Jocko the Monkey Causes Mayhem on Mrs Kaufman’s Clothesline
In New York World coverage, Jocko the monkey torments Mrs. Kaufman by walking a clothesline like a tightrope, stealing pennies from milk pitchers, and raiding bottles of milk. The capers span dumping putty from a hatter extension to chasing new mischief across backyards and rooftops, while the health board weighs action against owner Hoffmann.
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Jocko
East Fourth Street
Mrs. Kaufman
Hyman
Mr. Hyman
Hoffmann
Health Board
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Echo Answers Where and When in London Judy Tale
A fragment from a London Judy tale shows dialogue about clothing and a child asking “Where” and “Mother, wear any clothes.” The exchange reveals domestic humor and a poised character voice within a slice of daily life.
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Echo
London
Judy
Courage and pain in a New York dispensary tale
A New York doctor treats two newsboys one with a deep cut to the foot while a park mishap sends a boy to Oliver Street. A New York fire patrolman arrives for treatment of a painful wrist sprain, resisting diagnosis as the doctor probes the injury.
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Donnie
New York
Styrax
Oliver Street
New York Tribune
The King and the Seidlitz Powder Incident
A Delhi court tale from the Indian Mirror describes a royal reception of Seidlitz powders. The king first drinks the blue alkali then swallows the white powder, shrieks, and collapses in agony as the compound effervesces, illustrating that monarchs are mortal.
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Delhi
Indian Mirror
The Dewey System Explained by Melvil Dewey
The article outlines the Dewey decimal system created by Melvil Dewey to classify library books by principal subjects and decimal subdivisions. It notes shelves marks indicate location, praises theoretical perfection but calls practice cumbrous and unsatisfactory to non catalogers.
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Melvil Dewey
State Library
America
New York Sun
Money Spent in War Across Centuries
A Cincinnati note argues that war costs are staggering. It claims $7,000 to kill a man and that European and American powers spent $21 billion in conflicts from the Crimean era to 1870-71. It tallies last century's wars at $140 billion, excluding sorrow and human losses.
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Europe
America
Cincinnati
Sober bet on a miner’s stake yields strange turnabout
A Denver saloon keeper funded a prospector who wagered a year of service and $500 on a Brown for Missouri governor. The man lost the money, sent his wife home, then found two mines. He fulfilled the service obligation and now earns about fifty dollars monthly with a street car company, while the dividend fortune endures.
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Brown
Missouri
Denver
St. Louis
Globe- Democrat
What was grout in royal kitchens over the ages
The article traces a dish named grout from medieval to early modern England. It follows Williams’s kitchen tale dillagrout to royal identifications in Henry III and James I reigns, debating whether grout, malpigernoun, and Bardolf’s pottage are the same dish and if they served at coronations.
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Jetelin
Nathless
Addington
Henry III
Bardolfs
James I
Society of Antiquaries
Peculiar Newspaper Reading Habit Generates Banter
Mr and Mrs Wings discuss how Japanese read from right to left and read up for a patent medicine ad. The joke lands when Mr Wings furies at an ad ending a thrilling narrative found in the same column. Mrs Wings deduces the habit aids spotting the patent medicine ad.
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Mrs. Wings
Mr. Wings
Wings
A Small Legal Fee Through English History
The piece traces historic barristers fees from sixpence paid to Sir John Holker to three shillings eight pence with dinner for Robert Fulpott in 1476. It notes Nare's glossary calling a barrister an angel ten shillings and contrasts with modern sums such as 600 guineas at Leeds assizes for under three hours work.
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John Holker
St. Margaret’s
Westminster
Robert Fulpott
Nare
Charles Russell
Leeds
London
Remarkable Unanimity Letters Show Couple’s Sync
Two letters dated Aug 20 illustrate harmony between Dean Julia and Jon. Julia says she will stay another week while Jon agrees, both noting a splendid time. She then decides to rush home to check on his “splendid time.”
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Dean Joan
Julla
Deak Julia
Jon
Burglar Steals From New Bedford Window
An enterprising burglar broke into W. L. Kelley’s window in New Bedford last Monday night and stole 00 worth of Quick Winding Waterbury’s. The thief faces months in jail as the judge weighs the sentence for such an elegant and popular time-piece theft.
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W. L. Kelley
New Bedford
Waterbury’s
The Voice That Calls Poem by W. E. Henley
A poem urging a distant calling beyond the city to follow a steadfast dream. It contrasts desolate seascapes and urban life with a compelling inward summons. The verse invites leaving faded hopes for a purer, enduring meadowed horizon.
