Rumors on Russian Rule and Empress in Charge
A St. Petersburg correspondent reports European papers discuss who truly governs Russia with Empress Maria Feodorovna and Finance Minister Witte prominent. The Czar and Empress’s retirement fuels uncertainty amid alleged life threats and diplomatic evasions. The public awaits the crown at Moscow to calm unrest.
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Trange
Russia
St. Petersburg
Munchener Allgemeine Zeitung
Maria Fedorouna
Witte
Tmne
Ressia
Crear
M. Montebello
Peterhof
Jo Happem
Ceavion
Cear
Czarina
Belf
Kremlin
Moscow
Crimson Rambler rose earns vast early popularity
The Crimson Rambler rose proves extremely hardy and fast selling with over 206 908 plants sold this year. A trial in 1894 showed one stem reach six feet, surviving winter unprotected and producing 320 buds and blossoms in June.
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Whitadelphia Ledger
Plant of Happiness Seeks Cheerful Aid to Thrive
A philosophical aphorism notes that happiness requires cheerfulness to grow. It frames mood, mindset, and social atmosphere as essential inputs for personal well being and communal harmony.
The Man Who Cooks and the Hidden Kitchen Bond
A parish column urges wives to encourage husbands in cooking to strengthen marriage and shared life in the kitchen. It suggests husbands will enjoy helping with meals and may become better companions, despite flour on trousers. It adds a short note on Deathbed jokes linked to Lord Chesterfield.
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Happy Home
Tom Hood
Hood
Lord Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Bear Story From Maine Hunter Tales a True
A Maine hunter recalls a bear encounter from the sixties or seventies. With one paw on a log and a bare knife, he faces the largest bear seen, stalls, then notes the bear suddenly crosses away as a cigar is lit.
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Maine
Josh Peabody
Josh
Singing for Health and Cheer Through Voice and Song
The essay extols singing as a nerve tonic and mood lifter. It urges singing The Star Spangled Banner daily, joining choral groups, and attending social gatherings to improve spirits and counter distress, citing a psychologist on happiness and health.
None Were Wasted in a Grape Misunderstanding
A household mix up over expensive hothouse grapes leads to a comic exchange with a Irish maid Bridget insisting she saved every grape. The scene highlights the maid's pride in not wasting any fruit despite the miscommunication.
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Bridget
Japanese Varnish For Furniture Polishing
A Japanese furniture polish is made by mixing one pint linseed oil one pint strong cold tea the whites of two eggs and two ounces of spirits of salt. After bottling the mixture must be shaken before use. Apply with a soft linen pad and finish with silk or chamois. The Japanese use fine paper as the initial polisher. If people spoke less they would keep still.
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Tie
R. B. Lanasterr
Kensett
Arkansas
Iee Hood
C. I. Hood & Co
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
John Carle & Sons
Hobb’s Medicine Co
Chicago
San Francisco
Ayer
Frtx Rothchild
Livermore, Ky
Inglis Banks
Tar Brook
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