The Women of Japan and Their Gentle Strength
The piece reviews Sir Edwin Arnold’s Scribner essay praising Japanese women. It contrasts centuries of female obedience with modern grace, resilience, and deference, noting a paradox of “slave in theory, generous in practice” amid a historically unchivalrous milieu. It ponders racial blend and cultural evolution shaping Japan’s gifted, serene women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Japan
Hun Bie
Gantiy
Dona
Sir Edwin Arnold
Scribner’s
Auctioneering in Buenos Ayres as a national institution
An exploration of Buenos Aires remates or rematadores as central figures in commerce. The practice saturates the city with land and goods ads, shaping immigrant settlement and economic life, with auctioneers taking 1¼ to 5% commissions as their influence grows. The piece also cites Theodore Child on this custom from Harper's and mixes in brief notes on unconventional rat taming and gum elastic paneling for walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Martillero
Rematador
Gran Remote
Paseo de Julio
Theodore Child
Harper's
What Johnny Waited For at Suburban School
A Cincinnati Times Star tale recalls a new pupil with no desk who sits in the front seat all day. The golden haired teacher explains, but Johnny waits for the present to take home, learning life hides delusive hopes and that things are not as they seem.
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Johnny
Cincinnati Times Star
Nat Fhorough
Europe
J. &. Chamberlin
Eace
W. L. Douglas
W. Telas
W.L. Douglas
W.lins
U.S
Cize
Brockton
Mass
A Dog King of Ethiopia and a Ball at the Metropolitan
An article notes a myth of Ethiopians electing a dog as their king with a grand retinue and automatic obedience to his growls. It contrasts such spectacle with politics, then shifts to a playful exchange about a Metropolitan ball and a joke about attending a married women's ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethiopia
Washington Star
Miss Manning
Elsie
Metropolitan
Miss Fanning
Dudge
Farewell Body Dear I Leave You Beneath a Stone
A reflective poem compares parting from the body to a lasting alliance ending in death. It acknowledges the body’s faults, praises its honesty, and recalls shared history including a mother’s tears at first sight. The piece shifts to commentary on American craft and the need for homegrown talent in design for furniture and decorative arts.
A Feat in Engineering by Ancient Romans
The St James Gazette notes Roman builders covered vast spaces with woolen sheets that could be drawn and withdrawn from the circumference by ropes. They weighed hundreds of tons and required no central supports or steam power, a feat M Eiffel might admire for Trafalgar Square.
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M. Eiffel
Trafalgar Square
Colosseum
St. James
Musk-Soaked Bricks Explain Constanti nople Mosque Scent
The St Sophia mosque in Constantinople remains fragrant due to musk-infused mortar used when it was rebuilt in the ninth century. Builders mixed musk into the mortar, a practice that preserves scent for over a millennium without ongoing perfuming.
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St. Sophia
Constantinople
St. Louis Republic
Fragmented Anecdotes and Science Notes From Old Newspapers
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a caustic school incident about gum chewing and heaven. It then surveys olfactory physiology, coal revenue in Britain, Carthaginian links to Malta, Iceland’s Solfatara Valwys, volcanic mud vents, and Dr Foveau de Courmelles claiming electric transfer of medicines to diseased internal organs.
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West Virginia
Detroit Free Press
Iceland
New Zealand
Foveau de Courmelles
Paris
The Stream's Desire and a Dream Solve Tale
A poetic meditation on the stream and sea contrasts with a New York Tribune note about a mathematician who unconsciously solved a difficult problem in his sleep. The anecdote ends with the scholar missing chapel, unsure if gas helped his midnight insight.
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Chapel
Tie
New York Tribune
Uncle Silas Brown Elected School Commissioner In S Town
Uncle Silas Brown is gratified by election to the school commissioner post in the town of S He intends to use his influence fully and promptly addressed the new board at its first meeting urging expanded education for all children His call received applause and Harper’s notes that the kids got as much education as they could stand
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Silas Brown
Silas
Harper’s
Groom’s liberal act causes puzzled collection scene
In a Philadelphia Press item a groom at a church wedding places a $3 bill in the missionary collection. The collector, surprised, asks how much change is wanted. The groom quietly replies with a smile that he wants no change.
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Philadelphia Press
Cicero as a Model and Miscellany of Notes
Professor Peabody praises Cicero as the ideal model for clear style and economical writing. The piece surveys practical tips from lamps to health, a Spanish armless prodigy, medical counsel for catarrh, geese in fog, and Jesse R. Grant’s Mexican silver mine ownership and character.
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Cicero
Peabody
Boston Commonwealth
Francis Sullivan MD Promises Cure for Diseases
An 19th century advertisement by Francis Sullivan MD at 43 North Second St Philadelphia offers free consultations for venereal diseases and other ailments. Claims complete eradication of syphilis without mercury, cures of discharges, and a guarantee of all curable cases with secure mail treatment and patient testimonials.
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de. Sullivan
Sun Shin
Thor
Callon
Francis Sullivan
North Second St
Philadelphia
Joney
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the Women OF Japan
Charles Perkins
Noble Street
Eighth
Perkins
India
England
New York Commercial Advertiser
Oear
Tiras
Shell
Cosmo Monkhouse
Boston
Great Britain
Lia
Caage
Sicily
Hamilcar
Bannibal
Wood Glens
F. D. Stickney
Keston Commonwealth
John Lear
London
William
St. John
Bay of Findhorn
Jesse R. Grant
Sonora
Mexico
J. K. Ronne
Ory Street
John R. Reader
Otland
C. B. Hamlin
P. C
Warren
Market ST
Jarre
Wendelboe
H. P
Nee Ee
B.C
C. Machinery Co
Levi Street
Battle Creek
Struthers
Alion Works
Warren, Pa
Root.m.c
Pram St
New York
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association
Carsie
R Douglas Sh
Congress
Wait Sine Wales
Genee Ae
Cgreenland 'S
Berckey & Gay
Grand Rapids
Nelson Greenland Undertaker
Exchange Block
Raven Glass
Boston Shoe Store
Diamond Block Water &T
Penn’a
the Diamond Furniture CO
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