Revolting Cannibalism Claims Across African Tribes
A London Saturday Review excerpt discusses cannibal practices among West and East African groups near Sierra Leone. It contrasts the Human Leopards with Sherbo cannibals and describes ritual feasts, famine customs, and alleged trafficking of boys for consumption, framing savage traits as a basis for comparing African peoples to apes.
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Sierra Leone
East
East Africa
West
West Africa
Interir
London Saturday Review
GOTHAM PEDAGOGY. Public School Careers in New York
The New York City public school system offers good pay and short hours with generous vacations. About 4,000 teachers earn $600 to $1,900 yearly for women and $1,080 to $3,000 for men, with many supervisors and assistants earning substantially more. Men can advance to higher offices such as assistant superintendent, superintendent, or college instructor roles, while women see fewer high earning offshoots. Promotion often hinges on board recommendations, exams, and district boards, with teachers working toward licenses and longer-term careers. The article notes long hours, summer breaks, and the need for ongoing study to rise in rank, asserting the profession remains desirable and durable.
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New York
Board of Education
City College
Ward Board of School Trustees
Avho
A. m
New York Tribune
A Health Palmist Reveals Mind Hand Link
Mrs St Hill has studied palmistry for medical insight and demonstrates brain hand connection. She has worked with London hospitals and asylums including Hanwell, using wax hand impressions from inmates to identify disease signs on the hand.
Sail holes boost Genoa captain’s sail efficiency
Italian sea captain Gio Batta Vasallo of Genoa claims perforated sails improve wind flow by releasing trapped air. Tests show speeds rising from 4 to 5.4 knots in light wind, 7 to 8.34 knots in a breeze, and 8 to 10 knots in strong wind. Encouraged by sailors and scientists, he envisions higher sail efficiency.
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Gio Batta Vasallo
Genoa
Vasallo
Philadelphia
Cuban Escape Ends With Laugh In Havana Bank Tale
A New York World teller recounts meeting a Cuban client in Havana while on a month long trip. The client feared the teller had absconded with a $100,000 bank balance, but the sight of the teller caused relief and the pair returned to the United States together with visas.
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Cuba
Havana
New York World
Football on the shores of Lake Nyassa as mixed black and white teams play
The London Cor respondent notes growing football near Kotakota by Lake Nyassa where black players play bare foot and mix with white players on Saturdays. He recalls Kotakota’s slave-trade past and questions whether Rugby or Association football is favored among Nyassa teams.
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Pyramids
Himalayas
Africa
Lake Nyassa
Kotakota
Nyassa
London Cor
Manchester Guardian
Soldier seeks brevet negro rank for higher pay
A white Army of the Potomac soldier, displeased with his $16 monthly pay while negro teamsters earned $25, asks his captain to appoint him a negro by brevet and assign duties accordingly, illustrating wartime pay disputes.
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Army of the Potomac
Our Busy Day
A short column reflects on common daily burdens as a narrator notes the old woman who jokes she has so much to do she plans to go to bed early. The piece conveys gentle humor about overwork and shared domestic chores.
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Somerville Journal
Not the Player But the Umpire’s Word Shapes Fame
A Washington Star reflection notes life mirrors sport where perception outsizes action. It argues success hinges on judgment and public opinion rather than actual deeds, comparing baseball to broader achievement and the power of those who name the winner.
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Washington Star
A Dog That Reasoned and a Chance Meeting of Minds
A narrator recounts Bombshell the dog outsmarting a potential bedtime thrashing, then quietly sleeping on the bed after confirming the owner is away. The piece blends a dog’s clever conduct with brief digests of Virginia manufacturing data and a Socratic mood on time and company.
Portrait of a Kurd in Blackwood’s Magazine description
The passage details Kurdish features and attire, noting darker skin relative to southern Europeans, black eyes and hair, aquiline nose, oval face, medium height, shaved chin with a mustache, and long eyebrow lashes. It describes a distinctive costume with a high silk pointed turban, silk scarfs, fringe, and a white linen shirt under a colored silk coat, fastened by a folded silk sash that conceals a pipe and curved dagger.
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Blackwood’s
Aroma and Bouquet In Wines
A wine expert explains that aroma and bouquet are not the same. Aroma exists in the grape and bouquet develops after fermentation, appearing only in the finest wines and deriving from a blend of favorable odors. Bouquet distinguishes superior wines when all other qualities are equal.
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New York Sun
Gardiner Youth Responds With Simple Practical Plan
A young Gardiner child faced with a hypothetical loss of his mother answered with blunt practicality. He would continue eating meals at Mrs Haley's, a remark that lightened the moment and contrasted with the scene's seriousness.
The English boxer’s first Chicago clash ends in odd knockout
The English lightweight billed as 133 pounds travels from Birmingham to Montreal and Chicago. He faces a French Canadian in a carnival bout at the Coromant club, lands no punch, and suffers a startling knockout that leaves him puzzled and broke.
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Chicago
Bill Lambkin
Birmingham
England
Henri Pirette
Montreal
English Street Doctors Profit from Peddling All Caring Pills
A street doctor in Whitechapel describes his trade and earnings. He travels with a horse and trap, sells pills at a penny or a shilling, and notes weather and location affect profits. He cites examples of weekly and daily earnings, including a peak £10 a day in 1894 and £8 a day in Oldham.
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Whitechapel
Oldham
McRad and wife's gamble pays off in church plate
The story follows McRad and his wife as they face bad debts in a ledger. Mrs. McRad drops Elder Doolittle’s two shillings bill into the collection plate and the amount is paid within a week. Marriage is described as a lottery with a prize for the couple. A second piece recounts a rough pupil in a public school and the teacher’s exchange about washing up.
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McRad
Doolittle
Martin
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