Digest of Crime and Courtroom Speculation From British Letters
A garbled late 19th century dispatch discusses fear of murder and public safety, mentioning an Afghan ruler, Morocco, the Gate of Public Stag e, and a possible Tippoo Taj murder connection. It references Meckerz, Major Barttelot, Stanley, and Tippse Tid with rumor driven, unsettled conclusions about crime and royal affairs.
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Morell
Afghanistan
Jeurches
Roya
Morocco
Turkey
Jane Bellt
London
Royal Park
Barttelot
Las Grealy Jocemer
Stanley
Hawks Useful to Parmer Report on 1887 bird stomachs
The commissioner's report notes the food of hawks in the countryside. It covers red tailed, red hawk, and hen hawks, with data from 1072 stomachs. Poultry appears rarely, mice and other small animals predominate, and farmers are urged to tolerate hawks for ecological balance.
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Arr
K. Pusher
Fisher
Bie
Golden Grass and Moral Debt Reminders From The Independent
The Independent cites Beecher and Barrow on virtue and labor. It urges paying debts of time and heart, tending the earth for sustenance, and cultivating upright character to withstand scrutiny from familiar acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher
Barrow
The
Independent
A Salt Thread Experiment and Shell Fusion Trial
A fragment describes a thread soaked in salt water and dried to resist breaking when struck by a chisel. It mentions salt crystal ashes providing cohesion. Another variation forms a small hammock of muslin to hold an empty eggshell, then heated to burn the fabric and test the flame’s reach. A numeric note compares sums like 3100 and 400000 with reference to a date in August 1587.
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Em. O'Connor
Toronto
America
John Teemer
McKt
O Connor
Scotland Yard
Gideon Israel Barnett
England
Central Bank
Baltic
North Western Transportation Company
Elm Island
Clapperton Island
States
M. C. Hallman
Chicago
Kingston
City
University of Toronto
Queen's Park
University
Court House
The Whitestrand Poplar and a Haunted Choice
Hugh Massinger endures a grim memory at Whitestrand after Elsie’s death as he contemplates selling the property and fates of his life. He recalls the poplar as a monument to guilt while Winifred urges keeping it, revealing love, loss, and the weight of past crimes. The narrative follows his troubled mood and marriage tensions as he confronts the land’s legacy.
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Hugh Mumbert
Oriondoess
Chacoery
Marryini x
Adnan
Tee
Pertiowler
Meyecy
Haugh
Whitestrand
Mr. Heberden
Dunwich
Soffk
Hugh
Bill Joy
Hugh Maassinger
Elsie
Ace
K'ste
Hugh Massinger
Othello
Enders
Pimlico
Pallavicini's
Orlordness
Binion
Mamninger
Gibeo
W. Meysey
Wotstrand
Meyseys
Winifred
Wey
Bayewater
Ballagh
Bohemia
Mr. Manmoyer
Hitherley
Styria
Cheyne Row
White Strand
Kate
Winnie
Mercy
Esie
Wistaria
Suffolk
Ae Hugh
Anaes
Jesah Coen
Wia
Fuller
Drayton
Pape
Elee
Rideau Canal
Montreal
Thomas White
St. George's Church
Labour Congress
London
St. Lawrence
Gananoque
Meday
Pierrepont Morgan
New
Chinese Laundrymen and the New York Laundry Trade
The piece explains why Chinese immigrants enter laundry work in America, especially New York, due to limited alternatives. It notes apprenticeship start at $3 weekly with board, high start costs, and the social dynamics of enabling loans through a whe y system to open new laundries, illustrating immigration reliance and economic pressures.
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Americ
Cote
Staes
New York
America
Wall Street
Toese
Baetly
Mott Street
Wit and Wisdom Cartoon Snippets and Humorous Vignettes
A collection of short humorous exchanges and sketches. A toothache confusion, a storm flooded room plea to the captain, marriage mismatches, and a country summer scene with cloud watching. Domestic quips include amateur theatre boredom and a joke about shoes. A grocer and a poor girl offer quick one liners, plus a door of social wit from a Frenchman and a price-limiting clerk anecdote.
Electric lighting debated as Kingston trade grows
Health report on Hon Edward Dilske improves while Kingston merchants discuss electric lighting. A Kingston donor gives 125 to aid Salvation Army expenses as potato markets wobble amid heavy Essex harvest. Windsor Home of the Friendless to begin building in Windsor and Ontario news report fires, politics, and municipal contracts.
