Global glimpses of politics science and society
In France the army backs General Boulanger while American clubs grow. railroads invest millions in palace care. fatal self harm rises. Russia faces doctor shortages amid destitution. Harvard funds a cup for ten year leaders. Japan’s Mikado akin to European monarchs. a new parachutist aims for extreme height. Mexico expands compulsory schooling and female normal schools, Chicago women start a practical arts college, Henry George’s land message gains attention, Central American republics inch toward arbitration and federation. Chicago could vault to fifth city by annexing Hyde Park etc. Exiled ruler Jo Jo of Opobo lives in Kingston. Ja Ja supported by Britain. New York Sun debunks madstone myths. British beer taxation debate stirs voters. brewers challenge Goschen’s budget.
Dreaming Heart and Dream of Tender Things
Dreaming, Lie quiet, Heart, and dream of tender things in tender ways. Dream back again to vanished springs when Love walked with us. Forget that Love is lost. we gaze at a pale vision. The dream will fade and the Love we love in dreams will soon be fled back to the Past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sa Joong
A Water-Color Sketch of Jennie Shelton in Fifth Avenue
A chance encounter between Jennie Shelton and Tom Hale unfolds amid parent fortunes and Wall Street ruin. Tom, a Yale graduate with sketching talent, pursues Miss Shelton while Theodore Shelton’s wealth collapses. Tom’s honesty leads to reconciling love and a reset of fortunes as Jennie’s feelings meet a life-changing letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore W. Shelton
Shelton
McAllister
Fifth Ave
Central Park
Gotham
Tarrytown
Bank of the Hudson
Jay Gould
William Benthan
Finance
Jennie
Daugher
House of Shelton
Hudson
Miss Shelton
Tom Hale
New York
Tom
Sigs Shelton
Matthew Hale
Jonas Phillimore
Hale
Yale
Delmonico
Penn
Aly Dog
Tom Tate
Atticus
Mexico
Theodore Shelton
Missy Shelton
Garth
Honorbright
Phdlimore
Pert
Wall Street
Lima
Theodora Shelton
Brooklyn
Daly
Cary
Icanie Shelton
Thomas Hale
Jennie Shelton
Fifth Avenue
Necay Mill
The Llama and the Andes Travel Experience
William E. Curtis portrays the llama as a faithful Andean beast, vital for transport but sensitive to overload. The piece describes Lake Titicaca travel options, Inca roads, llama physiology, and native drivers, with notes on altitude sickness and the animals’ habits. It also summarizes Alaska’s mining upturn, coal finds near Yukutat bay, and rising gold and salmon industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Paz
Bolivia
William E. Curtis
Touth
Titicaca
Isround
Wright
Alaska
Sitka
United States
Seward
A Tract of Gold Nuggets
Price Cooper a long time El Paso resident and former county Inspector of Tribes and Animals recalls an Apache captivity near the Sierra Madre south of Ithos. He says he and captors found rich placer gold in a dry creek gulch, but he escaped. He plans to gather a party from El Paso to re discover the gulch now that Geronimo era violence has ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texa
Price Cooper
Ysleta
Lus
Ithos
Sierra Madre
Sonora
Chihuahua
Geronimo
Miles
El-Pasov
Globe- Democrat
Palki Bearers Carry Travelers Before Indian Rail Era
Before railways, speed depended on palki bearers. An English traveler praised their endurance, noting a Bengal journey from Patna bazaar to Bark at over four miles per hour despite midday loads and long rests. He described palki carriers living mainly on rice, able to cover over forty miles in a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Bengal
Patna
Curious Indian Elephant Nurtures Baby Like Family
A report from India describes a elephant treated by a mahout forming a surrogate family bond with a baby. The animal tends the child, endures mauling, comforts it when the baby cries, and even refuses food without the child present. The bond is so strong parents trust the elephant to nurse the infant faithfully, a trust the elephant never betrays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Mahout
