A House Scene of Queens, Little Girl, and a Story
A refined salon hosts a mother and daughter with a tale of a rich girl in a cruel choice between a princely life and the loving brown‑eyed boy. The child questions the tale as the mother and guests listen, a story within a story about heartache and true riches.
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Mamaia
Annette
Papa
Mimamima
Mamuit
Anette
Amma
Sanmma
Iran
Mignone
Sid
Fairy
Mignonne
Munsey
New Words In English Language From Fragmented Text
A fragmented discussion mirrors a newspaper column on evolving English. It riffs on playful coinages and social lines, citing examples and mock phrases. The excerpt ends mid thought as it discusses language, gender, and storytelling trends.
Miscellaneous Notes on Science and Urban Life
A collection of curiosities and observations: empire sizes and ostrich handling, animal heart resuscitation, Hudson deep spots, library volumes in American colleges led by Harvard and Chicago, tax costs across U S cities, planned steamship service on the Dead Sea, historic tea storage methods, and Paris street trees totaling around eighty thousand with many species enumerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Sciences
Paris
M. Batelli
Hudson
Harvard
Chicago University
Columbia
Cornell
Chicago
Cook County
Sir Walter Stott
St. Ronan's
Searchlights aid fire crews with portable interior illumination
Harper's Weekly notes electric lights can illuminate burning interiors from windows and on pier standards. Detachable units with 200 feet of flexible cable let crews extend light into boats and holds, improving visibility in smoke and helping locate fires aboard ships. The piece ends with a stray line about elderly women from a wedding sharing cautious optimism.
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Harper’s Weekly
Dust Dirt and Disdain: Pekin as Imperial Capital
A London Telegraph reprint notes Pekin’s dual image as a dust and dirt nickname target and a nerve center of imperial and international affairs. It explains Pekin’s status as the Manchus’ capital, the Mandarin tongue, and its distinction from Nanking, with remarks on its gates, diplomacy, and social language.
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Lord “Amherst
Henry Norman
Nankin
Pekin
Niy
Nobte
Lendaw
Acquaintance Among Authors and Notable Writers in Review
A collage of notes on authors and works including Howells memoirs titled My Acquaintance Among Authors, Elizabeth Robbins new novel after The Open Question, Maurice Hewlett completing a Richard Yea and Nay romance, Mary Johnston serializing To Grave and To Hold, and anecdotes on Carlyle Mill and Cunningham Cra ham. The piece cites Miss Johnston writing at length and other literary episodes. a Chicago Times Herald brief notes an impertinent reaction at a bookstore counter.
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William Dean Howells
Elizabeth Robbins
England
Ibsen
Maurice Hewlett
Richard
Richard Coeur de Lion
Scott
Miss Johnston
Annie Rendrick
New York Times
Ieview
Mary Johnston
Alleghenies
Carlyle
Jobn Mil
Mill
Xmill
New York Uses Sand Carts for Park Drives and Streets
The New York Department of High Ways buys four sand sprinkling carts to smooth rough driveways and safer icy asphalt. The carts will spray a fine sand layer on park paths and streets to improve traction.
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New York
Department of ‘Highways
Sun Apex and Cosmic Motion in Herschel Era
A historical note traces Herschel and Newcomb confirming solar motion toward a sky apex near Hercules, with speed about ten miles per second. It discusses curved celestial paths, central gravity concepts, and the limits of definitive proof, citing Popular Science Monthly and Washington Star for context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Berschel
Bradley
Herschel
Hercules
Newcomb
Popular Science Monthly
New York Man Claims Weekend Dinner Costs Largely Cheap
A New York man argues food and drink are cheaper in New York than Boston after he and his wife hosted four guests for dinner at a total cost of 98 cents. The remark raises questions about whether the claim proves overall cheap living or just one family’s frugality. A German paper notes trichinae in pigs from Prussia found in Nuremberg markets, arguing against broad exclusion from America and stressing inspection. A witty quip about a genius misquoting himself ends with a reflection on unintended words.
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China
Ling Chee
Presto
Quilty
North America
Lafayette Square
Western Hemisphere
Washington Star
New York
Boston
Nuremberg
Germany
Prussia
America
Laurels and Losses in a Vicarious Success Tale
The Detroit Free Press excerpt follows a speaker reflecting on pride and value in achievement. Amid memories of family, money, and effort, the narrator contemplates whether the world grants due recognition, noting doubt and resolve as a golf champion’s son is urged to begin at the bottom in the office.
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Cnet
Omy Ald Hom
Secon
Hiesehen
Brown
Detroit Free Press
Unions Grow Across Industries Amid Labor Movement
Reports show piano makers in Loronto Cray and several trades from Toledo to Akron organizing unions. Locomotive firemen gained members last year while protective labor unions formed in Portland and Terre Haute. The American Federation of Labor now counts 112 locals. eight hour workdays and new wages appeared in Montclair bricklayers.
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Pindlay
Ohio
Unisa
Akron
Macon
Joplin
Seville
Wash
Westerly
R. 1
Granite Works
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Eer
Radmina
Jai
Tina
Woll
Sorbonne
M. Mangin
Chicago Times-Herald
Trish
Haziest
Amano
Tacomit
Loronto Cray Brootumakers
Batony 2
Toledo
Montclair
N. T
Nile
Nurre
Allah
London ‘Standard
Esau
Anid
Avere
Minnie
Ching
Molgsoniet
Angelas
Angelis
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