Kentucky Convention Allows Ministers as Gubernatorial Candidates
A long mixed set of items notes political change in Kentucky permitting ministers to run for governor, alongside brief global notes on language in monkeys, imperial weddings, and underground railways. It covers diverse topics from taxation dodges to wine production and oyster fisheries in Baltimore and Chesapeake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ias
Seth
Maryland State Fishery Police
Chesapeake
Ilo
Baltimore
Geneyal Seth
Oyster
Poem Fragment Reflects on Time and Endurance
A fragmentary verse by Rink Waters compares life to a stony crag eroded by gradual tides and a perfumed flower whose scent fades as it gives life. It contemplates fate, divine ordination, and the quiet endurance of the humble against the wear of years.
Geese Trigger Romance Between Kittie and Ralph Homer
In a July tale from New York Weekly, Kittie Ryan, cared by her mother Mrs. Ryan, falls after geese stray into Ralph Homer's field. Ralph nurses her back, sparking Mrs. Ryan’s grudging respect and eventual consent to their marriage as the geese cause a village stir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittie Ryan
Kitty
Mrs. Ryan
Ralph
Homer
Rim
George
Will
Ralph Homer
Gram
Himeself
Cane
Princeton Academy
Kittie
Mra. Ryan
Ryan
New York Weekly
Bismarck Debate Sparks German Attitudes Shift
Chauncey M. Depow notes a Europe changing toward Bismarck as Germany shows diminished reverence for the ex-Chancellor. He cites a popular porcelain toy asking Where is Bismarck, whose hidden image appears only when rubbed with graphite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Chauncey M. Depow
Germany
Europe
New York Tribune
Scenes in London and Oddities of Dress and Trade
A London scene survey describes Gordon Street and Somerstown markets with ragged street life, beggars, hurdy gurdy players, carriages, and a Dickensian cast including Sastry Gamp figures. It notes street dogs, child poverty, and a bustling chaotic market day with haggling hucksters and weary mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gordon Street
Somerstown
Ladies Fads and Fashion Notes From Detroit to Paris
A column spans eccentric travel by Anne Blunt living nomadically in the Egyptian desert and her aim to civilize Arabs by imitation. It covers women in medicine in India, fashion rules for stout women, Paris dress innovations, table manners, Mme Patti concert plans, skincare quibbles, and assorted fashion notes and oddities from Chicago to Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Blunt
Anne Blunt
England
New York Journal
Detroit Free Press
Household crafts and recipes from Prairie Farmer columns
Notes on fabric pressing with smooth bottles and lace, making a leaf pressing book, dusting and cleaning tips for a tidy room, recipes for onion soup crisp cookies canned corn cakes and a chocolate filling, and a brief humor item about Jim and a teacher.
Joliet Steel Plant Disaster Kills Nine Men at No 2 Furnace
A furnace collapse at Joliet Illinois Steel Company No 2 retort cuts down nine workers and injures five more. Rescuers struggle through crushed iron and brick as crowds gather. bodies found include Stans Fasmeck and Theodore Larson among others while an unknown man is recovered. The disaster follows the column failure that caused the 200 ton furnace to buckle during relining work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
I.) Steel Company
Gay
Stans Fasmeck
Nells Larson
Theodore Larson
Gus Loos
Frank Miller
John Peterson
Thomas Swansen
John Amlustadis
August Dhamer
Patrick Kilcwlen
A. Lind
Qascar Wenberg
Pettigraw
Prominent Figures and Notable Fortunes in Brief
A compilation of social and political notables with estimated wealth and roles. Includes Count vor Mortre the musician, Jutzs Venn author of twenty four novels, Justice Mituzr's estate valued at 1113, Burrato Brit's 500000 from a Wild West show, and the Crown Princess of Denmark's height of six feet three inches. Mentions of Lanham's Texas district, ex-Emperor of Brazil translating The Arabian Nights, Prince of Wales drawing over 16000000 from the English treasury, and Joan W Youxa as President of the Utah Central Railroad. Also notes on Senator Selami Stanford's wealth, General Benjamin Butler's eye condition, Vice-President Montox's daughter Edith Morton, and aging notables including Brxp, Manguau McMauon, and the French President since 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Vor Mortre
Jutzs Venn
Ce Justice Mituzr
Burrato Brit
Crown Princess
Denmark
Tueng
Lanham
Texas
Brazil
Prince of Wales
England
Joan W. Youxa
Brigham Young
Utah Central Railroad
Donothy Texyanr Stanners
Koca
Turkey
Empire
Cocenmas
Selami Stanford
California
Mr. Stanford
Benjamin
Butler
Montox
Edith Morton
Carrain Janes Brxp
Long Beach
Georgia
Beach Haven
N. J
B. P. Suillaber
MN. Partington
Chalsea
Mass
Manguau McMauon
French Republic
German Doctors and Koch Inoculation Cause Fatal Lymph Treatment
A report from Berlin details Hermann Fondler's death after Koch lymph inoculation for tuberculosis. Officials note he worsened after the second dose, with fever and respiratory decline, challenging the practice. In Berlin, consumptive wards remain crowded, and American doctors Loomis and Quimby prepare to study lungs from a post inoculation death to uncover actual effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Fondler
Gerhardt
Berlin
Germany
Fendler
Koch
Noabit Hospital
Loomis and
Quimby
Bergman
Violent Bullfight and Barracks Mutiny Reported
A brutal afternoon at Jacver Mexico featured a horse horned thrice and a last bull sabred and dragged dead. Convict soldiers mutinied at the barracks killing a sergeant, corporal, and private. eighteen killers fled, three were killed, four captured, and sunrise the next day brought more mayhem. The Alex anda Orange Grove Assocation plans seven hundred acres in San Jacinto Valley California this winter.
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Jacver
Mexico
Ose
San Jacinto Valley
San Diego County
Cal
Alexandra
Youona
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A. L. Garner
Roanoke, Va
Rus Pia
St. Petersburg
Buda Pesih
Hungary
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Custom House
Indianapolis
Vd. Journal
Micod
Lafayette Precinct
Oregon
Board of Equalization
Washington Irving
Alexander Stdell] McKenzie
United States Navy
Mumboldt
Columbus
Bahama
Catiied
Cat Island
Guanahani
San Salvador
Buenos Ayres
Celnan
Euftasig Catral
New York Telegram
Helena Dixon
Paris
the Ledger
Dickens
Sally Brass
Bill
Nancy
New York Sun
India
Andamans
Old
Egypt
The
Ledger
Charles I
John Fry
Zion
Samuel Fish
Alog
David
William
New York
Philadelphia
Africa
Rothschilds
Boer
Fem
Secon
Thys A. Rochet
Weaselst
M. Rochet
Philadelphia Press
Madras Medical School
Calcutta College
Agra
New York Mercury
Mile, Maray
Comedie Francaise
Patti
Moscow
Mmne
United States
Gladstone
Edinburg
Atiadstone
Chicago Post
Eye PS Grech Stig
Agiing
Soa
Athens (Ga
St. James Googe Creek Parish
Charleston
D.C
Carolina
Cooper River
Ayas
Atlanta
Cornwall
Sulta
Chicago Tribune
New York World
Jim
pYouth
Joliet, Tl
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