Berlin's Royal Castle and the Kaiser's grand plans
Special Berlin Letter describes Emperor William II and Berlin municipal council pushing to elevate the capital's beauty. The White Hall in Berlin Schloss is being transformed with 4,000,000 marks, guided by the emperor, as plans span decades for further renovations and grand palace ambitions in Potsdam and beyond.
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Berlin
Napoleon I
Tuileries
Paris
William II
Baron Haussmann
Seine
Sofar
William I
Versailles
Louis XIV
Berliner Schloss
White Hall
Confederate Local Stamps Fetch High Sums At Auction
Collectors prize Confederate local postage stamps from southern towns issued during the war. Recent sale results in Athens Georgia, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Macon Georgia, Lenoir North Carolina, and Mobile Alabama show values from forty to one hundred seventy one dollars, signaling rising rarity and demand. President Faure reportedly gives sick children dolls at hospitals, with over a thousand dolls donated since his election.
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South
Vhilatelic Society
New York
Athens
Baton Rouge
Macon
Lenoir
N. C
Mobile
M. Paure
M. Faure
American Car Makers Supplying South American Railways
A U.S. firm held 750000 dollars worth of rail cars in Rio during disturbances and now runs a contract for 250000 dollars of cars for Chile. The article touts U.S. car builders as having strong reputations with cars praised for beauty, lightness, and ingenious construction.
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South Americ
Rio
Chili
Rivoli Battle Highlighted as War Turning Point
The Rivoli campaign is described as the turning point of the war shaping Europe for twenty years. Bonaparte’s command, Massena, Joubert, and Murat execute a disciplined victory over Alvinczy’s Austrians. Thirteen thousand prisoners are taken. Rivoli’s success solidifies Bonaparte’s premier field operations and his rising legend.
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Europe
Sloane
Rivoli
Mantua
St. Mars
Caprino
Alvinezy
Berthier
Massena
Monte Valdo
Joubert
Bonaparte
Doneparte
Alvinczy
Rene
Lake Garcia
Bonaperte
Lonato
Murat
Monte Baldo
Corona
Trent
Italy
Toulon
Forgeries That Never Come to Light
A country banker notes that at least five percent of bank notes are forgeries and discusses how clever signers, often distant neighbors or even wealthy individuals, may have their names forged on notes. Many forgeries go undetected as payees renew or accept notes, leaving no trace.
Edible turtles of the United States discussed in Revue Scientifique
A writer surveys the diversity of edible turtles in the United States, noting about forty varieties. He details loggerhead range, sizes, and eggs, and emphasizes green turtles for meat, eggs, and products like calipash. Snapping, alligator turtles and terrapins are also mentioned with culinary notes.
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United States
Atlantic
New York
Florida
Charleston
St. Augustine
Halifax River
Indian River
Key West
Cedar Keys
Tortugas
Adventurous mistaken hunt nearly fatal for princes
Prince Hohenlohe and Baron Vietinghoff embarked on a stag hunt in Berlin when decoy calls by both men misled them. Each believed the other hunter was a stag, closing to ten paces before the error was revealed. Three shots were fired with no serious injury.
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Prince Hohenlohe
Baron Vietinghoft
Berlin
New York Sun
Baron Vietinghoff
Buts Stag
Corean cash and a ghost fearing electric official
Coreans are described as frugal and slow to pay with copper cash and a square holed coin system. A mission doctor traded eighteen hundred Mexican dollars for cash that required many men to move. The core of the tale is Corea’s state electrician who, unlike others, is paid regularly in bullion or gold dust. The king and court fear ghosts and lamps to ward off them, so when the electrician goes unpaid the light fails until he is paid.
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Scranton
Corea
Arms of Europe Show High Costs and Odd Innovations
A survey notes England’s armed forces cost about 180 million annually with the lowest Navy sick rate on the south east America station and the highest on the China station. It cites a Russian estimate of 2 billion dollars yearly for armed peace in Europe and asks if an armed peace is more costly than peace without arms. It mentions a new German boot sole of linseed oil varnish and iron filings, two British torpedo-boat destroyers Banshee and Contest with high speed, gray horses chosen by the Russian war office for artillery, and Lebel rifle tests at Aurillae showing penetration limits through snow walls at fifty five yards with velocity 2085 per second.
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England
America
China
Europe
Banshee
Contest
Laird
Tut
Russian War Office
Aurillae
American Statesmen And Oddities From Washington To Nicaragua
Representative William Sulzer of New York has left a mark in Washington with striking red cravats. Minister Baker appeals from Nicaragua for a calendar to track revolutions in Managua. Wape Hamiron jokes that women and horses need the same treatment. Since his wife’s death, Allen Thurman, the Old Roman, aged 83, keeps to his Columbus library. President Cleveland reportedly in better health and buoyant after a recent duck-shooting expedition.
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William Sulzer
New York
Washington
Baker
Nicaragua
Managua
Wape Hamiron
Allen QG. Thurman
The
Columbus
Cleveland
Isis
Ilis
Dame fashions decrees and new lace trends
Beapryp galloon edges velvet waists and collars while Valenciennes lace gains popularity in blouse waists over white silk underbodices. Flowrekep organdies appear in new blouses trimmed with wide lace. Sleeves may grow larger but remain distinctively shirt waists. Tiny hand tucked finishes and colored undergarments in light tints dominate. Fine mull, organdie and linen waists rise with edgings and embroidery. Hosiery features openwork lace designs in silk.
Plants and Trees in Global and Local Growth Trends
Over forty million trees have been planted in Switzerland in seven years to reforest the country. In Somersetshire, December weeks saw one hundred forty four wild plant specimens blooming or budding. Rev Dr McGlynn in Newburg New York tends flowers in leisure. Plum varieties descend from native south Caucasian stock. Kew gardens used greenish glass in greenhouses for half a century. recent trial with white glass shows improved plant growth and may end green glass use.
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Switzerland
Somersetshire
McGlynn
Newburg
N. Y
Kew Gardens
Echoes of the Rail: Ohio routes and Baltimore transfers
Misality data notes 7572 miles of railway nationwide and 8788 in Ohio. Last year no Michigan passenger railway deaths, 442 railway fatalities in Ohio with only one passenger fatality. Brooklyn elevated railroad advances lighting stations by electricity. Baltimore issues free transfers at about 40 points enabling trips up to 20 miles on a single fare.
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Ohio
Dour
Michigan
Uie
Chicago
Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Baltimore
Improvised Bookcase to Eliminate an Unneeded Doorway
A design to convert an extra door into a useful storage unit or closet. Two uprights and shelves inside or against the jamb create a built in bookcase. Staining or painting to match woodwork plus brass rods and curtains finish the look. Glass doors, jardinières, and a carved railing add decorative appeal.
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N. Y
Oven cooked rhubarb and college commencement note
Rhubarb can be baked in a moderate oven without peeling cut into half inch pieces two cups sugar for twelve stalks. Juicy red rhubarb needs no extra water. Tarts with meringue are suggested. Gov McKinney to speak at Allegheny College Meadville June 27. A brick house may outlast granite. Cheeveland molders may strike for restored wares.
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Gov. McKinney
Allegheny College
Meadville
Ports mouth lineman falls from pole at fair ground
Anrnun Urrenrreno a 21 year old lineman fell from a pole at the fair ground in Ports mouth Ohio and suffered a broken neck in the accident.
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Anrnun Urrenrreno
Portsmouth
Ohio
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Nehenzollern
Stueler
Germany
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Potsdam
Wolf von Scuierbrand
Emperor William
North American Car Builders
Battle OF
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Napoleon
the Arms OF
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the Celluloid Company
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