Unpopular View of the English House of Lords
The House of Lords combines English peers with Scottish and Irish reps. Its composition totals 500 members including princes, dukes, earls, viscounts, and bishops. Life peerages stopped after 1950, pensions aside, with attainder losses and restoration rules. The Lords originate most legislation but veto money bills, provoking voter unease.
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Great Britain
House of Lords
England
Speerages
Scotland
Ireland
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Duke of
House of Commons
The Quick-Tempered Merchant and the New Hire
A sharp, bright-faced boy arrives at a merchant’s office at 7, seeks a job, and insists on starting immediately. The merchant tests him, asks when he can begin, and the boy replies he is here now and ready. Half an hour later the boy begins work and seems set for steady employment.
Blending Flours in Town’s Baking Trade
The New York Sun notes flour blending as a key local business, with blenders supplying bakers using a mix of high grade flour and two inferior grades. Large bakers mix their own, while many mixers label barrels with branded marks despite not grinding their own wheat.
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New York Sun
Divorce Debt to Dead Man Prompts Newspaper Quip
A woman confronts an editor about a divorce case after paying a lawyer five dollars. She explains the lawyer’s client is dead, his neck broken by a calart, and asks if the money can be kept or used for funeral expenses. The exchange satirizes sensational press culture.
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Chalmers
Tennyson
Theodore Parker
W. Wirt
French Code Napoleon Governs Marriage Consent
In France the Code Napoleon requires consent from both parties and their parents or oldest elders for a valid marriage. If consent is refused, a man of 25 and a woman of 21 may sue their kin in des actes respectueux to compel justification for the marriage.
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France
Des
Actes Repecteux
First Patents in the United States Highlight Early Innovation
The first recorded patent in this country was issued July 31, 1790 to Samuel Hopkins for an improved method of making potash and August 6 to J. S. Sampson for a candle mold. Early patents span household industry, showing Yankee ingenuity from the start.
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Samuel Hopkins
Sampson
Alaska Is Vast Carving Territory Compared to Europe
The region is described as large enough to yield a territory equal in size to the United Kingdom, Germany with 26 states, France with 86 departments, Greece with 13 monarchies, and Switzerland with 22 cantons carved from Alaska.
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Alaska
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Empire of Germany
Republic of France
Kingdom of Greece
Republic of Switzerland
Smallest Dog In Austria Crowned Imperial Pet
Archduchess Elizabeth, daughter of the widowed Crown Princess Stephanie, is noted as the proud owner of the smallest dog in Austria. The pet, beloved by the imperial family, highlights the tiny canine affection within royal circles.
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Elizabeth
Stephanie of
Austria
Word History from Old Meanings to Modern Usage
A compact overview traces how words evolved from their earliest senses to modern meanings. Examples include libel from a personal tract, yard as ship equipment, critic as passing judgment, knave from a waiter, influence from astrology, clown from tattooed persons, rival from a brook, imps from tower children, and tawdry from St Audrey fairs with gaudy wares.
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Britain
France
Imp
Shakspeare
Jeremy Taylor
England
New heavy lady joins Shakespeare tour in Manchester
An English actress recalls a Shakspearean tour stop in Manchester where a heavy new actor joined the troupe and caused comic chaos. The Queen in Hamlet wore peppered robes, sneezes shook the stage, Hamlet’s somber gaze vanished, and Ophelia fought laughter and tears as the curtain fell amid stage-sneezes and audience delight.
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Manchester
Hamlet
Ophelia
Divorce rates worldwide and rising in the United States
The United States leads in divorces, with more than all other nations combined. Ireland reports 1 per 10,000 marriages, France 10, England 13, Russia 4, Italy 28, Austria 41, Belgium 54, and Prussian Germany 148. By 1856 US divorces rose 50 percent in twenty years. If growth continues, about a quarter of future marriages may end in divorce in fifty years, and half in ten years.
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America
Ireland
France
England
Russia
Italy
Austria
Belgium
United States
This Woman Trains Race Horses in England
England has the only woman horse trainer in the world Mrs Chaloner. She is a short sturdy figure, wiry and agile, who has risen to prominence guiding thoroughbreds. She has five sons who all work in her stables continuing the family lineage in horse training.
