Edict and early photography in history and census notes
A collage of historic facts. An edict in 1563 France forbids offering guests more than three courses with heavy fines for hosts and guests. It notes Lord Avebury’s photo by Deguerre in London and early U S census and territorial facts. It concludes with medieval judicial quirks and long-ago excommunications in the colonies.
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Charles, IX
France
Lord Avebury
John Lubbock
England
M. Deguerre
London
Washington
Union
Northwest Territory
Ohio
Mississippi
Turtledoves
Canada
Brazil
Peru
Ades Animadversions Noteable Sayings
A collection of wry maxims contrasts parental wisdom with folly and professions. It quips that many are called but few chosen, and notes chivalry's need for a tag while a complete change can harm as well as help.
Costliest items listed in the world
The passage names the costliest world items including Milan cathedral as the costliest building, a St Bernard named Phiilimimon sold for 21250, Meissonier’s 1814 painting at 6175 000, Vuelta Abajos cigars at four dollars each, the costliest government being France with salaries totaling 3 750 000, and the Imperial diamond bought by the nizam of Hyderabad for 2 150 000.
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Milan
Phiilimimon
Meissonier
Hyderabad
Nurse Endorses Postum as Coffee Alternative
A Wilkes Barre nurse explains how Postum Food Coffee relieved her headaches and indigestion after switching from coffee. She notes benefits for patients and nursing mothers, especially milk flow, and urges proper preparation of Postum boiled 15 to 20 minutes with cream. There is a reason for Postum.
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Wilkes- Barre
Contend That Wages Are Fair and Quote John Mitchell
The New York miners claim wages are fair and quote John Mitchell to defend their stance. Operators reject changes, arguing a 36 cent rise per ton if the scale is adopted and cite current profits and strike-commission rulings as support for maintaining three year conditions.
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John Mitchell
New York
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Baer
Mitchell
Miners’ Seale Committee
Dowie's Health Falters as Legal Pressure Grows
Chicago reports John Alexander Dowie suffers myocarditis and medical staff fear grave danger. Attendants prepare for a Zion City march while two federal officers plan to visit the hotel to serve a writ connected to involuntary bankruptcy proceedings before Judge Landis on behalf of estate guardian Edward T. Fox and attorney Michael Gesas for Ransom K. Walker.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Zion City
Landis
Michael Gesas
Edward T. Fox
Ransom K. Walker
Ethel B. Foley
Senate approves plurality primary bill and city nominating plan
Springfield debate on the Stead primary election bill ends with a 36 to 1 Senate approval amended by the elections committee. It requires a 35 percent plurality via conventions for congressional and legislative nominees, with others sent to conventions for delegates. Galpin's city officer primary measure passes 27 to 1.
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Springfield
Senate
Stead
Galpin
Urge pensions for slaves at Confederate reunion
The sixteenth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion closed with plans to urge pensions for former slaves who followed their masters to war. Next gathering chosen for Richmond, Virginia, by acclamation, with officers reelected unopposed and a memorial day proposal for Confederate dead. The New Orleans event ran smoothly amid ideal weather and orderly crowd management.
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New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
Fire kills two in Frankenmuth hotel blaze
A hotel fire in Frankenmuth Michigan gutted Henry Goetz hotel killing Henry Goetz Sr and L Hartner. Four others were severely burned or injured including Anna Snelling Anna Reichle Mrs Goetz and Eugene Williams. The blaze started at midnight trapping guests on the second floor. employees used mattresses to escape.
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Frankenmuth
Mich
Henry Goetz
L. Hartner
Anna Snelling
Anna Reichle
Mrs. Goetz
Eugene Williams
Miss Snelling
Miss Reichle
Crapsey Hearing Near End In Episcopal Trial
In Batavia New York the Rev Algernon S Crapsey of Rochester nears closing as the Episcopal church ecclesiastical court nears verdict The prosecution ended its case and the defense sought to call clergy as experts on heresy but the court ruled testimony inadmissible for lack of doctrine expert and as opinion on subjects before the court for decision
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Batavia
N. Y
Algernon S. Crapsey
Rochester
Protestant Episcopal Church
Theaters Fire Tests Show Curtain Protection Falls Short
Vienna experiments with a modern theater model show that lowering iron curtains offers little protection. With open auditorium vents and closed stage vents, flames escape into the audience and temperatures soar, while carbon monoxide renders the space deadly. A third test suggests actor sacrifice as the only escape if curtains stay raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Magazine
Vienna
Franklin Union grows vast from Franklin gift in Boston
The Franklin Union in Boston, begun from Benjamin Franklin's legacy of 5000 dollars, now holds about a million in cash with 200000 in securities. If continued, the funds could reach eight to nine million in a century and ten million in two.
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Franklin Union
Boston
New York
Bouillon
Benjamin
Franklin
New York Mail
Carnegie
Rockefeller
United States
Paris Strikes Eased Amid Government Readiness
Paris reports show improved strike situation as military and police preparations to crush disorder strengthen. Public uneasiness has eased though alarmist chatter persists about potential May 1 disturbances. One claim notes 40 bombs believed brought into Paris by Spanish and Swiss anarchists.
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Paris
Fire Engulfs Iowa Christian Endeavor Records
A freight car carrying the Iowa Christian Endeavor union books and papers bound for the new secretary in Marshalltown IA burned Thursday en route from Red Gal. The blaze destroyed all 1200 societies materials aboard.
