Quaint actions and bright sayings of clever children
A playful column follows Aunt Ella and Bessie as they observe a kitten attempting to catch a tiny gray mouse, with gentle humor about kindness to animals and a child’s imagination. It shifts to a note on a remarkably athletic baby, trained by a parent to perform gymnastic feats, emphasizing active infants in the neighborhood.
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Bessie
Kitty
Aunt Ella
Auntie
Mouse
Cook
Mousie
Just a Little Boy and Punch and Judy in Paris Theaters
A compact look at a boy whose hopeful outlook endures rain and gloom. He imagines sunny deeds and kindness as a child grows to bring joy. Paris open air Punch and Judy shows entertain children amid fall and early winter scenes under bare chestnut trees with music from a wheezy accordion.
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Earth
Philadelphia Times
Paris
Pierrot
Beriinga
Champs Elysees
Mr. Punch
Baby Sandow in Chicago Trains Under Athletics Mentor
A nine month old Chicago baby is teased as a Sandow under the guidance of Mir A A Stagg, the athletics instructor at the University of Chicago. Stagg begins daily exercises, rolling and tumbling the child to build strength while the infant shows hunger and laughter as the routine progresses.
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Chicago
Mir A. A. Stagg
Chicago University
Mr. Stagg
Bedtime Argument Sparks Family Tale of School Pranks
A child resists bedtime while a parent and elder promise to reveal tales of mischief from school days. The exchange centers on parental authority and memories of past wrongdoing. No further details are provided about time or setting.
Nellies Motto Auntie What is it you are embroidering
Nellie asks Auntie what she is embroidering for grandma. Little Nellie replies The good die young in a brief exchanges reflecting a domestic scene from a historical paper.
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Nellie
Book Agent in Hard Luck and Drowning Rescue Lesson
A New York Telegraph tale tells of a book agent touring the state with a compendium of life saving advice bound in calf. After a drowning scare and a brutal rescue attempt by an old farmer’s sons, the agent quits, saying he cannot risk his life handling woods for publishers again.
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New York Telegraph
Great French Disasters
French prisoners were captured by German troops at Sedan on August 31 1870. the following day 83 000 French soldiers surrendered with heavy artillery and fortifications. Marshal Bazaine later surrendered at Metz on October 27 1870 with 173 000 men and large artillery and standards.
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Sedan
Belgium
Marshal Bazaine
Metz
Canrobert
le Boeuf
Strange Money Across Cultures
The article notes diverse forms of money used around the world and through history. It cites aztec quills of gold dust and bags of chocolate grains, iron and copper spikes in ancient Greece, cowrie shells in India and Africa, whales teeth among Vijians, red feathers among South Sea Islanders, salt in Abyssinia, silk in China, and oxen among Zulus and Kaffirs.
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South America
Prescott
Greece
India
Africa
Abyssinia
China
New Method Burns Through Wooden Bridge with Electricity
A novel technique uses weighted wires across bridge beams heated by electricity to burn through the wood. The method, aided by weights, causes the structure to collapse.
Rover Spotlight on Roses and Self-Made Men
The latest in roses features an East Anglian grower selling a variety named Kruger. His catalogue notes the rose needs a warm position and much disbudding. The piece also muses that if an honest man is the noblest work of God, it may be wise to watch the self-made man.
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Rover
Kruger
Life Saving Chain Rescues Three From Drowning On Long Island Ice
Skating on Patchogue mill pond three young women Agnes Minnie Grundy and Minnie Hiddink ignored warnings as they skated three abreast the ice broke and a quick rescue by bystanders saved them from drowning. The incident underscores risk on thawing ice and the value of fast action.
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Long Island
Minnie Hiddink
Patchogue Mill Pond
Agnes
Minnie Grundy
Rescue on the ice by a human life line
Will Stillman organized a volunteer human chain after ice broke apart snapping two young women into the water. Agnes Grundy and George Homan formed the effort to reach Minnie and Agnes Grundy, pulling them to safety as shoreline helpers wrapped them in blankets.
