Literary Notes on Writers and Serial Rights
Professor de Filippo launches a new Simplified and Practical Method for rapid fluency in French and Spanish. Geo Edward Woodberry notes portions of Arthur Gordon Pym drawn from Captain Morell. Authors Payn Lang list hard-to-read books. Echegaray, 70, now rides a bicycle after decades writing plays. Serial rights payments cited. Le Petit Journal explores prizes and editors seek less costly feuilletons. Marinoni, a working-class reader, selects stories with sentiment and decency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Filippo
Arthur Gordon Pym
Geo. Edward Woodberry
Benjamin Morell
South Seas
Pacific
Jose Echegaray
Echegaray
England
Marinoni
le Petit Journal
Electrical notes on magnets batteries and conductors from Boston Transcript
Electrical notes discuss magnet pull with smaller polar area and thicker limbs not improving adhesion to iron masses. They note lamps using storage batteries last longer than dynamo powered lamps and describe voltmeter calibration with galvanometers. Additional guidance covers battery testing, hydrometer checks, Baume scale, arc lamp carbon use, metal resistances and coil construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. P. Thompson
Thompson
Boston Transcript
Hard-Headed Farmer Foils Seminary Show
A young ladies seminary class show brims with science and philosophy presentations. An old-fashioned farmer on the examining board provokes roars by asking Minnie to compute beef weight at 15.5 cents per pound and about the Mississippi River’s sources, lamenting the loss of older schooling days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Bertha
Miss Minnie
Literary pay dwarfed by railroad warning sign
A small Rudyard Kipling line is said to be paid far less than Judge Paxon's literary notice for a Reading Railroad crossing warning. Taul McLeod cited the old crossing sign and Paxon's four thousand seven hundred ninety six dollars and sixty six cents per word for the phrase Rail road Crossing Stop Look and Listen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Judge Paxon
Taul McLeod
Reading Railroad
McLeod
Paxon
Question of Doctrine Sparks A Vermont Sermon
A hardshell Baptist minister in a Curon church in Vermont announced that Universalists would preach next Sunday. He stated with grave tone that all men will be saved, while adding that they hope for better things.
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Vermont
Royalty on Vacation Across Europe
The queen regent of Spain and the little king vacation at Miramar near San Sebastián. Portugal’s king is at Cascaes, Belgium’s Leopold at Ostend, Queen Wilhelmina and her mother at Sandringham, and the czars at Peterhof. Humbert of Italy and Oscar of Sweden also travel, with others at Tullgarden and Valle d Oroco.
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Spain
Miramar
San Seastian
Portugal
Casceas
Jeopold
Belgium
Ostend
Wilhelmina
Holland
Sandryth
Dtrecht
Czar
Czarina
Peterhof
Oscar
Tull‘garn
Italy
Cressaney
King Humbert
Valle d’Oroco
Graian Alps
Hard Conditions Spur Great Minds Across Ages
The essay argues that hardship fuels artistic greatness, countering the claim that luxury breeds poetry. It cites Burns, Carlyle, Chatterton, Keats, Lamb, and Homer to show that poverty and struggle often yield powerful work rather than diminish it.
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Tennyson
Longfellow
Lowell
Browning
Burns
Carlyle
Chatterton
Keats
Charles Lamb
A Windy Lake Tip For Paddlers Pipe Lighting Trick
In a high wind on the lake a quick birch bark canoe paddler learns a clever puff after crumpling a newspaper wad into a shielded pipe lighter. The Californian companion demonstrates how the smoldering wad lights the pipe and fuels a campfire, praised as a practical invention for sportsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Geranium Leaf in Jelly Inspires Delicacy Debate
A housekeeper claims a rose geranium leaf dropped in each glass of apple jelly imparts a peculiar delicious flavor. The piece notes Western cooks lag behind Oriental methods in flower-infused confections. Armenian women and their neighbors, unlike friends, excel in making such treats with Turkish wives as peers.
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Orient
Meanest Man on Record in Stockton Questioned
Snoggs comments during a quick lunch about a Stockton man who makes his wife live on soup to spare her false teeth. Boggs notes he has time for another piece of pie as they discuss the alleged record. The Scranton Times is cited.
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Snoggs
Stockton
Boggs
Scranton Times
Pan American Exposition 1901 in Buffalo Aims to Showcase North American Progress
The Pan American exposition in Buffalo, planned to rival but not clash with Chicago, gathers Canada Mexico and Central American states with U S and New York funding totaling 5 8 million dollars. Buildings include a 600 by 130 foot main hall with a 250 foot dome and Victory statue, two large pavilions 500 by 350 feet, a grand canal and mirror lakes, a Mall between agricultural and electricity halls, and a steel tower offering city and lake views.
