Training Elephants Reveals Keeper’s Fear and Faith
A New York Sun interview with the keeper of five elephants in Gilmee’s circus details training methods. He recalls Roméo’s deadly rampage, the use of ropes and whips to subdue a wild elephant, and the balance of fear over kindness in maintaining control. He notes aging, diet, routines, and the special bond with a camel, while emphasizing he never leaves the animals for long and sleeps near them to guard their health and condition.
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New York Sun
Gilmee
Roméo
Williams
Romeo
Anon
Ceylon
Cyemanelgis
Baby
Egypt
George
Population estimate for the United States in 1880
The St. Louis Republican estimates the nation will reach forty five million inhabitants by 1880.
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St. Louis Republican
United States
Women of Crete A Portrait of Sphakia Wives
A correspondent describes Sphakia Crete highlighting rustic cottages built of rough stone with clay roofs and arches. He praises Cretan women for beauty and skilled handiwork weaving garments, fabrics, lace, and tapestries, noting their independence and harsh past persecution ten years earlier. The piece contrasts simple homes with strong domestic craft and strict conjugal authority.
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Crete
Cretan
Askypho
England
Caimakam
Milordi
Western
Europe
Mexicans Burned at the Stake in Concordeo Village
A Mexican correspondent reports that in St James Concordeo district six months a man named Silvester Zacharias accused Joseph Bonilla and Diego Lugo of witchcraft after drinking water to drive out a demon. The two were arrested and Judge Marino ordered their execution by burning. At a hilltop stake about sixty locals surrounded the pair as they burned, crying out for aid from their gods. The report states the fire showed legends and additional names Benen Ete who were also forced onto the pile and killed.
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St. James
Concordeo
Silvester Zacharias
Joseph Bonilla
Diego Lugo
Marino
Supreme Court of Justice
Concordea
Benen Ete
From Coal Oil Johnny to Oil City fortunes
A letter from Oil City Pa contrasts Coal Oil Johnny with Dan Goettle an oil speculator who rose from bootblack to wealth. Goettle led large sales in oil trading including a 80 000 barrel deal at 203 per barrel totaling 163 000 dollars and is described as short thick set liberal temperate and sand blessed by charity while Johnny's fortune rose then vanished and he became a farmer in a western state.
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Oil City
Johnny Steele
Johnny
Dan Goettle
Wonderful Freak of Nature at Baker's Island Event
A reported wonder from Baker's Island 700 miles south southwest of Honolulu describes a switch in the prevailing current from westward to eastward, bringing rains and enabling vegetation for the first time. In four months the island, once barren, now hosts greenery with pumpkins thriving and rats adapting to the new bounty, even celebrating among the pumpkins.
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Baker’s Island
Honolulu
A Russian War Song Translated for Soldiers
A literal translation of a Russian war song distributed to troops urges discipline and aggression. It calls for marching to battle near the Danube, praises endurance, and encourages killing and not yielding. The verses invoke God, defend honor, and threaten captivity or death if captured.
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Danube
Mussulman
Russia
Counuer
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