Lavish Visitors to Paris Buy Champs Elysees Properties
Masim proprietor of the Frivolous in Rue Royale buys the Embassadeurs and the Alcazar on the Champs Elysees for about 200000 dollars. He plans a theater at Embassadeurs and a restaurant at Alcazar, following his rise from head waiter at Weber's to vast wealth from American and English clientèle.
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Masim
Paris
Rue Royale
Champs Elyseés
Maxim
Weber’s
Marquis de Dion
Prince de Sagan
Max Lebaudy
Maxim’s
Lebaudy
de Sagan
de Dion
A Six Month Old Boy Speaks In Odd Speech
A St Nicholas excerpt notes a six month old boy who never says a word yet speaks in unusual phrases. The piece humorously highlights his lack of slang and peculiar speech patterns as observers wonder about his future language.
Little Bobby Faces First After School Punishment
A fragment details a boy named Bobby kept after class as his first punishment. The narrator questions his remorse and describes the scene with a tone of mischief and self-interest, highlighting a desire to be alone with the boy.
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Babby
Canor
Bobby
Little Pease
Sun and Moon Folktale Exchange Sparks Nighttime Shine
A dialogue contrasts the sun and moon with a playful twist. A remarks he cares less for the sun which serves daylight, while noting the moon shines at night, offering a counterpoint about visibility and fascination.
Silhouettes and Shadow Pictures Delight Readers
There is plenty of amusement in well made shadow pictures. Hands can create endless silhouettes without any fixings or aids.
Dearth of Poeta at Oxford and Newdigate Prize Silence
The Westminster Gazette notes that Oxford again failed to award the Newdigate prize for English verse this year, a rare event not seen since 185? The piece recalls past subjects including Casar's Invasion of Britain and Charles L. at Oxford, praising former winners such as Ruskin Arnold Heber Milman Hawker Symonds Mallock and other notable figures in the university’s poetic history.
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Oxford
Newdigate
Casar
Britain
Charles L
John Ruskin
Matthew Arnold
Bishop Heber
Edwin Arnold
Dean Milman
R. SB. Hawker
John Addington Symonds
W. N. Mallock
Westminster Gazette
Nine Novels Sold Million Copies Weigh Large Paper Output
The United States saw over 1.6 million copies sold for Trees and Novels as well as other recently published fiction. If each book averaged twenty ounces, about 2 million pounds of paper were used. A manufacturer links tree yield to paper, estimating nearly 500 pounds of paper per tree.
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United States
Power of Imagination Story At a New York Bar
Robert Ogden opened with a tale about the power of imagination describing his discomfort upon entering a warm room. He claimed to sit beside a courteous committee near a steam radiator and staged a pantomime to protest high fuel use. The radiator felt cold, surprising him and easing his concern.
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New York
Robert Ogden
The Diplomatis Conductor Tells A Quiet War Tale
A New York Press excerpt recalls a streetcar motor man who flashed flattery to a Grand Army veteran signaling at a corner. The veteran, panting and fierce, leaped onto the platform and steadied himself as the conductor joked that the stop was unnecessary. The moment, seen as a small kindness, echoes wartime grit.
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Diplomatis
New York Press
The Cork in the Bottle Trick Ends in Laughs
A simple party illusion uses an undersized cork and bottle to test confidence. Spectators try to push the cork in by blowing, but it pops out until a hidden quill or tube directs air to the cork center. The crowd learns that initial breath inflates then releases, sealing the cork only when air compression is applied correctly.
Roosevelt winked at cowboy during Kansas City visit
The Kansas City Journal recounts an amusing moment as President Roosevelt rode past on Walnut Street. A cowboy slipped through the rope, saluted with his sombrero, and shouted Hello Ted. The president grinned and winked his left eye. The cowboy claimed they rode the range together in Wyoming, sparking speculation if the wink meant recognition or diplomacy.
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Kansas City Journal
Presiden Roosevelt
Walnut Street
Plains
Ted
Wyoming
Yu’s Farewell: Yu-hsien Faces Beheading Yet Resigned
The Chinese official Yu-hsien, who ordered execution of missionaries and their families, is sentenced to be beheaded. He writes a calm proclamation conceding his fate, pleading for mercy for the emperor and empress dowager, and expressing remorse for twenty years of service and unreturned loyalty.
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Yu-hsien
Poetic License vs Resistless Power in the Arkansas River
A Wichita Eagle voice questions the Kansas City Journal claim of resistless power in the Arkansas river. It notes drought conditions, dust, dry bed sprinkles, nocturnal catfish seeking dew, and sun crack beds large enough to bury a calf, challenging the poem like description.
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Wichita Eagle
Arkansas River
Kansas City Journal
Sixty Miles an Hour by Balloon Flight
A balloon voyage by aeronaut Me landri and three companions covered 450 miles overnight from Paris, reaching Arles after breakfast on Sunday. They reached 9,000 feet, rode a 60 mph wind, faced 5 degrees Fahrenheit cold, and froze ice in water bottles before descending two miles in ten minutes and arriving safely after a deafening landing.
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Melandri
Paris
Arles
France
Mediterranean
Terra Firma
Edison’s First Check Wins Fortune Moment
The first check Thomas A. Edison ever received was for 40000 dollars for his invention of the ticket. He expected about 5000 dollars and, overwhelmed by wealth, cashed the check then divided some of the money among his bets and slept in his clothes so he could feel the fortune when he woke.
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Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promoted for Wounds and Burns
A country family relies on Bucklen's Arnica salve to treat burns cuts and ulcers after accidents. The Vienna Pa Drug Co promotes the salve as the best home remedy for personal injuries in remote areas and urgent care.
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Vienpa Drug Co
Journal's World's Fair Trip Contest Attracts Attention
The Journal offers forty free trips to the St. Louis World's Fair for subscribers. Forty nearest correct estimates win first class tickets Atlanta to St Louis and return plus expenses. Entry closes April 1. No payment required to enter. advance payments earn more estimates.
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Atlanta
St. Louis
Fulton County
F. O. B. Cotton Prices and Weighing at Depots
D B Thompson announces forthcoming season cotton and cotton seed sales F O B at both depots. Scales and storage at G S and F depot with weighing by sworn weigher for ten cents per bale. No seller obligations. The longest pole gets the persimmon.
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Thompson
Life policy ad promises cover for poverty widow in need
Two lives may announce your death and funeral, while a whole newspaper could not record the battle with poverty and want, waged by the widow of the uninsured. A. E. Jordan & Co. can make it all right by giving you a life policy in the Mutual Life of New York.
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A. E. Jordan & Co
Mutual Life of
New York
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