Felicia Felicity Names and Legend of a Saintly Fortune
Felicia is the feminine form of Felix with roots in ancient names meaning happy. The article traces Felicitas and related forms across Europe, noting Felicia as the English favored form, its symbols like the pearl as talisman, Monday as a lucky day, and the daisy as her emblem.
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Eligia
Felix
Herod Agrippa
Felice
Italy
Spain
France
Felica
Fe- Hela
England
Felise
Felicia
Navarre
Felicitas
Carthage
St. Perpetua
Antonius Pius
Felicita
Felicite
Faustina
Too many words mean same thing in this country
The narrator describes trying to understand a single word meaning a concept and comparing it to attending a baseball game. He notes misreads about crowds and hot weather and ends with frustration at language clues and the crowd absence at the game.
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United States
Gaume
Leesten
How He Started SB Sulphur and Phosphorus by Friction
A historical note explains early methods of making sulfur and phosphorus by friction with no use of a den. It cites the safety match, striking on the box, as invented by a Swedish inventor Lundstrom in 1855.
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John Walter
Stocton-on-Tees
England
Godfrey Haukwitz
Lundstrom
Right Way to Christen A Baby In Simple White Dress
An old observe urges plain christening attire for babies with white gowns and bonnets. It notes sponsors hold the infant during the rite and discusses tipping clergy, suggesting a polite donation instead of a formal fee. The father handles arrangements after the ceremony.
Maps as Paper for Stamps Across New Republics
Latvia prints its stamps on the back of maps as a wartime reuse of paper. The practice shows how new republics repurpose available materials to meet administrative needs.
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Latvia
Patricia Crawford Dominates Popular Film Scene
Patricia Crawford stands among the most popular movie stars, widely recognized from numerous well known productions and regularly seen in major film roles.
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Stara None
Patricia Crawford
Why We Sneezes and The Nose’s Quick Defense
The nose contains a network of highly sensitive nerves in the membranes that trap inhaled impurities. Sneezing arises when these nerves are triggered to clear the nose quickly and forcefully. Irritants like smoke or pepper irritate the nerves and prompt a rapid expulsion. Colds clog the nose with mucus and debris, triggering a cleansing sneeze after other methods fail.
Seeds of Indian chaulmoogra tree reach Philippines
Seeds from the chaulmoogra tree of India that forms the basis of a leprosy cure have been received in the Philippine islands where an attempt will be made to grow the tree for this purpose.
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India
The Politicians' Handicap in Human Hearing
A Chicago News quip notes politicians seek an improvement to the human body enabling both ears to be to the ground at once. The wry line suggests heightened responsiveness to public sentiment.
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Chicago News
Wide Awake Star Awakens The Night Sky
A fanciful tale where Old Father Moon Man and gentle South Wind overlook a lone star that stays awake. The star and others peek from beneath fleecy cloud blankets, waking all the stars and angering the clouds who complain to Moon Man about the disrupted sleep.
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Old Father Moon Man
Father Moon Man
Moon Man
Consistent Misanthrope Dialog Sparks Racial Prejudice
Conversation reveals Miss Cayenne noting Bugeins shows strong race prejudice. She recalls moments when he seems to hate the entire human race including himself, underscoring a volatile outlook.
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Bugeins
Miss Cayenne
Experts Study Centenarians Face Age Claim Reliability
Washington reports census examiners will study more than 8,500 centenarians to learn how people reach 100 plus. Data on birth place and date, marriage, occupation, and habits will be collected to analyze longevity and gender differences.
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Washington
D. C
Census Bureau
United States
Record Mushroom Weighing Three Pounds Met President Harding
Violet Schroder displays a giant mushroom grown by her father John that weighed three pounds and was touted as possibly a record size. The specimen was sent to President Harding for inspection.
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Violet Schroder
John
Harding
Grill Owner Foils Robbery Attempt at Park Grill
Grill owner hurls a plate at two robbers to stop a hold up at Nokton. He yelled for customers to dive for cover as he fought back after a revolver was leveled at Tompkins. Suspects John Traverton and William Thompson, unemployed seamen, were arrested and charged with armed robbery.
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Robbers
Nok&ton
James Comptins
Yompkins
Tompkins
John Traverton
William Thompson
Man Spurns Four Pardons in Richmond Prison Tale
John Orrell, a ninety year old inmate of the Richmond penitentiary, died after refusing pardons from four governors. Sent for life for repeated theft, he spent over six decades in one cell with yard access. After the Civil War he chose to stay, saying Yankees turned him out, and for 40 years cared for the prison cats. He even brewed his own cool drinks and was allowed three whiskeys daily by the prison physician.
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United States
Washington
New York
de Yuniak Springs
Fin
Atlantic
Iowa
Census Bureau
Enoch
Noah
Shem
Shen
Tacob
Moses
David
Solomon
Richmond
John Orrell
Levin
Georgia Negro Father of 82 Children Sparks Local Record
A Savannah man, A. B. Burgess, said to be the father of 82 children with three wives, has seven sets of twins and two triplets. Nearly six of the offspring are dying, and he reports name shortages prompting unique child naming at school entry. Burgess notes double names among the brood including five Wiles and two Sullies.
