Pre Columbian Stone Implements Across the North
Washington Post reports curious stone implements from ancient North American regions, linking artifacts from Tennessee to Peru and suggesting trade routes spread these tools. The article notes shapes resemble known Hatiron bands and raises questions about their original use and cultural connections among prehistoric makers.
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Curius
Werpaud
North
Sianermea
Umea
Tennessee
Iran
The
Ness
Peerapolis
Ancon
Drazare
Washington Post
Natural history notes on Australian wildlife and insects
A brief survey of Darling River caterpillars and other fauna describes six inch caterpillars, migrating geese behavior, and a gray buzzard reputed as heavy. It mentions terrapin feeding habits, the crab claw diet, luminous eggs in glowworms, and peculiar whistling in Australian Amoli insects using ribbed glassy wing spaces to produce a love call.
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Darling River
Australia
Cart and Donkey Cart Exchange at Country Ball
A gentleman tried to introduce a companion to a stout young lady who seemed to pine for a dance. She declined, calling the partner a cart. Later she overheard him seeking an introduction and asked to avoid being a donkey cart, rejecting the offer with wit.
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Londop Tit
The Scepter as Symbol of Royal Power and Holy Spirit
The scepter symbolizes royal authority and power. The rod once used to discipline choristers echoing the ruler’s right to punish. The dove on the scepter adds the Holy Ghost’s guidance, a motif seen at Reims in coronation ceremonies with doves released to signify divine sanction.
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Reims
Crushed Glib Talk of Corruption Provokes Ward Speech
An interrupted speaker in a crowded ward addresses alleged corruption and asks about permanent investments. The orator asserts, I have, recalling a past loan of a dollar. The crowd remains silent as the exchange ends without further interruption.
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Chicago Tribune
Mech For Little Me and Theatrical Dinner Plot
A brief report notes Markley shunning a theatrical manager for a ten dollar dinner yesterday. The Pall Philadelphia Press describes Thingumbob as touting a plan that used a confidence scheme to secure several passes.
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Markley
Palladelphia Press
Marital Confidences from a Classic Quip Exchange
In a humorous exchange, Mrs Beenham notes her aging beauty while Repham jokes that longer lifespans would make her a biblical hair-raising beauty. The wry banter reflects light social ambience rather than a news event.
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Beenham
Bible Times
New York Times
Briggs-it and Grigga Clash Over Coupon Hustle
A quirky line from the Voston Transcript hints Briggs-it’s not the top coupon cutter who leads, as Grigga avoids the grind yet nets a tidy sum with a cooler response. The remark playfully contrasts effort and results in a humorous, offbeat exchange.
Knitting in Parliament Shocks Scottish House Guests
A Scottish member of parliament was seen knitting while walking the floor, stunning onlookers as needlework fills the house. The piece recalls England’s past when men knitted, women spun, and rural life centered on markets, books, and scarce printed papers.
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Scotland
Parlamenut
Regia
House of Combos
Ula
Needia
A Way of Escape Widow Harstow and the Preacher Text
A New York Mall and Wapress tale recounts Jakeway a loner scorned by Widow Harstow. In a church mix up an usher guides her into his pew triggering Jakeway to flee with umbrella and prayer rug as the preacher cites the scripture on a way of escape.
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Harstow
Jakeway
Eaid
Barstow
Old Janeway
Jake Way
New York Mall
Wapress
History of the table napkin and its early use
The article notes that the table napkin originated among children and older family members around the mid fifteenth century. Earlier etiquette guides advised children on wiping fingers and lips with napkins, while tablecloths served adults. Initially napkins were placed on the shoulder then the left arm and later tied around the neck.
Famous Compliment Among Nine Year Old Gallantry
A humorous anecdote about compliments to women cites Fontenelle who, at nine years old, walked past Mme Helvetius without looking. She playfully accused him of gallantry, and he replied that if he had looked at her he could not have passed her. The tale highlights quick wit and social grace in a bygone era.
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Mme. Helvetius
A Chance For Him Dialogue in a humorous tableau
A brief cartoonish exchange panels a high browed bard fearing poetry will lack attention and a hopeful companion predicting future public talk through an office appointment. A separate quip about happiness suggests wealth enables buying a wife everything she wants.
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Washington Star
Tit Bits Quip Sparks Morning Humor
A brief Tit-Bits quip notes a daughter and father sharing a playful moment this morning. The mother interjects with a lighthearted reminder unrelated to the joke, capturing a domestic vignette in a concise, period-voice snippet.
Use of family heraldry on book plates advised against
The article argues Americans should avoid coat of arms on book plates due to uncertain right to arms and drawing accuracy. Heraldic art demands exactness and artistic feeling, a difficult blend. It notes copyright is legal for book plate designs and at least two plates are protected, allowing a personal distinguishing mark in heraldic form or other designs.
Crude Eggs Demand Sparks Confusion On Boston Boat
A Boston boat scene depicts a Beaton man asking for crude eggs with shredded wheat biscuita and milk. The waiter offers boiled or fried options, the man insists on raw eggs, then proceeds to crack yolks and stir whites, prompting a tablewide remark about a food crank.
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Boston
Beaton
Uaving
New York Press
Stone Tree of Mexico Builds Fireproof Houses
A Mexican tree called chijo or stone tree grows enormous in size with yellow green leaves and very fine wood. The wood remains stable as it dries and gradually petrifies over years whether air exposed or buried. Structures built from it would become fireproof and endure like stone.
