Nineveh Beaux Clash Over Love and Honor at Picnic
Colonel Todhunter recalls youth as Stam Tucker and Tom Strickland spar over Miss Mary Todhunter At supper the two men duel for attention and the colonel jokes about old days while Mrs Todhunter calms the moment The scene ends with the colonel acknowledging his pull on Nineveh and hints at next week’s continuation.
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Mrs. Todhunter
Thurston
Colonel Yodhunter
Todhunter
Stam
Stam Tucker
Mary
Liam
Tom Strickland
Colonel Todhunter
Stricklands
Tom
Vodhunter
Scott
Maria
Fom Strickland
Nineveh
Liszt Quits Smoking After Humiliating Cigars Episode
The New York Sun recounts how Liszt vowed to quit smoking after a customs incident in Chiasso where cigars were confiscated. Ricordi later retrieved the cigars and fine, and Liszt refused a replacement, keeping his vow. Reger recalls Liszt smoking during a 1870 visit, but the vow stands.
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Liszt
Italy
Chiasso
Milan
Ricordi
Reger
New York
Superstitions on Crickets Haunting English Homes
A London Spectator note reports Lancashire belief that crickets bring good luck if kept and cause no harm, but will eat holes in stockings of family members who kill them. The custom is tied to a farmer’s family experience and appears in Notes and Queries.
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Lancashire
London Spectator
The Richest Street Chandni Chowk in Delhi
The Chandni Chowk in Delhi is described as a wealthy bazaar with jewelers occupying many shops and vast sums in precious stones. Native princes are noted for enriching state jewel collections through its dealers, while diamond experts in its worn wooden buildings are famous globally.
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Delhi
Youth Wanted Ad Sparks Gentle Aging Gag
The Reply notes a witty request where an elderly woman advertises for a page boy with the line Youth wanted. A friend sends a bottle of Blank’s wrinkle filler a fairy bloom, false teeth and a finxen wig from the nest post, creating a humorous image of vanity and age.
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Nest
Blank
London
Flat Story Sparks Editorial Retort About Writing
A humorous exchange shows an editor calling a story flat while an aspiring writer cites a book advised against rolling manuscripts. The quip references a Judge’s remark about writers and editing.
Origin of lighthouses traced to antiquity
The article notes lighthouses existed before Christ with the pharos at Alexandria dated to 280 B C. It suggests early beacons began as shore fires to guide fishermen as voyages extended beyond sunset.
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Christ
Alexandria
Shell in Flight Captured at Fort Monroe Target Practice
A photograph taken at Fort Monroe Virginia shows a projectile in flight just as it exits the gun smoke. The image was synchronized by an electric setup and highlights Coast Artillery photography and wartime equipment interests with Secretary Lindley M. Garrison reportedly set to visit.
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Fort Monroe
Lindley M. Garrison
United States Coast Artillery Service
Department of Art
Land of Balow fairy dream poem excerpt
A lyrical verse by Eugene Field invites a child to a fantastical journey to the land of Balow. The poem portrays moonlit paths, fairy imagery, wings and dancing under velvet skies as a night invitation to dreamlike adventures.
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Eugene Field
Guard Your Children Against Bowel Trouble
An advertisement promotes Dr Miles Laxative Tablets for children and women. It cites ease of administration with candy like taste, chocolate flavor, and assurances from the Sisters of Christian Charity in Luzerne Pennsylvania. Price is 25 cents per box of 25 doses with a money back guarantee if unused.
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Miles
Sisters of Christian Charity
Charles St
Luzerne
Dr. Miles
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Ind
Stage Illusions and Stage Food Substitutes
A Philadelphia Ledger article explains stage catering tricks using sponge cake cut as meat, toast cutlets, and lettuce leaves to resemble ham and lobster. It notes lime light enhances realism, with sawdust soup and wooden meat props, and includes safe, inexpensive substitutes for large stage feasts.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Government Printer's massive operation praised by New York Sun
The Government Printer runs a $15,000,000 printing office and ranks among the nation’s best. It prints over a thousand publications weekly from the United States government printing office and maintains more than a thousand mailing lists for distribution.
