Sunshine of the Other Half in East Side Slumming Night
A country visitor joins a New York East Side slumming party hosted by the Amateur Slumologist Ruggles. They attend a crosstown dance in a crowded hall filled with flags, cosmopolitan atmosphere, and sharp social banter. A young man in a stylish but foppish outfit flirts, boasts, and serves as comic contrast to the host. The night ends with the visitor gaining a sharper view of the East Side and its social divide.
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New York
Ruggles
L Ali
East River
Obriouty
Cigera
Danny
Plana
Ruggies
Lancers
Eibtben
Feathers from Kansas City factory spill caused by accident
Feathers from the Kansas City Feather company factory escaped during a machinery mishap and spread across streets and alleys. About half a car load were lost, with goose feathers valued around five dollars. The wind carried white plumes into wires and billboards, creating snowlike drifts.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Feather Company
The Making of a Billiard Ball on Time
A detailed look at ivory billiard ball production. Elephants tusks are cut to size, centr ed, and each ball is spun and hung to age in controlled heat for a year. Weight precision is near impossible, cracks risk ruin, and worn balls move to bone and ivory button production.
Ping-pong Preempts Prayer In Essex Village
A church in Essex canceled Wednesday prayers as a ping-pong club opened at the usual hour. The rector and congregation reportedly swapped worship for the fashionable game, provoking a denunciation from the Bishop of Manchester. Holy Week will see suspension of club play.
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Manchester
South Africa
Essex
Gaelic Language in Canada and New Hampshire Official
The Hon. John Linehan of New Hampshire, insurance commissioner and Grand Army pension committee member, notes a Gaelic speaking region near Arcadia in Canada. He describes nineteen counties where English is unheard of, Gaelic taught in schools and preached in churches, with Catholics and Presbyterians coexisting and crime and vice being reportedly unknown. Linehan's brother pastors a Portland Maine church.
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Canadas
John ©. Linehan
New Hampshire
Grand Army of the Republic
Dartmouth College
Canada
Vid Arcadia
Secret Forged Passport Factory Found in Odessa
Russian police uncovered a clandestine operation at Odessa that produced forged passports for political prisoners and exiles escaping across the frontier. The facility was highly organized with skilled printers and engravers, plus a secretary with unusual qualifications, enabling a lucrative enterprise.
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Odessa
Fragments of Patent Medicine Ads From An Early 1900s Paper
A collage of quack cures and ad copy touts potions for foot care digestion and coughs. Mentions Alien’s Foot Powder Defiance Starch and Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials and circulars. Includes jokes and odd musings about money making schemes and social habits.
The Surgeon's Knife The Ovaries Desk Message
A fragmented OCR item likely notes medical discussion of the surgeon's knife and ovaries. Specifics are unreadable, but reference to surgical topics and desk notes suggests a medical or editorial snippet from a period newspaper.
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