Poker Player’s Ruse and a Quiet Morning in Bethlehem
A poker scene ends with a bluff and a stack transfer as players discuss quitting and marriage. A Bethlehem lodging scene shows a bare, shared room and nightly routines of workers walking six miles home from Jerusalem. A Washington Star sketch jokes about program credits in theatre. A Popular Science Monthly note traces the first botanic gardens and early medicinal plant cultivation from Pliny to 14th century monasteries.
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Harvey
Chicago Times-Herald
Bethlehem
Judea
Jerusalem
S. S. McClure
McClure’s
Pliny
Antonius Castor
Rome
Italy
Alps
Popular Science Monthly
Unlucky Bonhomme Richard Rebuilds With Recruits
Paul Jones took command at Lorient and found the ship ragged and multilingual. After a collision with the Alliance damaged the vessel, Jones gathered 114 American sailors released from prison, boosting crew to 154 and enabling the later victory over the Serapis off England.
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Paul Jones
Lorient
France
Paris
Babel
Jones
Alliance
Richard Dale
Richard
England
Palmistry claims reveal marriages and divorces
A New York Herald report discusses Professor Hargett who claims palm lines record past marriages and divorces. He cites cases of a bigamist warning and a hotel keeper with two marriages at ages 24 and 60, asserting hands hold life records.
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New York Herald
Prince of Wales Tree Planting in Central Park Noted
The New York Times recalls a Central Park elm planted by the Prince of Wales before the war, set west of the Mail and near the marble arch. It contrasts with another Prince of Wales tree at Mount Vernon and mentions Hamilton’s thirteen trees planted in a cramped space.
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Central Park
Prince of Wales
Mail
Middle Drive
Marble Arch
Mount Vernon
Alexander Hamilton
New York Times
8 Cent Postage Scam Revealed By New York Tribune Tale
A West shopper recalls buying an item marked 8 cents in a New York catalogue and sending the order. The article arrived prepaid with a 4 cent stamp, then a month-end bill showed 8 cents due, paid by check, with a receipt in return mail. The account suggests the New York firm kept the trade while charging postage.
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Far West
New York
New York Tribune
London Lady Mayoress Entered by Special Court Entrance
The lady Mayoress of London enjoys a special privilege during her husband’s year in office. She enters the palace by a separate entrance and is received by royalty before other guests at court functions.
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London
Judge Marrymore to Break Up Housekeeping
Dialogue from Roxbury Gazette notes Judge Marrymore planning to end domestic arrangements as Gadman questions the impact on his divorce docket. The exchange highlights a busy judge juggling cases while considering household changes.
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Gilboy
Indian Blankets Reflect Navajo Craft at New Mexico Forts
The New York Post notes how officers wives collect Navajo blankets from western forts in New Mexico. Each piece bears original designs, such as a railroad train motif on a red field, and a scarce border of scrolls and figures. One weaver refused to duplicate a design after a papoose died, linking the pattern to the child’s fate.
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New Mexico
Santa Fe
New York Post
Judge Gary Upholds Bench English Over Barrister
vivid anecdote from the Chicago Post recalls James Lane Allen, famed Chicago bar figure, arguing before Judge Gary who affirmed the court's construction of a sentence. Allen admitted possible stronger legal sense but contended on English usage, only to be reminded the judge sits on the bench.
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James Lane Allen
Chicago
Gary
Allen
Chicago Post
Viper Blood Neutralizes Poison Inoculation
Scientists note the viper’s blood carries its venom’s poison but also another substance that neutralizes it. Experiments heating the blood to 588 C for 15 minutes showed guinea pigs inoculated with treated blood survived and resisted subsequent injections of fresh deadly blood.
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New York Ledger
Chesapeake Bay Described as Great Atlantic Indentation
The Baltimore American extols the Chesapeake Bay as the largest indentation on the Atlantic coast, likening it to a Mediterranean of America. It is 200 miles long, up to 40 miles wide, with over 2,000 square miles of area and vast river outlets.
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Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic
Mediterranean
America
Baltimore American
Dime Museum Banter and Duet at Indianap olis Journal
The piece recalls a flirtatious scene at a dime museum with a living skeleton and a fat lady exchanging wry banter while a two headed girl performs a comic duet, capturing a lively, offbeat entertainment vignette from the era.
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Indianapolis Journal
Petal Movements in Rain and Night
Plants close their petals during rain or night and may reopen later. Some flowers never reopen, while others unfold again the next morning or after a shower and stay bloomed for days.
Meal grain weights vary by state across the nation
In California a bushel of barley weighs 50 pounds while in Georgia Kentucky and Pennsylvania it weighs 47 pounds, and in all other states 48 pounds.
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California
Georgia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Flintlock Flint Production in Suffolk Mines Explored
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat feature notes 1895 output of 1,820,000 gun flints from Lingheath mines Brandon Suffolk. It explains the flaking method, using a quarter on the knee and leather guard, with knappers tapping flints to yield long slender flakes for sale to African and other markets.
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Lingheath
Brandon
Suffolk
England
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Preachers and Railroads Opinion Split Over Clergy Half Fares
A Philadelphia Record note reports railroads will keep offering clergy half fares next year, eliciting satisfaction from many club members yet drawing critique from a prominent preacher who calls it outdated and unfair to both railways and travelers.
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Philadelphia Record
One Minute Couch Cure Promises Speedy Safety Cure
Speed and safety are the watch words of the age. One Minute Couch Cure acts speedily, safely and never fails. Asthma, bronchitis, coughs and colds are cured by it. For sale by Dr. Bales.
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Bales
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