The Irish Famine in Mayo Described by James Redpath
James Redpath reports from Westport Mayo describing relief distribution and harsh living conditions. He visits Thornhill and Killenacoff with Father Lynskey, details rents paid to Lord Sligo, unpaid land, and searing cabin poverty. He notes seaweed manures and scant wages, and observes a crowded parish church where charity is scrutinized.
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James Redpath
New York Tribune
Mayo
Westford
West
Christian Brothers
Lynskey
Coalfeddy
Begley
Ireland
Murrisk
Thornhill
Murrisk-na-pull
Killenacoff
Westport
Dublin Museum
Vermont
New England
Croagh Patrick
Ape Islands
Clen Bay
Christ
America
San Francisco
Denis Kearney
Clear Bay
Sligo
Grand Jury
Massachusetts
Father Lynskey
Duchess of Marlborough
Desolate Irish hovel visit exposes hunger and despair
A reporter recounts visits to Thornhill and Killenacoff in Ireland where fifty women and many old men queue for scant Indian meal orders. He describes squalid cabins, smoke-filled rooms, barefooted mothers, hungry children, and a priest trying to distribute limited relief while villagers seek work over alms.
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Murrisk
Thornhill
Father Lynskey
Killenacoff
Ex-Student Unveiled in Baldwin University Love Letters
A Cleveland special reports Baldwin University in Berea Ohio faced a sensation as anonymous love letters were sent to professors ministers and their wives. Miss Susan Gorsch a former student was arrested found insane and sent to Newburgh asylum after the spree.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Baldwin University
Berea
Place College
Susan Gorsch
Newburgh Asylum
Gorsch
Rhosko the Plumed Knight and the Namsterdam Saga
A satirical retelling mocks a political struggle as Rhosko, a boastful fighter from Namsterdam, battles rivals in Washingtonites and Nondrinkites arenas. He deposes henchmen, leans on power plays, and faces public rejection as Odysseus is floated and defeated, amid hotel and railroad ambitions at the coast.
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Rhoesko
Jime
Washingtonites
Rhosko
Jimy
Rhode Island
Rhodes
Namasaterdam
Namsterdam
Chamion
Victor Hugo’s Swift Work Pace Revealed by Friend
A friend recalls Victor Hugo’s writing burst as he raced the press with hundreds of verses daily after a remark about the lack of women in the second volume of Legende des Steeles. Hugo accepts blame, then pushes ahead with intense productivity and a dramatic scene in his room.
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Victor Hugo
Paul Meurice
Hugo
Meurice
Rose
Infanta
Mahaut
Delorme
Vast Rockaway Beach hotel to rise with 2000 rooms
A new Rockaway beach hotel rises as a massive 1130 foot long four story complex with over 1000 to 1100 rooms on the top floors for 1600 guests. One thousand workmen, 100 teams, electric night work, a 500 by 175 foot pier, and multiple 100 foot long bars promise grand dining rooms and a single vast transient hall. Water works will supply 400 rooms, with a covered promenade to the depot.
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Rockaway Beach
Windsor Hotel
A. T. Stewart's
New York
Wit
Balling Fae Works
Yale Junior Invents Friction Electric Purifier for Flour
A Yale student and junior Thomas K. Osborne with classmate Smith developed an electric middlings purifier to separate bran from flour. The device uses frictional electricity to attract bran, reducing dust and waste, with one man able to operate it.
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Yale
New Haven
Smith
Atlantic Flour Mills
Porter
Blake
Providence
R.J
English
Henry B. Harrison
Eli Whitney Blake
Thomas R. Trowbridge
Arthur Osborne
Board of Education of
Thomas K. Osborne
Yale College
Young Smith
Young Osborne
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Osborne
Superior Court
Henry Arrison
Ashay
Ir. Blake
Eli Whitney
Edison
The Belle of Arkansas Now Begging in the Streets
A Louisville Courier Journal account recalls Miss Faulkner daughter of Sandy Faulkner once famed as Arkansas Traveller and the belle of Ashley mansion society. Divorce, poverty, and a broken leg led to severity. now aged, she limps with a forgotten fortune and begs in the streets, her beauty still evident in memory.
