Militia of Theses and Global Facts Echo 19th Century Punditry
A kaleidoscope of 19th century data covers silver coinage costs, oceanic coal debates, and vast earth measurements. It notes Chauncey Depow on friendships past forty, Welsh coal versus Virginia coal on a transatlantic steamer, and a 28 267 200 square mile fertile earth estimate. It cites pig iron totals by region, Luncheon of oil wells in Southern California, meat supplies to London, and a Calcutta physician facing caste sanctions. It also sketches a hypothetical American naval power counter to European capture of Pe king and ends with a Russian Georgic society Chevaures who use law as currency.
Varied 19th Century Topics From Law to Architecture
A collage of notes discusses Kentucky fence standards as pig tight and horse high, butter markets, Russian seal penalties, Lord Wolseley’s peerage, coal culm use, Scranton steam fuel, a Cincinnati hotel guest’s worldly grub, New York skyscraper feats, and New York highway law reforms shifting road funding to county control with a county engineer and tax.
A Rose Farm Near Los Gatos Calif Rose Ranch and Perfume Factory
A sixteen acre rose ranch and perfume extraction plant near Los Gatos California is run by a physician's wife who has studied in France. The operation produces hot samples of rose extract claimed to equal imports and is viewed as a promising and profitable enterprise for California women.
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Los Gatos
Cal
San Francisco
France
California
New York World
Pre-Columbian Voyagers and a Rag and Bottle Romance
A pastiche tale blends pre Columbus voyagers with a rural love story. Brendin Leifsson and early explorers are contrasted with Columbus and a New World locket kept by a careful hand. In a later drift, Comfort Ralston discovers love letters and government bonds hidden in a stove purchase, uniting lovers torn by parental wishes.
Old Rags and Bottles in a rural roadside barter scene
In a curio barter vignette, Moses Mintorn and farmer Ralston clash over junk trades as Mrs Ralston and the elderly couple discuss odds and ends. The dialogue centers on old rags bottles and iron, with hints of poverty and small gains from junk. The scene evokes a quiet rural exchange near an elder bush and a barnyard setting.
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Mrs. Ralston
Mr. Ralston
Doctor Jessup
Moses
Romance of Crowned Love in Primkenau and Cassel
London Truth recounts a tale of Prince William of Prussia meeting a Primkenau duchess at a summer arbor. He awakens romance during a Holstein journey, they become engaged, with imagery of an imperial throne and a crown descending upon the sleeping beauty as governess and mother observe the union.
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Denmark
Primkenau
Augustenburg
Augustes Victoria
Cassel
Bonn
Holstein
Primkeno
Bho
William
Prussia
Augusta
George Grossmith Falls In With Kindness On Return To England
London comedian George Grossmith, back from a brief East Asian engagement, earns praise for his generosity. In Buffalo a fellow entertainer faced humiliation after a poor reception, but Grossmith arranged a humorous sketch and collected the audience’s donations, then shared the proceeds with the other performer.
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George Grossmith
London
England
East
N. Y
America
Grosmnith
Grosamith
Grossmith
Prairie sharp tailed grouse dance scene described
John Worth recalls spring mornings at Gray Town where prairie chickens gather in groups from six to twenty. The male display starts with a cock lowering his head, spreading wings, and stiff tail as air sacs distend. The aerial chorus and kettledrum like stamping rise into a furious communal dance before resting and awaiting a new lead.
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John Worth
Gray Town
New York Advertiser
Berlin student Max Mayer earns elusive degree honor
Max Mayer, a blind Bund student at a Berlin university, delivered a masterful thesis on the differential calculus that impressed examiners. They hailed his brilliance and proclaimed he deserved a doctorate, underscoring his remarkable achievement despite disability.
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Berlin
Max Mayer
Prowers
Max Meyer
Detroit
Humorous Bits From Various Sources
Cartoonish quirks and witticisms from multiple periodical snippets. The collection features punchlines about marriage, haircuts, gossip, and social mishaps with names and settings echoing turn of the century humor, including references to Tit Bits Puck and Boston and Detroit papers.
Unauthorized bull fight in Getafe ends in deaths
Particpants and crowd breach rules as bulls are brought for two shows near Madrid. Amateur fighters and unauthorized spectators intruded the ring. two youths die from goring while several others are badly hurt. Officials plan legal action against trespassers.
