Notable Figures and Odd Anecdotes in Late 19th Century News
A roundup notes William Laffan of the New York Sun as a china collector, Marquis Bebino’s vow to swim the East River, and Cambridge awarding an honorary law degree to Nicholas Murray Butler. It mentions Col. Jarvis gifting land for a school site, Hoke Smith naming Josiah A Carter as private secretary, and Isidor Wormser’s outdoors habit at the exchange. Also, Michael Bulfe, son of a famed composer, in poverty in London, Asa Candler's $75,000 Wesley fund, and 8S. W. Atherton’s path from New York to Chicago amid wealth and club life.
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William M. Laffan
The
New York Sun
Marquis Bebino
London
East
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
New York
Cambridge University
Charles M. Jarvis
Bertin
Conn
Provernor Hoke Smith
Josiah Anderson Carter
Atlanta Journal
Savannah Press
Atlanta News
Isidor Wormser
Michael William Bulfe
America
Asa G. Candler
Atlanta
Wesley Memorial Enterprise
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Mr. Candler
South
W. Atherton
Chicago
New York State
English Etchings and Ashes of Past Times
England faces a shrinking postcard craze while divisions of land yield barely over one acre per person. A 78-year-old workhouse inmate wins false teeth and palate at cost of £4. Warships will receive organs for chaplains to enhance daily services. Four new cruisers are set to have them immediately. John Thomas Dean dies at 85 in Peterborough, last of the city’s post boys, famed for riding feats including eighty miles in eight hours.
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Westminster
London
John Thomas Dean
Peterborough
England
German Empire Population And Pencil Exports Reported
The latest figures show the German empire surpassing 60 million residents. annual lead pencil exports exceed 3 billion units, with shipments reaching foreign markets.
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German Empire
German trade and emigration patterns described in period piece
The piece notes German daily trade exceeding ten million items weekly and markets marketing horseflesh as a nourisher. It also states less than ten percent of emigrants from German ports last year were natives of Germany, with most traveling by rail from Russia, Austria-Hungary, and eastern locales.
New York City Names and Changes In Street History
New York Herald notes Brooklyn has most births and Manhattan least among boroughs. Liberty street carries a Revolutionary era name, formerly Crown street reflecting patriots concerns with royal rule. Hospital records warn of weekly man injuries on city decks.
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New York City
Paris
New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Liberty Street
Crown Street
New York Herald
Diet Drill Myth Of Ancient Chinese Warriors
An ornate exchange describes old Chinese military lore in Bar Harbor where a diplomat cites rituals of tiger jelly, lion liver, serpent soup, chameleon custard, crocodile broth, jaguar spleen, and other bizarre dishes meant to grant bravery, cunning, or speed. The tale ends with a claim that mandarins and soldiers still believe diet beats modern drilling and science.
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China
Iplomat l
Three Giant Locomotives For Erie Railroad At Schenectady
Three locomotives built at the Schenectady works of the American Locomotive company for the Erie railroad are described as the heaviest and most powerful engines of their kind. Each locomotive will weigh as and haul heavy freight cars or a two mile long train on level track.
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Erie Railroad
Schenectady
American Locomotive Company
Massive Mallet compound locomotive with sixteen drive wheels
The Mallet compound features two independent groups of eight drive wheels. Boilers exceed forty three feet in length with the largest firebox foundation ring eight feet in diameter. It carries 404 tubes of 2 1 4 inches and 21 feet length, with boiler water weight 42 700 pounds and tubes 23 700 pounds. One firebox measures 10 1 2 by 9 1 2 feet inside, 100 square feet grate area.
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New York Herald
Kaiser's Order Cuts Regimental Colors From Case On Important Occasions
The Kaiser bans parading new regimental colors and requires colors to stay in cases except on major events. The practice of dilapidating new flags to resemble old ones angered the emperor who ordered the restoration of proper display gleams. In science, copper mirrors now form by cupric oxide reduction with phenyl hydrazine and potassium hydroxide yielding uniform metallic films as vivid as silvered glass.
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London Royal Society
F. D. Chattaway
Silkworm Silk Origins and Ancient Fortifications
The text recalls diverse topics from a Cervantes reflection on sleep to the eye’s tear duct anatomy, and then recounts historical notes about the king of Khotan introducing silkworms by hiding eggs in a bride’s hair, followed by Trajan’s frontier system from Ratisbon to Belgrade.
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Khotan
Central Asia
China
Trajan
Danube
Ratisbon
Belgrade
Black Sea
Little Teddy Truax and the Wedding Guide
A folksy verse about Teddy Truax a kind but slow man who hopes to marry but cannot navigate courtship. He sees many charmers yet cannot act and remains single while others offer help, flattered yet unable to guide him to a bride. The poem ends with the idea that men like him could wed if they had a clear guide and someone to push them.
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Teddy Truax
Spare Sunday at Jamestown Exposition
The shade of John Smith visits the Jamestown exposition on a warm Sunday and tours a restaurant. He notes the high prices and jokes that early settlers could not afford to look in at the window.
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John Smith
Jim
John
There ought to be a tariff on bridegrooms
A witty remark argues for tariffs on European rivals and praises protective measures for local eligible men. The exchange centers on prioritizing home singles over foreign pauper suitors and defends domestic prospects.
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Europe
Exit Vacation Poem on August Heat and Hot Air
A short verse contrasts August heat with summer end, noting scorching sun and high hotel costs. It laments a loved one growing distant as the speaker packs for town, then ends with a wry exchange about hot air as a hero's trait.
Trifle Locking
A brief humorous quip contrasts beauty with blunt truth. A speaker notes she would be handsome if not for her lack of looks, then asks what the one flaw is, provoking the punchline.
Not a Born Sailor In Ocean Trip Says Wagon Rider
A light exchange notes seasickness and reluctance to sail with a wagon rider claiming he is not a born sailor and finds riding on the water too strenuous for comfort. The dialogue hints at a humor tone about travel by sea.
PERT PARAGRAPHS Practical cautions and wry observations
A string of aphorisms on funeral planning temper control in marriage and social manners. The quips touch on expenses, prudence, respectability, automobile costs, quirks of quirky people, and caution against meddling in others affairs.
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the Hall OF Fame
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Dena
M Pfaclzer & Co
Cervantes
By Duncan M. Smith
Gray’s Harbor
Abdeen
Herald
City Library
City Hall
Aberdeen
J. M. Walker
Packard
A. W. Barkley
Geo. Fisher
Che Feath Woildigane
E. Wishkah St
Vaan
School House Hill
S. K. Bowes
Patterson & Locke Co
South G St
Northern Pacific Railway
H. B. Elder
Wash
Pacific Railway
A. D. Charlton
Potland, Ore
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