Week's News Highlights From Across the Globe
General Middleton to begin annual inspection tour as Parliament readies reports. Newfoundland riot fears. cholera in Catania. Gladstones visit Windsor. Canada talks on police, canals, rail links, and Newfoundland fishery policy amid global tensions and economic updates.
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Enow
Cag
Balway Commission
Newfoundland
Helilex
Lord Randolph Churchill
Catania
Sicily
Gladstone
Windsor
Galway
McLellan & Co
St. John, Nile
Maritine Fisak
Baker
Manitoba & North
Grand Track Railway Company
Major Stewart
Cascade Coal Mines
Winnipeg
San Francisco
North-West Mounted Police
Nordenfeldt
Canada
United States
de Frels
Prise Wardens’ Association
Toronto
Northern Pacific Railway
Halifax
Bishop Blaney
Central Ontario Railway
Hancroft
Irondale
Bancroft
Columbia
Colonial Institute
London
Canadian Pacific Railway
Peter Basha
Lacolle Que
Paris
Kreen
Tremblay
Commere
West Indies
Cuba
Ontario
Dominion Alliance
Dominion
Whyte
Canadian Railway
Mr. Green
Snow Brigade
Thomas Stark
Win
Canadian Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Abbott
Hanlon Kingston
Montreal
Dominion Ton
John Macdonald
The World Population Distribution in Historical Perspective
A 19th century style calculation estimates about 1.45 billion people on Earth, detailing densities by region Asia Europe Africa and the Americas. The passage contrasts Anglo-Saxon civilization with savage conditions and notes roughly three fifths of humanity living below civilization.
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Asia
Europe
Africa
Amererica
Survivor of 1798 rebellion dies at 107 in Detroit
John Walters longtime Detroit resident and survivor of the Irish rebellion of 1798 died last evening at age 107. Born in Monaghan Ireland he fled after the uprising and reached America after a voyage from Dundalk Bay. Walters spent most of his life as a tradesman and reportedly used liquor in moderate quantities.
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Detroit
John Walters
Walters
County Monaghan
Ireland
Hehosen
Dundalk Bay
America
Bos
Coney
A Smart Alickutionist by Bill Nyf
A lively critique of a brash elocutionist who delivers To be or not to be with frantic energy. The writer recalls a humorous Hoosier compliment and notes the performer’s dramatic gestures and booming, breathless delivery on stage.
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Mr. Boo
Shem
Tax Official Finds Hidden Cash in Old Garment
Taylor County Pa tax collector Squire Royal discovered 190 dollars rolled in a sheet of paper inside an overcoat while selling a secondhand item. He cannot recall depositing the money or how it came to be hidden.
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Squire Royal
Taylor County
Farming Instructions On Horse Care And Farm Practices
An essay discusses horse feeding after work with a ninety minute eat rest cycle, cautions against musty hay, and notes benefits of proper watering and rest to avoid medicines. It covers fencing along railways, hedge shaping, and mutton sheep crossing. It also mentions soiling cattle, poultry housing, and practical farming tips.
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Maslin
Ohio Agricultural College
United States
Fairfield Journal
Agnes
Escaped Confederates Seized By Union Hostess After Hunger Strike
Ex-Rebel soldiers fled a Confederate column at sunrise and sought shelter in a farmhouse. A Unionist woman fed them through a ventilator before confining them in a dry smoke house overnight. They were handed over to Union cavalry at 8 o'clock the next morning.
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Gramme
Rees Wms
Federala
Jeff. Davis
Tas
Wedding Rings Through History and Symbolism
The piece traces engagement and wedding rings from ancient times to modern practice, noting varied substitutes when bands were unavailable. It discusses the gimmal ring in England, beliefs about wearing the ring on the left hand, and contrasts the betrothal solitaire with the plain wedding band.
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England
Pat McCarty and the Lake Side Sign Joke
A humorous reminiscence features Pat McCarty on a pine portal by a lake. The tale centers on a mistaken sign critique as Pat jokes about a bird missing from a lake scene. The exchange ends with Pat recalling a familiar quack quack tune in a light, rustic mood.
