Political Ties Stir Within Conservative Ranks
London letter notes competition for influence among three leading figures as the Conservative party canvasses for support. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Marchioness of Salisbury are highlighted for their vigorous involvement in promoting their allies, including Mr. Balfour. The piece comments on the party’s internal dynamics and the relative strength of leadership figures.
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Aig
Salisbury
Indies
Duchess of
Devonshire
Mither
Miss Gui
Marchioness
Mr. Balfour
Lord Salisbury
London
Gray's Wedding to Ward Sparks Public Interest in Richmond
In Richmond Kentucky a simple ceremony united General Clay and abolitionist Apoilo Videre s ward bringing together a youthful couple. The bride wore a plain dress with no flowers and the scene drew crowds as witnesses observed a touching union between a renowned crusader for liberty and a young local girl.
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Siwringe feClell
Richardson
Shiya Walle
Natara
Clay
Oes
Glover
German physician probes Milwaukee vaccine scare
Maximilian Herzog, a young German physician, has stirred medical circles by examining vaccine points used in Milwaukee. He reports many examples are spurious and dipped in croton oil rather than genuine virus. Herzog has visited the smallpox hospital and invites others to inspect his findings.
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Maximilian Herzog
Milwaukee
The Absentee Viceroy and Irish Grievances
The Parnellites urge that Lord Houghton, the viceroy of Ireland, is an absentee who spends little time in the country despite receiving £30000 a year. He is very wealthy and may retire, with a potential successor linked to the recently deceased Lord Drumlanrig. The government faces a challenge finding a Liberal peer to accept the post.
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Lord Houghton
Ireland
Lord Crewe
Lord Drumlanrig
New York Sun
London
Jail Preferred to Mother-in-law
Thirty husbands in the Raymond Street Jail in Brooklyn faced charges for failure to support their wives. Inquiry showed many disliked their mothers-in-law, choosing to remain jailed to avoid the reception awaiting them at home.
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Raymond Street
Brooklyn
New York Dispatch
Hugo Still Untombed Complaint Over Neglected Remains
Paris correspondent reports complaints in Pmis that Victor Hugo’s remains are neglected after his funeral. The coffin, placed on improvised benches in the Pantheon, remains uncovered with no tomb prepared and no further memorial efforts heard of.
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Pmis
Victor Hugo
Pantheon
Subon
Paris
Adirondack hermit jokes on tides and earth shape
Uncle Alvah Dunning at Charlie Bennetts Antlers on Raquette Lake shares a muddy, humorous view of tides as the earth slides under water like a pancake and a milk pan, saying bedclothes slipping in bed explains tides. The exchange amuses hunting season guests in New York.
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Alvah Dunning
Adirondacks
Charlie Bennett
Raquette Lake
Uncle Alvab
Alvab
Alvah
New York
Giant Whale Skeleton Unearthed High in California Hills
A prospector in the southern Sierra uncovers a gigantic whale skeleton embedded on a cliff side. The bones lie stretched along the ancient sea bottom where the creature fed, now raised 2,500 feet by cataclysm. The find suggests vast uplifts of the coast range lifting sea life above present shores.
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Lent
Sierras
San Juan Capistrano
San Juan
Coast Range
South
California
Catala
Tese
Philadelphia
Boston Druggist Clerk Sues Over Voice Depriving Medicine
A clerk in a Boston drugstore sues over a medicine claim that it can deprive a vat of its voice without pouring it in the test. The report notes seven and a half hours on a roof with frightful faces as part of the tale.
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Boston
Unconscious Monologuist at Office Window
A New York Sun quote notes that constant mental activity empties the mind and weakens sensory cells. It cites urban noise as a cause for people thinking aloud, linking perpetual plotting to a quiescent mood and impaired self-communication.
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New York Sun
Barkeep’s Life Insurance Plot Spurs Cowboy’s Plot to Confront Widow
In a Detroit Free Press tale a cowboy Dick explains to a friend why he let the barkeep bully him. The barkeep sought a $10,000 life policy payable to his widow, a plan Dick intends to counter after a deliberate delay.
