Two Great Volcanoes and the Vesuvius Legacy
Ancient tales describe Mount Vesuvius waking in AD 79 and burying Herculaneum Pompeii and Stabiae. The piece explains Vesuvian eruptions from 79 to 1631, later activity, and modern views on how eruptions reshaped the coast. it then details the Kilauea crater in the Sandwich Islands, its lava lake dynamics, and the 1849 eruption that altered the coastline, with estimates of massive lava flow volumes.
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Vossivine
Ienly
Kilanes
Spartacus
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Stabim
Vesugius
M. Ch. Sainte-Glaire Deville
Vesuvius
Campagne
Mount
Iia
Naples
Kilauea
Qhic
Manna-Lona
Iilanea
Dana
Suez
Theft of Fortuny painting recovered after yearlong swap
The Fortuny canvas The Council House in Grenada owned by H. C. Gibson of Philadelphia was stolen a year ago and found in a Niagara Falls artist's studio. Valued at 15,000 dollars, the work had been replaced by a nearly perfect copy during the spring exhibition, delaying discovery for months.
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Fortuny
Council House
Grenada
H. C. Gibson
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Academy
Gibson
Woman falls into open shop window in Richmond Indiana
A woman fell into a shop window opening in Richmond Indiana. She thrust her hand through the pane and was helped out by the shopkeeper who charged her one dollar and forty cents for the broker glass.
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Richmond
Ind
Glass
Street Life in Japan and Grifis Lecture Highlights
Professor Griffis described Japan's street life in Baltimore, noting Tokio street names, absence of battlefield memorials, confections and idols shops, Yankee influences, and a mirror with Japanese characters. He recounts samurai loyalties, hari kari, funeral rites at graves, wood houses, and fire risk prompting quick timber repairs. Advertising boosts appear via placarded street men and new drink names.
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Japan
Griffis
Yeddo
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
America
Tokio
Brocade Street
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Professor Griffis
Harikari
Hari-Kari
corn exports and potential Paris exposition impact
Washington authorities estimate the U S corn crop at over 1 35 billion bushels annually with about 60 million bushels exported Congressman Hewitt suggests at the Paris Exposition a display to illustrate the economic value of Indian corn could boost European consumption and substantially raise annual exports
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Washington
United States
Hewitt
Fragmented Reader Query About Bouncing Babies
A reader questions newspaper coverage of bouncing babies, noting multiple incidents where babies fell yet no solid explanation or consistent reporting is offered. The comment critiques softness of language and seeks clearer, firmer coverage.
King Tests Farmer With Riddle Of Labor And Generosity
A king meets a poor farmer plowing a field and learns his daily wage is eight groschen. The king poses a riddle asking if the farmer ever saw him before, promising to reveal himself. The farmer explains his debt to parents, children’s schooling, and sick sisters, paid with his two groschen share. The king then reveals fifty gold pieces, declaring his paymaster role from God, and departs as the farmer is astonished by the gift.
Great Eastern Exhibited as Grain Barge in Portland
The Great Eastern, famed as the world’s largest steamer and cable layer between Europe and America, is shown in Portland converted into a grain barge with hundreds of spectators. Its companion Faraday, also a cable ship, now carries horses, cattle, and grain due to hard times.
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Europe
America
Portland
New’ York
Faraday
Carious Cure in Swiss Valley for Inhaled Cow Breath
Fragmented OCR describes a facility in the Kander valley Switzerland labeled as a cure or exhalation therapy where patients inhale cow breath in a central room flanked by stalls for cows. An adjacent salon and seating areas provide external air exposure, with patients sharing the space.
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Kander
Switzerland
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