Monster Dead Whale Forces Cable Repair Break in 19th Century Telegraph Line
The Viking repairing steamer reports a 50 foot dead whale trapped on the Santos-Santa Catharina cable line off Brazil. The carcass caused lifting strain and a fault on the 1874 laid cable, with prior whale-caused breaks noted near the Persian Gulf and Peru. The whale’s weight likely snapped the bight rather than swimming force.
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Santos-Santa Catharina
Western and Brazilian Telegraph Company
Viking
Santa Catharina
Peters
Persian Gulf
America
Peruvian
Mother Weeps Until Son Returns from the Grave
A grieving mother loses her child and weeps endlessly. The son reappears at night in the places he played, sharing her sorrow. On a night he pleads for her to stop crying or his shroud cannot dry. After she ceases, he fades away and rests in his underground bed.
Ultra-flat gowns spark debate on fashion’s extreme bustles
The New York Post criticizes ultra flat and steelless gowns worn by extremists as ludicrous and unbecoming. It argues fullness in skirts creates a better silhouette and warns that removing all bustle aids dulls style, making even expensive toilets look unfinished.
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New York Post
Everett’s Elocutionary Tricks Recited in Boston Memoir
In the North American Review January issue Hon. Charles K. Tuckerman recounts Edward Everett’s use of stage devices to captivate audiences. A dinner anecdote shows Everett restoring a dish with two silk flags, then waving them during a national toast to heighten patriotic effect.
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Everett
North American Review
Charles K. Tuckerman
Boston
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Union
Dr Doellinger Dies as Opponent of Papal Infallibility
Munich reports the death of Dr Doellinger a leader of the old Catholic movement in Southern Germany and a prominent opponent of papal infallibility. He dies after a long career opposing the doctrine.
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Germany
Munich
Glorious act of a great life starts with fact
An old promotional fragment extols Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a life study perfected product with no rival. It compares relief from neuralgia to hope and notes Salvation Oil as a comforting remedy carried by a wife. The tone mimics a period advertisement voice.
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Dr. Bull
Bill Moves to Create National Park at Chickamauga Battlefield
A proposed bill would designate the Chickamauga battlefield as a national park, shaping preservation and access. If enacted, the site would gain federal protection and potential development limits under national park status.
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National Park
Chickamauga Battlefield
Positive Remedy Promises Cure for Consumption
A letter claims a sure cure for consumption and offers two bottles free to readers who send their address. The writer, T A Stocum M C, provides 181 Pearl Street, New York, for correspondence.
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T. A. Stocum
M. C
Pearl Street
New York
Broncntal Trocnes Promoted For Coughs And Colds
Those suffering from coughs colds sore throat or similar ailments are advised to try Bronx s Broncntal Trocnes. The medicine is sold only in boxes.
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Bronx
Flu Vanishes From St. Petersburg and Moscow
Reports indicate influenza has completely disappeared from the cities of St. Petersburg and Moscow with no new cases locally. Health officials urge continued vigilance and monitoring for any resurgence despite the apparent end of the outbreak.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Tal mage in Paris. A king saved by Jehosheba tale
The Brooklyn preacher Talmage recounts Jehosheba saving Joash from Athaliah in Jerusalem. He argues that attempts to exterminate righteousness fail, citing Biblical and historical persecutions, and praises the unseen acts that preserve faith through danger.
Royal souls in cradle awaiting final coronation
A sermon-like piece urges rescuing children from worldliness, arguing that early spiritual nurture decides empires. It warns against late instruction, likening Joash’s fate to missed opportunities and lauding selfless faith exemplified by Jehosheba and early Christian martyrs.
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Jehosheba
Fonsogy
Jehoseba
Joash
Paul
Munson
Abeel
China
Phocas
Fire Making by Friction and Fungus Tinder
A description of traditional fire making in tropical regions. It explains using a hard and a soft stick with cross grooves to generate tinder by friction, then notes tribes also carry pottery fragment and dry fungus tinder in a betel box and strike to ignite instantly.
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Tropics
How long will coal last and what if it’s gone
Scientists contend the current wasteful use of coal is irrelevant to future fuel longevity. Prof. E. P. Jackson argues the 6 trillion ton fossil fuel stock will not determine human fate. If consumed, atmospheric carbon would reach dangerous levels, threatening continued human existence.
