Romantic Marriage Of Two Invalids In Santa Fe
A May 27 ceremony in Santa Fe united Merrill Walker Gaines, a New York businessman and Yale graduate, with Grace Margerite Hurd, a Boston journalist and daughter of Charles C. Hurd. Both sought health in New Mexico and, having recovered, left for a Pecos river forest reserve honeymoon.
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N. M
W. R. Dye
Protestant Episcopal Church
Merrill Walker Gaines
New York
Yale University
Grace Margnerite Hurd
Boston
Charles C. Hurd
Boston Transcript
Pecos River Forest Reserve
Picturesque Colorado Prospector Left Mark on Mining Life
JOIVER May 27. Mrs. Marlhouse Mallen recently died at Twin Lakes Colorado. She arrived in 1879 and prospected in men’s attire carrying a sixshooter. She built a cabin on Free Gold Hill at 9000 feet, staked and worked claims, drilled, mined, and timbered solo. She sold a claim for 3000 in 1893 and visited the World’s Fair in Chicago, where she clashed with guards over her dress. She was a spiritualist who claimed spirits guided her claims.
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Joiver
Marlhouse Mallen
Twin Lakes
Col
Colorado
Mallen
Free Gold Hill
Chicago
Centenarian Mrs Upson Celebrates 101st Birthday in Winsted
Mrs Dwight Beecher Upson of Burlington marked her 101st birthday at the home of her nephew's widow in Winsted Connecticut. She is the Sunshine Society’s oldest member and still reads papers daily and walks out alone on pleasant days. Local residents and church members visited to honor her.
One Thing Leads to Wealth Said by a Salary Man
A government employee recounts his failed own many ventures from stocks to pharmacy to law and real estate before finally finding success by sticking to one path. He warns that specialization and steady saving or investment in land or bricks yields security and potential big salary offers.
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Lfe
Washington Star
Electric centipeds light up in daylight, London Times notes
The London Times describes the least attractive luminous insects, the electric centipeds, as black crawlers with many legs resembling serpents’ skeletons. They move snakelike, left a bright phosphoric track, and are most visible in daylight when their illumination is hidden.
New Bicycle Move Sparks Language Exchange Joke
A snippets item from Columbus Ohio notes a Bavarian style banter about a new bicycle. Gottlieb Schneider asks about the new ride while Louie Piltzheimer jokes about never pawning it, reflecting a light feature in the Spring lambs Palace Market column.
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Gottlieb Schneider
Louie Piltzheimer
Neffer
Sacred Chinese Writing Burned in Furnace Legend
The Philadelphia Record describes Chinese households considering printed Chinese characters sacred, with waste paper incinerated in a furnace by priests. A collector gathers notes and letters, which are burned twice weekly, while ashes are shipped at sea.
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Chinatown
Philadelphia Record
Modern suitor asks Mary in awkward fashion
A nervous man weighs old fashioned vows against theatrical lines to propose to Mary. He fumbles through exaggerated phrases but Mary instantly accepts with light humor and says her father will be delighted, per the New York Herald.
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George
New York Herald
Snakebite first aid and ancient African cures described
The article discusses early beliefs in sucking wounds as a remedy for snake bites. It notes a cupping instrument used in Africa to draw out poisoned blood and mentions ancient practices by psyll snake charmers during Cata’s expedition, asserting many rites without proven efficacy.
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Africa
Cata
Psyll
Licking Thumber to Bind a Contract
A Chambers Journal excerpt notes ancient and medieval customs of sealing promises by licking thumbs and joining fingers. It cites Scots, Moors, rustic lovers, and an Ulster qian using phrases like We may lick thooms upon that and There is my parole to vow fidelity.
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Watts
Chambers’ Journal
Early Jewish Coinage and Shekel Origins
The text traces biblical references to pieces of silver as weights, notes the Mosaic oblation as a half shekel, and cites Josephus on the shekel equal to four Athenian drachmas about 551 cents. It mentions Simon the Maccabee striking the first Jewish coinage circa 140 B.C. in shekels and half shekels with the inscription Sheket Israel in Samaritan characters.
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Josephus
Simon the Maccabee
Israel
The Dress Is the Thing in Athletic Study
A Chicago Post note reports a woman postpones sports focus until she studies different athletic costumes. She plans to study attire choices before selecting a specific athletic field.
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Chicago Post
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