Deep Sea Cable Laying Across Atlantic Advances
The Faraday begins laying two new transatlantic cables connecting the Old and New World. The project follows ten existing links, with ships and Siemens Hros Co machinery producing 2,201 nautical miles of cable using copper, gutta percha, jute yarn, steel, and tar. Deep sea segments are laid at seven knots per hour while shore ends require robust design and buoy markers to guide recovery and splicing operations.
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Atlantic
New World
Siemens Hros. & Co
Woolwich
England
Newfoundland
Faraday
Ocean
Childhood Sayings of an Empress Frederick
The Empress Frederick as a mischievous child is recalled through amusing anecdotes from Windsor Forest. A four year old princess mocks a governess with a wry joke about daily supervision and asks playful questions about heaven and Dr A. She also prefers a pony to a brother when told of the royal birth.
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Frederick
Windsor Forest
Dr A
Dr. A
Prince of Wales
Bananas as Frugal Seasonable Fruit in The Market
Bananas are now the cheapest and most seasonable fruit in the market. Economical households can use them to make desserts like a two layer shortcake with sliced bananas and cream, or a banana layer cake with butter, eggs, milk and powdered sugar.
A Practical Guide to Clean Teeth and Fresh Breath
A homely mouth can be improved by well kept teeth and clean lips. Chalk powder kept on the toilet stand can help keep teeth in fine condition and brighten a dingy mouthful. The article contrasts beauty from well groomed mouths with caution against overdone centrfice style.
Aluminum Lithography Advances Cut From Static Stone Work
Aluminum, once used only on flat surfaces, now lithographs and engraves. Bavarian stone supply dwindles driving up costs as aluminum plates weigh two to ten pounds and cost 20 to 40 shillings. A new patented process makes them flexible enough to form cylinder press plates, expanding use beyond steel engraving.
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Bavaria
Simple New Zealand Diphtheria Remedy Claims Success
A reported diphtheria cure from New Zealand involves five drops of sulphuric acid in water given to the child, repeated every two hours if the throat is obstructed, then additional doses after passage clears. Strengthen the room air by burning sulphur as strongly as tolerable.
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New Zealand
Gettysburg Triumphs and Tragedy in Civil War Memoir
A first-person reminiscence recalls the Gettysburg campaign with heroism of Union women and soldiers, Custer’s last stand, and survivals like Upsaroka. The narrative blends battlefield death, camp life, music, and humor from the Civil War era, including arias of loyalty and sacrifice.
Gettysburg Band and Stretcher Corps Heroism Recalled
A Civil War reminiscence recalls Yankee Doodle playing amid battle as a stretcher corps officer and a chum craft a field stretcher from fence boards. Women and children, including a motherly nurse and young girls, care for the wounded while a musician tries to dodge danger and later guards a cannon with a saber.
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A. L. Congdon
Gettysburg
Ite
Toll Gate Story Delights General Grant Recall in Washington
A Pittsburg Dispatch tale recounts a Washington County toll keeper, Bije Oliver, who challenged a college visitor who claimed to have General Grant with him. Grant paid the toll after the toll keeper refused to bow to the bluff, then laughed over the incident.
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General Grant
Pittsburg
Washington County
Bije Oliver
Washington
Wheeling
Bije
Old Bije
Grant
Smith
Gen. Grant
Young Smith
Iverness-shire Tops Scotland Shooting Rentals by Value
The largest shooting rental in Scotland is Iverness-shire, valued at over £00,000. Perthshire is second with about £75,000, followed by Ross-shire near £60,009, Argyllshire around £35,000, and Aberdeenshire above £30,900.
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Scotland
Iverness- Shire
Perthshire
Ross-shire
Argyllshire
Aberdeenshire
Rain From Clear Sky Cited By Sir J C Ross
Sir J C Ross notes in the South Atlantic rain can pour torrents from a bright sky and recalls a period when rain lasted over an hour despite the atmosphere being perfectly clear.