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E. P. Jackson
North America Review
Remarkable Energy of Six Year Old Causes Household Chaos
A persistent third ward boy delights in pranks. He hides in the churn, causing the mother to churn to death three kittens and spills molasses vinegar and lard into a flour barrel. She locks him in the pantry as punishment after exposing the mischief.
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Atlanta Journal
The Black Charger in a Shenandoah Cavalry Fight
Col Mosby recalls a 1864 Shenandoah battle where a Yankee on a black horse charged Confederate lines. The horse broke through, the rider was captured, and the animal was pressed into Confederate service. Days later another Confederate rode the horse into battle against Custer’s men, but the horse did not return.
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Shenandoah Valley
Sheridan
Berryville
Libby
Custer
Emigration Plan Sparks Abolition Era Debate In Congress
In Congress Mr. Morgan of Alabama argues for voluntary emigration of African Americans to Africa as a solution to race conflict. The House and Senate discuss rules, world’s fair site, and river improvements with nominations and public-building bills advancing.
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Alabama
Butler
South
Africa
Congo Basin
Henry M. Stanley
Quadrocentennial Committee
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Senate
Washington
Doctor Beall Fined and Jailed for Grave Robbery
Dr. Beall of Washington received a $400 fine and six months' imprisonment after being found guilty of robbing a grave in the Congressional cemetery.
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Beall
Washington
Congressional
Shilling Family Shares Birthday With President Washington
In Shillington Berks County Samuel Shilling and his wife were born on February 22. Their first child born on Washington's Birthday, and two more sets of twins followed on exact anniversaries. The family notes six children plus parents all share the same birthday linking them to George Washington, per the St. Louis Republic report.
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Shillington
Samuel Shilling
Shilling
Washington
George Washington
St. Louis Republic
Imperial Courier Arrives for Edict Sealed Ceremony
An imperial courier arrives at the viceroy of Canton with a yellow satin edict. Nine guns salute and guards kneel as the edict is read in a ceremonial hall. the courier exits by a side door after delivering the order.
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Canton
Yamen
Train at Nashotah crossing kills couple in crash
A St Paul train struck a horse and wagon at a Nashotah crossing, fatally injuring Olaf Johnson and his wife who died about an hour later. The crossing was described as bad and the victims did not hear or see the approaching train due to their muffed condition.
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Nashotah
Olaf Johnson
Lucky Memphian Wins Part of Lottery Prize
Charles E. Woodson, a hunter Brothers clerk in Memphis, holds one fortieth of ticket No 98455 in The Louisiana State Lottery drawing that yielded a 600000 prize. He deposited the number with his bank and expects $15,000. he has yet to decide on investments.
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Memphis
Chas. E. Woodson
Woodson
Mr. Woodson
Hunter Brothers
Main
West Court Streets
It Seems But Yesterday in the Garden of Time
A nostalgic poem recalls May and June passing swiftly. The speaker notices signs of summer in a garden, with daisies grasses and roses, then discovers a final rose and a roisterous wind robbing time from Agnes and the speaker. The verse mingles memory with the garden’s changing season.
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Infield
Jane
Bear Capture Fails as Col. Hooker Chokes Bear to Death
In the Mississippi bottoms Col. Hooker tries to capture a live bear during a cane brake crossing. He grapples the animal with bare hands while his helper arrives to assist, only to discover the bear is dead from suffocation, the apparent result of the hold.
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Col. Hooker
Mississippi Bottoms
Old Man By The Roadside Longs For Graveyard View
A reflective reminiscence from Chambers Journal about an elderly man who, spending years by his wife’s grave, tends the stones, lights his pipe, and recalls the dead. He loves the churchyard for its view and wishes to be buried there, believing the landscape preserves his sight.
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Mester
William
Boston cleric urges U S mission nearer home at Chicago convention
A Boston pastor at the Chicago Christian Endeavor convention urges activists to focus foreign mission effort within the United States citing heavy nonattendance in Boston New York and Chicago. He warns that 80 000 die each year without faith and many infidels land on American shores.
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Boston
Convention of Christian Endeavor Societies
Chicago
United States
New York
India
China
Germany
Italy
Jesus
Not So Fussy as the Parson
A Vermont country town deacon is caught by his pastor with an armful of wood for the kitchen stove. The parson lectures on divine scrutiny, while the deacon quips that God alone avoids sensational fuss about it.
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Free Press
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