Beside the Stream and the King of Switzerland
A poetic aside recallsLenore and a maiden by the river in Good Housekeeping. The second item recounts a man calling himself king of Switzerland at a police magistrate’s office, attaching a sardine-box insignia while being declared commander of a fictitious order, ending with his conveyance to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Kennington
Good Housekeeping
Switzerland
M. Duranton
Paul I
Helvetias
National Order of the Star of Lucerne
Mother at Prayer and a Warning on Burning Glasses
A reflective meditation recalls a mother’s prayerful scene and the impact of hearing the child's name in her sacred closet. The second item warns pharmacists about sunlit lenses in store windows acting as burning glasses, citing a case where sunlight charred woodwork.
Rapid Transit Plan Proposed for Berlin Underground Line
Berlin considers a thirty mile underground electric railway similar to the City and South London line with two central power stations. The system would run forty eight trains each with a locomotive, carrying 144 carriages, spaced about three minutes apart at intervals a little over half a mile. Fare is set at 21 cents with expected traffic around five per cent per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
City and South London
Public school funding contrasts across nations and states
The excerpt notes 1891 Russian public school funding at 2,592,000, vastly smaller than New York State’s 1890 education expenditure of 18,214,887.58, cites the Blessing of the Priests as an ancient tune heard in Spanish and Portuguese synagogues, and includes brief items on social jokes, Penny Dounce, and miscast travel time jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bresie
Russia
New York
New York Tribune
Jerusalem
Spain
Portugal
Philadelphia Ledger
Dissolving Bones for Fertilizer in Home Processes
A cornhuber advises dissolving bones in ashes to create an effective fertilizer. Layer bones and ashes, keep wet with water and soapsoda, avoid freezing, then boil with extra ashes if needed. The result allegedly exceeds paid commercial fertilizers, with cautions about handling corrosive sulphuric acid.
Microbes From Graves Taint Frontiers of Disease Fight
Youth's Companion reports on Pasteur era experiments showing microbes and their spores can survive burial depths. Earthworms bring up pathogens from deep graves. mold from diseased cattle burial sites produced deadly results in animals. A case in Jura and a Yorkshire village burial study linked graveyard outbreaks to buried disease strains. A smallpox graveyard in Quebec triggered immediate illness among workers.
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Pasteur
Darwin
Jura
Yorkshire
Rectory Garden
Quebec
The Fashionable Calling Card Tradition
The New York Herald notes social life hinges on visiting cards. Cards this season are nearly square and pure white with a polished surface, script name centered, address in the lower right, and receiving date in the lower left. Full given names only, no titles, and mothers add daughters’ names early in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Jones
Miss de Poyster
New York Herald
Sweat of His Brow Builds A Finely Finished Home
A twenty year old Sebec man, starting with nothing, built a fine two story house and outbuildings in spare time. He used earned money for materials and avoided debt, showing remarkable thrift and labor. He is unmarried, but will have a home to deserve his future wife and a monument to his forethought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebec
Bor
Bangor Commercial
Curses and Chickens End in Pious Exchange
An old man scours a neighbor’s yard seeking wandering hens. In a quarrelsome mood he swears openly, a neighbor admonishes him to refrain. The man retorts that if the chickens are like his, they will not come home, adding further coarse language.
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Detroit Free Press
Woman Forgets Destination At Portland Station
A woman at the Portland Oregon railroad station puzzled an information clerk by saying she had forgotten her destination. He named a lengthy list of stations, but she could not recognize her own place.
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Information Bureau
Portland
Conscription Shot Through With Exile and Apathy
A Fortnightly Review passage by Onida condemns conscription as a coercive force pushing youths to emigrant ships to escape service. It compares France, Italy, and Germany, arguing patriotism masks harsh drill, fines, and punitive treatment, likening the country to a cruel stepmother demanding three years in a barrack yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Germany
France
Onida
Where Strong Moon Lived Relics of a Canary War Strength
A National Review excerpt recounts ancient Grand Canary tales of mighty stones and feats of strength. It notes Canarians lifted and carried large boulders while Spaniards struggled. A seventeenth century native priest impressed by bull handling, later discovered to have a cancer amputated leg with a solid thigh bone. The article questions whether these relics prove a national trait, given burial evidence.
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Grand Canary
Doughty
National Review
I Thought I Couldn’t Forget a Face in Boston
A. G. Smoot recalls a Boston streetcar encounter where a woman he believed he knew denied acquaintance. After failing to place her name, he later learned the woman was famed actress Mrs. D. P. Bowers, a case of a face he remembered but could not identify.
