Kaiser’s Daily Life Shows 75 Year Old Emperor’s Regimen
A Polish noble writes about Emperor Francis Joseph’s routine at 75, noting his morning wake times, light meals, and Bavarian beer. He smokes only a Renalia cigar and avoids Virginia tobacco, with cigars sent monthly from Vienna. Dinner is simple and a toast may accompany wine, and guards’ duties mark his day.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Leopold II
Francis I
Archduke Franz Karl
Hofburg
Premature membership bid for infant son at a downtown club
A Chicago Inter Ocean note recalls a young man asking how to enroll his one year old baby in a club. A friend jokes the timing is premature yet gives a grim example of hidden objections in clubs where a debtor once faced a silent objection from a lender who helped him through college.
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Caicazo Inter Ocean
A Scrapbook Of Real Value And Purpose
A scrapbook focused on one subject enhances interest and value. Gather material from magazines and other sources, then neatly copy articles portraits poems into the book. The educational value and personal satisfaction justify compiling a themed collection.
Camphor Advised for Piano Tuning
After tuning, the piano tuner recommends placing camphor inside the instrument to deter moths. He explains moths infest pianos, feeding on felt hammer coverings and degrading sound, suggesting two camphor sachets hung on opposite sides in cheesecloth.
And Still a Miss Miss Amy Dagnan Shines at Home
North Vassa resident Amy Dagnan graduates high school and has not missed a day in five years. She gathers apples in the orchard, cooks for the family, milks the cow, and handles all housework.
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Amy Dagnan
North Vassabore
Diet to Keep Men Healthy Into Advanced Age
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece argues age should be met with moderation in all things and regular outdoor exercise. It cites Moltke and other figures, urges tailored diets, and warns against over eating while stressing disciplined habits to slow bodily decline.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
von Moltke
Crisni
Tallan
Uhromrek
Portmaster General Payne remembered as lively Milwaukee figure
A Milwaukee man recalls Payne young and entertaining with original speech. He tells of a mutual friend who drank and Payne’s blunt remark about the man washing his face in a mud puddle and drying it on a doormat, showing his blunt humor.
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Payne
Milwaukee
Boy’s Shrewd Guess in Orchard Theft
A Monroe county boy was seen stealing apples by an orchard owner who offered him a deal to return for all the fruit. The boy fled though, later explaining that the man had one hand behind his back and he suspected a liar, a tale recounted by the Kansas City Journal.
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Monroe County
Kansas City Journal
Difficult Lake Baikal Road Faced by Russian Troops
Russian soldiers travel the southern shore of Lake Baikal along a new road at about a dozen miles per hour. The winter performance of the road is uncertain as strong winds may bury the track under drifts half as high as the Kremlin and then uncover it quickly.
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Lake Baikal
Kremlin
Police Present Ambulances to Lancashire Townships
Lancashire police presented forty six ambulances to townships under their jurisdiction. Many vehicles cost 560 dollars each, funded by football matches and other athletic sports.
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Lancashire
Mad King Ludwig the Mad in Bavarian Water Garden Tale
Story recounts King Ludwig II of Bavaria a reclusive patron of music and opera. He spends nights on an ice boat in a vast palace garden lake listening to concealed performers. A soprano courtesan seeks favor with gifts and a scandal ends when a boat capsizes and a composer rescues the prima donna.
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Ludwig IW
Bavaria
Watner
Fitzee
Molloy
Cudwin
Munich
Miter
Pouipe
Plincafoal
Lopenrerin
Dobbs
Frawcin Schefsazky
Lita
Hin
Wenener
Tincre Fries
Nestor Pettus recalls darky humor amid Alabama tale
Ar Pettus, long recognized as a Senate figure, shares a darky humor anecdote about an eight year old in Alabama who asks if it is night and remarks that the stars change from yesterday to tomorrow, prompting a gentle parent reply about twelve o'clock and looking at the stars.
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Ar. Pettus
Nestor
Senate
Alabama
Pappy
Chile
Yisterday
Termorror
Lippincott’s
His Cordial Indorsement
A Bishop Potter story about a young, new clergyman who receives a salary by check. The bank teller calls for the clergyman to undorse it, prompting the line I respectfully subscribe to the sentiments herein expressed.
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Potter
New York Times
Airship visits grow in Paris with country house run
Paris social trend sees three men depart in an airship for a country house call to Count Courades. The voyage covered about twenty three miles in forty five minutes aided by favorable wind.
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Paris
London Globe
Count Courades
French Tax on Wheels Profits Rise for Treasury
The French treasury has earned 1.6 million dollars from the tax on cycles and motor cars. Motor cycles contributed 50 thousand dollars and motor cars 375 thousand dollars. Since 1260 the number of motor cars using the tax has increased by 16.6 percent.
Institut de France allocates funds for Liebnitz works
The Institut de France, after receiving large sums of money, resolves to dedicate 10 400 francs to publishing Liebnitz's works.
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Liebnitz
Institut de France
Not Flattering Passages Highlight Self View
A brief exchange portrays a self made man asserting his independence while another party notes no one else will claim ownership of the work. The dialogue underscores pride and ambiguity about credit in a terse, ironic tone.
Pleasure in the Job and the Ten Cents Tale
Booker T. Washington recalls an old negro carpenter who earned exactly ten cents on a cottage job. When asked about disappointment he replied no, it’s with ten cents to boss dese here white men. An England echo repeats syllables in Woodstock Park and Shipley church. Pens are polished with emery powder in a large revolving drum.
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Booker T. Washington
New York Times
Woodstock Park
Oxfordshire
England
Shipley Church
Sussex
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