London dog show features Griffons and luxury prices
The St James Gazette describes Griffons Bruxellois and Mexican hairless dogs as curious, shows Samoyed and Nordic breeds, and highlights touching ladies' corner scenes with spaniels and pugs. Prices soar with toy terriers at 5000 dollars, collies up to 100000, and dogs from 2500 to 100000 in value. Royal exhibitors include Prince of Wales and Princess Sophie Dhuleep Singh. Ladies Kennel Club awards prizes.
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London
St. James Gazette
Paderewski
Prince of Wales
Princess of Wales
Duchess of Newcastle
Sophie Dhuleep Singh
Ladies’ Kennel Club
Morgantown Farmer's Living Barn Grows Skyward
J W Fesler of Morgantown Indiana built a barn with green willow posts that sprouted and grew, lifting the barn above ground over a year. The structure rose to nine feet on stilts last spring, with a new floor added and siding around the posts. He expects further growth toward a three story barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Fesler
Morgantown
Ind
Fesler
Curious two headed sparrow found by ornithologist in Columbus
Oliver P. Davies a noted ornithologist reports a sparrow in Columbus Ohio with two heads. One head whistles while the other appears to feed or drink through a windpipe. The tame bird was killed after being caught by a boy in Davies's employ and is now mounted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Oliver P. Davies
New Bristol Bishop Browne Also Noted Jurist
Dr. Forrest Browne named Bishop of Bristol was the first clerical alderman elected in England and longtime Justice of the Peace at Cambridge. In his first sermon before the Judges at St. Pauls he spoke about duties and difficulties faced by magistrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Browne
Bristol
England
Cambridge
St. Paul’s
Glass house under water becomes new luxury trend
A wealthy landowner with a large lake on his estate drained the basin to build an underwater residence. At the lakebed he constructed a glass house containing a smoking room a dining room and a servants' waiting room.
Unexplained Case of Voices Under Snow
The report notes a curious fact that men buried in snow seem to hear every word spoken by those searching for them, while the shouts of the buried do not penetrate the snow even a few feet.
Land Value Jump Stuns Cape Town Buyer
A wasteland parcel in Cape Town bought five years ago for 3000 dollars has been valued at 150000 dollars, reflecting a dramatic rise in local land prices and attracting attention from the buyer and market observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
A Novel Check for Horse Bridle This Design Prevents Pulling
A new check uses a small rod fastened to the collar at the center of the breast with a god at the opposite end attached to the bridle under the lower jaw. It replaces the overdraw shock rein and moves away with all pulling on a horse’s mouth.
What Causes Balky Horses by Tender Shoulders
Tender shoulders are cited as the first cause of balky horses and care is seen as a better cure than the whip. If horses go wrong, a cause exists and may be hard to identify. The piece argues for understanding and gentleness over punishment.
Relic of Highland Heroine Flora Macdonald Sold
A two inch fragment of a dress once worn by Flora Macdonald, famed Highland heroine, sold at Inverness for six pounds ten shillings.
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Flora Macdonald
Inverness
Tennyson Demand Dwindles as Austin Laureate Rises
A London bookseller notes no demand for Tennyson's poetical works while Austin, newly named Poet Laureate, experiences brisk sales. The contrast highlights shifting literary popularity and market interests.
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Tennyson
London
Austin
When Starch Was Devil’s Liquor
About 100 years ago starch was used only for stiffening frills around necks. Religious people called it the devil's liquor and regarded its use as highly reprehensible.
