Free rural mail delivery via bicycles hinted by Wanamaker
Postmaster General Wanamaker tells the Indianapolis Journal that free rural delivery may begin within a year or two once the Post Office Department is self supporting. He notes bicycles suit good roads for delivery and collection along rural routes and cites Washington use as a successful example. He urges extending mail benefits to farmers as roadways improve.
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Wanamaker
Indianapolis Journal
Post Office Department
Philadelphia
Washington
Lucky shot saves hunter in canyon tale
A hunter recounts surviving a deadly sequence in a canyon. An Indian, a mountain lion, a rattlesnake, a grizzly, and an elk strike dangers around him while the hunter’s bullet deflects to kill the Indian and the predators, ending with a caution about population and birth rates.
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Bear
Breaking Up a Square in Military Tactics
A letter debates whether infantry squares can be broken by dense assaults. It cites a claim that French forces in Dahomey used melinite bombs in an enemy trench, causing lethal suffocating fumes that forced attackers to retreat. The writer questions the feasibility and dangers of such methods.
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Dahomey
London
Royalty's Reception Room at Windsor Under Renovation
The grand Windsor reception room is being redecorated and regilded by workmen. Once used as a green room for royal opera, it features six Gobelin tapestries illustrating Jason and the Golden Fleece, a Russian malachite vase gifted by Tsar Nicholas I, and ornate carved gilded ceilings. Four large ormolu and cut glass candelabra illuminate the chamber overlooking the home park and Eton College.
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Windsor Castle
Waterloo
Jason
Eton College
Rebecca Nurse 200th Death Anniversary Marked in Danvers
In Danvers Massachusetts a 200th anniversary observance honors Rebecca Nurse who was hanged in Salem in 1692 for religious beliefs and alleged witchcraft. Her descendants unveiled a memorial tablet commemorating the forty people who maintained her innocence before the New England court.
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Danvers
Mass
Rebecca Nurse
Salem
New England
Harper’s Bazar
Coeducation Progress Cited by Bates College Leader
Dr. Chaney, Bates College president, uses a 1865 anecdote to illustrate coeducation advancement. A man reportedly answered the enrollment with a harsh line, implying few and diverse students, then notes that currently forty women are in the classes.
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Chaney
Bates College
Thurifer Guild Promised to Promote Incense in Churches
London Telegraph notes rising use of incense in English churches this Christmas season. Clergy discuss forming the Thurifer Guild to study incense history and develop efficient methods of producing orthodox, pleasant-smelling incense for altar use.
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Churches of England
London Telegraph
Congo Railroad Opens Amid British Interest
The Congo railway’s first section from Matadi to Kenge nears completion with plans to reach Stanley Pool. British traders foresee vast trade and several steamship lines already make Matadi a port of call, signaling a Congo boom and King Leopold’s anticipated gains. Last of the Seine Swimming Baths in Paris to be closed and broken up under prefectures orders, La Samaritaine largest floating bath owned by multiple shareholders, tickets subsidized for schoolchildren and the poor.
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Congo
Matadi
Kenge
Stanley Pool
Leopold
London
Seine
Paris
la Samaritaine
la Samuaritaine
London News
Close to a Minister with Frugal Rectory Life
The Rev. Mr. Jones of Blewbury left after death a 10000 pound estate from a life spent as rector for forty years. He accumulated a nest egg of 200 pounds and an annual stipend of 50 pounds, never hosting guests or keeping a fire in winter, visiting parishioners to stave off cold rather than heat the rectory.
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Mr. Jones
Blewbury
Cassell
Cardinal deaths shrink College of Cardinals to fifty-one
The College of Cardinals has fallen to fifty-one members as ten died in the last nine months while only two new cardinals were created. Austria Germany and Poland share six seats France five Spain four Portugal two and the US Belgium Australia and Canada one each. Italians remain the majority.
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College of Cardinals
Austria
Germany
Poland
France
Spain
Portugal
United States
Belgium
Australia
Canada
Italy
London
Jewelry Found in a Missouri Well Near Nevada
A well about a mile and a half northeast of Nevada Missouri yielded a peck of jewelry including more than a hundred rings, chains, cuff buttons and lockets to the Kansas City Times. Rich arc Kasten found the items while cleaning the well near a vacant house likely used by tramps to stash the valuables.
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Nevada
Richard Kasten
Kansas City Times
Columbus Celebration Draws Big Crowds
A back-and-forth cartoonish exchange notes how one family endured a sweeping Columbus celebration while another stayed home and read about it, illustrating varied public reaction to the event.
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Binks
Columbus
Minks
New York Weekly
Old Farmer Forgets Wife’s Name in Will
A farmer of long marriage told a lawyer he cannot recall his wife’s name after forty six years, saying he always called her his old woman. The lawyer left the blank to fill in once the name is learned, per the New York Mail and Express.
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New York City
Murray Hill
Massachusetts
New York Mail and Express
Hilton’s Pittsburg Collection Holds 1844 Ledger Election Extra
Joseph Hilton preserves a notable historical papers trove in Pittsburg including rare autographs and newspapers. Among his prized relics is an election extra issued by The Ledger in 1844.
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Joseph Hilton
Pittsburg
the Ledger
Hilton
Doctor commended for disease treatment method in Trinidad
A medical journal applauds a Trinidad doctor for discovering a treatment method but notes he is barred from applying it locally due to a scarcity of the diseases in his country.
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Trinidad
Fido the Clever Dog Discriminates Branding Marks on Hogs
A Seattle Press item recalls a dog named Fido who learned to recognize branding marks on hogs. Each morning he inspected hogs, releasing those with the correct mark and guiding others to the gate, barking until release. Eventually he could distinguish all marks and direct hogs accordingly.
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Fido
Parker
Seattle Press
Gentleman Feigns Aid. City Hall Park Beggar Gang Exposed
A man with a pocketful of nickels meets three beggars in City Hall Park who claim hunger from Boston and Philadelphia. He suspects a professional gang after two beggars imitate gratitude and drop handkerchiefs, while the third is warned off. The episode ends with the man denouncing the trio as a gang.
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City Hall Park
Park Row
Boston
Philadelphia
Number Three
New York Times
Obsequious Servants Spark Child Accident Tale
A mother returns from Japan and describes servants’ extreme guilt after her nurse’s error caused her young son to slip and scratch himself. The incident, un witnessed by the family, sparked lasting talk and a perception of calamity among the household.
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Japan
New York Times
Hair Characteristics Revealed Under Microscope
A micro view notes straight hair as hollow tubes and curly hair flattened on sides, curling away from edges. Women’s hair is coarser and thicker than men’s, an average head has about 130000 hairs. Hair can continue growing after death, illustrated by a deceased woman whose coffin cavity filled with auburn hair discovered after disinterment in St Louis.
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St. Louis
Feeding of Horses and Water Intake
The New York Ledger notes a horse’s small stomach requires frequent feeding and suggests horses should drink before eating. Water rapidly passes to the cecum, so excessive watering risks colic. four daily drinkings keep the horse hydrated without overloading.
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New York Ledger
Magnet in dashboard ends mule’s kicking
A New York Sun note recounts a driver boasting of a wagon built so sturdy that a mule cannot damage it and a powerful magnet in the dashboard that suspends the mule’s kicking when he strikes it. The account emphasizes ingenuity and the driver’s wit in handling obstinacy.
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New York Sun
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