A Cheerful Queen of Roumania in Summer Life
A Century excerpt by Zoe de Bolatchano recalls Queen Elizabeth of Roumania as a model of industry and early rising. The queen's maternal care aided a bedridden narrator, with her comforting presence and remarks that happiness is like the ocean, carrying one away from past sorrow if one stops looking back.
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Nuch
Elizabeth of
Roumania
Carmen Sylva
Europe
Mme
Zoe de Bolatchano
Maria Ranitlor
How to answer children's questions with care
The Chicago Daily News advises distinguishing between questions asked to learn and those from a love of talking. For genuine inquiries, answer as an adult would. if beyond a child’s understanding, say you cannot explain now and offer to revisit later. Parents should treat questions seriously to preserve trust.
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Chicago Daily News
Sweetheart Remembered After Long Separation and Doomed Reunion
Thirty years ago Miss Rachel Dickson and Peter Barclay of Middletown New York were lovers. A quarrel parted them and he moved to Ringgold County Iowa where he married. His wife and two children died and recently he followed them. In his will he left all his estate valued at $20 000 to his old sweetheart who remained singing.
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Rachel Dickson
Peter Barclay
Middletown
N.Y
Ringold County
Cure for the blues: keep an interest and smile
The piece argues most people suffer blues at times and urges finding an interest in life to lift mood. Ursula Gesterfeld is cited recommending smiling regardless of feeling to reframe mental state. A flirtatious young woman says she is too in love with herself to be blue, viewing herself as a mirror of universal joy.
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Ursula Gesterfeld
Earth
St. Louis Republic
Pretty Window Seat Sketch with High Back Chair Ends
A sketch presents a quaint flat window treatment. A bench with short legs supports upright ends, to which two shaped sides are fastened, forming ends resembling old fashioned high backed chairs. A flat cushioned seating area completes the setup.
Dainty Window Seat Described in Chicago Daily News
A dainty window seat to lie along the seat and fit under the arms at each end is described. A valance should hide the seat legs. Light shelves may be fixed at the top of each end. Cover woodwork with cretonne or tapestry, or enamel or stain finish.
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Ion
Chicago Daily News
Colors and complexion guide for flattering shades
The article explains how color choices suit different hair and skin tones. It discusses yellow, orange, green, emeralds, moss greens, and violet, noting how contrasts with blonde or brunette hair, skin clarity, and undertones affect appearance.
Speckled tale of slow Florida rail trip ends in Leesburg
Speaker Jack Planning recounts a go as you please Florida journey from Astor to Leesburg on the St John s Lake Eustis line in 1894. He describes capt Tucker the train crew and a deer hunt near Ravenswood and Bay Head, with quail, robins and a stop at a widow s house before reaching Leesburg that night.
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Florida
Jack Planning
Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York Times
Leesburg
St. John's River
Astor
St. John’s & Lake Eustis
Getius
Capt
Tucker
Astor Station
Sellers Lake
Bay Head
Ravenswood
Kamchatka Volcanoes in Eruptive Ferocity
The Kamchatka peninsula hosts numerous active volcanoes with smoking summits and lava glow despite snow and glaciers. About 40 are of volcanic origin, with 12 still active, notably Avacha 8219 feet. Eruptions bring subterranean rumbles, earthquakes, and coastal tsunamis, killing wildlife and natives’ tents as lava rivers and toxic gases devastate surrounding zones. Historic eruptions from 1727–1731 and 1737 are described as among the world’s most violent and long lasting.
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Kamchatka
New York Sun
Avacha
St. Petersburg
Krasheninnikov
Inquisitive Chat Leads to Awkward Questions
A dialogue from a Detroit Free Press excerpt features a man pressing a woman with questions about cost of her own, engagement, shoe size, and age. The exchange reveals social friction and discomfort, with bystanders noting the man’s small stature and questioning intellect.
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Rory
Jove
Detroit Free Press
Amateur Detective Barber Blooms Into Left-Handed Clues
An odd Philadelphia Record tale shows an amateur detective barber deducing a customer is left-handed by ink on the left temple and ink color differences, then confirming a bookkeeper by lather. Also notes a Minnesota woman’s Silver Salt cleaner promising water-powered silver shine, offered by Silver Salt Co. of St Paul with a 25 cent trial.
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Sherlock Holmes
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Silver Salt Co
St. Paul
Inn
Variety of ads and quips from early 20th century papers
A collage of short items and jokes from multiple sources includes a theater pun about a failed audition, train fare sales for Chicago to Portland and Providence, a doctor patient exchange on quinine coughs, Allen's Foot-Ease ad, an author’s admission of past work, charity and mining references, a dialect remark about bonds, and a doctor’s cure claim for nerves.
Rosebud Reservation Opens to Settlement With Half Million Acres
The Rosebud Indian Reservation will be opened for settlement after a recent treaty with Sioux chiefs. The tract lies between the Missouri and Niobrara rivers, fertile and well watered, with farm lands priced from 20 to 35 dollars per acre and grazing lands from 6 to 15 dollars. A boom surrounds Bone Steel as the North Western Line nears completion, with 300 residents already and expectations of 3,000 in ninety days. Lottery entry for 50,000 entrants is planned, requiring head of family or 21 years old, U S citizen or declaration to become one, five years of continuous residence and cultivation to establish title. Public interest in Nebraska is high as the railroad advances toward Bonesteel and a proclamation awaits a date for opening.
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Bonesteel
S.D
Rosebud
Missouri
Niobrara
Oas
Oklahoma
United States
Verdigre
Nebraska
Explosive Prize Idea Drawn For Children’s Supplement
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt describes a bureau manager’s plan for a children’s supplement. An artist would depict Mont L elec in action on a full page, with eruptive chemicals on the summit. A child under five with the least hair and eyebrow loss would win first prize, a controversial and dangerous scheme.
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Mont L’elec
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Apple dealer and poet debate Shakespeare in Chicago Tribune excerpt
Nome to Stork remarks on concealment in apples as a poetic quotation. A literary customer notes Shakespeare, but the apple dealer counters with Red Shakespeare as a new variety. The exchange captures a playful, literary moment from the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Language invention debate quoted by Georgetown figure
The Washington Post notes a Georgetown man with a bare lip attempting to teach a parrot to talk while Bouton professor argues no new languages can be invented. Town Topics adds a quip on persistent opportunity for the resolute and spry.
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Aard Doe
Bouton
Georgetown
Washington Post
Tennyson
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Geo. W. Vaux
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T. A
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Allen
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le Roy
Washington Star
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la Crome
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Salzer
Kline
R. H. E.tne, Ltd
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Bishop Berkeley
Iso
J. W. O'Brien
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ohio State Journal
Cage
Daily News
Mecers
Ly News
Ausacity
Rosebud Indian Reservation
Carter
Carters
Winchester
Ciarnemeiglleaergs Emrara
Aden
New York
Ved Ak
Mdes
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Lmnneapolis
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