Disturbances and high tensions across Canton and Hartford
Reports describe serious disturbances in Canton with threats to Europeans and an alarmed populace. The Catholic mission was attacked, the military called out, and several rioters killed. Nellie Hubbard, daughter of a former Connecticut governor, runs a Hartford dressmaking business with her husband. The Star of the West suspended publication after Williamson & Cantx 211 failed. The piece surveys court cases, Arctic exploration, and varied 1879 news items across the United States.
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Nellie Hubbard
Connecticut
Coahman
Hartford
Papa
Williamson & Cantx 211
Star of the West
Universalist Church
Ts Coumns
Alice and
Phebe
Loss of the Jeanette sparks Arctic and world dispatches
A long montage of reports from St Petersburg Rome and Vienna covers the Jeannette expedition loss and naval actions around Dulcigno. It also notes crimes murders and disasters in the United States and Europe with comments by naval officers and Arctic experts.
After Death Christina Rossettas Quiet Lament and Farm Notes
A fragmentary poem titled After Death by Christina G Rossetti contrasts a widow's cold sadness with a remembered warmth. The text shifts to agricultural teaching on dairy cows, feeding, and the economics of large milking cows versus smaller ones, concluding that high milk yields require abundant, quality feed.
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Ivan
Harris
Mew Kees Build and Farm Notes on Bees and Fences
A reader explains how a swarm builds comb with wax drawn from a founder bee and how hive cells are formed. The article then discusses hillside fence stability and techniques to keep posts from tilting with the slope.
Japanese Girl Arrives in East for Three Year Study
A 16 year old Japanese girl Miss Minei Yaba, daughter of an Emperor's household official, has reached the East from San Francisco. She graduates from the Tokio English school and will spend three years in America to advance her education. A poet and landscape painter, she is described as petite with a light complexion bright eyes and cheerful countenance.
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Minei Yaba
San Francisco
Tokio
America
Chinese student seeks religious liberty under US China treaty
A Springfield Mass student, driven by Christian faith, was ordered home by his parents. He appealed to Secretary Evarts and learned the treaty between the United States and China guarantees Chinamen in this country freedom of conscience and protection from religious persecution, a rule he believes applies both ways.
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Springfield
Mass
Evarts
United States
China
Rice Griddle Take Recipe Card
Rice griddle take boil a teacupful rice until dissolved and mashed in half a pint warm milk. Beat four eggs note amount of flour. Stir into rice and milk, add salt and beat well. Bake on a hot buttered griddle until set then butter and sugar. Serve hot on a hot dish.
St Louis Polite Wyer Draws Gentle Court Applause
A fragment notes a St Louis jurist praised as the politest lawyer in the country. The scene recalls a thunderous interruption halted by the attorney’s bow and a courteous plea to jurors to excuse the interruption.
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St. Louis
Bitters praised as pure medicine with proven cures
The column extols Bitters as a simple effective remedy with self proving cures, contrasting with long bogus certificates of miraculous cures. It argues the product, made of well known valuable remedies, furnishes its own certificates by its successes.
Doctor and Bride of Abydoth Referenced in Party Banter
A social scene at an evening party features a guest asking a doctor to choose between intellect and brilliance. The guest notes admiration for solidity but favors brilliance, claiming a preference for brilliantly combined. The doctor collapses into a chair, exhausted by the exchange.
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L . Fashi Belle
Abydoth
The torpedo ray and electric eel as electricians
A quirky comparison links the torpedo ray and the electric eel to electrical work, depicting them as natural electricians in a playful observation of their abilities.
France Condemns Naval Demonstration in Turkish Waters
Paris editorials criticize France's naval show in Turkish waters. A London Times correspondent reports Count Dest Valier offered to resign the Berlin embassy but was urged to reconsider by M. de Freycinet to avoid external relation tensions. Resignations by any ambassadors may be delayed but expected soon. Angers notes praise foreign policy as an honorable peace benefiting a leading power.
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London Times
Paris
Count Dest Valier
Berlin
M. de Freycinet
M. Dest Valier
Angers
Reinforcements En Route to Basutoland in Wake of Clash
Three thousand reinforcements head toward Basutoland after a recent action. The fighting body count includes one of Chief Lettsens' sons and about one hundred Basutos.
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Basutoland
Lettsens
Berlin police seize four thousand socialist prints and pamphlets
A Berlin dispatch reports police seized 4000 socialist prints and pamphlets over the past days. Another Berlin dispatch notes that Herr von Bennigsen told liberals in Hanover that influential Russian dignitaries last year pursued earnest and continued efforts in the course of affairs.
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Berlin
Herr von Bennigsen
Hanover
Herr von Buhler
Diet of Literary Men Warns Journalists Against Two Meals a Day
A veteran journalist urges fellow writers to eat at least three meals daily and avoid late heavy dinners. He recounts personal health decline from two meals, endorses a light dinner three hours before bed, minimal alcohol, and warns against overeating and smoking on an empty stomach. He favors lighter fare like fish and beans.
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London Standard
Copelehay
Indians at White Earth Agency Refuse Policy Rationing
The Indians at White Earth Agency Minnesota deny the policy and have begun smuggling wheat amounting to 10 000 bushels of flour and a variety of small crops.
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White Earth Agency
Minn
That Slight Tickling in the Throat Reported
A brief note notes a tickling throat and a mild cough as a possible early symptom. No further details, no diagnosis, no official health guidance provided.
The Reason Why Kidney-Wort Purifies Blood
The tonic effect of Kidney-Wort comes from cleansing the blood. It claims to cure kidney issues such as gravel or milky urine and restore function when the kidneys fail.
Midnight Sun Spectacle Draws Tourists to Swedish Lapland
In Swedish Lapland June brings the midnight sun for six weeks with almost no night. Laplanders move huts toward cultivated fields as reindeer are penned. Tourists meet at Mount Gellaware about ninety miles from Lurea to view the sun at its longest day, June 24, despite clouded skies this year.
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Lapland
Sweden
Lurea
Ewing
Child discipline exchange sparks regional dialect dialogue
A mother warns a two year old about mischief saying she will spank if it repeats. The child replies with a dialect teaching line, then adds a witty taunt about the parent. The moment highlights ordinary family speech patterns and regional phrasing.
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Mamma
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