The Costliest Furnishings and Treasures Noted
A Brooklyn Eagle note recounts luxury items and rare works valued in the hundreds of thousands. It cites $195,090 for high cost dining plates and bullion, $51,000 for a Vanderbilt necklace, a Metropolitan Museum painting funded by Henry Milton, and rare books valued up to $25,000 with MézURine or Cutten editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wd Teem
Cnet
Tiffany
Mackey
Fortese
Willie Vaederbilt
Metropolitan Museum
Henry Milton
New York
Shakepeare
Ae Lenox Library
Kant
Crayton
J. W. Ton
Brooklyn Eagie
Vast variety of 19th century statistics and notes
The article compiles diverse figures from 1847 and recent years. It cites US mineral output valued at 554 million dollars, India’s passenger traffic, about 6 800 US Catholic churches, opium production economics, city population comparisons, and legislative tariff discussions with detailed speech counts and document totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Florida
London
Europe
Vienna
J. W. Manning
Scott
Ontario
Burglar Who Captured Him Act Near Avesta Georgia
Avesta Georgia August 6 One year after the mysterious disappearance near Sessions home a burglar returned to the site and arranged for a tree to be cut as evidence of the crime. The account includes reminiscences about a newspaper editor and a remark comparing a man to Horace Greeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avesta
S. S. Sessions
Sessions
Coustomer
The
Bisse
Horace Greely
Cfice
The Missing Miss Challoner and a Forged Telegram
Warren Relf uncovers Hugh Massinger forged a telegram to cover Elsie Challoner's disappearance. Squire Meysey reveals Elsie left with a note, Massinger suspects she is in London. Relf aims to protect Elsie while Massinger clings to scandal and a planned marriage to Winifred.
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Lwesters
Edie
Warren
Califs
Warren Kells
Hugh
Wiidestrand
Miss Challoner
Ipsvich
Lacy
Suffolk
Ore
Whitestrand
London
Massinger
Warren Kell
Elsie
Hough
Winifred
Warren Relf
Almundham Station
Yville Meysey
Sandhills
Relf
Mr. Meyneye
Elsie Challoner
Hugh Massinger
Meysey
Sir Theodore Sheepshanks
Wang
An Mae Capees
Pares
Warres
Don
Iren Girton
Warren Reif
Holmdary Pisce
Cheyne Row
bEssie
Miss Meysey
Challoner
Maesinger
Scotland
Farquharson
Invertanar
Mr. Meysey
Misa Hension
Mica Challoner
Reson
Equire
Almundham
Papensop
Miss Coalsoner
Metben
Lowestoft
Massinger awaits truth in Whitestrand inn tale
In Whitestrand a tense Hugh Massinger sits in his inn room tormented by the death of Elsie. Across the bar two rough sea men discuss their matter aloud as Massinger searches for solace in his stalled poetry and unshakable guilt.
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Dickens
Parich
Essex
Surrey
Lime
Wesminster Ridge
Charin’ Cross
Waterloo
Andy
Bridge
Lime'ouse
Westminster
Ouse
Saunders's Wharf
Millbank
Lambeth Stangate
Hugh Massinger
Wes'minster
London Bridge
Furrer
Isle O’ Dogs
Ordfordness
Trinity Groyne
Orfordness
Nor’-West
Walberswick
Aldeburgh
Whitestrand
Walbernwick
Lisie
Elsie
Whitestrand Wteek
Perlor
Alaric
Pegasus
Court Room Tensions and Courtroom Insults in Kansas City
In Kansas City on July 26 Judge White of the Criminal Court rebuked Prohibition candidate Lowe for a vacation claim. Ex Mayor Gibson, representing Lowe, demanded more time for condemned Myers and clashed with the judge, the exchange turning heated as Gibson accused the judge, and threats of decorum and violence were implied amid the courtroom dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Gibson
Myers
Tean
Rules for Letter Writing Must Be Clear and Concise
A summer Normal School lecturer lists five rules for letters. Know what you will say, say it, avoid grammar while writing, polish later, and condense. The author agrees, noting rambling letters obscure purpose and praising direct businesslike communication to develop into responsible adults.
Differences Between Chinese Customs and Western Manners
The excerpt contrasts Chinese and Western practices in dress, language, military gear, transportation, education, family roles, furniture, and hobbies. It notes reversed personal names, compass directions, and social norms such as a young married woman as a slave, and a preference for daytime fireworks. It ends with a claim about suicide upon offense.
