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Baxter's
Winthrop Highlands
Boston
Revere Beach
Lyon Depot
Holmes
Winthrop Beach
Douglass
Winthrop Centre
Brown's Pharmacy
W. B. Thayer
Ocean Spray
Elizabeth Rippay
Variety
Centre Station
Lewis Block
Winthop
Self Torture Implements Sold For Religious Ailments
The Minneapolis Journal reports on a dealer selling a cross and various self harm devices. A tiny barbed belt and a hair shirt cause prickling pain with immediate blood at skin. Priests and laypeople alike reportedly seek these devices for religious fervor and temptation resistance.
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Dean Maitlands
Minneapolis Journal
Entering a Mosque and Misconceptions About Access
The article debunks myths about mosque etiquette noting that removing shoes is not required for all, floors are kept clean for prayer, and Christians may enter mosques. It cites historical Islam practices and cites Eyub Sultan mosque as rarely restricted.
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Constantinople
Eyub
Miniature Marvels in Ordinary Objects
The text extols magnified views revealing life in everyday items. It notes insects in a grain of sand, a mold forest, butterflies with feathers, and body hairs as scaled tubes. It observes a sand grain hosting 150 scales and perspiration passing through narrow openings, with water containing tiny creatures.
Crossing the Bar a Crown of Life Work Says Biographer
Tennyson's biographer recalls that Crossing the Bar was conceived in October during a visit from Aldworth to Farringford. He notes the poet showed the poem after dinner and called it the crown of his life's work. The biographer also mentions the Pilot as a guiding force and that near death Tennyson urged its placement at the end of editions.
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Dar
Tennyson
Aldworth
Farringford
When New York Was New Orange and Berry Harvest Tips
The article recounts Manhattan’s brief 15 month name New Orange during Dutch and English control and notes the pepper plant spike is cut when berries redden to avoid loss from overripe fruit and ensure quality.
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New York
New Orange
Manhattan Island
New Amsterdam
Time Place and the Girl Transfer to Colonial Theatre
The Time, the Place and the Girl will move from Tremont Theatre to the Colonial Theatre after its original Boston run. No performances are lost and the summer production continues with the same schedule, now at the Colonial for continued engagement.
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New England
Boston
Tremont Theatre
Chicago
Askin-Singer
Colonial Theatre
Richard Carle Presents The Hurdy Gurdy Girl at Tremont
Richard Carle brings The Hurdy Gurdy Girl to Tremont Theatre Boston next Monday night with May Boley Jacques Kruger Henry Norman and a strong company. H L Heartz wrote the music and the three act piece includes Longacre Square New York City a summer at Larchmont and a Fifth Avenue ballroom. The chorus from The Spring Chicken will transfer and Carle forgoes a part for himself sharing honors among the cast.
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Richard Carle
Tremont Theatre
Boston
Ihs
H. L. Heartz
Mr. Carle
Tenderfoot
Longacre Square
New York City
Larchmont
Fifth Avenue Palace
Carle
May Boley
Jacques Kruger
Henry Norman
Annie Yeamans
Mae Botti
Walter Lawrence
Harry Stone
John E. Hazzard
Adele Rowland
Constantine Sisters
Sylvian Langlois
Arthur Vonrad
Tony Sullivan
the Spring Chicken
Keith's Next Week Promises Bright Vaudeville Fare
Premier Boston bill features farewell to Will M. Cressy and Blanche Dayne at The New Depot finale. Pony Ballet, Howard and North, Zeno trio aerial act, McKenzie and Shannon sketch, Allison droll piece Minnie from Minnesota, Martin Brothers xylophonists, Dora Ronca violin, and Kineto graph headline a varied program.
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Keithites
Howard
North
Zeno
Jordan
New York
McKenzie and Shannon
Boston
Mrs. Allison
Comedietta
Minnie
Minnesota
Elsie Faye
Bissett
Miller
Martin Brothers
Dora Ronca
Irvin R. Walton
Boston Stock Company
Gladys Clark
Mahoney
Chick
Umbrellas Banned in Battle By Wellington Guards
The St James's Gazette recalls how Wellington forbade umbrellas in field action calling it ridiculous and unmilitary while noting guards could carry them on duty at St James's. Tyrling was later reprimanded by the duke over the offense and the dandies proved brave in combat.
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Wellington
Tyrling
St. James
Hatpin Disappears in Five and Ten Dollar Millinery Trade
A large millinery shop known for five and ten dollar hats loses a valuable hatpin from a fashion shopper. Days later in a higher priced store she finds a hat resembling her previous choice and discovers her missing pin concealed under artificial flowers in a hat.
