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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
2
An advertisement lists hats trimmed at 49c featuring wire frames double brims in black and white and face hats with fashions like flares turbans and Gainsboroughs plus 25c Rough Jap Straw Hats in natural color bound with black velvet in sailor shapes and dress styles.
The article surveys royal prerogatives from China to France and Siam to Russia, noting unique privileges such as the Seven Tea Mountains claim in China, long cigars for the King of Siam, diamond earings for Menelik of Abyssinia, and practical leniencies for Spain and Russia. It contrasts these with Britain where few royal perks are used, aside from rare transport or fee exemptions, and highlights the medieval flavor of monarchic privilege.
A Nebraska woman recounts years of coffee illness and sleepless nights. after switching to Postum and Grape-Nuts, her symptoms improved, a fatty tumor disappeared, headaches vanished, and digestion normalized over five months leading to renewed vigor.
The Baltimore Sun notes the flea’s fearsome traits from strength to leaping power and its use in curiosities such as a gold coach pulled by fleas. It details flea life, battle with other fleas, egg and cocoon formation, and disease transmission risks including bubonic plague.
Tid Bits notes a secretive arrangement by a private tribunal called the Board of Green Cloth claiming the right to not probate monarch wills. The details of Queen Victoria’s private fortune remain known only to heirs and a few sworn officials.
Robert Sangiovanni of 350 East 112th Street faced Harlem Court before Magistrate Meade charged with practicing medicine without a license. He claimed to have served as physician to General Giuseppe Garibaldi and produced Naples medical credentials and medals. A Carmen witness testified to treating her heart condition. Sangiovanni claimed he only prescribed. Bail set at 100 dollars.
A travelite notes a Russian pilgrim stream moving along the Bowmen road from Jerusalem to Jericho from October to June. The pilgrims carry heavy supplies and wear thick clothes, sleep in the road, and cook simple meals of tea, bread, and dried fish. Each hopes washing in Jordan yields paradise and carries a white robe as burial shroud. The mix includes a few French visitors, but Russians predominate.
An odd lot sale offers women's oxford and shoe styles priced around 2.39 to 2.89 with patent leather, kid uppers, Cuban and French heels, and welted soles. Boys satin calf uppers on sale in sizes 5 and 5 1/2 at 89 cents from regular 1.25.
W E Curtis in the Chicago Record Herald says believers kiss shrines and thresholds, wear down glass at pictures, and rush to drink water if a monk says the Savior crossed a stream, highlighting intense religious credulity.
A discussion in The Ladies' Field explains England's fixed rules of precedence. Daughters of peers and baronets rank immediately after wives of eldest brothers, with complex ordering among peerages, dowager widows, and widens of senior officials. It notes that a duke's daughter who marries a peer loses some rank and that rank is based on the husband’s status, not mood or wealth.
A canvas attributed to Rembrandt, in excellent condition with a life size head of a venerable Turk, has been found in Chicago and belongs to William A. Cunningham. The work, once varnished and restored, shows the master’s draughtsmanship and color, dating to his best period.
Professor Emil von Behring announces results from six years of testing on tuberculosis in humans cattle and other animals. He has directed the Nobel prize funds to a Marburg medical research institution and cites his prior diphtheria serum work as supporting evidence.
Advertisement previews Sonette Corsets with straight front medium low bust and hip length in sizes 28 and 59 cents each, offering regular Corsets now in various colors and a 28 inch length option.
The piece praises Professor Behring for inoculating very young animals and producing an antitoxine serum as with the smallpox vaccine. It notes widespread hope for a genuine cure for the white plague and urges global recognition, comparing Behring to Pasteur.
A Sussex protest against brutal methods used to cram chickens for market is discussed. The writer notes prior debate and questions why the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has not acted. Mrs Montague Fowler’s book uses illustrations of torture devices seen in Brindisi, including a device forcing food down a bird’s throat.
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