Wardrobe of the Pope Reveals Rich Vestments and Customs
The Vatican houses a vast wardrobe for Pope Leo XIII with three rooms, daily sets in color by season, and finest lace surplices. Lamb fleece from a 50-sheep herd is blessed each January for the pope’s gloves and palliums, while jewels adorn rare robes like the cappa magna though rarely worn. The Fisherman Ring serves as the official signet and is destroyed after the pope’s death.
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Leo XIII
New York
Vatican
Europe
Legion
Rome
Leo
St. Peter
Fooling Diamond Experts Reveals Perils of Advised Taste
A young businessman recounts testing diamond knowledge at his club. He bought a 50 cent imitation brooch, swapped it for a real piece, and found peers could not distinguish the two, prompting him to question expert judgment and feel better about his purchase.
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Philadelphia Record
Golf flare up over missed shot at Ohio State Journal
A report notes Cholly Clarence used dreadful language after missing a ball in a golf game. The account records his exclamation Gussie Dead me and the utterance O fudge in strong terms.
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Cholly
Clarence
Gussie
Ohio State Journal
Time to Be on Guard Phrase Warns Women
A Milwaukee Sentinel item urges caution for women advising to use a Yale lock on a purse when a man slaps the back and calls them his best friend as a safeguard against theft or assault.
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Yale
Milwaukee Sentinel
June Blossoms and Prized Memories in Verse
A sequence of sentimental poems and quotes from the Atlanta Constitution and Westminster Gazette. The pieces reflect on springtime joys, enduring love, and lessons learned about pride and identity, ending with a Washington Star verse on social aspiration.
Poems and Proverbs From Various Readers
A collection of verse passages from Gertrude E. Heath S E Kiser I E Kiser and others. Themes include prayer memory courage love mockery and resilience with lines about death dreams and cheer amid sorrow. Includes reflections from Lippincott s Magazine Chicago Record Herald and Youth s Companion.
A Frontier Bride Gifted by Lads of the Hotel Club
In a western town a popular waiter Miss White learned she would marry the next day. Jimmie Hughes led patrons in gifting her about $200 then $2,000 total to mark her nuptials. The landlord delivered the money and she wed the next morning, with Hughes as groom.
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Miss White
Chicago Chronicle
Jimmie Hughes
Jimmie
Jardiniere Spell Fails In Office Pottery Debate
An office dispute over the correct spelling of jardiniere ends with a consensus to record the word as a flower pot. Miss Brown and Mr Wyeth clash with no dictionary, while Harvard tutor Ransome shrugs and suggests the simple label.
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Jardiniere
Miss Brown
Mr. Wyeth
New York Sun
Harvard
Ano
Ransome
Belles of ie Kitchen Ping-Pong with Eggs
A brief Town Topics item notes a playful scene in a household as the cook and chambermaid allegedly use hard boiled eggs in a ping-pong game. The exchange highlights domestic humor and a light domestic anecdote from a social column.
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller After Allen's
Cure for swollen feet, sweating, hot aching feet. Sold by druggists 25c. Ac or no substitute. Trial package free. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
None Provided
The excerpt presents quotes and ad copy promising health remedies and self-improvement maxims, attributed to individuals from Indiana in 1900. It includes testimonials for Piso's Cure and Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets, with brief personal notes and encouragements to seize spare time.
Markets Report Across U S Cities On June 10 1902
Market notes from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and East Liberty show dull wheat and flour markets with mixed grain prices. Livestock across cities lists steers hogs and sheep with steady to firm quotes and notable price ranges for prime and good grades.
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New York
Cleveland
East Buffalo
East Liberty
A JUDGE'S WIFE PEL
Public notice urges readers not to accept substitutes for Peruna and to insist on Peruna for catarrh. It directs sufferers to write to Dr. Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio, for free advice if results are not satisfactory.
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Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Mrs Judge Me Health Testimony At 1217 West 33rd St
A reader recalls suffering from catarrh and social strain until a doctor advised a tonic. She credits Peruna with restoring health and comments on widespread imitation remedies sold cheaply by druggists and stores.
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Judge Me
West 33Rd St
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the Dancing Bear
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Lippincott’s Magazine
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
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Hassam
E. Warde Blaisdell
St. Michelas
Albert Bigelow Paine
Chicago
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Endsley, Vanburen
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Ram’s Hern
Toledo
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Hamlins
Pel
Jodge MX Allister
Peru
Charterhouse
London
Paix
Paris
Potter Drug and Cuem. Corpp
Anakesis
Sant Telief
Tribune
New Yous
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Ontario St
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