King James V of Scotland and the Gaberlunzie Man
James V of Scotland reigned 1513 to 1528 under a royal minority and is linked to legends of disguises and adventure. The Gaberlunzie Man is said to recount one of his escapades, and a 1868 Andrew Halliday play titled The King of the Commons drew on his deeds. He was noted for caring for the poor and was called Dame for that reason.
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Commons
James V
Orm
Margaret England
Duke of Albany
The
Angra
James
Gaberlunzie
Andrew Halliday
Great Britain
Gyidman O’ Balén
Ballengetch
Stirling
Scott
Experiments In Military Balloons At Paris
Paris conducted tests of ballooning with hive balloons launched from the Esplanade des Invalides. Navigators were ordered to descend near Combe la Ville within an hour after crossing a twenty mile enemy zone. Cyclists pursued five balloons failing to cross the area. three landed near Combe la Ville or Reaux, while two inside the radius were captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Esplanade Des Invalides
Combe la Ville
M. Jacques Courty
Combs la Ville
M. Picg
M. Compiegne
Reaux
London St. James
Comforting hot water bags gain instant admiration
Women praise hot water bags for immediate relief from cold feet neuralgia and other ills. The cases, designed like envelope flaps to button down, come in embroidery or plain flannel or linen with a heat retaining oiled skin lining and a carrying strap of ribbon or fabric across a corner.
Scientists Endorse Bitters for Rheumatism and Related Ailments
Scientists agree on rheumatism dangers and chronic stage challenges while noting several remedies fall short. They cite Hostaetter's Stomach Bitters as a premier tonic that purifies blood via kidney action, with physicians and public opinion both supporting its efficacy against rheumatism, chills, fever, liver issues, dyspepsia, and constipation.
Cost of Rolling Stock Across Railroad Cars
A railroad man notes the high expense of rolling stock with prices ranging from 380 for a flat car to 15000 for a first class Pullman. He cites a common flat-bottomed coal car at 500, a double hopper car at 600, a refrigerator car at 550, a baggage and mail car at 3 335, and a first class coach at 300.
Injiagny Storm Wrecks Much Amid Ragged Tales
Aunt Jemima exclaims in a comic note as a storm battering Injiagny rips through town. Eagle Reuben counters that ruins remain behind the surge. A brief item mentions Claire Scott and a patent remedy called Hall's Catarrh Cure priced 75 cents sold by druggists.
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Jemima
Injiagny
Eacle Reuben
Puck
K. Buen
Megr
Claire Scott
Lightning Rods From One Inch Steam Pipe Advised
A practical lightning protection method suggests using common one inch steam pipe with galvanized points at the top. Spacing pipes and minimizing glazing or glass coatings is not beneficial. Key factors include many exposed points and a solid ground connection via a well or water pipe.
Wabash Railroad Low Rate Harvest Excursions
Sizable rail discounts announced for Minnesota Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah North and South Dakota Manitoba Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Louisiana Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas and Arizona. Departures September 12 and October 10 with tickets valid twenty days return. Inquiries to local Wabash agents.
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Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
North
South Dakota
Manitoba
Tennessace
Mississi Pur
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
Arizonas
Wabash Railroad
Summer Advertising Proves Value To Trade
The piece argues that reading remains strong in summer and advertising should target seasonal needs. It notes hotels and resorts bustle with papers, counters the idea hot weather stops reading, and asserts profitable ads plant demand months ahead. Top advertisers keep campaigns alive year round to capture late summer and early autumn purchases.
Memnon Escapes Alabama Then Heads For Crematory
The Memnon, one of the Pacific coast’s oldest vessels, will be towed to the marine crematory at California City after a dramatic gale and a swift chase with the pirate Alabama. Captured by Semmes, the Alabama pursued but the Memnon escaped, flying eastward with multiple sails set while night fell.
