Foreign nobles wed in America and global notes spark debate
The item surveys international marriages of nobles, New Zealand census quirks, and varied commentary from the New York Herald and Brooklyn Citizen. It notes Maryland plans a memorial to Leonard Calvert, Africa’s education and library gaps, jury of public works, and a joke about hemp versus jute in postal bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Leonard Calvert
St. Mary's City
Calvert
Orange Free State
Africa
Brooklyn
Before We Part A Farewell Poem By Helen M Winslow
An 19th century style farewell poem reflects on dying and lasting affection. The speaker imagines friends gathered around, expressing brave tenderness and love. Auntly longing to know and feel love before parting, with a plea to declare devotion before death.
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Helen M. Winslow
Panther Shot By Buffalo Man in Adirondacks Heroic Defense
In the northern Adirondacks guide story, Birgin from Buffalo and his wife Mrs. Birgin in St. Lawrence County are saved when Birgin shoots a panther that lurked near their party. The guide had learned sharpshooting from Captain Travis and used a Colt revolver to kill the panther, saving Mrs. Birgin and earning praise from onlookers.
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Adirondack
St. Lawrence County
Birgin
Aisavife
Tever
Travia
Neva
Theta Travis
eAlion
Wwooda
Panther Birgir
Rochester
Democrat
Largest Cistern at Charlestown Navy Yard Described
The world’s largest cistern lies beneath Charlestown Navy Yard. 100 feet diameter and 40 feet deep, built in 1858 by Master Laborer Otis Little to supply water to the machine plant.fed by wells near Chelsea Street via underground aqueducts. over 650000 bricks used. It has not been used since Mystic Water arrived in 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Mass.) Navy Yard
Otis Little
Great Machine Plant
Chelsea Street
Proper Hair Brushing Tips From A Hairdresser
A noted hairdresser explains brushing technique avoiding lengthwise strokes on long hair. He cautions against pulling the hair and recommends scalp scrubbing to stimulate circulation, finishing with few long strokes along the hair.
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New York Tribune
Scoundrel Loose in South Africa Releases Menagerie
A Diamond Fields Advertiser report says a mysterious assailant climbed the enclosure and freed Fillis’s animals causing a stampede that killed four workers and left lions cheetahs bears wolves and baboons at large across Dutoits Pan and surrounding streets.
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The
Advertiser
Diamond Fields
South Africa
Fillis
Pasha
Abdul
Caliph
Mustapha
Morat
Patterson
Mr. Fillis
Mr. Wiltis
Kremis
Lenore
Tote
Beauty
Blackness
Curry Street
Nelson
Beaconsfield
Glover's Athletic Bar
Dutortspan
Grindley
Pearls of Thought and Spanish Life Reflections
A fragmentary essay blends quotable maxims on virtue gender roles and ignorance with a travelogue of Madrid and Seville scenes. It contrasts wisdom and folly, notes women’s moral influence, and humorously describes Spanish casetas, servants, and a letter-writer.
Icelandic honesty and learning shine in remote isle
The Sabbath Visitor reports that Iceland is famed for education and literacy across all classes. Crime is rare, with doors rarely locked, and two notable cases show mercy in one instance and severe exile in another for sheep theft.
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Iceland
Africa
Counterfeit Bill Incident at Wall Street Treasury
A man asked a Wall Street Treasury clerk if a twenty dollar bill was counterfeit. The clerk examined it and returned it defaced with the word Counterfeit. The owner raged that he only wanted verification, not destruction, but the clerk explained the department rule that counterfeits must be defaced before returning them to the bearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sal Treasury
Wall Street
New York Stor
Aristocrate
Iphicrates
Ptolemy Philadelphus
Pliny
Constantinople
New York Star
Fashion notes and bridal trends in early 1900s press
The article surveys Ladies' Department fashion with blue palettes, turquoise and navy, and the return of blue belts and coats. It notes striking summer gowns with varied sleeves, and discusses orange blossoms in bridal wear, false jewels turned real, and Parisian diamond versus flower styles. It also covers French women's social roles, India shawls, and general dress trims and colors, plus a warning about coal oil hazards in hot weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mantalini
Pall Mall
Homemaking Tips From Old Columns on Cleaning and DIY
A miscellany of household how tos describes reviving leather with egg white ink, cleaning kid gloves with benzine and ether, plus quick at home methods for food items like devilled tomatoes and rhubarb pie. It notes Chinese thumb nail drawings as rare art from China and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Minster
Chicago Herald
Sundry Civil bill reported and Senate actions noted
The Senate discussed the Sundry Civil bill with an appropriation of 31 241 680 dollars, and the Silver bill conference report was debated. Nominations included Lieutenant Colonel to be Quartermaster General and Alexander McD. McCook for Brigadier General. The House considered diplomatic and consular appropriations and pension items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Bateholder
Alexander
McCook
Sixth Infantry
Telfer
Frye
Gibson
Coke
Renato
United States Land Court
New Mexico
Wyoming
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Colorado
Ira Day
Persor Harris
Stewart
Teller
Mr. West
Yeas
Edmunds
Plumb
Yena
Payne
Bemunds
Morrill
Mosare
Ksm
Gorman
West
Hawley
Sherman
United States
Hitt
Correpponden
Farquhar
Albert Mary
Wilams
Conger
Enlos
Bilver Bil
Messrs. Williams
Cutchcon
Hermann
Bland
Morrow
Connor
Ered Ag
Vanderver
John C. Fremont
Industrious boy spotted digging in garden scene
A Mrs Cumso praises a boy named Jim for his industrious garden digging while another character longs for a similar effort from Wreddy. The scene appears in Munsey's Weekly with light domestic humor.
Casualty figures and survivors from Civil War pension study
Commissioner Raum of the U S Pension Bureau outlines Civil War casualty data drawn from War Department records. The condensed figures include enlistments 2,213,865. killed or dying by July 1 1865 4,116. desertions 131,895. survivors by 1890 about 1,246,089 with various mortality and pension metrics and pending claims totals.
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Raum
United States Pension Bureau
War Department
New Croton Aqueduct Opens Water Supply to New York
Twenty five million gallons begin flowing from Croton Lake toward Central Park as the Croton aqueduct opens. Chief Engineer Fiteley launches the stream, a monumental 33 mile conduit costing about 23 million dollars with a daily capacity of 318 million gallons.
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Central Park Raservoir
New York City
Croton Lake
Eero
Fiteley
Croton Aqueduct
New York
Groton
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New York Commercial Adveriser
New
Zealand
New York Herald
Paris
Stanley
Samuel Baker
Baker
Detroit Free Press
Winchester
San Francisco Chronicle
Great Britain
Board Schools
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Rio
Pittsburg Chronicle
New York News
A. Menagerie
Ty Wisdom
Legs
Madrid
Spain
New York Journal
Modistea
South
New York Commercial Advertiser
India
Ana Portiere
Paria
Sarah
Tlans
Kurts
Louis Buckiateca
Almond
Adams Strects
Philadelphia Telegraph
NEW York’s Water Supply
New Croton Aqueduct
Ong
Jefferson Davis
Army of Northern Virginia
Nat Orleans
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