City of Rimac and the Three Kings of Lima
Lima, Peru, grew from the vanished Guy of Gold and the City of Cuzco into the capital named by Carlos V The City of Rimac became a hub for viceroys and treasure fleets while earthquakes and wars shaped its streets The era of Chilean conquest left scars yet modern Tama spreads gardens and public squares amid relics of a grand colonial past
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Odd Lights In the Hospitals at Times of Pain
A Philadelphia Record piece describes hospital scenes where patients react loudly to pain and fear. A resident physician recounts a man crying for his mother during treatment while others flee, sing, or joke. The piece notes cultural differences in expressions of suffering among Germans, Irish, French, and Yankee patients.
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Philadelphia
Back Numbers The glory of the bicycle days
The glory of the bicycle days has vanished and the army of riders has diminished to a faithful few daily on the boulevards.
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New York
Rat as a Tulip Thief Disguised by Garden Night Theft
A gardener planted 240 tulip bulbs on a terrace. By morning, all bulbs were gone. He suspected rats, dug into the ground, killed a female rat, and uncovered a hidden chamber lined with hay. Two holes connected to a store chamber where 250 bulbs lay neatly arranged in two rows, none gnawed.
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M de Parville
Leone Hatumbet
Dea Debats
Barrie Silent At Dinner With Three Editors
Celebrated Scottish novelist Barrie joined three journal editors for a dinner in London. Harrie and company sought conversation, but Barrie spoke only once, declaring it his first dinner with three editors. The gathering aimed to honor his work with a feast described as a "feast of reason and a flow of soul."
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Mn J M. Barre
London
Harrie
Knights of the Pen and
Busta
Mr Barre
Great Poet's Signet Ring Detail in Stoddard Bequest
A young woman Miss Brender, keeper of Richard Henry Stoddard's belongings, treasures his signet ring from the poet's deathbed deed. The plain antique gold ring with an uncarved stone was bequeathed to her by Stoddard, who gave it to her quietly as he died. She remains inconsolable, living alone in East Fifteenth Street, with no future plans announced.
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Richard Henry Stoddard
Alice Breader
Hourekeeper
Freud
Studdard
Light and Heavyweight Tax On Excess Flesh Considered
The Swedish government weighs proposals to tax those over 125 pounds per pound for excess flesh claiming a fair share of costly meals. Critics compare it to railway fare where heavier passengers need more space and argue seat pricing should reflect weight. Proponents say the plan would ease service complaints by offsetting inefficiencies. the idea has broad support.
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Peranns
Wisconsin celebrating secession celebration anniversary
In 1906 Neigtum prepared to celebrate Neoemye’s first anniversary of ecopion from the Netherlands. The event included a station opening in Liege King and a public display at notable buildings. Officials pursued an order to make the capital attractive to visitors and complete public works.
A Queer Legend of Tailed Men
A fragmentary tale traces a Becket curse over Kent, linking tail-less horses and tailed locals. Variants cite bishops and chroniclers such as John Bale and Polydorus, noting punishments for castration or cutting Becket's horse tail. The lore centers on Kentish people allegedly cursed with horselike tails after the event.
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Thomas G Becket
Kent
John Bale
Edward VI
Ossory
Jin
John Capgrave
Sexander
Esseby
Augustine
Decline of the Essay in Modern Magazines
A compact critique on why long form essays vanished from magazines. The piece argues editors avoid lengthy essays as readers lose interest and seek concise pieces. It notes rising writerly self-expression among women and men with diverse views, yet editorial restraint dominates.
Magnets Shaped as Horseshoes Strengthen Attraction
A horseshoe magnet is a bent bar magnet and, with poles at each end, attracts iron more strongly than a bar form. An iron piece across the poles is drawn by both ends, magnetizing the contacted section and forming a stronger magnet, while a keeper preserves the magnet’s strength when in place.
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Garth Pottom
St. Nicholas
The Millionaire Malady and Public Gratitude
Eliot Gregory argues in Century that rich men who harmed health and family to amass a fortune often see themselves as public benefactors. They resent fatigue and notoriety money attracts, likening it to a boy punished after stealing apples.
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Eliot Gregory
Century
Our Eccentric Phrases Reflect Odd Time Habits
A reflective note on language quirks reveals how pairs like coat and vest or shoes and stockings follow unexpected orders. The speaker muses on phrases such as wiping feet, putting on boots, and warming pantaloons, labeling them as eccentricities of period speech.
Quail Folklore on Calls Predicts Crop Price
A fragment describes a French belief that quail calls signal crop outcomes. Two calls foretell two francs per bushel, while four calls predict double the price. The piece links quail behavior to grain expectations in a folkloric proverb.
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France
That New Man Proves a Hard Worker in Store Tale
In a Syracuse Herald item a store proprietor compliments a department manager on a new worker. The manager responds that the man’s specialty is coming to work, highlighting reliability and steady labor as the standout trait in the anecdote.
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Eems
Syracuse Herald
Beware Of Mercury Ointments And Catarrh Cures
Mercury containing ointments for catarrh warned against as dangerous. Gatarsh Cure and Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with claims of internal remedies. Also notes on land lease records and oil leasing totals across townships with numbers and locations listed.
Applecreek to vote on Dr McKinley as pastor candidate
Communication from Steubenville preacher Dr R A McKinley of First Presbyterian Church arrives for Applecreek next Sabbath to consider filling the vacancy left by Dr G S Hackett now of Murrysville Pa. McKinley is praised as an able minister and excellent pastor and Applecreek residents are urged to select him.
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R. A. McKinley
First Presbyterian Church
Steubenville
Applecreek
G. S. Hackett
Murrysville
McKinley
Suicide Trial Note Incomplete
Yook Parla Green and John Tharp, once of lorryslie, are linked to an alleged poisoning death in Bryan Ohio on July 23. Paris green was used, authorities say. Green, 36, leaves a husband and ten children, youngest four months old, with the death seeming linked to malady or despondency.
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Aura John Tharp
Lorryslie
Aneldé
Paris Green Thoraday
Bryan
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