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Pacific
Marine Crematory
California City
Hames
Alabama
Liverpool
Boston
Atlantic
Semmes
San Francisco Chronicle
Cucumber Twists Like a Snake in Talbot County Patch
A Miles River Neck farmer sent a twenty seven inch long Chinese cucumber to the American office after a passerby reported a green object in a vegetable patch that curled into a snake shape. Neighbors recalled a fright as the cucumber’s coil resembled a reptile and a second man offered reassurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles River Neck
Talbot County
Talbot
Easton
Miles River Ferry
Nancy Hanks
Express
L. W. Trail
Unclear wartime venting on cucumbers and foreigners
The fragment imagines cucumbers cultivated in cities and mocks a slant-eyed foreigner, claiming he would eat a green garter snake if hungry. The tone reflects prejudiced casual commentary from Baltimore Americana, with irreverent political incorrectness and nuisance humor rather than a clear news item.
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Baltimore
Nice the City North and South of the Alps
The article traces Nice in Europe from Greek origins as Nikea to its changing sovereignty between Sardinia and France before 1860, noting its population near 70 000, historic councils at Nicene in Bithynia, and comparing it with Isnik in Asia Minor, birthplace of an ancient Christian tradition.
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Nice
France
Sardinia
Napoleon LII
Victor Emmanuel
Nicada
Asia Minor
Bithynia
Constantinople
Bithyala
Isnik
Witch finding in Ceylon the Ordeal of Boiling Oil
A historical account describes a brutal ritual in Ceylon where suspected witches dip three fingers into boiling oil as a sign of guilt or innocence. Villagers believe pain proves guilt, though honest victims may be harmed. the practice allegedly maims about one tenth of the island’s population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Archipelago
Salem
Ceylon
Not If She Knew It A Widow's Fight Over Settlement
A railway division case ends with a widow facing a contentious settlement after a long relationship and later marriage. The solicitor argues a large payout is fair, while the widow recalls years of pursuit and hardship. The dialogue highlights a dramatic court decision and moral argument over compensation versus bare costs.
Perverse Parody Lapses in Medieval Psalm Tones
In Cornhill Magazine a spoof of rustic psalmody mocks a Wolden Times congregation. It lampoons misheard phrases, fuguing, and reverent singing turned into farce with garbled lyrics and strained vocal parts, illustrating comic distortions of sacred music.
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Cornhill Magazine
Beggars in Henares India Target Pilgrims with Cobras
In Henares India beggars, labeled as raacals, deploy a new extortion method. They wear large cobras around their necks or carry them in baskets near the Monkey Temple. As pilgrims approach, they surround the travelers and threaten to terrify them unless money or valuables are handed over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henares
India
Monkey Temple
Romance of the Thames Ends in Rescue at Kingston
A 17 year old girl attempted to drown herself after a quarrel with her lover in Kingston. Her lighter-man sweetheart heard cries, reached the scene, saved her, and she faced a police court charged with attempting self harm. It was revealed they had planned to marry at once.
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Thames
Kingston
Ambush on the Little Missouri Trail Ends in Disaster
Recount of a rapid march toward the Little Missouri crossing where a hidden Indian ambush awaited. Guided by a wary scout, the party avoided a planned pincer by veering into a safer route, while Native forces lay in wait with a massacre setup. The narrative blends battlefield misfortune with cautious leadership and frontier vigilance.
Sailor Prince Helps Homeless Boy Find Sea Life
Percy Fitzgerald recounts King William IV before his accession as Duke of Clarence. On a Plymouth street corner he meets a homeless boy whose mother has died. The prince awards a shilling, sends the boy to hire a boat to the Pegasus, and promises a true friend if the boy proves a true heart.
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William
Alpert Dover
England
William IV
Percy Fitzgerald
Duke of Clarence
Plymouth
Sussex
Cornwall
Pegasus
Talking Dogs and Fashion Notes From A Dated Column
A Saxony mastiff nicknamed the Dog of Liebnitz learned about thirty German words from a boy, raising questions about true speech versus imitation. The piece then shifts to a fashion column describing colors, fabrics, and trims for elegant Victorian dresses, detailing silks, chiffons, and accessories with period terms and examples.