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Getafe
Madrid
Spain
Pextons
Chicago Herald
Inmigration Lines the Revolution to 1892
The Albany Journal notes that from the Revolution to 1820 only about 250,000 immigrants arrived, 1820 to 1858 brought 4,212,624 with most to the United States, and 1856 to 1892 saw 12,375,939 arriving, totaling about 16,000,000 newcomers over the century to aid nation-building.
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United States
Albany Journal
Household Tips From The Past On Lemonade And Breads
Household matters share practical recipes and advice. Lemonade made with water three parts to one of lemon rind in thin peels, boiled water, sugar, and cooled then served over ice. Also guides on perfect boiled starch, good bed preparation, German bread methods, currant jelly and cranberry flavoring across kitchen tasks.
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St. Louis
New York World
Germany
Fay
Courier-Journal
New York Baby Boarders Quietly Support Widows and Old Maids
In New York a growing number of women earn money by hosting baby boarders. These infant tenants are not burdens but bring comfort to foster parents many of whom are widows or older women who find joy in caring for a child.
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New York
Baltimore
Druid Hill Park
Noble Fairmount
Coney Island
Hudson
Jersey Bluffs
Island
Walt Whitman
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York Sun
Nationwide crop report praises corn and hay prospects
The New York World telegraphs a July 1 survey from nearly 700 locales across Western and Northwestern states Canada and beyond noting a large corn crop and abundant hay while wheat suffers a partial failure. Fruit crops falter while oats barley and rye look solid. Foreign markets show droughts elsewhere but promise strong demand to absorb harvests.
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New York Works
Canada
Bixth
Kansas
Missouri
North Dakota
Pacific States
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Dhor
Ganar
USTY
Aubert Tyeld
TNR
Ohio
Kentucky
British Columbia
The National Game Sees Brooklyn Stars Tie Up Play
A scattered report on early baseball talent and lineup shifts features O’Nerex of St. Louis at six foot two and a third, Tartox succeeding Robinson as Baltimore captain, and Darr and Shoch as proud Brooklyn utility men. It notes Commer and Bear among top hitters, and discusses Boston’s home-run strategy and young pitcher debuts amid rough starts for Parrott, Stafford, and Rhodes.
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Tix Brooklyns
O'Nerex
St. Louis
Tartox
Robinson
Baltimore
Canrten
Yale
New York
Darr
Shoch
Brooklyn
Doxoran Fantul
Pittsburg
CaNavas
Jett Mold
Cincinnati
Darrt
Boston
Sesgua Plaayer
Gris
Hiiy
Louisvilles
Commer
Bear
New Yorks
Bncoxury
Wanp
Yeakness
Dnerrexsters
St. Lots
Jfeda
Ener Ty
Isiuatey
Ratie Ruty
Boit
Arilhoves
Tutso
Parrott
Stafford
Rhodes
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Welch
Campani
World
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Nixon
Annapolis Academy
Navy
Cramps
Indiana
Massachusetts
New York Independent
C. G. Magumbar
Calcutta
India
New York Tribune
China
W. A. P. Martin
Imperil College
Peking
Tiflis
Imperial Geographical Society of Russia
Dolla
Russia
Bering Sea
Lord ‘Wolseley
Frances Wolseley
Scranton
Penn
Pennsylvania
the Gazette
Tennessee
San Francisco Chronicle
New Netherlands Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Insurance
Milan
St. Paul's
Christopher
Columbus
Mexico
Brendin
Tip
Ireland
Leif Trieson
Ampsica
Frendin
Eurekot
Hemisphere
Jose
Acadio
Sam Walter Forg
Yankee Blade
Comfort Ralston
Father
Mra. Ralston
Comfort
Ralston
Afra
Tinthor
Minton
Mra
Ben Bifil
Mr. Ralson
Miss Minton
Bia
Mrs. Minton
Simeon
Ben
Pather
Owell
Fulks
Rolston
Moses Minton
New York Ledger
Amy Wandolth
Apennines
Moses Milton
Moses Mintarn
Old Gray
Farmer Ralston
Simeon Ralaton
Raolston
Mose Minton
Conhkin
Nes
Noses Minton
Talatan
Darite
Prairie Chickens
Bund
Keee Cook
TNE
Washington
Boston Courier
Paris
Tommy
Tommy Smatbhers
Puck
Windwand
Rumson
Rameson
Colon
Gushington
Chum
Texas
Wilkins
Bulger
Quilpin
Alss
Professor Potterby
Socrates Potterley
Indianapolis Journal
Mre. Ditlow
Detroit Free Press
Severn
Euterpe
Museo
E.G. Wood
Honoye
Nowadiya
Cumrants
Baby Boarders
Austria
Hungary
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