The Highly-Strung Woman and the Average Man Dispute
A staged melodrama scene unfolds in a flat as Edith and Jack argue over rumors of chorus girls and a pass marked Kit. Sympathetic friend Mrs Medlar intrudes, accusations fly, and reconciliation follows amid marital tensions and theatrical plans. Also notes on how birds and bears react to telegraph pole hum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dally Btry
Jack Hornung
Mra. Medlar
Nina
Foudari
A. M
Lake
Held
Bomerset
Jack
Mrs. H
Mr. H
Kit
Kitty
Medlar
Mother
Mr. HL
Mother In Law
Iim
Edith
Sloud
Mr. A
Frank Kitson
The
Hollis
Philadelphia
The Stele of Hammurabi in the Ancient East
Dr William Hayes Ward describes how excavations by foreign scholars are regulated across Egypt Greece and Turkey and notes Persia as a free hunting ground for the French. The piece highlights the stele of Naram Sin and the Hammurabi stele from Sippara showing Shamash worship and the king in an attitude of adoration rather than receiving laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Italy
Egypt
Turkey
Constantinople
Persia
William Hayes Ward
Hammurabi
M. Dieulafoy
Susa
M. de Morgan
Flam
Babylonia
Naram-Sin
Sippara
St Petersburg Celebrates 200th Birthday History
The city’s early population consisted of soldiers officials and coerced peasants with nobles building houses abroad. Foreigners enjoyed tax immunity. Current estimates place the population near 1.5 million with rents higher than Berlin or Paris. Horse car transit remains in use in main streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Berlin
Paris
Department of Agriculture funding growth over years
The Washington department of agriculture has steadily expanded its budget. Appropriations rose from 83,255,000 in 1897 to 3,700,000 in 1900, then 5,200,000 last year. Congress added 1,500,000 this year for a new department building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Congress
Detective Rooster Solves Shoes Theft on Canal Ferry
A New Orleans tale recounts Capt. Joe Worley aboard the Richard Street ferry Jerome Hanley using a "rooster detective" to uncover a kleptomaniac fireman. After a shoe loss, the rooster was to be brought in, prompting the man’s resignation when shoes reappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Worley
Canal Street
Alice
Worley
Richard Street
Jerome Hanley
Morley
Pilot House
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Sam
Darky
Marie Joe
Cap'n
Greek Lithographic Stone Found Near Pharsalia
In Thessaly near Pharsalia a new, rich deposit of lithographic limestone has been found, claimed by experts to rival the famed Solenhofen stone. The stones are noted for fine grain and potential to yield superior lithographic plates. Arch aeopterix fossils have been found in Solenhofen stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Solenhofen
Germany
Athens
Thessaly
Pharsalia
Pompey the Great
Julius Caesar
Europe
Five oranges puzzle stirs schoolroom sighs
A classroom joke from the Little Chronicle recalls a math problem where John starts with five oranges, James gives him eleven, and he gives Peter seven, prompting students to insist on using apples for sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
James
Peter
Little Chronicle
Champion Money Counter Wins Pittsburg Event
W H Jolly a 22 year old Pittsburg bank clerk at People's National Bank won the money counting championship held by the Pittsburg chapter of the American Institute of Bank Clerks. He described nervous contestants and his rise from messenger to teller, noting gold counts faster than paper currency and detailing past counts of $100,000 in gold and $150,000 in mixed paper sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enyn
Pittsburg
W. H. Jolly
People’s National Bank of
American Institute of Bank Clerks
Jolly
Mr. Jolly
Banka
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Reader
A New York woman testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound strengthened her back relieved fatigue and headaches after kidney and womb trouble She credits the remedy with restoring health and strength and urges others to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katellman
142Nd St
Wales Ave
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
British training ship visit contrasts old and new drill ships
A London journalist toured the royal naval reserve drill ship President Gannet at South Dock, noting the vessel’s unfinished state yet praising the courtesy of Lieut Morrison. He compared it unfavorably to the 1827 built old drill ship and highlighted a 1879 composite construction. The piece also describes ornate parasols with hidden perfume vials and Russian salts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
London News
Fleet Street
West India Docks
Royal Naval Reserve
Gannet
Lieut. Morrison
Morrison
His Majesty's Navy
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By Marle Oren Cumming
Indian Territory
Platte River
Black Hills
Yellowstone River
Monte
Detective Rooster
Pittsburg Bank
Ozomulsion Food Co
Pi Su
ALN. Kellogg Newspaper CO
Tiennepin Ave
Minneapolis
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