Declining Dancine popularity and notable gifts noted
Dancine’s popularity is said to be waning in England. Port Leo enters his 80th year and is very frail. Puget Sound reports no poisonous reptiles insects or plants. Mrs Davin Brown of Princeton NJ donates 25000 to Princeton College adding to an earlier 50000 gift while Senators Stancorp Hearst and Ira Davenport pay sums for parade windows.
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England
Davin Brown
Princeton
N. J
Princeton College
Peculiar Items From Vallejo to Washington
A diverse set of notes covers fuel from Peachstones in Vallejo at six dollars a ton, slow burning apricot stones, Gov. Ames favoring old fashion ruffled shirts, Victoria's fluency in Hindu with Indian servants, Col. Catsus Price working as a porter in New York, a Pennsylvania Railroad plan to link New York and Philadelphia at a mile a minute, buffalo roam in New Mexico, game like elk and bear, and Miss McMillan resembling Mrs Cleveland in Washington.
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Gov. Ames
Massachusetts
Col
Catsus Price
Missouri
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Guadalupe
New Mexico
Miss McMillan
Michigan
Mrs. C Cleveland
Washington
Maine Farmer Ships Twenty Barrels to Liverpool
In York County a farmer shipped twenty barrels of something to Liverpool. After freight charges and other expenses were deducted he netted eight cents per bushel.
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York County
Maine
Liverpool
Nebraska to impose law on firing near public highways
The state contemplates penalties for discharging a firearm within sixty rods of a public highway. A humorous aside notes men inviting others to walk into a swamp. An aside recounts Captain Cook and the origin of the kangaroo name from a native response meaning I don’t know.
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Nebraska
Captain Cook
Australia
Empress of Austria Travels with Soup Basket on Car
The Empress of Austria travels with a mobile basket fitted for cooking on the train. It includes silver sauce pans with gold handles and she claims her broth outshines any chef's soups.
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Austria
Remarkably calm rescuer continues work after fall
James Purless of Sacramento was knocked into a cellar by a collapsing scaffold while tearing down a building. Several bones were broken and protruded, yet he kept smoking and calmly directed the men clearing the rubbish while a prisoner.
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James Purless
Sacramento
Cal
Presence of mind in Glasgow theater saving audience
Miss Rose Lee kept singing in the Grand Theater Glasgow as a flyman fell head first from the flies to the stage. She moved to the front to shield the audience from the dead man's form while calcium lights illuminated the scene.
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Grand Theater
Glasgow
Rose Lee
Death of Winifred Howes Affects D Howes Family
Wit D Howes mourns the death of his eldest daughter Winifred aged twenty six she had been an invalid for years and her illness ended in death. The notice notes the broad circle of friends across the country who are grieved by the loss.
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D. Howes
Winifred
Foreseen bereavements touch family in quiet note
Reavements are not much, if any, easier to bear when they come for having been foreseen and dreaded. Mr. Howells has two children left, a younger daughter studying art, and a son now at Harvard.
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Mr. Howells
Harvard
Clergy Book Aid Gifted by Layman and Preachers
A longtime Baptist preacher Mr Spureron sends fresh books to country clergymen who cannot afford them. Heber Newton of New York and other clergy members perform similar charity. A warm-hearted layman recently set aside 500 dollars to lend clergymen for books and magazines.
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Spureron
Heber Newton
New York
International racket tale and presidential era romance
Lee Hana of the Chinese Legation in Washington visited Chamberlin's and partook in an odd mix of wines and Irish whisky, paying with a silk purse and pocket ginseng. Two Onto women once drawn to Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield, their parents blocked matches that might have led to presidential weddings.
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Lee Hana
Washington
Chamberlin’s
Connecticut
United States
Bedford
Cleveland
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Lost Morton and McKee Children Seek Shelter in Washington
A lively correspondent describes the Morton and McKee children being lost on inauguration day. The drivers wandered about town instead of delivering them to Willard's Hotel, causing maternal distress and a fainting spell. After an hour the carriages arrived, the children were embraced, and danger from the crowd and cold faded as they were safely reunited.