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South Atlantic
J. C. Ross
Hawaiian Affairs. Republic formed under Dole without vote
The June 23 Hawaiian advices report a constitutional convention approving changes to the constitution. Provisional president 8. B. Dole is decided to be recognized as president without a vote. The ex-queen protests to foreign diplomats hoping for U S recognition of her claim. The English minister may recognize the royalist claim. The new constitution is expected to be adopted on July 4 as a major holiday in Hawaii.
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San Francisco
Australia
Executive Council
B. Dole
United States
Hawaii
Plot to assassinate president shocks French workers
In Mansiilles on July 1 a fierce fight between Italian and foreign laborers halted drainage work. Authorities say a conspiracy existed to kill the president, with a final gathering at Cette where Santo was chosen by lot to carry out the murder. Accomplices' arrests loom.
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Mansiilles
Cette
Santo
Lot
Battle Flag Day Proposed for Iowa Statehouse
Des Moines reports Governor Jackson proclaims August 10 as the removal date for old battle flags from the state arsenal to sealed capitol cases and urges national observance naming the day Battle Flag Day to honor Iowa soldiers, living and dead.
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Des Moines
Jackson
State
Capitol
Iowa
Great Western Strike Expands Across Railways
The Great Western strike spreads with about 30,000 idle in Chicago area yards. Knights of Labor pledge boycotts against Pullman patrons. Several major lines including Rock Island and Great Western face disruption as unions press for widespread stoppage. Prices rise as provisions and goods become scarce and systemic business stagnation looms.
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Southern Pacific
Federation of Labor
Trades Unions
Chicago
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Wabash
Burlington
Northwestern
Ilinois Central
Great Western
Iowa
West
Moon's speed, local tales, and far flung notes spark history
A Boston law case caption Paine vs Bliss headlines a tithing dispute. An elderly Wilmington Florida? No Delaware woman wins a needlework prize at a recent fair. A 8x16x? oyster shell found near Newbern weighs sixteen pounds. Chicago area tenements renamed The Homer by owner Mr Stumps. Mashonaland prices for commodities and no gold found. Asheville's C P Bryson, 63, claims youth with ancestors aged 90s and 110. London Tid Bits offered two guineas for best kiss definition. Emile Grainer cited for Wyoming development spending, first winter rheumatic cripple from his move.
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Boston
Wilmington
Del
Newbern
N. C
Chicago
New University
Peter Stumps
Homer
Mr. Stumps
Mashonaland
South Africa
Asheville, N. C
C. P. Bryson
London
Emile Grainer
Wyoming
Teuton wins 75 cent setting hen at Lincoln Park
A Lake View hen fancier outsmarts Lincoln Park Superintendent Pettigrew over a setting hen priced at 75 cents. The German man-miller argues for the bird, retorts with a tale of costs and eggs, and ultimately pockets the coin as the hen goes home with him.
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Pettigrew
Lincoln Park
Lake View
Fatherland
Chicago Times
Waen Grena
O.d .Teuton
Jeanie
Unnamed Coachman’s Witty Reproach to a London Bishop
A famed ecclesiastical figure, a former archbishop of Canterbury’s servant, recounts a humorous episode from when he served Dr Tait before becoming archbishop. As London bishop, he rebuked cab drivers amid traffic. The coachman replied with a sharp quip about speaking in their natural tongue to be understood.
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Canterbury
Eonuchman
Dr. Tait
London
Jebu
Pittsburg
Birds Prefer Specific Trees, Says Naturalist
A naturalist notes that many bird species show tree preferences. Jays and rocks favor oaks, finches frequent lime trees, blackcaps perch among laurels, nightingales in nut groves, thrushes in birch and ash, woodpeckers in beech, and tits in blackthorn, revealing distinct habitat associations.
Drift Letters By Sea Carriers Through Centuries
Sealed letters tossed from ships in bottles, hollow copper spheres, and oak barrels helped trace currents and relay messages from seafarers to land. Barnacles attach to drifting carriers and sink them, resulting in very few recovered messages.
The Roar of a Lion Outshines Other Animals
A curious passage describes the distance at which animal sounds can be heard. The lion’s roar travels farthest, followed by the hyena, screech owl, parther, and jackal. Donkey noises are said to travel far more than horse, while a cat’s cry exceeds a dog’s. The text notes variability with “strange the quiet and timal haze” and fear cries.
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