirt waists, and a shift from self colors to black and white mixtures. It highlights home spun and basket cloths, pale greens, yellows, and primrose tones for gowns, plus sage green and other fabrics for demi dress wear.
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Europe
New York Post
Plays and Players in 1901 02 theater scene
Gracie Emmett’s engagement in Sydney lasts eight weeks. Wong Fong a new spring comic opera. Bronson Howard in Pasadena awaiting a new play. Florence Rockwell stars with Nat Goodwin in A Midsummer Night’s Dream revival. A Chinese Honeymoon reaches its six hundredth performance since 1901. Pinero’s first play was Two Hundred a Year, now thirty two original works. Bradley of the Bostonians writes Mafeking melodrama. Anthony Hope studies the American stage to write for Frohman. Frances Aymar Mathews, author of Pretty Peggy, now on stage with Grace George.
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Gracie Emmett
Sydney
Australia
Charles Bradley
The
Bostonians
Anthony Hope
Charles Frohman
Frances Aymar Mathews
Peggy
Grace George
Family dispute quotes Tyte-Phist in Chicago Tribune
Mrs Tyte-Phist and Mr Tyte-Phist clash over authority in the family with biblical justifications. He asserts he is head of the family while she retorts she is the best help there has been, captured in a sharp domestic exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tyte-Phist
Mrs. Tyte-Phist
Chicagso Tribune
Tasidious Scheme by Tobacco Trust Targeting Men
A Baltimore Herski article alleges a sneaky plan by the tobacco trust to expand business by exploiting male vanity. Beautiful smoking jackets will be offered cheaply to attract male shoppers, prompting some men to learn to smoke merely to keep up appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tasidious
Tobacco Trust
Baltimore Herski
Fragmentary Note on Social Gossip From Philadelphia
A garbled passage references Mr Festherbrein and Miss Weargun, noting shallow acquaintances and a farewell. The text is incomplete and reads like a clipped social or personal gossip column with scattered names and phrases without clear context or full sentences.
Fragmentary transcript hints at Bert, Bobby, and Aunt Jam dialogue
A partial transcript shows Aunt Jam speaking to Bobby about a question and a reaction. The text includes garbled phrases and names, suggesting a confused exchange or interview fragment. Further context is needed to clarify who is involved and what is being asked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jam
Bobby
Botar
Sescon
Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
Unclear OCR fragment mentions a person and a spouse with possible death or document error. Readable portions reference a local matter likely a notice type with names obscured. Unable to extract a coherent event or dates from the fragment.
Pork Sock Suit of Clothes
Unclear fragmentary text appears to mix gibberish phrases including pork sock suit of clothes and names Boektst and Gest-Ioige. No coherent event or identifiable entities emerge to summarize.
Paine's Celery Compound Claims Cure for Rheumatism
A testimonial describes Paine's Celery Compound curing rheumatism and uric acid problems. It quotes S D Corwsy of Missouri, claiming long-term relief after consulting doctors, noting prior failures and urging others to try the remedy.
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Sfierming
S D. Corwsy
Ieper
Paine
A Pleased Auditor
A puzzling clipped note describes a speaker recounting an hourlong private telephoning incident. The lines hint at a comic or satirical meeting with a focus on a pleased auditor and related miscommunications. Names and places are not clear in the fragment.
Awards and school notes from Mt Vernon and county
Ida Martin receives a certificate of award while Miss Pearl Pratt rests home for a few days. Prof Hoff elected superintendent of Mitchell Schools. Mt Vernon joint school officers meeting supports uniting outlying schools. Court opinion on county superintendent appointments. election timing explained. Field day planned at White's grove with hayride and ice cream, plus exams and commencements. Clubs, graduates, and civic notices fill a busy county education week.
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Ida Martin
Pearl Pratt
Myrtle Holshire
IF. H. Hoff
Mitchell Schools
Mt. Vernon
Miss Brown
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