wills and estates of stewart and vanderbilt outlined
The article surveys the wills of A. Stewart and Commodore Vanderbilt, detailing generous bequests to spouses, relatives, employees, and servants. It notes Stewart left his estate to Cornelia M. Stewart with executors Henry Hilton and others, plus codicils aiding employees and kin. Vanderbilt’s will largely favored William H. Vanderbilt and children, with large outright sums and trust components, while many nephews and siblings received smaller legacies.
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Samuel J. Ne
Stewart
Poe
Cornelia M. Stewart
Henry Hilton
Hilton
William Libbey
Marion
Clinch
Sarah Smith
Washington Place
Jacob H. Vanderbilt
Phoebe
William
William H
Cornelius
William H. Vanderbilt
W. V. Kissam
Jacob
New York Central
Phebe
Dial
George
Vanderbilt
Carnelius
William K
New York Sun
Misunderstanding on Beauty Remedy Advice
A light exchange from New York Weekly notes a question about warming water and oats for complexion. The doctor corrects the suggestion, stating the remedy should be boiled for twenty minutes.
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New York Weekly
The Stream of Life Poem by Skeat in London Academy
A line by line meditation on life as a flowing river from youth to old age. It likens aging to a river widening and slowing while finally plunging through rapids toward death, ending in the vast unknown of eternity.
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Walter W. Skeat
London Academy
Railroad Men and Mastodons in Distant Locals
A Chicago News-Record note praises railroad workers for their soldierly bravery during wrecks and reflects on the calm, rugged character of those in danger. A St. Louis Republic piece pivots to science humor about mastodons and mule footed hogs, arguing hogs are plentiful in Arkansas Missouri and the Indian Territory while humans seek offices in Washington.
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Chicago News-Record
Arkansas
Missouri
Indian Territory
South
Washington
St. Louis Republic
How Do You Sound the G in Gerrymander, Editor Says
A caller asks about pronouncing gerrymander. The answered is hard as in get. He exits with a sigh and the echo of weary steps fades as he leaves to face a cold world.
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New York
Chicago Tribune
Scientists in town prepare for rain at hotel
Mrs Hayman jokes about a party of scientists staying at the hotel who are on an expedition. She notes the new moon and impending rain while wondering about their appearance last night.
Hunting with a Whip in Middletown Legend
A Middletown resident driving near a wood is said to have whipped at two partridges flushed by his dog. The birds burst out and passed overhead when the hunter allegedly struck one with a whip, breaking its neck, a tale reported by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Middletown
Conn
Philadelphia Ledger
When Sore Throats Were Expensive in Show Business
A wealthy retired circus owner recalls giraffes as a novelty whose sore throats nearly bankrupted him while he tried to provide their cures. The anecdote, from the New York Sun, highlights the high costs of show-business health needs in earlier days.
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New York Sun
Light as a Basis for Space Discovery
Some argue that light, the astronomer's sole basis of search in the unfathomable regions of space, expands and decomposes as it progresses and at best yields only imperfect data for calculations.
Placer County Claims Odd Petrified Vegetation Find
Placer county Nevada officials announce a petrified specimen they describe as two rock pieces resembling watermelons in shape and appearance. The unusual find is noted as valuable and awaiting expert assessment.
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Placer County
Nev
Eiffel Tower Shrinks Eight Inches In Winter
A report notes the iron contraction in the Eiffel Tower reduces its height by eight inches in winter compared with summer, due to thermal expansion and contraction of metal.
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Great Eiffel Tower
Relative letter ratios in ordinary work fragment
The text lists letter ratios and numbers in a cryptic sequence including z 1 k j q x 3 b v 75 g p wy y 10 and symbols. It then presents ¢ f u m 12 d 1 20 h r 80 a i n 0 8 40 t 45 60. Total 532.
Bath Joker Seizes City Turnspit Dogs in 1742
A Bath prankster kidnapped all the turnspit dogs on a Saturday night in 1742 to deprive residents of their Sunday roasts the following day.
Baby's Bedtime Poem by Eben E Rexford
A tender verse describes a parent watching a sleeping baby in a snowy nightgown. The child prays softly as the parent cherishes the moment, kisses good night, and rests with a heart full of peace and rapture. The poet Eben E Rexford signs the work.
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Eben E. Rexford
Strange Case Of Odell In Kentucky Dying After Eating
Thomas Odell twenty two living seven miles back of Greenup Kentucky died in a bizarre event following meals. He acted like various animals after eating different foods becoming restless and wandering outside. After hunting squirrels he leaped between trees and fell dead within minutes. Local report notes unclear closing line.
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Thomas Odell
Greenup
Jim
Atiata Constitution
Military Handkerchief Approved for Soldiers in Campaign Use
A Leeds Mercury report notes the war office has sanctioned a patented military handkerchief by Lieutenant Colonel Fulton. It prints guidance on Lee-Metford rifle use, army signaling alphabet, campaign rules, bugle calls, and other practical information illustrated for soldier use in the field.
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War Office
Fulton
Leeds Mercury
Pronunciation debates and a famed bald eagle tale
A Chicago freight car accident recollection from a baggage man recalls a terrifying crash near Chicago three years ago. The piece reviews mispronunciations of Rosalind in As You Like It, questions Daly’s staging of Jacque, and notes a 7 ft 8 in bald eagle shot near Concord Wisconsin weighing eleven pounds, with talons nearly two inches long.
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Chicago
Chicago News-Record
Jacque
Chatham Street
Mr. Daly
George Clark
Jakies
Cor
New York Advertiser
Concord
Oconomowoc
Wis
Richard Yates
Johnnie Spahnhamer
West Bend
Milwaukee Sentinel
Grand medieval toast honors a knight’s mother
In a chivalric vignette from London Tit-Bits a knight at St Leon’s proclaims a toast to one who remains carved in the heart, then reverently reveals the name and blesses his mother as the absent presence of memory.
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St. Leon
London
English Law and Hidden Treasure
A digest of scattered notes on treasure trove law and legends. References include All the Year Round on accidental discovery, a Birmingham club toast long unrepeated, a Kansas City man swallowing a key, and Roman camp tales. Greek dress described briefly.
Disputed Steelyards Case Ends With Sheriff Disposal
A court case over two shared steelyards escalated through trials and costs until Judge Peters proposed to have the sheriff take them at night and dump them in a river to prevent further dispute. The contestants paid their share of costs and the case was dropped. Lewiston Journal.
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Law Court
Peters
Lewiston Journal
Abused Language and the Tea Verbs Controversy
A Boston Herald column criticizes vulgarisms creeping into American speech notably the use of pour and turn in tea etiquette at fashionable afternoon events. The writer laments the trend among well educated women and compares U S usage to London servants and English custom, calling it a lazy tongue habit.
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London
Boston Herald
Rough Treatment and a Christmas Possession Arrest
A narrator recounts a tale where a Black man named Rastus is jailed on Christmas Day for possessing a large chick reportedly from a woman named Marah Yancy. Mose Thompson allegedly witnessed him near a market the night before, leading to a four dollar fine in a gallery court.
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Rastus
Chris
Mose Thompson
Harper’s Bazar
Gift to Gladstone from Barmouth in Welsh gold plate
A gold plated album commemorates Mr Gladstone’s visit to Snowdon and Barmouth. The plate bears the Merioneth arms and the Welsh leek with an inscription crediting Welsh gold from Crogan mines, Barmouth, North Wales.
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Gladstone
Barmouth
Snowdon
Merion
Crogan Mines
North Wales
New York Press
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