Lights and Scenes at Delightful Asbury Park
Asbury Park opines it is a garden of Eden with boardwalks bicycles and prizes for big turtles. The piece rails at Senator Bradley strict rules on swimsuits and showcases beach life, outfits, crabbing, hotel scenes, and summer leisure around Deal Lake and Springs Lake with locals and visitors enjoying the dry resort.
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Asbury Park
Garden of Eden
Adam
Truit
Eden
Spring Lake
Atlantic City
Ocean Grove
Harbor
Mke
Bradley
Chimmie Fadden
Mr. Paul
Senator Bradley
Mental traits in women debate provoke mixed conclusions
The article argues women learn languages faster and are more tactful while men gain faster intellectual progress after graduation. It claims women are more faithful, speak earlier, and express themselves better in uneducated settings, but are less able to endure protracted work and vary less mentally as a conservative balance to male reform and exploration.
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Patrick
Quaint and Curious France Auction by Notary Tapers
A historical note explains French auctions where a notary acts as auctioneer and uses five minute wax tapers to pace bidding. Each lit taper signals time for reflection. when a new bid arrives, the taper is snuffed and a fresh one lit, ensuring orderly bidding and curbing undue influence. A fragment mentions Firgmed's Helatéte with Villa at Croamiset and a fire crew finding colin.
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France
Firgmed
Colin
Money found in firemen helmets and stockings
A distraught owner watches joy rise as money hidden on the premises is discovered. ten firemen’s helmets hold the concealed funds. A separate India tale describes a hunter using a night electric light to flush tigers for a shot, while a Russian professor claims music drives out carbolic acid in dogs and increases oxygen use though details are sparse.
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Londeg Tid Biase
Pate
India
Capture of Jefferson Davis by a Union Cavalry Troop
An 1865 Union soldier relates how Captain Stedman and 128 Fourth Michigan troopers pursued and captured Jefferson Davis near Irwinsville Georgia after a night ride down the Ocmulgee river. Davis appeared in a woman’s storm dress with a hood, later unmasked, guarded by Mrs Davis and a small escort as other Confederates fled. The capture followed a brief clash with pursuing Wisconsin troops and a tense night of maneuvering, with Davis not armed at the moment of arrest.
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Jefferson Davis
Irvineville
Fourth Michigan Cavalry
Irwinsville
Ocmulgee River
Macon
William Penn Bredman
A. H H. Lewis
Washington
Chicago Times-Herald
Lewis
Morton
Agricultural Department
Stedman
Davis
Pritchard
Menon
Garth
Jeff Davis
Wisconsin
Dublin
Abbeyville
Herndon
First
Michigan
Wilcox's Mill
Irwinaville
Dayia
Ocmulgee
Blind Mill Road
Aittle
Jeff Davia
Jeff Mavis
George Washington
Parrington
Dickerson
Dayie
Purrington
Davin
Hudson
Company FB
Captain Hudson
Munger
Ridwards
L Company
Pirat Wisconsin
Jef Davis
Dickersom
Gwede
Andrew Bee
L. Company
Bee
Colonel Pritchard
I Do Not Want to Play In Your Yard Parody
The piece offers a Boston variant of a well known chorus, humorously restating affection fading and refusal to engage in playful acts around a neighbor’s home. It mocks polite phrasing by translating to an overly formal moralizing tone about not treating the speaker with respect and kindness.
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Boston
The Art of Pouring Tea Reveals Social Etiquette
A fragment discusses tea pouring as a refined skill. It notes hostesses should lead, with guests of lesser status receiving lesser portions, while children are served last and strongest pours. Emphasis lies on equalizing cups gradually until all are served.
Immigration figures and restrictions debated in 1890s league notes
The Immigration Restriction league through Charles Warren promotes stricter regulation of immigration. The document cites statistics on immigrant literacy, occupations, origins, and naturalization, warning that foreign births and foreign-born paupers and criminals disproportionately affect the United States. It argues for congressional action to tighten entrance laws and restrict settlement by foreign-born individuals.
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Lea
Charles Warren
Exchange Building
Boston
United States
Ee Eee League
Congress
Inmet
France
Germany
Yeurgary
Italy
Poland
Dinavia
Austria-Hungary
Russia
United Kingdom
Scandinavia
Dog Returns to Unamused Owner on Clark Street
A dented yellow dog with a crooked gait and a short tail is recovered by its owners after two muddy boys entangle it in a long rope and parade it home. The reunion causes the woman to regret the chase as she admits she had spirited the dog away on Clark Street while eluding her husband. The scene ends with a humorous air as the dog barks and the boys claim bragging rights while contemplating rewards.
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Asbury
Isabela
Wilkes-Barre
Ean
Deal Lake
Asbury Park
Springs Lake
Elogle
Jack
West End
Brunswick
Columbia
Coleman
Victoria
Bronswick
Arbury
Chicago Tribune
North Clark Street
Mrss Sweeting
Sparrows Amisten
Clark Street
Mary
Dimensions of the Universe and Stellar Distances
The article explains light years as a measure of star distances, noting Alpha Centauri at 4.35 light years and Sirius at about 8.6 light years. It discusses Arcturus with a tiny parallax, its distance around 18.1 arcseconds, and concludes most stars lie far beyond direct human measurement, with light from many potentially taking centuries to reach Earth.
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Miles
Sirius
Home
Jesa
Arcturus
Elkin
Stetches
P. Survise
Invisible inscription reveals backward greeting
A professor of Oriental studies receives a medieval inscription that reads nonsense until his son reads it from right to left. The reversed text says good morning professor how are you. The remark underscores how easily one can be deceived by oddities from old manuscripts.
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Zanker
Rosseforp Gninrom
Deutsche Warte
Sweetheart Good-Bye Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse lamenting parting with a sweetheart. The speaker recalls blue eyes and a luminous memory, then weighs the pain of farewell and the wish for reunion, amid moonlight and wind. Contains garbled phrases and misspellings from OCR.
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Emile
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England
Wales
Belgium
Norway
Austria- Hungary
Sweden
Ireland
Hungary
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Davidov
Penn Avenue
Traders National Bank of Scranton
Sopeg Bios
Atlantic Refining Go
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Mason
Coal
Wyoming Ava
Pine 5
Dupont
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming
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Geranton, Pa
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New York Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Dimmick
Spruce Street
John Hamlin
Fo Paeereree and Dentistry
West Lackawanna Ave
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