Pitcairn Island People Keep Culture Amid Isolation
A visiting captain portrays Pitcairn Island as a disciplined Seventh Day Adventist community of 142, with McCoy as president and a seven member parliament. They farm, build, and trade while preserving a dialect and wary of new settlers, as Typhoid fears haunt visits.
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Pacific
Pitcairn Island
H. M. &. Icarus
Bounty
Pitcairn
Mr. McCoy
McCoy
John Adams
Spithead
Tahiti
Geil
West
Indies
Essential oil of pine needles marketed as forest balm
A new pine needle essential oil product is promoted as a forest based remedy and preventive for consumption insomnia throat and lung troubles. The oil is advertised in pint quart or gallon bottles with claims of curing insomnia and strengthening weak throats and lungs through inhaled aroma. It requires 2000 pounds of pine needles to produce ten pounds of oil.
London rests on petrified sponge flint foundation
The piece argues London sits on fossil sponges turned to flint under chalk and Thames valley erosion. It notes sponges form layered, hard subsoil and questions building on such a fragile seeming base, while asserting the rock is ancient and pervasive.
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London
England
Thames Valley
How to Cook a Husband
A humorous extract promotes wife tactics in managing husbands with culinary metaphors. It advises selecting a partner personally, keeping him in a metaphorical kettle with care, warmth, and affection, and notes that overheating or neglect yields a crusty result while proper handling yields a digestible, long lasting partnership.
Medal Day Proposed for Veterans by Leeds Mercury and Montreal Star
The Leeds Mercury and the Montreal Star urged designating a day in which British and colonial veterans could wear their medals. They argued medals have little civil use in England and a ribbon on the buttonhole would be a more graceful form of decoration for those in civil life.
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Leeds Mercury
Montreal Star
Great Britain
Springfield
Last Word Quip Sparks Back-and-Forth At Dinner
In a brief exchange, a citizen remarks on a wife having the last word. Mr. Meekt on responds that she often holds the final spoken line, drawing a wry finish to the street conversation cited by the Washington Star.
They Live by Crime and the Cost of Law Enforcement
The piece argues that at least 160000 citizens live by crimes and 250000 others depend on them. It examines rising crime rates from 1850 to 1890, the police force and costs, and the potential societal impact if criminals reformed or if unemployment rose. It emphasizes the large national expense of policing and punishment.
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Chicago Tribune
United States
Tere
Bill Sykes
Legacy of the Washington Crest and the United States Flag
The article notes that a crest bearing Lawrence Washington is thought to have inspired the US flag. It observes that American visitors to England seem to have forgotten this connection.
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Lawrence Washington
United States
England
Scotch Short Bread Teaside Treat From Chicago Inter Ocean
Scotch short bread is described as a tea treat with butter and caraway flavor. The recipe uses flour sugar and caraway seeds baked in a not too hot oven to avoid spreading, then chilled, rolled, cut, scalloped edges, and baked about twenty minutes for a nutty note.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Charlie
Chalie
Howells critiques American humorists and praises English artists
In his North American Review essay, W. D. Howells argues Americans lag behind England in both literary and artistic humor. He cites Du Maurier Leech Doyle Keene Newell Herford and contrasts German caricature’s gentleness with American biting wit. He notes American humorists lack sweetness and humanity, citing German and English examples and humorous domestic tropes. The piece ends with a biting contrast about mercenary marriages and pervasive domesticity.
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North American Review
W. D. Howells
du Maurier
Leech
Doyle
Keene
Peter Newell
Oliver Herford
Last Amer ican Tourists Leave England Historic Sites
The London Mail notes the final wave of American tourists departed after visiting sights including the ancient church at Great Brighton. It mentions a neglected nearby site Sulgrace Manor linked to the origin of the U S flag, with a nod to Lawrence's historic residence.
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London Mail
Great
Brighton
Northamptonshire
George Washington
London
Great Brighton
United States
Sulgrace Manor
Lawrence
Startling Legend Of A Book Saed For Chinese Viewpoints
A true story recounts a radical book on Chinese troubles praised the empress of China as the most marvelous woman. George Lynch of London urged a conservative British publisher to print it Chinese fashion from end to start. He warned of a Chinese inscription that read Yo Hell With Foreign Devils.
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China
George Lynch
London
New York Post
His Personal Choice Nurse
A brief obituary notice notes a baby named Toxmine arriving from heaven last night, as reported by a nurse and family. The event marks a personal loss and the family’s remembrance.
Bloodhounds of Australia Trackers in Delicate Bush Pursuit
A first person account describes Aboriginal trackers in Queensland aiding police hunts. The writer notes their instinct, loyalty, and unbroken pursuit across forests, rivers, and harsh terrain, detailing a cattle theft chase with Charlie the tracker leading on foot and by horse through miles of rugged bushland.
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Australia
Antipodes
Queensland
New South Wales
Charlie
Charlies
Charle
Strick
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