Ruins and Carlyle Lore on the Scottish Border
A visitor describes Annandale and Lochmaben in detail, noting rich historic sites. The piece visits Lochmaben’s ancient fortress, the birthplace of Carlyle, and the Solway tidal bore at Bowness, with local doorways to Edward Irving and the Bent-backed Carlyle lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exkedale
Nithsdale
Annandale
Scottish
Annan
Hartfell Mountains
Anopan
Scotland
Robert the Bruce
Lochmaben
On Ee
Edward Irving
Solway Firth
Annar
Baston
Solway
Bristes
America
Thomas Carlyle
Great Britain
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
Burgh
Oestie-loch
David I
Gunner
Ae Gting
Old Academy
Carlyle
Salem
Mather
Butt Street
Fish Cross
Bcclefechan
Carlyles
Rattlesnake Encounter Near Kiveston Ends With Kill
W E Hoolihan of Rock Valley was attacked by a rattlesnake after finding it in roadside brush. The serpent struck several times as Hoolihan struck back with a whip, then with a stone when weakened by the odor it emitted. The 5 foot snake was killed and yielded three ounces of oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiveston
N. Y
W. E. Hoolihan
Rock Valley
Horress Bos Co Linen and Drapery Stock at Short Notice
Exposition notes describe mattings linoleums oil cloths and car pete laid quickly. Muslins sateens and silk draperies in stock and ready for immediate installation. Horress Bos Co 07 Wood Street MWFssu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horress Bos. & Co
Wood Strest
Hospitality and diplomacy through grand American dinners
M. E. W. Sherwood surveys how hospitality shapes politics and culture from ancient to modern times. He contrasts European prudence with American lavishness, noting dinners influence ministries, treaties, and social bonds, while praising American generosity and luxury as a global influence.
Camel gift to the president ends in disaster in Constantinople
A Kansas City Star tale recounts 1856 US Army camel importation from Barbary coast. The crateed beast, lionized as a monster, broke free aboard the Supply, then landed in Constantinople where a pack of wild city dogs killed the animal after a long fight, ending the Emperor's gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Barbary
Plains
Kansas City Star
Morocco
Moon
Africa
Heven
Ander
Constantinople
Ieutenant Porter
Seraglio Point
Noon Rest for Working Women Initiated by YWCA in Indianapolis
The Noon Rest offers a central space for female workers in shops to spend an hour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tables provide lunches and beverages like milk tea coffee and chocolate at three cents per cup. It emphasizes voluntary, non charitable support and suggests a similar concept for men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Young Women's Christian Temperance Union
Double-Headed Reptile Sensed Near Galena In Ill
A report from Galena Illinois describes Captain Leo Heit fending off a double headed snake found in a sunlit stump near a hole. He fired twice from his revolver when the reptile attacked, disabling the two headed creature. No further details on origin or species are provided beyond a moccasin reference and the strange bifurcated heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Ill
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Leo Heit
Helt
Strange Foods and Odd Articles of Diet Explored
The article surveys global eating habits from seaweed and fungi to cannibalism, locusts, insects, and exotic meats. It notes human flesh in historical contexts, various cultural delicacies, and ends with English tastes for snails and uncommon dishes in Covent Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zangibar
Livingston
South America
Humboldt
England
Staffordshoat
London
Kent
France
Covent Garden
Ndon
An 1848 Paris Commune encounter with Rothschild
In 1848 Paris two seven member Communist committees confronted Rothschild at his bank demanding wealth sharing. He invited them to sit and offered 28 francs total after calculating that 50 million citizens at 4 francs each equaled compensation. The visitors left, and the Commune did not press further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ubicsgo
Paris
Rothschild
Repie
France
Rothechild
Finsocier
Boiling an Egg The New Cooking Method Explained
An expert asserts a cold water start produces a tender digestible egg white. A chef with hotel experience shares how soaking in cool water before heating yields a jelly like white and easy digestion, challenging common boiling advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Questionable claims on negro reproduction in historical text
Under favorable conditions the reproductive capacity of the negro is described as marvelous. An anecdote cites a polygamous man claiming 78 children and mentions other instances of 30 children, reflecting outdated and biased racial pseudoscience.
