Women chess players and the lack of female stars
An editorial notes the scarcity of widely recorded women chess masters despite growing clubs and journal coverage. It argues intellect alone does not crown greatness and cites qualities like concentration and originality, while acknowledging many diligent women players whose theoretical knowledge remains insufficient without application. The piece cites the London Saturday Review.
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Sox
London Saturday Review
Cause of Adam's Fall Scotchman and the Wee Dripy
A Scottish tale from London Tit-Bits tells how Adam MacPherson, fond of whisky, fell after a late night stumble. His Presbyterian wife and visiting minister discuss the Eden story, and she whispers that the fall was caused by the drink.
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Adam
Garden of Eden
One Rail Wonder of Physics in Rail Travel
An experienced mechanic lauds rail travel as the greatest general utility. He describes two rails guiding dozens of cars at over a mile per minute, with smooth motion and no perceived danger, just a thin steel flange and an upturned edge bearing the load.
Hide Your Fruit Trees From Pests on Home Lawns
The piece warns fruit trees on lawns attract many insects and fungi, making them unsightly and smelly when sprayed. It notes peaches are short lived and susceptible to San Jose scale, and advises early jarring of curculios or letting chickens beneath trees to avoid wormy fruit.
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San Jose
America
Poultry Feeding Rumor Sparks Brick-Laying Joke
A humorous natural inference thread follows a man who fed lime to hens after reading a poultry book. Leghorns show unrest from the heat, Cochins accept fate with apathy, while a Plymouth Rock mocks the idea by thinking they will lay bricks.
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Plymouth Rock
Lighthouse Department Store Keeps U.S. Lights Ready
A New York Press account describes the St George Staten Island lighthouse service workshop as a vast department store for the nations lighthousing gear. Mechanics craft lenses lanterns fog sirens and clockwork to regulate lights for stations from Porto Rico to Alaska and the Philippines. Lenses import from Paris or London while two light vessels and an emergency light stock ensure rapid response to failures.
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Lighthouse Department
St. George
Staten Island
Lighthouse Service
Porto Rico
Alaska
Philippines
Paris
London
New York Press
First Occasions Through History Noted From 1270 to 1842
A compact survey traces milestones such as gunpowder recipe by Roger Bacon in 1270, cannon and arms around 1390, spinning wheels 1530, stereotyping 1813 in New York, early shirts 1830, Gall’s phrenology 1796, submarine telegraph 1842, and double entry bookkeeping in Italian cities during the fifteenth century.
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New York
Franz Joseph Gall
Governors Island
Battery
Italy
Venice
Florence
Schwartz
Roger Bacon
An Honest Tramp Described by a Generous Woman
A tramp begs at a back door and proclaims honesty, the woman challenges him to prove it, and he claims he did not suffer in the San Francisco earthquake. She invites him in and feeds him generously, as the judge notes.
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San Francisco
A Hundred Million Suna and the View of the Heavens
A discussion on a modern telescope opening a vast view of 100,000,000 stars, each potentially a sun lighting a chain of planets. The piece muses that beyond these suns there may be countless more systems and worlds without end.
Breach of senatorial courtesy alleged in debate
In a sharp exchange, Senator Grafton accuses Senator Graball of breaching courtesy by offering to work for 25 percent less than current fees for the interests he represents. The remark follows a heated confrontation about possible underhanded arrangements.
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Graball
Grafton
Puck
The Poet's Troubles Finds Readers for First Verses
The exchange shows a poet seeking an audience for early verses while a friend offers sympathy. The fragment notes Pitecendce Blatter as the periodical context. The dialogue captures early writing anxieties and the need for a trusted listener.
No One Loves the Man Whom He Fears
A brief item notes social tension around a man disliked for his fearsome reputation. Neighbors avoid him while colleagues keep professional distance, underscoring a theme of isolation tied to fear.
Sundial Craft and lore in a New York shop
In a lower Manhattan shop a dial maker explains hand crafted dials and their need to be latitude specific. The owner, Truthful James, notes many seek old looking dials without latitude accuracy and offers ideas for practical, simple placements and improvised gnomons using common materials.
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New York
James
England
Virginia
Minnesota
New England
Texas
New York Post
Laundry Auction Reveals Unclaimed Packages
A New York Sun notice notes 48 bundles headed for auction tomorrow from a laundry operation. One bundle bears no address for W Joblott who promised to call, leaving other owners unlocated. Items such as handkerchiefs shirtswaists collars and cuffs appear valuable and unclaimed for over a year before disposal at a general receiving station.
