Gloomy Khabarovka Capital Features Muravief Statue
The article describes Khabarovka, capital of eastern Siberia, with a bronze statue to Governor General Nikolai Muravief, his expeditions in 1854 and 1565, and the monument complex including a band stand, a small church, governor’s brick house, and a bathing spot by a dilapidated pier.
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Khabaroska
Vlaivostok
Siberia
Vladivostok
Nikolai Nikolaievitch Muravief
Bogoroditza
Walla
Enduring Heat and Fashion in 1900s Era Notes
Washington Letter discusses practical tips to beat summer heat and suggests light work or mental activity. A New York Sun trend describes the up to date girl wearing a gold or silver Trilby heart pendant with a locket, featuring a sweetheart’s lock of hair.
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Carlisle
Washington
New York Sun
Make Your Own Hammock From a Barrel and Rope
A home crafted hammock can be made from an ordinary barrel and hemp rope. Remove ends, bore holes around edges, and lace rope to create a half circle that folds smoothly. Attach ropes to tree hooks or porch posts, paint bright colors, add a rush pillow and a decorative cover for a luxurious, inexpensive lawn hammock.
Newport society girls teach graceful walking in town
The Boston Herald notes Newport society women advocate a refined walking style. A writer describes a long astride stride with a high toe swing to keep balance and elegance, praising Miss Amy Bend and Miss Julia Grant as examples of beautiful walkers.
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Newport Society
Newport
Amy Bend
Julia Grant
Boston Herald
Ribbon and bead trims shape fashionable bodices
The Ladies' Home Journal notes bead trimmings are costly yet adaptable with bowls and spangles for ribbon or fabric. Latin ribbon gains popularity for easy tying and contrast. Stripes and plathein silk suit plain bodices with trim. Cotton blouses may feature a front trim route for best taste. Miss Mary Bartelme completes a 16 lecture course on medical jurisprudence at Northwestern University.
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Isabel A. Mallon
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mary Bartelme
Chicago
Letares
Woman's Medical College
Northwestern University
Deaf pupils stage recitations at New York school fair
The Wright Humason School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf in New York hosted a unique program by totally deaf pupils. Helen Keller recited Miles Standish with seven tableaus while Bertha Freeman J Pierson Radcliffe Will Quinlan and Willard Taft performed. The cast included Katharine Woodward and Robert Moulton who wrote the farce. Moulton, trained at the school, will enter Columbia University next fall. The show marked the school’s first such event and was praised by Mr Wright for its instructional value.
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Wright- Humason School
New York
Miles Standish
Helen Keller
Bertha M. Freeman
J. Pierson Radcliffe
Will J. Quinlan
Willard K. Taft
Katharine Woodward
Robert H. Moulton
Moulton
Colombia
Florence Shattuck
Carrie Machiel
Francis Bell
Mary Nicholas
Wright
New York Sun
A BRITISH ALLIANCE RUMOR ON WILLIAM ASTOR MARRYING LADY CHURCHILL
The New York Recorder columnist Cholly Knickerbocker reports rumors that William Waldorf Astor may wed Lady Churchill or Lady Randolph Churchill. The chatter links Astor to Randolph Churchill and his vast estate, noting her past affection for a Guardsman she nursed after an accident.
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William Waldorf Astor
Lady Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Willie Wallie Astor
Lady Randolph
Willie Wallie
Cholly Knickerbocker
New York Recorder
Which Should Take a Bath The Farmer or the Student
A lighthearted Illinois Lansing inquiry to Superintendent Pattengill asks if the farmer or the student should bathe, with a schoolgirl noting pupils could not solve it. The question awaits Pattengill's return, leaving both farmer and students humorously mocked as part of the unwashed ranks.
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Washington
Lansing
Interior
Pattengill
Italian skipper patents sail perforations for speed
The Genoa captain George Batta Vasalio claims adding small holes to sails increases wind action by preventing stagnation and cushioning the canvas. Tests in various conditions allegedly confirm the improvement. Back home, T J Hennessy returns to locomotive engineering after a failed business venture and a six year railroad commissioner term.
