Jewish Poetess Marries New York Millionaire Philanthropist
Rose Harriet Pastor, Jewish poetess and former cigar maker from poverty in Russian Poland, wed J. G. Fhelpy Stokes of the Stokes family at the groom’s parents’ home near Noroton Connecticut. The ceremony united two unlikely partners amid a crowd of workers and relatives, with plans to continue social and philanthropic work in New York’s tenements after a European trip.
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Pacnen
Noreton
Conn
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J. G Fhelpy Stokes
Stokes
New York
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Miss Pastor
Poland
Cleveland
Mr. Stokes
Stab- Nahe
Kilvington Street
Lower East Side
Cupid
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Misa Pastor and Mr. Stokes
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Europe
Ruawin
Tenement
Had the Scare of His Life by a Rattlesnake
In a Madras Pioneer item, Wut Whek Agron Hofttinin recalls a rattlesnake encounter while gardening. While picking potatoes near the home he felt a back rub, saw the head lifting from his shoulder, and the snake began to crawl across his back and knees before retreating. He froze, fled to the house, and recovered enough later to tell his brother the frightful event.
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Hoffman
Madras
Law and Indians Clash Over State Fishing Rules
Lewiston Tribune coverage notes Joseph Fretergen, a Nex Perce Indian, arrested for fishing without air cores, challenging state game law applicability. Worden Harbaugh states enforcement will continue, seeking court clarification on whether treaties exempt Indians from state law. The case aims to resolve doubt in the matter.
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Fame Worden Harbaugh
Joseph Fretergen
Nex Perce
Lewiston
Bucklen Amica Salve Praised For Lip Sore Cure
A Concord Kentucky resident recounts 20 years of lip sore agony finally relieved by Bucklen's Amica Salve after other methods failed. The ad promotes it as effective for burns cuts and wounds and notes availability at Tallman & Co's drug store for 50 cents.
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Bucklen
Tallman & Co
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Rooms for Pendleton and Umatilla County People at the Portland Pal
Rooms for Pendleton and Umatilla County people advertised at the Portland Pal calling for letters to Mrs William B Bolton at 674 Fifth Street Portland Oregon. Describes convenient location to grounds and rates of 1.00 1.26 and 1.50 including breakfast.
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Pendleton
Umatilla County
Portland Pal
William B. Bolton
Fifth Street
Portland
Ore
Fish Pies and Royal Gifting in Mediaeval England
The article recalls medieval English fascination with fish pies, noting lamprey pies as special treats and their high cost. Gloucester’s 1814 sheriff funded royal pies worth about £12 6s, roughly £100 today, with Severn fish prized. The city sent prey pies to royalty, Cromwell, and Parliament’s speaker Lenthall, until municipal reforms halted the practice. later mayors revived it for Queen Victoria. London's chatter on gender terms follows.
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England
Gloucester
Severn
Cromwell
Lenthall
Queen Victoria
London
The Mystery of Health and Prison Living
The piece argues that released prisoners often regain health due to regularity and diet. It condemns jail conditions as insanitary and emphasizes clocklike daily routines and a simple, adequate diet as key to health. It cites the Saturday Evening Post as the source context.
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Saturday Evening Post
Cures For Witchcraft in Early Pennsylvania Wars Notes
Rev Joseph Doderidge in Notes of the Settlement and Indian Wars In Pennsylvania and Virginia describes how children’s diseases linked to witchcraft, such as dropsy of the brain and rickets, were deemed supernatural. He notes rituals to cure by shooting a silver bullet at a witch drawing, transferring pain to the struck body part.
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Joseph Doderidge
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Do Not Coddle Rubber Plants With Odd Remedies
Do not use bizarre cures on rubber plants. Provide proper soil and light, keep leaves dust free, and remove dust scale or insects daily with a soft cloth. The guidance from Country Life In America cautions against fanciful treatments and favors sane, regular care.
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America
Venus as Morning and Evening Star Described
The text explains Venus accompanies the wan, never receding, while other planets mostly stay near the sun. When Venus is west of the sun she rises before it as a morning star, and when east of the sun she lags behind as an evening star.
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Venus
Mercury
Law tax on bachelors prompts odd confession
A short Chicago Tribune item notes a little baldheaded man before tax commissioners claiming he has married his fourth wife and asserting his entitlement to a twenty. The quirky exchange highlights a tax law aimed at singles entering a new era of late 19th century humor.
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Chicago Tribune
Teaching Him to Mind Mr Black demands discipline
A brisk exchange from Brownly's Magazine shows Mr Black warning Johnny to stop his disrespectful talk and refrain from speaking harshly in the house. The rigid father asserts authority with a firm threat to Punish if misbehavior repeats.
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Mr. Black
Johnny
Brownly
Ill-worded Exchange Sparks Malaprop Moment
In a playful exchange Mrs. Malaprop’s son asks what s antimony means. Mr. Malaprop answers it as a staged quip about a woman facing divorce, delivering a risqué joke with period tone and a hint of satire.
A Long Distance Train and a Quirky Rebate Note
A Dublin railroad worker parades before a direct to Cork train shouting it stops nowhere. Uncle Eben and a fellow quip about a lame tale with a strong starbance. Washington Roosevelt offers a four percent rebate on cash purchases as Boston news notes.