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England
Mrs. Chaloner
Market Briefs From New York And Chicago Trading Floors
New York quotes show money on call at 2 1 4 percent, mercantile paper at 4 54 percent, sterling firm with minor advances. Bond yields steady. Board of Trade futures list Wheat, Corn, Oats, and Pork futures with mixed closes. Chicago live stock prices reported from Union Stock Yards with hog and cattle ranges and receipts for the day.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific
ChicaGo
Board of Trade
Union Stock Yards
Notable Global Figures Move Across Borders
The piece catalogs various figures: Castelar famed abroad, Jókai editor of a Hungarian comic paper, portraits unveiled at Rugby School by the Bishop of London, Herman Graichen the oldest bell boy in the U S returning from Germany with $10,000, Emily Soldene settling in Sydney to write notices, Governor Crounse of Nebraska not seeking reelection though some expect a Senate seat, Captain Braddock Chester the oldest sailing captain in New England dies at Groton at 81, General Boor the Salvation Army campaigner, Dr Galzewski to be paid for a Persia visit, and declined offers to tour by Mackenzie and Critchett.
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Rugby School
England
Arthur ‘High Clough
Tom” Hughes
London
Herman Graichen
United States
San Francisco
Germany
Emily Soldene
Sydney
Lorenzo Crounse
Nebraska
United States Senate
Braddock Chester
New England
Groton
Conn
New York
New London
Mysic
Boor
Salvation Army
Canada
Galezowski
Paris
Persia
Sir Morell Mackenzie
Anderson Critchett
India
Adages of Virtue and Science from Historic Voices
A compact collection of quoted maxims and reflections from various authors. The passages span wisdom on adversity truth fame governance and character with lines attributed to Ramsay Jerrold Douglas Carlie Hacon Conftcnts Sta nisl as Chalmers Aristotle Dryden Tennyson Parker Wirt and others. The item compiles aphorisms on judgment virtue and human conduct.
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Byron
Ramsay
Carlie
Douglas Jerrold
Hacon
Boves
Vast stars dwarf our solar system in sheer size
Popu lar Science notes colossal stellar diameters far exceed a solar system. Clark gives equatorial and polar semi diameters in miles, while long palm leaves reach vast lengths in Ceylon and Brazil. It also lists rare metals by ounce value, noting limited commercial use.
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Africa
Clark
Krupp
Prussia
Ceylon
Brazil
Tolstoi on Society and Moral Decay
Tolstoi voices a bleak view of modern cultured society calling it abnormal and notes loss of common sense and conspicuous absence of love. He warns that sin and unpredictable harm follow, illustrated by a dying horse’s spasms injuring passersby as a metaphor for societal cruelty.
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Tolstoi
Panama and France in a Critique of Moral Decline
A narrator reflects on publishing failures as MSS travel by sea to editors in various papers, finally reaching England. a debate questions whether France can be considered normal given crimes for gold, contrasting high society behavior with moral standards. The text references Amelia, the Count, and the notion of Panama as a symbol of corruption.
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Ocean
England
Amelia
France
Panama
A Lesson in English from Daily Life Quotes
A humorous assemblage shows everyday phrases spoken by diverse figures. It pairs lines like After you said by a policeman and Pardon me by a criminal with other exchanges from the dancing master to the field hand and the slot machine to the nickel.
Steer Ride Passenger Bumps Rail Tricks on Cattle Car
A tramp rode 175 miles from Winnemucca to Reno atop a long horned steer after gaining free passage in a cattle car. He rode with the steers until hunger and lack of milk cows halted his trek, while Reno railroad men note such brakebeam tourists are uncommon.
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Bheno
Winnemucca
Reno
Population figures for Indian Territory last year
The Indian Territory population totaled about 70 500 citizens of tribes and 14 000 non citizens. Cherokees by blood and intermarried whites and adopted citizens numbered about 26 500, Choctaws 1 000, Cheeaws 2 000, Creeks 15 000, Seminoles 3 000. Tribal land held reached around 20 000 acres, with about half suited for profitable cultivation.
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Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Mongolian Nomads Live in Felt Tents on Steppes
In the plains on the western edge of the Chinese empire roaming tribes inhabit tents rather than towns. They travel for trade and set up felt tents that are low and pointed, with door frames about half a window. Summers are comfortable but winters are cold in these dwellings.