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A. G. Smoot
Boston
D. P. Bowers
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Aldrich the young writer of promise and her demise
A biographical sketch describes Miss Aldrich as among the day’s youngest writers with a bright future. She is praised for beauty and poise, tall figure, red brown hair, and refined carriage, while noting her early death and themes of loveless old age in her work. Diamonds and fashion are discussed in a separate paragraph.
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Aldrich
Burglar Duo Comment on Safe After Break-In
A Detroit Free Press report quotes two burglars at a break in describing the scene. One calls the safe "a crazy sort of safe" and the other concedes it is "a little cracked" after they blew it open.
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Detroit Free Press
His First and Last Time Roller Skating Mishap
Romanelli visits a skating rink after hearing praise of safety and grace he sees many skaters. He buys roller skates, steps forward, falls flat, and the manager helps him up. The quip ends with the remark the last time he wore skates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romanelli
Nano Rosso
Clothes Cleaning and Boots Shoes at Cost Offer
Mrs. Louisa C Casemere opens clothes cleaning at 305 Second Street upstairs using a new French dry cleaning process for evening wear and general garments. Lares wraps remodeled and plush work emphasized. H Fracke advertises boots and shoes at cost on Royal Street near Glade. Hill's Pile Pomade offered with printed guarantee price $1.00 or five dollars for six packages. Phoenix Brewing Co offers a family beer with W F Cousins as agent.
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Louisa C. Casemere
Second Street
Hill
Siegfried & Co
Warren
Loveless Old Age and The Feet of Love Author Anne Aldrich
The late Anne Reeve Aldrich authored Loveless Old Age and The Feet of Love. Her collected verses have drawn public attention for their intensity and emotional reach.
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Anne Reeve Aldrich
Oxford Hash, A Brief Note From The Market
A short communications item from Oxford notes a hash event or market listing, detailing the local trade reference and participants. It mentions a gathering in Oxford with a focus on barter and exchange, underscoring the ongoing interest in communal commerce and local economies.
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Summer Beauty
New York Weekly
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Dearest
Adam
Adam's Peak
Island
Ceylon
San Francisco
Argonaut
Norfolk
New York World
Royal St
Glade
H. Fracke
The
Phoenix Brewing Co
W. F. Cousins
Anl
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Bure City
Mont
Juda
D. M. Neware Druc Co
DR. C
Judd
Detroit
Mich
Warren, Pa
Slegfried & CO
AdAivas Nerve Seed Co
Chicago
Warren Pa
Siexfried & Co
Draggiats
Sapolio
Erie
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
East Am West
Bates
Garrirro
Avent
Jamestown
N. Y
A. Barry
Oil City
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. & B. Division
Seave Warren
Ard
Sheffield
Harrisburg
Pullman
Philadelphis
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Warrington
Washington
Eric
Williamsport
Kane
WEATE
Renovo
Ridgway
Chas E. Pugh
J.B. Wood
Gr Gan
Parry
Mae
Tuly Ltd
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Wasasnaces
Olean Express
Irvinton
Tidioute
Tionesta
Pittsburgh
Buffalo Express
Leffard
RK. Bell
General Sup’t
J. A. Fellows
Exchange St
Buffalo, W
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Garfield
Tiona
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Wolf Run
Warker and
Farnswort
Garfeld
Vandergrift
Dunham's Mills
South North
Lo Clarendon Ar
W. Cornen
Underwood
McCalmont
Wood's Mill
East Branch
Junction
Ee . Garfield
Vanderarift
Dunham's Mill
Arfield
D. Wood
D. Wetmore
M. Beecher
Warren County
Pat Gage
England
Ireland
Scoland
Europe
A. J. Hazeltine
Prest
O. W. Beaty
Vice Pres
T. G. B. Ensworth
Cashier
Directora
M. B. Dunham
L. B. Wood
Chas, H. Noyer
James Clark
L. R. Freeman
Charles Z. Stone
F. H. Rethwell
A. J. Bawelsine
American Tobacco
Pany’s
Cornell
YALE
Marbury Bros. Pickings
Richmond
Oxford
LA Perigne
Princess Royal
Monte Cristo
Birds Eye
Fehlman Brothers
Mullen
Enoch
Morris & Mullen
C.&e.bartsch
Water Street
Diamond
Warre
Struthers
Iron Works
Citizens
Myron Waters
G.&. Parmlee
D. L. Gerould
Caahte
P. Hall
H. A. Samsteion
Davia
P.johnson
A. Hertel
W.D. Brown
G.N. Parmies
A. T. Sovfisid
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