Native views on dancing across Europe and Italy
The excerpt compares English dancing as a ceremonial activity to continental dances in Germany Italy and Bulgaria. It notes peasant dances in Bosnia and Eastern Romania as more authentic and beautiful than English waltzes and polkas. Skirt dancing gains fashion in private homes, with a contrast to Strauss and the Blue Danube. Quotes two voices on dancing and self-formation from P. H. S. Moxom.
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England
Germany
Italy
Bulgaria
Danube
Rome
Pope
Piesu
Bosnia
Roumania
Herr Strauss
London
Are You Going To Floridar new Route Details
A fragmented notice describes a proposed route via Charlottesville Virginia and Charlotte North Carolina to Savannah Georgia. It mentions connections with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Southern Florida Peninsula lines. Contact C B Ryan Assistant General Passenger Agent Cincinnati Ohio for pamphlets.
Play Praise and Personal Conversation Highlight
A fragment quotes Maud praising a play with emphasis on a companion named Harry. The dialogue notes she enjoyed the performance most when Harry was with her and references his well known song, suggesting strong personal sentiment linked to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Boston Transcript
Hostetters Stomach Bitters Promises Strength Gain
An ad style passage claims Hostetters Stomach Bitters boosts appetite aids digestion and induces sleep for convalescents and nervous invalids. It lists malaria rheumatism as conditions it cures and portrays the product as superior to a convalescent’s weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atraile
Missed Looming Excuse Spurs Freshman Plea
In a Chicago school excerpt a pupil explains lateness claiming a strike by workers affected cooking and she sewed on her own gloves to avoid trouble. The dialogue captures a brisk exchange between pupil and teacher highlighting school life and practical resourcefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Chicago
Figs Offer Gentle Laxative Relief for All
A plainspoken ad copy promotes figs as a pleasant tasting laxative with gentle action. It claims quick, gratifying results for all ages and family use, urging readers to keep a bottle on hand for regular relief.
Fragmentary Verse Line Sparks Debate on Learning Limits
A garbled quotation fragment raises questions about knowledge limits and learning. The text includes insults and rhetorical questioning, suggesting a quarrel over whether one can or should learn certain facts or skills. No clear speaker or event is identifiable.
Double the Quantity Same Price for Pain Killer
The Revea introduces a larger package of Pain Killer for internal and external use at the same price. This notable change aims to meet public demand and boost sales of the widely trusted remedy.
How Could You Marry a Man You Do Not Know
A terse transcript captures a clash of views on marriage with Edith arguing against marrying a man she does not know and another line insisting on marrying someone well known. The dialogue reveals concerns about trust, certainty, and societal expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Americans Land Marines to Protect Lives in China
Dec 3 reports that the state and navy departments plan to mobilize the Asiatic squadron near Tein-Tsin to land marines protecting Americans in Pekin and consulates. About 150 to 200 marines will march 70 miles from the legation, with sailors guarding Tein-Tsin. Concerns rise over safety during the march and supply lines as tensions in China grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasumeton
Navy
China
Tein-Tsin
Admiral Carpenter
Taku
Pekin
Tein- Tsin
Baltimore
Shanghai
Nagasaki
Carpenter
Charleston
Concord
Petrel
Denby
Herbert
Legation
Annual report notes improved civil service in post offices
The annual report to the ae service consustoire says larger post offices observe the law better, Baltimore shows marked improvement, Indianapolis once bad now improved under postmasters, Boston and Chicago keep good order, and railway mail observes the law with no political appointments or removals. Cleveland returns from Woodley with a pronounced limp, visits White House at 10 am after two weeks illness. few callers, notable visitor Rep Catchings of Mississippi seeking reception for the committee of notifi cation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Commission
Indianapolis
Civil Service
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Woodley
Washington
White House
Thurber
Svhite House
Representative Catchings
Mississippi
Free ships urged to boost American maritime rank