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Asia
Eggs as a nourishing remedy for the sick
Raw eggs are among the most valuable resources in feeding the sick. They provide a nutritious liquid easily digested, suited to stomach and intestinal disorders with inflammation. Mixing yolk and white gently makes the dose more palatable. beating to froth is indigestible and can cause dyspeptic symptoms.
Frozen winter markets show milk sold by the pound
In Quebec winter markets the scene is curious with meat and fish fully frozen. Large pigs and other animals stand frozen in the brewer's shop. Neck cuts of beef mutton deer fowl haddock and eels lie stiff on stalls. Milk is frozen and sold by the pound for 8s per lump of white marble.
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Quebec
Booth and paste mishap on Sandwich Islands voyage
In 1854 One Bene Booth and David C Anderson journeyed to the Sandwich Islands en route to Australia to perform at the Royal Hawaiian Theater. A native paste boy ate the paste, so Edwin Booth postered each night himself with paste and bills, claiming honesty and no consumption of paste.
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Sandwich Islands
David C. Anderson
Australia
Royal Hawaiian Theater
Poe-Poe
Honolulu
William Bispham
Edwin
Immortality View Attributed To Wilberforce
An interview quotes Wilberforce stating a firm belief in the immortality of lower animals. He argues that the reasoning supporting continuity of human personality after death equally applies to preserving the individuality of animals, though it may take time to gel.
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Cation Wilbérforce
The Eye's Power And Eye Strain Of Modern Sons And Daughters
An oculist laments a decline in eye power among modern adults and youth. He notes many schoolchildren and workers show overwork symptoms without disease, needing glasses to ease muscular strain. He cites Dickens Scott Johnson and Thackeray as examples of intense writing without aid.
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Dickens
Ince
Dicken
Scott
Johnson
Thaceray
Clever Paris Detective Traps Watch Thief
Saindo, a sharp Paris detective, spots a group around a watch seller in the Temple district. He buys a watch, suspects ill gotten gain, and schemes to nab conspirators. After a staged wine offer, another watch is shown. He bolts with the watch, pursuer shouts stop thief, and Saindo leads the thief to the police station.
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Saindo
Paris
Juartier du Temple
Saiido
Savido
Flying foxes as food and their keen sensing powers
The passage notes flying foxes are eaten in their native regions and discusses their fruit-based diet. It contrasts their fox-like heads, large eyes, and including bat navigation relying on touch, air resistance, and extensive ears and nose appendages, with insectivorous bats that rely more on sight or other senses.
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Spallanzani
Medicine and Cats Angora Cat Receives Medicine In Ireland Lard
A New York Angora cat resisted medicine in milk meat and mouthfuls until a young Irish girl suggested mixing the powder with lard and smearing the cat. The cat licked clean and swallowed the dose, pleasing the master who praised the method. The girl quips that in Ireland every one knows how to give medicine to a cat.
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Old Country
Ireland
Big Profits in Sewing Machines
A businessman notes efforts to form a sewing machine trust but questions its necessity. He explains high profits in the trade, detailing costs from manufacturer to dealer and canvasser commissions, noting $55 to $50 sale prices and large margins, with instalment plans yielding upfront and ongoing commissions.
America’s Big Oyster Crop Shows Maryland Lead
The article highlights Maryland as the leading oyster producer in the United States, yielding about 11 million bushels from state waters each year. It notes nearly 30 million of the global annual 35,0000 bushels are U S natives, with Maryland contributing a large share and the national value around 36 million dollars. The United States total nears 16 million, while the rest of the world exceeds 52.5 million dollars.
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America
Maryland
United States
Old American Government Noted as Ancient Among Nations
A student of comparative politics argues that the United States government is among the world's oldest, noting that European nations have undergone revolutions since George Washington's first presidential election, while the American republic remains a century old.
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United States
George Washington
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Timetable Notice
Railroad timetable for Fort Wayne route shows effective date September 22, 1895 with trains to Grand Rapids North and Richmond Cincinnati listed by departure times and daily operation notes. Includes specific daily frequencies and exceptions, noting all other trains run daily except Sunday.
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Fincipal
A. W. Johnston
B. F. Horner
Cleveland
O. c
M. C. Baer
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Cine North
Grand Rapids
North
Richmond
Pbarade Careless
Cincinnati
Essen
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