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W. Joblott
New York Sun
No Back Action Follows Gladstone on Admitting Wrong
The passage notes Gladstone’s ability to admit fault openly yet his preference to avoid apologies. He argued that one cannot unpull a man’s nose, a quip directed at his private secretary Sir Algernon West, reflecting his stance on accountability and public image.
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Mr. Gladstone
Algernon West
Dialogue Snippet on Money and Marriage
A brief quoted exchange from the Houston Post centers on money habits and marriage. A man claims to save little while another reveals he is married, prompting light humor about finances and domestic life.
Cenotes and Maya Waterways Hidden Beneath Yucatan
A writer in Records of the Past explains how Maya towns formed around cenotes, natural water caverns fed by subterranean rivers. Uxmal hosts a forty foot cenote with unusual fish. Bolancen cenote features five rock openings and laddered descents totaling 1,400 feet, with water depth about 500 feet.
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Yuanten
Ybotatan
Uxmal
Bolanchen
The Mixture In Roumania And Its Roman Heritage
The Roumanians claim descent from Trajan planted colonists in Dacia. They call themselves Romani and their language Romanie, citing Trajan as their founder the divine Trajan. The text notes diverse roots among Greeks Slavs and Teutons and hints at the language reflecting this mix and Trajan's influence.
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Roumania
Roumaniia
Trajan
Lmacia
A. D
Tennyson's Gruffness Revealed In Last Days Conversation
The London Chronicle recounts Tennyson in his final days hosting an American friend of Longfellow and Lowell. The poet’s first remark was a cautious hope not to write, but his guest’s retort prompted a rare hour of conversation and eased the old poet.
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Tennyson
London Chronicle
Longfellow
Lowell
Flattered Men and the Gendered Mindset
A witty quote notes that men accept flattery from women only to an extent. It argues men mistrust compliments from other men while assuming women secretly admire and crave them, leading to a belief in women’s constant admiration and a ready acceptance of sugared flattery.
Queered Himself Miss Withers Photograph Fade
A London Mail caption notes a faded photograph of Miss Withers and Binks, aged nineteen, describing photo style as showing herself and the scene as staged.
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Miss Withers
Binks
London Mail
Quotations on Goodness and Greatness
A line attributed to Athenæus states that goodness does not consist in greatness but in greatness in goodness. The maxim contrasts moral character with external power, urging virtue as true measure.
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Athenaeus
Crude Oil Heating Cuts Hotel Fuel Costs
A Pacific coast hotel burns crude oil in steam heated systems to replace coal. Burrers were installed in coal ranges and twelve ovens. The switch has saved significant fuel costs, with Hotel World noting a 45,000 yearly saving.
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Pacific Coast
Misunderstanding in London Sewers Narrative
A mistress instructs her new girl Hannah to soak a brown serge dress while a humorous aside asks who is the favorite pawnbroker in a London sewer setting. The dialogue has a period tone and character focus.
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Hannah
London Ansewers
Regent exam paper cites Punch quip on holy matrimony
A regent examination paper references a Punch magazine quip about holy matrimony as a divine institution for mankind's procreation. The snippet appears in a religious instruction context at a boys' school.
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Regent
Had Heard Paps tay 1% The Schoolteacher
A fragment from the Brooklyn Eagle presents a punning exchange about a term meaning a place where married people repent, tied to a humorous dialogue between a pupil and a teacher.
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Wille
Lelayre
Brooklyn Eagle
Power and Temperance Endure More Than Violence
The quote notes that forceful power fades quickly, while steady temper and moderation create lasting influence across all things. It emphasizes patience and restraint as keys to enduring authority and stability.
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Seneca
Probate Notice for Johan Brown Sen Estate
Creditors of Johan Brown Sen deceased must meet the administrator in Jefferson County Nebraska on February 4 1907 at 1 oc to examine adjust and allow claims. Six months from July 1906 to file claims. all not filed by February 4 1907 will be forever barred. Notice published in the Diller Record for four weeks prior to February 4 1907. C C Burs County Judge.
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Johan Brown
S Aid
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Said
Sach
Diller Record
C. C. Burs
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Nee'y’s
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Beatrice, Neb
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Spear Drug CO
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