Dining With Negus A Striking Abyssinian Royal Feast
An Italian traveler describes the Abyssinian Negus Ike bequeathing a weekly public dinner for all subjects. The royal feast lasts three hours from 10 PM to 1 AM, features six largely fowl dishes, costly gold vessels, and a slave-served table while thousands dine at 80 tables under a deafening, ceremonial pageantry.
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Abyssinia
Gheber
Menelek
Negut
Jaren
Archangel Gabriel
Negua
King of Kings
A Wooden Balloon by German Engineer Rottig
The article describes Herr Rottig's wooden balloon envelope made of Canadian pine for a long distance airship. It notes the craft’s 180 meter length and 15 meter diameter, claims of reduced heat transfer, gas retention for weeks, and potential for high altitudes and Atlantic circumnavigation.
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Herr Rottig
Herr Rottle
Her Rettig
Atlantic
Made Them All Dance On Liverpool Pavement Leak
A Liverpool thoroughfare drew a crowd as pedestrians involuntarily hopped on a pavement grate above a minor electrical leak. Police and onlookers watched as people reacted to a sharp electric shock from the charged grate, traced to a leakage in the underground main.
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Liverpool
Typics Carlyle and his view of Darwinism
Leonard Husing recalls an incident before Carlyle's death when the thinker, despising Darwinism he called the gorilla damatication of humanity, crossed the street and spoke to a passing man who asked if he was the Huxley referenced in the mockwysT remark as humanity's descendants.
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Carlyle
Leonard Husing
Huxley
Mockwyst
Useless Stones for Walks
John W. Andrews explains building stone walks on farms using trenches and raised centers. Stones set with earth packed around, then filled with smaller stones and covered by sawdust and cinders. Curved, straight, drain-aware designs recommended with tolerable maintenance for mud reduction.
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John W. Andrews
Incubator Beats the Hen in Hatch Crowd
A Poultry Monthly writer shares a long anecdote on incubators vs hens. He recalls a hen attempting to set in a brooding pen and the trials of chasing and recaging her. He notes the incubator hatch yielded six chicks from one batch, underscoring the advantage of machines for hatching.
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Poultry Monthly
Care In Handling Wax In Apiary Operations
Wax yields high value and requires minimal care. It can be stored or shipped easily without damage, reducing losses from extraction. Proper handling saves money and improves yearly accounts for beekeeping operations.
Driving Away Moles in Pennsylvania Lawns
A Lima Pa correspondent asks how to exterminate moles damaging lawns. Advice mentions driving them from burrows with shovel or spade or trapping. Pennsylvania Agricultural Department bulletin No 21 on moles is available free by writing to State College Pa.
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Lima
Pennaylvania Agricultural Department
Bass Bulletin
State College
Dust Bath for Striped Beetles in Gardens
Dusting cucumber and squash vines with common road dust repels striped cucumber beetles. Sprinkle dust over and under leaves and around plants while dew is on to maximize effectiveness.
The Lodge Gate Romance Between Barbara and McWade
Barbara Toray, bored with social life at her Long Island estate, rents a private lodge to artist Robert McWade. As he sketches the scenery, she realizes their bond deepens. a portrait of her parents painted by McWade becomes the turning point. He reveals a past love and gains parental consent in writing, sealing their union as the dog barks in approval.
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Barbara Toray
Long Island
Robert MecWade
Barbara
McWade
Toray Manor
Barbera
Ife
London
Royal Academy
Piccadilly
Peggy Arnott
Barabara
Robert McWade
Pen
Wing
Surance
Peggy
Mamma
Bob
America
End of Belgrave chapel church ends London era
End of a famous church near Belgrave Square, nearly the last proprietary church in London, to be demolished after the duke of Westminster refused to renew the lease. Its title is St George's church, once popular with a crowded congregation including the late duchess of Tek and Princess Louise, duchess of Argyll.
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Belgrave Chapel
Belgrave Square
London
Duke of Westminster
St. George’s Church
Duchess of Tek
Louise
Duchess of Argyll
Dream Hat Sparks Quiet Conversation in Scraps
In a Scraps tale a husband and wife stroll after her hat’s fine trim. She calls it a perfect dream of a hat, repeats the phrase dream of a hat, silences fall, and he gently notes her seeming enjoyment may fear waking her. He asks why she says nothing, she smiles at the dreamlike headpiece.
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Allenes
Thenebo
In Flydom First Aviator Voyage Dover to London
In Flydom a poem like line notes a voyage from Dover to London and hints at gear and distance phrases. The fragment suggests aviation history themes and early flight references with sparse details.
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Dover
London
Veteran oarsmen in a contest at Saratoga
Two elderly world renowned oarsmen, James Ten Hyck aged 58 and James Riley aged 63, faced off in a three mile Saratoga race watched by society. Ten Hyck won in 23 13 4, Riley finished 23 31 4, continuing a storied lineage of rowing champions and gathering wide public interest.
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Saratoga
James Ten Hyck
Diamond Bealls
Henley
James Riley
Smmart Set
Mars Cassidy
Ten Huck
Riley
Mara
Syracuse University
Hho
Ten Ryck
Jim Ten Byck
Ned Ten Hyck
Wisconsin
James
Syracuse
Ten Myck
Fishkill Landing
Hudson River
Ned Hanlon
Jim
Ned
Jim Riley
Ned Hanlan
Pop” Courtney
Jay Gould's Sister Gives Estate to Needy in Philanthropy
Annie Gould Hough, sister of Jay Gould, has given her estate to educational and charitable causes. Now 80 and under nurse care in Los Angeles, she devoted her life to selfSacrifice, tailoring, and aiding the poor, choosing service over wealth while her Methodist preacher husband supported her mission. The couple traveled California in the 1860s and settled in Los Angeles in 1860.
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Annie Gould-Hough
Jay Gould
Los Angeles
Hough
New York
California
Choas
Gould
Figure in the literary world at the age of 87
A commemorative sketch honors Thomas Wentworth Higginson born December 22, 1823 in Cambridge Mass. Harvard graduate and Civil War colonel turned noted essayist of Atlantic Monthly fame and Outdoor Papers. Higginson’s Puritan lineage and Boston roots anchor a lifelong literary and public service career.
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James Russell Lowell
Longfellow
New England
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Higgingon
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
America
Higgingen
Edisto River
Higginaon
Higgeinaon
Atlantic Monthly
Higginson
Stephen Higginson
Boston
Francis Higginson
Salem
Walker of Underground Sets Life-Long Record at Luray Caverns
Samuel G. Smith, chief guide at Luray Caverns, claims a lifelong underground record spanning decades. He reports four hours daily underground for over five years, exploring depths 60 to 200 feet and guiding thousands of visitors. Smith credits the cavern’s atmosphere for his health and has assisted in arrests related to cavern misconduct.
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Samuel G. Smith
Luray
New York
London
Sally
Mr. Smith
Persoms
Esverna
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Gaves
Eany
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