Washington reports argue for expanding American registry to include more steamships. Commissioner Chamberlain highlights that only six American steamers crossed the Atlantic and seven the Pacific last year, while thirty-eight American owned vessels sailed to Europe under foreign flags from New York and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
New York
Paris
Atlantic
Pacific
Philadelphia
Europe
America
Kolb Sworn In as Alabama Governor in Dec 3
Populist Kolb was sworn in at about 11 o clock Saturday morning in Montgomery Alabama. He was escorted by a company of 200 to 300 military along Dexter avenue. The procession aroused excitement but no disturbance occurred as Kolb was followed by several hundred supporters. Officials believe the risk of conflict has passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montegomery
Ala
Kolb
Alabama
Capitol
Dexter Avenue
Alabama's Dual Government Quiet Sunday After Turbulent Weekend
In Montgomery Alabama the dual government arrangement produced a peaceful Sunday as 26 state troop companies departed after midnight. Politicians rested at home and neither Gov Yates nor Capt Kolb appeared in public. A populist council meeting was not held and a clear split emerged within populist ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Montreomery
Ala
Union
Plate glass firms plan Pittsburgh meeting for big trust
Pilate Glass Trust convenes in Pittsburgh to form a nationwide organization. Representatives from Crystal City Missouri Kokomo and Elwood Indiana Charleroi Howard Pittsburgh Standard Butler and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co with plants at Tarantum Cruttog and Fur City join a plan involving about 20 million dollars and roughly ten thousand workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Crystal City
Missouri
Kokomo and Elwood
Indiana
Charleroi, Howard
Standard of Butler
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Tarantum
Fur City
Cleveland's Methods: Message Delivered by Messenger to Few Papers
Washington dispatch details how President's message was printed within hours of receipt and distributed by Col. Crook to Baltimore Philadelphia and New York postmasters. Bundles were held in vaults and telegraphed to other papers once submitted to Congress, avoiding press associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Printing Office
Col. Crook
White House
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Congress
Appropriations Bill Details for Fiscal Year 1896
Washington December 4 estimates of appropriations total 410 435 079 for the year ending June 30 1896. Major sums include legislative 3 994 600 02 executive 20 049 411 55 judicial 705 420 military 25 030 412 09 navy 29 415 293 96 Indian affairs 6 872 735 82 pensions 141 581 570 postal service 4 151 856 64 public works 29 284 012 80 miscellaneous 34 841 562 53 and permanent appropriations 11 073 956 32. Civil service commission at 91 340 against 82 824. District of Columbia totals 7 212 934 against 5 561 879 approved by Secretary Carlisle to protect the district interests.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
State Department
Treasury Department
District of Columbia
Carlisle
Stewart syndicate completes gold payment for new $50 million bond issue
New York December 4 The Stewart syndicate has completed the payment of gold into the subtreasury for the new 50 million dollar bond issue. Total proceeds from the sale of the bonds will reach 58,720,447 in gold. The February issue netted 58,660,915.63. Advices say payments are practically complete in other cities, with every dollar of gold coming from banks trust companies and private sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stewart Syndicate
Papal Plan For Peter's Peace Funds In U S
A Catholic leader in the United States recently sent a communication to the Vatican about Peter's peace collections. The pope has decided to reorganize these church funds in the United States and will publish annually the total received and the names of donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Rome
United States
Vatican
Senators Prepare Speeches Before Holiday Recess
Washington December 4. Before the senate session opened on Monday members began drafting speeches for the two weeks before the holiday recess. Indiana Senator Turpie sent to the printers the manuscript of a speech likely to be delivered Thursday on the election of senators by the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WashingTon
Senate
Turpie
Indiana
Train Engine 187 Explodes at Nolan Station
In Kenova West Virginia on December 4 a Norfolk and Western locomotive exploded at Nolan station while at a water tank. Fireman A M French suffered a broken leg and severe burns and is not expected to recover. Engineer G W Croky escaped with minor injuries. Fault likely due to low water.
