Government Clerks in Washington Attract Morning Crowds
A sprawling portrait of Washington clerks at the intersection of Pennsylvania and New York avenues and nearby government buildings. The piece describes their daily routines, origins from Maryland to Virginia, promotions and influence, and contrasts between male and female clerks including attitudes, dress, and time management. It paints a vivid, critical, period-voice snapshot of civil service life.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
New York Avenues
Baltimore
Maryland Hills
Potomac
Virginia
Chevy Chase
Cleveland
United States
Cclerks
Civil Service
The Law of Recapitulation Explains Human Development
The fragment discusses the law of recapitulation the idea that a baby passes through stages from fish to dog to monkey before reaching civilization describing anthropological study while noting the birth speechless state and eventual rise to civilization.
Pearl necklace sold in London for £116000
A story notes a necklace described as collected by a deceased nobleman sold in London for 116000 pounds. The piece’s origin and the deceased owner add intrigue to a routine sale, challenging notions about posthumous value and interest in antique jewels.
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London
Reed and Evarts Exchange Capitol Debate Quip
In Washington Thom as B Reed confronted William M Evarts at the Capitol with a pointed remark about belief and deliberation. Reed suggested that if a body deliberates like a woman it risks being lost, urging sharper accuracy in political speech.
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Reed
William M. Evarts
Thomas B. Reed
Capitol
Washington
Speakar
Cardinal Ledochowski Dies at Rome Cardinal Ledochowski Dies in Rome
Cardinal Ledochowski, longtime head of the Congregation for the Propaganda, died in Rome. He oversaw church affairs in the United States and other nations without state churches. He was noted as Vatican's best wandler and was made a cardinal while imprisoned in Germany after resisting Bismarckian church laws. His successor had not yet been named.
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Ledochowski
Vatican
Rome
Cardinal Ledochowski
Congregation of the Propaganda
United States
Wandler
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Overcoat Man Draws Brooklyn Bridge Crowd
A man wore a heavy fur overcoat on a hot day and sat on a promenade bench while hundreds stared. The coat concealed a red nose and clay pipe, and observers felt heat just by looking at him. The contrast between the garb and the wearer suggested hardship as the crowd watched the odd scene on the bridge.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagie
Will Erect Statue Or Burns By Scotchmen In Chicago
Scotchmen of Chicago plan a memorial statue for a Scottish poet in a local park once a $20000 fund is raised. The Burrs Monument Association has accepted a design and the Caledonian Society has joined, expecting the target to be reached quickly. The project aims to honor the poet with a notable public statue. The article also notes a Peruvian meridian base measurement survey with small discrepancies, emphasizing precision in geodetic work.
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Scotchmen of
Chicago
Burrs Monument Association of
Caledonian Society
Ain Ramba
Lamp Boys of London Fade With New Acetylene Lamps
Westminster Gazette notes the introduction of acetylene lamps on 1200 omnibuses. Lamp boys who once climbed buses to extinguish old lamps are no longer needed as conductors simply turn a tap to light the new luminous system.
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Lamp Boys
London
Westminster Gazette
Transition of the Gypsy and the horsetrade shift
A Worcester Spy report notes a band of gypsies traveling in a three compartment green and red automobile with gold decorations. The group, traditionally horse traders, may soon abandon horses for cars, as the leader’s successor contemplates wider automobile barters across the country.
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Worcester Spr
Millions for Irrigation in Egypt and India
Britain has spent about £20,000,000 on Nile dam works and irrigation in Egypt over thirty years. A single Ganges canal costs $15,000,000, with 3,910 miles of channels irrigating over 1,000,000 acres. The Nile valley supports more than 5,000,000 people from 6,000,000 cultivated acres, seen as a profitable British investment.
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Britain
Nile
Ganges
India
Valley of the
Empress and Princesses Grow Silk in Imperial Court
In Tokyo the empress tends silk worms in the imperial courtyard's sericultural house. She produced two and a half bushels of cocoons this season, while Princess Toyo and Princess Kane jointly produced three bushels. The Imperial Princess, aided by her maids, has also turned out a large quantity, and has written a poem on sericulture inspired by the empress.
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Imperial
Tokyo
Japan
Toyo
Kane
Seventy-First New York Militia Plans May Celebration
The Seventy first regiment of the New York militia plans an upcoming May celebration. The unit, which served in Cuba during the Spanish American War, intends to portray about 450 officers and men in the event.
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Seventy-first Regiment of
New York Militia
Cuba
Spain
Unbelieving Angler Lands Fourteen-Pound Pike
In a tale from the New York Sun, an angler recounts a tough night of bass and pike catching. After a misbelieved snag and a dramatic pull, a fourteen and a half pound pike is hauled aboard. Tom Agnew weighs the fish and bluntly calls the narrator an infernal liar, highlighting Agnew's sharp temper.
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Tom Agnew
Trom
Hat Pike
New York Sun
The Pedigree Maniac and the Odd Ancestry Craze
A brief discussion notes the strange mania for tracing ancestry especially among the Irish equiveen class. It cites the London Tatler and laments the wasteful pursuit of proving minor ancestral claims, sometimes by seemingly unrelated individuals with no public significance.
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Howards
Joney-Smith
Town With Many Historic Trees in Litchfield Conn
Litchfield Connecticut boasts more historic trees than any New England town including two elms planted by John C Calhoun and a sycamore among thirteen trees planted by Oliver Walcott signer of the Declaration of Independence and named after the thirteen original colonies.
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Litchfield
Cons
New England
John C. Calhoun
Oliver Walcott
Kansas Notes and Satire From a Prairie Page
A mosaic of small Kansas items from various counties. Weed crop notes from Smith County, a Great Bend motto about skinning friends, a Salina wedding notice about Jay-Buzzard TM, and a Pratt tale of a merchant who hid money in a waste basket. Also reports on Frank McGrath of Mitchell county, the textbook trust ban, a Cuban reciprocity joke, and a string of quirky local events involving corn theft, tornado photos, Texas itch, and livestock concerns including beef prices and apple crops. Includes names like Marshall and Lyon counties and references to Emporia, Hiawatha, and Ellsworth.
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Smith County Journal
Great Bend
The
Tribune
Salina
Pratt
Law
Frank McGrath
Mitchell County
Text Book Trust
Kansas
Supreme Court
Benc
United States
Cuba
Lee
Emporia
Bombay
Parsons Sun
McPherson County
Brown County
Kansas University
Dymoke
England
R. 8
Fillmore
Marshall County
Oliver Dimmock
Hiawatha
Elks
Gazette
Rebekah
Burton
Hawaii
Sandwich Islands
Ife
Barnes
State Horticultural Society
Smith County
Brownfield
Eldorado
Morrison
Harmon Wilson
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Texas
Clark County
Tom Cordry
Kingman
Hugh McConsughey
Cloud County
Mr. Timm
Lyon County
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Uncle Sam
Uiness
Aly
Tron
Salmon River
Leesville Dam
Chorica P. Markett
Hartford
Woznal Ledochowski
Burns
Ee Ee Eens
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