Invention of Printing and Gutenberg’s Early Struggles
The article traces the birth of printing through early materials and the debate over Haarlem Mainz and Strasburg as cradle cities. It details Gutenberg’s lawsuits over the secret, his move to Mainz, the 1455 lust foreclosure, and his Bible editions, alongside legends about Schoeffer and Donatus. It also mentions a later dinner theatre tale about a flute player and a sorrowful romance.
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Harper's Magazine
Europe
de Vinne
Haarlem
Strasburg
Mainz
Laurent Janszoon Koster
Koster
John Gutenberg
Gensfleisch
Andrew Dritzehen
Gutenberg
Dritzehen
Gutenbrg
John Lust
Lust
Faust
Wittenberg
Conrad Humery
Donatus
Adolph
Visit to a Yokohama Home Reveals Ordinary Japanese Life
A traveler and two friends visit a Yokohama home. The six to seven roomed dwelling uses sliding partitions, straw matting, and minimal furnishings. A polite host serves tea, then music on a necked instrument and a graceful dance by her sister, amid simple decor and strict cleanliness.
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Yokohama
England
America
The Past Glories of a Great Singer Jenny Lind
In Longmans Magazine a friend recalls Jenny Lind's reticence about her past and glory, noting how she rarely spoke of herself and only once shared a childhood piano episode. The grandmother’s silent gaze hinted at a future greatness for the young singer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Lind
Jenny
Longman’s Magazine
The Russian Serf and the Rise of Autocracy
The London Spectator notes that serf oppression fueled brigandage and popular dependence on a centralized ruler. It argues that feudal bondage provoked resistance yet reinforced autocratic power, culminating in Peter the Great’s view that loyalty centered on the Czar.
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England
Nussia
Pugatschetf
House of Kurik
Peter the Little
London Spectator
Strange Happenings in the Land of the Nawab of Jungath
From the London Spectator a description of Junagadh in Kathiawar, its ancient citadel, Gir forest, and Mekranis who maim travelers by removing noses. Surgeon Major Irving notes noseless patients, girded guards, and Jain temples with strict purity rules near Girnar hill.
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Jungath
London Spectator
Junngadh
Mussulman
Kathiawar
Junagadh
India
Uparkot
Gir
Lewis A. Irving
Girnar
Gir Forest
Ahmedabad
Coreans Puzzled by American Ladies at Social Gathering
A late social gathering in Washington amused Corean embassy officials who observed American ladies in decollete dress. They asked the interpreter if they may look, and noted a lady with a long train shivering from the draught. The ambassador asked why the dress was not raised from the floor.
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Correans
Washington
There Are Millions in Oil and Big Losses in Speculation
The Oil City letter notes storage and carrying costs since 1881 totaling about 50 million, nearly double the value of oil on hand, with annual speculator losses around 10 million and total losses of 70 million since 1881. It cites broker claims of multi-million losses, highlights broker commissions of 21 million, and argues producing oil yields steadier profits.
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Brokers’ Commission
Lorest Oil Company
Anchor
Forest
Wild-Catter
Pennsylvania
United States Mint
Oil City
Etter
Agnostic Man Claims Abstention From Food Beliefs
An agnostic is described as a man who pretends to eat nothing and believes he knows it all. The quirky line hints at skepticism about beliefs and self view in a humorous or editorial tone.
Promise By A Grave Light In A Snowstorm
A dying woman asks her husband to promise never to drink again except by her grave. He cannot keep that vow and seeks solace in a snowlit scene. A moonlit grave and a whiskey bottle juxtapose faith, addiction, and death as dawn breaks on Arkansaw Traveler.
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Maurice
Grace
Arkansaw
Temples and Pagodas Shine Amid Bangkok Royal Scene
Carter H. Harrison reports on Bangkok’s wats and seven pagodas, their gilt brick façades and glass mosaics dazzling at sunset. He notes the royal city’s temporary splendor may fade with dynastic change and that Ayutthaya lies ruined, overtaken by tropical growth. A Sunday royal garden concert led by a German conductor concludes the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aladdin
Siam
Ayutia
Bangkok
Royal Garden
Carter H. Harrison
Mathematics and Arithmetic and the Nature of Errors
The article notes that even great minds like Newton and M Stas err in arithmetic. Prof Huxley cites air weight per square mile and carbonic acid content, while Sydney Lupton lists figures for air and carbonic acid. An Arkansas Traveller criticizes a claimed water density difference under different equatorial currents as erroneous.
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Newton
M. Stas
Huxley
Sydney Lupton
Arkansaw Trav
Women as Companions and the Quest for True Partnership
In this Cosmopolitan excerpt Junius Henri Browne argues that men often avoid genuine companionship with women, chasing club life or bravado over intimate understanding. He asserts true love blends friendship and sexuality, and that both sexes must cultivate voluntary, respectful companionship to advance civilization.
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Junius Henri Browne
Cosmopolitan
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Black Ari
Japan
Coreans
WuHorver
Chamfort
Bangikek
Mathematics and Arithmetic
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