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Morton
McKee
Willard
Washington
Miss Dromgoole Defeated In Mountain Region Senate Bid
Literary writer Miss Winn Allen Dromgoole faced mounting opposition from hill country legislators after publishing sharp sketches of Tennessee life. A rough-hewn senator attacked her stance against mountain people, and the chamber rallied to oppose her. On ballot day, Dromgoole was defeated.
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Winn Allen DromGoore
Tennessee Mountains
Miss Dromgoore
Senate
Solon
Irish Emigrants Sail to Argentina Cited by Pall Mall Gazette
The Pall Mall Gazette notes a large wave of Irish emigrants leaving for Argentina with nearly five hundred from Limerick district. Archbishop of Cashel issues a letter urging Catholics to avoid Argentine passage, citing language barriers and urging destinations in English-speaking countries or the West.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Limerick
Cashel
Great Republic of the West
Great Britain
Antipodes
Wee treasures and German discipline contrasted in a 19th century column
The piece blends a tender verse about a child and mother with a critique of German prince discipline and a cautionary anecdote about New York newsboys. It ends with woodworking tips on shelving construction and finish.
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Germany
William II
Prince William
New York
New York Harbor
The Boy's Own Portable Bookcase
A simple woodworking plan describes making a portable bookcase from three boards for shelves and five battens for uprights. Instructions specify yard lengths, five inch width shelves, and one inch thick uprights with notches cut in one shelf for assembly.
Building Shelves With Batten Supports and Screws
Instructions describe making notched end pieces and a back batten plus four uprights. Mark shelf heights on a batten, drill perpendicular holes for fifteen two inch screws, space shelves at six, ten, twelve inches from the top, and lay the batten atop each end to steady the structure.
Catch Questions Challenge Readers With Puzzles and Tricks
Temple Bar presents timeless catch questions in arithmetic geometry and logic. Readers encounter weights like a goose from ten and a half pounds to forty nine in hours and days to reveal surprising answers. The monkey on the pole riddle adds a paradox about movement and perspective.
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Temple Bar
Faith that moved a mountain tale
A Boston Transcript anecdote recounts a German old maid who prayed to remove a hill blocking her Rhine view. She, a devout Luther descendant, wrestled through the night and then peered out the window to find the hill still there, uttering a surprised, humorous exclamation.
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Rhine
Martin Luther
Jacob
Boston Transcript
Modesty Receives Its Reward in the Violet Perfume Trend
The violet enjoys high popularity among men and women alike with its delicate scent. Florists note its wide use in perfume pouches sachets and violet scented beauty items. The vogue extends to violet lozenges bathwater soap and other fashionable room fragrances.
Hotel Ad Seeks Porter With Chest Protector
A hotel proprietor advertised in a facetious note that he wanted a porter with a chest protector, illustrating a humorous job posting from a local establishment.
The World’s Bloated Cities by Prof David Swing
A critical essay on urban crowds and folly in city life. Swing argues cities draw too many people for insufficient work and pleasure, likening railways to overbuilt tutors and calling for expanded suburban transit to move workers out of crowded centers. He likens modern cities to mythic figures and warns against perpetual growth.
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Pericles
Athens
Rome
Apollo
Venus
Pedagogy College Debate Ends in Car Mishap
Two eccentric women in a Fourth Avenue car debate a so called College of Pedagogy and its aims. Their exchange includes mock indignation over training teachers while a partner reveals it refers to corn doctors. The car subsequently runs off the track.
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Law
Mayor Grant
Congress
New York Tribune
Cost of Liquor Across Nations
The drink bill of India amounts to about £20,000,000 for 200,000,000 people. Great Britain spends nearly £123,000,000 for 35,000,000 residents. The United States consumes about £140,000,000 for 50,000,000 people.
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India
Great Britain
United States
Crumps of Comfort Quip Reflects Room-Mate Pranks
A fragment notes crumps of comfort not being the mischiefs a mean joker scatters in a roommate's bed. The line hints at pranks and domestic discomfort within a shared living space.
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Hearst
Ira Davenport
Vallejo
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Papa
Jeffie Forbush Hanaford
Prof
David Swing
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