Matching Pearls and Belief in Pearl Affinity Across Cultures
An article traces oriental beliefs that pearls have sex and mate, guiding jewelry choices in Persia and among Indian rulers. It cites Queen Alexandra gifts, Empress Eugenie rumors, and shah jewelers, noting modern jewelers seek pearl matches and that pearls often have doubles in size luster and weight.
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Sowe
Persia
Patra
Alexandra
India
Eugenie
New York Sun
Bathing in Paris Reveals American Tourist Quirks
American visitors to Paris find baths awkward and public yet hotels begin adding bathrooms to meet demand. An ambulance bath costs 1.50 francs or a season ticket 1.20. A water carrier hauls hot water to rooms while neighbors gossip about foreign ladies splashing in shared, crowded bath spaces.
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Paris
New York Sun
France
BAZAA RS OF CAIRO BARGAINING AS A FINE ART
An article excerpt recounts Cairo bazaars where a Cairene shopkeeper and a Western traveler haggle over a scarlet scimitar. The dialogue reveals patient, lengthy bargaining, shifting prices from 1 000 to 275 piasters, and cultural contrasts in sales and social exchange. It cites Harry A. Franck and George Band.
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Haroun-al-Rashid
Vagamundo
Delta
Esbekieb Gardens
Cromer Pasha Vagamunde
Manchester
Chicago
Cairo
Harry A. Franck
Hidden in Woods They Survive Bushwhacker Night
Story recounts Joseph Altabeler’s father a Prussian immigrant in Barren county Kentucky who avoided Civil War drafts but faced bushwhacker threats along the Kentucky Tennessee line. The family fled into the woods on a moonless summer night and slept beside a road fork as dawn broke, narrowly missing discovery by Confederacy aligned raiders. Also includes a tip describing how to gauge a fine wire diameter by winding and counting turns.
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Joseph Altabeler
Barren County
Kentucky
Altsbeler
Kentucky-Tennessee
Altsbheler
Modest Fitzgerald and the Rubaiyat Translation
Edward Fitzgerald lived quietly and was dismissed as a poet by most. He translated The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam long before his death but kept it unpublished. Now his work is renowned as one of the world’s most famous poems.
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Modest Fitzgerald
Edward Fitzgerald
Alfred Temayeon
Omar Khayyam
Honest Harry dodges Goliath trivia at Sunday school
A short comic note from the New York Press recalls Harry returning to Sunday school to take a quiz about the last lesson. When asked who slew Goliath, Harry replies he does not know and did not know he was dead, eliciting humor.
Dust the Other Way Or Lady
A brief Punch cartoon gag satirizes police crime risk. A woman offers a tract to a policeman who jokes that criminals, not officers, are at risk of becoming saints.
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London Punch
Laziness Runs in Our Family Says Stoutman
A dialogue from Lippincott's Magazine features Mr. Agile taunting Mr. Stoutman about running, with Stoutman replying laziness is hereditary. The exchange highlights a playful sly humor between the two as they discuss effort and motivation.
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Mr. Agile
Mr. Stoutman
Lippincott’s Magazine
Agreed Wife and Husband Exchange in London Testimony
A brief exchange in London features a wife claiming a small mouth and a husband denying it in a testimony that reads like a fragment of a larger dialogue.
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London
Restless Pursuit Theme Appears in Editorial Quote
A short quotation notes that people chase rest relentlessly, reflecting on exhaustion in modern life and the human quest for calm. The line suggests weariness from constant striving and the elusive nature of true rest.
Tip Rules Across Dollars And Dimes
A Duluth banker recounts a cabaret waiter's insistence on a strict 10 percent tip. He tests the rule with a $25 bill and $1.15 meals, tipping 4 and 11 cents respectively, arguing fairness for both large and small totals. He concludes he now pays 10 percent for large sums and 20 to 30 percent for small ones.
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Broadway
Dvuluth
New York
Duluth
Gas Escaping from Tree Cavities in Ozarks
A writer in American Forestry notes that gas escapes from cavities at the base of hardwood trees in the Ozarks when cut. The gas whistles as it escapes and can burn with a faint yellow flame if lit, a phenomenon attributed to heart wood decomposition producing the gas.
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Ozarks
Detroit Free Press Quote Highlights Sudden Memory
A Detroit Free Press passage recalls a tense moment where a speaker faces embarrassment and confronts a former husband. The quote shows a brief exchange as the husband looks up, smiles quietly, and quips who Mary is nagging now.
Woodpecker’s Waterloo Stuns City Officials
The Pittsburgh Post reports a stubborn woodpecker tried to drill a hole in an iron trolley pole but appears defeated this time. Officials note the bird’s persistence but hope for no further damage to infrastructure.
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Woodpecker
Dri
Pittaburgh
Wrestling With a Razor
A fragmented verse from a historical newspaper presents a rural scene with dialog about noise and a father attempting to manage costs, reflecting domestic life and dialect in a sparse, local item.
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M. H. Pinney
N. Main St
Newberg, Ore
Zumwalt's Feed Store
Chase & Linton Gravel Company
White & Co
First Street
Newberg, Oregon
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Yamhill County
Mcminnville
Oregon Agricultural College
Serremeent
M. Tennant
Corvallis
Oregon
R. Moon
Center St
The
Newberg Transfer Co
Cire
the Graphic Office
George Band
Mr Altebeler
Ened Evin
Saturday Evening Post
Dever
Mary
Detroit Free Press
Minnie
Mamma
Papa
Puock
Goodness
Spaulding’s Lumber
White
K. L. Evans
Rexall
Lynn B. Ferguson
First St
Yamhill Electric CompAny
Overland
F. O. B. Newberg
Cadillac
S. A. Mills
Newberg Auto Co
Newberg Mfg. and Construction Co
North Main St
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