Guarding the Queen and the Burden of Royal Protection
A Chambers' Journal essay explains the vast, costly, and delicate work of policing monarchs. It details detectives, disguises, and signals, and notes the tension between public guard duties and private life for the royal family, including the Prince of Wales, Napoleon III, and other visiting rulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon II
England
Alexander I
London
Richard Maye
Napoleon III
France
Prince of Wales
Hunts
West End
Prinses
Chambers
Fragmented Love Letters from Jack and Jock Tale
The fragmentary OCR text appears as a melodramatic correspondence between Jack and Jock, including references to Minnie and "Your True Friend" and a mention of marriage. The readable portions hint at romantic conflict, betrayal, and lingering emotion, with stray lines about affection, parting, and a fatal undertone.
Bad Boy Plenie and the Early Morning Hilarity
A New York man recounts a comic household scene where a boy wakes his family at two in the morning to serve breakfast after a night of oysters and stomach pain. The tale ends with a theater party in Philadelphia and costly table adornments, including strawberries at two dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khimethy
Ian
New York
Philadelphia
Sasceriae
Vine Street
Walcott
Wild cave dweller tale echoed in New Mexico rumor
The piece reports a Western mountaineer tale of a cave dwelling giant, then shifts to reports from Espanola NM where hunters described a towering figure after tasting beer and champagne. The account blends frontier myth with a note on civilization’s progress and Verne’s works. It ends with a Bird importers interview and a long quail eating stunt in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Verne
New Mexico
Espanola
N.M
Remack
West
Juves Verne
Far West
Ineas
N. S. Tribune
Canaries
Germany
St. Andreasberg
Hartz Mountains
Sanae
Young Elmer Sperry Invents Electric Machine In Cortland
The Binghamton News reports Elmer Sperry of Cortland has invented and patented a new electric machine. Promoters in Chicago offered $1,000,000 for the patent, and Sperry secured funding from Cortland capitalists and the Cortland Wagon Company to continue development. Sperry, now 23, began work at a young age and quickly advanced the device to a testable state in three years, drawing interest from Chicago firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Elmer Sperry
Cortland
Times
Chicago
Cortland Wagon Company
Syracuse
Pater
Inds
Central Asia
Everelear
Warfaco
Mme
Christine Lobis
Evan
Trrone Annis Albani
Parepa-Rosa
Jenny Lind
Varepa
Nilsson
Miss Cary
Miss Kellogg
Detroit Post
Susan
Anthony
Miss Anthony
Herald
Education Urgency and Public Duty in Nation’s Progress
A historic critique urges that no law should obstruct youth from reading and writing. Five million ignorant children threaten future stability, crime risk, and national progress. the state must relentlessly ensure universal, quality education and citizen readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Bismarck
Oure
Narties
Trav National Progress
V. ¥. Hera
Buying a Valentine in a Grocery Shop
A pretentious customer buys five cent valentine cards at an Austin newsdealer. He seeks a harsh spoof to torment a debtor in a lettered scheme, selecting pictures of grotesque faces and body features to blister the target. The scene shows a dealer assisting with sharp, satirical choices as the man plans a personal impact. The piece ends with a shift to a separate note on Rev. Alfred H. Moment discussing press power and its potential for good or ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Austin
Satan
Alaska
Alfred H. Moment
New York
Evi
Aketener
Indianapols Journal
Joaquin Miller
St. George’s Club
San Antonio
St. George
Fenderson
Fogg
Jtoston
Migg Jane
Tiesey
Dickey
Mary Jane
Louiseil
Courier-Jonries
Amam
Frank Colla
Gil
John Leary
James Lewis
Beyenen
Fragments From A Distant Paper Table and Tales
A composite set of humor and social quips from a historic newspaper page. The item lists snippets about dances, manners, and oddities including remarks on a musician, a club described as stutled, a farm remark, a preacher collecting funds, and a lighthearted tale of children and petty theft with brief outcomes.
Alcoholic stimulants harm medicine and habit
A physician condemns alcohol as food or medicine, arguing stimulants excite then depress the body, weaken nerves, and impede recovery. He warns that habitual use by doctors skews judgment, noting many cases where stimulants did not aid healing and sometimes worsened outcomes. He urges total abstinence and a shift to better remedies.
Fragmented OCR note on Feine agreement
A garbled OCR line mentions an agreement involving Feine, but readable details are limited. The fragment hints at a formal accord or understanding but lacks specific names, dates, places, or parties involved. Further clarity from the original page is needed to produce a complete summary.
Tribute and funeral note for William E. Dodge at temperance society
A New York meeting of the National Temperance Society and Publication House voices unanimous tribute to William E. Dodge after his death. The board recalls his decades of service as founder and president, expressing deep sympathy, and notes a court case illustrating the harms of intemperance as a sobering example of the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dodge
National Temperance Society and Publication House
New York City
T. A. Brouwer
Wikikas
E. Dodie
United Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vine Sano
Volume
Muust
Scotland Yard
Balmoral
Osborne
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Place
Epping Forest
Amreigan
Jack
Minnie
Anise Smoening
Jock
Serea
Rite Oak
Plenie
Virginie Antonbor
the Quail-Eater
Maquerer
Cincinnati
Anquirer
Cincinnati Enquirer
Tenorance
The
Republic
Tom Thomt
China
House of Commons
Charles Tupper
Chares H. Tupper
Mae
Hloreice
St . Vetroit
Agile
Gauney
Homordus
Des Re
Nurrisown Herald
Temperance
de, Greene
William E. Dodge
Serge Ead Ewe
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