Tall Tales From the Lakes of Killarney Visit
A traveler recalls a Irish guide's tall yarns near Kate Kearney’s cabin at the base of a mountain. The guide jokes about legends of Kate Kearney, Irish hospitality, and a fanciful claim of a three mile and a half long Fifth Avenue Hotel with waiters on boats.
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Ireland
Killarney
Dunloe
Kate Kearney
Kata Kearney
America
States
New York
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Larper
Sisters of Charity Offer Extended Education in Iowa
The Sisters of Charity advertise a healthful, retired city location offering primary, intermediate, and academic studies. Special training includes housekeeping, board, and tuition for a five month session at 75 cents, with music and additional charges. Day pupils from Fulton and nearby towns receive reductions. applications to Superior B83, Lyons, Iowa.
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Thoes
Fulton
Lowa
Auction rooms in Paris reveal shifting fates of goods
A Boston Commercial Bulletin correspondent describes Paris auction rooms where a commissaire prisesur directs sales with an ivory hammer, aided by a secretary and an art expert. Household goods dominate rooms, attracting many buyers from doctors to officials, all pondering the fluctuating destinies of objects that pass through many hands.
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Boston Commercial Bulletin
Priseur
Hotel Des Ventes
Paris
Lercharme
Virginia jailer whips Nancy Lynch in public punishment
The Virginia jailyard witnesses Nancy Lynch, a long-time offender, stripped to the waist and strapped to the whipping post for twenty-five lashes. The cowhide drawn rapidly across her back leaves vivid white welts as she endures the brutal discipline.
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Mondy
Nancy Lynch
Chesapeake and Ohio
Nancy
Nusa
Wieder
V. Y. Herald
What Is a Shyster The Origins of a Law Term
The Central Law Journal gathers opinions from readers on shyster origins. A Wisconsin correspondent links ahyster to the German cohunter and New York street practices, while a Chicago correspondent suggests shyster derives from shicer meaning a mean or worthless person.
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The
Central Law Journal
St. Louis
Laccrosse
Wisconsin
Ahyster
New York City
Cily Crime Court
Chicago
Marcutan
Otvaw &O
How Candies Are Made by a Professor of Confectionery
A Newark Advertiser description explains candy production from sugar paste to chocolate coating. It details mixing half a barrel of sugar with water, forming a plastic base on a marble slab, flavoring options, and molding with starch in precise closets. Full production requires a professor and four assistants.
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Newark Advertiser
Oldest Egyptian Obelisk Near Matareeah Described
A fragmentary report details an ancient obelisk near Matareeah in Goshen near Cairo, attributed to Osirtasen I. It notes heights about 68 feet with six feet buried by Nile soil, weathering on two sides, base widths around 6 feet, and preservation varying by side while the shaft once stood at temple entry.
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Matareeah
Heliopolis
Goshen
Cairo
Osirtasen L
Alette Bey
Pocoke
Moses
Temenos
Phila
Builetin
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Gents
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H. Marcott & Co
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Esex Street
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Ase
Riverview Military Academy
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Otis Bisbee
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Main Street
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Moline Review
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Clinton Place
Johnson
Johnson & CO
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Tall Stories
Moline Wagon Company
Moline, Illinois
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Moline
Illinots
Benson
Seabury & Johnson
Platt Street
Smolander’s
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Richmond
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