Notable Figures in Brief Worlds of Politics Science and Arts
A collage of brief notes: George Ford of Louisville 77 with nine marriages and a 17 year old new wife. Lenard of Heidelberg wins 10,000 francs from the French Academy of Defences. Sir Henry Paul Seale, once Dartmouth mayor 16 times, dies in England. Leslie M. Shaw refuses to address a Des Moines Scottish society event with a dance. George W. Peck to reenter public life as a platform lecturer. Lord Strathcona donates a buffalo herd to Canada for Banff Park. Bishop Hall calls Santa Claus imaginary. a boy corrects him. Lieutenant John Macauley Palmer, grandson of General Palmer, forms a Chicago student military company. Rev. Fred Grider resigns over unpaid salary. Governor Pingree urges Spanish in schools for South American commerce. S. B. Trickum claims a perpetual light device. Earl of Rosslyn’s bankrupt name stars in Pinero play with lineage to Charles II. Bishop William Turner praises Kruger as devout and prayerful.
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George Ford
Louisville
Lenard
Heidelberg
French Academy of Defences
Sir Henry Paul Seale
England
Dartmouth
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Scottish Society of
Des Moines
George W. Peck
Wisconsin
Lord Strathcona
Northwest
Banff National Park
Bishop Hall
Episcopal
Vermont
Santa Claus
John Macauley Palmer
Alger
University of Chicago
John M. Palmer
Illinois
Fred Grider
First Methodist Church
Barbourville
Pingree
Michigan
Teachers’ Association
South America
S. B. Trickum
Logansport
Ind
Stuart Erskine
Earl of Rosslyn
Pinero
Fitzroy
Charles II
Barbara Villiers
Duchess of Cleveland
William Turner
Africa
Kruger
Stage Glints and Plans for Broadway's New Season
Mme Pilar Morin joins the cast of A Paris Model while Marie Burroughs eyes a new play appearance. May Irwin buys Paul Wilstach comedy His First Offense. Fanny Rice vows a New York theater within a year as J E Dodson suffers eye trouble. Courtney Barnes returns to the stage as Mrs Rose Eytinge’s daughter. Mrs Gilbert may retire from the Daly company after the season. John Drew stars in Summer's Day in Boston to acclaim. Frederick Warde unveils Iskander by Will D Eaton, praised as picturesque. Helena Modjeska to present A Mexican Romance in New York. Richard Mansfield trains an English version of Mlle de Belle Isle. Mrs Leslie Carter to Shakespearean revivals next season. Sardon’s L Haine links to Paul Potter’s The Conquerors, once staged as Helene in Washington years ago.
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Mme. Pilar-Morin
Paris
Marie Burroughs
May Irwin
Paul Wilstach
Fanny Rice
New York City
J. E. Dodson
Courtney Barnes
Rose Eytinge
John T. Raymond
Mrs. Gilbert
Daly Company
London
John Drew
Boston
Frederick Warde
Iskander
Will D. Eaton
Helena Modjeska
New York
Lester Lonergan
Richard Mansfield
Mlle. de Belle Isle
Beerbohm Tree
Broncho Pete's Bike Lesson From the Camp
Coyote Hollow boys recall Broncho Pete's misadventure after he returns from Frisco in a flamboyant rig. Pete rides through town on two bicycle wheels attached to a whistle tree, shouting and flashing prongs, until Curley shoots the air with a pistol and Pete is warned. The incident ends with the crowd discovering the danger of overstyle and Pete’s rubber hose tires bursting, a moral about avoiding excessive showiness.
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Jasper Clegg
Coyote Hollow
Fifth Avenue
Jay
Pete
Frisco
Curley
C. H. Scofield
San Francisco Examiner
Bearded Author Returns to Southern Home
A noted author visits his old southern hometown and is questioned by a citizen on the post office steps. An elder resident recalls the man once hauled water for mules, while others debate his rise to prominence in a tone echoing a Georgia newspaper.
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Atlanta Constitution
Blankenburg’s conference erupts over Wanamaker bid
Philadelphia special reports a heated Business Men's League meeting in February as Wanamaker allies push for his governor bid amid clashes with Quay followers. The room erupts in disorder over nominations, with delegates from Lebanon, Lehigh, Lancaster and York voicing opposition to a Wanamaker slate.
