Curious Textile Collector and Electric Execution Box in Leipzig
A Vienna carpet merchant houses a vast collection of ancient woolen and linen fragments, some from tombs, including a Berhan tota. Meanwhile Leipzig displays an apparatus for capital punishment by electricity, and Paris holds a rag-gathering workforce of over 30,000 devoted to ash-bin salvage, with nocturnal pickers and diurnal collectors organized in master chif fonier systems.
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Vienna
Leipzig
Paris
London
What Man Is Made A Chemist Looks At The Body
A chemist outlines the human body as thirteen elements with five gases and eight solids. Oxygen is the largest part, about Yi-20 pounds, with nitrogen chlorine fluorine and hydrogen mentioned among gases. The text estimates total gaseous content around 4,009 cubic feet, and lists solids like calcium potassium sodium and magnesium as principal minerals.
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Hunan
How to Strengthen the Memory by Dr M J Holbrook
Dr Holbrook compares memory to a horse and urges balanced care. He warns against neglect or over work and stresses training for the body as a whole to keep memory effective. The piece notes high gestures by Lord Churchill and a woman describing a new bat.
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M. J. Holbrook
Lord Churchil
Weary Heart Seeks Rest in Faithful Submission
The poem expresses deep fatigue and loss of joy in life. May Spencer laments faded ambitions and restless nights, then seeks solace in faith, asking for strength to accept God’s will and a restful peace despite sorrow.
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Tam
The Dalles of Pfeffermann Family Nightmare
A Yukon narrated tale in a Mariampol ghetto follows Red Pfeffermann and his family struck by a spirit called the Dalles. The angry father becomes a threat amid poverty, drink, and ruin, while the mother Slobe battles fate and rebuilds a fragile life after the Dalles is driven away. The story closes with a Sabbath revival of wealth, comfort, and reunion.
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Judengasse
Pfeffermann
Sarah
Dales
Jaco
Dalles
Jakey
Jacob
Sabbes
Mother
Pfefferman
Slobe
Red Pfefferman
Malame Diamond
Mame
Papa
Ped Pietermann
Nobe
Zadek
Prome
Ped-Pfeffermann
Keeping Up Appearances in Persia A Humorous Travel Tale
An English traveler recalls touring Persia with a native servant who cooked on a brick fire in roadside inns. The servant, Ali, parries requests for delicacies with mock abundance and endless alternatives until finally offering eggs. The scene highlights Eastern hospitality and the servant's inflated show.
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Persia
Ali
Zur
Aly
Backboard Quip Sparks Newspaper Chat
A reader debates a misquote in the Boston Herald about terms used in a recent edition. The editor defends the wording while the irate person objects to the label and notes the perceived difference in insult.
Nature's top-dressing preserves soil fertility in farming
The Cincinnati Commercial urges liberal top-dressing and surface-manuring as the best mode of applying manures. Mulching preserves nitrogen and moisture, shields crops from sun and winter damage, and supports robust growth of forests and fields through preserved surface fertility.
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Nature
Cincinnati
Cattle Grazing in Mowing Lands Sparks Winter Hesitations
Farmers debate letting cattle graze postharvest in mowing lands, warning that grass growth protects roots in winter and any remaining forage after frost is nearly worthless. The notice urges moving young stock home, feeding well before release, and using warm days for exercise to avoid injury to land and animals.
The Opium Habit Doctor Warns of Growing Addict Use
A Cincinnati doctor describes opium and morphine habitues using varied preparations with sulphate of morphia most common. Doses range from twenty grains daily to 180 grains, with some combining opium use with chloroform. Smoked opium rising, intake often nightly or morning, multiple daily doses, and tolerance increases. Continuous sleep rarely occurs. overdose danger and severe withdrawal drive renewed use.
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Cincinnati
Fountain tree of the Canary Islands revered as holy water reservoir
A description of a sacred fountain tree on a Canary Island reserve, noted for constant water supply from its leaves and branches. It stands about nine feet in circumference with a 130 foot water circle, bears acornlike fruit, laurellike leaves, and provides water to locals and cattle via cisterns treated as communal resources.
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New Jersey
Canary Islands
Hicero
Religious Notices and Services Listed for Local Churches
Directory of sermons prayers and services across multiple churches including St Johns Episcopal Mission Union Church Beachmont and a social circle. It lists prayer meetings Sunday schools and weeknight gatherings with times addresses and officer names for each group.
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Union Church
Beachmont
John C. Hewlett
J. P. Bixby
Revere
Marshall
Rice
Ladies’ Sewing Society
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Abraham
Shabbes
Slode
Franklin
Tenn
Stanley
Murfreesboro
Frankli
Granger
McIntire
Sota Goatee
United States
Regular
van Dorn
Sergent Carroll
Carroll
Cummings
Boston Herald
Nature A Safe Guide
Wicks Magazine
First Baptist Church
A. B. Thomas
Seseah
M. E. E. Crosby
J. W. Cordes
Charles Floyd
Eda Richardson
Sociae “Circle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sethe G, Cary
Pecachins
Ladies’ Church Aid Society
Helping Hands
ST. Josn's Episcopal
United Order Golden Cross
Warren E. Belcher
Noble
Church OF the Unity
J. W. Winkiey
Erie
Jennie June
June Manufacturing CO
North Pearl Street
Albany, N. Y
Ayer
GEO. P. Rowell & CO
Newspaper Advertising Bureau
Luspracest
New York
Ular
Sewing Machine CO
Orange Mass
Union
Sq.ny
Chicago
Ill
ST. Lows MO
Atlanta
Seror Saleby
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