Chimes and Chiming at Grace Church Providence
A Providence Journal feature surveys Grace Church chimes begun Easter 1861. It explains the carillon setup as a piano like mechanism with sixteen bells, the sixteen levers and cords, and the slightly risky ascent to the belfry. It notes the Bell’s range, European carillon forms, and English change ringing traditions with a nod to Belgian maestro Matthias van dan Gheyn.
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Providence Journal
Providence
Grace Church
Commodore Packard
Lawyers
Physicians
Citizens
Infantry
Marine Artillery
Brown University
Alexander Duncan
Ksq
A.D
Frederick Burgess
Stanley
Mathewson Street
Europe
Belgium
Buffaloing
England
Krist’s Church
Cambridge
Orvard College
Matthias van Dan Gheyn
Compositions for Chimes Described as Beyond Any Living Master
The article discusses chimes and fugue like pieces once played by a grand carillon. It praises the wild tenderness of poetry in the morceaux fugues and imagines the breadth of sound possible on a colossal instrument, if mastered by a great composer and played to reveal the bells’ unique character.
Ancient Embalmers and Remarkable Preservation Findings
Ancient embalming claims from Gailard's Medical Monthly describe 463 year preservation of Edward I body, 1766 freshness of Canute, and near perfect remains of William the Conqueror. Roman soldiers found in peat moss after about 1500 years were still plump. Lady Kilsyth and infant were embalmed, appearing alive. What preservative and method caused these readings remains questioned.
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Gailard
Edward I
Canute
William the Conqueror
Aberdeen
Kilsyth
Sheridan's Courtship Tale From a Dinner in New York
General Sheridan relates a wartime and postwar incident with the young lady who became Mrs. Sheridan. During a warm Chicago evening the couple left lights off in a back parlor, triggering a burglar alarm when the front door alarm was set off. The alarm startled the lady's father, who appeared armed in night garments, forcing Sheridan to flee and confess fear. He reflects that courage can fail even in a dangerous moment.
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New York
Sheridan
Chicago
Sto
Talking Ability of Congressmen in the Forty Ninth Congress
Chief stenographer J J McElhone reports on Congressional Record content and session lengths. The Senate proceedings filled 7229 columns over 917 hours 4 minutes, while the House occupied 9780 14 15 columns over 1049 hours 19 minutes. The House thus sat about 132 hours 15 minutes longer, roughly a month, with House reports 2650 lumps, about 4 percent more in volume than the Senate.
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Washington Capital
J. J. McElhone
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Sikh Soldiers in British Bengal Regiments
The Sikhs who joined Ranjeet Singh’s army freely enlisted in British regiments after conquest. They form numerous companies across Bengal army units. They are tall and sturdy, brave, enduring, and abstemious, living on unleavened bread with clarified butter and sugar, and commonly walk thirty to forty miles daily on leave.
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Punjab
Ranjeet Singh
Bengal
A Heart Throb in Romantic Mailings
A New York Clipper item notes a mash actor flooded by love letters from a devoted romantic young woman. She forwards a familiar poem line from the Chicago Times that ends with a pledging prayer for good dreams and guidance. The piece mocks copied verses in celebrity correspondence.
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New York
Chicago Times
Lord Salisbury's Mettle in Family Scandal
Lord Salisbury’s son Lord Robert Cecil and his wife used pen and periodical writings to critize Baron Alderson’s stinginess. She attended soirées in a four wheeler with stray straws on her flounces to spotlight the issue. The old marquis relented, forgave, and grew proud of his son.
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Lord Salisbury
Baron Alderson
Robert Cecil
Spain Unveils Fastest Steamer El Destructor Torpedo Cruiser
Spain claims a formidable torpedo cruiser El Destructor as the world fastest steamer capable of twenty three knots. The Clyde-built vessel can turn within four to five ship lengths at full speed and run 700 miles without refueling, part of a fleet of similar cruisers ordered for pain.
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Spain
Racer
Clyde
Pain
A Mystery of Art at Puck Theater
On varnishing day a young hanging committee member resolves a long dispute about painting orientation. The artist complains that his work was skyed and hung upside down, but the committee member confirms the piece is positioned horizontally rather than vertically and settles the question.
Fishermen's Folklore: Spooks and Signs Seen by Sailors
Folklore and superstitions among fishermen across Scotland England and Shetland are detailed with tales of luck curses and omens. Sailors fear animals and beings from pigs to birds and whisper of witchcraft with examples from Moray Firth St Monance Staithes and Scalloway illustrating how omens steer journeys and catches.
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Isle of
St. Lewis
Barras
Glasgow Herald
Shetland
Scalloway
The Haunted Room in Erie January Tale
A narrator recounts a bitter Erie night lodging with a majestic, aloof guest who refuses to share a bed. After a chilly vigil by the stove and a late door rap, both men insist on separate beds, and the morning scene reveals a frail regal figure asleep in an arm chair. The tale ends with a parable about wisdom versus kingship amid a harsh winter setting.
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Pennsylvania
Nyther
Eric the Pleasant
Lord Mayor's
Mme
Pepe
New Century Dictionary Project Aims at Modernized, Verified Words
In New York February 27 a report outlines the Century Dictionary project, a modern effort to replace Johnson with a meticulously verified, comprehensively sourced English dictionary. It describes assembling experts across law, medicine, art, and science, using the Imperial as a base, employing women to proof and classify, and seeking living authorities for each branch. The work envisions original quotations, illustrative pictures, and global input, with editors ensuring alphabetical order and precise definitions.
