Among the Literati and Literary Pasts
A digest of literary notes includes Dickens in a count of his works, the editor rules for Latin and English titles, Gabrielle d Annunzio as Rapagnetta, and Howells’ yearly typist visit to Ashtabula Sentinel. Bangs plans farm editions, Octave Thanet explains pen name origins, and Miss French’s biographical arc is sketched.
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Charles Dickens
Oxford
Cambridge
A. M
M. A
Gabrielle d’Annunzio
Rapagnetta
Duc de Gall
John Kendrick Bangs
Yonkers
New York
New England
Alice French
Octave Thanet
Octave
Thanet
Ticklesome Tales From a Sunday School
A humorous dialogue has a pupil describe Good Friday as the man who did housework for Robinson Crusoe. A critic recalls visiting the cottage at Ecclefechan where Carlyle was born and being told the room is also Maggie’s birthplace.
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Robinson Crusoe
Ecclefechan
Carlyle
Maggie
Gilbert Describes Being Among Grave Clergymen
Gilbert the British comic opera librettist was lunching at a country club when six or seven clergymen, fresh from a major tour, gathered around him. Upon recognition one priest asked how he felt among such reverend company and he replied, like a lion in a den of Daniels.
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Gilbert
Daniels
Dinner Guest Requests Sonata Before Dinner
A guest asks the hostess at a late dinner to play a piece. She sits at the piano and performs a Chopin nocturne while guests wait. An elderly man on her right responds with surprise and pleasure and requests a sonata before the meal.
Emperor William Bans Chauffeurs From Drinking Alcohol
The ruler commands all chauffeurs to be total abstainers, enforcing a strict prohibition on alcohol for those serving the imperial motor fleet. The order signals discipline and a push for sobriety among personnel.
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William
Grape Nuts praised by a brain worker for focus
A noted writer extols Grape Nuts for clear thinking and steady energy, claiming digestion-friendly nutrition enhances mental performance. He credits the cereal with improved output and brain nourishment and cites Postum Co. as the sponsor. Read The Road to Wellville in the package.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Water by Windmill for Rural Water Supply
A Grey county Ontario farmer advises the cheapest and best method to supply water from a well 27 rods distant using an eight foot windmill over the well with pipe to buildings. A force pump and at least one inch galvanized piping are recommended with a check valve allowing taps to supply other buildings or stock.
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Farmer’s Advocate of
Canada
Grey County
Ontario
California Fig Syrup Co
Agriculture Develops from Boom to Broad Profession
Reports from leading agricultural colleges show rising attendance and more college trained farmers, signaling a shift from viewing farming as drudgery to a technical, scientifically guided profession with broad career possibilities and national impact. Agriculture is developing, not booming.
Growing Alfalfa Grown From Central Farm Bulletin
J H Gris dale of the central experiment farm in Ottawa summarizes alfalfa production tips. Emphasizes sowing sufficient good seed on fertile land with proper seedbed and first year care. Recommends ensuring surface soil contains plant food for a strong oat crop and avoiding poorly drained soils.
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J. H. Grisdale
Central Experiment Farm
Ottawa
Age of Grapevines and Long Bearing Fruit
Mr. Soverhill recalls replanting a grapevine on the Robinson farm when he was 21. The vine has grown for 49 years and has been bearing fruit throughout that time, illustrating a focus on quality over quantity in business.
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Soverhill
Robinson
English Girls Turn Active in Politics Says New Wave
English women push into public life with young daughters increasingly speaking in liberal meetings. Daughters of aristocrats such as the Earl and Countess of Carlisle and figures like Lady Dorothy Howard join in public speaking from youth. The younger generation favors hustling over waiting, promising greater achievements.
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Marjorie Sinclair
Countess of Aberdeen
Helen Staverdale
Helen Staverdale Helped the Marchioness of
Londonderry
Primrose League
Countess of Crewe
Earl and Countess of
Carlisle
Dorothy Howard
Girton
Artificial diamonds produced by Dr Burton of Cambridge
A Cambridge England scientist Dr Burton demonstrates that diamonds are a denser form of carbon and can be created at lower pressures with a molten lead calcium alloy and injected steam. Depending on heat level during processing graphite crystals or microscopic crystals form, matching natural diamond properties and refractive power.
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Burton
Cambridge
England
Identification Rings For Warships In German Plans
The German admiralty will outfit ships with rings or bands on the chimney-stack to identify friend from foe at long range. Colors planned are black white red and yellow. Journals note that misidentifications occurred during recent maneuvers due to lack of distinguishing marks.
Stag Supper Attendee Lacks a Car
In Detroit Free Press prose a character named Bubbs explains he is the only invited guest without a car, remarking he has faced such conversation before while Hubbs questions attendance at the stag supper.
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Hubbs
Bubbs
Detroit Free Press
Bride Recounts Ceremony Fluster Over Father Giving Away
In a Cleveland Leader quip the bride jokes she felt cheap as her father walked her down the aisle startling the guest with a playful line about the groom’s family and wedding customs.
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Gratis
Cleveland
Markets Report Across Cities With Grain and Livestock Prices
New York data shows patent flour at 4.60 to 5.00 per barrel and No 2 red wheat at 94 to 95 cents. Other markets in Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg list mixed grain prices and cattle veal hog and sheep ranges with latest figures for December 13.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
East Buffalo
Dreamer Was a Ripper Narrated from Old Store Tale
A writer recalls two young merchants starting in business in a country town. They labored long and one night the partner dreams of selling cotton goods. In the dream his nightshirt is torn up the pal k as the partner calmly asks Two yards, madam.
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Lippincott’s
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised By Dayton Resident
Mr N Roberts of Dayton Tennessee testifies that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble. He says the relief was dramatic, his back pain disappeared and he can bend easily again, vowing the medicine is unmatched and will be kept on hand for any future trouble.
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Dayton, Tenn
Deeth
Dodd
N. Roberts
Boy Seeks Tooth From Dentist to Sugar-Feed and Watch It Ache
A playful exchange quotes a boy asking for a tooth after extraction. The dentist complies and asks why. The boy explains he will take the tooth home, stuff it with sugar, display it on a plate, and watch it ache.
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Smail
N. Y. World
Cuticura and other remedies advertised in 1900 notices
An assortment of health and household ads tout Cuticura for skin conditions with soap ointment and pills priced at 1.00, plus other cures and quips from newspapers urging throat treatments and life wisdom. Mentions Pene trating Oil, Piso’s Cure, and various endorsements, reflecting era marketing and humor.
Crisis of girlhood. Lydia Pinkham’s remedy praised
Miss Emma Cole of Tullahoma Tennessee credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life and improving her health during the transition from girlhood to womanhood. She urges other mothers to seek guidance and consider the remedy to start menstruation with less pain and irregularities.
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Emma Cole
Lydia Brinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tullahoma
Tenn
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Ripper
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Ocean Grove
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Chicago Daily News
Carters
PRICE
Dunham
Eveten
Lickes Drug Co
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I. J. W. Diemer
M. D
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Great Northwest
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Pacific Ocean
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Idaho
Washington
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Northern
Pacific
A. M. Cleland General
J. Paul
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