Scientific notes on sun color and fog effects from early science writing
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century fragment discusses red sunlight on misty days, fog filtering red rays, and notes on Miss Mary A Booth of Springfield, Hooker’s age and friendships, and various remarks on fireproofing and color change in celestial events. The text mixes references to minerals, textiles, and optics with unclear events on Jupiter and atmospheric phenomena.
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Mary A. Booth
Springfield
Mass
London
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Huxley
Utah
Colorado
California
Jupiter
Otek
Ervat
Church and School Notables Span Faith and Family Roots
The late Bishop Ridg ing of Southwell praised as a keen chess player. Rev Franeles Akilan Gasquet, president of the English Benedictines, unites his country for a festival at Notre Palme and has written notable works. Mrs A R MacParland of Alva Oklahoma is said to be the first American missionary to Alaska for the Presbyterian church. Mr L M Poster of Chicago City, Illinois, a retired Congregational minister, is linked to a Bonaparte lineage with a history of royal intrigue and exile guiding his family's voyage to America.
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Southwell
Rid- Ging
Uae
Enetich
Praneles Akilan Gasquet
Evglish Benedictines
Lids
Notre Palme
Bnt
Mre
A. R. MacParland
Alva
Okla
Alaska
Presbyterian Church
Merv. McParland
Alseha
Oklshoma
L. M. Poster
Chattes City
Congregational Church
Lucien
Jerome
Napolon Bonaparte
Louis XIV
America
Mr. Poeter
Bonaparte
Ways of Other Peoples
A fragmentary survey contrasts customs across regions. It notes Heligoland theater entry norms, Japanese female hair styling as signaling modesty, African natives avoiding schtuds due to superstition, Spanish women's training in speech, and Lancashire laborers’ alleged beliefs about magical help.
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Neperen Guder
Heligoland
Japan
Merrie England
Odd anecdotes mix music, rowing, angels, and gas meters
A collection of humorous vignettes. Sir Arthur Sullivan, Alexander Mackenzie, and a 14 year old pantomime recruit at Drury Lane figure among anecdotes. A Rhodes scholar misreads rowing terms. A New York clergyman uses an alley of cigarette ethics. A Dundee gas meter joke ends with a meter reader correcting directions and a large bill.
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Dan Leno
Drury Lane Theater
Dundee
Scotland
Monarchs and Magnates Across Europe and Beyond
A survey of titled figures: Portugal's king as a top smoker in Europe. Germany’s crown prince a skilled lawn tennis player. Lent Lansdowne as a peerage heir and cabinet Magus. England's queen aids a hospital bazaar. Countess Oyama noted as a refined diplomat’s wife educated in America. Sir Donald Corrie, a self-made ship owner with Scottish birth. France’s monarch King Edward playfully deflects a Parisian quip about sovereignty.
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Portugal
Europe
Lent Lansdowne
Foreien oMer
England
Earl of Beaconsfield Memorial Cottage Hospital
Countess Oyama
Japan
Donald Corrie
France
Edeward
Navarre
Edward
Missouri teacher sued for whipping pupil wins damages
Miss Stella Snyder, a Missouri schoolteacher, sued for $1,000 for whipping a pupil and won. The publicity from the trial led to an appointment in a state reform school for girls. A separate note mentions Philip Grimes walking 15 miles from New Haven to Derby, Connecticut, to instruct an undertaker how to bury him.
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Stella Snyder
Missouri
State Reform School For
Philip Grimes
New Haven
Derby
Conn
Joseph Colwell
St. Peter
Jest and Jollity in a Patchwork World
A whimsical column contrasts fashion and fortune with wit about law, Japan's new submarines, and marriage. It notes silk gowns allure more than clouds and jokes about the odd outcomes of unions and summer fades.
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Japan
The Wise Words of Everyday Habits and Manners
A collection of aphorisms on jealousy pride and virtue. It notes that small minds reveal themselves and laughter is not the true measure of wit. It praises wives of criminals for credit and sympathy and declares principle in voting endures even as a lone ballot. It contrasts stomach woes with a guilty conscience.
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St A. Axperson
Washington St
Jacksonville, Fla
Christmas Favor at Frontier Fort Affects Two Rivals
A Christmas Eve tale at a western fort follows Captain and rival Burton amid swift red automobile adventures and a romance with Miss Landers. A jealous duel shifts to a festive ball where Landers frees Burton, leading to a wedding invitation as the clock strikes twelve.
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Wild Horse Canyon
Burton
Miss Landers
Mies Landers
Enard House
Smoky Hill
Circle Bar Ranch
Oak Ranch
Circle Bar
Noth
Leutenant
Lient
Lieut. Burton
Fort Tower
Musical dialogue references Beethoven and Ally Sloper
A fragmentary exchange mentions a daughter busy with Beethoven’s works, a question about location, and a curious reference to Ally Sloper. The dialogue shifts to a cryptic note about an “ink plan” of New Granada and a transformation of ink color from red to pink after hours.
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Musicus
Ally Sloper
Labeled Old Maids in Siam Social Policy
In Siam, girls reaching a marriage age without a match are labeled as a privileged class under royal care. The king promises to find husbands for them all. A jail prisoner can gain pardon by marrying an ineligible woman, with no constraint on polygamy for men.
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Siam
London
Alvira Sends Letter to Santa Claus Early Says Child
A Cleveland Leader piece notes a little girl visiting Lake Wood area Aunt asks if Alvira has written to Santa Claus. Aunty confirms the letter was sent nearly a week earlier. The child admits she has not written, fearing Santa won’t be ready to take orders until after Thanksgiving and might pocket her letter.
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Lake Wood
Alvira
Santa Claus
Cleveland
Wise Christmas Gift Hint From Chicago Post
A humorous exchange suggests gifting a large sheet iron to a boy named Tommy for Christmas to provoke maximal noise, per a Chicago Evening Post snippet. The quip plays on finding what would best please a child through a practical joke item.
The Pretty Done, the Undone Vast
A fragment quotes a husband and wife exchange about work and meals, dated March, showing humorous domestic banter on unfinished chores and completion. The line contrasts a man's sense of closure with a wife's ongoing tasks and a jab at omissions.
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March
Hints of Hair Forgeries and Oddities headline
An eminent naturalist and a fish student clash over seal hairs proven to be mole hairs in a classroom prank. The piece weaves quips about fashion fits, rude reception, and a Missouri Medicare advert claims Dodd's Kidney Pills cure early kidney disease with local testimonials.
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Florisant
Dodd
Pewr Dbarieau
Two Years of Agony From Skin Disease Ends in Cure
A testimonial from Lillie Chase Walker of Woodfords Maine credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with curing her sister’s two year skin ordeal. The reader is reminded of a Boston Transcript critique on an intoxicated chauffeur and an automobile.
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Lillie Chase Walker
Tremont St
Woodfords, Me
Boston Transcript
Cure a Cold in One Day Ads and Phrases
A garbled ad fragment touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with money back guarantees if it fails to cure a cold. Mentions Grove's signature on boxes and references to Piso’s Cure and Pazo Curesi with varied claims and unrelated quotes from Smart Set and Chicago Tribune.
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Grove
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Flannigan
Baltimore American
Reese
Adame Street
Chicago
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