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Kenova
W. Va
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Nolan Station
A. M. French
G. W. Croky
New York Democrat Bartlett Pushes Income Tax Repeal Bill
Representative Bartlett returns from Washington with a bill to repeal at once the income tax and sends it to the Ways and Means Committee. It marks a notable move by the lone New York Democrat in the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bartlett
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Prison Fight Ends in Death at Missouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City Missouri December 4 Two convicts John Brady and Jake Rosemyer fought in the state prison Brady killed Rosemyer beating him to death with a bucket in a Monday confrontation at the facility authorities reported
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
John Brady
Jake Rosemyer
Brady
Rosemyer
Young Girl Dies After Parental Punishment in West Virginia
Grace Bibb, 14, daughter of William Bibb of Oak Hill Fayette County, was punished by her mother for a minor offense. She brooded for hours, swallowed rough op rats and died after severe suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkershure
W. Va
Grace Bibb
Wm. Bibb
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Carved by a Girl at Sission Chapel in Portland
In Portland Indiana on December 4 a man named Mergie Coon was badly carved about the hands and arms at the Sission chapel. Authorities allege a jealous girl attacked him while cutting because Coon intended taking another girl home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porrtland
Ind
Mergie Coonfare
Sission Chapel
Coonfare
Ohio State News: Circleville Man’s Estate Left to OSU
Judge Badger on Friday upheld the will of Henry Page of Pickaway county leaving $150,000 to the Ohio State University with a life annuity to his widow and daughter. After the daughter’s death heirs contested, but the court sustained the bequest and the case will be appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State University
Co_umsts
Common Pleas Court
Henry Page
Pickaway County
Page
Ohio Volcano Appears On Farm Near Delaware
A farm near Delaware reports a strange underground eruption with a minature volcano emitting smoke and sulfurous gas. A sixty foot mound purports intense heat in surrounding ground while residents inhale a sickening atmosphere and spectators crowd the area carefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
George Case
Private Bank Robbery in Bryan Ohio Unnerves Town
In Bryan Ohio on November 30 an assistant cashier at Gregory and Sons private bank was knocked unconscious and the vault robbed of several thousand dollars after two men forced him at gunpoint to open the safe. The robbers sandbagged him to prevent pursuit. In Greenville Ohio the same day two lightning rod salesmen conned Levi Hopper out of a note for 250 dollars, netting a cash settlement of 146 dollars after he paid for barn and house rods. Officers pursued them to the state line but no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan, O
W. C
Gregory & Sons
Gregory
Greenville
Levi Hopper
Dr. Pierce
WorLp
Dispensary Medical
Association
Main Street
Buffalo N. Y
Mrs Mary Taylor Emerges as County's Premier Corn Husker
In Springfield Ohio on December 1 Mrs Mary Taylor is touted as the premier corn husker in the county besting the local star and entering the business field professionally by contracting to husk entire farm yields reflecting progress in the women's movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Yellow Springs
Mary Taylor
The Shock Kills Her in Steubenville
In Steubenville Ohio an elderly woman, Mrs Sarah Jenkins, fell breaking her leg in two places. A second woman, Mrs Wright, rushed to aid but was sent home due to illness. Friends arriving soon found Mrs Jenkins dead. She had heart disease and was not expected to live.
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Steubenville, O. 0
Pleasant
Sarah Jenkins
Where is John Gundey's Grave
Columbus Ohio December 1 Governor McKinley has received a letter from Alexander Viel of Livarot France asking where the eminent American chemist John Gundey is buried. Viel notes Gundey died in Ohio before 1880s and seeks town or village of burial if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gundey
Columbus
McKinley
Alexander Viel
Livarot
France
Ohio
Monsieur Viel
State canal inspectors visit Dayton over railway bank work
December 1 report says state canal commissioners Rownd and Hartnell went to Dayton to verify claims that the Dayton and Cincinnati Electric Railway Co. began construction on the canal bank. If true, the project will be halted by injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unsus
State Canal Commissioners
Messrs
Rownd and Hartnell
Dayton
Dayton and Cincinnati Electric Railway Co
Therme
Bridegroom Fails to Appear in Ohio Marriage Record
Yellow Springs Ohio December 1 Charles Williams and Miss Nettie Newsome were to wed Thursday night. The banquet was ready and the minister present, but the bridegroom did not appear and cannot be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Springs
Chas. Williams
Desperado Etts Receives Twenty Year Sentence
Minerva Ohio December 1 John Etts alias Three Fingered Jack a desperado was sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary for shooting with intent to kill in a case heard this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva
John Etts
Desperado
Three Fingered Jack
Toledo Forger Paroled Ex-Convict Sentenced Again
Co tumpus C Dee L Geo Haskell a Toledo forger paroled from the Ohio penitentiary after passing a forged check on a Columbus firm was Friday sentenced to four years confinement and must serve the remainder of his first term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co_tumpus, C
Dee. L.geo
Haskell
Toledo
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Tough Boarding House Turkey Baffles Knife and Fork
A quip from Harlem Life features a fork addressing a knife about cutting a tough boarding house turkey. The knife responds that keeping temper was the hard part, illustrating a humorous exchange in a period publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Man Interrogates Self After Street Attack
A victim recounts choosing a hospital bed over a jail cell after a brutal street confrontation. The exchange underlines themes of restraint and safety in violent encounters.
