Noted Figures Portrayals and Social Mood in 19th Century Leaders
The piece sketches Mascagni and Howells at neat desks, Tolstoi’s labor-filled study, and Michigan Senator Burrows joking about lumber kings. It notes Stephen Phillips as a Cambridge man who left university for the stage, and profiles aging peers Hoar Stewart Pettus Morgan and Lord Gwyndyr. It ends with King Edward hosting nightly dinners and a New York volume arguing substitutes for saloons.
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Mascagni
William Dean Howells
Count Tolstoi
Senator Burrows
Michigan
Detroit
Stephen Phillips
Cambridge University
Frank Benson
Hoar
Stewart
Pettus
Morgan
Washington
House of Lords
Lord Gwydyr
Cambridge
Edward
Euests
New York “Committee
Wrapping Paper Change At Butchers Sheds
A city butcher explains the shift from brown to white wrapping paper. White paper is cheaper more convenient almost waterproof and easier to form neat bundles. Brown paper survives only in wholesale houses where drivers use it as wagon carpet.
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The
New York Sun
Gobelin Tapestry’s Hidden Origins and Family Fame
The Gobelin name links to a papal tapestry factory long unknown to modern readers. The Barberini manuscripts reveal fifteenth century beginnings and a dye house that fueled wealth, while Flemish weavers were brought in to execute and market works, making Gobelin a global synonym for tapestry.
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Papal
Barberini
Eugene Mintz
National
Neale Des Beaux Arts
Paris
France
Gobelin
Flanders
Explorer Sven Hedin's Second Central Asia Trek Noted
A London exchange praises Sven Hedin as a multi talented explorer and scholar on his second Central Asia tour. He aims to return to Europe soon after surveying Indus sources and has gathered relics from ruined cities including Bijapur. Lord Curzon visited Bijapur and hopes to restore its historic name, with restorers already prepared to help.
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Sven Hedin
Central Asia
London Exchange
Indies
Sven Tledin
Kashgar
Europe
Indus
India
Lord Curzon
Bijapur
Bombay
Alhambra
Spain
Rijapur
Yusub
Deccan
Chasing After Fires in Insurance Hustle
A New England insurance canvasser profited by following fires to obtain last minute policies. Neighbors rushed to insure after a blaze, with 21 agents selling 70 policies in one neighborhood. The tactic, heavily criticized, is used by small underwriters while large firms prohibit it.
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New England
New York Sun
Khaki Shirts Shown Favor in Fort Myer Field Trial
A Fort Myer Virginia test compared khaki colored and blue shirt options for soldiers. The trial found khaki shirts suited for field service similar to Philippines conditions, though no final decision was announced.
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Fort Myer
Philippines
N.Y. Sun
Proverb Cites Company He Keeps From Chicago Daily News
Achi ben reaches a saying about character shaped by association. The Chicago Daily News notes that long association with others influences a person.
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Chicago Daily News
Woman who saved Seward resigns after 27 years of service
Mrs Marguerite Coleman, who saved Secretary William H Seward from assassination during the Lincoln era, resigns from the Treasury Laborers division after 27 years of service due to declining health and age. Her niece Marguerite T Coleman is appointed to her post.
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Gage
Treasury Department
Marguerite Coleman
William H. Seward
Payne
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Washington
Coleman
Secretary of the Treasury
Marguerite T. Coleman
Seward
Robinson
Mr. Seward
Wayne
Giants of John Day beds reshape ancient mammal map
Oregon Fossil Beds reveal elotheres as giant related to the flying hog with skulls about 30 inches long and skeleton fragments suggesting over ten feet in length and six to seven feet in height. Other remains show rhinoceros, camel, tapir and peccary relatives once widespread across continents.
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John Day Beds
University of California
Harper's Magazine
Oregon
South America
Asia
United States
Why Chinese Hoyer Wear Earrings
The Albany Argus explains a Chinese custom of piercing boys ears with large earrings. It says spirits favor boys, will check for earrings, mistake boys for girls, and thus spare them. The piece frames the practice as protection against spirits and a cultural belief about gendered adornment.
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China
Albany Argus
The Man to Suspect
A compact quip on suspicion and character citing a line about the suspicious man from Hum's Horn.
The Shirtwaist Suit and Summer Gown Trends
A fashion feature notes white silk dominated displays with mercerized fabrics and white grounds, blue pink oxblood and sage greens, red accents in outfits, popular wash lace waists, embroidered linens and allover linens, and shirtwaist suits in chambray linen and colored batiste. It highlights shorter skirt lengths for economy and a wedding gown in white liberty satin with duchess lace and chiffon details.