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W. E. Henley
Boston Commonwealth
Monstrous Force of Tornadoes Explains Destructive Power
A St Louis Republic quotation discusses wind speed and air pressure, noting at fifty mph pressure equals twelve pounds per square foot and at one hundred mph equals 49.2 pounds per square foot. It argues tornadoes' high velocity yields immense mechanical force capable of tearing buildings or uprooting large trees.
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St. Louis Republic
Globe-Democrat Sunday issue feats in vast production
The St Louis Globe-Democrat Sunday edition boasted 42 pages and 294 columns with 598 000 words and 2 352 000 ems of type. It required 5 880 000 pieces of type and 48 752 pounds of paper to print that single day.
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Globe-Democrat
Mississippi River
Seventeenth and
Olive Streets
Vanderventer Avenue
A Clever Reply from a Cracker
A train halted in a barren sand plain features a cracker on a dune who ignores a smart Aleck’s taunt. The exchange ends with the cracker claiming about 10,000 inhabitants in the town and mocking a visitor from the train. The anecdote is attributed to the New York Tribune.
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Waal
New York Tribune
Japanese chess compared to European play and history
The article notes that Japanese chess features varied moves and promotions, with complex capture rules and strategic demands. It highlights Japan’s long chess tradition from the shogunate era, its revival after the revolution, and a recent grand tournament in Tokyo as reported by the London Spectator.
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Japan
Tokio
London Spectator
Ingenious Melbourne Wire Fence Telephone Link
A Melbourne landowner uses top wire fences to connect two large estates by telephonic means. Edward Argle, the manager, travels by buggy and can reach either homestead by tapping the wire at any point. The note appears in London Tit-Bits.
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Melbourne
Edward Argle
London
We are a nation of superficial pretenders says Wythe
John A Wythe of New York deplores American political knowledge after noting the 1892 election had more candidates than Cleveland and Harrison Wing Simon Wing Bidwell and Weaver. He argues the public knows only the main names and fails to recognize running mates or lesser contenders.
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John A. Wythe
New York
Laclede
Cleveland
Harrison
Weaver
Bidwell
Wing
Simon Wing
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Godeys Win Right to Print Portraits in Dress Fashion
The New York courts ruled in favor of Godeys allowing illustrations of new dress styles using representations of prominent society women. Faces are highly recognizable, causing concern among notable women. The decision frames legality as the sole guide, regardless of privacy implications.
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New York
Godeys
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Amusing Blunder Over Statues at Brussels
Edmund Yates recalls a newspaper error during Brussels manifestations. A statue of General Belliard was shown with a universal suffrage placard, leading Paris papers to misreport that insurgents attacked the king’s escort and forced the general to display a handbill.
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Edmund Yates
Brussels
General Belliard
Waterloo
Paris
Telegraphing at Sea Instrument Exhibited and Praised
Mr. C. V. Boughton of this city unveils a sea telegraph device using 106 incandescent lights to signal Morse code. With over 5,000 wires and compact 11 by 12 inch housing, it claims 82 candlepower lamps visible 10 to 15 miles away. Patents secured in US and Europe. a full instrument will be shown to the US government modeled on the warship Chicago at the World's fair.
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C. V. Boughton
Boughton
Europe
United States
Chicago
Buffalo
Taxes Owed by Miami Indians Trigger Court Restrainin
County Treasurer Summerland struggles to collect taxes on Miami Indian lands in the county. The remnant tribe refuses payment claiming no obligation to fund the government and have let farm taxes go delinquent. A levy on livestock was halted by a circuit court restraining order obtained by the Indians.
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Summerland
Indianapolis Journal
Spanish painter Serra Wins Madrid Competition Prize
The Spanish painter Serra, long domiciled in Rome and known for works seen in New York, won first prize of a gold medal at a recent Madrid competition of Spanish artists. He holds the grand cross of the Order of Isabella and was decorated by King Humbert as one of Fortuny’s artistic descendants.
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Serra
Rome
New York
Madrid
Order of Isabella
Humbert
Fortuny
New York Home Journal
There Are Ekologists In Boston Meet to Debut Ekology
Mrs Elen H Richards of the Institute of Technology christened a new science named ekology at the Vendome first night. Sponsors were the Boston Boot and Shoe club and ladies totaling about 250. Ekology equals the former science of domestic economy.
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Boston
Elen H. Richards
The
Institute of Technology
Boston’ Boot and Shoe Club
Boston Record
A Queer Looking Coffin in Davis County
Hezekiah Shepherd an aged eccentric citizen of Davis County Indiana was buried at Drakeville in the same county. His coffin was built to closely imitate the easy chair in which he had sat for years.
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Hezekiah Shepherd
Davis County
Drakeville
St. Louis Republic
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