Five Dollar Earnings Stir Ladies Aid Tales
Chicago Daily News reports a Ladies' Aid meeting where members describe how they earned five dollars for a community fund. tales recount pressed trousers, magazine subscriptions, painted place cards, and street canvassing, with humor and moral reflections on wealth and fairness.
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Croesna
Buslmen
Ladies’ Aid Society
Wei
Eenta
Ashe
Hoasland
Red Hill
Hrawn
Chicago Daily News
Courtroom Quirk Sparks Firebug Label
A surreal courtroom remark labeled a man’s hobby as firebug. The exchange hints at unusual testimony about a person’s occupation or behavior, though details remain unclear.
True Courtesy in Germany as Told by a Soldier
A German soldier’s inherent kindness and instinctive consideration are praised for their value beyond formal manners. In a train scene a dandy lieutenant rises to give a weary peasant his seat, a gesture reflecting the officer’s graceful empathy and selfless courtesy beyond appearances.
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Leutenant
Offeer
Corman
Fire and Retreat Amid Sudden Church Blaze Incident
An account describes a chaotic scene during a Trip. action where British forces repel a fire set by French troops near a church beleaguered by Portuguese powder and routed by Captain Jones and his Welsh unit. The British saved the church while preventing greater damage and casualties.
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Studad Radrlan
Nater Wellindon
Whim Temes
Jones Oy
Thery Woelshman
Dangianuce
Romie
Wellfigton
Woodchuck Story Ends With a Pun and a Chase
A Brooklyn Standard Union item recounts a fable about a woodchuck digging dirt and defying a dog messenger. The tale ends with the dog’s pursuit of the offender as the nickname woodchuck sticks to the trio of animals and the moral about care and indifference.
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Woodchuck
Tauacmeta
Hrooklysa Btandarda Union
Firet Encyclopedia and the Rise of Early Encyclopedias
The article surveys the ancient attempt at an encyclopedia beginning with Pinny or Ptiny’s Natural History, praising its authority in the Middle Ages and noting Ptiny’s death around 70 AD. It highlights the author’s ambition, though not perfect, and credits his scholarly dedication for laying groundwork for modern comprehensive encyclopedias.
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Pinny
Dte Pitny
Aid
Enameling Through Ages Across Civilizations
The writer notes enamel arts from early Babylonian and Egyptian periods, mentions Greek and Roman familiarity, and urges showcases in a future city. It references bricks with preserved enamel, dating to the seventh or eighth century AKG0, and highlights ancient techniques by Hygians in the sixth dynasty.
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Babylonia
Argyria
Pwo
Insanity in Hospitals Rises Faster Than Population
A 1910 census of insane asylums shows 272 institutions and 167,464 patients January 1 1910, with 49,022 admissions in 1910 and 41,? discharges. Insane populations grew about 26 percent 1904–1910 while U S population rose 11 percent. Rates per 100,000 varied by state, with Massachusetts and New York high and a west south gap.
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Rentnental
United States
Cenana
Department of Cammercen
Frero
Inaane
Stata
Muasachi Ketta
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Ovat
Drop the Fraternities Probe by Washington superintendent begins in schools
A new Washington superintendent of schools, Dre Williams Davids Bon Naw, launched a probe into high school fraternal organizations. The text notes past scandals around school fraternities and hints at oversight proposals, with suggestions secret societies may continue under teacher supervision.
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Rehools of
Washington
Dre Williams Davids Bon
Naw
Iistrict of
Columbia
Pet
Kehoola
Davvidson
School Ofiitinla
Brest
Author disputes lines in manuscript over libel claim
A published author faces challenges to content in a manuscript as a publisher cites oblique statements and a scene on page 89 claiming the heroine in Madchester is depicted negatively. The dispute centers on whether these notes constitute libel and require alterations.
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Nation
Madchester
Arctic exploration debate echoes in duck hunting joke
A lighthearted exchange questions grand arctic quests, contrasting them with the harsh, hungry cold of duck hunting. The speaker jokes that one can feel equally cold and hungry without traveling far, poking gentle fun at lofty expeditions.