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Zeitz
Saxony
Liebnitz
Holland
Berlin
Bibliotheque Germanique
James Hunt
Post cards spread through nations in late 19th century
The Watson collection notes postal cards across nations and denominations, origins in Austria, and early adoption by Germany and France. It traces developments from 1869 to 1873, including field post cards for soldiers, balloon post during the Paris siege, and U S issues with Liberty head and Grant designs.
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Watson
Emanuel Hermann
Imperial Academy of Wiener
Neustadt
Lower Austria
Austria
Germany
France
Paris
United States
Uncle Sam
Gen. Grant
Point of View on a Train Platform Witnesses Class Gaze
A traveler recalls a scene on a railroad platform where a well dressed little girl with a Leghorn hat is watched by two boys. The girl meets their gaze calmly, while bystanders reflect on how perception varies with perspective, a reminder that viewpoint shapes judgment.
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New York
Sue
The Uy of Washington's Chinese Minister Leaves With Child
The Chinese minister's term ends and he will return to China with his young daughter Lettie Miss Mi. Born in Washington two years ago, she speaks a little English and mingles democratically with local children at Dupont Circle. The piece notes her charming manners and serene behavior in the park among Americans. The State of Georgia section recalls the colony's founding by James Oglethorpe in 1732 and its purpose as a refuge for insolvent debtors and religious refugees.
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Washington
China
Léttie Miss Mi
Dupont Cinele
Philadelphia Ledger
Colony
Georgia
George II
Great Britain
James Oglethorpe
Wealthy Seattle Chinese merchant seeks son's inheritance
Wealthy chivamm wah chong of Seattle, a prosperous Chinese merchant, built wealth through China trade and importing laborers. He is valued at over a million dollars with multiple wives, including an Indian mother of a 16 year old son. He appeals to inheritance on grounds the boy may claim citizenship via the mother, a claim upheld against prior law restricting Chinese to own property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wah Chong
Seattle
Wazh
China
Tin
Apother
New York ‘Tribune
Patti and the candy craving in diva Patti’s care
The article recalls Straknech teaching famed songbirds Patti and Nikita while clashing with cooks and candymakers. Patti favored cream dates and gums, ignoring advice to quit sweets. Mrs Pryor recalls Patti's Virginia debut and her heavy candy consumption, which damaged her teeth despite her marvelous voice.
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the Great
Straknech
Patti
Nikita
Ito Patti
Roger Pryor
New York
Virginia
Mme
Acropolis Hill and Elgin Marbles History
The Acropolis in Athens, the famed hill housing the Parthenon, housed the grandest sculptures of its time. Many treasures suffered damage through ages of Turkish rule before Lord Elgin removed many marbles in 1816 and placed them in the British Museum.
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Athens
Acropolis
Tthe
Parthenon
Lord Elgin
England
British Museum
Longest Day Lengths Across Global Cities
Charted daylight extremes show Stockholm with 18 hours, Spitzbergen three months, London and Bremen 16 hours, Hamburg and Danzig 17 hours, Wardburg May 21 to July with breaks, St Petersburg and Tobolsk 19 hours day and 5 hours night, Torneo nearly 22 hours on June 21 and Christmas under 3, New York about 15 hours, Montreal 16 hours.
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Steeckholm
Sweden
Spitzberen
London
Eng
Bremen
Prussia
Hamburg
Germany
Dantzig
Wardburg
Norway
St. Petersburg
Russia
Tobolsk
Siberia
Torneo
Finland
New York
Montreal
Canada
Beggars Executions Under Henry VIII Era
A historical note states that during Henry VIII’s reign England executed about 71,400 Percys, many for minor offences, with a broader indictment of hangings for begging as alms. In one year 300 starving beggars were hanged for asking alms.
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Henry VIII
Percy
England
Ireland’s Saint Patrick Builds Laughing Whisky Tale
A humorous snippet references Rafe and a rare Irish whisky, with a playful exchange about snakes in Ireland. The dialogue mocks myths as a character urges a refill, ending with a cheer to Saint Patrick.