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Pat McCarty
Pat
Henry Stanley Leads Relief Expedition For Emin Pasha
The account recalls Henry Stanley abandoning his lecturing tour to command a relief expedition for Emin Pasha, Gordon’s successor, who is believed to be near Wadelia by hostile Africans. Stanley equipped with Maxim automatic rifle, capable of about 600 shots per minute, using belt-fed ammunition and recoil operation.
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Henry Stanley
Emin Pasha
Gordon
Wadelia
Lake Albert Nyanza
England
Maxim
A Peep at Mercury the Evening Star
Mercury appears as the evening star until March 21 then becomes a morning star. On March 5 at 11 pm it reaches its greatest eastern elongation about eighteen degrees east of the sun, the year’s best naked eye sighting. It sets about 90 minutes after sunset and sits northwest of Venus, with careful observers noting the horizon point of sunset to locate it.
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Mercury
Nang Aeen
Poten Vennus
Venus
Eure
Water and starch digestion in the human body
The article explains how starch from dry foods is dissolved and converted to sugar by saliva and gastric juice. It notes that dry foods like oats barley wheat rice maize require added water to dissolve starch fat and gluten so they can be absorbed into the system.
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A. G. Glinsky
William B. Clark
Steiger
Swizerland
A. Winckler
As & Mem
Five Minutes for Fun Pause or Dewewria Prisoner
A brief courtroom scene questions a prisoner about a diamond theft. The exchange centers on whether the suspect admits to stealing the diamonds. No further details are provided about the case.
Burglary Conversation Turns on Alarm and Pocketbook Habit
An agent questions a homeowner about a burglar alarm and the man recalls discussing one earlier but says he has given up. He notes alarm usefulness but focuses on leaving his pocketbook in the barn at night and not missing a dollar in weeks.
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Weill
Hull Biz
Medical Miscellany on Typhoid Home Care and Remedies
A varied medical roundup discusses typhoid fever home care with hot baths and quinine, sanitary housing with detached plumbing, possible hair restorers and warts cures, and various drug therapies. Notable mentions include quinine doses for tinnitus, corrosive sublimate in collodion for warts, cocaine for seasickness, and hydrogen peroxide in diphtheria.
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Pechelier
Montpelier
J. E. Emerson
W. Strudwick
Paraphrased Urban Anecdotes and Observations
A folio of clipped vignettes and snippets outlines petty swindles and social quirks. A railroad foreman quarrel over losses and a stranger’s failed promise. Notes on parsimony liberalism and street railway life punctuate a late night window view of shadows and pantomimes.
Genius Triumphs and Printing Woes Dampen Cyclone Start
A early issue of the Rocky Mountain Cyclone discusses printing glitches delaying the start of the Roccay Mountain Cyclone with missing letters and adjustments. It notes a serious matter behind the delays as the paper vows to keep the publication spinning despite typographic troubles.
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Roccay Mountain
Rocky Mountain
Old Time Hangings Described in Gentleman's Magazine
A writer recalls brutal execution methods in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, detailing the open cart ride to Tyburn, the gallows, and public spectators. The piece cites Claude Duval and a French visitor Misson, describing ceremonies, mourners, and odd rituals surrounding the death ritual.
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Gentleman's Magazine
Tyburn
Claude Duval
Tangier
St. Giles
Covent Garden
Misson
England
William II
Discreet daughter and courtroom flames in a Curious Fixup note
A fragment from a Detroit evangelical minister's family mentions a daughter avoiding confession to God. The piece blends miscellaneous notes about mining, seed grain, Madeira wine imports, and an 1885 curiosity in Kewaunee with an ancient ruin uncovered during sewer work showing polished stones and heat-altered walls.
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Detroit
Colonel Rod
Corsica
Lion
England
Kewaunee
Apple Sauce and Varied Preparations From a Country Kitchen
A homemade guide describes apple sauce with beef contrast and oyster sauce methods. It details stove techniques for apple variations including Spitzenburg and Baldwin, ways to cook with syrup, skin-on preparation, and the addition of oranges for flavor.
Farm Wells and Typhoid Warn of Water Dangers
An article argues typhoid peaks August to December and links it to low well water. Dr. Barker of the Michigan State Board of Health shows a close relation between dropping water levels and rising typhoid cases, with rises as water recedes. It urges farmers to use charcoal filtration from kitchen waste to reduce illness.
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Barker
Michigan State Board of Health
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