Tangier and the Moroccan Coast Voyage by Sea
Charles Saxby recalls the Moroccan coast from Cape Juby to Tangier, detailing the Touareg lands, Mogador’s mix of Moorish and European sights, Sallee’s pirate past, Rabat, Laraiche, and Tangier’s hybrid streets with traders, guides, and a bustling harbor scene.
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Rabat
Laraiche
Tarifa
Gibraltar
Tangier
Cairo
Cadiz
Genoa
Germany
Sallee
Page
Ocean
Desert
Charles Saxby
Music as audible beauty and inner life
The article argues music blends body and soul, beauty arising from the union of spiritual fact with material form. Sound embodies impulse and feeling, serving as the language of the heart beyond ordinary words.
Speech as Mercury of the Intellectual Olympus
A concise assertion elevates speech as the language of ideas and the Mercury of the intellectual Olympus within each person as John Sullivan Dwight double quotes in reflection.
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Mercury
Olympus
John Sullivan Dwight
The Universal Pet and Bronx Park Zoo Visitors
Harriet Quimby notes the universal desire for pets from dogs to monkeys and alligators. She highlights Bronx Park Zoo in New York City drawing 40 000 visitors in a Sunday and nearly 1.5 million annually, claiming it is the finest and largest zoological exhibit in the world.
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Zoological Garden
Bronx Park
New York City
Harriet Quimby
Leslie
Child Personal Crisis Reports
Vienna records another distressing incident as a child faces a personal crisis amid ongoing local challenges. Authorities and social workers coordinate with family services to assess needs and provide support.
Not a Question of Comfort in a Cold Tenement
A tenant complains about the winter cost of coal while a janitor explains they burn through what's left to save space heating. The exchange highlights fuel scarcity and improvised heating in the cramped apartment.
Theatrical Manager Recounts Hamlet Plans
A recent acquisition asks about planning in Hamlet. The newcomer boasts of playing in every Hamlet in Great Britain, saying yes to the challenge and recalling past roles.
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Great Britain
Tragic Child Suicides Reported In Vienna Scare
An article recalls incidents of youth self-harm. A twelve year old daughter of a factory worker in Vienna used her father's gun after losing a half penny and survived. Earlier a nine year old boy, after damaging his satchel strap, hanged himself in a room out of chagrin.
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Vienna
Human Vanity Reflected in Generosity and Fear
Quote from Franklin notes that a man may be more generous when poor than rich perhaps due to fear of being seen as penniless. The saying links wealth to perceived character and generosity.
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Franklin
Prunes and Peanuts Highlight Comfort Despite Hard Times
Amid reports of bountiful prune and peanut crops the public is told life’s luxuries remain secure even if other necessities falter. The piece comments on reassurance from agricultural outputs and consumer goods in uncertain times.
Secret methods spark a townwide market of hidden skills
A housekeeper laments local workers who guard their craft secrets in every trade. From a suitcase repair to carpet cleaning and pest control, artisans protect personal processes, fearing disclosure. She suggests such secrecy could trigger a broader social shift.
Shock and the Hair
A German medical journal cites Dr Steida noting sudden whitening of hair after withdrawal from dye or walnut stain is an old suspicion revisited. He says psychic trauma does not causally blanch hair instantly, though shock may appear to trigger rapid lightening within weeks in rare alleged cases.
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Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
Doctor Steida
Steida
Repeats of Drexel Biddle Advice on Marriage and Planes
The anecdote recounts A J Drexel Biddle advising lsha Chew to marry rather than buy an aeroplane after Chew said he had six thousand dollars saved. Months later Chew returned from a California honeymoon tour and mused that a wife might be an aeroplane, but he would still be wary of a second rate machine.
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A. J. Drexel Biddle
Lsha Chew
Chew
California
Suburban land buyer defrauded over flooded plot
An irate buyer claims his purchased suburban ground is underwater with fish seen swimming. The agent promises to fix it by sending fishing tackle instead of returning money or a new lot.
Thale of the Great Encounters Crowded Fame
A fragmentary excerpt portrays Thale lamenting crowds and the intrusive insistence of strangers claiming past acquaintance. The speaker also criticizes parents who press to photograph their children with him, hinting at fatigue with public attention and personal space invasion.
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Thale of the Great
Youth in Hayton Raised Amid Rome’s Echoes
Gustave Bauman of Hayton Wisconsin raised by an eccentric recluse. At eighteen he is fluent in Latin though untaught in schooling. He has never ridden a train used a telephone or mingled beyond his village as his guardian isolates him from modern life.
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Hayton
Wis
Gustave Bauman
Rome
Henry Bauman
Tal
Ented
Bauman
Europe
Woman Dies of Hiccoughs in Camden Case
Kathryn O'Donnell of Camden died after a fifteen month battle with hiccups. Once 140 pounds she dwindled to 65 pounds yet repeatedly survived predicted death moments. Doctors twice said she would not live but she recovered enough to tend to household tasks.
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Philadelphia
Kathryn O’donnell
Camden
Collie Returns Home After Fifteen Month Trek
Thoroughbred collie from Edmonton named Collie travels fifteen months across the continent. He slept in the prairie and dodged trains while feeding along the way and has reached his old home near Sherbrook Ontario. Owner A Brill plans to ship him back to Edmonton.
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Old Home
Tacoma
Wash
A. Brill
Edmonton
Sherbrook
Ontario
Immigrant Girls Lost Track At Ellis Island Report
1800 foreign girls vanished in the last year and a half after arriving at Ellis Island and being sent by train to Chicago and other western points. Miss Grace Abbott of Hull House warned at the YWCA biennial convention that a federal immigration bureau in Chicago could check on white slaver activity and better care for immigrant girls.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ellis Island
Chicago
Grace Abbott
Hull House
Young Women’s Christian Association of America
Miss Abbott
Bees Stop Rail Traffic At Omaha Depot
Two nests of honey bees fell from a truck near the Union depot in Omaha Nebraska causing a swarm to cover the waiting room and halt all railroad traffic for about an hour before service resumed.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Depot
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Tong Far Gdast
Morocco
Cape Juby
Las Palmas
United States
Africa
Sahara
Atlas Range
Fox Lebaudy
France
Mogador
St. Paul de Loanda
Accra
Lagos
England
Timbuctoo
Senegal
Saffir
Mazagan
Sallee Rovers
Biscay
Marseilles
Targie
Wisconsin
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