Princesses and political marriages stir royal gossip
Rumors swirl about royal engagements and social taboos as discussions link Princess Maud to Earl of Rosebery and reference past matches of Queen Victoria. The rumor notes shifting ideas on royal alliances and democracy in England, comparing historic refusals with modern rumors.
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Maud
Prince of Wales
Earl of Rosebery
Gladstone
United Kingdom
England
Lord Hood
Victoria
Mary
Rose
Prin- Louise
Lorne
The Loysons and Son in America on Mission
Madame Alyacinthe Loyson wife of Pere Hyacinthe has arrived in the United States on a mission linked to the Loysons work in France. An American by birth she left the Beecher church background, converted in Rome and later married the renowned priest, provoking European press censure.
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Madame Alyacinthe Loyson
Charles Loyson
Pere Hyacinthe
France
Madame Loyson
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Capt
Merriam
Ohio
Rome
Europe
Von Bulow Memory Reveals A Concert By Memory
A youthful composer sought Von Bulow’s critique of a piano concerto. Busy then, he promised review. That evening at a party, the maestro unexpectedly played the complete concerto from memory. As Meiningen director he urged players to memorize parts, without success. He resembled a Frenchman in manner and wit.
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von Bulow
Meiningen
Innocent Men and Circumstantial Evidence Revisited
A Globe-Democrat piece notes how weak circumstantial evidence can derail justice. It cites cases from 1893 to 1898, including Blagg, Gibson, Starnicker, the Alviso brothers, and Aldrich, highlighting pardons and exonerations after wrongful convictions.
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Globe-Democrat
London
Blagg
Babbington
Lord Tellemachhe
Blage
Shasta County
Augusta
William Starnicker
Empire
Henry Chance
Burke County
Starnicker
Crane
Northen
Martinez
San Quentin
Alviso
John Rhuland
Rhuland
Francisco
Jose Maria Alviso
Jose
Captain Hill
Alviso Brothers
Harry Thompson Esalina
San Jose
Cal
Charles Aldrich
Pittsburg
Lew Ludlum
Aldrich
Ludium
Perilous African voyage tale shocks old English physician
An elderly English doctor recalls a perilous episode while serving as supercargo and surgeon on an African trading vessel. Lost in a jungle for two days, starving near the coast, he faced a cannibal temptation but fled before partaking, later recounting the moment with grim recollection.
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Thomas Gunton
Sharp and Yew Marital Riddle Sparks Wedding Debate
A quip asks if a hush money or romance will end in marriage. The line suggests a man always humbles himself for a woman, with two names, Bachel or Yew, as a playful riddle about wedlock.
Washington Woman Sells Night-Liners to Earn Extra Income
Rumors quietly circulate of a Washington society woman adopting an English practice by buying and operating old carriages as night-liners. She keeps the venture secret, aware friends would envy yet criticize her for entering the profitable business.
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Washington
London
The Faraday Atlantic Cable and Metal Body Experiments
An 1880s report covers the Faraday voyage with 500 miles of new Atlantic cable, its faster transmission, and copper sourcing from America. It notes insulation advances, high voltage tests, tariff impacts, and the 2,100 mile length. It also describes Eyckian experiments on voice and hearing and a metal contact method for foreign body retrieval in air passages using a telephone receiver and hypodermic contact.
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Faraday
London
Ireland
Fox Bay
Canso
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Commercial Cable Company
Europe
America
England
New York
BK. N. Heard
Heard
Facial Expressions Linked to Trades and Tools
Dr. Louis Robinson argues that facial movements reflect muscle contractions driven by nerves and tied to legacy needs. He suggests cobbler, tailor, shepherd, groom, jockey, and horseman faces arise from work habits and the tools or animals they control, with the mouth signaling command and the eye as a key obedience cue.
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Louis Robinson
Robinson
Bird nose graft offers curious success in hospital procedure
The advance of surgery is illustrated by a Lendon hospital operation where a blackbird breast was sewn to a woman's face to replace a damaged nose. The housemaid, injured by a descending lift, has benefited from a seemingly successful graft with a functional nasal appendage still to be tested.
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Lendon
Emperor William's Figure in His Life and Reign
The article notes the ninth king of Prussia, Emperor William, with a nine-member family, born in 59th year of the century on January 27. It lists milestones: 1869 first lieutenant in the guards, 1879 Bonn studies and promotion to captain, marriage on February 27, and accession to the throne on March 9, 1888.
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William
Prussia
the Guards
Bonn
New Swedish Inventor Unveils Odd Musical Instrument
A Swedish electrician and musician unveils a novel instrument built from a frame bearing tuned bells, steel strings, a xylophone, and a fraudul ent bigpipe crafted from a steel bar and powered by an electric current.
The Microphone as a Wonder Instrument Explained
The public holds a dated view of the microphone as a mere sound magnifier, imagined to hear even a fly’s footstep. A new form of this remarkable device has recently been devised, promising advanced capabilities beyond common belief.
New Heel Shoe Slower Nail Method Aids Sensitive Hoof
A recently accepted horseshoe uses four clamps to hold the shoe instead of nails. The design allows quick removal and rapid reapplication, benefiting horses with sensitive feet and easing care for handlers.
An English Fossil Stops the Way for Electric Van
A London engineer tested an electric parcel van that could outrun horse carts and ease jams but the police ruled it a locomotive. It must not exceed two miles per hour, require a man with a flag, and need three drivers, blocking modernization of urban delivery.
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London
England
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the Royal
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Disraeli
Jessel
Ofaess
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Marshal
Biucher
Waterloo
Louis XVIII
Napoleon
Duke of Wellington
Blucher
Red
August Breunner
Austria
Styria
John Kitehead
Torpedo Fame
Morrisville
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Robert Morris
Jean Victor Moreau
Moreau
United States
Dresden
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Princess Maud
W. H. Sculby
Sculby
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