Global oddities and industry notes from a late 19th century issue
A collage of items covers ex-presidents stockpiled in revolutions, a vast Percheron farm in Axara Iowa, demographic trends in France with large childless families, colonial coinage in Rome, railroad capitalization and streetcar metrics in the United States, labor figures by Massachusetts and gender distribution, and a riot incident in Podol where peasants abducted a rich farmer demanding higher wages.
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Bratzlay
Podol
Inga
Distance. O spotless allver abip so faraway
Fragmentary verse about distant shorelines and ships. Imagery of flawless beauty, longing, and hope. Poetic lines reference a blue sea and stationary outlines, with a light that removes blemish from sight.
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Gorono
Graca
A Country Romance of Buenie Ainsworth and Frank Benton
Buenie Ainsworth defies a flirtatious rustic suitor during a country visit. Frank Benton falls in love, but a confrontation with Nell Glynne reveals his true feelings. Uncle Horace uncovers the heartbreak, leading to a late wedding and a change in life.
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Buonle Ainsworth
Yovis Falley
Charlemagne
Peacock
Nell
Sarah
Thad
Inez Carmen
Inez
Beenie Ainsworth
Ainsworth
Nell Glynne
Rasin Frank
Miss Ainsworth
Miss Ain
Frank Benton
Buenie Ainsworth
Jate
Miss Glynne
Martin
Glynne
Mr. Benton
Buenie
Grewsome work preparing animal skeletons for the market
The National Museum procures specimens from global networks of traders and barter with other museums. Skeletons are produced by mount firms, with prices listed for adult human, gorilla, orangutan, bear, dog, whale, horse, crocodile, and shark bones, highlighting the lucrative dead-stock market and osteological industry.
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Jefferson Davis
Asabia
Great American Desert
New Mexico
Nebuchadnezzar
Smithsonian
National Museum
Rochester
South Africa
Ganges
South America
Globe
London
Paris
Berlin
Europe
Ureselle Ures
Language of laughter across cultures noted
Washington Star surveys global expressions of mirth and how different nations reveal humor. It cites stereotypes from the Chinese, Arab, Persian, Turk, Egyptian, and Mahometan writers alongside observations by American travelers on Italian, German, French, English, Scottish, and Irish laughter styles.
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Persia
Mong
Cextan
Mahomet
Europe
Law of the Signature in Historic Writings and Signatures
The article explains that any recognizable written form that identifies a person becomes a valid signature, whether full name initials titles or marks. It cites examples from rulers and figures like Victoria Regina and Benjamin Franklin to illustrate how varied signatures serve authentication.
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Victoria Regina
Connaught
Tziak Walton
Tamanend
JB. Franklin
Howells Heroines Reveal Realistic yet Provoking Femininity
At a Boston dinner a famous woman writer failed to speak until urged by Mr Howells. She finally claimed she cannot craft a speech and asked where he finds perfectly atrocious women like those in his books. The anecdote underscores Howells’s vivid fiction of feminine eccentricities.
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Mr. Howells
Paris
York
Desert ride dream mocked by an explorer tale
The text narrates Dr Nachtigal telling a rich Hamibure merchant’s son how to simulate a desert camel ride. A crude improvised setup uses a high office tool on a wagon, driven over rough ground in peak heat after an empty stomach to convey the poetical hardship of Africa travel.
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Huston
Nachtigal
Avis Ganox
Hamibure
Enid
Serosa
Uredac
Fiid
Afrea
Africa
Ladies Department Tales on Laces and Fashion
Fashion notes from Newport and New York society detail Princess Beatrice interests, Mrs Vanderbilt circles, coaching in society behavior, and dress styles. Steam into Montevideo fashion, sachet scents, and a moral tale of a paste necklace duplicating a Parisite piece highlighting social life.
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Beatrice
Jace
Volumn
Argonaut
Philadelphia Parks and their varied land and road assets
Philadelphia Parks, Philadelphia details eleven parks with an average acreage around 288,000 acres. Of this, about 1,777 acres were damaged, the rest originally cost 17.5 million dollars. The city has 1,151.6 miles of streets, with 392.2 paved in cobble, 98.2 with block, 1.2 with brick, 15.8 with sheet asphalt, 11 with asphalt blocks, 117.6 with rubble, and 96 miles designated. Two hundred fifty-one miles have no pavement.
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Philadelphia
Household recipes and tips from old New York World pages
A collage of kitchen guidance including liver breakfast dishes with eschalots and butter, a meat stew for ironing day with dumplings, stuffed eggs with ham or chicken, sweet watermelon pickle method, German housekeeping schooling notes, almond soup instructions, and tips on coffee cake storage and dental care.
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New York-World
New York World
Germany
New York
Tre ‘Bune
Scientific Scapes and Innovations Across a Curious Era
A wide grab bag of notes covers electric lights killing insects, extreme temperatures, telephony tests, Krupp plans linking Vienna by canal, oil fuel shifts in Chicago, doubled shell boilers, photos comparing relatives, French ideas on waterway powered rail, rust resistance with dried air, quick lime in displays, Austrian oil scattering shell invention, and a botanical school garden aiding teachers and pupils.
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Havre
Herr Krupp
Essen
Vienna
Danube
Chicago
Tuel
Pearl fishing craze sweeps Albany Wisconsin shores
In Albany Wisconsin a pearl fishing frenzy drew 1000 people to Sugar River after the milldam released water. Fishermen with rakes and hands brought in clams and possible $1000 in pearls, though value is uncertain due to reticence. Farmers boast rare finds and local estimates put pearl trade around $300,000 since the industry began.
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Wisconsin
Albany
Wis
Sugar River
New York
John Shafer
Left Hand and Health Brain Motor Education
Dr. Brown Sequard notes in the Forum that brain quality hinges on training motor elements, especially those governing the left hand. He urges parents to develop their children's left hand to create two capable hands and strengthen brain spinal cord functions.
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Soiuch
Brown Sequard
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