Literary Notices on Li Hung Chang and Notable Authors
The piece reviews Li Hung Chang's autobiography issued for Chinese Americans and the Egypt and Its Monuments collaboration by Robert Iliching and Jules Guerin. It also covers The Red City by Dr. Weir Mitchell, Hugh Wynne sequels, Recollections and Reflections by Ellen Terry, and the lives of literary and artistic figures connected to these works. It highlights authors, publishers, and the breadth of cultural figures from England and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Hung Chang
America
Robert Iiching
Jules Guerin
Land of the Pharaohs
Egypt
Chateau of
Touraine
M. Guerin
Iliching
Yle Hand Trouse
Ilivers
England
Beatt
Byron
Caroline Lamb
Macaulay
Dickens
Grote
Washington Irving
Metternich
Valleyrand
Mme de Stael
Red City
Ellen Terry
Charles Kean
George Frederick Watts
Tennyson
Browning
Gladstone
Disraeli
Charles Reade
Irving
Bernhardt
Duse
Whistler
Sargent
Burne-Jones
Joseph Jefferson
Saint Gaudens
Sea lion uses clever nets in gull hunt to ambush
The sea lion demonstrates hunting skill as it dives deep, reappears with the nose above water and a turning motion. A gull lands near the surface bait and the sea lion pounces from below, seizing and swallowing the bird in a swift strike.
Streetcar Crash Destroys Whisky Wagon
A street car made a sharp turn and its rear struck an express wagon loaded with jugs of whisky. Most jugs broke, spilling their contents on the pavement. The wagon driver remarked its calamity as hellish and a minister bystander suggested it might be the abode of departed spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hades
Lippincott's Magazine
Bright boy helps minister with gift at donation party
A young member of the congregation contributed to a minister's donation party. After his mother allowed him to spend his money, he bought suspenders at the village store. A card attached to the package read in a scrawled hand: for the support of our pastor.
Carl's Aspirations and a Rural Dilemma
A fragmented reminiscence from a 19th century column explores a young man named Carl aiming for study while his mother desires a stable farm life. A farmer's wife buys a buggy to haul goods to town, but the speaker laments lack of gratitude and questions generosity versus wealth.
The Directory Mystery in a New England Drugstore
An old lady searches a railway town drugstore directory for John Smith amid many same names. A witty clerk deduces John M Smith from family hints and a grandfather’s name, then the grateful woman buys two postage stamps. A Texas gun debate follows in Hip Pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Lary
John Smith
John Smiths
James
John A. Smith
John
Martin
John M. Smith
Variety of facts from around the world mix in quirky notes
The item surveys diverse snippets from science and society including cement roofing in France near Lyons, a New York phone book weight, a wooden boat life ratio, a quip about drinking, wedding invitation humor, Indian cotton pests, a Kobe housing survey, Guam's experimental station plans, peerage reform anecdotes, infant vocation signs in Spain, Lucy Stone tax protest tales, a French lesson mishap, a Fitzhugh Lee monument, African apes protection schemes, tropical zoological aims, chestnut prunes breakfast suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Lyons
Catn and Fish
A sea captain recalls sailing in southern seas where flying fish often alight on deck at night. Three cats, though asleep, sense the fish striking the deck and rush to catch them. The crew tried to train the cats but could not imitate their instinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Gossip Magazine Quips on Careful Driving
A brief item portrays Mr Speederino urging caution for motorists to avoid harming friends and neighbors, with a quip about East side residents. The Kansas City Times fragment suggests social concern over road safety among locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Speederino
Kansas City
Idle and busy lives clash in a wary town proverb
A fragment expresses views on a man with nothing to lose being content while a busy man is worn thin by work. It notes that idle people resent the busy, and that some men lack sense to leave things alone. It ends with a remark about others pursuing new worries when one girl resists.
VESSELS BEARING ROYAL NAME
A brief note discusses superstition in the Royal Navy that ships named for royal persons bring ill luck. It cites disasters: Royal James ships, Royal George at Spithead, Royal Charlotte off Leghorn, Victoria rammed in 1893, Royalist off Holyhead, and Queen sunk in 1891 with loss of captain and six crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Navy
Thames
Spithead
Royal Charlotte
Leghorn
Holyhead
U S Trade With American Neighbors Surges in 1907
Total US commerce with Canada and neighboring states reached about 938 million in 1907, with exports 490 million and imports 448 million. Ten years earlier total trade was 368 million, showing large gains driven by the Bureau of American Republics and allied efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
America
Bureau of American Republics
Europe
Asia
Africa
Trying It on the Friend Mrs Parker
A clipped passage humorously contrasts social expectations around infant age and behavior. It notes mothers’ exacting quirks and a man’s growing frustration when correcting a driver’s error. The piece reflects early 20th century social dialogue and wit in period tone.
