Telegraphs would circle globe from British Columbia to New Zealand
The piece surveys extreme telegram ranges and notes a 20 000 mile journey via multiple continents. It lists death causes with global mortality figures, describes cloves and their harvest, the ancient Parsees fire in India, and explains blushing in higher apes as a human-like trait.
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British Columbia
New Zealand
North America
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Britain
Germany
Russia
China
Japan
Java
Australia
Globe
Malacca
America
India
Persia
Oodwada
Bulsar
Witty observations on love and life from Chicago Daily News
A collection of humorous quips on marriage, wisdom, and social quirks. The joke list contrasts blunt truth with irony, touching on lovers, lawyers, athletes, and aging, all delivered in a playful, old time newspaper voice.
Paris Fashion Ideas Brighten Season With Velvet Ribbons
The report highlights hats trimmed with cherries and spotted velvet ribbon, novelties like spotted velvet, and a revival of tuck in skirts for debutantes. It notes evening blouses in pale green satin with gold stars, primrose lace, and baby ribbon, plus court dress trimmings using diamonds in silver, large embroidered flowers, paillettes, and turquoise and gold embroidery on lace and brocades.
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Paris
Large Libraries and Their Rich Collections Across Europe
The Munich royal library houses 540000 books and 400000 pamphlets, famed for incunabula. Stuttgart's royal library boasts notable Bibles including the Eliot Indian Bible of 1663 and the Aitkin Bible from 1722. Berlin's royal library, the fourth largest, opened in 1861 by Frederick William. Russia's Imperial Library, established by Peter the Great in 1714, holds about 1200000 volumes and 26000 manuscripts, enriched by the Zaluski collection of 260000 volumes and 10000 MSS, with the Codex Sinaiticus brought from Mount Sinai by Tischendorf in 1859.
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Europe
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CURE COLDS IN ONE DAY CLAIMS Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for colds. It states druggists refund the money if there is no cure after using the product. References two cent talis on oo cure.
Do Not Judge Prematurely and Keep Myriad Advice In Chicago News Style
A row of maxims offers caution about fishing, opinions, proof, and understanding. It warns against judging before efficacy is known and against discouragement from partial knowledge. It suggests avoiding condescension toward a bow-legged man and cautions on wealth and marriage amid practical wit.
Methods of Authors and a Note on Loyalty
The passage lists authors and their writing habits noting Browning in bed Whittier and Longfellow at quiet desks Eliot on a sofa Spofford on her lap Trollope at a high desk Whitman writing anywhere. It ends with a defense of steadfast loyalty to faith and principle and respect for honest conviction even by a bigot.
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Whittier
Longfellow
George Eliot
Harriett Prescott Spofford
Anthony Trollope
Walt Whitman
Writers discuss careers and honors across Europe
Mrs. Craigie may write an authorized life of Lord Beaconsfield while her novel features the dead statesman. Gyp supports a French ladies academy modeled on the men's school. Miss Corelli sues over a critical remark in Literary London. M K Waliszewski writes a Polish empress biography. Moscow marks Tolstoi’s 70th birthday with a school in his name and his 50 years of literary activity.
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M. K. Waliszewski
Peter the Great
Maryszenka
Poland
Sobieski
Leo Tolstoi
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Count Tolstoi
Why the czar's mouth is not a czarchasm and other riddles
A Chicago News Q and A styled column ponders curious questions about language and everyday objects. It riffs on paradoxes such as a ripe scholar aging and a windward vessel waiting, delivering playful explanations.
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Russia
Electric Bitters touted as cure all ailments
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters cure back ailments kidney weakness malaria and nervous troubles. It promises to tone the system boost liver and kidneys purify blood relieve constipation headaches fainting spells sleeplessness and melancholy. Purely vegetable mild laxative restores natural vigor with a money back guarantee. 50 cents a bottle at Tovell's Drug Store and Tralll's Auatio.
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Tovell’s
Tralll’s
Auatio
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