Striking Scenes and Maternal Schools in Harper’s Bazar Letter
From Stratford on Avon to Paris and London the writer recalls the Exposition grounds a view from the Eiffel Tower and graves of Ney Aberlard and Heloise Shakespearean relics at Stratford Washington Irving’s Red House and a room with his clock. The piece then argues for mothers schools teaching childrearing moral training and self discipline urging state noninvolvement while stressing maternal education and virtue.
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Stratford-On-Avon
Mr. Borror
Paris
United States
Eiffel Tower
Selne
Dean Swift
Perch Close
Marshall Ney
Remnaitt
Aberlard
Heloise
M. Theira
London
Stratford
Fallstall
Shakespeare
Red House
Washington Irving
Timon
M. Speer
Mountain Town Prospecting at Mountain View Hotel
North Georgia town on the Marietta and North Georgia road boasts productive lands for corn wheat oats rye and fruits. Mountain View Hotel, run by Mr and Mrs A W Dorn, opens for summer boarders with mountain views and access to gold mining at Whitepath six miles away.
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Euuay
Ginemer County
Marietta and
North Georgia
Ellijay
Carthay
Mountain View Hotel
A. W. Dorn
Whitepath Great
Sunday school raises funds with talents in Burlington
A Burlington New Jersey Sunday school distributed 250 new Scent pieces named talents among scholars and teachers with instructions to increase the sum. Last Thursday the talents were walled in and, though returns were modest, the total collected amounted to 5374 0 2s o.
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Burlington
N. J
The Maine Puzzle Of A Multiplied Millions Of Digits
A Maine journal presents a problem starting with 15, multiplying by itself 15 times. The Portland lawyers’ best mathematician estimates the final product would have about 88 539 digits, the first being 1 412, requiring over 1 070 feet in length. He computes approximately 509 000 000 figures would be needed, even with workers’ limits.
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Maine
Portland
Boston Transcript
The Koh-i-noor Diamond Rescue Tale
An anecdote from Lord John Lawrence tells how the Koh-i-noor vanished when he left it in his waistcoat. Six weeks later a message asked the queen for the diamond. The old lord feared the worst but learned his servant had kept only a piece of glass in a broken tin box.
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Lord John Lawrence
Lord Lawrence
Sahib
St. Loula Globe-Demevry
Speed of Atlantic Steamers Through Time
The Savannah first crossed the Atlantic in 1819, sailing from a southern city and reaching Liverpool in 25 days. Early steamers relied on sails. engines were often unused. By 1880 fastest passages dropped to seven days aboard ships like the Arizona and City of Paris, with later models adopting twin screws for speed and safety.
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Atlantic
Savannah
Liverpool
United States
England
America
Great Western
New York
Queenstown
Arizona
Alaska
Rome
Servia
Oregon
Umbria
Etruria
City of
Paris
The Eloquence of a Tear In Amiel Journal
The passage explores tears as a compact sum of inner life. It traces a tear from hidden desires and unspoken fears to emotion’s edge, noting tears express both joy and sadness. The analysis likens tears to a single aromatic elixir uniting many impressions.
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Amiel
Humphrey
Ard
Esquimaux Tobogganing Adrenaline Filled Descent
The Esquimaux on land journeys avoid dangerous hills by un hitching dogs and letting the sled descend by its own weight. The crew brace, dig in, and use the sled as a snow plow while dogs dash along attached by traces. Even with precautions, sleds may race to the bottom with surprising speed and risk.
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Esquimaux
St.icholas
Baby Cast From Train Window At Brayton Point
A mother aboard a Brayton Point train placed her infant in a seat as she adjusted her bonnet. The child slipped from the window, the mother fainted, and amid groans a brakeman halted the engine. A hand found the baby in a mud puddle enjoying the scenery, feet in hand.
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Brayton’s Point
Providence Journal
Bridge of Tee on Old Town Island Ice Ferry
In fall when the Penobscot ferryboats stop, island Indians fashion a bridge of ice. They haul a large cake from near water and swing it across a narrow channel. A few nights later it freezes hard enough to bear people crossing and serves for weeks before other ice is ready.