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Mexico
First Railroad Charter from 1819 in Pennsylvania
The first charter ever granted for a railroad in this country was issued in 1819 to Henry Drinker by the Pennsylvania legislature. It authorized a road from the Delaware valley to the Lehigh headwaters using the route now part of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western line from Water Gap to Scranton. Wagons were to be moved by horse power, before steam. The charter and rights were later bought by the Delaware and Lackawanna company for $1,000.
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Henry Drinker
Pennsylvania
Delaware Valley
Lehigh River
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Water Gap
Scranton
Delaware and Lackawanna Company
Widow Outplays Bachelor In Checkers Lesson
A well to do bachelor volunteers to teach a sprightly widow checkers. He misreads a move and urges a take, and she responds by taking him. The tale ends with a sharp jab about social status and titles in a Georgia joke. The piece reflects early 20th century newspaper humor and social attitudes.
Costly Prayer Book Once Carried by Queen Elizabeth
A 800 page Golden Manual of Prayer bound in hammered virgin gold was carried by Queen Elizabeth on a chain of pure gold. One side displays Solomon's judgment the other shows the brazen serpent on the bronze cross in the desert.
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Elizabeth
4 Bad and a Cult
A Boston editor defines the difference between a cult and a fad. He says a fad arouses evanescent mentality, while a cult inspires permanent mentality.
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Boston
Extenuation of an Old Master Painting Frame
Visher notes that the painting is by an old master while Afra concedes the frame is new, a detail highlighted in the New York Weekly.
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Afra
McShoddie
New York Weekly
Readings and Voices Split in Bible Verses and Newspaper Prosody
A remark notes that the cadence of Bible reading cannot match the tone used for newspaper excerpts. It comments on differences between sacred scripture delivery and journalistic style, highlighting the distinct voices involved in reading aloud.
O N G Annual Encampment Ordered to Newark Ground
The Second Brigade C N G including the Eighth Regt is ordered into camp at the state camping ground near Newark Q from July 4 to 11. Substitutes are barred this year. selection must have occurred before July 1. Drunkenness is prohibited. the guard must be kept. The headquarters detail calls for commissioned officers, one first sergeant, one quartermaster sergeant, four duty sergeants, six corporals, two cooks, two musicians, one artificer and a contingent of thirty two to fifty six privates.
Fran k Cheney oath offers reward for catarrh cure
Frank J Cheney sworn that his firm F J Cheney Co of Toledo will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh cure not cured by Hanus Catarrh Cure. The affidavit dated December 6 1886 notes the claim and the remedy is touted as affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered and products sold by Cheney Co Toledo.
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Frang J Curyxxy
F J Wheeney & Co
Toledo
Cunty and Brate
Frank J Cheney
Haji
tree J_UHENEY 4 Co
Druggtats
Mr Wells
Taft Bros.’ Medicine CO
East 180Th Bt
N.Y
All Druggiats
Enfranchisement Supporters List From Ohio Woman Suffragists
The Ohio suffragieta and a circulating card ask for public sentiment on woman suffrage. Treasurer Annis M. Hobson of Athens sent a yellow card with the pledge I believe in the enfranchisement of women and a space for a signer name. The reverse lists Advocates of Woman Suffrage including Abraham Lincoln James A Garfield Charles Sumner Theodore Roosevelt Chief Justice Chase John D. Long William T Harris Ralph Waldo Emerson Phillips Brooks Bishop Moore and Clara Barton.
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Ohio
Annis M. Hobsor
Athens
Abraham Limzcoln
James A Garfield
Charles Sumner
Theodore Roosevelt
Justice Chase
John D. Long
Wm. T Aarris
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Phillips Brooks
Bishop Moore
Clara Barton
Orrville Man Sues Government Over War Prison Treatment
Harry E Effis of Crestline, Troop M Id Cavalry, sues for 10000 arguing he was jailed as a prisoner after discharge at Manada and forced to scrub decks on the transport Warren under Major Waller. He endured 30 days in the brig and 13 days on bread and water amid claims of brutal treatment cited by veterans and G A R members.
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Orrville Crescent
Harry E Effis
Crestline
Som
Ellis Fe
Waller
Warren
Philippines
Cuba
Ohio Topographic Survey Is Underway With USGS
The United States Geological Survey in cooperation with Ohio's legislature has begun a topographic survey led by Robert D. Commin. Work is active near Cleveland and along Lake Erie's shore, covering parts of Cuyahoga Lorain and Medina counties. The mapping will appear on a Berex quad sheet and include old lake terraces as a notable feature.
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Ohio
United States Geological Survey
Died Alone Mrs Elizabeth Becker 77 Found Dead
Mrs Elizabeth Becker 77 was found dead in her Marshballville home on Sunday afternoon after neighbors feared she was missing since Saturday. She lay at the bottom of a stairway with a broken right leg. inquest verdict attributed death to heart disease given her fainting spells. She was widow of Christian Becker formerly of Burton City. Mrs Mary Rath Derr 41 died at Mayesville June 9, survived by husband two sons and three daughters.
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Elizabeth Becker
Marshballville
Becker
Christian Becker
Burton City
Mary Rath Derr
Mayesville
Leprosy Study Points to Salt Fish Diet in South Africa
Dr Hutchinson of London presents a study on leprosy in South Africa linking infection to badly cured salt fish. He notes a global pattern where leprosy patients suffer from contaminated food or transmission from an infected person, echoing conclusions of other medical investigators.
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South Africa
Hutchinson
London
Antist Over Worcester National Bank Incident
A brief note records an incident near Wooster Street at the Immerman block involving Antist over the Worcester National Bank area.
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Antist
Over Wooster National Bank
Immerman Block
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