Eagles in Legend and Reality Across Continents
The Scotsman recounts tales of eagles attacking large game in Scotland with a stag and a fawn in the Highlands. It cites a South African case of an eagle carrying a five year old boy, then notes other dramatic stunts such as eagles rending roe and dragging prey from precipices. It also mentions historic lore linking eagles to child legends and Greek myth.
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Sir Charles Mordaunt
Scotland
Baron Shhroeder
Highlands
Kenseth Mackensie
Gairloch
England
South Africa
Barberton
Aeschylus
Paper Dolls Louse A Simple Home For Your Doll Recital
A Martha Washington style home craft story explains making paper doll houses from a blank book. It suggests pasting magazine ads as hall decor, adding furniture pictures, a umbrella stand, windows, a tile tabourette, a fern, a hall seat, and mantel. The next leaf envisions a cozy den with ad clippings, tables, chairs, hunting pictures, a piano, bookcases and novels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montmorency
Vanderheysen
Topsy Turvy Land and the Chinese Way
A New York Press piece describes Chinese customs as opposite to Western norms from compass orientation to names hats greetings and clothing while labeling the Chinaman a topsy turvy individual from birth to death and noting differences in meals mourning wear and social gestures.
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China
West
New York Press
Little Pauline and the Magnet Tale
Five year old Pauline in a lively imagination tells a fanciful tale about a girl swallowing a magnet and other small items. She imagines a giant magnet being used to retrieve the swallowed objects, a macabre yet playful urban fable sourced from the New York Times.
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Pauline
Sin
New York Times
Wilhelmina’s Best Teacher and Royal Education
Saint Nicholas notes Queen Wilhelmina’s education under her mother Queen Regent Queen Irina who supervised lessons and showed unceasing devotion to her daughter’s schooling. The account highlights the Regent’s presence at most lessons and equal interest in Wilhelmina’s studies.
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Wilhelmina
Irina
St. Nicholis
Mailship Post Offices Staffed by New York Clerks Abroad
Three postal clerks from the New York Post Office live abroad aboard current mailships. They assist the mails similarly to clerks on railway post office cars.
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New York
Damon and Pythias Bond of Arizona Cowboys
The tale recalls Damon and Pythias through two Arizona cowmen, Shorty Dallas and Joe Roberts. They settled near Clifton in Blue River country. Roberts helped Dallas break the law to aid him, killing cattle and fleeing from peace officers toward Mexico. Dallas denied aiding him, the posse searched Clifton, and Roberts hid in Dallas's cabin before slipping away. Dallas then joked about the escape, leading to his arrest for harboring a fugitive.
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Damon
Pythias
Arizona
Shorty Dallas
Joe Roberts
Middle States
Blue River Country
Clifton
Roberts
Dallas
Mexico
Jake Parks
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Wise Words on Small Deeds and Great Gains
A short moral reflection emphasizes starting small to achieve greatness. It argues faithfulness in little duties leads to major outcomes, and urges obedience to God. It links kindness to heavenly rewards and stresses duties to God and neighbor as source of true happiness.
The Peacock Inn at Rousley a Restful English Stop
The Peacock Inn near Haddon Hall is praised as a quaint picturesque English inn visited by Americans and Charles Major. Major noted old treasures and registers including a Peregrine Huguessen couplet about coming here for a change and a rest with the boots and landlord taking the rest.
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Peacock Inn
England
Rousley
Haddon Hall
Dorothy Vernon
Charles Major
Mr. Major
Major
Peregrine Huguessen
Senator Alger’s Crack Motor Moves to Washington
The Washington Post notes Senator Alger owns a fast touring car now to be used in the capital city. His son Jared Alger and Russell A. Alger Jr have trialed the 228 mile run from Detroit to New York and the senator prided himself on sending a modern vehicle ready for competition with the finest cars.
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Senator Alger
Sibley Nmust
Mr. Sibley
Detroit
New York
Jared Alger
Russell A. Alger, Jr
Pike
There
Metropolis
Washington Post
German rail signals debut at grade crossings
A German railway tests a new signaling system at grade crossings. Each signal box uses an electric motor to strike a bell while a sixteen candle power light displays Zug kommt meaning Train coming. The device is triggered by track contacts that activate on approach, stop after passing, and reset for the next train.
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Germany
Britain Imports From Abroad Totaling 260 Million Dollar Year
Britain buys 260 706 000 dollars in goods abroad yearly with the United States supplying 3 772 000 dollars about one ninetieth. The largest US item is kerosene oil worth 1 000 000 dollars.
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British India
United States
Household Affairs Soap Destroys Varnish on Furniture
The article urges careful care of wooden furniture, noting that daily dusting plus regular rubbing maintains bloom. It warns against oily restoratives and explains soap or water dulls shells and varnishes by removing wax oils. It favors minimal wet cleaning on shellac or varnished surfaces.
How to frame a picture for harmony and effect
The article advises using a frame subordinate to the artwork, with mats for watercolors and etchings, and emphasizes matching color schemes. It discusses gold mats, white or dark gray greens, and selecting woods to complement the painting, posters, and hunting scenes with appropriate framing choices.
Never Saw a Child Before the First Encounter
A New Orleans Times-Democrat writer recalls a case of a boy who lived fourteen years isolated from other children. He never saw or heard peers, only his parents, across a lake island home. The writer ponders the child’s likely reaction upon first meeting another child and notes potential downsides of lifelong isolation.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
New Orleans
Household Recipes Rolled Tripe and Gluten Bread
Instructions for tripe preparation with dry bread crumb coating and butter. Includes gluten bread scalding milk and yeast dough steps with rises and baking times. Also outlines Finnan haddock prep with stock, butter, crumbs, corn flour, eggs, and mold baking or steaming.
New York City Surpasses Major Cities in Immigrant Populations
The city now hosts larger immigrant communities than traditional hubs with Irish exceeding Dublin and Italians exceeding Florence while Polish, Jewish, and other groups also surpass their counterparts in Warsaw Jerusalem.
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New York City
Dublin
Florence
Warsaw
Jerusalem
Publicity as Security in a Connected Society
The essay argues daily papers carry responsibility and public outlets curb private excess. It contends individuals trade some autonomy for community good and highlights publicity as a powerful security against concealed wrongdoing.
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Robinson Crusoes
Charles Emory Smith
Good Housekeeping
Judge Holman Recounts First Battle of Bull Run
The Indiana judge known as the Watchdog of the Treasury joined Washington picnickers to witness the first Bull Run battle. He recalled panic as Confederates routed Union troops and civilians, and admitted he ran home veering north to escape danger.
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Judge Holman
Indiana
Treasury
Washington
Bul
Congress
Judge Culber
New Strauss Waltz Unveiled for Wien Theatre Debut
The Theater an der Wien received a note from Johanna Strauss widow of the composer claiming a new waltz among Albert her late husband’s papers. A theatre representative secured the score and the orchestra rehearsed in the morning, premiering it as an overture before the 300th performance of Der Zigeuner Baron.
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Theatre An der Wien
Johann Strauss
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Children’s Department
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New York Herald
Topsy-Turvey Land
Damon and Pythias
Cale
Holman
Saturday Evening Post
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