Strange Deafness Cure and Woman's Rising Role in Knowledge
An elderly Dutch man, long deaf, regains hearing after a rage induced moment, a curious case cited. A discussion notes that women now win fair chances in knowledge and work. Reports describe a sensational baby-farm trial in Europe and a seventy four year postmaster in North Lansing. A Paris Academy test proposes a tuning fork knee test for deafness.
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Krommeme
Hhe
Paris Academy of Medicine
Bonnier
Rare in Wellston Will to pay for an advertisement
A letter from a medicine firm offering a five dollar Will was received in Wellston. The postmaster, who had seen a similar bill before, deemed it genuine. This note reflects a quirky postal scam attempt reported in the Wellston Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
O. Tribune
Proctor Knott Named Town In Minnesota History
Proctor Knott Minnesota is named after the Kentucky figure and a Duluth speech from twenty five years ago. The piece notes the speech ridiculed an internal improvement bill and became a boom leaflet. It mentions Defiance Cold Water Starch with superior quality and quantity. Also references various ad snippets and sayings from the era.
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Proctor Knott
Minnesota
Kentucky
Duluth
Congress
Pin Leads Thier's Undoing in Paris Pocket Theft
A Paris thief pricked himself with a pin in a woman's dress while pocket-picking, causing a cry of pain and his immediate arrest. Police found $950 in cash on the suspect, linking him to the crime and ending the attempted theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Trackless trolley car debuts in America
A trackless trolley car, a European concept, was described in Popular Mechanics and is planned to appear in America, signaling a new form of urban transit blending motorized power with trolley efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
A Western Welcome and a Western Stop in Wichita
Rev Dr Tsimage halted in Wichita Kansas during a western journey and asked a local for lodging. A tough drinking spot popular with cowboys offered hospitality where a blue skirted man challenged him to a game for the first seven pints.
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Dr. Tsimage
Wichits
Kas
English Attache's Wife Causes Diplomatic Turmoil in Rome
A French attache and his wife in Rome provoke officials after a dispute with American neighbors over a stove fire. The American tenant sent a polite fuel request. the wife replied with a bellicose note, prompting the landlord to involve the embassy and forcing the couple to leave as tensions rose.
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Transvaal
Europe
Origin of the Red Cross and its early work
The article traces the Red Cross origins from 1863 at Geneva and the Magenta and Solferino battles that inspired the movement. It notes Florence Nightingale’s influence, the Geneva convention, and the Spanish-American War’s Blue Book parallel with a gray volume bearing the red cross, as cited by the London Chronicle.
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Red Cross
South Africa
Geeva
Europe
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Florence Nightingale
Crimea
Magenta
Solferino
Clara Barton
London Chronicle
How It Is Done in Siam by American Nepotism
The Siamese royal family demonstrates extensive nepotism with sons occupying top posts like comptroller general of finance, minister of justice, army commander in chief, and deputy navy superintendent. A surviving brother serves as minister of war while half-brothers fill roles in public works, interior, foreign affairs, finance, local government, and more. A cousin holds customs, showing the Chulalongkorns’ broad influence and alleged success.
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Siam
Finance
Interior
Customs
Chulalongkorns
His Gratitude Was Limited and One Hope in Stories
A Dublin cabby recalls a witty scene with an English traveler at the Victoria hotel as porters escort him inside. The driver receives a regal fare, and the man jokes that his heart is as tinder as his feet in a quip about gratitude. Another tale follows an infantry officer who stays on the wrong battalion rank during drill, saying the Lord knew it but the colonel did not.
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Dublin
Victoria Hotel
Twentieth Infantry
Egyptian Cotton Arrives in Texas To Transform Cotton
Egyptian cotton is being introduced in Texas with promises to revolutionize the southern cotton industry. The new cotton is more desirable than U S cotton and even sea island varieties, boasting longer fiber and superior quality. лок
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South
Texas
United States
Sea Island
Captain's loneliness and honorary degree refusals hinted
The article notes a King's Naveo captain's isolation in the ward room while stressing equality in the mess. It mentions a claim that Harvard offered an honorary degree to Archbishop Williams, who declined twice, and recalls Grover Cleveland similarly declining Harvard's honorary degree offer years ago.
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Nestensee
Crusoe
Har ‘Ed University
Archbbishop Williams
Grover Cleveland
Harvard
Novel life saving apparatus shown in New York
An Austrian army officer presented a compact life saving device in New York that expands into a surface buoy when wet. Designed like a pocket cigar case, it aids flotation and is claimed to be adopted by armies and navies in several countries. The New English Comic Weekly notes its versatility.
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New York
Arthur W. A.beckett
Punch
John Bull
Percy Spence
Harry Furiss
Career of Major Pond Impressario Celebrates 64th Year
Major Pond a renowned American impresario marked his 64th year. He started as a journeyman printer and, for three months, set type with John Brown on the Herald of Freedom.
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Major Pond
John Brown
Physicians Puzzled Kidney Cure Praised by Patient
Langendorfer of this place suffered severe kidney trouble baffling local doctors. After using two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he was cured and has had no symptoms since. He urges others with kidney trouble to try the remedy.
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St Aubery. Wu
Nus. V—M. E
Dodd
SelloW Clothes Are Unsightly and Red Cro Ball Fine
A quirky advisory notes unsightly clothes and urges keeping them white with a Red Cro Ball fine. It mentions grocers selling large 3 cc packages and scents. It warns a Jeck-knife may be dangerous, while a jackpot is more dangerous. A man may know his own mind yet know little.
Monument to Gustav Freytag Displayed in Breslau Exhibit
The Freytag monument commission has chosen Ernest Seeger to oversee a Breslau public memorial. Two sculptor models are on view at the Brestiu Kunstgewerbe Museum, showcasing competing designs for the late author famed for Soll und Haben.
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Gustav Freytag
Breslau
Soll Und Haden
Freytag
Aldrich backs Peruna tonic in testimonial from Washing ton
Congressman W F Aldrich of Alabama writes praising Peruna as a tonic for catarrh of stomach and nervous fatigue. He notes it tones the system, aids digestion and sleep, and cites other cures among members of various orders. A catalog of testimonials claims 50 000 letters support Peruna’s benefits.
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W. F. Aldrich
Alabama
Washington, D.C
Maha
Neb
North Sixteenth Street
Peruna
Itonis
Gatarrh
Emory
Japan
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