Phenomena of Memory and Notable Memory Masters
The piece surveys memory across figures from Niebuhr to Mersofanti and La Fontaine, noting astonishing recall in scholars, statesmen, and a famed polyglot. It recounts dreams revealing memories, Kant and Goethe on recollection, and a speculative calculation of impressions stored in the brain over a lifetime.
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Mersofanti
Garces
Niebuhr
John Wesley
Andrew Fuller
Temple
Cheapside
Woodfall
House of Commons
William Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Macaulay
Sir Walter Scott
Berenicious
Middlebury
Virgil
Cicero
Juvenal
Homer
Aristophanes
Piiays
la Fontaine
Reichenbach
England
Okefinokee Swamp Drainage Project Advances in Georgia
The Savannah News reports progress on the Okefinokee Swamp drainage, a major U S effort to reclaim about 220000 acres of prime land in southeastern Georgia. A 150 foot wide by 63 foot deep main canal will run to St Marys river with a 125 foot fall, aided by a 16 mile feeder canal and two pumps to expel water. An inland dredger will remove muck and stumps, yielding rich clay subsoil from centuries of deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okefinokee
America
Great Swamp
Georgia
Florida
St. Mary's River
Suwanee
St. Mary’s River
Savannah News
Manifesto by 210 Rabbis Appeals to Moral Ethic in Germany
Berlin dispatch reports 210 German rabbis issue a manifesto asserting Judaism rests on Scripture and ethics. It urges respect for all as God’s image, truthful trade, keeping promises, charity, law obedience, patriotism, and improving mankind, while skeptics doubt it will curb anti Semitism.
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Germany
Rats the Incendiaries at Tremont Temple Fire
Fire Marshal Whitcomb examining witnesses found no definite cause for the Tremont temple fire. He doubts boiler, steam pipes, or electric wires started it and alleges rats may have sparked the blaze by gnawing organ bellows. Rats from Parker House reportedly carried matches to the organ room or elsewhere.
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Whitcomb
Tremont Temple
Parker House
Roston Lettar
Lend a Helping Hand Abundant Opportunities for Deeds
An editorial urging charity beyond material aid, urging sympathy, mentoring, and intellectual support for the neglected, sick, and poor. It cites a mother trading goods for a book guiding her sons and daughters toward intelligent manhood and calls for educated women to form study groups and provide encouragement.
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Tlanta
Frog Skin Grafts Heal Severe Foot Burn in Paris
A Paris surgeon Dubousquet-Labordiere grafted thigh flesh and four frogs on a burn covering eight by four inches. The wound healed in 11 days. Frog skin produced a soft elastic scar while human skin caused hardness and irritation, signaling frog grafts’ promise for deep wounds.
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Paris
Dubousquet-Labordiere
Philadelphia Press
Tuberculosis Strikes Monkeys at Central Park Zoo
Director Smith uses disinfectants to curb TB among the monkey exhibit as deaths mount. Experts suspect rats and mice may spread the disease while rodents themselves die from TB, a conclusion supported by studies.
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Smith
Central Park Zoo
New York World
Man Arrested for Sleeping Too Much in Sadsburyville
William Isburn of Sadsburyville lies jailed awaiting trial after Justice Pinkerton issued a warrant. His wife testified to his daily habit of remaining in bed unless hunger forced him up, and to his neglect of family needs. Constable Blair arrested him at 9 30 in the morning finding him still in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Isburn
Sadsburyville
Pinkerton
Blair
William
Philadelphia Press
Relics of the Late War in Cleveland Cabinet
Florida Times Union notes mementos from the Civil War era seen in President Cleveland era with Gresham and Herbert as examples. London preacher Rev Stephen Banass condemns highhanded capital policy and the hardline labor stance in a sermon warning against both stand and deliver and aggressive first policies.
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Cleveland
Gresham
Herbert
Florida Times-Union
Stephen Banass
London
Oatmeal Manufacturing Requires Complex Steps and Care
The process of turning oats into meal involves cleaning, drying, and hulling with specialized machinery. Oats carry hulls and must be dried and cooled before hullers, which use sharp grit stones to avoid breaking kernels. Modern methods favor rolling meal over steel cuts for faster cooking times per Good Housekeeping.
