Wall Street Broker Recovers After Nervous Breakdown
Three years ago a Wall Street broker nearly died from overwork and illness. After a Bermuda therapy was deemed necessary, a fall on ship stairs led to a broken leg and six weeks in hospital. Rest and diet improved his health, and he returned to work lighter yet stronger, avoiding Bermuda and climate change.
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Sroken
Win” Crosby
Broadway
Wall Street
Crosby
Meish
Bermuda
New York Press
Arrested for Blowing Nose in Berlin Court Martial
A Berlin resident punished for sneezing in the street is linked to a second case. A lawyer, Schmidt, a military reservist at Magdehours, blew his nose in line before a reviewing officer and was arrested. He faced a court martial the next day and received ten days light arrest for nose blowing deemed disrespectful.
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Berlin
Schmidt
Magdehours
Sehmidt
Self comparison with insects on fragility and strength
Maurice Maeterlinck compares human vulnerability with insect resilience, noting ants can bear extreme weights, beetles show robust exoskeletons, and stag beetles display near unlimited resistance, as cited in the London Daily Mail.
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Maurice Maeter Dinck
London Daily Mail
Fragmented prayer tale from a Hite girl in Pennsylvania
An OCR fragment describes a Hite girl in a Pennsylvania town praying with her family and a servant. She asks for guidance for her father and stepmother, then adds a cautious personal admonition about facing danger and a warning to others at a wall gate.
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Pennsylvania
Fragmentary OCR Report on Ambiguous Declarations
The text shows an unclear OCR fragment mentioning a difference in specifications and a sale or court related term. It lacks clear names, places, dates, or actions to confirm a full news item.
Makes a Man and the Role of Colleges in Shaping Notables
The piece argues that credit for a famous alumnus is shared beyond the college, tracing influences from family, early home life, and other schools to a successful career. It cites a Brown University portrait of John Hay as illustration and recounts a parable from the Belvedere convention about a mind reading wager between a potions merchant and a clothing dealer.
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John Hay
Brown University
Brown
Bering
Charles Francis Adams
Ife
2 College
Spritsfield Republican
Belvedere
Baltimore Sunday Herald
Smith
Jones
T Sm
Mr. Smith
Mr. Jones
Baltimore
The Thirst of Mae and the Sunday Sundae Tale
An Eastern traveling man and his Denver companion visit a Sixteenth Street drug store. They share ice cream and discuss how the sundae reportedly got its name from a Philadelphia anecdote in which a couple orders ice cream without soda on a Sunday, inspiring the shopkeeper to call it a Sunday.
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Mae
Denver
Sixteenth Street
Miss Mae
Philadelphia
Denver Post
Longest Resident? A Suburban Satire On Subtle Poetics
A circular circulating in a suburb promotes a testimonial for the station master titled longest resident, mocking grandiose Germanic neologisms while exposing the absurdity of self styled superiority. The New York Tribune notes a shift from America versus the world to a world facing America.
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Langest
Sonsag Chronicle
The
New York Tribune
America
Av ‘Va
China Traditions On Eyes Painted For Boats And Trains
A traveller recalls beliefs that many Chinese think people live by brain and that objects need eyes to guide them. In a boat a painted eye on the bow supposedly lets it see the water ahead. English visitors observed this fear of a locomotive with no eye during early railway work in China.
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Celestial Kingdom
China
To Avoid Getting Stung Beekeeper Demonstrates Breath Trick
A New Hampshire beekeeper showed a city man a method to prevent stings by holding his breath while bees land on the skin. The man claimed that breath-holding closes skin pores, though the account notes the bee may still jab until the sting breaks.
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New Hampshire
Philadelphia Bulletin
World’s deepest water well taps in Bonham Lines
After a long wait beginning April 7 1992 water was struck in the great well at Bonham Lines Sunday morning. Water rose 155 feet in fifteen minutes and by the next morning was within 70 feet of the top of the shaft. The shaft reaches 1 560 feet, the deepest in the world, with a 9 foot diameter and 1 100 feet depth intended to supply Lincoln.
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Bonham, Lines
Lincoln
London Globe
Absent-Minded Professors Argue Over Umbrellas
Two professors in a Bombe caption exchange blame for missing umbrellas. The first admits borrowing a second umbrella while the other insists his own is missing, creating a comic mystery about possession and carelessness.
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Bombe
Bird contests show egg gains and insect control noted
Egg-laying contests in Australia rise with 1902 04 and 1903 04 results. Hens average 1130 eggs, 162 eggs, 152 eggs, and 166 eggs across 228 420 600 600 birds respectively. Birds as insect destroyers cited for agricultural protection. Also brief notes on insomnia cures from automobiling and other miscellaneous items.
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Australia
Entpiogige Surnames Appear in Edwardian England Record
In the era of Edward the Confessor England, the practice of entwined surnames began. The fragment notes a cultural shift in naming customs and heraldry during early medieval times.
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Edward the Confessor
England
Gallavant Triumphs In Saranac Handicap At Saratoga
Gallavant the 4 to 5 favorite easily defeats Tiptoe in the Saranac handicap at Saratoga a one mile and a furlong race on heavy track Tiptoe led early Mil ter pressed then sent Gallavant to the front winning by two lengths three favorites won with Gallavant as the feature result
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Gallavant
Tiptoe
Milter
Gallaydnt
Sir Russell
San Fara
Oaklawn
Neptunus
Colonel Bartlett
Wrenne
Rosemont
Kila Joe
Rio Grande
Gallarant
Tip Toe
Cadichon
Corr Fan
Told You
Glamour
Sally K
Rufus
Notable Marksman Mrs Elizabeth Topperwein Sets Distances
On Aug 20 at the national military shooting event in Chicago Texas woman Mrs Elizabeth Topperwein of San Antonio excelled, qualifying as a 4 member of the National Marksman's Reserve by scoring 50 of 50 at 209, 300 and 500 yards across the 3 positions.
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Bea Git
Elizabeth Topperwein
San Antonio
Yex
Clothier Defeats Behr In National Lawn Tennis Final
Newport Aug 29 William J Clothier of Philadelphia and Harvard defeated Karl H Behr of New York and Yale in the final round of the national lawn tennis tournament. He advances to meet Beals Wright of Boston, the reigning champion, in pursuit of the title. Clothier won in straight sets 6 2.
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Clothier
Behr
Newport
William, J. Clothier
Philadelphia
Harvard University
Karl H. Behr
New York
Yale
Beals
Wright
Boston
Huntently Chiumpier
Clothier Desole Behy
Toe Pia Bs
Golf championship recap with leading scores and players
In a Milry-six round update Mrs. Anderson leads with 28 and the field shows C. Ee eerie as holder of the western golf title. Dering lends golfers aid as competition narrows toward the close with several players totaling strong scores.
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L. Dering
Cgicaigh
Mes
C. Eeeerie
Lea Ap
Ehapup
Anderson
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