Melia ley's Treasury Secretary Gage Wears Four Wigs
Melia ley's secretary of the treasury Iman J. Gage is praised as highly handsome with gray blue eyes and golden hair. The article notes his stern outside but open office manner, busy schedule, accessibility, and social habits in Chicago, including a fondness for theater and popularity among the city's elite.
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Melialey
New York
Gage
Mortop
Chicago
Lake City
Mr. Gage
Plain House
Lincoln Park
Gage T
Mrs. Gage
Mr. Gace
No Shopping for Him in a Detroit Night of Frustration
A Detroit matron orders her husband to shop for embroidery lace and jewelry, while he protests the task. He struggles to spell items and ends up filling out a large check, vowing never to tackle such a night again as the couple faces a hurried shopping spree.
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Robert
Lee
Detroit
Criminal
Chambery
Savoy
United States
Europe
Germany
Insulted at a city restaurant inquiry
A patron describes being insulted by a well dressed man at a restaurant while ordering calf brain. He reports the man mocked his speech and curiosity about his order, saying he was curious to know what he wanted.
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Harley Boy
Weaily
Algie
Chawley
Clock with a Human Face in Saint Petersburg Shop
In a St. Petersburg watchmaker’s shop a singular clock with a human face is on display. The clock’s hands point to the nose and messages spoken into its ears are repeated aloud by a phonograph mechanism.
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St. Petersburg
Grains of Gold on Will and Hypocrisy
The passage contends that indolence dulls judgment and strong will aids achievement. It mocks the creed that winning proves virtue and warns that hypocrisy masquerades as good character while intelligent people see the world as it is and act decisively.
World Curious Facts From The Fifties And Earlier
A kaleidoscope of facts from the era notes a banyan tree sheltering 7,000 people, gowning trends like soft felt hats in Australian colonies, Eve as possibly the tallest woman, and Chinese horse mounting on the right. It also mentions Oxford printing in 150 languages, Babylon walls, Toulon coal stocks, marriage ages, and lofty curiosities about rafts, long days in Totnes, and razor-thin gold-scale sensitivity in the Bank of England.
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Eve
Oxford
Babylon
France
Toulon
Texas
Her Majesty’s Navy
England
Germany
Norway
Russia
Philippines
Tropics
Portland
Totnes
Finland
Venezuela
Bank of England
Berne
Countess Henckel
London
Paria St
Baxter Street Wardrobe Declines as Italian Shops Rise
A New York correspondent notes Baxter Street once famed for clothing trade declines. The street known for Cohen family originals now hosts Italian merchants selling spaghetti with loud colors and jargon. Once a hub for importing Paris and London goods at sacrifice prices, Baxter’s prestige fades as dealers’ elastic consciences became legend.
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Baxter Atreat
Baxter Street
New York
House of Cohen
Italy
Chappie
Fifth Avenue
Paris
London
the Bay
Dealera
Notable Plots and People in Early 20th Century News
The late Francis E. Webber of Boston bequeathed $5,000 to Bates College. Jonny R. Key, a grandson of Webber, gains notice as an artist painting World’s Fair scenes from studies in Chicago. Hawaii’s annexation prompts Queen Dowager Kapolani to sue her two nephews in Honolulu for property worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Francis E. Webber
Boston
Bates College
Jonny R. Key
Francis
Chicago
Hawaii
Kaplolani
Honolulu
From an Indian's standpost its america for everybody but the Ameri cane
A terse from the Indian writer argues that American rhetoric promises equality yet excludes certain groups. The piece critiques American ideals and calls for broader inclusion beyond official slogans.
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America
A Wife's Mistake Induces Husband to Smoke Again
A wife who had urged her husband to quit smoking devises a plan to use tobacco smoke as a "smoke bath" for her houseplants. The husband reluctantly agrees to smoke again, initially pleased at the idea, and humorously yields to the ruse as the plants’ pests die, leaving the couple with an unexpected outcome.
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Heaven
Harold
Ilnrold
Haruki
Andree's Flight Into the Unknown
Jona Stadling recounts the 1897 Arctic balloon expedition with Andree to Vane's Island. He notes plans to start after July 17th with favorable winds, their willingness to face dangers, and hopes for news within years while preparing for possible returns if they survive the polar voyage.
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Jona
Siadling
Andree
Vane
North Pole
Stadling
Gambling Schemers and Royal Lineages
A Louisville gambler fails at a friendly poker game when a stranger cheats with four aces to the four kings, insisting the hand was the gambler's. The tale segues into a note that European royal houses largely descend from two sisters, shaping Catholic and evangelical lineages.
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Louisville
Europe
Millionaire Missionary Gives Up Luxuries for Slum Work
James Eads How, heir to the Eads fortune, donates a palatial St. Louis mansion and luxuries for a life of plain living to further his missionary efforts in the city slums.
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James Eads How
James B. Eads
St. Louis
Brief notes of notables and notable figures
A. G. Midford owns a gold pocket watch once belonging to Charles Dickens now in New York. Col Chandler saved Nea Dow during a Pensacola war prisoners mob incident. George Washington Stevens, a Greco Turkish war correspondent, is under 28 and a Yale Oxford graduate. The Duchess d Uzes is rich, cultured and a fox hunter. Ouida de la Ramee is eccentric in dress. Laurita S Swenson becomes Denmark's minister after Minnesota birth. father a former state legislator. He studied at Luther College and Johns Hopkins University.
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Charles Dickens
New York
A. G. Midford
Col. Chandler
Georgia
Nea Dow
Pensacola
Frs
George Washington Stevens
Daliol College
Oxford
d’Uzes
Miss de la Ramee
Denmark
Minnesota
Norway
Minister Swenson
Luther College
Iowa
Johns Hopking University
If you want a thing well done tell the waiter to bring it rare
A humorous set of aphorisms on life love and human quirks. It muses on dining honesty fashion ambition and writing with playful paradoxes and puns. The lines compare virtue to taste a piano to people and a future hero to a heroine with a past.
Do Not Do These Things Says A News Note
A quirky list urges practical caution against rash acts and pride. It warns not to overestimate self-importance, avoid risky tests for dogs, and consider the grim reminder that tomorrow may require a coffin. It also dismisses overreliance on doctors and frugally notes the fate of careless remarks.
Quotations on Labor From Historical Figures
A decorative fragment echoes famed lines on labor health and thought from Sophocles Voltaire Webster Webster Ruskin and others. The murky text blends pro labor sentiment with moral and social claims from classical and modern thinkers.
Emigrants from Eramburg Reach 52748 Despite Drop
The 1896 emigration from Eramburg totals 52 748, down 234 percent from the previous year. Ceylon's tin industry thrives while coffee planters face ruin as disease wipes out crops. Mennonites plan a Houston area colony, buying a large farm to settle scattered communities in the West.
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Eramburg
Ceylon
Houston
Texsas
Wedding Trip Ends In Split After Short Tour
David Goldstein and his bride from Worcester Massachusetts began a wedding tour but after not far into the itinerary the groom tired of travel and proposed returning home. The bride wished to continue the trip and the couple separated with Goldstein returning to Worcester while she stayed to see more sights before also returning to Worcester. The couple later settled down.
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David Goldstein
Bride
Worcester
Mass
Hannys
Paris Student Swallows Five Silk Neck Ties to Win Pet
A Parisian student attempted an odd contest by cutting five silk neckties into small pieces and preparing a salad with oil salt vinegar and pepper. He swallowed the mixture within five and a half minutes, aiming to win a pet.
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