Horror of Dogs Haunts Daudet’s Youth in Arid Village
In reminiscence from Philadelphia Press, Alphonse Daudet recalls a terror of mad dogs shaped by a droughty Provencal village named Fons. He details tavern life, vigilant villagers, and a near encounter that left him with an enduring fear of dogs and animals, a trait he says his children share.
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Fons
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Ohio coffee experiment yields homegrown crop success
In Chillicothe Ohio families will winter on coffee grown from seed. The project began years ago and is now a solid effort with this season's crop deemed satisfactory. Participants include Miss Emma Reis Mr Gibery Reider Sr Mrs Anna Kontzen and Mrs Caroline Reider. Seed distribution reached many households and crops measured well in size and quality. From 30 plants Mrs Reider produced enough coffee for nearly a year.
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Copyright clash over phrases at ballads race
President McKinleys mother was stricken and he telegraphed Tell mother I'll be there The writer of After the Ball and another song creator raced to copyright the expression The After the Ball man was late and added Just to the start of the sentence Both secured copyrights Richmond Times
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McKinley
Richmond Times
Sarah Bernhardt speaks on constant vitriol threats
In a recent interview Mme Sarah Bernhardt says her life is wearied by ceaseless vigilance against vitriol. She has been escorted everywhere after threats by Mlle Klein’s mother, who months ago vowed to throw vitriol and was confined in an asylum at Bernhardt’s request.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Mlle. Klein
Sarah
New York Tribune
Town Improvement Society Leads Sea Cliff Community Progress
Enterprising Sea Cliff residents form a village improvement society to boost local matters. A nine member board oversees nineteen committees covering taxation, sewerage, lighting, parks, schools, police, and more. A free library and reading room, drawing instruction, and an electric light company with 20000 capital stock have emerged, with sewerage work planned.
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Sea Cliff
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Improvement Association
Typhoid Transmission Theories and A Kansas City Court Mischance
News reports explore Dr Licard's typhoid transmission experiments via air and contaminated water, suggesting breath and sewer emanations may spread infection. The Kansas City trial of Lia Downend for injuries from a sidewalk step ends with attorney Jones tripping over the very same step, drawing laughter in court.
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Beziers
Henry
Kansas City
Lia Downend
George Jones
City
Mr. Jones
Lonesome Townships Run by Single Inhabitants
English and Mediterranean locales reveal towns and island communities with a sole resident who fills all public offices. Nesbitt and Birches in Cheshire show farmers George Brown and John Holland governing rates, guardianship, and voter rolls, while Wallerscourt also relies on a single occupier for all township duties.
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Marine Telegraph
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England
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Santa Cruz boom town described in a desert setting
The narrator visits a settlement named Santa Cruz with nine houses, noting a pink framed hotel. A blue print map of a future city reveals plazas and streetcar routes, hinting at wool shipments, rich pastures, gold finds, and wheat experiments to expand upon a desert plain. The tone echoes Scribner's Magazine dreams of development.
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Santa Cruz
California
Scribner’s Magazine
Talk Through the Home Paper
A note on local papers as effective advertising for local merchants. It argues that despite small circulation and weak editorials, talking to readers in six months through a home paper reaches more people than one day elsewhere.
No Legacy to Cigarette Fiends: Will Vocational Proviso
The heirs of the late George G. Seaton of Rockford Illinois must not become cigarette smokers to receive their legacies under his will. Four nieces and six nephews were left sums from 100 to 200 dollars with a proviso that if any legatee uses cigarettes or alcohol to excess, that portion goes to a charity chosen by the executors.
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George G. Seaton
Rockford
Philadelphia Press
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