Bought an Ancestor in a Washington Manor
The Washington correspondent recalls a rich owner who shows guests a decayed estate near Washington. He proclaims he “bought an ancestor” and leads them to a marble vault where a skeleton lies, with a snake nest in the breast bone, identified as Col. Plantagenet by the host.
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Washington
Philadelphia Record
Stiny Snake
Col. Plantagenet
Gounod on Singing and Expression
Gounod advised a young actress to aim for speech like delivery in singing. He said the musical voice improves as it approaches spoken words. Words provide expression, dramatic feeling, warmth, and life, guiding singing as an art.
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Gounod
Joker-obsessed Scot seeks high-priced humor writer
A Scotch journalist named John Saunderson visits a Chicago newspaper seeking to hire a jokey writer for his own countrymen's colony. He discovers that skilled humor writers cost 40 to 50 dollars weekly, and admits he cannot write jokes himself, though he can handle news and business items.
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John Saunderson
Chicago Herald
Fruit Remedies Highlight Grapes and Peaches
The piece touts grapes especially black grapes as purifying to the blood and cures in some areas. It extols peaches as hygienic and tasty while warning against overripe fruit. It notes oranges for breakfast cures dyspepsia and apples as favorable when baked or stewed.
Tam Blackbull and Jenny in Lammermoor Plantation
In Lammermoor by the Dye-a Burn Tam Blackbull declares steadfast love to Jenny Wilson while a nearby tailor Will Smeaton overhears their exchange. Jenny jokingly questions male faith before Tam vows lasting devotion as long as fur on a rabbit or hair on a horse.
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Thomas Blackbull
Bonnie Jenny
Wilson
Lammermoor
Will Smeaton
Jenny
Tam
Georgian Revelry and Prospects for Georgian Exports
The London Spectator notes Georgian merriment observed by Mr Wardrop during a Georgian excursion in the Caucasus. Locals pressed him to share wine, and he recalls a squire’s generosity as a lesson in communal joy. It comments on wine, idleness, munificence, and potential for exports if crops improve.
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Wardrop
London Spectator
Cracking in Cuba Reported as Massive Earth Tremor
The Boston Budget notes Cuba is cracking with fissures near Matanzas. Some crevices reach 600 feet long 24 feet wide and 20 feet deep. Scientists link these disturbances to thinning crust inland and prior Atlantic coast quakes like Charleston.
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Cuba
Matanzas
South Atlantic
Charleston
Boston
It Is So if It Isn't So
A father teaches his son a firm rule about truth and authority, insisting that when a lady says something is so, it is so even if it isn’t. The exchange underscores obedience to a mother’s word.
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Fatheer
Palmistry and the Line of Saturn in Character Sketches
Edwin Ellis argues palmistry has no universal theory but notes recurring line patterns. He links the line of Saturn and thumb shape to talent, temperament, and moral traits while warning about interpretation limits and the difficulty of true self-recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Ellis
Universal Review
Addressee Term Coined By Post Office Dictates Letter Recipient
Boston Courier notes a new word tad dressee meaning the person addressed in a letter. It may apply to a charming young lady receiving a lover’s addresses, as in Jones paying his addresses to Miss Smith.
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Post Office Department
Jones
Miss Smith
Handsome
Boston Courier
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Jones and Wetherbee
South Acton
Mass
DR. F. $, Morton
Maynard Block
Maynard, Mass
Maynard
E. H. Davis
Concord Junction
Jeremiah Sheehan
S. H. Richardson
Maker & Miner
Concord Mass
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesen
Darius KF. Drake
Lincoln
Helen Drake
Concord Enterprise
Concord
George M. Brooks
H. Folsom
Middlesex
Jason W. Livermore
Acton
Jhereas
Laura £. Livermore
Cambridge
Acton Enterprise
Esquire
S. H. Folsom
Register
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
J. C. Friend
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