Queen Hortense and the Four-Leaf Clover Tale
The exiled Queen Hortense and a companion hunted for four leaf clover in Appenzell Switzerland. Their playful quest drew local villagers, who gathered greens and, after a day, stripped the area of clover, leaving them with quiet amusement and grateful hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hortense
Josephine
Louis Bonaparte
Holland
Constance
Switzerland
Appenzell
France
Louis
Dragon Flies Form Ordered Line On Telegraph Wires
Professor Charles Barrios, zoology expert from Lille, observed about 60 000 dragon flies alight and line up on telegraph wires in Morbihan France. The insects rested motionless with heads toward the west, forming a uniform chain that followed the wire’s direction until the road turned south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lille
M. Charles Barrios
Morbihan
France
Professor Barrios
Women offenders housed in convents in Austria
In Austria murder convictions do not lead to ordinary prisons or gallows for women. Female criminals are sent to convents like Neudorf where nuns supervise them. They perform domestic tasks and crafts, with wages split between immediate pay and savings for release.
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Austria
Neudorf
Vienna
Notable Civil Rights Quote Cites Liberia and Haiti
A controversial claim asserts only Liberia and Haiti deny civil rights or property to white individuals. The statement, reflecting biased views, highlights colored perspectives on race and rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberia
Haiti
Rest and Restlessness in a Mathilde Blend Poem
The selection from the Poems of Mathilde Blend laments fatigue and seeks final repose beyond life. It contrasts restless striving with a desire for quiet extinction and the absolution of the grave.
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Mathilde
Matanza's Legend of Uncle Curro and the Dwarf
A Spanish tale follows Uncle Curro a spendthrift driven to debt and despair. A dwarf in a friar's robe offers a magical purse and later a tablecloth that miraculously provides feasts, but Curro's luck falters again. The friar finally gifts a cudgel to end the struggle and ensure he need fear no one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judas
Curro
Uncle Curro
Uncle Carr
Uncle Curre
Curre
Ocurro
Uncle Carro
Curse of the cudgel and the rise of Matanzas
The tale recounts Uncle Curro wielding a magical cudgel that massacres foes and spares none. After authorities and soldiers fall to the cudgel, the king pardons Curro, granting a Cuban province. he founds a city and the land becomes known as Matanzas for slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rwiin
Garro
Curro
Ocurro
Uncle Curro
America
Cuba
Matanzas
Buffalo Express
Professor of religion or general vagabond, a courtroom farce
In a Chicago Post excerpt a prosecuting attorney questions a defendant about his profession. The witness jokes that the defendant is a professor of religion who drinks lightly and supports himself by leaning against a lamppost, ending with the attorney admitting his ignorance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks
Mr. Parks
Chicago Post
The Little Japanese at Home in St Nicholas
Miss Ida Tigner Hodnett describes the winter pastime of children in St Nicholas. Girls weave cotton cord balls with bright silk, bounce or kick them, and both girls and boys play battledoor and shuttlecock in streets with family games and playful discipline. The bat bears pictures of famous figures. The shuttlecock is a feathered round centerpiece.
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Ida Tigner Hodnett
St. Nicholas
Miss Hodnett
Ballade of a Friend I Am Fair to Middling
A terse portrait of a steady, thoughtful friend who meets the narrator daily. The friend replies with the refrain I’m fair to middling nothing more, describing a composed, neat, keen, and lucid mind. The envoy adds praise for his consistent good nature and reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Schuman
Boston Transcript
Dell and Miss Sayles Find Spring in a Vermont Farm Romance
Dell, a 24 year old Vermont farm hand with sunbleached blond hair, hosts Miss Hamilton and her companion Miss Sayles for a short visit. Dell woos Miss Sayles with violets and nature walks, then drives them to the station before dawn. The pair share a budding affection as Miss Sayles longs to return home.
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Dell
Groveland
Mason
Miss Hamilton
Green Mountain
Miss Sayles
Peter Ferguson
Bernardine
Katharine Hartman
Mendelssohn and Liszt in a Hungarian encounter
In Max Muller's Recollections, Liszt, in a Hungarian costume, astonishes with a bravura display. Mendelssohn, urged to play, performs Liszt's melody and variations to the crowd, subtly echoing Liszt's movements while keeping harmony with the mood. Liszt praises the challenge as unmatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liszt
Mendelssohn
Felix
Max Muller
Peace and War Across Europe by Century’s End
A survey shows Turkey endured 37 years of war and 59 of peace from 1801 to 1896. Spain 81 years of war 65 of peace. France 27 and 69. Russia 24 and 72. Italy 28 and 78. England 21 and 76. Austria-Hungary 17 and 79. Germany 13 and 88. Sweden 10 and 86. Portugal 12 and 34. Denmark 9 and 87.
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Europe
Turkey
Spain
France
Russia
Italy
England
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Prussia
Sweden
Portugal
Denmark
Senators and Representatives with Civil War Service Identified
The United States Senate includes 12 members who served in the Union army and 12 who served in the Confederate army. In the House, 57 representatives were Union veterans and 30 were ex Confederates.
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United States Senate
Kansas City Journal
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Awer
Board of Life
Japan
Mendelssohn and Liszt
Veterans In Congress
J. W. Bean, M.D
Fairfield, Iowa
B. N. Gantz, M.D
Fairfield
Iowa
Harrison & Ball’s
Calvin Snook
D. G. Higley
W. Fordyce, M.D
Risk & Hufstedler’s
Court Street
R. C. Sayers, D.V.M
Gordon’s Livery Barn
E. G. Grove, M.D
Monfort Building
Savings Bank
Frank Fourt
South Side Drug Store
J. B. Monfort
Harris & Cuddy
Pads
South Side Square
T. L. James
Over Held & Kerrick’s
E. R. Smith
North Side Park
M. A. McCorp
I. H. Tomlinson
Attorney At Law
McCoid & Tomlinson
Southeast Corner Park
Jefferson County
H. ©. Ranfy
F. F. Simmons
Raney & Simmons
Bell
Rocery
Northwest Corner Square
Owa
First National Bank
Park
Parsons College
Daniel EK. Jenkins
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