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Widder
Detroit Free Press
A Lawyer’s Luxe Suit Provokes Sharply Posed Truths
A Barnesville lawyer, in a new costly suit, declares he bought it on credit and will not pay. He argues appearance earns respect, claiming a sharp suit helps him win cases even if his fairness or facts fail. A bystander jokes about cash, while the lawyer affirms social judgment hinges on outward dress.
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Barnesville
Pallos
Demosthenes
Cicero
Atlanta Constitution
Dog Meat Rumors Across Munich Abattoirs
A Christian Advocate report notes a rising dog slaughter in Munich abattoirs. It claims explorers Lewis and Clark once ate it, that Italian laborers introduced the taste, and that dog flesh is used as an adulterant in sausages and eaten openly in various preparations.
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Lewis and Clark
Munich
Doctor Advice and Local Lore in a Quirky Clip
A London Tit-Bita joke has a doctor prescribing small nightly hush money to a nervous waiter. Nearby notes mention Wartburg’s annual singing contest and a Missisquoi river valley name meaning many ducks in Vermont.
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London
Missisequoi
Vermont
Fashion and footwear save climbers and riders
London Tit Bits recounts three near misses where footwear saved lives. A high heel tangled in branches kept a climber from certain death on a cliff edge. A rider on an omnibus avoided a fall when turned up trouser bottoms trapped him from the edge. A silk hat buoyed a drowning man until rescue arrived, keeping him afloat for about 15 minutes.
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Briers
Cliffa
London
Learning to Ride a Bicycle Brings Humble Lessons
An elderly bachelor recounts his rough day as he strolls with difficulty, explaining he has just finished a bicycle lesson and had more tumbles than new progress. He asks a friend how long lessons last.
Devil Anse Presided Over Grim Hillside Graves
The passage notes his prominence as presiding figure and cites many graves on the hillsides near the scene as evidence of deadly skill with pistols. The tone reflects a sensational summary from the New York Tribune.
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New York Tribune
Sunol's Record Hopes Lift by Green Mountain Maid Monument Note
The writer forecasts Sunol may lower her pace record next season after examining the Green Mountain Maid monument. Electioneer leaves the scene with a bicycle sulky advantage, and Sunol, now eight, may be bred to Kremlin after turf retirement. Wat Thier, a two year old bay colt, shows speed and could become a fast racer.
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Green Mountain Maid Monument
Sunol
Electioneer
Kremlin
Miss Russell
Watthier
Advertiser
Hiectioncer
Wilkes
George Wilkes
Waxana
General Benton
Wexy
Lexington
Temptation In the Wilderness and the Painted Model
In a Parisian anecdote the ugly Pellisson is lured by a beautiful woman to a house where the master reveals his plan to paint a likeness of him as “Temptation In the Wilderness.” The woman departs, leaving Pellisson puzzled by the artistic ruse. The anecdote appears in the Revue Anecdotique.
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Pellisson
Net
Poisonous Copperhead Bite Treated with Popcorn Root Remedy
J. Trout was bitten on the ankle by a copperhead three miles from Trimble Tennessee while hunting. He used an uncommon cure, applying milky juice from red popcorn root around his leg in two successive bands. The swelling followed the marks but gradually eased and he recovered without other remedies.
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J. ©. Trout
Trimble
Tenn
Chicago
Telbane
Candidates for poet laureate abound in Edinburgh
A local Edinburgh bard wrote to the first lord claiming full competence for the laureateship and willingness to work at the old salary. A rival, dubbed the Aberdeen Loonie, offered services to Lord Rosebery in a curious letter, leading to a lively scene and police involvement after the applicant’s outburst.
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Edinburgh
Aberdeen Loonie
Lord Rosebery
Teolps
Boston Transcript
Electrical Moonlight and Balloon Training in German Camp
Balloons are integrated into regular German military training with a captive balloon kept ready for work. A new lighting setup uses a 6000 candle power electric arc lamp fed by insulated wire to illuminate the area as night falls.
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