Tolling In Rowing and Grace Across the Sea
A fragmented historical piece recounts a German hymn translation by Rev. Edward A. Callier and a tale from a Brooklyn tenement showing grace at a table with a loaf. It links prayer and providential mercy to daily acts and familial reunions.
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Edward A. Callier
Prince Albert
Queen Victoria
Hogland
Scotland
Brooklyn City
Henry Bromley
Bromley
Bomiey
Bootland
Grace Fa
Brother
Slater
Prayer Fragment Urges Comfort and Divine Guidance
A brief religious reflection asks for charity toward brother-men and fitment with the Christ spirit. It pleads for comfort for earthly children and for the everlasting arms to surround them, seeking uplift and guidance toward heavenly joy.
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Earth
Famous French Criminal Steinkeil in Farts toin Paris Trial
The Indianapolis News recounts the Marquis of Brin villiers, executed in Paris in 1675, as a prototype of Mme Steinhell. A beautiful yet depraved figure, she plots poison against wealth and kin with St Croix, is captured after a fatal poisoner’s accident, and is beheaded and burned after a pivotal confession.
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Steinkeil
Gringil
Sieur Godin
St Croix
St. Croix
Bastille
Liege
Netherlands
Paris
Et Croix
Marcleness
Sorbonne
Old Chronicle
Royal Visha prepares royal quarters and staff upgrades
The king and queen’s residences require full refurnishing and top to bottom overhauls including drainage upgrades. Detailed redecorations reflect royal tastes with costly hangings, books, and furnishings. Retinue rooms, chauffeurs, footmen, and outdoor staff will need new attire and expansion for the shooting season in London.
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Tabher
Lore Londesborough
Theo
London
Humpee Glass Curves Show Liquor Bump in Center
A fragment discusses a glass shape where the surface bulges upward, causing the liquor to rise in the middle. It notes the convex form makes the drinker call the vessel a bumper and hints at people using compliments to pass the time.
Soil and crop rotation upholds fertile farming methods
The article outlines soil fertility needs and crop rotation principles. It cites Prof. Whitney on soluble plant nutrients, describes rotation practices for clay and loam soils, and explains pasture-laying and root crops to sustain fertility. It notes modern farming with steam or gasoline engines, including a 680 acre ranch using a 20 horsepower gasoline engine for plowing and harrowing.
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Prof
Whitney
Bureau of Soil
United States Department of Agriculture
England
One Thing Yet to Learn From a Cold Cure Search
An editorial note in the St Louis Republic laments that despite advances in long distance telegraph and flight, a universal cure for the common cold remains elusive, highlighting the stubborn gap in medical science.
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St Louis Republic
Cost of a Silk Kimono in Louisville Investigation
A Japanese silk kimono arrived from Japan to the Somerset postmaster and went through Louisville officials at the custom house for appraisal. Five men and three women at the custom house and the department store silk buyer valued the garment between 1.50 and 150 dollars. The kimono, sent to Cashier Thomas for two hours, was later priced at 14 dollars and charged an 8.20 dollar duty to the owner.
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Louisville
Custom House
Surveyor of Customs
Times
Thomas
Somerset
Japan
Taylor
Zanzibar
Clay Miller
Sam Barber
Bath County
The Self Smoking Pipe Experiment
A Science tide American note describes an easy home experiment using a decanter half full of water, corks with two apertures, a short pipe stem, and a bent tube to create a siphon. After priming, air flows in as the siphon runs and the pipe appears to “smoke” while water remains, an amusing demonstration of vacuum and air flow.
A Future Argument About Planes and Disputes
A spoof of aviation as a peace agent shows even with aeroplanes ends to war not guaranteed. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes nightly porch quarreling among neighbors, while others joke about monoplanists versus biplanists causing social friction and stray birds fearing flying machines.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mia Ebba
Retreet
Baid
George
Mr. Stigging
Chronicle of Pivotal Dates and Figures 1807 1907
A compact chronology lists events from 1807 to 1907 including John Jay as President of Congress in 1789, the annexation of the Kingdom of Etruria to France, Fort George actions at Newark, early U.S. bank openings in Boston, statehood milestones for Mississippi and New York, and notable political shifts such as Jefferson Davis in 1847 and Earl Grey’s 1904 appointment. The piece touches rail, telegraph, and religious milestones, with entries on locomotives, the Monroe railroad, and wireless signals reaching Newfoundland.
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John Jay
New York
Congress
Kingdom
Etruria
France
McClune
Fort George
Newark
United States
Boston
Diana
Mississippi
Georgia
United Stata
West Point
N.Y
Green Bay Intelligencer
Green Bay
Wis
Baltimore
Monroe
Macon
Forsyth
Jefferson Davis
House of Representatives
Donald Campbell
Prince Edward Island
New Orleans
Fredericksburg
House of Commons
Rupert's Land
Atlanta
Knoye
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Trafic
William ©. Bradley
Kentucky
William Virnon Harcourt
Liberal Party
England
George Kirkpatrick
Ontario
Toronto
Signor
Marcon
St. John’s
Newfowndland
Cornwall
Vermont
Niagara Falls
Earl Grey
Canada
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Guntav V
Sweden
Labor Unions Across Sectors Highlight Early Movements
The article surveys early 19th and 20th century labor activity noting printers unions from 1831, vast seafaring crews, wage declines in England and shifting union membership. It cites A Rosenberg of the Garment Workers and John T. Smith of Kansas City, plus the International Photo Engravers and Telexpress workers unions with plans to organize 400000 commercial stenographers and typists.
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England
America
A. Rosenberg
Garment Workers’ Union
Hialing
John T. Smith
Elgar
Ikbor
Public Utility Commission of
Kansas City
Matthew Worl
International Photo Engravers’ Union
Yourheat International
Ari Baiirgad Telexrepbers’ Union
Une
Porto Rico
Cuba
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Wong
United States
Carita
International Glove Workers’ Unies
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Samus
Jesus
Je Gua
John
Charles Wagner
de Scheeeens
Wilbur
Little Compton
R. 1
la Poe
Tos
Baltimore American
Prom
Chicago
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