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New York Tribune
Spring Water and Watermelon Talk in Dialect Humor
A humorous dialogue uses Southern dialect to chase a pun about watermelon and spring. Two men joke about a spring, a drowning misperception, and a tale of a man who dies in the fall, ending with a singer named Mr. Vio Lett set to a ballad about liberty.
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Vio Lett
Harper’s Weekly
Not all railroad lore is strictly serious
A playful definition from the San Francisco Argonaut likens a box car to a wild bird, describing how, in spring and summer, it roams along rail lines and is easy to capture. In autumn it hibernates or migrates, with occasional captures noted, and notes the need for stealth and the best weapon being strength.
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San Francisco
Button Order Reaches Tailor in Broadway Street
A sharp faced boy enters a tailor shop on upper Broadway and hands the tailor a button, claiming he wants business. The tailor, puzzled, asks what it’s for, and the boy explains to sew a pair of pants on the button before departing up the block.
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Upper Broadway
New York Globe
German Saloonist Rejects Turkish Bath Offer
A Columbus Dispatch report recalls a German saloonist who weighs 200 pounds and balks at a bathhouse promoter’s boast to shed two pounds per session. He questions the idea of losing 200 pounds across many baths and declines the offer.
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Ike
Columbus Dispatch
Letters Helped Quay Win Senate Fight in Pennsylvania
The late Senator M S Quay kept constituent letters and sorted out dead ones, writing on the back remember when you wrote me this letter and do you remember I did what was asked. He asked for help now in his senate fight. Pennsylvania politicians say these letters helped him win.
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M. S. Quay
Pennsylvania
Senate
John
Bill
Quay
Saturday Evening Post
It Was Still There Sermon Anecdote
A clergyman recalls a parishioner accusing him of stealing his sermon. The man reluctantly retracts after returning home and checking the source, discovering the sermon remains in the book it came from. The tale appears in the St. Louis Republic.
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St. Louis Republic
Who Fra Diavolo Was
Fra Diavolo was Michele Pezza born in 1760 and known as a renegade monk and Italian brigand. He worked as a stocking weaver, soldier in the Neapolitan army and the pope's service, then became a monk before brigandage in Calabria led to his notoriety and eventual execution in 1806.
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Fra Diavolo
Michele Pezza
Auber
Pezza
Calabria
New York
Retribution of the Law In Court
A Toledo Blade item portrays a judge offering leniency for a $50 theft, saying the prisoner will repay $50 and then $100 later, so he will be punished enough by the effort and remorse for dishonesty. The exchange involves Judge, the prisoner, and the lawyer Mr Sharp, highlighting a punitive approach.
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Toledo Blade
Hard and Tough Echoes at Dinnertime Debate
A Philadelphia Press item recalls a landlady lamenting a lamb's destruction for appetites and a boarding house guest agreeing with the sentiment about cruelty and necessity, turning a dinner table moment into a moral reflection.
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Philadelphia Press
Card-giving antics in London dining room
A member rushed to London and, in the House of Commons dining room, gave each lady a card on departure. He explained he had 200 cards printed and had changed his address, so the cards were useless. The anecdote underscores polite showmanship during travel through the metropolis.
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London
House of Commons
Leeds Mercury
Judge-Prisoner Exchange Before Sentence In Mitigation
In a courtroom exchange the judge asks the prisoner for remarks before sentencing. The prisoner pleads that the court consider the youth of the attorney.
Subbubs and Slobs in Fence Feud Sparks Grudge
In Philadelphia, Blobbs questions why Subbubs dislikes his neighbor as a tall spite fence grows between homes. Slobs notes the barrier fuels ongoing tension, reflecting a local quarrel over property and view lines.
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Blobbs
Subbubs
Philadelphia Record
After Death Question Sparks Childs Quip
In a Scotch Sunday school a lady teacher asked what comes after death. A quick spirited reply from a little girl said, A fight about the money. The remark captures a blunt view of earthly concerns surfacing even in religious instruction.
Language of the face and manner as mind shorthand
A magazine quotes that facial expression and bearing are instant shorthand for inner thoughts. The note underscores quick reading of character through appearance and posture.
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Magazine
The Perfume of Good Cheer Radiates Happiness
A reflective passage compares joy to a rose’s sweetness, stating people are made to radiate good cheer and happiness to every passerby. The metaphor emphasizes social harmony and uplifting mood through fragrance-like positivity.
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Wadsworth
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Krell
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Winter
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Washington St
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Justice OF the Peace
Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company
School Street
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McNeil Bros
Crawford Range
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Shirley St
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Frank P. Anthony
North Centre Street
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T. J. Mahaney
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