Picayune
Fashion Notes and a Sicilian Brigand Tale
A wide excerpt covers miniature jewelry revival, Boulangist fashion items, and the era’s dress trends from Empire gowns to widow's caps. It also recounts the brigand Giuseppe Esposito, his criminal career across Sicily and America, and the eventual removal of his wife’s children to an orphan asylum after his capture and imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giuseppe Esposito
Ily
Sicily
Epposito
America
New York
New Orleans
Hennessey
Italy
U of Esposito
Excerpts on manners patience and a buffalo exodus
A compilation of aphorisms on conduct and self restraint contrasts with passages on the near extinction of the American buffalo. It recounts buffalo populations across Montana Wyoming Colorado Nebraska and Texas, noting dwindling numbers and remnant herds. It also presents Nathan Hale’s execution story and quirky hunting anecdotes from the Yellowstone region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Park
United States
Montana
Dry Creek
Wyoming
Colorado
Dakota
Nebraska
Indian Territory
Kansas
Texas
Ratons
Panhandle
Pecos River
Slarper's Magazine
Thankful for One Thing in Epoch Snippet
A fragmented Epoch quotation shows a motherly moment about sleep deprivation and a baby's welfare. The dialogue includes rough humor about twins and a grim reference to fate, reflecting a period-appropriate voice and domestic tension.
Diverse fringe notes from science to satire in passing
A digest of scattered curiosities and observations touches on earthquakes in Wiesbaden, morphine exposure from birth, explosive Bellito claims, sporadic transit tech, a liquid earth hypothesis, German copper tar experiments, early bacteriology, nutmeg narcotics, new fire starters, steel chemistry, ocean surveys, fuel efficiency in Springfield, pine paper exports, French soundproofing shavings, Halifax lighthouse bell, artificial waters with bacteria, Regent's Park plant preservation, and an American clock relic seen in Mongolia, ending with Twain and Bret Harte works in Trans-Baikal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Asia
New England
Providence
Rhode Island
Biberia
Mongolia
Bazar
Trans-Baikal
Mark Twain
A Comparative Compliment on Moustaches
In a humorous exchange Dolphus and Bobby recount Clara complimenting a moustache. She noted it was very small yet beautifully proportioned to the man, prompting Bobbys amused curiosity about the remark.
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Dolphus
Bobby
Clara
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Toa
General Boulanger
Russia
Harvard College
Japan
Europe
Great Britain
W. 8
Young
Chicago
Mesdames Elon M. Mott
Charles’ B. Smith
Katherine G. Toda
The
New York News
Henry’ George
England
Scotland
Wales
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Salvador
Anduras
Illinois
Hyde Park
Lake Jefferson
Calumet
Evanston
Lake View
Philadelphia
Jo-Jo
Opobo
Kingston
St. Vincent Islands
West Indices
Patience
Ja-Ja
New York Sun
Hamilton
Spitzka
China
Rome
New York ‘Commercial Ad’vertisers
Jand's End
Hebrides
Grace EH. Dunfield
Independent
Boiltau
William the Silent
Becume
Netherlands
Wallenstein
Gustavus Adolphus
Weallenstein
Andes
Muld-Brele
Africa
Zoological Gardens
S. Pim
Columbia Spectator
Washington
Comte de Paris
Times-Democrat
Ber
Anon W. Williams
Mor-gan
San Francisco Chronicle
Atelka
London
Min
Shail Hoe
John
Chicago Herald
Ginduste
Tiim China
New Lyons Gaucey
Nathan Hale
Beekman House
Tig
Cunningham
Yellowstone
Great National Park
Bromley
Dead Sea
Wiesbaden
Liverpool
Manchester
Germany
Portsmouth
N. H
Troy
N.Y
Great Marine Depression
Springfield
Landes
Acrog Bell
George’s Island
Halifax Harbor
Currier
Regent's Park
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