Passing Personals and Notable Figures Across Spheres
A miscellany notes Grace Barstow of San Francisco as the United States sole woman violin maker and performer. Adirondack guide aged 95 is recalled. Gov Green McCurtain of the Choctaw nation earns commission on coal lands worth 40 million dollars. Mrs. W. S. Pratt of Atlanta runs a lumber firm moving 109 cars monthly. Henniker Heaton backs a penny post league to universalize mail. Edison, shy of speeches, planned to lecture on electricity with Adams assisting.
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Grace Barstow
San Francisco
United States
William McLaughlin
Adirondacks
St. Regis
Green McCurtain
McCurtain
W. 8. Pratt
Atlanta
Chicago
Henniker Heaton
Great Britain
Calais
New York
Canada
Edison
Adams
Education items from around the world and new teaching methods
The report covers Oxford income near 350000 dollars yearly and calls for forestry in Massachusetts schools. It notes Germany debating mandatory schooling, Freiburg opening a women’s business academy, Yarmouth schools teaching swimming, and Shanghai temple grants for education. It also mentions Indian students in Tokyo, Sivaji celebrations, and France piloting history teaching by dolls with moving puppets in Paris exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford University
Massachusetts
Germany
University of Frieburg
Switzerland
Yarmouth
England
Shanghai North China Herald
Anhui
Luchoufu
India
Imperial University and Schools of Technology
Tokio
Sivaji
France
Paris
Wireless telegraphy planned across Tasman Sea
The New Zealand postmaster general, with Australia, aims to establish wireless telegraphy across the Tasman Sea within 12 months at a cost of £28 0s 0d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Australia
Tasman Sea
Chronic erysipelas case shows pills aid recovery
Mars Ida A Colbath of 19 Winter Street Newburyport Massachusetts suffered severe chronic erysipelas spreading over her body with intense pain. After two months without improvement she switched to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and after six boxes her inflammation and pain subsided enabling her to resume daily duties. Pills sold by medicine dealers or directly from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Mars
Ida A. Colbath
Winter Street
Newburyport
Mass
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Greatest Gift of All Verse from Springfield Daily
A meditation on a heavenly choice where an angel grants the speaker the greatest gift. The speaker asks not for riches or fame but for the power that rules the worlds above, and the angel grants the ultimate gift, love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Sunset Letters from Frances Bartlett in Boston Transcript
A lyrical fragment describes willow leaves, a sunlit stream, sea glimpses, distant sails, and hills under a blue sky. The poem evokes longing and love with repeated lines Heart of my heart I love thee and imagery of nature. Frances Bartlett is cited as the author in the Boston Transcript.
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Frances Bartlett
Boston Transcript
Behold the Miracle Tree and Unhewn Slain
By Joaquin Miller the poem laments humanity’s brutal cutting of a tree praised as a divine exemplar. It contrasts the tree’s majesty with mankind’s violence and prays for reverence, courage, patience, and strength to face life with serene dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joaquin Miller
San Francisco
Puzzled Nature Student Questions Animal Names
Carolyn Wells humorously contemplates the naming quirks of animals in Success Magazine. She lists creatures from lorises to mongoose, wonders why an angleworm has no angle and why a mongoose is not a goose, prompting playful zoological curiosity.
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Lorises
Carolyn Wells
Success Magazine
Adrift on love as high notes meet a break
An amusing verse recounts a pianist companion singing off key produce a comical near disaster at sea. The speaker watches the singer falter on a high C and imagines her ship breaking apart while he struggles to salvage the song. The piece ends with the singer adrift in love’s highs rather than a sea voyage.
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Anon
The Newly Rich in Style and Luxury
The poem describes Silas Sorreliop and his wife as newly rich who flaunt wealth with lavish living. Their household uses solid gold serving ware and rare air, avoiding common items and even family jars, preferring jardinières as a symbol of exclusivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Sorreliop
Ile
Silas
Jardinieres
Louisville Courier-Journal
Any Time or Weather A Song for the Ages
A verse fragment urges singing through stormy nights and gloomy weather. It evokes a string of daisies arranged into a tune and the idea that the world keeps turning despite hardship. The lines reference the Atlanta Constitution as a periodical backdrop.
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Ailanta Constitution
Port Arthur maps ban ends with sighs of relief
The source text laments ending map distribution for Port Arthur and lists places and groups with a mix of satirical and regional references. It notes a significant split caused by a figure defending quirky remedies like flannel cakes for rheumatism, reflecting a newspaper quip editing stance.