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Will Stillman
Stillman
George Homan
Agnes Grundy
Minnie Hiddink
Miss Hiddink
Homan
Minnie
Minnie Grundy
Agnes
Public expense reveals senate spending in last fiscal year
The report shows how $1,374,011.96 funded salaries, clerks, police, mileage, and expenses for the Senate. Cash cash-outs by senators for stationery and newspapers reach notable amounts, with ex senator Cannon first at 84.25, Moar at 70.32.
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Sam
United States Senate
Capitol
Senate
Cox
Cannon
Utah
Moar
Grave of John Newbery Tends to Neglect in England
A correspondent warns that John Newbery’s tomb in Waltham St Lawrence churchyard is at risk from neglect. The piece recalls Newbery as the pioneer publisher of Mother Goose rhymes and notes his possible collaboration with Goldsmith on the first edition.
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John Newbery
Waltham St. Lawrence
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Goldsmith
Vicar of Wakefield
Dr. Johnson
Washington Irving
Bracebridge Hall
Newbery
Goody Two Shoes
Tommy Trip
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's Churchyard
Canonbury House
Islington
Mother Goose
Goose
Newberry
Charles Perrault
London Chronicle
Africa in the Next Century Transformation Ahead
An overview of Africa in the coming century highlights vast area, a 150 million population, diverse climate and soil, expanding commerce, and rich resources including ivory, gold, and diamonds. The piece contrasts twentieth century potential with nineteenth century realities.
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Africa
United States
European Powers Divide Africa Hinterland Echoes From Forum
The Forum notes how persistent exploration revealed navigable African waterways and spurred European exploitation. Between 1884 and 1898 powers carved up Africa, a landmass two and a half times the United States, with about 100 million people, leaving scarcely any territory unclaimed.
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Africa
United States
Forum
Artificial Teeth of Paper Promises New Dentistry
The article reports a new dental material, papier mache teeth, as a cheaper alternative to china and porcelain. It notes advantages like color matching, resistance to saliva, and reduced tooth nerve irritation, with a process of heavy pressing to harden the papier mache.
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Pearson's Weekly
China
Parental Diplomacy Sparks Union or Separation
A dialogue from an Indianapolis Press item explores objections to a young couple's marriage. One parent questions the other, who asserts the match is best for the woman yet hints the man may wed regardless, while the public views exclusivity with envy and fascination.
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Ethel
Indianapolis Press
On the Mississippi steamboat life and river freight
Ainslee's Magazine depicts Mississippi passenger service from St. Paul to New Orleans as comfortable and sociable with frequent river views and on board entertainment. It notes cargo handling by stevedores and rail of freight by crews, including a vivid Memphis levee scene and the busy activity of cotton and merchandise along the riverfront.
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Mississippi River
St. Paul
St. Louis
New Orleans
Memphis
Mississippi
Cincinnati
Ainslee
Mr Gladstone Helps Woman On A Mountain Trail
An elderly woman in Wales, 1890, carries provisions up Penmaen mountain. Mr Gladstone offers to carry her heavy basket to the farm cottage near Penmaen mawr. Tourists ask the woman if she knows him. she replies she does not but calls him a kind gentleman.
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Mr. Gladstone
Wiantairfechan
Penmenmawr
Pen Penmaen
Llanfairfechan
Penmaenmawr
London Chronicle
Hebrews in the British Army Immigrant Hebrew Units Noted
The St Louis Republic reports Hebrew companies mustered into the British army. In Bombay two Hebrew soldier companies exist and the army register shows thousands of Hebrews enlisting in recent years.
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British War Office
Bombay
St. Louis Republic
Foreign Ores for America Shipments Planned
Two hundred thousand tons of iron ore and 150,000 tons of copper ore have been bought abroad for delivery to Philadelphia in the coming year. More than 200 ships will be needed to transport the cargoes drawn mainly from Spain, Cuba and the Orinoco mines.
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America
Philadelphia
Spain
Cuba
Orinoco
Bread Baking in France Rolls and Long Loaves
In France bread is baked as rolls about the size of a man's arm and four feet long, reflecting regional baking traditions and the span of everyday public loaves in historical context.
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France
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