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Arkansas
Louisville Courier-Journal
Sandy Faulkner
Arkansas Traveller
Trapnell
Ashley Mansion
Miss Faulkner
Paris
New Orleans
St. John
Franz Liszt Intrigues Eccentricities and Dissipations
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent profiles Franz Liszt from Pesth Hungary detailing a life of vanity caprice and grand triumphs. It traces his rise from a child prodigy to an international virtuoso, noting his extravagance restless impulses and complex religious shifts. The piece compares him with Paganini and Describes his public allure and private excesses as a defining part of his character.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Pesth
Hungary
Liszt
Franz Liszt
Eerath
Kaiaing
Oldenburg
Esterhazy
Franz
Presburg
Vienna
Czerny and Salieri
Paganini
Paris
Europe
Erson
Weimar
Goethe
Sapen
Prayer Fiend Powell Cuthbert Guards Senate Worship
The Washington Star profiles Powell Cuthbert a Virginian known as the prayer fiend who sits in the front left gallery each session. He rises before the prayer, sways and comments loudly when Democrats speak, and forces his way to his seat if needed. A tall gaunt figure in black with a cloak and cane, he is a conservative constructionist whose devotion appears to have waned in recent years.
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United States Senate
Washington Star
Capitol
Senate
Powell Cuthbert
Mysterious Treasury Box Remains Sealed Since 1851
A box in the U S treasury vaults, sealed and untouched for over 170 years, holds jewels pearls and diamonds. Treasurers urged sale for charity but Congress never resolved ownership. Records from 1868 describe the contents including diamonds pearls gold and a rose scent vial.
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Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
United States
Andrew Jackson
Egypt
Patent Office
McCulloch
House of Representatives
Hyer McColloen
the Treasury
Yencee
FE. Spinner
Sara
Calendar power and the Roman leap year system
A London Daily News critique contrasts the Roman calendar before Julian reform with modern systems. It highlights how pontifices intercalated full extra months, shifting offices and taxes by weeks, and mocks current politicians for lacking such control while noting both sides of the issue including festive and social impacts.
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London Daily News
Mr. Lowe
Predisposed Saddles and a Parson's Denial
A retired Baptist preacher recalls a satire on predestination as he confronts a colored man over a stolen saddle. The exchange centers on guilt, deceit, and whether lies or fate determine theft, with the preacher threatening arrest while the other defends being “predisposed” to steal.
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Dave
Parson
Judas
Foundation
Den
Parsons
Spose
Mixed amusements and social notes from old papers
A collage of jokes, legal quirks, street scenes, and society gossip spans Victor Hugo, a canary court case, a Paris fashion judge, and English Irish matchups. Light humor and human interest peek through amid dated news laced with travelers, couples, and a canary’s courtroom caper.
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Western Capital
Rockaway’s
Munich
Leipzig
Ratisbonne
Conservatoire
Reicha
Bach
Duc d’Orleans
Boulogne
St. Simon
Lammenais
Georges Sand
Ghen
Wagner
Emile Ollivier
Thalberg
Pedecet
Rome
Berlin
Vatican
Pio Noro
Capone
Weber
Handel
San Francisco Post
Poland
Luke L’oland
van Ness Avenue
Telegram Court
Jefferson Market
Eighth Avenue
Onord
Henry Young
New York Mail
New York Telegram
Justice Wendell
Fifty Seventh-Street
Merrilly
Ethole
Teuton
Herman Schnepp
Third Avenue
Bernard
Derrick Dodd
Amelia Butts
Alameda
San Rafael
Amelia
Fenee
London
Lady Granard
Adelaide Forbes
England
Adelaide
Maurice Fitzgerald
Duke of Leinster
Johnstown
Adelaide Borbes
Orange
Inster
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