Unintentional eccentric Cyrus Higglegag in Chicago firm tale
A scene from Opie Read's 1896 tale features Cyrus W. Higglegag of F. W. Ringleoup & Co. Chicago, noted for abrupt brusqueness born of nerves. He accosts a young woman suspecting she is observing another, provoking her anger and exposing his awkward, self aware eccentricity.
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Cyrus W. Higglegag
F. W. Ringleoup & Co
Chicago
Higglegag
Simmons House
Norwood Hamp
Chicago Businessman Uses Plows to Win Hearts
A sharp Chicago hardware firm rep uses a bold sales pitch on Mr. Hampton to push steel plows at 2.75, courting Hampton’s sister and turning a street insult into a chance for romance and business. The couple’s wit and charm turn a tense confrontation into dinner and a marriage proposal.
Frances Willard urges women to read newspapers
Frances Willard urges women to read newspapers arguing they are more mind expanding than gossip. She chides the tendency to ignore women readers and recalls buying every paper from a boy to counter patronage loss, contrasting gossip with the value of news.
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Frances Willard
Medical journal warns on excessive Roentgen ray use
A leading English medical journal cautions against frequent Roentgen ray exposure. It notes that taking skeletal photographs may be tempting for novelty but risks unnecessary hair loss and other minor harms.
In the Ideal Society No Word for Dollar Says North American Review
In the ideal society guests refrain from revealing money details about art, books, horse prices, or jewelry. A social norm emerges where wealth is not whispered or flaunted. The North American Review questions whether the term dollar should exist in such a society.
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David Woolsey
Brierwood Brent
Bethel
Mr. Clayton
Mrs. Clayton
Helen
Hyde
Earth
Benton
New York News
North American Review
Prime Minister Holds No Salary in Sinecure Office
Chambers' Journal notes the prime minister’s role lacks statutory salary and authority, while the office of first lord of the treasury is largely ceremonial with a £5,000 annual pay. It highlights Lord Salisbury’s move to pair foreign secretary duties with the premiership and mentions 10 Downing Street as the cabinet residence.
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Treasury
Chambers’ Journal
Composition of the Papal Court Under Leo XIII
The papal court under Pope Leo XIII numbers about 1000 people including 20 valets 120 house prelates 170 privy chamberlains 6 chamberlains 300 extra honorary chamberlains 130 supernumerary chamberlains 30 Noble guard officers 60 guardsmen 14 officers of the Swiss guard and police guard 7 honorary chaplains 20 private secretaries 10 stewards and masters of the horse and 60 doorkeepers.
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Leo XIII
Tennyson and Raphael on a Child's Solemn Wonder
Fitz-Gerald recalls Tennyson initially judging the Sistine Child from engravings as too solemn yet later acknowledging Raphael’s child full of wonder. He notes Tennyson’s shift after marriage and fatherhood and a remark on a child’s voice worshiping a sunbeam on a bedpost and curtain.
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Tennyson
A. T
Raphael
Fitz-Gerald
Grant Family to Attend Dedication of Monument
Col Frederick D Grant informed Gen Granville M Dodge that Jesse Grant of California will attend the April 27 dedication. Most of Gen Grant's family will be present if no unforeseen obstacle arises. Ohio Governor Bushnell will bring Toledo cadets as escort. Pennsylvania will send 5000 militiamen. New Jersey mobilizes 4000 national guards. Admiral Montt of Chile may attend as guest. E V Skinner joins the transportation committee.
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Frederick D. Grant
Granville M. Dodge
Jesse Grant
California
Grant
Gen. Grant
Gov
Bushnell
Ohio
Toledo
Griggs
New Jersey
Major Strong
Admiral Montt
Chili
Gomez
E. V. Skinner
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Committee On Transportation
Wolf and Lion Fight Ends in Wolf’s Death at Boston Zoo
In a Boston zoo cage at the Joo, trainer Rudolph Canoz entered with Brutus the Nubian lion and Jack the Siberian wolf. Brutus attacked, Canoz fled, and Jack challenged. After ten minutes the lion fatally mauled the wolf, and Brutus was subdued as the trainer removed.
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Boston
Rudolph Canoz
Brutus
Jack
Canoz
Secretary Long Names Torpedo Boat The Foote
Secretary Long christened torpedo boat No 3 at Union Iron Works naming it The Foote to honor Civil War admiral Foote. He praised Foote as a naval commander who fought temperance and inspired sailors with a song about pay and abstinence from liquor.
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Long
Union Iron Works
the Foote
Admiral Foote
Boston's Funded Debt Grows by 6 Million in Fiscal Year
Boston reports a rise in funded debt of over six million dollars in the last fiscal year, detailing the city's increased borrowing and outstanding obligations.
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Boston
Farmer Ambition and Health Benefit from Dr Pierce Remedy
An essay extols the hard working farmer seeking land and security. It argues biliousness and indigestion threaten health and praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a quick remedy. Patient testimonials claim relief from rheumatism after use. Also advertised is Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser a 1008 page home medicine guide available free with stamps.
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England
Pierce
Edward D. O'Neill
Swan St
Cleveland
Ohio
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
University of Chicago Students Demand Hats Off in Class
A campus note at Cobb Hall sparked a brief student petition calling for women to remove hats in classrooms. The sign disappeared quickly, and mystery swirled around its appearance as male students complained of blocked sightlines and tradition forcing women to wear headwear in lectures.
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University of Chicago
Fmen
Cobb Hall
Hat
Faust's birthplace house in Roda sold at auction
The frail structure in Roda Saxony Anhalt, believed to be the birthplace of Johann Faust, was bought for 25 dollars by a local junk dealer. Once eyed by the 1904 world fair, the house stood near the Jenaisches Thor and dated to 1450 or 1460 per town records and the Faust Buch.
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Johann Faust
Roda
Saxe -Altenberg
White City
Jenaisches Thor
Faust
Food Shortages Hit Yukon Miners at Forty Mile and Klondyke
Food supplies run scarce along the Yukon basin causing starvations among two thousand miners. At Forty Mile gold can buy food but stores are exhausted, prices soar with flour at a dollar per pound and sugar scarce. With steamers delayed until July, prospectors aim to carry a year’s supply, risking unequal relief and possible profiteering.
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Yukon Basin
Alaska
Forty Mile
New
Klondyke
Yukon River
Yukon
Interior
Twelve People in Warren County Lose Their Reason
In the past month about a dozen residents in Warren County New Jersey have fallen into insanity. Most are women and are confined to the asylum. The cases are attributed to financial troubles from hard times. John Zink of Belvidere was violent and needed constant supervision to prevent self harm near the Delaware.
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Warren County
N. J
John Zink
Belvidere
Delaware
Ensign Struggles For Air In Submerged Puritan Compartment
Ensign G L P Stone of the coast defense battleship Puritan survived seven hours trapped in a water tight compartment last Saturday. Crew members sealed hatches while cleaning and he was found near the opening with a shoe in hand used to tap for air, half conscious, after being prisoner in the cramped cell.
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G. L. P. Stone
Puritan
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