Jericho Tower Ornament Debate Ends in Spectacle
Town meeting over top tower adornment in Jericho collapses into comic brawl and varied symbols. Voters clash between gilt ball rooster compass points eagle and angel until a thunderbolt and a blunt dismissal from Lish Billings end the dispute.
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C. B. Lewis
Jericho
Square Joslyn
B. C
Ife
Tarrytown
Dobbs Ferry
Gildin
Deacon Spooner
Enos Williams
Dwnos
Columbus
America
Tie
Tinos
Henry Clay
Silas Rebee
Silas
Jim Green
Gittin
Allus
Elisha Taylor
Elisha
Beverly Jones
Beverly
Daniel Webster
Jim Shorely
Abraham Scott
Lish Billings
Lish
City Hall
M. Quan
Absentmindedness Parade in Daily Life Pranks
The Chicago Tribune reports humorous cases of absentmindedness where memory lapses upend daily habits. A bridegroom visits his mother in law after 24 hours of marriage, a bank president forgets a lunch and reorders it, and an editor mistakes a dollar for a quarter while soliciting funds. These episodes illustrate habitual lapses and social embarrassment.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Tie
Brown
How Zulu Women Sew With Skewers And Sinew Thread
The Zulus of South Africa sew fur with a skewerlike needle and giraffe neck sinew thread. The sinew is softened in hot water and split into filaments, then the seamstress bores holes in the fabric and draws thread tight. She works on damp hide, seated on the ground, with slow progress in a laborious process.
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South Africa
Genealogical Puzzle From Liverpool Post Letter
A reader asks a genealogical riddle noting everyone has two parents who each had two, forming four grandparents. The Liverpool Post is invited to solve the enduring family tree puzzle.
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William the Conqueror
Liverpool Post
Moon Worship In China Fete Returns in Eighth Month
The article describes a six day mid autumn festival in China with moon goddesses, presents, illuminated pagodas, firecrackers, music and family reunions. A midnight feast ends with the goddesses descent and believed mortal wishes granted. The moon is linked to poetry and autumn as a favored season per Leslie's Weekly.
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China
Earth
Leslie
Evolution of the Vanderbilt Name
A letter notes the name shift from Van der Bilt to Vanderbilt as seen in autograph history. It cites the Commodore’s usage with separated n and d and the family habit of spacing, while later generations merge it into one word as in the New York Press observation.
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Vanderbilt
van der Bilt
Commodore
van Derbilt
William H
New York Press
The Oldest Christian Hymn
The oldest Christian hymn was composed by a persecutor of Christians, the Roman Emperor Adrian, between 76 and 188 AD. It begins with Vital spark of heavenly love and was later paraphrased by Alexander Pope in the early eighteenth century.
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Adrian
Alexander Pope
Not Self Conscious Remark Sparks Wry Exchange
A Washington Star exchange features a young woman declaring the man lacks self consciousness due to culture while Miss Cayenne retorts he remains tiresomely unaware. The dialogue showcases social wit and timing in a brief quip about manners and manners.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Thought on faith and science in early 20th century prose
The excerpt cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox on faith beyond science, contrasts public service with gratitude in a remark attributed to the Indianapolis Press, and notes knife factory labor division with 22 workers on handles and blades, 18 on table knives, 9 on scissors, and 6 on razors.
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France
Pan American exposition draws world attention in 1901
The Pan American exposition to be held in Buffalo from May 1 to November 1 1901 attracts global interest. The Nickel Plate road offers Chicago to Buffalo service with modern trains and dining cars, inviting inquiries for folders and accommodations from agents in Chicago and Buffalo.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Americas
United States
American Hemisphere
Niagara Fontier
Nickel Plate Road
New York City
Boston
John Y. Calahan
Adams St
Niagara Falls
F. J. Moore
Main St
N. Y
Striking Testimony For Electric Bitters In New Hampshire
I J Green of Lancaster New Hampshire reports chronic indigestion and nervous debility cured by Electric Bitters. His wife also claims long lasting health benefits and calls them a grand tonic for weak women. The ad promotes 60 cent bottles with satisfaction guaranteed. Also notes Queen Margherita of Italy keeps her husband’s bullet in a jeweled reliquary.
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I’. J. Green
Lancaster
N. H
O. H. Soetje
Margherita
Italy
Humbert
New Discovery Cures Coughs and Lung Ailments Claims Read
Mrs. Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana credits three one dollar bottles of Dr King s New Discovery with curing a severe cough and blood spit after other remedies failed. The ad also notes trial bottles free at O H Soelje s drug store and contrasts an aged Senator Pettus 80 and Senator Morgan 77 in a brief testimonial style.
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Chas. Applegate
Alexandria
Ind
Dr. King
O. H. Soelje
Working 24 Hours a Day Dr King’s Pills Promoted
An advertisement extols Dr King’s New Life Pills as tireless workers curing torpid liver jaundice biliousness fever and ague. It claims they banish sick headache drive out malaria and never gripe or weaken. Sold 25c at O H Soette’s. Also quotes a Brooklyn Life line about give and take.
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Dr. King
New Life
O. H
Soette’s
Bucklen’s Arica Salve Cures Scald Head in Morgantown
A Morgantown Tenn letter praises Bucklen’s Arica Salve for curing a daughter’s scald head and other skin sores. The ad claims it treats Neze ma, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Pimples, Ulcers and Piles and sells for 25 cents at O. H. Soetje’s. Mark Twain comments on woman suffrage noting a mayor of New York could curb municipal corruption if votes were allowed.
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C. D. Isbill
Morgantown
Tenn
Bucklen
O. H. Soetje
Mark Twain
New York
Various Patent Medicines and Public Figures Mentioned
A collection of advertisements and notes mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and DeWitt’s products. It cites Marvin Hughitt and other executives, Sir Francis Cook and Roosevelt quotes, and Garland homestead news. It includes health claims and endorsements with brief biographical asides.
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E. W. Grove
D. C. Prader
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