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George Batta Vasalio
Genoa
New York World
T. J. Hennessy
St. Louis
Poplar Bluff
Ale
Iron Mountain
Little Rock
Chicago Tribune
Relative Strength of Metal and Timber
Dr Robert H Thurston compares material strength values including cast iron bronze wrought iron steel aluminium and wood. Cast iron weighs 444 pounds per cubic foot with 16500 pounds per inch square bar capacity while timber weights range from pine 124000 pounds to hemlock 200000 pounds for similarly sized bars. Wood is bulky occupying 10 to 12 times the space of steel.
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Robert H. Thurston
Dreamer on the Paris Aboard Reveals a War Panic
A fussy wealthy man aboard the Paris on arrival becomes the focus after quarantine as he shares a champagne fueled dream of a stock market panic and possible war with England. His companions deem him the only genuine dreamer though he remains quietly dignified.
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Paris
New York Stock Exchange
United States
England
New York Herald
Discovery of Natural Soft Soap Pits in Wyoming Basin
A party of eastern gentlemen boating in the Big Horn mountains and basin reports seven natural soft soap pits across two to three acres of alkali land near hot springs. Water and oil drainage create a natural soap manufactory yielding a marketable product, with surplus absorbed in marshy soil, suggesting future syndication in the Big Horn basin.
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Big Horn Mountains
Wyoming
Great Central West
Big Horn
Rocky Mountain News
Funeral Trolley Cars to Run to Brooklyn Cemeteries
Brooklyn plans to run funeral trolley cars on several lines next spring if the Ridgewood test fails. Cars will feature a central bier for the casket with a minister and pallbearers, sable blinds, and a trailer car for mourners.
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Brooklyn
Ridgewood
Abilene
Kan
Lincoln
Neb
Chicago
Populist Moses Gains Steam in Southeast Kansas
The cousin of President Lincoln, Colonel C. A. Lincoln, emerges as a populist speaker in southeastern Kansas. Once a Cowley County farmer, he now tours Bourbon County with 100 planned meetings in schoolhouses, adopts the persona of Old Abe, and claims 35,000 miles driven across the continent on a bay mare.
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C. A. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Moses
Kansas
Cowley
Bourbon County
Abe
Chicago Times-Herald
Sheep Leads Man to Deep Stream Rescue
A man walking by on a bicycle describes a curious sheep that pets him with bleats and guides him to a distant field. The animal then veers to a deep stream where one sheep has fallen in and struggles to escape.
Portland man seeks secondhand coffin in hardware store
A man in Portland Maine entered a hardware store and asked for a secondhand coffin. He claimed to run a country store and thought local shops would stock everything from hornets' nests to coffins, but was disappointed to find they did not.
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Portland
Rise of the Medical Profession
Herbert Spencer traces the medieval and early modern rise of the medical profession from monastic centers to formal colleges. He notes Salerno's school in 1140 France's surgeon colleges, London barber surgeons under Edward IV, the Royal College of Surgeons, licensing by physicians, and the growth of medical schools and journals linking institutions, bodies, and practitioners.
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Italy
Medical School
Salerno
France
Barber Surgeons of
London
Edward IV
College of Physicians
Charles I
Company of
Barbers and Surgeons
George II
Royal College of Surgeons
Herbert Spencer
Dover woman tells of cure by Pink Pills for Pale People
A Dover resident describes years of illness including facial paralysis and throat weakness. After expensive treatments failed, Dr Williams Pink Pills reportedly restored health and facial expression, with the woman gifting thanks and offering to testify. sales details follow.
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Courter-Herald
Saginaw
Mich
Clare County
Pon Rae
Dover
Coulter
Coulters
Mra
Williams
Dr. Williams
St. Vitus
Irregular Narrative Fragment Hints at Health and Theft
A disjointed extract mentions kidney impurities and diseases linked to organ inactivity, praising Hostetter's Bitters as a remedy. The scene shifts to a confrontation where a woman accuses theft and a narrator recalls a hypnotic moment, blending health ad copy with a dramatic, personal encounter.
Cold Weather Warnings and Home Remedies Feature
A weather described as frost heavy over lakes and plains causes sudden chills and sore throats. The text urges immediate warming treatment with St James Oil and notes playful skating and workmen exposed to cold. Also includes stray dialogue snippets about a visit and a sister's nap.
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St. Jacobs
Reward for Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Honest Firm
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. Proponents F J Cheney & Co claim sixteen years of known honest business conduct and ability to fulfill all obligations.
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Hull
Ff. J. Cheney & CO
Propa
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Renaldo
Revaldo
el Monte
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