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Bridge of
Tee
Penobscot
Oldtown
Boston
Edget
Daniel Webster's Winning Ways Revealed by a Lawyer
A local lawyer recounts a tale about Daniel Webster and the late Erastus Corning. Corning endorses Webster's note for a substantial sum. Webster politely excuses payment and invites a future meeting. Corning later signs a new $5,000 note after a charming visit, with a Marshfield invitation declined for cost.
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Daniel Webster
Erastus Corning
Wnd
Mr. Webster
Webster
Mr. Corning
Corning
Marshfield
Albany Journal
Whales and Green Peas as Delicacy Across Ages
The piece notes enduring appetite for whale meat from England to Barbados, describing historic and imagined uses from soup extract to steaks. It highlights the large yield of extract from a single cetacean and projects generous servings across days, meals, and lifetimes.
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Merrie England
Barbados
Old Dakota farmer recalls life from Vermont to Dakota
A New State reporter records an encounter with an elderly Dakota wheat farmer. Born in Vermont and living eight years in Dakota, he owns a square mile of land, says he raised 2 600 bushels of wheat, and asks $15 000 down for his farm. He previously owned two lots in Wisconsin.
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Dakota
Vermont
Wisconsin
Kinney
Cor
New York Tribune
Theosophists Claim Keely Possesses Secret Force
In the Secret Doctrine volume, Mme Blavatsky asserts John Keely holds the occult force his motor uses and that it is inseparable from him. The force could devastate Philadelphia if misused, guarded by adepts. Wayne MacVeagh, Keely’s counsel, receives advance sheets and notes Hamlet’s insight as more questions arise.
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John Keelys
Blavatenky
John Keely
Keely
Philadelphia
Wayne MacVeagh
Mme. Hlavatsky
St. Louis
Air
Hamlet
Louis Globe-Democrat
Milk safety precautions and infant feeding advice
Professor Vaughan notes toxicon does not develop under sixty degrees and grows without air. Cleanliness, dry milk on rims, low temperatures, and proper ventilation help prevent contamination. Caution is urged after milk reaches consumers, as infants face the greatest risk. If cow’s milk causes distress, switch to meat or rice to starve the blamed agent.
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Vaughan
Fahler
Alice B. Tweedy
Popular Science Monthly
The Birgus lutro thief crab of the Agala Islands
The article describes the Cocoanut Crab Birgus lutro a nocturnal thief crab of the Indian Ocean islands. It robs coconut groves climbs tall trunks and tears open husks to eat the nuts rolling them to ground, with fibers used for mats ropes and oil extraction hurts natives seeking to ex terminate it. Also discusses common dyspepsia causes linking fatigue to poor digestion and suggests rest or hot milk as a remedy.
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Agala
Indian Ocean
New York Telegram
Boston
Dead Letter Money Hidden in Treasury Box
In the United States treasury vault lies a brown wooden box eight inches long and eighteen inches deep containing paper money of several hundred thousand dollars in nominal value. Most notes are old, some counterfeit, from the dead letter office era. Assistant Treasurer Whelpley traced banks and bank officials’ descendants to redeem part of the notes, including Confederate money and notes dating to 1812.
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United States Treasury
Toffice Doen
Treasury Department
Whelpley
Dr Fy LaGrange to Locate Practice in Americus
Dr Fy LaGrange, after visiting America and inspecting a tour, plans to locate in Americus to run a drug store and practice medicine. He aims to expand work in hospitals and establish a new field, seeking attendance at hospitals in New York City as part of his projected activities. He is described as an able physician and surgeon and leaves his current practice due to incentives in Southwest Georgia.
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Americas
Fy LaGrange
America
Grange
Pryor W
Mountville
Americus
York City
Gia
Enterprise to Locate in Cypress Breaks With Dr Engram
A seasoned entrepreneur with a large plant plans a tour through the Cypress Breaks with Dr Engram. He will assess quantities and machinery to establish a Montezuma gin and manufacture barrels tanks and wool goods, seeing a promising opportunity in the area.
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Montezuma Recon
X Jeans
Cypress
Dr. Engram
Aterest
Scrap of Paper Sparks Recovery with King’s New Discovery
An incurable patient shown by a scrap of paper saved life using King's New Discovery. A sample bottle healed her, then a large bottle, further improvement, now strong and rosy weighing 140 pounds. Droggist in Fort Smith sold the remedy. another note from J. Eldridge’s Drug Store and James Randolph.
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R. King
W. Droggist
Fort Smith
BE. J. Eldridge
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