Global notes on industry and society from Volume XVII
A collage of 19th century statistics and commentary on England nonchurch goers German Bible distribution to troops and forestry economics in Germany and the U S As it surveys crop values in Georgia United States railroad mileage global rail value and emergent social observations including Canadian youth farm labor and beauty standards from the New York Commercial Advertiser The piece weaves economic indicators with moral reflections and a poem urging sympathy and awareness among readers.
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New York
Giants and curiosities of the world meet in India and New York
The piece surveys extraordinary people and feats, naming John Craig of Danville Indiana as the world’s heaviest man at 823 pounds and detailing other giants like John A Seaton a 6 7 1 2 inch tall New York watchman and Dr G C Cabell a towering dentist in Paris. It also recounts crime tricks in stores and odd Paris rag pickers, with lighter items about poetry and a domestic scene of an old woman and a boy playing hide and seek under a maple tree.
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Brobdingnag
John Craig
Danville
Ind
Craig
Jonny Craig, Jr
New York
John A. Seaton
Equitable
Lower Broadway
Seaton
Paris
Fifth Avenue
G. C. Cabell
Buffalo
Evans
Europe
Dubois
Cabell
Washington
United States
James Murphy
Bridge Cred
Colquitt County
Big Foot
Jim
Mr. Murphy
Northwest
H. P. Kendall
Seattle
Sun
Sen
Henry Haynie
Champs Elysees
New Orleane Picayune
Henpeck
Justice O'Halloran
Mr Thistledown's Courtship Ends in Escape and Laughter
A misfired courtship tale follows Torquatus Thistledown, president of a petroleum firm, as his efforts to woo Miss Fanny Gordon collide with Bruce Hardenbrook. A chaotic romantic farce erupts in a locked kitchen, culminating in Thistledown’s dramatic exit after a spectacular public engagement scene.
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Torquatus Thistledown
Thistledown Petroleum Company
Lex
Bruce
Ardenbrook
Thistledown
Fanny Gordon
Bruce Hardenbrook
Kathleen
Hardenbrook
Harden
Gordon
Mary—Hannal
Petroleum Company
Fanny Ie
Fanny
Mr. Gordon
Japa
Hanny
Vanny
Albany ‘Limes- Union
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England
Maine
Scotland
Scotia
Georgia
Moreland
Germany
Empire
Boston
Canada
States
Ernest Kohl
North China Daily News
Chinkiang
China
Genesee Richardson
India
Algernon
Cybele
Rome
London
Christendom
Holy Mount
Herper
Utah
Bear River
St. Louis Republic
Portland
Mexico
Calla Billid
Stoeng
Enea
Papa
Ker
H. C. Bunner
Scribner
Semart Hoy
Cindi
Kos
Mr. Thistledown
Trastledown
Jadore
Bince Hardenbrook
Michael
Syithe Uma
Sir John Lubbock
Sir John
Boston Transcript
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