Niagara Falls Seen Through an English Traveler's Eye
Anthony Trollope extols Niagara Falls as the pinnacle of natural wonders. He guides readers along Goat Island and the American side describing the two falls, the horse shoe, spray, and Cavern-like view from a rail where water dominates sight and sound. He urges careful, solitary immersion in the vast, verdant power of the cataract.
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Anthony Trollope
Nasora
Florence
Rome
Switzerland
Paris
Niagara
Gotto
Apollo
Jamaica
England
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Rachel
Goat Island
States
Canada
Seagirt
Queen's Lace Handkerchief story from New York pawn shop
An old Swiss immigrant craftsman created a handkerchief for Queen Victoria over seven years but never finished it. Lacking sight and funds, he pledged it at J Rauth pawn shop at 309 Third Avenue. August Neff, nearly blind, keeps paying interest hoping for a buyer despite its incompleteness.
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J. Rauth
Third Avenue
New York World
August Neff
Ranth
England
Switzerland
America
New England
Neff
Victoria
Rauth
The Names of the States
The article explains state name origins including Alabama derived from an Indian term meaning Here we rest and Arkansas from Kansas meaning smoky water with French prefixes. It notes how names reflect Indigenous and linguistic influences in U S history.
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Colorado
Colorado River
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Ponce de Leon
Pascua de Flores
Georgia
George IT
England
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Louis XIV
France
Maine
Maryland
Henrietta Maria
Charles L
Massachusetts
Blue Hills
Boston
Alabama
Arkansas
Suffragists to hold fund raising fair in Philadelphia
Reports say Pennsylvania suffragists plan a fall fundraising fair in Philadelphia to raise money for organizing the movement. Each auxiliary society will set up tables at the event, highlighting the long tradition of fairs as a method to gather support and funds for social reforms.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Starvation Crisis Strikes Hudson Bay Trading Post
Reports from Fort Chimo on Ungava Bay describe a severe famine among the Montagnais Indians and nearby Eskimos with two thirds of the tribe perishing in one season. White residents collect clothing while government steps in to fund relief through the Hudson Bay Company for future winters.
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Quiesec
Canada
Eskimos
Fort Chime
Hudson Bay Company
Woman's edition in Louisville paper stirs thought and debate
The Louisville Courier-Journal releases a mammoth women’s edition with active editing and diverse articles. An editorial denounces lassitude among half the population while praising the other half for striving for improvement, noting debates over civic rules, religion, and cultural figures from Oscar Wilde to Aubrey Beardsley.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Salvation Army
Jane
George Eliot
Aubrey Beardsley
Oscar Wilde
Gems of Knowledge Sequential Facts and Dates
A compact list of historic milestones and curiosities including first envelopes in 1839 and telescopes in 1699. It covers innovations, events, measurements, and dates such as assassinations, fires, inventions, and early scientific notes.
Collision Sends Cayuga to Bottom Near Skillagalee Light
In dense fog at 4 a m the steamship Cayuga of the Lehigh Valley line collided with the steamer Joseph L Hurd of the Lake Superior line three miles this side of Skillagalee light house. Cayuga sank in twenty minutes. Hurd's bow was knocked off yet cargo lumber kept her afloat. Steward George Johnson of the Hurd drowned after being knocked overboard. Crews from both ships were rescued by the steamer Manola. Cayuga valued at 175000 dollars, Hurd at 15000.
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Mackinaw City
Midh
Lehigh Valley Line
Chicago
Buffalo
Joseph L. Hurd
Lake Superior Line
Lake Superior
Skillagalee
Hurd
George Johnson
Cuban Insurgent Victory Near Guarymaro Reported
Passengers aboard the Mascotte describe an insurgent success as Camagüey is said to have fallen to Gomez and 3,000 rebels. Cadiz troops of 2,500 were routed, with Cuban losses around 700 and Spanish losses near 3,000. The city now under insurgent control.
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Tampa
Fla
Mascotte
Cuba
Camaguay
Gomez
Guarymaro
Cadiz
Nebraska Relief Sufficient for Flooded Areas
Governor Holcomb says state relief committee advised that Nebraska flood victims have had their needs met and no outside contributions are needed. He thanks the nation for the broad show of sympathy from nearly every state.
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Lincoln
Neb
Holcomb
State Relief Committee
Nebraska
China to admit machinery duty free under peace treaty
The article says China has forbidden modern machinery, leaving wooden plows in use. The peace treaty with Japan requires duty free machinery imports, a move expected to boost American manufacturers and U.S. factories.
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China
Washington
Japan
America
Reichstag Rejects Chief Paragraph of Anti-Revolution Bill
A Berlin dispatch reports the rejection of paragraph 3, the bill’s main clause, by the reichstag causing political furor. The next day Berlin notes the entire bill was rejected by the reichstag, signaling potential momentous consequences.
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London
Standard
Berlin
Reichstag
Federal Council
Penultimate Whist Quip Reveals Quiet Family Games
James Payn jokes about teaching young ladies in the art of scientific whist and their family whist evenings. A pupil replies that none of them play the penultimate, Sophie plays piano and Julia the harp, but none know the penultimate.
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James Payn
Sophie
Julia
Marriage Proposals From George Earthward
A light dialogue reveals a woman reporting she has received a dozen marriage proposals recently. The speaker notes all offers come from one suitor, George, prompting mild alarm and amused curiosity in the conversation.
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George
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