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Samuel
United States
Government Printing Office
New York Sun
Who Would Have Been Her
A centuries old family tale recalls a boy overhearing a remark about gender and replying with a cheeky challenge. The vignette captures early American attitudes toward gender and the desire to imagine one’s own fate if born female.
Political Bosses Plot to Use Past Ties Against Stump
In a dialogue between a political boss and a detective, the boss presses for dirt on Stump. The detective notes no past crimes beyond selling possessions, but the boss insists on portraying him as involved in shady transactions to influence opinion.
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Stump
Hasty Conclusion in a Disconsolate Lovers Scene
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune piece presents a dramatic exchange between a self styled angel and a tremulous Litiani. The text hints at impending marriage and reveals scenes of vanity and trivial mortal nature within a literary dialogue.
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Geoffrey
Chicago Tribune
First Lesson Costs 25 Dollars at Theater
A Kansas City Journal item notes a man paying 25 dollars for a theater lesson after a supper talk with a woman who says she might learn to love him. He concedes the arrangement may be expensive and questions his happiness.
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Kansas City Journal
Engagement Ring Rejected Prompting Stud Purchase
A young man whispers to a jeweler that the ring he considered yesterday did not fit and asks for studs. The London Telegraph notes the exchange as a brief domestic vignette.
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London Telegraph
Mind steady on its keel through business insight
Quotation attributed to Lowell asserting that no better ballast exists to steady the mind than engaging in business. The remark emphasizes discipline and focus as a means to steadiness amid thought.
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Lowell
Warren School District Seeks Bond Increase Election Date Set
The Warren Borough School District plans a special public election on April 12, 1918, to obtain voter assent for a 50 000 increase in bonded indebtedness to fund additions to the South Street and Fourth Ward School Houses and related grounds. The district’s last assessed property value is 4 660 548 with existing debt around 102 000. Public notices list March 10 1918 as the action date with polling hours 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at municipal voting places.
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Warren
Warren County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
A. D
South Street
Sixth Ward
Fourth Ward
Borough OF
Geo. E. Colvin
Quotations and Epigrams in Classic Newspapers
A collage of short quotes and jokes from various periodicals includes snippets from Washington Star Cincinnati Enggotter Lippincott's Magazine Detroit Free Press New York Sun Chicago Inter Ocean Judge Peoria Journal and Buffalo Commercial.
Gun man tricks crowd with stage pistol now unarmed
An Atlanta Constitution item notes a theatrical gun act. The performer declares the gun is unloaded as a prank, while other quotes reference stage money and a Life magazine mention.
Administration Notice for Julia A Rowland Estate
Letters testamentary on the estate of Julia A Rowland late of Warren Borough Warren County Pa deceased have been granted this day to the ward notice is given to all persons indebted to said estate to make immediate payment and those having claims or demands against the same will present them for settlement March 17 1913 Mar 2661
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James T. Stearns
Spring Creek
Warren County
Etters
Frederick Leonard Norton
Jamestown
N. Y
Eliza T. Rollins
Glade
T. L. Hampson
Givn
al Said
Hydraulic Cyanide Agitation Company
Court of Common Pleas
Pennsylvania
Julia A. Rowland
Warren
Lucky Perch Bone as a Charm in Japan Culture
The article notes a perch head containing a fat white bone called the lucky bone believed to bring luck when carried. In Japan the fish val is valued as a delicacy and symbol of good fortune, used in weddings and as a ceremonial gift and farewell dish.
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Japan
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Missouri
United States Journal of Artillery
Fairy and
Chila
Balow
America
Benn
Jim
M. M. Dunham
Central America
Washington Star
Cincinnati
Detroit Free Press
Adam
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Solomon
Peoria Journal
Buffalo Commercial
Atlanta Constitution
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
David Todd
Williamsport
R. R
Munnich D. Stearns
James D. Stearns
E. H. Beshlin
Warren Mail
Maja Silver CO
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