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Savannah
A. B. Burgess
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Georgia
Ile
Nenrly
Burgess
Girl Found Living in Grass Hut Near Walbrook
Sixteen year old Anna Slint was found by a policeman living in the woods of the Walbrook section. She had disappeared from home several days earlier and had built a grass and branch shelter, wearing a Baltimore style gown and French slippers.
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Grass Hut
Baltimore
Anna Slint
Walbrook
Argentina Caps Rail Rate Hikes Under Yrigoyen Decree
Buenos Aires reports President Yrigoyen voided British-owned rail rate increases of 15 to 25 percent enacted last March. The government ordered refunds to shippers and cited lack of prior government sanction. Railroads faced fines of up to 10,000 pesos daily as authorities asserted state control over public utilities.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Yrigoyen
Ministry of Public Works
English engineer cycles across the Channel on boat-towed bike
Harold Bigby, an English motor engineer, crossed the English Channel from Folkestone to Calais on a bicycle mounted on two large floats with a fore propeller driven by pedals. He covered about thirty miles in twelve hours and was aided by a motor boat though seasickness and rough seas hampered progress.
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Paris
Harold Bigby
English Channel
Folkestone
Calais
Ilithe
Boys chained to tree punished by parents near Mount Vernon
Davidam mond and Floyd Batley two small boys were found by Boy Scouts near Mount Vernon exposed to sun from morning till night tied to a tree as punishment for disobedience. The parents were arrested.
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Mount Vernon
Davidammond
Floyd Batley
The Accordeon Law of dress and wreaths
James Hopper describes how adornment through flowers escalates female allure from a single wreath to multiple layers, then recedes as society grows desensitized. He likens this to an accordion effect of fashion driven by the urge to be beautiful, echoing mid Victorian restraint and display.
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James Hopper
Mixa Do-Bo
Bo-Bo
Miss Bo-Bo
Miss Do- Bo
Bolko
Miss Tio-Bo
Misa Bo-Rno
Salesmanship and a Bond Scam In a Cleveland Lobby
Mimer Bates overhears a man boasting of a plan to persuade his sister to cash out fifteen hundred dollars and buy bonds he claims are solid. The thief’s logic hinges on using family ties to secure ready money and mislead about bond legitimacy.
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Mimer Bates
Bond
Gawdas
Sisters House
Neo
Telmer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Minnesota Massacre Events in the 1860s
The history recalls Spirit Lake disturbances in 1857 and the 1862 uprising near Minnesota where about a thousand settlers died. General Hastings quelled the revolt and hanged 89 Sioux warriors, leading to their expulsion from Minnesota at Sibley Park in Mankato named for General Sibley.
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Minnesota
Indiana
Spirit Lake
Minnesota-Iowa
Henry Hastings
Mankato
Minn
Sibley Park
Sibley
Why Postmasters Quit In Big Cities
Everyday postmasters in larger cities receive many complaint letters. Among the many, some are serious such as a woman who wrote that her carrier is engaged to a woman twice his age and asked that he be told to end the engagement or be dismissed.
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Ciiles
Queer Times In Louteville Courier-Journal
A fragment from the Louteville Courier-Journal notes a local billiard champion and a baker awarded prizes. The quirky quote reflects a dated regional voice and playful regional tabloid tone.
Car Ownership Ratios Across Nations Highlight Scale
The report states Holland has 10,000 motor vehicles equating to one car per 700 residents. In contrast the United States holds 10,000,000 motor vehicles, including cars trucks and motorcycles, averaging one vehicle per eleven inhabitants.
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Holland
United States
Anglodachan Doctor Records Patient’s Dying Moments
A native nursemaid kept a written chart of a patient’s symptoms after a physician’s instruction. On the doctor’s next visit the patient was found dead, and the chart revealed two conflicting timestamps describing the moments around death and the patient’s attempted final actions.
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Fabric Dyeing
Advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a simple at home dye kit for dyed skirts dresses sweaters draperies and more. It claims the product will not spot fade streak or run and applies to wool linen cotton and blends with directions included.
Overlapping Sermons Echo Across Jeffersonville Church Precinct
Report from the Indian Apollo News notes that in Jeffersonville’s church precinct two adjacent congregations share a street corner. Open doors let hymn lines drift through the block with one church asking Will there be any stars in my crown and the other answering No, not one in a humorous exchange observed by passersby.
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Jeffersonville
Bis
Indianapolla News
A Lady of Distinction Honors Delicate Perfume Influence
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap for cleansing pores and Cuticura Talcum powder to leave skin clear and healthy. The copy stresses perfume as a sign of distinction and uses a bath routine as the pathway to refined appearance.
Self-made men and the new typewriter gag
A Richmond Times Dispatch quip recalls how a man boasts to his wife about a new type writing machine, joking it helps him write a machine and calling the effort a doggone exploit.
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lUchmond Times-Dispatch
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