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Iowa C. E
Marshalltown
Iowa Christian Endeavor Union
Red Gal
Woman Held for Old Bailey Trial in London
At Bow Street police court Mrs. Violet Aubrey Tewkesbury, recently extradited from Paris, charged with assisting her husband to pass worthless checks, was committed for trial at the Old Bailey.
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Old Bailey
London
Bow Street
Violet Aubrey Tewkesbury
Paris
Miners Thrown Out by Destruction of Slope Mines in Ohio
In Salineville Ohio a coal company mine complex at the Slope pits was destroyed by fire leaving three hundred miners out of work as shafts and tipples were completely wrecked. The blaze halted operations and disrupted local coal production.
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Salineville
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Coal Company
Negroes Suffer Brutal Lynching at Oakwoods
Dallas reports a negro burned at Oakwoods while a mob fired at the victim to mutilate him. He allegedly broke into a solitary woman's home and fought back before capture. In Montgomery, Hobson leads the Sixth district Democratic primary over Bankhead.
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Dallas
Tex
Oakwoods
Hobson
Montgomery
Ala
Capt
R. P. Hobson
Merrimac Fame
John H. Bankhead
Locomotive Explosion Fatal for Three at Ducklow Tower
Engineman J F Good died and fireman C H Le Fever and brakeman J J Wallower fatally injured when a locomotive exploded at Ducklow Tower in Steelton aboard the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Harrisburg
J. F. Good
C. H. le Fever
J. J. Wallower
Ducklow Tower
Steelton
Pennsylvania
Tillman bill in Senate panel on corporate campaign contributions
The senate committee on privileges and elections, by a unanimous vote, authorized Senator Foraker to report favorably the Tillman bill to prohibit corporations from contributing to campaign funds. Americans Held for Fraud in London pending trial for conspiracy and fraud.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Foraker
Nickel Plate Road offers daily through trains to New York and East
The Nickel Plate Road promotes its route from Chicago to New York City and eastern points with three daily through trains featuring modern coaches and luxury sleeping cars. Dining service presents club meals 35 cents to $1.00 and a la carte options. All trains depart Chicago La Salle Street Station. General Agent J Calahan, 13 Adams St., Chicago, IL.
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Chicago
Ft. Wayne
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
New York City
Boston
Nickel Plate Road
la Salle St
Calahan
Adams St
Two-Faced Accusation Circulates in Local Talk
A local quarrel centers on Besa-Jesa claiming the speaker is two-faced. Tess objects noting the idea as unfounded. The exchange references a Cleveland Leader line and notes a cigar ad for Lewis' Single Binder from Peoria Illinois.
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Besa
Jesa
Tess
Cleveland
Garfield Ten cures sick headaches
Purifies the blood and cures headaches as advertised by Garfield Ten. An old friend remarks on daughters’ advantages while Cumrox vows to persist in refining them to avoid laughter at his errors.
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Mr. Cumrox
Washington
Garfield
Quip Exchange At Fancy Dress Ball Cited In Papers
A witty exchange between Thompson and Willings surfaces from a Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment as a humorous remark about a fancy dress ball where one guest appeared as a Highlander. The snippet interleaves with brief notes from other papers praising prudence and persistence in business advertising.
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Thompson
Kitty
Willings
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eminent Doctors Endorse Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription
Medical professionals praise Unicorn root and Golden Seal as key ingredients in Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Editorials cite Dr John Fyfe and professors Finley Ellingwood John Scudder Bartholow noting Unicorn root Golden Seal support for uterine and reproductive disorders and general debility.
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Pierce
John Fyfe
Tun Memoria Mroigan
Helenias
Lyfe
Asays
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett Medical College
Chicago
John M. Scudder
Cincinnati
Bartholow
M. D
Jefferson Medical College
Neighbor Kills Man Mistaken at Osceola Home
Walter Simmons was shot and killed by neighbor Mike Kinook in Osceola Michigan after Simmons, mistaken for a burglar, entered what he thought was his own house. The incident occurred as he approached a neighbor’s residence.
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Osceola
Mich
Walter Simmons
Mike Kinook
European Leaders to Meet in September at Darmstadt
King Edward, Emperor Nicholas, and Emperor William plan a historic summit in Darmstadt during the first week of September. The plan is reported by the Pall Mall Gazette, highlighting a major royal and imperial gathering in the Grand Duchy of Hesse.
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London
Edward
Nicholas
William
Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Pall Mall Gazette
When Men Get Wise
Success Magazine notes fortunes rise after age forty as the great turning point. The article argues the first four decades are preparation and discipline, laying foundations for wealth building. Wisdom arrives slowly, and many face errors before reaching the right place.
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Success Magazine
France Bans Insurance for Children Under Twelve
France passes a law prohibiting life insurance policies for children under 12 years old. The measure aims to protect minors from financial exploitation and age-related policy terms. It reflects a broader shift in consumer protections for youth.
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France
Indian Proverbs and Lafayette Visit 1824 Recap
A collection of native sayings reflecting stereotypes and colonial views followed by a brief note on La Fayette's 1824 visit as a national guest. He toured all 24 states, visiting Washington’s tomb, and was honored aboard the Brandywine, a vessel named for a Revolutionary War battle.
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la Fayette
Ech
Washington
Cole Onles
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