The Curious Flight Of Hawkins A P Motor
A narrator recounts with wary humor his friend Hawkins and his A P motor aboard a launch. The device explodes into fear and wonder as the boat speeds toward the coast then proves too powerful, forcing a perilous voyage and a dramatic rescue by La France, ending with wary reflections on invention and prudence.
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Hawkins
Griggs
Atlantic Ocean
la France
New York
Polar
W. G. Chapman
Sailor on Sea Pictures Draw Critique From Capt Salthorse
A millionaire recalls buying two marine paintings and shows one to Capt Salthorse who critiques a trading schooner being towed from a rockbound coast with a drunken crew and a racing boat with no flag, saying both crews are drunk.
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Salthorse
Chester and the American in a Harper's Magazine piece
In a passage quoted by W. D. Howells, the Chester traveler questions a guide book claim that Mercian kings extended rule far from the midlands. He assumes the town was settled by “Murricans,” illustrating misread history and the risk of trusting popular legends without better authority.
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Chester
Midland
W. D. Howells
Harper’s Magazine
Prosperity rises in Southern states with farm and factory gains
In 1885 seven southern states plus Mississippi show a $572 million factory capital compared with $117 million in 1885, while farm property value soars from 1880 to 1900 by over $2.05 billion. Poultry eggs and butter contribute hundreds of millions. total farm value near $905 million. Other southern states follow suit with broad growth across crops, livestock, and industry.
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Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
Mississippi
South
Winds and anchors recall in sailor’s windward riddle
A fragment notes sailors struggle to recall which side wind comes from when tacking. The line hints at left or right wind chimes from the icewall side, illustrating nautical orientation and memory challenges in sailing lore.
Advantage of Gas in City of London
The article traces a fifty year arc light duel with gas for urban lighting. It notes arc use on Westminster Bridge and Waterloo Bridge followed by gas competition as gas gains indoors while electricity grows cheaper for urban spaces. Gas may recede to kitchen and street use as electric production costs fall.
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Hawkins
Jove
Griggs
Bay of Biscay
City OF London
Victoria Marks
Westminster Bridge
Terloo Bridge
Gaiety Theater
London
How the Thames on Fire Phrase Began
An essay traces how the term temse a sieve used by millers gave rise to the proverb set the tenuse on fire. A worker’s frictional heat sparked a fire on the rim of the sieve which spread to a story that misread as setting Thames on fire. The mix between Thames and tempering phrases likely inspired the American saying he will never set the river on fire.
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Hawkins A. P
Hawkins
Griggs
England
Thames
One of God's Innocents and Paxley's secret
Paxley, a devoted guardian who embraces a baby cousin as his own, hides the truth behind the boy's precocious sayings. As friends praise the child, a doctor reveals Paxley's quiet struggle and belief that the child is "one of God's poor innocents" and Paxley's faith tested by fate.
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Paxley
Cummins
Pax
Haines
Jenkins
Jim
New York
God
Lad
Fay
Lamb
Pike Monument to Seal Historic Copper Box beneath Stone
The Pike centennial committee will seal a copper casket with papers documents and mementoes for future generations to view. Included are portraits medals city history reports and early Colorado Springs photographs. The box will be hermetically sealed placed under a cement pedestal and topped by a 30 000 pound granite bowlder with bronze tablets to follow.
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Colorado Springs
Gen. Pike
Pike’s Peak
Zebulon Montgomery Pike
The New Standard Quip On Women’s Attire
A Boston Herald quips that modern praise favors “She wears her clothes well” over beauty that fades with time, noting few women are not smartly dressed in today’s style.
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Boston Herald
Helping Hand Noise Spoils Quiet Assistance
A columnist notes that when men offer aid loudly the act loses impact. Subtle mercy without fanfare is praised as more effective and considerate.
Sympathetic People Often Speak in Reflected Images
A reflective note by George Eliot on sympathy and self disclosure, noting that kind people reveal truths through others and mirror hidden depths.
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George Eliot
Marian Evans
German statistician predicts male scarcity in 3900 years
A German statistician warns that men are dwindling yearly and forecasts a future ratio of one man to 220 women in about 3900 years, based on current demographic trends.
Orinoco River Has Thousands Of Tributaries
The Orinoco river is described as having more tributaries than any other river with a total around 2,500 and including 4 236 large streams in the network.
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Orinoco
Trees Full of Violets In Two Year Florist Trend
French florists develop a two foot violet tree over two years and display between 25 and 300 violet blooms on the branches throughout the year.
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