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John Smith
Smith John
Canada’s Great Fair at Toronto Industrial Exhibition
Since 1879 the Toronto Industrial Exhibition has grown into a major event running September 10 to 22 with expanded space demand and a rich prize list. Exhibits from Manitoba and British Columbia are promised along with special attractions. Entries close August 15 and programmes will be mailed in August. Lord Stanley to open the fair on Lith Sept.
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Toronto
Toronto Fair
Manitoba
British Columbia
Dominion
Hill
Ontario
Lord Stanley
War Dance of the Huron in a Harper's Magazine Account
An 1830s Harper's Magazine description chronicles a Huron war dance with drum and ducking steps. Women prepare food and wear black and red caps while men in felt hats or red bands perform a ritual circle around a stove. The drum, rhythmic chanting, and energetic motions culminate in a violent mock battle with scalpings, conveyed in evocative, period tone.
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C, H. Fannyam
Harper's Magazine
Burton Assesses Stanley The Explorer and His Congo Policy
Sir Richard Burton writes from Paris criticizing Henry Morton Stanley as an administrative failure yet praising his dramatic prowess. He argues Stanley aimed to divert ivory trade to the Congo, creating a slave labor system under Tippoo Tip and corrupt governance, while noting British society silences such truths.
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Richard Burton
Paris
Stanley
Pasha
Bahr-el Ghazel
Congo
MR. Stanley
Emin Pasha
Zanzibar
Belgium
Congo Free State
Unyamwezi
Moon
Upper
Tippoo Tib
England
The Right Stock
A narrator recounts a train journey with a young man accompanying an older woman, seeming affectionate but revealing a moral about a son’s care for his mother. The piece ends with the man guiding his mother off the train amid her packages, suggesting love over romance may drive appearances.
Skeletons of Seven Tall Bodies Unearthed in Minnesota Field
A farmer near Clearwater Minnesota while digging a cellar unearthed seven skeletons buried head down in a mound. The remains measured seven to eight feet tall and appeared well preserved. The article notes the burial date about two hundred years ago. A stray odd anecdote follows about a Palatka Florida resident claiming to be a teapot.
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Minnesota
Clearwater
Palatka
Fla
Odd Items and Local Notes from a Dated Page
A collage of short items mentions a zero dollar cable project and a seven thousand five hundred mile route over three years, Odder claims of space visitors to Mare, a Bangor lawyer pursuing debt from a widow in Etna, jailboard payments, and a courtroom quip. Also noted are ambergris discoveries near Marblehead, a Missouri case on child confinement and molasses, synagogue hospitality in St. Louis, and a St John’s Day superstition in Revello Italy linked to Herodias and a fiery plank salute.
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Thomes Stevens
Bangor
Etna
Zachariah T. W
Marblehead
Zachariah
la Russell
Springfield
Temple Israel Congregation
St. Louis
Rebbi Sonneschein
Moses
Jesus
Italy
Revello
Herodias
Lesson From the Farmer Moral on True Worth
A reader’s tale extols choosing practical virtue over flashy charm. The farmer’s advise favors sturdy ordinary cattle and honest labor, warning that smooth talkers and showy appearance may mask vanity or deceit. The piece urges common sense and steadfast work as the true measure of value.
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Wassie
My Little Children Gone Far From Home
A speaker mourns separation from children now grown and living apart in distant lands. He recalls home as a joyful kingdom of sound and love and laments loneliness, trusting in the Lord that a reunified home awaits in heaven.
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Caob
To Keep a Bouquet Fresh
A method to preserve a bouquet for weeks involves placing the bouquet upright on a plate inside a bell glass filled with water. The bell, plate, and bouquet are raised together, with water around the base to seal air out, and moss conceals the water edge for a neat display.
Rainfall measurement and Congo expedition notes
An inch of rain equates to 14 500 000 gallons on a square mile. Prof Jamieson reports from the Congo about preparations to depart with Major Tib and 900 men to search for Henry Stranger. A fragmentary dialogue about goats in a hotel and dining questions follows.
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Jamieson
Eee
Congo
Tib
Henry M
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Statistics
India
Cubs
Spain
Cuba
Coad
Russia
America
Argentine Republic
Austria
Germany
France
Canada
Holland
Portugal
Rassias
Congress
Mills
Carlisle
Reed
Mr. McKinley
Kaute Nelson
Mr. Szost
Mr. Mom
Mr. Burrows
Mr. Wilson
West
Mr. Russell
Massechuset
Mr. Butterworth
Mr. Cox
Tae Piar
Limehouse Reach
Bill
Perlice
Missouri
Canada’s
Hong Kong
Chicago
Pittsburgh Chistian Advocate
Mare
Mars
BY Matt W. Anderson
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