World landowner buys Antonio Olle grant in New Mexico
Wilson Waddingham of New Haven Connecticut recently purchased the Antonio Olle grant of 103000 acres in San Miguel County New Mexico. The purchase would make him the largest landed proprietor in the world surpassing claims of the Duke of Westminster. The piece also notes Wisconsin and Minnesota pine lands, canal and railway interests, and various other historical anecdotes and observations from the period.
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Wilson Waddingham
New Haven
Conn
Antonio Olle
San Miguel County
New Mexico
Anid
Flo
Duke of ‘Westminster
The Popes Robes Described From Epoch Tale
The New York Epoch recounts a vivid, humorous portrait of the Pope's attire. It notes a red outer robe of wool from the St. Agnes convent near Porta Pia, purple lined cloak with gold lace, a red hat with gold cord, and a white moire girdle. An alb of lamb wool, kid mittens, and slippers completing the odd appearance are described.
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St. Agnes
Porta Pia
New York Epoch
A Clincher. Miller’s Son Returns From College
Detroit Free Press notes a dialogue where Miller’s son asks about a contraption’s rotating shaft. Miller insists the phate’s contraption is hollow and explains why it doesn’t turn, conveying a technical misunderstanding in a brief picker-item.
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Miller
Fon
Detroit Free Presa
Marriage Superstitions and English Weddings
A column of wedding lore surveys superstitions about marriage and wedding ring omens, plus a vivid Victorian English wedding scene with procession details. It then discusses bread as a household staple in Virginia and a New England town's professional mending trade run by women, highlighting female entrepreneurship and cautious encouragement for selective enterprise.
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Bess
Jacea
Women Triumph In Leading Manufacturing Role And Fashion Notes
A feature highlights a woman who oversees a large factory, combining line of duty business skill and leadership. Fashion notes discuss pink India mull frocks, white silk and black grenadine ensembles, hats, veils, and accessories with Paris trends and decorative trims. Wealth comparisons show Jews in London with high incomes relative to population, noting disparities in wealth and income brackets.
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Welora
India
Batiste
Mull
London Spectator
London
the Spectator
Franklin's wig and sword story from American Manifest
The tale recounts Benjamin Franklin attempting to wear a wig and carry a sword and hat like peers of the day. The wig proved too small for his head, provoking a dramatic dressing room moment where the hairdresser declares the problem lies in Franklin's head, forcing him to go hatless and swordless. Two other American ministers reportedly wore wigs and swords.
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Franklin
Ant
Dr. Franklin
Monsieur
Cannibal Tribes and Explorers in Central Africa Findings
An American press summary reports Captain Van Gele's Congo Basin voyage along the Mobangi River with Henry Reed, detailing 207 miles navigated in steamer lamps, dense populations, and cannibal practices. It notes women and children paddling, men guarding by war, and widespread cannibalism as a cultural mainstay, challenging prior beliefs of its decline.
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Archer
Fifth Infantry
Albuquerque
N. M
States Cavalry
Fort Harker
Gyp
Gertral Miles
Fifth United States Infantry
Jack Miles
Samaritan
Omahs Herald
Col. Higginson
Harper's Bazartella
New England
Qol. Higginson
Margaret Fuller
Batsey Miller
Congo’ State
van Gele
Stanley
Henry Reed
Mobangi
Congo
Mr. Grenfell
Grenfell
van Qelo
Congo Basin
Nghiri
Lal Ieee
Africa
van Gels
Vun
Congo Valley
Livingstone
Stanley Falls
New York Sun
Perilous Mountain Lion Encounter by Deer Hunters
A Fort Keogh letter recounts a rugged deer hunt in the Big Horn foothills. Richards and Craig chase a wounded adult mountain lion through timber and a canyon, finally killing the animal after a perilous chase. The beast measured about 11 1/2 feet with a powerful jaw and striking coat.
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Little Horn
Main Horn Range
Srace
Richards
Craig
Huntera
Small efficient design outperforms larger loosely built engines
A compact well built engine surpasses a bigger one with misfitting parts. Adaptation and balance govern efficiency across animals and humans, while social divisions limit harmonious development. Scribner’s magazine notes paper pulp barrels from meadow weeds near Jersey City and Newark, claiming two workers can make 600 barrels in four days with a patented machine.
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Animal Kingdom
Scribner’s Magazine
Jersey City
Newark
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Western visitor voices disappointment with New York
A Western guest complains that New York is slow and disappointing, claiming the city lacks civilization and even references a lynching in jest, remarking on the clash between western expectations and eastern urban life.
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New York
Soap and Reform Spread Through Holy Land Towns
The article notes soap introduction civilizing residents of the Holy Land with a new factory on the site of an ancient sachem. Reforms spread as Bethlehem rebuilds, gas lights retreats, Nazareth draws olive oil speculators, Joppa lots rise, Mount Carmel real estate tightens. Jerusalem ladies read Paris fashion journals and styles.
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Alte
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Joppa
Mount Carmel
Jerusalem
Pasteur’s Vaccination Method and Other Scientific Notes
A summary of diverse scientific topics cites Pasteur’s rabies work and debates on virulence, mould sources of diphtheria, and Frott’s digestion studies. It also covers drinks affecting digestion, gold leafing physics, rain and river discharge statistics, Galton on professional heredity, and speculative lunar gravity effects on motion and labor.
Man in the Moon origin fable and related lore
Curious correspondence chronicles varied theories on the man in the moon from a man with a fork and bundle of sticks to Cain with a thorn bush and dog. Classical writers and farm poets offer different personages while anecdotes touch on moon lore and symbolic imagery.
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Chaucer
Cain
Mike
Enlyinion
Luna
Diana
Boston
Ind
Bolence Monthly
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Iva
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Detroit Free’ Press
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Pailadelphia Call
Virginia Bread
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Strait of Gibraltar
Red Sea
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Utah Basin
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Rancho Chico
Quall
Mr. Bruner
Harry Fuller
Chico
Cal
Enterprise
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Scott
Washington
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Pasteur
AL Pasteur
W W. Taylor
London Epidemiological Society
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J. W. Frozt
Drinka
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Royal, Society of Edinburgh
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Galton
Tess Realousy
Man In the Moon
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Grant
Minn
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