Diverse topics of science politics and invention in 1897
Statisticians cite world population gender balance while men in India live on meager incomes. Fishes alleged to feel pain. English church fashion signals decline. A Chicago clerk defends against assault of a book agent. Bi-cycle innovations, new coinage ideas, and copper content in cents discussed. Bismarck’s secret Russia treaty shock sparks diplomatic uproar and potential trials.
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Prince Bismarck
Hamburger Nachrichten
Russia
Germany
Austria
France
Count Caprivi
Alexander II
Nachrichten
William
Francis Joseph
Herbert Bismarck
Try, Try Again Motto Encourages Perseverance
A dated verse urges readers to persevere despite poverty and hardship. It emphasizes striving, avoiding despair, and keeping a brave front. The refrain "try hard, and try, try again" underscores that work exists for all, even as troubles loom, and perseverance brings brighter days.
Covenanting Pastor and Covenanters at Falkirk
The tale follows Rev Dougal Mackenzie and his Covenanters hiding from soldiers in secluded Scottish hills. After a brutal night siege led by Benshaw, Mackenzie dies defending his faith, while Robert Lindsay and Margaret Mackenzie endure separation, marriage, and later reunion as Lindsay becomes a famed preacher. The narrative closes with Lindsay’s Falkirk sermon ending in the death of the pursuing villain Benshaw.
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Scotland
Dougal Mackenzie
Joshua
Belial
Perdition
Margaret
Robert Lindsay
Jose
Lindsay
Margaret Mackenzie
Margaret Bail
Dalyall
Denote Munckenzo
Dongal Munckenzie
Benshaw
Elder McLane
Robert Gaindsay
Kise
McLane
Robert Lindeny
Scientific and Industrial Hints From a Curious Age
A collection of short notes on varied science and industry topics. It mentions a celluloid mirror, exhaustive hibernation study by a French scientist, large asbestos deposits in Ferris Mountains Wyoming, a long steel boiler plate rolled in England, and the need for infant crying for exercise. It also covers a 15 pound codfish in London with millions of eggs, mild earthquakes in Colorado, Spain’s sunniest climate, elephant breeding limits, and new coal from China. Additional items include disease transmission studies from Berlin, sensory order in sleep, Niagara Falls power project expansion, Moissan’s diamond furnaces, a $200000 mining machinery shipment to Mexico, and the phenomenon of singing sand along the U.S. coast with expert commentary.
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Ferris Mountains
Carbon County
Wyoming
England
London
Howe
Chamberlain Observatory
Denver
Col
Colorado
Spain
Europe
Italy
Germany
China
San Francisco
Cornet
Berlin
William A. Bruckenrigge
Niagara Falla Power Company
Niagara Falla
M. Henri Moissan
Mexico
Progresa
City of
Bridge Hinged by Electricity Becomes World’s Longest Span
The Connecticut River bridge between Maddle town and Portland Conn. now operates by electricity. Four 800 horsepower motors power the swinging mechanism. The 450 foot span is the longest highway bridge in the world. Previously fifteen men and several others were needed to start and move the structure. Separate end motors raise the span from fixed piers as the third motor begins to swing it. In New South Wales the aboriginal population totals 7046, with 3660 full bloods and 3386 half casts, a number that is steadily decreasing.
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Connecticut River
Maddletown
Portland
Conn
Wight
New South Wales
Women take leading roles in Covent Garden stage voices
Promoters replace men in Covent Garden as women voices carry better on stage and remain less audible in the auditorium. Debutantes in Peoria flaunt pricey pearl strands while Miss Katherine Monroe of Dubuque dies at seventy six, tying to a Monroe family line.
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Katherine Monro
Katherine Monroe
Dubuque
Iowa
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James Monroe
Virginia
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Shipwrecked marines saved by blood of fishes tale from hurricane
Captain J W Lee recounts the September hurricane wreck of the schooner Seventy six off Bermuda bound for Berbice with 186 tons of lumber. Six crew survived fifteen days aboard the waterlogged wreck by making a deck platform, drinking soup, catching fish and even draining dolphin blood to stave thirst until help in the Holy Well arrived.
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New York
Britannic
Liverpool
Leo
Rockland
Atlantic
King's Ferry
St. Mary's River
Florida
Bermudas
James Kennedy
Tom
Walter
Joe
William Day
Kennedy
Attick
Galveston
Brown
Mountain Lion Fights End with Boy Heroic Shot
In Wyoming on Cooper Mountain fifteen year old Chub Nelson saved his life after a fierce encounter with a mountain lion. He fired multiple shots, hitting the beast in the shoulder and again in a vital spot as the animal charged. The lion, one of the region’s largest, collapsed at his feet. In Piedmont another chase ended when George W. Cooper and youth Nienberger used knives to kill a lion attacking their party. Nienberger drove a knife into the creature’s throat and the pair finished the beast.
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Lindsau
Margaret
Robert
Moilen
Lindsay
Margeret
Tomsk
Robert F. Spearman
Department of Justice
Washington
Albany
Spearman
Mr. Spearman
Beaver
Utah
Little Boy
Sud
Denver Republican
Maine
Riffle Creek
Anderson
Mink
Marten
Mooss
Chub Nelson
Roskdale
Wyoming
Cooper Mountain
Nelson
Otones
Deseret
George W. Cooper
Nienberger
Piedmont
Cooper
Inds
The germ fool and the miser in the mind
A New York Journal item describes a man obsessed with cleanliness. He wraps door handles with tissue, covers books before reading, and refuses unwashed money, rinsing nothing he touches. He also carries tissue to touch dishes and insists on washing practices in a favored restaurant.
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Bacilli
New York Journal
Light Cork Cargo Undercan Load Line at Philadelphia Wharf
A 3000 ton ship arrives at William Street freight wharf with cork cargo. The hold is full to hatch combings yet not loaded to the load line. Cork is the lightest port cargo and is unloaded by tackle and horse power. Most cork becomes stay for bottle making. remaining goes to life saving gear.
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William Street
Philadelphia
Lake Superior waters said to hide drowned victims
A traveler questioned a Tuako Superior steamer captain about carrying fire-preservers and water corks. The captain answered that corks help recover bodies in the ice cold lake, reflecting a grim brag about dangers offshore.
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Lake Superior
Tuako Superior
Argonsut
Widow in Canadian lake tragedy prompts rescue and regret
A Canadian widow Mrs Nettie Thompson of Erivsville near Kingston leapt into Beaver Lake to escape suitors within a year of her husband’s death. Her brother-in-law rescued her and she later regretted the hasty act. The report echoes a tale cited by the New York Sun.
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Nettie Thompson
Erivsville
Kingston
Beaver Lake
Lor
New York Sun
Financial and political notes from 1896 issue
Summary of November coinage at US mints, court rulings on the Bagot Trust, appointments in customs and libraries, cholera in Egypt, and a wave of miscellaneous incidents. Includes fires, floods, crimes, deaths, and sports results with several named individuals and organizations.
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