Strange Discovery in a Pine Tree Reveals Old Book
A Georgia newspaper recalls a curious incident where an ax split a pine to reveal a hollow filled with a faded book and a feather bound hook. The report notes frogs in the heart of the tree and ponders how the relic arrived inside the trunk. The Atlanta Constitution cites the finding as part of a recent spate of tree discoveries.
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Faber
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Overstocked Intellectual Market Prompts German Professors’ Plan
Eminent German professors including Von Gneist Esmarch Kiam Roth Osthoff urge Germans abroad to answer if localities offer work for educated teachers physicians pharmacists lawyers ministers and engineers. They aim to form a central employment bureau to help graduates seek opportunities and ease the domestic surplus.
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Germany
Oof
von Gneist
von Esmarch
Kiam- Roth
Osthoff
Oime
Handy Egg Tester from a Lamp Chimney
A simple egg tester uses a pasteboard box seven by six by six inches with holes for a lamp chimney and a cut egg shaped opening. A dull black cloth covers the box to prevent light leakage, the lamp is lit, and the egg is viewed through the opening to judge its condition.
Dog Days and The Little Dog Myth Across Summers
The article traces the origin of the Dog Days from Roman times and links the July to August heat with the star Canicula. It notes the superstition that Canicula rose and set with the sun, an idea refuted by modern astronomy, yet the term remains a lasting phrase.
Want to Die Correctly In Court Drama
A prisoner smiles at a bouquet bearer and laments the lack of cultured judges in the West. He says being tried and condemned by such a man is awful and being hung by a harsh judge grates on him beyond words.
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Detroit Tribune
Water cooler query ends unusual travelogue remark
A tall gentleman in a Washington Evening News piece boasts of travel through Indiana Connecticut and New Jersey. He notes he has heard dialect poets but questions where a water cooler can be found. The quote showcases travel anecdotes and humorous digression.
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Indiana
Connecticut
New Jersey
Washington Evening News
Telegraph via gas and water pipes experiment sparks local talk
A writer in Electricity demonstrates telephonic communication between houses several hundred feet apart using gas and water pipes as conductors. With a two or three cell battery, he proves the pipes, typically insulated from each other, can carry a usable signal without wires.
The Modern Beaute Thrives On Sunshine And Exercise
A lively testimonial describes health and beauty from fresh air and good food with regular exercise. It also hints at using a gentle laxative remedy for cleansing, mentioning a pleasant liquid product.
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Jenty
Remarkable Pre-Flood Human Heights Cited by Rabbinic Writers
The text states that before the flood all humans were giants. It cites Henrion claiming Adam stood 123 feet 6 inches tall, Eve 118 feet 9 inches plus lines, and Noah 27 feet in height.
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Henrion
Adam
Eve
Noah
Cheap excursions to the West offer low rate harvest trips
The North Western Line announces a series of harvest excursions to Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah with sale dates August 22 September 14 and October 10 1893. Tickets are valid for return within twenty days from sale and stopovers are allowed in the going trip territory. Inquiries go to W A Thrall Chicago & North Western Railway.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Indian Territory
Texas
Montana
Burlington
Eustis
Chicago
Ill
West
Northwest
North-Western Line
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Manitoba
W. A. Thrall
Chicago & North- Western Railway
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Sheves
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Rafe
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Dermott
Shaint Pathrick
Ireland
Albert Hartley
Hudson, N. C
J.D
Dogters
Wificox
J. D. Wit
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, EK
Chicagog
S¢ Louis RR
Wes
New York Beeton
L. Williams
B. F. Horner
California
MO. J. Byrne
Manadnock Brig
Peoria
ST. Louis
Hatch
Emery
Isrva
Callar Co
Kilby St
Partick O'Fakagi
Washington, D
Forage
R. W. Car. Bell
M. D
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Ohio
R.W.N.Y
Pico
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