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Philadelphia
Business Men’s League Mountain
McKinley
Republican Party
Busksters
Hastings
Leach
McCormick
League
John Wanamaker
Leach-Van Valkenburg
Friends of Wanamaker
Brunderburg Blankenburg
Ali
Koontz
Somerset
Philadelphia Inquirer
Deemer
W.H. Koontz
Somerset County
S. O. Frantz
Lancaster County
Nathaniel Ewing
Fate County
Homer Green
Wayne
John J. Geehn
Chester
J. A. Tate
York
N. Williams
Lycoming
Andrew E. Hershey
Lancaster
W. A. Medard
Lawrence
John F. Keator
Chester County
William T. Tilden
W. T. Tilden
E. W. Meisenhelder
George W. Merrick
Tioga
Wanamaker
Cleveland
Blinkenburg
J. H. Redsecker
Lebanon
Quay
Pss
Piery
Lehigh
Vrin
Blankenburg
J. B. Doble
Mr. Moorehead
Erie
Charles W. Stone
Thomas Roddey
Crawford
Chris Kaufman
Country Now Entitled to Exemption Under Favored Nation Clause
Washington dispatch notes Germany has no current commercial treaty with the United States and is not entitled to relief under the favored nation clause. The 1888 treaty with Prussia no longer applies, as Prussia is part of the German empire and not a separate treaty power. If Berlin initiates a tariff war, the U S could retaliate but likely would avoid hasty moves.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Prussia
Ex-Governor Boies Proposes Redeemable Currency Plan
Ex-Governor Horace Boies spoke in Fairfield Iowa on the finance question. It was his first remark since letters denying party platform sacredness and urging silver free coinage were published. He urged the Democratic party to abandon the 1896 financial plank and rally on a redeemable government currency.
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Fairfield
Horace Boies
Democratic Party
Earthquakes Hit Asia Minor Shaking Balikesi Area
Earthquake shocks persist in Balikesi and surrounding areas in Asia Minor. About 4,000 people homeless, 3,600 houses, 30 mosques and 15 khans damaged. At least 120 killed or injured in the disaster near Constantinople.
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Asia Minor
Constantinople
Balikesi
Denounced Canal Expenditures In New York Council
New York municipal council denounces nine million dollar canal spending and votes to appoint an independent citizen investigative committee to examine the expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lawmaker Cuts Grade Crossing Bill Funding
Albany news reports the senate finance committee trimming the grade crossing bill appropriation from 250000 to 100000 as Senator Coggeshall proposes a bill to set 5 percent as the legal interest rate.
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Albany
Finance Committee
Senate
Coggeshall
Novelties In Ladies Bags Hats and Accessories
The Jewelers' Circular notes silk and satin bags resembling leather, hatpins with mock jewels worn in multiples, a short chain with a pendant locket, and a creme de menthe crystal set. New menthe green color appears in glass stems and bottle stoppers, while leathers such as elephant hide monkey skin and calfskin are dyed to match fashion shades for purses bags and cardcases.
Train Robbery Hard Luck Tale of a Flying Coincident
A traveling man recounts a Duck Center train robbery where bandits held up the coach in a deep cut. He describes surrendering his revolver and valuables while a small old maid defended a jewel case, twisting free and tossing a pin to distract the robber before calm resumed.
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Duck Center
Argus
Major's Tough Walk On Glacier And Sharp Tales
The Major recounts a strenuous climb starting from a hotel and reaching Larkspur, recalling his Himalayan and Po pocalyptic feats and a Swiss glacier episode. An aside describes a German method of coin die engraving using an electrolyte cast and metal dissolution.
Sambo's Luck and the Coon Under the Barrel Tale
A historic tale recounts a cunning enslaved man famed for rumored spirits and uncanny feats. During a wager, a barrel with a live coon tested his divination, ending with the quip I own this old coon at last and cementing his reputation.
