Bavarian immigrant used lumps as money for Oregon purchase
Charles H. Rosenberg from Bavaria arrived on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria with lumps on his body that the immigration doctor initially questioned. He explained the lumps contained $500 each, totaling $11,000, to fund buying an Oregon apple orchard, and he was admitted to the United States.
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Charles H. Rosenberg
Bavaria
Hamburg
Oregon
Rosenberg
Mr. Rosenberg
New York Tribune
Why He Laughed in a Southern Parlor Tale
A Miss Mattie hosts a distinguished guest from the old south. The maid Tillie carries water and a bath invitation, provoking a fit of laughter when the guest is teased with a flirtatious note. Tillie recounts the exact quip about washing himself, revealing racial and social tensions.
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Tillie
Who’s the Best White Washer in Town
A quip from Mack’s National Monthly portrays a new resident asking for Ale Hallam to whitewash a chicken house. The colored patriarch notes Hallam, though a powerful white washer, is markedly queer about the chicken house task.
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Ale Hallam
Jacob
Mack
National Monthly
Contentment Amid Misfortune Inspires Enduring Joy
A nineteenth century verse fragment urges contentment with one's lot and optimism. It suggests despite misfortune, happiness arises from inner strength, hopeful outlook, and enduring affection as years pass. The poem highlights lovelight and golden dreams growing warmer with age.
Unclear Vaudeville Exchange Sparks Race Note
A vaudeville audience applauds a blackface comedian while a city man remarks on a self made negro, reflecting racial attitudes of the era with a cautious, provocative tone.
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Uncle Hiram
Lo the Rich Indian Reveals Vast Indian Wealth
The Red Man article notes per capita wealth around 2130 dollars for Indians versus 1300 for other Americans. It highlights oil rich lands, timber reserves, and millions in agricultural property. Indian ranges support 500000 sheep and cattle with lessees earning over 272000 in revenue.
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United States
Red Man
No Slang for Her
A crowded lunchroom scene features a blunt, confident man dialoguing with a waitress about ordering eggs. The exchange centers on miscommunication and social expectations as the staff and customer navigate slang and ordinary casual speech.
League of Politeness Formed in Berlin
The League of Politeness has been formed in Berlin to teach better manners among residents. Initiated by Fraulein Cecelio Meyer and inspired by a Rome organization, it adopts the Italian motto Pro gentilezza and will issue a medal to be worn where orders’ insignia are worn. Any polite person is eligible for membership.
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League of Politeness
Berlin
Fraulein Cecelio Meyer
Rome
New Order Bans Ordinary Burials in St. Giles Churchyard
The Gazette reports an order in council prohibiting ordinary interments in the country churchyard at St. Giles Stoke Pages Buckinghamshire, the peaceful spot fondly linked to Gray's Elegy. The change alters burial practices in the parish.
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Gray
St. Giles
Stoke Pages
Buckinghamshire
the Gazette
Candler’s Humorous Quip On Cigar To Pipe Switch
A Gainesville resident recalls Georgia’s late Governor Allen D. Candler who swapped cigars for a pipe at year start and, by his own reckoning, saved 208 dollars by year end though he wondered where the money went.
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Allen D. Candler
Georgia
South
Candler
Gainesville
Ramadan Traditions Echoed In Moslem Devotions
The Christian Herald recounts Ramadan as a sacred period when the Koran was revealed to Muhammad by Gabriel in sections. It notes Mohammed retreating to the cave of Hira for prayer, and Abraham and Moses receiving revelations, with heaven open and devils chained during the month.
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Gabriel
Mohammed
Mecca
Hira
Abraham
Moses
Heaven
Hell
Christian Herald
A Medical Compromise
A patient reports two doctors giving conflicting advice and finally agreeing to mix their recommendations to proceed with treatment.
Hard on the Mare on Cumberland Gap Bus
The bus climbs the Cumberland Gap hill and the rear door repeatedly slams. Passengers whisper that a mare aboard overhears the rattle and fears someone is getting off to walk, prompting a playful exchange in rustic dialect.
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Cumberland Gap
Success Magazine
Bernhardt Downplays Youth in New York Stop
Sara Bernhardt jokes about age and youth while in New York Mine. She calls herself a great grandmother and questions compliments as her friends exaggerate. A chorus of laughter follows and she compares exaggeration to a French nurse in a crowded boulevard.
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New York
Sara Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Economy In Art
Mr Sirius Barker voices a preference for his daughter to study singing. He argues art spoils canvas and paint and literature wastes paper, while singing is a temporary disturbance of the atmosphere.
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Sirius Barker
First Thought After Alarm in Hotel Room
Mrs Bossim asks her husband about his first thought after waking to the hotel alarm. He says he thought of her, a vase hit him, a chair flew, and four or five books and a framed picture struck him in the room. He then notes her anger for the rest of the evening.
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Mack's
National Monthly
New Process of Staining Glass Reveals Pebbled Light
A new method for stained glass windows uses mineral colors applied before firing at extreme heat to fuse color with glass. The result is a pebbled surface that yields soft mellow light, with each panel molded separately before assembly in a metal frame.
Voices on a Train Car and the Soprano Within
The speaker recalls a scene of young women on a train at an industrial center. They settle into double seats, eat apples, and pass daguerreotypes while engaging in loud talking. The narrator reflects on honest speech and recalls two voices that frightened him with their sweetness.
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St. Anthony
Lolmes
Brain nutrition by phosphate of potash in foods
The article reports on a libel suit over claims about food analysis. It cites Geoghegan Beamis and Dr. Carey asserting that Phosphate of Potash and Potassium Phosphate dominate mineral salts in foods like Grape-Nuts and link to brain function. It adds that mind affects digestion via Ptyalin and digestive juices.
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Geoghegan
Beamis
Geo. W. Carey
Post
Europe
Taft Approves 20 Million Reclamation Plan For West
President Taft approves the engineers board report allocating a $20 million loan among western reclamation projects. The list covers Salt River Arizona, Yuma California, Grand Valley Colorado, and others with totals totaling $20,000,000 to be spent in five years. The board notes maintenance funding for several projects and urges standard designs for minor works while warning about uncertain water rights under state control.
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Washington
Wm. H. Taft
Special Board of Army Engineers
Congress
Salt River
Arizona
Yuma
California
Grand Valley
Colorado
Uncompaigre
Tavette-Boise
Idaho
Milk River
Montana
North Platte
Wyoming
Nebraska
Pruckee-Carson
Nevaday
Big Grande
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Umatia
Oregon
Wiamith
Strawberry Valley
Utah
Sunnyside
Treton
Yakima
Orland
Cal
Carlsbad
N. M
Vronod
N.M
Garden City
Kan
Kittitas
Wapata
Lenton
Wash
Board of Engineers
General Reclamation Fund
Missouri Pumping
N. D
Bellefourche
8. D
Shoshone
Wya
Miniduk
Reclamation Service
United States
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