An Automobile Widow Creates a Legal Car Skirmish
Elizabeth Bradbury seeks a divorce from Ned Bradbury over his motor life. She enlists lawyer Sawyer Snyder to seize the couple’s car from a garage, hoping to force a settlement, while revelations expose Ned’s telegraphed interest in two other women and a crowded, comical chase.
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Elizabeth
Ned
Bess
Kentucky
Johnson
Lilave
Westminster Garage
Clara Lincoln
Clara
Miss Hobbs
Appleby Coach Company
Elkins
Central
Judge Ferris
Dicky
When the Spider Goes Courting in North Africa
A naturalist notes the male spider is bold in courtship. He circles the female and performs an elaborate dance. If rejected, the female may kill him, while in contrast the spider dances with fearless warmth despite danger north of Africa.
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Africa
Moon Phase Anomaly: February 1866 Had No Full Moon
A rare lunar event in February 1866 left that month without a full moon while January and March had two each. A leading astronomical journal calls it a once in 2.5 million year occurrence and notes it may not recur until far beyond 2,500,000 years from 1866.
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Astronomer Royal of
England
Honest graft and municipal ownership in New York
A profile of George Washington Plunkitt claiming there is an honest graft and predicting municipal ownership would let leaders like him profit massively. The piece quotes Plunkitt describing how he exploited opportunities, such as buying paving stones for pennies, and argues such figures would thrive under city control of utilities and services.
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New York
George Washington Plunkitt
Fifteenth
Plunkitt
Bft
Mer
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Honesgraft
Harlem River Speedway
Washingtonridge
One Hundred and Fifty Fifth Street
Museum of Natural History
Green Bay
When Officials Are Efficient in Public Service
A quotation from Everett W. Burdett urging broader departmental efficiency before expanding responsibilities. The remark emphasizes economy and performance as prerequisites for any enlargement of duties by local public officials.
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Everett W. Burdett
Tides Of The Ocean And Their Regularity
The article explains tides as a regular oceanic phenomenon with predictable high and low water, typically four tides per day lasting about six hours each. It notes flood and ebb phases, occasional simultaneous surface flood and deeper ebb, danger spots near rapidly moving water, and variations such as beres in Fundy and local tidal anomalies, all factored into modern tidal tables.
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Beres
Bay of Fundy
Man and His Hat in Society and Fashion
A social essay argues hat etiquette rules govern male dignity and public perception. It contrasts a hero’s stand against a hat misplacement with an archbishop’s vulnerability to ridicule, noting fashion laws as red tape shaping conduct and judgment in England.
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England
Vere Street
John Lane
Putnam's Monthly
Editorial Flings and Sly Quips in 1900s Papers
A mosaic of quotations and snide takes on topics from Pullman porters to taxes. It cites remarks from the Youngstown Vindicator and New York Tribune, lampoons Roosevelt, discusses U.S. constitutional doubts abroad, and notes a Missouri journalism chair named for Eugene Field.
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Youngstown
Petroit Free Press
Akron Beacon-Journal
England
United States
Great Britain
Washington Post
University of Missouri
Eugene Field
New Yalk Mail
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Homer Sprague
Tides OF the Ocean
Man and
His Hat
Salt Lake
Butte
Helena
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Washington
California
Denver
Scene Colorado
Salt Lake City
Montana
Puget Sound
Colorado
Landseekers’ Information Bureau
Burlington
Farnam St
Omaha
Neb
A. T. Watson
L. W. Wakeney
G. Po A
Nebr
J.monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
Seventh Street
Washington, D. Cc
U.S
D.C
Dr. Shoop
Spear Drug CO
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