Between You and the Laughton Girl A $100,001 Gap
Reggy Westend tells Jack Ford there is only a matter of 100001 dollars separating them from the Laughton girl. The line appears in Smith Gray & Co.'s Monthly, reflecting a society or fiction dialogue style of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ford
Laughton
Reggy Westend
Smith, Gray & Co
Fortune Teller Sketch Predicts Poverty Until Thirty Five
A brief sketch features a fortune teller warning a nervous poet that he will be very poor until age thirty five before predicting adaptation. The exchange mixes dramatic irony as the poet urges optimism while the mystic asserts fate.
Town Topics inquiry echoes in Courtroom exchange
A brief courtroom exchange highlights the case as a prisoner faces the court with the question of guilt. The dialogue features a lawyerly back and forth and a judge asking the essential question while the prisoner remains focused on the verdict.
At a young ladies academy conqueror query in Lisette
A note from L Explorer shows a teacher asking who was the greatest conqueror at a girls academy. Lisette answers Don Juan, as cited by L Illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Ladies’ Academy
Lisette
Don Juan
Caligula Mentioned In Subdued Review Excerpt
A fragment from La Revue de Poche references Emperor Caligula in a brief, ironic remark. The exchange notes that less said about the emperor may be for the better, reflecting a curt critical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caligula
la Revue de Poche
Apothecary Rouses At 3 A.M. Over Honey Cough Remedies
The night bell rings as a physician displays the old time apothecary scene. A Doss in Time saves Nine of Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs. Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in one minute. The phonograph is mocked as talky yet brainless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Pike
W.S. Burkhardt
Main Street
Forgot to Lock the Safe in Cass Spear Office
Loxpon December 1 reports a thief entered Cass Spear's office Thursday night by leaving the safe unlocked. On Friday a gold watch, $1,600 in loan stock certificates, two diamond studs, two dollars, and assorted old coins were missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Spearmaker
Cleveland youth confesses in Elyria jail to stepfather's death
Charles Geska, arrested in Cleveland on suspicion of killing his stepfather William Glatzer in Lorain county, has made a full confession in the Elyria jail. The two had numerous quarrels and Geska had previously left home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Charles Geska
William Glatzer
Lorain County
Elyria
Glatzer
Girl Choked to Death in Gallipolis Trade Area
Grace Walden youngest daughter of groceryman P M Walden died after choking incident in Gallipolis Quebec on Wednesday night November 30. The death follows a brief illness and prompts local officials to investigate the accident in the family home.
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Gallipolis
Grace
P. M.walden
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Miami Canal
U.S. Gov't Report
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Detroit Free Press
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Thomson
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Price
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Swan
Dr. Kinmer & Co
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Onio
Crise
Cinelonasi
St, Jacobs
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Feariine
Harrison
Peter EB
Joseph Ber
Sonable
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RETA
Tmi
Henry Si
Pai
John Hi
Harris
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Mason & Hamlin
Royal
Mason & Hamlin Organ & Piano CO
Kansas City
Ely
A. E. Newman
Graling, Mich
He. Hapfever
Northland
KLY Brothers
Warren Street
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Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Scott
Brockton
W. L. Douglas
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