Antiquity of Hymnes Across Ancient Hymnody
The text traces the antiquity of hymns from before the Christian era to modern Protestant usage. It cites ancient collections such as Sanskrit Rig-Veda, Chinese Book of Odes, Buddhist Hymns, Grecian Homeric Hymns, and Odes of Tindar, noting Latin Hymns from fourth to twentieth centuries and Lutheran Chorales from the sixteenth century. It notes hymns gained prominence in Protestant services around 1260.
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Chiat
Tindar
Wratern
Cautious Replies Mark Quiet Weathered Respondents
Affected by prudent restraint, locals offered brief noncommittal replies when asked how they felt. One man, who avoided detail, gave a consistent line that conveyed little about his condition and avoided speculation.
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Eperch
Explorer A F Wollaston Prepares New Guinea Expedition
Dr A F Wollaston plans a bold venture to New Guinea taking a specially constructed motor boat from Kneland to navigate the Vtalewa river. He aims to reach the Show mountains, the Nassaw range’s main ridge high point, a climb of about 18 000 feet amid extreme precipices.
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A. F . Wollaston
New Guinea
Wollaston
Kneland
Vtalewa
Show Mountains
Tir Wallaston
Nassaw Range
Nritigh
Military Ignorance and a Tale of Cheney
A Washington officer recalls an incident where a boastful general criticizes an ignorant officer. The story centers on Private Cheney who vanishes for an afternoon until a comrade reports seeing him two hours earlier planning to fetch guncotton to sew a button on his pants, a curious ending that highlights the era's humor.
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Grant
Washington
Cheney
Demand for Attar of Roses and Tosca Perfume
Society women crave attar of roses and Tosca perfume driving prices to record highs. Dealers along Fifth Avenue, New York, report great difficulty obtaining sufficient stock to meet customer orders as demand from fashionable circles remains extreme.
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Tosca
Fifth Avenua
New York
Cork Bark Harvest Practices in Spain
The article notes that cork bark is harvested from Spain, with trees yielding about forty pounds per harvest. Harvesting begins when the trunk circumference reaches sixteen inches, then occurs roughly every ten years. Bark quality improves with trees aged fifty to one hundred years, and stripping does not injure the tree but boosts regrowth.
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Spain
The Home Influence on Public Career Policy
Venrletta asked Teonitas about staying home to economize and use leisure time to help speeches and magazine articles. Mr Meekton asks if prominence in public affairs will include admitting dependence on husbands' support. Washington Star.
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Venrletta
Pay for What You See Theater Plan Trialed
An exchange describes a theater system where patrons pay per act and continue to sample subsequent acts or theaters until a satisfying performance is found, paying only the price of a single ticket for each trial. The plan aims to let audiences test multiple options and avoid paying for undesired performances.
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Tm Ilavyana
Vandal damaged Farragut statue in Madison Square
vandals broke off the sword straps of the bronze Farragut statue by Salut Gaudens in Madison Square New York City the loss seen as a minor but troublesome theft to repair the statue regarded as one of the sculptor’s finest works portable pieces were stolen though small will be hard to replace
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Farragut
Salut-Gaudens
Madison Square
New York City
Obelisks Beyond Egypt and the One God Symbol
An 1882 note describes obelisks outside Egypt in Rome, Varian, and London. It notes their antiquity, some are broken, and reports that the shaft symbolized the supreme God in ancient Egyptian belief per contemporary scholars.
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Central Park
New York
Egypt
Rome
Varia
London
Ramenew II
Plea for the Sparrow in Suburban Parks
A suburban essay argues sparrows are valuable garden allies, eating weeds and supporting other birds. It notes sparrows’ abundance in northern parks, their weed-destroying pluck, and contrasts with doves finches and blackbirds as friends to gardeners.
A.M. Nason Treated For Serial Kidney Ailment
A.M. Nason of Cana Tan Mis says persistent rheumatism and eye specks were cured by Foley Kidney Pills. He claims the medicine dissolved uric acid in his blood and alleviated his kidney-related symptoms.
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A.M. Nason
Cana- Tan
Mis
Foley Kuney Wills
Foley
Architect Antonio da Ponte of the Riglio bridge
The Riatto bridge in Venice was designed by Antonio da Ponte. The single arch spans 90 feet and is noted for strength and grace. It is traversed by ascending and descending steps, with two rows of shops at the top creating three parallel streets.
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Riatto
Venice
Antonio da Ponte
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