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Sambo
Mosquitoes Used in Havana Inoculation Plan
In Havana two Cuban physicians propose using infected mosquitoes to inoculate newcomers against yellow fever. Mosquitoes bite a diseased person to contaminate themselves, causing a mild fever in the patient, after which immunity to yellow fever and to the insects follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Allentown weaver Daniel Fink retires after seven decades
Daniel Fink Jr of Allentown Penn ends a 70 year career in carpet weaving. The final piece was made for his son Hiram. He learned the craft in Bucks County, and his original loom remains in use. It is estimated he has woven over 150 miles of carpet.
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Daniel Fink, Jr
Allentown
Penn
Hiram Kink
Fat hogs and historic hunger in Philadelphia tale
A satirical critique cites fat American pork hurting bacon sales in England and contrasts Canada bacon prices. It includes 105 year old Philadelphia resident Sarah Verry recalling her father’s Revolutionary War service and a story of George Washington giving corn during Trenton and Monmouth engagements.
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Washington
Sarah ‘Verry
Philadelphia
Gen. Washington
Trenton
Monmouth
John Doron
Redstone
Johnstown, Ps
Earliest British Inhabitants Discussed by Evans
At the British Association meeting in Toronto Sir John Evans, in his presidential address, discussed what science has learned about the earliest inhabitants of the British islands. He noted the vast span of time since humans appeared in England and that it cannot be estimated in centuries.
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British Association For the Advancement of Science
Toronto
John Evans
British Islands
England
Deterioration of Garnet and Topaz Mentioned
The article notes garnet deteriorates faster than ruby, with garnet lightening while topaz becomes cloudy and dull. It also reports horse hides rising to about $3.50 wholesale, with a better market than last year and less range stock pressure.
Fashion description of 19th century dress features
Cream colored point de Venise with silk net tops decorates dancing toilets in palest sea gray and golden green shades. Fabrics include Persian mauve silks satins sunshot taffetas crepe de chine and Marie Antoinette brocade. Low bodice or half low waist and lace ruffles with basquine finish at the ribbon belt.
Squelch Committee and Smith College House Dances Ban
The Squelch Committee is the nickname used by Smith College girls for the administrative body that bars men from house dances, a popular winter feature in Northampton college life.
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Smith College
Northampton
The Sleep and Rest Habits of Busy People
The piece warns about overworking and habitual overeating at bedtime and notes that true rest comes from natural sleep. It urges allowing natural awakening, highlights ten to twelve hours of sleep for brain workers and children, and cautions that stimulants and narcotics ruin sleep. It also recalls a Western visit anecdote about incubator warmth sparking a peach seed.
Peggy Bowen, Oldest Massachusetts Resident, Dies at 124
Margaret Bouhan known as Peggy Bowen dies at her Chicopee Falls home at age 124. Her husband traced her birthplace Evelane County Cork Ireland listing 1773 as her birth year. They married in 1862 in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1865 settling in a one room Chicopee Falls house.
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Margaret Bouhan
Peggy Bowen
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Peggy
Evelane
County Cork
Ireland
Worshipping the mother in law in far Japan ceremony
A curious Japanese rite trains a bride through ceremonial acts before marriage, centering on reverence to her future mother in law. In London two milkmen operate alongside a titled fruiter, the Earl of Harrington, who runs the Elvaston shop near Trafalgar Square with garden fruit signage.
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Japan
London
Earl of Harrington
Trafalgar Square
Whitehall
Elvaston
Derbyshire
Power of Fish Muscles Outmatches Heavy Beasts
The text notes the immense muscular power of fish, describing a whale moving swiftly through water and a swordfish piercing an oak ship plank, illustrating remarkable natural force in marine creatures.
New York Restaurants Turn Tropical With Artificial Palms
A trend in upscale dining places in New York features large artificial palms set amid mossy decor, giving many seaside and urban rooms a tropical look as the fashion spreads in dining rooms across the city.
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New York
Laysan Island Birds and Notable Species
Laysan Island near Hawaii hosts a black bird-filled shore and a central lagoon. The 29 foot high sands shelter ten buildings and a mile long railroad for guano transport. Notable wildlife includes millions of sea birds like goonie, booby, tropic bird, petrel, mutton bird species, and unique land birds such as the wingless Laysan canary and Laysan duck.
