Trotting Brood Mares and Wagons Sent From the Duke
The Duke of Marlborough during a recent visit sent several top quality trotting buggies light wagons and plans to transfer trotting brood mares to Blenheim England. He urges England to wake up in roadsters and improve its horse equipment. The new German Emperor is reported to suffer from an ear ailment not cancer with a long history and visits a specialist in Unter den Linden.
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Duke of Marlborough
England
Blenheim
Germany
William
Unter den Linden
Editor’s Canton trip and Brunswick visit noted
The Star of Covington reports the editor will attend the press convention in Canton and likely visit Brunswick. He left in good shape with a handkerchief and about $1.25 in cash. Rev. Jacob Carr later collected a 75-cent plowing bill from the editor.
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Star
Covington
Canton
Brunswick
P. S
Jacob Carr
Millionaire Russell Sage Rewards Honest Cashboy
Russell Sage dropped a roll of bills in a cheap clothing shop. A cashboy found the money and the manager returned it to Sage. Sage praised the boy, called him honest, and gave him five cents as he departed the store.
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Russell Sage
Dickering
Mr. Sage
May Day superstition Ends in Tragedy in Bibb County
In Bibb County Georgia a May Day custom of peering into a well with a looking glass startled Wright Grant who fled in fear and later died at a picnic. Locals attribute his death to a premonition of finding his coffin in the glass.
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Bibb County
Georgia
Hallowe’en
Wright Grant
Theaters Pour Money Into American Entertainment
The United States hosts 3,107 cities with theaters and 4,023 venues seating 3,164,000. About one in twenty people attend dramatically staged entertainments weekly, with at least $7,423,000 spent weekly. Over a thirty week season this implies more than $200,000,000 yearly for intellectual entertainment.
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United States
Inscribed Stone Found At Acropolis Reveals Erectheion Plans
Excavations at Athens uncover a stone block embedded in a modern wall. The inscription details expenditures in erecting the Erectheion and outlines initial plans and divisions, including eastern and western gables, linking to the remains of an older Greek temple destroyed by Xerxes two years earlier.
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Acropolis
Athens
Xerxes
Snakebite Injury During Cobra Poison Experiment
A number of cobras were sent to Dr. Vincent Richards in Calcutta for experiments. He attempted to extract venom into a watch glass, but while handling the snake it bit him on the forefinger of his left hand. He sustained a severe bite but remained fortunate.
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Vincent Richards
Calcutta
India
Richards
Dr. Richards
Man Kills Snake Then Treats Wound With Potash and Cauterization
A man preserved his presence of mind after a snakebite, cut the finger to the bone to bleed it, applied perman ganate of potash, tied the finger and forearm, and sought medical aid. The wound was reopened and cauterized with nitric acid. He recovered over two months, with Dr. Richards reportin g improvement.
Air ship idea rejected by patent office prompts further testing
The examiner’s opinion labels the De Bausset plan as too large to be practical though its partial vacuum concept may offer buoyancy advantages. The piece notes potential uses on moving railroad cars and cites Edison’s recent suggestions, implying continued open-minded testing of novel buoyant technologies.
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Edison
Japan's 1887 Foreign Trade Surpasses Earlier Years
Minister Richard B. Hopsarp reports Japan's 1887 foreign trade totals 78.08 million dollars with exports 39.31 million and imports 38.77 million. The United States supplied major exports like raw silk and tea, while Britain led imports into Japan. US exports to Japan decline due to kerosene oil overstock and expected duty changes.
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Richard B. Hopsarp
Japan
State Department
Great Britain
United States
Chicago Parks and Streets Stand Out to New York
A New York Sun correspondent compares Chicago and St. Louis noting Chicago’s size, bustling life, broad well paved streets, swift grip cars, and generous parks. He claims Chicago’s parks are open to all while New York restricts public enjoyment.
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Chicago
New York Sun
St. Louis
Brooklyn
New York
Does it pay to be cross and selfish to others
A didactic piece questions if fretful rude behavior and sulks bring any good in life. It contrasts anger with kindness and urges children to heed parental counsel and show consideration for friends and playmates.
Arab Boys Across Egypt Palestine Tell of Chalked Hearts
The writer recalls bright Egyptian boys in Alexandria who beg for donkeys and torment animals, and an array of Arab youths near Cairo and on Mt. Lebanon. He contrasts poverty with play, notes child dangers, and praises missionaries like Dr. Jessup for improving Arab boys lives through schooling and American games in Beirut.
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Papa
Egypt
Arabia
Palestine
Alexandria
Grant
Mark Twain
Bill Tweed
Lincoln
Blaine
Logan
Cairo
Pyramids
Miss Muffet
Chaffra
Sphinx
Pyramid of
Cheops
The
Nile
Beirut
Jessup
Mt. Lebanon
Woman Spins Sales Pitch In Office Temptation
A businesslike woman uses charm to coax a reluctant man into buying a book. She flirts and presses, promising not to kiss him if he purchases, while the married man resists but eventually buys the volume amid tension.
Difficult to Please Matilda at Yerger Gate
A dated exchange fights racial tension as Mrs. Yerger confronts Matilda Snowball over a visit from a colored man. Matilda defends past experiences with white hosts and complains about perceived double standards, highlighting social friction in a segregated setting.
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Matilda
Texas Siftings
Parlor Egos and Parlor Eggs in a Southern Quick-Trade
A Southern grocer defends eggs sold as fresh saying they were freshly laid but mildewed due to hens roosting in the dew. A bemused customer calls the tale an old lie while the trader claims the hens stay in the parlor and jokes about supplying a dozen parlor eggs.
The Clever Shopgirl Who Multitasked a Customer
A gentleman visits a small store and watches a saleswoman multitask by handling a purchase, chatting with a friend, and recounting a debate club night. He praises her skill, but after she overpays him by a dollar, he returns the excess and departs, leaving her to ponder the unintended compliment.
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Kate Hooper
The Strength of the Anarchists in American Cities
The piece notes about fifteen thousand anarchists in New York and five to six thousand in Chicago with others in Cincinnati and St. Louis. It contrasts Nihilists who kill on oath with an American branch that would kill only after other means fail and frames their motive as vengeance and rights.
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New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
America
American Magazine
Ardent wooer discovers clock fast set by his love
A romantic line reveals the best girl has set the clock an hour fast, altering a planned call. The anecdote exposes the playful trick beneath a wistful moment.
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Waoer
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Dixon
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