English Credit System and Lord Tom Noddy in London Letter
The piece contrasts English credit habits with cash pricing, noting tradesmen favor large accounts and Lord Tom Noddy’s patrons. It laments caste-driven buyers, poor customers, and rising co op stores as fatigue with shopping delays grows. It also mentions Pleasonton's blue glass experiments and claims of electromagnetic healing.
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Tom Noddy
Kate Field
London
North Pole
Equator
William the Conqueror
T'ray
Iim
Bank of England
Imust
Mantalina
Noise Nuisances and Odd Customs Across Cities and Shores
A jumble of items notes declining bell ringing in cities due to telegraph and alarms, nuisance horn blowing by peddlers, and calls for daylight sleep in crowded areas. It also describes Moroccan hand talismans to ward off evil and a vivid, travelogue view of Moorish tea rooms, instruments, and a strange interval of exotic customs.
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Chicago Times
Saunds
Menu
Sck
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Morocco
Empire
England
Health of Paris falls behind London in sanitary measures
In a London Lancet report M Bert of France declines Paris health, noting Paris deaths exceed London by a large margin even after age correction. Paris suffered typhoid deaths near four times London’s rate in 1888, urging sanitation reforms and government action despite a narrow parliamentary defeat.
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London Lancet
France
M. Paul Bert
Spain
Turkey
Paris
London
Dismoer
Lond
Paul Bert
M Rert
Chamber
Animated Barometers and Frogs in a Saloon Jar
A Burlington Free Press item notes a joke: three tree frogs trapped in a candy jar atop a ladder reach the lid as rain is forecast. The saloon keeper proclaims the frogs cue the rain, claiming they climb when rain is coming and stay when it isn’t. Also mentions tailors repurposing old trousers into glove fingers.
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Vine Street
Burlington Free Press
Tobacco and Divorce Claim Sparks Controversy
Mrs. Dr. Mary Weeks Burnett argues that tobacco use drives many modern divorces by triggering a seductive need that affects the heart’s sympathetic nerves. She cautions that nicotine fuels marital discord.
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Mary Weeks-Burnett
Indian Dreams and Spirit Actions in Guana Lore
The text discusses Tharnim’s view that dreams among the Indians of Guana are as real to him as waking events. It explains that dreams are spirits acting, while waking acts involve the spirit in the body. It notes Indians accept reports from sleepers as valid, since the physical bodies remain motionless.
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Eery
Baptist Church
Coldbrook
Mr. Tharnim
Guana
Phived
Hair contains various substances says doctor
In his Doctors and Patients column Timbs notes chemists claim hair holds an oil a mucous substance iron oxide of magnesia phosphate and carbonate of iron flint and much sulfur White hair is nearly colorless and sudden whitening from terror attributed to sulfur absorbing air as in whitening woolen cloths
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Timbs
Noted American Poets Honored For Exemplary Character
A Weekly observation on American literary figures praising Longfellow Bryant Holines Emerson and Lowell for exemplary character, reflecting broad satisfaction among readers with their moral example and contributions to culture.
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Longfellow
Bryant
Ilolines
Emerson
Lowell
Chareter
Cat boat braves sea and land in breezy sketch
A vivid description compares a cat boat's broad form to a land craft, noting its stability and crewed by a single man who handles the tiller and sheets. The piece then shifts to a German moral climate under Wilhelm II and Sunday observance trends in Europe, ending with a wry anecdote about opera and taste.
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Vichibededphia Press
Inscraft
Zephyr
Abd
Kaiser William and His Favorite Flower
The piece notes Kaiser's fondness for the common blue cornflower seen in wheat fields and in a young girl’s hair. It adds a remark about life being short with a witty line on lies and the value of occupation as a remedy for sadness. The tone is reflective and lightly satirical.
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Chicago Tribune
Emperor William
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