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Laysan Island
Laysen Island
Earth
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley Pittsby Railroad Time Table 1897
Train schedule shows a New York to Titusville route with stops at Irvineton Rochester Niagara Falls Dunkirk Fredonia Falconer Warren Youngsville Pittsfield Grand Valley and Ol City. Northbound and southbound times listed with daily service under No.7 and No.3 excursion runs.
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Sun. Sun
New York
Irvineton
Seneesees
Niagara Falls
Wate Dunkirk
Fredonia
Elaly Dalen Aa Ar
Falconer Junct
Ftowsdafe Ooneewares
Fentonvil ID Asseva
Dunkirk
Falconer
Warren
Titusville
Amand
Panel Junction
D. C
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Luna
Alfred Lavington
Blankenburgs
Charles H. Andrews
Lawrence County
Redsecker
N. G. Ayers
Major E. A. Hancock
James Eckersley
J. Levering Jones
Delamater
Samuel J. Randall, Jr
Robert R. Dearden
Sam” Losch
Schuylkill County
Joseph M. Huston
Roney
David Martin
August Donath
West Chester
Agricultural Department
Chris Kauffman
Thomas B. Cochran
J. B. Yocum
Hon
Jamess. Biery
W. J. McKnight
Jefferson County
Charles A. Snyder
Arthur L. Shay
Morris Weideman
Sam Losch
Pershing
B. J. Moorehead
Auditor General
Mylin
Sam Crothers
Frank Comley
Montgomery
Bob Smith
General Leiper
Amos G. Gotwalls
Chest
H. A. Mackey
Ed van Valkenburg
Charles Fulmer
M. T. Watson
Indiana
Indiana County
J. Hampton Moore
McMichael
W. S. Smith
Judge Henderson
Dr. Madard
J. W. Johnson
Lancast County
Attornney
Crawford County
Pierce
R. V.pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Eliza L. de Falcon
Corpus Christi, Nueces Co
Texas
Dr. Pierce
Boies
Lia
Warren County
Great Bargain Store
Water Street
New Rogers
N. N. Levine, Prop
California
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Sahara
Tamalpais
Larkspur
India
Tavis
Coon
Producer
Consumer
Kopf & Henry
Grocers
C. Smith & Son
Baker & Bowman Co
Utz & Dunn
Levis & Pifer’s
Ladies’ Fine Shoes
Goker & Son
Golden Horse Shoe
No. 309
Second St
Canada
Acme
Acme Cycle Co
Elkhart
M. C. Linn
Galatia
Rush County
Kan
Bryan
Leedy
Simpson
Jerry
PREM
Broadway
Noyes Drug
Davis Brug
Europe
Switzerland
Geneva
Far West
Wiés
Colorado
Peers In Trade
Laysan Islands
Pennsylvania
Sheffield
Harrisburg
Arrivi
Pullman
Lees
Sunburyburg
Philadephia
Ismore
Philadel
Baltimore
Wilhport
Williamsport
Kane
Taxi Us
Baltimor
Werren
Pullman Siepers
Assenger
Philadelphis
Willansport
Phila
Batiin
Tramsport
Bialtimore
Wownsport
Delphia
Worren
J. B. Hutchinson
J. R. Wi
Allegheny Valley
Pittsby
New York Central
Hudson River
R. K
Lessee
Shore
Ipa
Wa Kinzua
Bradford Manca
Olew
Olean Express
Pittsburg Express
Kvineton
Tionesta
Oil City
Pittsburg
Buffalo Express
Oil City Express
Leffard
Axel R. Bell
Passen
Mooney-Brisbane
Clinton Streets
Tionesta Velley
Bouthwart
Lamor
Lamona
Sheffield R. R
Sheffield Junction
Mele
East
Busi
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
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