Chinese Wife Flees in Chinatown Sufferage Stir
A Chinatown incident centers on Quon Shee Fee aka Alla Samee Melican leaving her husband Lou Fee at 9 Pell Street after a quarrel over late nights and suffrage talk. Lou Pon, her cousin, explains the row as a suffragette rebellion among neighbors. The dispute drew police notice and the Four Brothers faction weighs in on behavior and gender roles.
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York
Shee Fee
Canton
Pell Street
Lou* Fee
Mouchock
Teelee
Lou Pon
Chinatown
Lou
Lou Fee
Burke
Elizabeth Street
On Leong Tong
Spitfire
Jelly Juggler Beats Back Coppers in Fort Jelly Conflict
Local incident on Northside imagines a siege at 845 Ridge avenue as Frank Eingang resists police with jelly jars and improvised weapons. Officers Rea Mall and Sherry pursued him, with injuries and a bound suspect awaiting transport after a jelly filled standoff.
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Sewickley
James Rea
James Sherry
Philip Mall
Eingang
Bingang
Mall
Rea
Get More Milk by Serenading Cows in Spokane District
Dairymen veterinarians and animal psychologists in Spokane and eastern Washington back Josiah Grant of Wisconsin who proposes increasing milk yield by soft music during milking. Society leaders and doctors, including Mrs. Rudersdorf and Drs Minig Baker, debate soothing cows with violin or brass music as experiments hint at higher output.
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Spokane
Washington
Josiah Grant
Wisconsin
Joseph Rudersdorf
Spokane Humane Society
Otto Minig
Veterinary
State of Washington College
Minig
Walter Baker
Sousa
Lamb Sacrifice by Bulgarians Alarms East Side Residents
Residents on the East side witnessed Bulgarians, Greek Catholic worshippers, slaughter four lambs on an open lot as part of a spring observance. Witnesses saw a man slit a lamb’s throat and others roast the carcasses on fires before devouring the meat. Police were called as crowds gathered.
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Oledo
East Side
Man of Resolve Returns from South Pole Quest
Hugh Allistaire, spoiled heir to wealth, proves his mettle by leading a stranded Antarctic party to safety. He reappears at Bishop Chudleigh’s home with a frostbitten arm and declares his love for Nora Chudleigh, asking to marry.
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Hugh Rendell Allistaire
Criterion
Piccadilly
Circus
Hugh
Cyril Humbert
Regent Street
Pall Mall
Chudleigh
Sbe
Mise’ Chudleigh
Capt. Harvey
Royal Navy
South Pole
Sampson
Harvey
America
New York
Hugh Allistaire
Bishop Chudleigh
Miss Chudleigh
Mr. Allistaire
Nora Chudleigh
Lieut. Allistaire
Nora
Bef
Hygiene of Cheerfulness Health and happiness view from Dr Wyant
Chicago physician Dr A B Wyant argues grumbling harms health and digestion. He warns chronic grumbling depresses nerve centers and can cause neural fatigue. He advises rest, sleep, gratitude, and moving away from grumbling to cultivate thanksgiving.
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A. BR. BE. Wyant
Chicago
Solla
Thanksgiving Street
Beliefs of the Moroccans on Earth Sleep and Ghosts
An extract from Wide World Magazine describes Moroccan beliefs about the earth balanced on a bull and a fish, dreams and the soul, and ghosts as devils with downward eyes. It includes a tale of a Bathhouse devil story in Marrakech used by talebs to exploit credulous villagers.
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Morocco
Marrakech
Talebs
Wide_ World Magazine
The Cat of St. Pauls at Broadway and Fulton
A golden cat named Thomas roams St. Pauls chapel and churchyard at Broadway and Fulton streets New York. He patrols the grounds chewing the place with stately grace and naps on an old sarcophagus among ivy and memorial slabs. The verger says he belongs to a tenant in a nearby office building but is a regular churchyard resident.
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St. Paul's
St. Paul’s Chapel
Broadway
Fulton Streets
New York
Thomas Cat
French Couturieres
Thomas
Our Smallest Library in Pinebluff North Carolina
A tiny town builds a public library from a band stand donated by a local gentleman. The Pinebluff library, reputedly the world’s smallest, raised funds through entertainments to fill the stand with more than 500 donated books and opens in full operation.
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Pinebluff
North Carolina
Grievance and the Power of Work in Daily Life
A reflective piece on personal grievance and the ease of imagining injuries. It argues that abundant work, steady effort, and self discipline guard against constant worry. It emphasizes balance between labor and rest and the importance of clear understanding to avoid morbid thoughts.
Fire destroys pianos in Syracuse club incident
In a Harper's Weekly excerpt, a chaotic scene unfolds as a Syracuse club suffers a piano blaze. Firefighters are described as helpless while patrons discuss the disastrous event and the cost of the party fallout.
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Jove
Binks
Syracuse
Zanypate
Vassall
Harper's Weekly
Choose Your Guest To Fit The Dinner Etiquette
A 1910s style guide urges hosting tact in seating and guest selection. It warns against mixing by status, favors varied conversation over lengthy menus, and advises the hostess to steer debates and curb biting wit while encouraging liveliness and sociable grace.
Valuable Little Sweet Box Institution in Our Family
A stout cardboard box lined with sachet powder keeps small gifts and works perfumed. Wadding is glued to seal the top edge, and two or three sweet sachets are kept inside. Items placed in the box for a day or two emerge with a pleasant fragrance, avoiding repeated sachet purchases.
A Nice Sirup From Sugar and Water
Two teacups sugar are melted and browned in a pan over heat then boiled with water until thickened like sirup. Cool and pour into a pitcher then flavor with vanilla or maple essence if desired. It will keep if not boiled too long.
Beef En Casgerole Step By Step
A recipe outlines beef casserole using two and a half pounds beef with duck or round, three pounds drippings, carrot, onion, flour, salt, pepper, tomatoes, bay leaf, and cooking steps. Brown meat, combine with remaining ingredients in a casserole, bake until tender, and serve with mashed or baked potatoes.
Cinnamon Cake Recipe Instructions
Instructions describe making a cinnamon cake by beating six egg yolks with six spoonfuls of sugar and cinnamon, then folding in six stiffly beaten egg whites, sifting in six spoonfuls of flour, and baking in a moderate oven in a greased tin. Bel ta tas
Recipe fragment for mustard sauce with eggs and butter
A historical recipe fragment describes preparing a mustard paste with three tablespoons ground mustard and warm water, then adding half a cup vinegar, one tablespoon sugar, a pinch of salt, and two beaten egg yolks. The bowl is set over boiling water and stirred until thickened with a lump of butter the size of an erg.
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Alla Samee
Melican
Chudéeigh
Lady Wellington
Misa Chudleigh
Ara
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