Legal Mis rulings listed on property, contracts, and public order
A digest notes several court holdings: burial of a dog in an adjoining cemetery lot violates a white race cemetery property right. hay baling as partial payment removes contract from frauds statute. destruction of a bridge by flood triggers obligation to replace. a municipal ban on loitering may infringe personal liberty. elevator negligence evidence. factory act mandate on enclosure. nonrecorded liquor use agreements bind only if knowledge exists. notices in title do not bind successors without constructive notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertle
St. Louis
Glover
S. W
N. S
Fowler Packing Co
Enzenperger
Iran
IL. R. A
Sjoblom
Mark
N. W
Short Stories with Humorous Parables and Quips
A collection of picaresque anecdotes and wry remarks featuring a Brahmin, a singing girl, a thrifty Scots physician, a stubborn couple with a hay-bound auto, Patti’s imagined Bucharest ovation, and a note on forest fire prevention. The pieces blend humorous misunderstandings with social observation and light satire.
Airship Patents From Doctor de Bousset Promise Inheritance Wealth
The will of Dr. Arthur de Bousset, who died three years ago at 76, promises vast value from his airship patents and related devices. Once dismissed as worthless, the papers left with broker Charles A. McCready are now eyed as potentially enabling heirs to gain wealth amid aviation advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur de Bousset
New York
de Bousset
Charles A. McCready
Produce Exchange
Europe
Zeppelin
McCready
Wrights
Forest Fires Highlight Need for Prevention and Rapid Response
Forest Service officials stress prevention and rapid response after 1908 fires. They note losses could reach a million dollars daily nationwide, with 3,500 miles of new telephone lines and 160 miles of road built to aid firefighting. Firebreaks up to 100 feet wide and patrols are emphasized for protecting watersheds and timber value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
W. J. McGee
United States Department of Agriculture
Sain
California
Policeman John L. Rooney Dies After Dog Bite Worry
Police officer John L. Rooney 27 attached to Inspector Russell’s staff died after an illness linked to a mastiff bite in July. Admitted to Bellevue September 9, Rooney’s condition worsened with fever and heart inflammation suspected to stem from the earlier wound. He served five years and was not married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Rooney
New York Herald
Rooney
Fourth Avenue
Inspector Russell
Bellevue
Elizabeth Street
Stooney
Pasteur Institute
Police Department
Macdougal Street
Are You Ready for Your Chance Poem in Chicago Record Herald
A poem by IE Kiser in the Chicago Record Herald urges readers to prepare for opportunity. It questions readiness, self discipline, and moral worth, asking if one has shed bad habits and grown brave steadfast and strong to seize a hoped for chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. IE
Kiser
Chicago
Iierald
Simple Questions Puzzle Many
A list of curious anatomy trivia questions prompts readers to test common knowledge about bones organs and animal physiology. The set asks about ribs spine liver spleen stomach intestines lungs bones in the hand and other animal traits. It aims to reveal gaps in everyday understanding.
Not Grambling, Big Car Keeps Us from Grumbling
Quote from Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a man defending buying a large touring car to please Martha who gave up bridge playing at the fleecom’s to fund the purchase. He asserts savings justify the expense and calmness about the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
the Fleecom’s
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Torn sleeve lining troubles winter overcoats
A Detroit Free Press item notes how the torn sleeve lining of last winter's overcoats irritates men. A contrasting proverb says a sick man forgives enemies with the caveat that recovery does not justify wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
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Pune
Carl
Lye V
Texas
San Antonio Express
Philadelphia Record
India
Kobe
Guam
W. N. Evans
Office of Experiment Stations
Agana
H. L. Y. Coste
Noble
Lord Lyveden
Woman Suffrage Association of
New Jersey
Lucy Stone
Orange
Lady Steel
Edinburg
Scotland
Lowry
Ienry
Fitzhugh Lee
Kollywool
Richmond
Lee
Army of
Cuba
Seventh Army Corps
Equatorial Africa
Cameroons
Equatorial Forest
Catn and Fish
Mary
Sons of
Earth
Heaven
Rudyard Kipling
Tove
William Shakspeare
Warls
Marches
Wash
Lucy
Patti
Bucharest
Mme. Patti
Vienna
Tional
Ciblia
Grambling
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