Vast array of topics spans science politics and class acts
A survey of world affairs notes aging Cabinet members in the U.S. and rising populations in Europe and Australia. Paris crime ages under twenty and the constitution in Japan are mentioned beside Canada’s debt and a Chicago temple plan. A Brooklyn lawyer faces a novel damages question from a car accident. Cattle markets and meat restrictions are analyzed amid U.S. labor and education trends. The piece ends with praise for Ericsson and wartime shipbuilding legacies.
Do What is Next to Thou Thou
A devotional verse from The Churchman urges immediate action and steadfast duty. It advocates doing what is right with vigor, prayerful resolve, and cheerful service without delay, emphasizing God's sight and the blessing of a patient, zealous life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra
Arnica
The Blackbirds of the Congo Coast Slave Trade
A midshipman recalls meteors and slave raids on the Congo coast. He details blockading actions against slavers, misdirections by a decoy canoe, captures aboard the dhow Rolla, and the discovery of barracoons with enslaved Africans. The narrative contrasts early ignorance with lessons learned in the anti slave trade patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Guinea
Congo
Africa
Ave
Jackson
England
Aeteor
Ian
Cuba
Dahomy Land
West Bay
von Island
Oder
Prentiss Gambler’s Losses From Washington to Mississippi Warehouses
The text recounts a tale of Mississippi lawyer Sargeant S Prentiss relishing a high stakes card game in Washington at Hull and Pendleton's Bink. He won 1000 blue chips but lost 20000 in a single night and mortgaged four cotton warehouses in Vicksburg to gamblers. Deeds were signed before dawn. The next year floods ruined the gamblers, warehouses, and Prentiss. He later moved to New Orleans and died after swallowing part of a champagne glass.
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Sargeant
S_Prentiss
Mississippi
Jefferson_Davis
Hull and
Pendleton
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Prentiss
Agaiust
Vicksburg
Missssippi
Gamling
New Orleans
Ingenious Toy and Ancient Trumpeting Punishments
An eccentric New Yorker hides an electric toy mocking bird on his table that signals when a taboo topic is raised. He uses it to silence discomforting subjects while a Russian tale recalls Demetri Pavlovski whose trumpeter enforces silence by warning sounds.
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Catherine
Demetri Pavlovski
Salt as a universal home remedy and cautions
A New York Independent excerpt extols salt for many ailments from dental care to digestion and eye health. It describes salt and water gargles for sore throats, baths and tonics for digestion, and cold eye rinses, noting cautious uses and limits for certain conditions. It mentions cancer paste and salt-based fever remedies, warning against overuse and advising milk-warm application and moderation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iNeto York Independent
Epigram on friendship and enemies from Pesth proverb
The Prater Lloyd of Pesth credits a saying about seeing neither the enemies nor friends of either side. The commentator notes the sentiment is not in its spirit and unusually pointed, suggesting it may be newly grafted here.
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London
Pigott
Parnell
Woman’s Christian- Temperance Union
Chicago
Temple, of Temperance
Prater Lloyd of
Library Clock Strikes Twelve Sparks Chatter
In a brief exchange reported by Colleen Argosy, Miss Chester notes the library clock has just struck twelve, prompting a light moment about shorter hours and daily routines.
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Rob Stayer
Miss Chester
Chester
Collen
Romance of the postage stamp and its origins
The history traces postage stamps from Britain’s 1840 start to early American provisional issues in 1647 and notes Austria mail cards in 1873 while the United States issued the newspaper stamp in 1857. It highlights Rowland Hill’s pivotal role and a romantic tale of a poor girl who chose not to receive a letter to avoid postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britaan
Brattleboro
Millbury
Baltimore
New York
St. Louis
New Haven
Great Britain
Austria
United States
Enst Indies
M. Moens
Brussels
Pir
Rowland Hill
Lake District
England
Agostman
Training Dogs and the Gentle Method
The text argues that bull dogs and mongrels differ in trainability with purebreds being harder to train due to high spiritedness. It praises kindness as the proper training method, notes various breeds like French and German poodles as suitable for tricks, and condemns brute force though acknowledges occasional necessity of a stern lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Chillingham
Mulkers
Ife
Tlly
Arbor Day Spreads Across States With Planting Vows
Arbor Day has grown to seventeen states celebrating a tree planting day in spring. Originated by Nebraska Governor Morton to curb forest destruction, it spread to Michigan and California by 1886, though it is not a New York legal holiday.
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Morton
Nebraska
Arbor Day
Michigan
Alger
Ladies' Department and Fashion Notes Across the Era
The piece surveys women training with St John Ambulance in England, fashionable dress sketches on a South Side musical, peroxide hair making, then a parade of gowns and hats in biscuit and rose tones, Kendal’s patented fan watch, and a Richmond estate inventory of Catherine Peirson with rich gowns, silks, and curios.
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St. John Ambulance Association
Birkenhead
England
Indy
Duchess of Westminster
New York Telegram
Chicago-Herald
Cathine Peirsoy
Richmond
Fashion notes and history of the pony express
A fashion column details new jackets, hair adornments, hats, and fabrics with descriptions of silk, lace, and ornaments. The piece then shifts to a historical note on Wells Fargo's Pony Express of 1833, describing routes, stations, pay, armaments, mail weight, and travel speeds across the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Wells, Fargo
Alkali Plains
Tstramie
Wyoming
Salt Lake
Plicerville
Exery
Themelves
Panama
Inventions and a Deaf Groom Tie to Unlikely Tales
A batch of science notes reports on fog‑penetrating lighthouse beams, a high resistance bridge stone from Connecticut, and a nickel‑driven photography contraption. It also tells of a Landaff Wales wedding where both bride and groom were deaf and dumb, and a Washington Naval Observatory update on comets including Halley’s return and a Royalty linked marriage on Rarotonga.
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Landaff
Wales
Mary Jones
David Davies
Davies
Buto Pit
Froherbert
Iando
Miss Jones
Goodall
Sun
Rarotonga
Auckland
New Zeland
England
Arorangi
Frank Gill
Alait
Tinemann
Mr. Flutthens
Islands
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Harrison
Europe
France
Naples
Paris
Japan
Nova Scotia
Australia
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Sittin Green
South America
Columbus (Ohio) Journal
Brooklyn
Cornell
Harvard
Columbia
San Francisco Chronicle
Ericsson
Monitor
Princeton
Rolla
Bea
Her Majesty
York Sun
Qeator
Philadelphia
Moniny Techuttasguiana
Phildelphia Telegraph
Kendal
Tessa Person
Mia
Trousseau
Lily
Worth
Anthory’s Nose
NW. Y
Voituticz
Lille
Professor Huxley
George A. Hill
Naval Observatory
Porter
Hill
Brooks
Geneva
Barnard
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Halley
Sito
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