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Dublin
Cork
Measings of Some Old Words and Language Notes
A London Queen letter muses on old word origins and shifts in meaning. It traces how terms like ip and brat once carried honor, cites Gascoigne on Abraham, explains tragedy from a Greek root about goat prizes, and notes infant as not speaking while musing on the pug dog analogy.
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Spenser
Parnasso
Gascoigne
Abraham
Pug
Puck
London
Legible Signatures Highlight Letter Etiquette
A businessman cites a flood of letters in response to an ad and notes one unreadable signature amid clear body text. He argues signatures should be distinct for readability and proof of care, even contrasting a letter stamped with a perfectly legible signature.
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Auswer
Washington Post
The Law of the Mosquito Explained in Pith
A detailed, vivid description compares a mosquito to a complex instrument. It describes a blunt forked head with a grooved lance and paired sawlike blades that work together to pierce the skin and enlarge an opening for blood. The biting acts tension nerves, provoking a panicked reaction.
Water Becomes Heat Source Says Evaporation Keeps Rooms Cozy
Chicago Tribune reports conclusive tests show a 65 degree room with higher humidity feels warmer and more comfortable than a 72 degree, 30 percent humidity room. Dr Henry M Smaith says if 68 degrees lacks warmth due to low humidity the moisture should be increased, making water a cheaper heat aid than coal for comfort.
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Henry M. Smaith
Chicago Tribune
Clever Retort In France Between Adolphus and Joinville
Lord Adolphus Fitz Clarence, in France with the English queen, meets Prince de Joinville a French admiral. Joinville boasts of bellicose aims against England and claims to command a French frigate to match an English ship for twenty minutes. Adolphus replies courteously that ten minutes would suffice.
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William Fraser
Adolphus Fitz Clarence
France
Prince de Joinville
Adolphus
Sawing Ornan and a New York Parrot Joke
Sawing and jig saw advice note that brass cuts well with fine judgment and tight blades in a spring frame. At the Hob, a New Yorker visiting Boston encounters a parrot in a cage and asks Polly for a cracker, the bird replying in dignified fashion.
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Boston
Polly
Back Bay
Yonkers Statesman
Not Much Lows in a Grain of Plot
A garbled quote recalls a heavy villain worried about a plot leaking out and an audience member saying there’d be no plot if it did not. A stray note advertises Blue Mountain buster at 25c per pound, with a jocular aside about poetry.
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Philadelphia Prees
Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress to Convene in Portland
Extensive preparations are underway for the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress session to be held in Portland, Oregon, in August. Attendance is expected to reach about 2000 with delegates from nearly every state and territory, including governors from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Washington, and Oregon. Topics include Pacific coast to Gulf ports links, river and harbor improvements, territorial statehood, waterways laws, mining and education, livestock interests, naval vessel building, expositions, interstate commerce, home manufacture, and the Isthmian canal impact on trade.
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Francis
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Iaha
Wyoming
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Washington
Oregon
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Gulf of Mexico
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Mexicot Technieu
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trans-Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Isthmian Canal
A Mock Prophecy at Mud Creek in Muskingum County
A 1930s tale recounts a Mormon proselyting stunt at Mud Creek where illusion of walking on water ended in a prank. After locals hidden under water, a boy named Balann Smith sank at the center plank, ending a local Mortmonuism claim in the county.
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Joseph Smith
Muskingum County
Robert
Balann Smith
Love Wins The Baby's First Smile Abroad
A subway ride from Barom ends in a small scene on a bench where two mothers care for their young children. A two year old boy hugs a girl and whispers I love you. The girl smiles for the first time since the trip, while onlookers remark on the moment.
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Barlom
New Fork Tribune
Letters of Marque in Medieval Maritime Conflict
The text describes early use of letters of marque and reprisal beginning in Edward I’s era, authorizing private retaliation beyond sovereign limits. It recounts Portuguese arms, Mecklenberg towns aiding a beleaguered prince in Stockholm, and the formation of privateer networks in the Baltic, linking to the Vietnialing and St Vitalius brothers, unsettling northern seas for decades.
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Edward I
Portugal
Mecklenbore
Stockholm
Vietualing Brothers
St. Vitalius
Salem Broom Industry Urged by Salem Journal
The Salem broom factory sees rising business and more workers are needed. All Batem deniers should sell Salem brooms and Salem residents should request the Sealer broom. If Salem people demand four brooms tomorrow, ten extra hands would be required to meet the demand.
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Salem
Batem
Salem Journal
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Review
An advertising feature extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a premier kidney remedy claiming kidney weakness causes impure blood and wide health impacts. It promises cures for unspecified ailments, urges mail orders from Binghamton New York, and offers a free sample bottle and pamphlet upon request.
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Theri
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N.Y
Time Card Regions and Travel Schedule Notice
Time card details show arrivals on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 12516 p.m. On Tuesday Thursday and Saturday arrivals at 10 152 m. Departure is 6 p m daily. Service from Wallin Walla to east departs 6 15 p m and arrives in Walla Walla by morning from the west. For rates and accommodations contact W Adams, Agent Pendleton. Calderabad G. P. Walla Wally Washington.
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Omaha
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Mail & Express
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Walla Walla
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Cane Pendleton
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