Slovenly dress of famous men a noted trait
Pearson's Weekly surveys the slovenliness of Turner Johnson Carlyle Tennyson Fitzgerald and other famed figures describing Turner as shabby and coachman like Johnson as a proverbially untidy figure Carlyle as a peasant aristocrat in worn gowns and cloak Tennyson regarded as quaint yet unconcerned about appearance Fitzgerald shown in ragged attire and bare feet in heat this portrait of literary and artistic icons ends with Old Fitz taking the cake.
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Bolt Court
Boswell
Inner Temple Lane
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Chelseaway
Tennyson
Edward Fitzgerald
Omar Khayyam
Fitz
Pearson's Weekly
Uskub Balkan War Lights Up After Change of Control
Popular Mechanics notes that completing urban improvements is an unusual army task yet happened in Uskub Macedonia during the Balkan conflict. When Servian forces seized the town the engineering staff finished the electric street lighting and put the system into operation.
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Uskub
Macedonia
Dore's Musical Rebus Motto at Paris Villa
Gustave Dore, renowned painter and engraver, once owned a Paris outskirts villa. He inscribed a musical rebus over the entrance reading do mi si la do re, interpreted as Domicile a Dore meaning Home of Dore.
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Dore
Gustave Dore
Paris
An Invitation From a Name in a Pithy Exchange
A brief dialogue centers on names with Miss Wombat and Mr Huggins debating identity as Shakespeare’s question Is there anything in a name is invoked in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer vignette.
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Miss Wombat
Mr. Huggins
Shakespeare
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A Blue Ribbon Mixup Guides Elizabeth to Family Life
A young woman seeks a teaching career after leaving town with hopes of independence and ends up mistaken for a relative. In a city home, she discovers the mix up exposes two Elizabeths and leads her to embrace family life as wife and mother rather than marriage for money.
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Tunm
Cousin Bess
Elizabeth
Ned Olcott
Bess
Lizabeth
Helen
Helon
Ren Bess
Elzabeth
Elzabeth Stanton
Elizabeth Elliot
Elizabeth Stanton
Bese
Captain Charlie the bushranger of South Wales hills
Charles F. Thorpe known as Captain Charlie rose from innkeeper’s son in Cheltenham to a famed bushranger in New South Wales. He roamed highways, aided travelers including women, paid for goods, and led a brave, restrained band. After clashes with Treat and a five-man squad, a large pursuit and a staged rescue, and a final betrayal by a band member, he vanished with an estimated $50,000 in plunder never recovered.
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Charles F. Thorpe
Cheltenham
England
Botan
Talia
Bogan
Young Sharpe
Young Thorpe
Charlie
Treat
Captain Charlie
South Wales
Char
Bluecoats
Char- Me
Whims of the Air From the Aviators Viewpoint
Garrett P. Serviss notes from the New York Journal describe how air currents defy measurement, with wind velocity varying drastically over short distances and times. The piece warns of dangers like holes in the air that can disrupt aeroplanes, yet expresses hope that science will enable safer air travel and ships that ride the wind.
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Garrett P. Serviss
New York Journal
Window cleaning with emery floor in a sack
A method endorsed by Women's Home Companion suggests rubbing a heavy canvas sack filled with emery floor over windows to clean and polish them and remove streaks with ease. The technique promises superior results compared to other methods and emphasizes simplicity.
Crime to flirt in ancient Egypt, claims professor
In Old Egypt an American professor asserts flirting was a crime in ancient times. He argues that if the depicted women resemble the originals, social penalties were severe.
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Egypt
Toronto Star
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