Curious notes and social observations in a New York church
A New York corresp describes a Sunday at St Thomas church where a wealthy Wall Street family arrives in London attire, bringing a tall footman with his load of books. The scene draws public attention as the family sits in a front pew and departs, watched by worshippers along Fifth Avenue.
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St. Thomas
Wall Street
America
London
Madam
Fifth Avenue
New York Cor
Chicago News
L. EK. Barrett
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Barrett
Wilmington, del
Republican
Singular plant in St Lucie cavern spawns animallike life
In a St Lucie cavern a vast brackish pool holds millions of colored pebbles each hosting a plant that looks like a flower but acts like an animal. The disk bears four brown spiderlike filaments with pinchers that capture spawn of fish and marine insects for nourishment.
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St. Lucie
St. Louis Republic
Galileo credited with microscope discovery by Dr Sebastian Wimmer
New York gynecologist Dr Sebastian J Wimmer argues for Galileo as the inventor of the microscope, citing 1610 book references and a 1614 letter describing lens observations, challenging the long held 1621 attribution to Cornelius Drebbel and placing Galileo at the origin with New York Telegram reporting the claim.
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Sebastian J. Wimmer
New York
French Academy of Sciences
Wimmer
Galileo
Signor Tarde
Cornelius Drebbel
Reading Habits and the Place of Reference Works
A discussion on the role of fiction and reference books in American reading. The piece notes that novels foster knowledge and global kinship, while dictionaries and encyclopedias rise in prominence with rising prices and wide sales. It cites Webster and modern sets, then contrasts fiction lovers with scholars. A humorous anecdote about a pastor and a mistaken recognition follows.
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United States
India
Oceanica
Noah Webster
Thackeray
Dickens
Scott
Hawthorne
Howells
Africa
Boston
Stanley
Ward
Crochet Needle Lethal Injury To 5-Year-Old Girl
A Manchester 5-year-old girl nearly dies after a crochet needle from a bureau drawer pierces her breast. Doctors fail to locate the needle as internal bleeding and coughing blood follow. The case, reported by Col Baltimore American, notes possible heart and lung injury and the child’s critical condition.
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John Burns
Manchester
John F B. Weaver
Weaver
Baltimore American
Calf Trade in Catskills Sparks Health Board Probe
Farmers at Greene County hotel discuss selling newborn calves as bob veal to a New York dealer. Prices range from 50 cents to 1 dollar per head with calves often skinned and shipped to New York despite health prohibitions. A commission man explains veal can be sold disguised as chicken in salads and on lunch counters.
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Catskills
Greene County
Tle
New York
New York Commission
Orange
Greene
Herkimer County
Bob Veal
Brooklyn
New York Sun
Feat of Snake Charmer Unc Dick Stuns Washington Watchers
In Washington Louisiana a color man calling himself Uncle Dick wowed a crowd by handling a four foot rattlesnake with wine colored rattles. He swallowed part of the reptile and later demonstrated the snake’s head and fangs, claiming he can handle or even eat dangerous snakes at will.
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Uncle Dick
Washington
Unc
Jay
Jewels of Savages Necklaces in Uncle Sam Collection
A Pittsburg Dispatch item catalogs diverse Native American and global trinkets in a mock encyclopedic list. It notes Indian silverware, Alaska carvings, Indian bracelets, and bizarre adornments including a ten inch necklace of human fingers and a sixty seven tooth necklace from Fiji found in 1840. It also mentions a walrus tusk woven into hair and other bone and metal pieces from many regions.
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Sam
Arizona
Alaska
India
Fiji Islands
Pittsburg Dispatch
Government structure and legal note in a Turkish empire overview
The Turkish empire is described with a sultan as absolute ruler in theory, a two‑chamber system of a council of ministers and a council of state, led by the grand vizier, with laws needing dual approval and the sultan’s sanction. A separate legal anecdote shows a New York lawyer barred from practicing in New Jersey. An Osage City lunch counter offers ground popcorn and cream, ten cents a bowl. After a major English race, hundreds of birds are released to carry race news to distant towns.
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Ericsson
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
James Whitcomb Riley
Est
Calais
France
Caudry
M. Minet
Ansonia
Conn
Lyly
John Fiske
Prince Alberts
Philadelphia
India
Upper
Burmah
America
M. Crocy
Belgian Academy of Medicine
Turkey
Council of Ministers
Foreign Affairs
Interior
Public Instruction
Sheik Ul Islam
Empire
Council of State
New York Herald
New Jersey
Brooklyn
New York
Supreme Court of
State of New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Solon
State of
Brooklynn Eagle
Stan
Nia
England
Extinguishing Fires by Electricity At Detroit Convention
Firemen’s convention in Detroit features H L Lufkin describing an electric fire suppression system. Buttons in each room trigger centralized pumps and valve switches to localize water and evacuate exits when needed, reducing water damage and aiding safety. Louisiana passes law requiring separate railroad cars for whites and colored persons.
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Detroit
H. L. Lufkin
Philadelphia Record
Louisiana
Castoria Recalled in Reassuring Nursery Phrase
A nostalgic notice recalls Castoria as the remedy sought for a child’s illness and distress. The verses trace a caregiver’s use of Castoria from infancy through childhood and beyond.
Fifty Yale Graduates In Tokio Respond To Cure Claim
A Japanese report notes an American advert by T A Slocomn offering a remedy for consumption. He pledges to send two bottles of FRESE to readers who provide an express and P O address. The missive cites cured patients and invites inquiries.
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P. O
Tally
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Peasi St
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