Direct telephones link Cincinnati to 100 towns in three states
The Hegister notes Cincinnati's direct telephone network reaching 100 towns across Ohio Indiana and Kentucky handling about 90 000 messages daily. It covers diverse items from legal cases about juror allegiance to literary anecdotes and evolving artillery research at Spezia illustrating wartime era technology and public notices.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Spezia
Whitworth
The Captain and the War Story in England's Edge
A wartime tale recalls Oliver Wendell Houmas Jr now a Massachusetts Supreme Court appointee aged 41, while a dramatic Indiana lake incident ends with a single match saving two men. The narrative blends duty, courage and survival as men confront freezing cold and peril.
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Oliver Wendell Houmas, Jr
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Dad
Joseph
Egypt
Smithsonian snakes become living models in ophiology study
Washington Leiter notes the Smithsonian collects snakes from around the world for ophiology with live handling and plaster casts. Snakes are no longer preserved in alcohol as spirits distort colors, and dangerous species are chloroformed for modeling. Models are painted to match original specimens with labeled locality and name.
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Smithsonian
Yarrow
Society For the
Washington Leiter
Berlin 1881 births show diverse family sizes and twins
In 1881 Berlin records describe a varied child crop with twins and triplets. The data highlights multiple births including four twins and one quadruplet among 31,055 females and 45,246 males.
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Berlin
Grace Before Meat and the Cleismaclaver Delegates
A humorous tale from The Golden Rule about a Synod deputation from Cleismaclaver who arrive starving for breakfast at an inn. A grand recreation of devout ritual interrupts their meal as a faux Dean of Ripon leads a long, fervent grace, while the diners struggle between piety and appetite. The coachman ends the suspense as time runs out and the party resumes travel, with polite confusion over identities.
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Clelamaclaver
Synod of
Church of England
Dean
Ripon
Dr. D
Tantalus
Clessmaclaver
Frightened to Sleep by Nursery Tales
A Detroit Post tale recounts a nurse scaring a child with bears under beds and burglars, then the mistress repeats the frightful story to discipline the caregiver. The piece asks how many children live in nightly fear of sleep due to such tales.
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Maggie
Detroit Post
An India Rubber Stomach Mystery Death in British Guiana
An inexperienced traveler, Henri Henchman, died after drinking water plant sap and rum in a tropical forest. Post mortem found his internal organs sealed with india rubber from mimusops balata juice that coagulates in alcohol. Stomach lining stretched thirteen feet when removed in sections.
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British Guiana
Henri Henchman
India
Henchman
Colonies
Household Decor and Sweeping in Old-Time Rooms
A reflection on past home decoration habits contrasting crude ideas with functional cleaning. It notes marble mantels with wax flowers, carved pianos, gilt mirrors, and varied carpets creating a hotel-like chill, then praises ease of upkeep via broom and feather.
Household Art Patterns From Tracz to Doilies
A guide to crafting patterns for cloth marking transfer tracing with paper and lard methods, and detailed instructions for fair favors such as satin card holders, drawstring bags, and luncheon linens. It covers drawn-work borders, napkins, doylies, and fringe edging with detailed stitching techniques.
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Kensington
The Civilizing Process and the Indian
A satirical note cites Atlantic Month’s question How shall the American savage be civilized It suggests teaching manners such as proper knife use napkin color placement reception timing attire and abstaining from beer and absinthe It mocks colonial attitudes by outlining steps to “civilize” an Indian through dancing school attire and English walking style before concluding with a biting jab from Puck.
Weeping at the Synagogue Over a Sermon
A North Carolina court confronts a default judgment after a civil action defendant died before notice. The case hinges on whether such judgment is valid without an administrator appointed, while references to local merchants and Italian wines appear in the surrounding text.
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North Carolina
Mashed Wax Woman and a Day at the Exposition
A Milwaukee Sun excerpt recounts a humorous trip to an exposition with a near-sighted father as guide. The narrator describes chaotic moments with wild animals, a chair display, pancakes, water from extinguishers, and a wax woman act, ending with reflections on decay and embalm ing from Demorest's Monthly.
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Milwaukee Sun
Pais
Miss Anthony Shelters Railroad Workers Creed as Voter Promise
A St Louis report recalls Susan B Anthony leaving the city for Leavenworth with two trunks. The baggage master balked at a single ticket so she explained she weighs them to ease the porter’s burden. The chief of baggage agreed and promised her support when she runs for office.
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St. Louis
Susan B. Anthony
Leavenworth
Saratoga
Baggagemen
Gageman
Anthony
Secret of the Pyramids Patent Claims Egyptian Embalming Rediscovery
A Washington patent claims a rediscovery of ancient Egyptian embalming methods. The piece notes the Egyptians valued preserving bodies for immortality, but argues the process has little modern utility. It mentions vast numbers of mummies in Egypt hindering agriculture.
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China
Earth
Demorest
Washington
Egypt
The Future of Corn and Its Limited Growth
The article traces shifts in corn use from feed and local supply to starch, glucose, alcohol, and export markets. It notes growing demand for beef and mutton, and highlights that corn production remains geographically limited to a two hundred mile wide strip west of the Missouri River, with Dakota and Montana remaining sparsely planted.
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Europe
Russia
Denmark
Great
Britain
France
Puget Sound
Gulf of California
Dakota
Montana
Bill Nye Contributes a Few Household Recipes
A fragment of a column offers odd household tips and cleaning recipes. It mentions removing odors with benzine and soap, washing ceilings with turpentine and borax, preparing stockings with ammonia, and ox gall for woolen goods. It then shifts to a Nevada note about Senator Fair buying Market Street real estate in Carson and a line about an Austrian railroad brigade.
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Nevada
United States
Fair
Carson
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