Edward VII or Edward IV in British rule notes
The piece notes a naming quirk for Edward VII in Britain and India, explaining that Edward VII is the only sovereign of his name to count while earlier Edwards are not in the reckoning. It mentions clear white clothes as a sign used by a housekeeper and references Red Cross Ball Blue.
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Edward IV
Scotland
Edward VII
Indian
Edwards
Britains
Paxtine
Vaxton Ct
Heston
Mase
Countess Manages Public House In Essex Effort
The Countess of Warwick joins licensed public house management to aid working people near her Essex country home. A judge once ruled no gentleman can be a publican, but Lady Warwick vows to prove an English lady can.
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Countess of Warwick
England
Essex
Warwick
Hall's Catarrh Cure and McCarthy names
Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a constitutional remedy priced at 75c. The text notes frequent confusion between Justin Huntly McCarthy and his father Justin McCarthy, both historians and writers who served in parliament, with the son later leaving parliament after Parnell's defeat to focus on literature. Also mentions Defiance Starch offering more starch for the same price.
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Hall
Price
Justin Huntly McCarthy
Justin McCarthy
Parnell
Boston Man Lived to See His Second Century
Thomas Grimes of South Boston died Sunday at age 101 after a ten day illness. Born in Dublin on March 4 1802 he worked as a ship sawyer before moving to America in 1834, later recalling Waterloo and St Helena, the Savannah steamship, and Irish banners at Faneuil Hall. He memorialized early South Boston when it was sparsely settled and fruitful.
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Thomas Grimes
Boston
Boston Globe
Mr. Grimes
Dublin
Ireland
Grimes
Liverpool
Savannah
Napoleon
St. Helena
America
South Boston
New York
Faneuil Hall
O'Flaherty
South
Lamp Blinding Scares King of Beasts on Rural Road
A cyclist on a Mashonaland road faces a lion that stalks and mirrors his movements. Startled by a bright acetylene lamp, the beast flees in terror as the rider pedals toward civilization.
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Mark Twain
Plan for National Museum at Washington Costs Millions
Plans for a new 3.5 million dollar National Museum structure in Washington are moving ahead under Smithsonian Regents. The plan reshuffles exhibits across buildings, with the new wing housing the scientific collections and the old buildings devoted to industrial arts and libraries.
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National Museum
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Great British Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
Great Britain
King Edward Delivers Impromptu French Speech in Paris
During a Paris visit a private dinner hosted by President Loubet, King Edward surprised guests by delivering an admirable speech in French without notes. He then spoke in English, and the French president read a formal address, highlighting the king’s fluency and the foreign sovereign’s oratorical prowess.
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Edward
Paris
M. Loubet
England
Private Entrance Planned for President at New Washington Station
The president will use a private entrance at the new Washington rail station for himself and his family. The arrangement replaces the old practice of private coaches being driven to the train’s forward end to escape crowds.
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United States
Washington
Cleveland
Russian singer awarded damages for teeth loss after rail crash
Mile. Sarkisova, a Russian opera singer, sued after a Transcaucasian railway derailment damaged front teeth. The St. Petersburg civil court granted her 50,000 dollars for loss of singing ability and career impact. Defiance Starch advert claims follow.
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Mile. Sarkisova
St. Petersburg
Oldest Engineer Visits St Louis At World's Fair Dedication
John Casson 85, reputedly the nation’s oldest railroad engineer, toured St Louis from Paterson N J for the fair dedication. English born, he began locomotive work in 1838 on the Morris & Essex line and later served fifty years with the New York and Erie, retiring in 1888 due to frail health.
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John Casson
St. Louis
Paterson
N. J
Mr. Casson
Morris & Essex Road
New Jersey
New York & Erie
A Singular Malady Ends Life of David Vetter
Nine years after rheumatism attacked joints in Oakwood Michigan, David Vetter endured progressive ossification that stiffened his entire body. He could not chew and finally jaw stiffness required liquid feeding through a front tooth opening. Death followed as the body grew as hard as stone.
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David Vetter
Oakwood
Mich
Vetter
Mrs Campbell’s Sarcasm in San Francisco
During a San Francisco engagement Mrs Patrick Campbell toured the bay with a party. A young man in the group boasted of a birthplace atop a city house and was met with the now famous retort What a pity. He faded from the scene.
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San Francisco
Patrick Campbell
Bay
Colors That Drive the Brain to Madness
An old note warns color psychology in a fictional tone, detailing how purple walls induce melancholy and madness, red scarlet sparks homicidal urges, blue provokes nerves and imagination while harming the eyes, and green, though beneficial to vision in artificial light, would render normal lighting intolerable after exposure.
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Jorg Ag
Grape Nuts Food Said To Save Ill Baby’s Life
A mother recalls her two year old son suffering severe stomach and bowel trouble in hot weather. After using Grape Nuts the child recovered fully in three days. The company touts pre digested starch in Grape Nuts and Postum as healthy substitutes for coffee. Bend for details on a cooks contest offering $7,500 in prizes.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Gratitude for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A Nashville woman testifies after six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved four years of irregular menses, dizziness, back pain, and insomnia. She endorses the remedy over doctors and urges friends to try it, noting strong personal improvement.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
B. A. Braxenarn
Broad St
Nashville
Tenn
Mrs. Blanchard
Nashville, Tenn
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