Lincoln Private Car Relic Acquired For Minneapolis Parks
Thomas Lowry, president of the Soo Line and Twin City Rapid Transit, bought Abraham Lincoln s private car. The vehicle will be given to the park board and placed permanently in a city park. It had stood on a Joliet sidetrack after years in Omaha Union Pacific shops and served as the government s principal official car from 1863 to 1866.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Thomas Lowry
Soo Line
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Abraham Lincoln
Park Board
America
Chicago & Alton
Joliet
Ill
Union Pacific
Omaha
Lincoln's Private Car to Be Placed in Minneapolis Park
The historic Lincoln private car, used by the president and later for his funeral train, will be placed in a Minneapolis park. The armor plated, bulletproof car has toured exhibitions and recently accompanied Mr. Snow and friends on a nationwide trip.
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Alexandria
Lincoln
Washington
Springfield
Snow
United States
Studebaker Cup Promises Prestige At Chicago Horse Show
The Chicago Horse Show association's sixth annual exhibition runs October 23 through 28 in the Coliseum. The Studebaker challenge cup, a solid silver prize valued at 500 dollars, requires two consecutive owner wins for property. Past victors include William H. Moore, Arthur Meeker, and J. H. Moore.
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Chicago
Chicago Horse Show Association
Coliseum
Studebaker
Missouri to watch Oklahoma mule boom and breeders
Missouri lags in mule production as Oklahoma breeders build a strong mule industry. Low cattle prices push farmers toward other livestock and mules, with spring calf crops larger than before. Quality mares improve and Bermuda grass fed Oxia homa males show rising demand, aided by Missourians joining Oklahoma mule farming.
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Missouri
Okahoma
Oklahoma
Tsing Bao to Celebrate Fourteenth Centenary in Peking
The World's Oldest Newspaper, the Tsing Bao of Peking, China, marks 1400 years since its founding. Despite its long history, the paper has retained the same form and style as its early publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsing Bao
Peking
China
Proof at Hand in Hilarious Baby Portrait
A proud young father proclaims the baby resembles him. A pin causes a loud squall and a bachelor friend notes the likeness, prompting amused agreement in a Chicago Daily News style quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Bats of Panama Report Vamire Bat Attacks
A Panama traveler describes a boatman who limped from a foot wound after being attacked by a vampire bat. He said the bat repeatedly visited the man at night and sucked his blood without the man realizing it until he woke.
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Panma
Accidental Victory at Minden Blunder Alters Battle
In the 1759 Minden clash on August 1 a British misreading of the drum order led ten battalions to charge by sound of drum and overwhelm three French cavalry divisions. The error produced a historic and unlikely British victory.
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Minden
Italy Plans Po River Navigation Upgrade and Power Project
The Italian government allocates 23.6 million dollars to improve Po River navigation and its tributaries. The plan will develop 48 horsepower energy for industrial enterprises, with annual rents expected to bring in 300 thousand dollars in revenue.
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Italy
City drug store offers landscaping and grooming goods
Irrigon Irrigator notes the City drug store carries irrigation items, mint julep supplies, Tom Collins mixes, highball gear, and a range of groceries, hardware, dry goods, millinery, and drugs for sale.
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Tom Collins
Deadly Perfume of Java Plant Reported
A poisonous plant known as the death plant of Java emits a perfume so strong that extended inhalation can overcome a full-grown man and it kills all insects exposed to its scent.
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Java
Theatre Scene Escalates Over Egg Demand
A tragedian shouts for eggs to be stopped as he strides to the foot lights. A boy in the gallery retorts that they are indeed stopping them as he throws another.
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Puck
How They Locate Chicago
It is queer, says Mr. Holmes the lecturer, that the uncultured English believe one reaches Chicago by crossing the Atlantic and following the Hudson up and turning left. The remark highlights unfamiliar routes and misperceptions about travel to Chicago.
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Chicago
Mr. Holmes
Atlantic
Hudson
Statement on human and canine resilience to instant climate change
A claim states that only two kinds of living creatures, men and dogs, can withstand an immediate shift from Arctic cold to tropical heat without deterioration or health loss. The note emphasizes human and canine tolerance to abrupt temperature change.
Seaweed eating as a culinary hallmark of China and Japan
The article notes that China and Japan stand out for eating seaweeds extensively as food. It highlights these nations as preeminent in seaweed consumption and relish.
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China
Japan
Pipers Espouse English Channel Attempt
J. Wolfe attempted to swim the English Channel with Scottish pipers along to urge speed, the musical accompaniment aiming to spur a swift crossing.
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English
J. Wolfe
Unsympathetic remark sparks dating talk in Detroit
A Detroit Free Press snippet records a man unkissed in life provoking a sharp retort from a woman who blames him for his loneliness. The exchange reflects social attitudes toward romance and propriety in the era.
