Mrs Craig Biddle Smokes in Public Dining Room
Philadelphia social figure Mrs Craig Biddle caused a stir by openly smoking a cigarette in a public dining room of a leading Philadelphia hotel. The Biddle family, wealthy and connected to Drexels and Morgans, is noted, with Tony Biddle known for prizefighting concerns.
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Biddle
Tony Biddle
New Jersey Jurist Francis J. Swayze a Supreme Court Candidate
Justice Francis J. Swayze of New Jersey, a prominent Republican and former Hudson County graft probe figure, is noted as a possible candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court to succeed Justice John M. Harlan. He has been mentioned in past vacancies and presided over notable cases, including meat packers prosecutions and a New Jersey film exhibition controversy. He lives in Newark and was educated at Yale and Harvard.
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Francis J. Swayze
Supreme Court
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States Supreme Court
John M. Harlan
Burvard College
Justies Swayse
Henry B
Bis Lome
Wewark
Hart Yard
Harvard Few School
Jersey
Bur Ag
Lasconnor
Ives
Apes of Gibraltar Guarded by Martial Law
The text describes the diminutive Barbary ape population on Gibraltar, protected by martial law with about twenty individuals remaining. The apes migrate with weather, throw stones at soldiers, and are beloved by locals despite a history of attempts to augment their numbers.
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Gibraltar
Africa
Europe
New York Press
Pies for the King Ancient English Loyalties via Pies
Gloucester preserves a royal pie tradition sending a 20 pound stamprey pie to the king with ornate toppings. Archived notes describe 1897 elaborate dish on a gold plate for Balmoral. Yarmouth likewise fends a hundred herrings baked into twenty four pies for the lord of Hastingleton then to the king.
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Gloucester
England
Thas
Balmoral
Yarmouth
Norwich
Hast Clareton
The Transformation of Percy and Social Scraps
The excerpt follows Johnny asking his father about rocks and limpets on the beach while pondering if Percy is a limpet to Cissy. It shifts to Philadelphia social scenes where women admire a fashionable hat and social friction surfaces between Brown and Jones families. The piece closes with a note on using hot air as a rapid polisher for metals and nickel items.
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Johny
Cissy
Kipling
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London
Philadelphia
Chelsea
Brown
Mrs. Jones
John
Paris
Susie Brown
Jones
Mr. Brown
Mr. Jones
Philadelphia Times
Witchcraft in Scotland Beatrice Layng Hanged by Mob in 1765
The article recounts Stewart Dick's Pageant of the Forth noting Scotland's witchcraft belief and brutal measures. Beatrice Layng, singled out by Patrick Morton, was imprisoned tortured and forced to confess after accusations of witchcraft. She was handed to the mob and pressed to death between a ship and shore.
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Beatrice Layng
Scotland
Stewart Dick
Patrick Morton
Morten
Sash Windows and Their Dutch Invention History
Sash windows likely originated in the Netherlands and were introduced to England soon after the 1688 revolution. The term sash derives from Dutch and English roots. Queen Anne era examples show sash windows as notable features in some advertisements. The idea spread to France via Marshal de Lorge in Montmartre, with a 1699 Paris tour noting the windows' lifting mechanism brought from England.
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Tatler
Devonshire Square
Bishopsgate
Marshal de Lorge
Montmartre
Lister
Paris
France
Westiom Mrandard
Origin of a Postal Custom in Ocean Mail Wreck
The steamship Oregon wrecked off Fire Island on March 14, 1886. After collision with a coastwise schooner the ship stayed afloat for half an hour enabling all aboard to be saved. Mail fragments recovered were stamped to show they survived the wreck, a practice now directed by the international postal union. Edward M. Morgan of the New York post office is credited with this stamping idea. Moreover the article notes Turkey’s historical reach to seize famed cities, excluding Rome, reflecting ancient imperial power.
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Oregon
Fire Island
International Postal Union
Edward M. Morgan
New York Post Ofice
New York Sun
Punishment Quarrel Echoes in Yonkers Parents’ Dispute
A Yonkers Statesman snippet shows a mother asking if Tommie was good since preschool. The father denies punishment, the boy retorts that singing to him counted as punishment, highlighting a family exchange over discipline.
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Tommie
Hard Luck Tales Feature in Washington Herald Fragments
The Washington Herald quotes a flippant line about hard luck stories and notes Elopa as a flatterer who visits both the poor man’s flat and the palace of Son-SGT, reflecting a surreal, clipped reminiscence from the mini sites.
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Washington Herald
Elopa
Tain
Palace of Son
Sgt
Woman Chooses New Bit Over Voting Privilege
A Washington Post quote shows Mrs Growcher preferring money or a new bit over exercising her right to vote. The exchange frames voting as a civic duty contrasted with a personal, practical desire.
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Mr. Growcher
Washington Post
His Faifing. Parker-Doesn't Cuttem Contrast Doctor Tone
The brief exchange features Parker and an offhand jab about a tailor named Parker who is likened to a doctor through a running joke about a small bill. The dialogue evokes a London Telegraph tone with wry humor on debts and impressions.
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Parker
Cuttem
London Telegraph
Joyousness in Words When Others Help
A reflective note on finding joy and cheer in speech and conduct especially when feeling low and in need of support from others who offer assistance. The piece emphasizes mutual aid as a source of uplift.
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