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New York ‘Tribune
Newport
Olive oil as medicine for children in old Washington Stir notice
A Washington Stir excerpt advises using olive oil rubbed on a child’s body to boost strength, aid recovery, and prevent colds. It recommends a chest and back rub, blanketing, and avoiding drafts, with camphor applied via warm flannel for threatened croup.
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Washington
Prune and Meat Mix Instructions for Dried or Fresh Use
Instructions describe combining one half part French prunes one quarter part fresh pork and the remaining part lean beef. Use dried prunes when using raw meats and stewed prunes when using cooked meats. Season to taste.
Sweetbreads In Season And How To Cook Them
Sweetbreads thrive in season and were once discarded but now featured in refined dishes. Veal supplies most market sweetbreads found near the heart are the tender variety. They should be blanched, trimmed, soaked, then briefly boiled in cold water. Use porcelain or agate for boiling, avoid steel, and cut with a silver knife to preserve flavor. Can be roasted broiled scalloped creamed croquettes or salads. A croquette recipe includes soaked blanched sweetbreads Mushrooms rich stock Madeira yolks and optional milk or cream then molded breaded and fried with parsley garnish.
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Washington Star
Ailments Of Children
Ailments of children include chicken pox and mumps with typical mild courses. Chicken pox usually lasts about a week with slight premonitory symptoms and an itchy facial eruption. care involves warm ventilated rooms and light puddings and stewed fruit. Mumps requires bed rest for some children and isolation, with saline or laxative relief and tonic treatment after illness due to lingering debility.
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St. Louis Republic
Bread and Butter Notes and Their Real Meaning
In a Christian Endeavor World reflection Rev. Francis BE Clark laments mercenary bread and butter notes that guests leave as courtesy yet can resemble a bill for carriage hire when a visitor oversteps. He recalls a family who stayed a week and left only a five dollar charge, highlighting the tension between politeness and genuine gratitude.
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Francis BE. Clark
Christian Endeavor World
Small spring chicken dish with Madeira sauce
Select small spring chickens for this purpose split them down the back if needed cut the joints for larger birds. Prepare a dressing of oil salt pepper minced parsley onion and lemon juice. Pour over the chicken let stand an hour basting occasionally. Dust with bread crumbs bake until done. Warm Madeira sauce with onion and minced ham, strain and serve over the chicken.
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Washington Star
Pork Supplies Highlight Season Offer
It's a Pleasure At this season you will find pork the best meat to provide for your table and we are especially favored on pork. It's the clean grain fed perfectly fattened pork which will suit your taste.
John Christ and Sons Butchers of Mt Carmel Advertise Home Dressed Meat
John Christ and Sons of Mt Carmel advertise as the town's only butchers handling home dressed meat exclusively offering beef pork and other cuts prepared for local customers.
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Mt. Carmel
Seaboard Air Line Railway Capital City Line service description
The Seaboard Air Line Railway, called the Capital City Line, runs through Richmond Raleigh Columbia Atlanta Montgomery Tallahassee and offers through limited trains from New York to Florida. It provides Pullman dining and observation cars and serves Pinehurst and many southern cities with connections to several major lines and ports. Ticket books covering 2,600 miles cost $25.00.
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Seaboard Air Line
Capital City Line
National Capital
New York
Jacksonville
Tampa
Florida
Richmond Va
Raleigh
N. C
Columbia
S.C
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Tallahassee
Fla
Fasr
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Pennsylvania
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pullman
Pinehurst
N.C
Richmond
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Southern Pines
Savannah
Athens
Augusta
Macon
Union Station
Chattanooga
Nashville
Memphis
New Orleans
All Paints
Texas
California
Mexico
Old Dominion Steamship Company
M.&m. T Company
Boston
Providence
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Compay
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
N. Y. P. & N. Railway
St. Louis
Monticello
New Orleanne
Washington, D. C
Administrator's Notice Estate of Catharine Kiefer Deceased
Letters of administration issued for Catharine Kiefer of Mount Carmel Northumberland County PA. All indebted parties must pay and any creditors should present their claims to the undersigned promptly.
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Catharine Kiefer
Borough of
Mount Carmel
Northumberland County
Pennsylvania
Charter Notice for The United Evangelical Church of Mt Carmel
In Northumberland County Court of Common Pleas an application for incorporation of The United Evangelical Church of Mt Carmel Pa will be made on Monday June 10 at 10 o clock The charter aims to provide and maintain a place of worship and to enjoy rights under the Act of Assembly and supplements D W Kehler solicitor May 13 1901
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Court of Common Pleas
Northumberland
C. m
Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
United Evangelical Church of
Mt. Carmel
United Evangelical Church
D. W. Kehler
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Citiens
Nhaki
Mrs. Coleman
Thia Sumemer
John Christ & Sons
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