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New York
Christopher North
Noah Webster
Century Dictionary
Creat Magazine
Boswell
Johnson
Johusous
St. John Ogilvie
Roswell Smith
Austin Abbott
Whitney
Yale
Samuel Johnson
Holborn
Smollett
Howells
Cardinal Manning
Ben Jonson
Marke
Tse
Dulian Rauru
Smith Hosts Fire Dept Housewarming Joke
A traveling man tells his wife that Smith had a big time last week with a louse warming at his house. She learns the event featured the entire fire department after she reads a newspaper account of the tire incident.
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Smith
He Forgot for a Moment Sunday Telegram Fragment
A fragmented newspaper text describes a man who had long avoided church services and misreads the entry, noting Sunday and the front door being locked before realizing his mistake.
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Lawrence Sunday
Duzohba
John
The Italian Model and the British Model in Print
A lengthy critique contrasts Italian and British models, noting Italian crowds at studios and endurance, while praising British models for sobriety and virtue. It chronicles varied paths to modeling work including actors, soldiers, and even a famous figure dubbed the king of models, with anecdotes of marriages between artists and models.
Art Blacksmith Work The Man Who Made The Forge
Alfred Newman a craftsman and founder of the Archer street smithy in Haymarket died at 35. In four years his taste raised his business and spurred art iron work revival. His smithy was a fashionable seasonal stop with Princess Beatrice visiting. Clients included the Dukes of Westminster and Norfolk and the Marquis of Northampton. He was an art commissioner for Folkestone exhibition and wrote papers for architects and Jewish history, archaeology interests.
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England
Alfred Newman
Archer Street
Haymarket
Newman
London
Beatrice
Dukes of Westminster
Norfolk
Marquis of Northampton
Baroness ‘Sus
Dir Coutts Linusay
Eaton
Yreenatengheshire
Folkestone
Mikado of Japan and Order of the Garter
The Mikado of Japan is expected to receive the Order of the Garter in exchange for the Order of the Chrysanthemum given to the Prince of Wales. The piece notes the Garter's rank with other great orders and mocks European dress adoption. It laments the transformation of Japanese court attire and suggests subjects gain nothing from the gift.
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Japan
Prussia
Spain
Hungary
Russia
The Sweet Call of Charity in Paris Sewers
A Paris charity stunt for French flood victims uses a locally famed sewer tour as a fundraiser. The piece notes Parisians’ fondness for dramatic events to aid others, and questions how deeply influencers engaged with the initiative.
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France
Paris
Tribute to Journalism A Parisian Curiosity Story
A Parisian husband, speaking to his wife about to enter a cab, startled horses that bolted. He told a bystander he would see what happened in the papers tomorrow, praising journalism and its role in reporting daily life.
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Paris
River Time by Benjamin F. Taylor poem fragment
Fragment of a poem about the river Time and a mythical isle named the Long Ago. It recalls winters and summers passing, lost treasures, hair, rings, songs, and memories tied to a shoreline of nostalgia and dreams. The voice contemplates memory as a greenwood soul.
Fearless Editor Hartman Shapes Rico Diario Tale
An unnamed narrator recalls meeting Frank Hartman at Rico in Dolores County in the 1880s. Hartman runs the Dolores News, a lean operation out of a log shanty, and pledges bold coverage of vigilantes. A lynching and a looming confrontation spur Hartman to plan a scathing extra issue and defy the town’s vigilante committee.
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Denver
Thad
Mme
Frank Hartman
Dolores
Hartman
Sobores News
New Mexico
Calaboose
Vigilance Committee of
Rico
Southwest
The
Owl
Frank
Vigilance Committee
HalloFr
Apportionment Crisis as US Population Rises
Sunset Cox warned that apportionment will soon challenge US governance as population nears 100 million. The article examines how many representatives states deserve, the risk of overpopulated districts, and potential House size, with emphasis on shifts for New York Texas California and western states, and the danger to Senate balance.
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United States
Congress
New York Sun
Sunset Cox
House of Representatives
Cox
T! United States
Texas
Great Britain
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maryland
Nevada
Delaware
House
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Alleghanies
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York
Alleganies
Corgia
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota
Oregon
California
Washington
New Harpshire
Rhode Island
Florida
Maine
Connecticut
Atlantic
Virginia
Arctic
Seuate
Newark
Senate
Rhode Isle
West
Little States
Valley
Pacific Slope
Representhe House
The Flying Rattlesnake Entertainment Advertised
An English paper promotes the rattlam snakeram a flying rattlesnake toy for parties. It allegedly fits in a watch pocket and, when released, darts about the room causing fright and amusement. The piece touts bashful ladies seeking male protection and notes the novelty of a purely Japanese sap.
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Japan
Patrick’s odd plan after a bar bet in North Tenth Street
Two elderly Irish women on North Tenth Street recall Patrick who, after a bad two shilvog piece over the bar and several lenses of ale, resolves to whip himself in a curious tale of self punishment and resolve.
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Philadelphia
North Tenth Street
Patrick
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