American Astronomer Klumpke Captures Paris Attention
A Paris issue extols Miss Klumpke as a leading American astronomer in a prominent observatory. She joined the Dijon observatory five years ago, now directs a major telescope, records planetary movements, and seeks new comets and nebulae. Her sisters include artist Anna Klumpke and doctor Mme Dejerine, notable in their fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dehalf
France
Ced
Jyan
Klumpke
Miss Klumpke
California
Anna Klumpke
National Academy of Design
New York
M Ime
Dejer
Theory of honor and combat in modern manners redefined
The text argues justification by combat is outdated showing that plain conduct and respect for others rights protect sacred honor. If wronged one should repent or endure punishment rather than fight. It notes law and society favor restraint, stating nobility lies in endurance over hot blood and brag. It cites the New Testament as guiding code for elite American conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner's
Native hunter Moestafar bags elephants and tigers near Perbanengan
Jei records show shikari Moestafar killing a mother elephant and capturing a calf then shooting two more elephants the next day. He returns to find two tigers at the scene and shoots them as well, bringing his tally to six tigers in a short span near the thirty second milestone on the road to Perbanengan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Courant
Shikari Moestafar
Moestafar
Leeboeg Pakam
Perbanengan
The Monkey's Scheme
A poetic fable from Harper's Bazar about a monkey and chimpanzee planning a peanut stand to profit together. The monkey proposes the plan, suggesting the chimpanzee handles cash while the monkey eats all day, hoping the venture will pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Dust to make little boys tale
A mother asks her boy to sweep dust from a carpet hung on the line. He excitedly reports the dust rose to heaven so God can make more little boys. The vignette appears in the New York Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
New York Tribune
Treat Your Sister With Politeness and Respect
A New Orleans Picayune piece urges boys to show courtesy to their sisters in public and private. It argues that politeness should extend to family as a measure of character, warning against calling sisters weak or avoiding courtesy to kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Javen
Sissy
New Orleans Picayune
Night driver in Petersburg recalls a grieving widow
The narrator recalls a young night driver from the outskirts of Petersburg who shares a tale of love and loss. His wife died of cholera eight months earlier, leaving him heartbroken and returning at midnight to his native village to mourn Masha. He drives on with quiet sorrow, tears held back as the sledge glides away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Petersburg
Ivan Turgenieff
Filibuster and buccaneer origins in pirate lore
The piece traces how filibuster, freebooter, and buccaneer are linked. It explains the French and English sea raiders once allied against Spanish colonies, and that the terms evolved from French roots to describe rude sea soldiers who preyed on the Spanish main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New World
West Indies
What Marriage Really Is
A disillusioned woman reports on matrimony describing it as a sequence of days confining a bride. She recalls wedding day beauty followed by a week of control misused and household drudgery. The piece frames marriage as a lifelong search for trivial sustenance and freedom.
Vast ore dock rises at Onesta Mina on lake
A massive ore dock is under construction at Onesta Mina. The proposed pier will be 2,500 feet long and 50 feet wide with a height of 524 feet above mean water level, reportedly the largest on the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onesta
Mina
United States Tree Bearing Totals Report
The report notes increasing numbers of bearing trees across crops. Almond trees exceed 560 in the nation while oceanut and other fruit trees number in the hundreds of thousands with banana plants lemon trees and pineapples also listed in large counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Patent medicine and world records in early ads
A fragmented ad list promotes medicines like Forestine Blood Bitters and Beecham's Pills, cites the U S gold product total, and lists prices and distributors. It also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure, the St Lawrence Bridge height, Oxford University, and the Yosemite Ribbon Falls with various selling points.
Martha Washington Parasol at World’s Fair Exhibit
The French government displays a parasol once carried by Martha Washington as a tribute to her role in American liberty. A separate note mentions a no-name nugget found in Canadian Gully at eighteen feet depth, weighing 93 pounds 1 ounce 1d pennyweight and selling for 22 050 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Washington
Detroit Free Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Giss
Klumpke Ankle
Ueer
Drucvs
M.L. Thompson & Co
Hall
St. Lawrence Riv.r
Oxford
College
al S
Beecham
Pra
Piceii
Leaac Thompson
Sapolio
Ind
Astimer
Dr. Kilmer
CeMuch
Genesee Pharmacy
Rochester
Iolda
Ith
Ulie
G. W. House
Broadway
N.Y
Piso
Pepe
Jerome Ball
Dana
Mr. Balt
Iana Sin Cotoks
Listas
Vei Ntlemen
Pete Battle
B. Mend
Mr. Ball
Stat Cohoes
P . Dana Sarsaparilia Co
Belfast
Maine
Inter
Eather Orr
Rte
Judson L. Thomson
Waltham
M Ace Strong
AFG. CO
J Stephens
Thomes
Reed
Tai
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Douglas, Brockton
Mase
Dr. H. Bilger
Hulmeville, Pa
la Grippe
Mr. Bilger
Grippe
Swampe- Root
D. H. ButGcer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmers
F.I. Sage & Son
Reade Street
Iniu
Dradetreet
Eny Bank
Negie
Spraip N
Atios
ST. Jacobs Oil
Tue Critus A. Voce
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!