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Edward Dilske
Traderich
Kingstonian
Salvation Army
South
Essex
Red Deer Forks
Edward Brace
Department of Political Science
Toronto University
Windsor Society of the Home of the Friendless
Windsor
Margaret Cunningham
Cornwall
Varieties and curiosities from distant lands and modern science
A survey of worldly curiosities cites Malay entertainments in Borneo with colour dyed eggs, a new double-floria coin, Venus's fly trap’s trapping leaves, Caucasus Shabbat custom, racing rules and a dequalification incident, Mexican white ants hollowing timber, and photography proving accounting forensics in Berlin.
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Borneo
Bandats
Mexico
Imber
Berlin
Stream of Silver Flows to Washington and Treasury
A striking report describes half a million dollars in silver arriving daily to Washington from the Philadelphia mint and soon to come from New York New Orleans and San Francisco. The Adams Express Company guards the shipments as they move by trunk and iron bound box to a basement treasury passage.
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Washington
Philadelphia
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
United States
Adams Express Company
Treasury Department
Treasury
Cnb
Caps
Kidd
Ethics of the Lamp
An expert advises safe lamp and stove care to avoid odors. Do not fill or light with wick raised. Clean wicks weekly, wash tops and tubes with hot water or strong cleaning solutions, and keep kerosene contained to prevent smells.
The Use of Lemons in Domestic Economy
Lemons are a versatile fruit valued for health and cleansing uses. Lemon juice mixed with water can relieve headaches and curb coughs while lemon and salt remove stains from hands. The pulp is edible if the skin is avoided, and morning lemon juice may aid spring biliousness.
Questions on Levers and Train Stops in the Manufacture's Gazette
The writer asks why a longer lever yields more power and time with a screwdriver and ponders passenger behavior as trains approach stops. People rise to exit, brace for a backward lurch when the train halts, not forward, and the piece compares leverage to timing and motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manufacturers’ Gazette
S Station
Renee
Cairo Excerpt Contrasts Ancient Glory with Modern Decay
A travelogue describes Cairo as a city of stark contrasts where grand ancient monuments sit beside tawdry modern buildings. The Nile and distant pyramids loom over a sprawling urban core, divided by religious quarters and guarded gates, with sprawling cemeteries and dense living quarters revealing deep social divides.
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Egypt
Cairo
Ismail Pass
Khedive
James Ludlow
Memphis
Ramesis II
Les Cairo
Mars
Rhaher
el- Kaherab
Do Large Birds Carry Offspring In Flight
A Victorian discussion cites observers from St James's Gazette and various explorers claiming large birds transport smaller young during flight and migration. Examples include swans and moorhens carrying young while swimming, cranes and geese carrying sparrows, and a short-eared owl reportedly bearing a small bird across the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae
Mediterranean
Palestine
Rhodes
Wilson
South Gate
Tees
North Sea
A Novel Coal Hod for Quiet Nurseries
An article describes a novel coal-hod and small paper bags filled with egg coal to reduce noise in sick rooms or nurseries. Placing a bag on hot coal lets it burn quietly and drop coal onto the fire, avoiding disturbances when a baby sleeps.
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Santo
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Mackenzie
Billie G
Deere
Lance
Aed
Wales
Lipp
Terpot
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BR Continu SD
WIT and Wisdom
Smith
Jones
Ellen
Maude
Charley
John
Suitor
Madame
Tommy
Dominion
Quebec
Hugh M. Brooks
Hudson River Tunnel
Harriet Beecher-Stowe
New Hampshire
Hewitt
Christian Workers of the United
Canada
Detroit
Manitoba
Chicago Board of Trade
St Clair Ftate Canal
Canadian
Jacksonville
Fla
Citizens’ Association
Congress
St. Clair Canal
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Railway
St. Clair Flats
Amherstburg
Sault Ste. Marie
Parnell Defence Fund
Ireland
Prince Bismarck
Zanzibar
Prince Jerome Napoleon
Prince Victor
West India
Pope
Pessa*o
Rome
Balmoral
Natalie
M. de Lesseps
Yenama Canal
Hamburg
Germany
Silesia
Seman
Henner
Sophie
William
Greece
Victoria
Ethics of the Lamp
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