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Buffalo
Niagara Falls
America
Canada
Mexico
Central America
United States
State of
New York
Government
Lake Erie
Niagara River
Western Hemisphere Exposition Plans Unveiled at Buffalo Grounds
In June 1899 the Department of State invited Western Hemisphere nations to participate. Acceptance comes from Canada to Chile with several South American states pending formal sanction. The 350 acre grounds include Delaware park lands and a grand esplanade for 250000, with a 350 foot steel tower and an electric display powered by Niagara Falls. The Midway, Spanish Renaissance style buildings, and extensive botanical features promise a festival complex with large athletic arenas and diverse international exhibits.
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Department of State
Washington
Western Hemisphere
Canada
Mexico
Honduras
Nicaragua
Salvador
Guatemala
Guadaloupe
Dutch Guiana
Bolivia
Argentine Republic
Chile
Delaware Park
Lincoln Parkway
Grand Court
United States Fish Commission
Philippines
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Horticultural
Graphic Arts
Forestry and Mines
Government
Esplanade
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
America
Protection for Gamblers in New York Report
A note notes that gamblers in New York pay over 2 million annually for protection. It urges focusing on minor matters first while larger issues will follow. The Bunko man likely arrived from the steerage.
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New York
Bunko
New Bronx Tenement Plan with Central Arcade
A $300000 Bronx project funded by the Baron de Hirsch fund will erect two aligned rows of seven story tenements with a central glass roofed arcade. The block houses 140 families with ground floor nurseries clubs and recreation spaces and dual elevators.
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New York
Bronx
Baron de Hirsch Fund
Cotton Spinning in Japan Advances and Import Reliance
Japan now imports cotton mainly from the United States but seeks additional supply centers due to the rapid progress of cotton spinning there. The note highlights the evolving supply network as Japanese textile development continues.
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Japan
United States
The Proper Term The Maid Marriage Promotion
The item notes a promotional tie in with a TV style joke about promotion and bachelor life. It reads as a light column line on entertainment or social trends. The tone suggests playful critique of gender roles in marriage and media.
Grain-O touted as nourishing grain drink for children
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a healthy coffee substitute for kids. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, and costs 15¢ or 25¢. It urges replacing tea or coffee with Grain-O to improve children’s health. sold by grocers.
Remain Weak and Seek Remedies or Choose Wisdom and Joy
The saying contrasts two life paths. It warns that remaining weak leads to constant remedies while choosing wisdom yields lasting joys. It invites reflection on personal strength and resilience.
Cure for Throat and Lung Ailments Cited by Indiana Reader
William QO Endsley of Van Buren Indiana endorses Piso's Cure as the best medicine for all throat and lung affections in an 1900 testimonial.
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Wm. QO. Endsley
Vanburen
Ind
Pistol Draw at Raffle Sparks Debate and Safety Concerns
A local raffle event drew attention after a pistol was drawn as a prize gesture. Community leaders urge safety protocols and better crowd control to prevent misunderstandings and potential harm.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted In Ad Copy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use priced at 75 cents. It also promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes and notes a folding hat patent by a Scotch woman. It adds a controversial line about silencing a girl who cannot sing.
Homeseekers Excursions Offered by Chicago and Eastern Illinois
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad announces Homeseekers Excursions for June, July, and August on the first and third Tuesdays. A round trip fare of one dollar plus two dollars applies to destinations across multiple states with fifteen day trip limits and twenty one day return limits. A new wide-vestibuled train serves Chicago to Texas with through Pullman sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Indian Territory
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Chicago
Waco
Fort Worth
C. L. Stone
Osman Digna Profile Mentioned in Biographical Dictionary
A French biographical dictionary describes Osman Digna as the son of a Scottish engineer and a French woman, noting his mixed heritage.
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Osman Digna
Nickel Plate Road Offers Low Rates to Des Moines Convention
The Nickel Plate Road announces a round trip fare from Fort Wayne to Des Moines Iowa for the Annual Convention of the Music Teachers Association. Tickets are valid June 11 to 21 with return by June 23 1900. Contact A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana by wire phone or mail.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Music Teachers’ Association
A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Better Blood Better Health Claim for Bloodsarsaparilla
An advertisement promotes Bloodsarsaparilla as a remedy to improve health by making blood better. It claims it cures tiredness pimples sores salt rheum scrofula and catarrh and urges immediate use to raise blood to a good health point.
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James Payn
Andrew Lang
Rita
Machinery and Transportation
Manufactures
Buffalo's Exposition
Hall
Red Cross Ball
Homeseekers
Chicagio and
Eastern Illinois Railroad
The
Nickel Plate Road
D Fe
N. H. Green
Atlanta
Toeoenuas
Thompson Skye Water
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