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Detroit Free Press
Pigs Harnessed to Wagons Compared to German Dog Carts
A historical note describes Chinese pigs yoked to small wagons drawing them, drawing a parallel to German use of dogs to pull light carts in cities and villages.
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China
Judicial Etiquette Bans Omnibus Riding for French Officials
Judges and other French judicial figures are prohibited from riding in an omnibus as part of professional etiquette. The rule reflects customary conduct expected of court officials.
Market Reports From New York and Other Cities
Reports from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburgh on Sept 27 show grain and livestock prices. Wheat No 2 red 89c in New York and 514e in Cleveland. corn No 2 yellow 60% to 59% in New York and Cleveland. hogs around 5.90 to 6.00 in New York and 5.70 to 5.75 in East Buffalo. cattle varied with steers around 4.80 to 5.50 in several markets. sheep and lamb values also listed across cities.
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New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
Hard Record to Beat
A debate on transportation asks if cars will replace railways. An Auto Enthusiast gloomily notes rails killed 15,000 people last year in the country, citing the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Bride- Offered Cent Toss Sparks Marriage Quarrel
A Cleveland Leader note records a quarrel where a bride and a married friend dispute who decides in a domestic matter. The man offers to flip a cent to settle who should have their way, but the bride declines the suggestion as nonsense.
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Cleveland
Water wagon and brewery truck fail to work
The article notes that a combined water wagon and brewing truck proves ineffective, stating the cold truth of the matter in a blunt assessment from the New York Tribune.
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N. Y
Landeman Finds Kidney Cure After Six Doctors
In South Bend Indiana J O Landeman after three years of kidney disease and trial with six doctors found relief and a complete cure using two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills He reports general health improvement and recommends the remedy noting many others with similar results The ad claims Dodd's Kidney Pills cure from backache to Bright's disease and asserts they are the only remedy that cured Bright's Disease This is presented as a testimonial style notice typical of era medical advertisements
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South Bend
Ind
J. O. Landeman
Dodd
Mr. Landeman
Bright
Man with a clean conscience gains quiet comfort
Uncle Eben remarks that a man with a clean conscience feels comfortable, while the man with none brags about it, highlighting a moral contrast observed in the Washington Star quote.
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Eben
Washington Star
Cure for salt rheum praised by Wisconsin wife
Mrs. Caroline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin writes that her husband suffered salt rheum on his hands and was cured entirely after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. The letter praises the set as a full cure and hopes to help other sufferers. The clipping ends with a quip from the Philadelphia Inquirer about suitors and pockets.
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Caroline Cable
Waupaca
Wis
Piso's Cure Mentioned By Minneapolis Reader
A Minneapolis note from J W O'Brien at 322 Third Ave N dated Jan 6 1900 praises Piso's Cure as a cough remedy. The Baltimore Herald quotes a saying about finishing without finishing.
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J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Baltimore Herald
Relief for painful periods through Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Thousands of American women report relief from monthly suffering using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Miss Irene Crosby of Savannah Georgia commends the treatment after irregular and painful menstruation subsided when other options failed. The ad urges women with menstrual disorders to try the product and seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Irene Crosby
Lydia E. Pinkham
Charltom Street
Savannah
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Diamond mag in mother’s wash tub headline
A quirky ad item urges readers that a girl does not fil for a diamond magazine in her mother’s washtub. It promotes Red Cross Ball Black as the leading choice for housekeepers and notes grocers retail at five cents. The line ends with a proverb about opportunity knocking once and a snub to imitators.
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Red Cross Ball
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Wireless
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Nazareth
Christ
Hymn of Praise
Port Arthur
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Keekwan
Shakashan
Peivu
East Uhrlung
Old Chair Fort
Metre Hill
Eagle's Nest
N. Y. Sun
N. O. Times-Democrat
Revie
Studebaker Cup
Arthur Meeker
Lord Quex
Foxy Quiller
J. H. Moore
Lord Robers
Lord Russell
Bats of
Panama
Hamlet
Swine In Harness
Toledo
Advice
Cuticura
Philadelphia — Inquirer
Lile
Bears
Price
F. W. Diemer
M. D
Carters
E Laval
de Laval Separator CO
Randolph & Cana! Sts
Cortlandt Street
Gchigago
Mi Ey
R. Paxton Company
Boston
Mann's
Poole Brothers Railway Printers
Chicag
Dunham
Clevetmadl
Bottle &Co
Betle
Lickes Drug Co
Clevelang
M. E. M. Dispensary
Rochester
M.Z
A.N. K
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