Almanack Fever In A House Of Books
A playful sketch notes a family living among dusty volumes and a father who clings to the Almanack for weather, cures, and date guesses. He reads jokes, cites Nero and Raleigh, and insists on eclipse timings while praising health tips and past events. The piece credits Victor A. Hermann in Puck.
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Kspp
Thomas Hon
Josephus
Poe
Parley
Nero
Rome
Raleigh
The
Victor A. Hermann
Puck
Hidden Passion Sparks Guatemalan Revolt in San Francisco
A tale of Maria Rivas and Thomas Vincent unfolds from Vallejo Street to the Guatemalan coast. Vincent builds an insurgent army with munitions marked Manufactures of Metal, leading executions as the shadow of the flag flutters over a Pacific battleground.
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San Francisco
Guatemala
Pacific Mail
Para
Mazatlan
Vienna
Paris
Srta Maria Rivas
Rxbout
Thomas Vincent
Maria Rivas
Vincent
Vallejo Street
Mary Rivas
Marie Rivas
Guatemalan
Qocos
Irons
Vallejo
Pacific
The Pioneer Woman Typewriter’s Thirty Year Impact
In New York a celebration marked the thirtieth anniversary of the pioneering woman typewriter entering business life. The piece applauds her vast influence on neatness legibility and dispatch in transactions and notes the field she opened for women.
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New York
Leslie
Loan of a Son at Cae Clawdd Sanderstead
The London Express notes a birth at Cae Clawdd Sanderstead on the 2d inst. to Mr and Mrs William Roger Jones a son named Victor Rowlatt. The parents say their children are a divine loan for service as medical missionaries or similar roles.
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London Express
Jones
Cae- Clawdd
Sanderstead
Sarry
William Roger Jones
Victor Rowlatt
Decrease in Mortality Across Occupations Over Ten Years
Mortality in every occupation has declined in the past decade due to improved ventilation and sanitation and greater safety precautions in all fields of work.
The Elephant Sees The School As His Lesson
The great white elephant leaves the show and declares he will teach a school. He gathers animals to a vacant shed near the marsh and orders kittens puppies pigs and geese to learn. The elephant demonstrates flapping cars and waving trunks but the students fail. they excel only at shelling peanuts.
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Ife
Why the Ocean Doesn't Freeze
A note from St Nicholas explains that salt is not the main reason oceans resist freezing. The sea stays liquid primarily due to its immense size, heat storage from great depth, and moving currents that transfer warmth to colder regions. These factors keep large areas warm year round.
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St. Nicholas
Encouraging Birds and a Humble Tale of Thank You
A reader extols birds like robins and catbirds for insect control and cheer, noting nest boxes water pans and mulberry trees attract them. The piece also recounts a children’s story where Robert learns to say yes or no thanks, ending with a proud return home.
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Robert
Australia
Myra Jenks Stafford
Robert and the Captain’s Kitchen Window Visit
A six year old named Robert idolizes Captain Somes who shares a nautical life tale and a supper invitation. Alicia and Alidia secretly navigate a visit to the King family through a first floor window to meet Gwendolen, while siblings tease about a ladder and a bold doorway entry. Emma C. Dowd.
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Wallace
Alidia
Gwendolen King’s
Gwendolen
Alicia
Alidia Randall
Gwendolen King
Emma C. Dowd
Native silver found near Carcross for $1100 ton
Native silver discovered in rock near Carcross Yukon district valued at 1100 dollars per ton. Owners plan to invest about 200000 dollars to develop the deposit.
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Carcross
Yukon
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Fa’'S Almanack
John Fleming Wilson
Ilanduras
Bryn Mawr
States
Colon
Panama
Amapala
Papa
Honduras
Ocos
Ile
Father
Mildres
the Elephant
Egbert N. Moore
the Tribune Farmer
Captain Somes
Baltic Sea
Spain
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