Runaway train reaches 110 miles per hour on rail line
A speedy runaway on the Duluth and Tron Range Railroad hit 110 mph. A London season sees flowers spend about £5,000 daily in shows. An English donor leaves $50,000 for star and planet photography. Delmar public school spans Delaware and Maryland. Each state provides teachers. Europe grows more wheat than the rest of world, about 1.29 billion bushels yearly.
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Duluth and Tron Range
Delmar
Delaware
Maryland
Europe
World
Smokeless powder success prompts end of other gunpowder production
The Italian Government halts the manufacture of all other gunpowders after smokeless powder success. In Kansas elections, over fifty thousand women voted with many winning school board seats. A new alternate current motor at Budapest reports 92 percent electrical efficiency and 80 percent commercial efficiency. Private Secretary Hatford sues a cigarette-maker for using his daughter's photograph on his goods as the ad trend grows excessive.
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Kansas
Buda- Pesth
HatFord
Officer cashiered for saving peasant woman's life
An officer of the Russian army was cashiered for saving the life of a peasant woman and thereby lowering his standard as a gentleman. The remark suggests that if he had ruined her life he would have kept his gentlemanly standing, though some men seem bound to disgrace themselves.
Wheat supply imbalance favors United States, world needs
The bread question for the next year centers on India, Russia, and Hungary having less wheat to sell than usual while the United States has much more. Uncle Sam can stock a wheat store with enough to supply the world.
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India
Russia
Hungary
United States
Uncle Sam
Cambridge Students Show Tiny Head Size Change with Age
The head measurements of 107 Cambridge University students indicate a slight drop in head capacity as they age one year, a change small compared with probable error, aligning with the idea that head size remains largely stationary. Emily Paxton of Pike County Missouri has state permission to wear a man's dress anywhere outside Missouri cities of 10,000, works on a farm, and owns three horses while managing thirteen others.
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Cambridge University
Emily Paxton
Pike County
Missouri
Army desertion discussed amid Western post closures
The passage notes desertion from the U S Army is under serious consideration due to harsh treatment and dull duties. With Indians needing less attention and Western posts being abandoned, the necessity for an army is shrinking progressively and noticeably.
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United States Army
Fire protection reform urged in Northwest cities
The destruction at Seattle and Spokane Falls and a narrow escape in Tacoma have stirred wide interest in better fire protection. Many regional fire departments are described as inefficient, triggering demands for reform.
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Seattle
Spokane Falls
Tacoma
New
Northwest
Hurumpert Pledges Bronze Wreath for Garibaldi Grave
Kina Hurumpert, before departing Naples, ordered a bronze wreath to replace the flowers on Garibaldi's grave. He stated that his country and family owe Garibaldi much and that the island must pay a lasting tribute from himself and his son.
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Kina
California Senator Orders Broderick Monument Restored
Senator Farr directs renovation and cleaning of a marble twenty foot monument to David Broderick, who fell in a clash with Judge Terry. The statue sits atop Laurel Hill Cemetery near the Golden Gate, overlooking the bay.
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Farr
California
Broderick
Terry
Laurel Hill
Golden Gate
Intimate Fair and rivalries in a cryptic exchange
An intimate friend of Brod erick opposes Judge Terry in a cryptic dialogue. A jeweler asks what metal yields the most value, receiving Gold as the expected answer, but prefers a pound of steel to craft watch springs worth one hundred forty thousand dollars.
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Fair
Broderick
Terry
Florence Nightingale Active Beyond Crimea Work
Nightingale remains an invalid after Crimea but stays busy with hospital reform at home, in the colonies, and abroad. She continues dedicated to soldier welfare and hospital improvements for moral and physical care in barracks and wards.
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Florence Nightingale
Crimea
Miss Nightingale
Six year old cornets prodigy Guy Hoppe from Emmetsburg
Mary Janp hails a remarkable child from Emmetsburg named Guy Hoppe a six year old cornet virtuoso. Born to musically talented parents he already displays a manly aptitude for a demanding instrument.
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Mary Janp
Germany
Josef Hofmann
Guy Hoppe
Emmetsburg
Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in Boston store office
The article recalls Harriet Beecher Stowe finishing the last chapter of Uncle Tom's Cabin in a Boston publisher’s office on a cold winter morning. Three months later she received a $10,000 first payment for the sale. It also notes Mme. Boulanger in Versailles keeping a low profile with cautious friends.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Boston
Lightning safety and ethics at Harvard questioned
A sarcastic thunderbolt at Harvard prompts interest in lightning protection and safety. The piece laments scientists’ reluctance to speak on preventing electric harm while acknowledging expertise in causing harm.
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Harvard
Physical Sciences
Lincoln and Stanton Discuss Ward Humor in 19th Century Writings
In a Sunday leisure talk, President Lincoln praised A. Ward's humorous book for its fun. Secretary Stanton, in dry fashion, noted Ward's satire of Lincoln, prompting the president to admit he could not perceive any humor in that particular chapter.
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ApraHaAm
Lincoln Artemus Ward
A. Ward
Stanton
Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Sheep In Mine Frighten Pennsylvania Prospectors
Two men exploring an abandoned coal bank near Bellview Pennsylvania were startled by moving figures in the dark mine. They fled believing robbers or ghosts. The owner explains the “ghosts” were his Southdown sheep seeking shade, not intruders.
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Bellview
NYE Hugged by a Lady in London and Other Tales
A返 recounts personal experiences in London praising English hospitality and social ease. The writer describes encounters with an English lady in Trafalgar Square, observations of London’s social life, and reflections on British culture from tea to politics. He notes American ministers, notable figures, and amusing anecdotes about ships, steam captains, and Parisian experiments.
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Europe
Orient
London
Jack the Ripper
Trafalgar Square
Mrs Hoyts Training School Forges Hope In Westchester Trades
In Westchester, Mrs W S Hoyt formerly Janet Chase organized a carpenter shop and forge for local boys excluded from apprenticeships. Girls joined in modeling and wood carving as silk-worms were raised, creating village industries and reviving craft with old fashioned joinery and hand work.
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Ma —Ry Gay Humphreys
New York
Chicago
W. 8. Hoyt
Pelham
Hoyt
Janet Chase
Kate Chase Sprague
Westchester
The French Marshal’s Horses and His Daring Style
The article profiles Marshal MacMahon as a bold, stylish rider with refined taste in horses. It notes his age twenty practices, his famed purchases including a 500 louis horse, and mentions Forest King and Alfa horses with high costs and Alfa’s death. It contrasts his public image with amateur opinion.
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Marshal MacMahon
France
Africa
Compiegne
Persia
Paris
Comte Ferdinand de Lesseps
Forest King
Sedan
Alfa
MacMahon
Penurious widow refuses to advance funds for marriage
A man recounts courting Mrs. Watkin, a wealthy widow who promised marriage but refused to lend him money for the marriage license, illustrating her extreme frugality.
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