Sights and Scenes at the St Louis World Fair
A correspondent recounts the World Fair in St Louis from June, praising the Intramural railroad for sightseeing and detailing state buildings. Highlights include the Liberty Bell arrival, Festival Hall organ dedication, and ongoing exhibits from Mississippi to Iowa. The piece notes cool state pavilions, historical relics, and musical programs across numerous state homes and displays.
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Fate of an Explorer Described in Gothic Tale
An explorer returns from Tibet scarred and amnesiac after brutal torture. He wanders north toward the Himalayas, loses memory, and appears changed beyond recognition. He marries, then ends his life by suicide, leaving a son and a grieving family.
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Himalayas
Colin
Metropolitan Magazine
Humorous Hats in Parliament Cite British Statesmen Silence
The Hour Glass notes amusing hat habits of British MPs as they rise to speak. New members often forget their hats and sit on them after delivering maiden remarks. A famous quip about a man who sat on his hat drew laughter and calls of order. Even veteran MPs like Chamberlain and Harcourt occasionally sat on their toppers.
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Speaker
Mr. Chamberlain
Sir William Harcourt
Expensive Game of Golf with a Clergyman
A New York clergyman and a clubman golfed at Morristown. After a bad drive the clubman apologized for swearing. They bet a dollar per oath for charity, but the pace of profanity grew. The doctor paid twenty dollars, then declared he would swear it all out.
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New Yorker
New York
Morristown Links
Mr. H
Device for Catching Rats in Germantown Store
A Germantown grocer and the inventive cop Everman devised a rat catching device using a heavy tin lined packing box baited under a corner of twine. The box drops onto the floor each night trapping fifteen to twenty rats, solving a rat infestation after other methods failed.
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Germantown
Everman
Philadelphia Record
Wise Man On Delighting In The Virtues Of Those Around
The saying urges reflection on the virtues of those who live with us. It cites activity modesty liberality and other good qualities as examples to inspire moral behavior. By keeping these exemplars before us we gain delight and guidance in daily conduct.
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Marcus Aurelius
Reading French, a Cockney Lunch Note
A pupil teacher at a teachers' center, learning to read French with a Cockney accent, was taken to lunch at a French restaurant in Soho. While studying the menu she muttered Canard sauvage aux petits pois The duck is savage at the few peas, illustrating how education loosens language mysteries.
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Eton
Soho
London Daily Chronicle
Whistler's cheerful tune amid sorrowful day
Virna Sheard wrote in the Canadian Magazine about a man who whistles through sun and rain, lifting weary workers and children. His song, a bright refrain, carries love and courage as he travels, even when sadness weighs heavy.
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Christ
Virna Sheard
Wanted A draughtsman and four room cottage sought
A draughtsman is wanted for careful work by J. Frost Waddell, architect, at 110 Katy building. Also sought is a four room cottage or four rooms for light housekeeping for two in a desirable location, address 615 Sentinel.
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J. Frost Waddell
Katy Building
For Sale Items and Help Wanted Listings
An assortment of notices includes an oak sideboard and walnut bedstead for sale at 320 East Fourth Street, a farm property near Engineer and Tower Streets offered at 2500, and another four or five room rental near Sixth and Kentucky streets. Also a request to exchange thoroughbred hogs for a young horse, employment ads for a general houseworker, and a jobber contractor for stone work.
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D. M. Ricks
East Sixth Street
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