Late News In Brief From World Events
A roundup notes 150 lives lost in a Swiss cyclone, Belgian miners' strike grows to 6000, an American Consular Conference on the McKinley tariff opens at Frankfurt, and Thames barge builders win a nine hour workday after 19 weeks. Other items cite railway surveys in the Russian empire, Portugal England East Africa treaty doubts, famine appeals in Ireland, and legal actions in New York and Jamestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Switzerland
Frankfort
Australia
Thames
Tifils
Kars
Itham
England
Progressista
Ireland
William Dudley
New York Times
Georgia State Alliance
Treasury
Hart
Boston
John Boyle
Cullen
Supreme Court of
Brooklyn
Heceiver Gray
Jamestown
Jssue
Joho Bergren
Bergren
Westinghouse Employee Ends Catarrh With Copeland Blair
George Kephart, a Westinghouse Air Brake employee from Allegheny, cites dramatic relief after consulting Drs Copeland and Blair for five years of catarrh. He describes headaches, nasal congestion, ear pulses, stomach fullness, and restless nights, then reports complete recovery after treatment. The doctors offer catarrh and chronic lung, eye, and ear disease care at 66 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kephart
Westinghouse Airbrake Company
Grantham Street
Allegheny
Caaes
Dra. Copeland
Blair
Corelayyd & Blam
Sixth Avenue
Pittsburg
SP. W
DRS, Copeland & Blair
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Scottish Border
Lesding
Rockgir
Cumberland
Bowness
Northwest
Westworeland
Firth
Silloth
Breaka
Minas
Bay of Fundy
John Gourley
Cheyne Row
Chelsea
Kirk-Yard
Evoleiechan
Carlyte
Macklemair
Eodelechan
Enoar LL. Warkemaz
D. Jayne
Aix-Les-Barys
Horace
Milton
Cleopatra
Jupiter
Venus
Juno
Minerva
Gannemede
Hebe
Valhalla
Guizot
Grammonts
Walpoles
D'Azelips
Henry Crabbe
Robinson
Selwyn
Germany
Italy
Lyndhurst
Tallyrand
Oliver Cromwell
Niagara
New York
Algiers
San Francisco
Sam Slick
Maine
Philadelphia
Chicago
Newport
Klumber’s
Weidsnardinee Emulons
Worcester
Rubens
Amphitryon
Wall Street
la Belle France
M. E. W. Sherwood
White House
Brest
Springfield Union
Denen
Toni Wagene
Deenee
Oca Wee
Ess
Dipp 'Y Ur
Miles Nervins
Fleming & Son's
Market St
Inwright
A. J. H. Crespi
Dr. Crespi
North
Devon
South Sea Islands
Lindsay
Pitscottie
Lamballe
Colenso
David Livingston
Sumatra
Livingstone
West Indies
Hindoostan
Java
Spain
Westinghouse Airbrake
Momach
Ail Druggists
Danner Medicine Company
Federal St
Allegheny City
Jelf Rus
Latina
Mns
E A. Jenkins
Carson St
van Hourens
Kenner
McMunn
Pear! &T
I Free BY
Pittsburgh
Waatin Gillet & GO
Baltimore
Epps
Jaco
Teta Service Gazette
Emmegarete Chemists
Engiara
Medical
Whittier
Arenes
Pitthel
Acian A
Jack
Lake
Wood
Rhea
Ewood Cheolea! Co
Ward
Pittsbur Son
Diamond
Joseph Fiemjoawrswinwee
E.C. West
Ccre
Emil G.stucky
the Peru Chemical CO
Milwaukee
Broadway
JUS
Fleming & Som
Chichester
Tonce
T. Park Place
Wilcox
Tal & Nate
Wilcox Specific CO
Phila
H. Beck
Lockport
Neave Court & Young Man
Fasiphidt
Xisarees Nerve En Co
Joseph Piening & Sons
F.C. Fowler
Seertey
Hults
Ierart
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