Perilous life of Edward Dempsey ends thirteenth accident
Edward Dempsey, thirteen and son of former oarsman Patrick Dempsey, has survived thirteen near fatal incidents. He rode a bicycle into a trolley on Chestnut Street, fracturing his skull, yet doctors at Jefferson hotel expect recovery. History recalls Falls of Wissahickon and numerous rescues, with Edward already plotting another dare next year.
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Edward Dempsey
Jefferson Hotel
Chestnut Street
Eighth Street
Edward
Patrick Dempsey
Eleventh Street
Chestnut
Falls of Schuylkill
Wissahickon Creek
Aes
Philadelphia
Failure of Silk Culture In Virginia Near Williamsburg
In parts of Virginia especially around Williamsburg mulberry trees persist from an early fad to grow silk. Attempts to produce silk to escape French merchants proved unprofitable. Laws encouraged planting trees and silk dress, but worms failed, shipments to London dwindled, and the industry declined until a revival by Huguenots in 1740 left only gnarled trees as a reminder.
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Virginia
Williamsburg
Charles I
Charles II
Cromwell
House of Burgesses
London
The Widows of War Find Fortune in New York Lodging
The New York lodging trade grows as many widows of Civil War soldiers operate boarding houses. A noted general’s widow opened near Twenty first Street and Broadway offering Southern beds for six to ten dollars weekly. After a decade she saved enough to move closer to Central Park and raised rates to twenty five to thirty five dollars weekly with two meals daily. Now she is wealthy with children in high society and a thriving business.
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New York
Tony
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Broadway
Central Park
New York Press
Population of German Empire 8 million Polish speakers
The German Empire counts about eight million residents who use the Polish language, reflecting significant minority linguistic presence within the empire and its diverse population dynamics.
Rush Travers' Caprice Inspires a Quiet Love
Rush Travers befriends a waif, Pansy, supporting her education and sheltering her as a ward. Years later, the elegant heiress reveals mutual love in a guarded world of fortune and society, and Travers acknowledges a genuine romance at last despite his cynicism.
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Rush Travers
Pansy
Mme. Arnaud
Mme, Arnaud
Uncle Kush
Rush
Caprice
Uncle Rush
Curious and curious items from an old newspaper page
A collection of antiquarian notes on ancient customs and curious artifacts. It mentions a Greek criminal law with a two year delay before execution, antique saddles, Tiglath Pileser III cavalry gear, a white oak in New Jersey over 95 feet tall, a vast lathe in Philadelphia for granite pillars for a cathedral, a New York hotel with electric service elevators, a railway map on York station tiles, and Muller’s autobiography linking centuries through Dr Routh and a tale of Charles I in the Parks.
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Philadelphia
Paris
York
Northwestern Company
Muller
Oxford
Routh
Magdalen College
Charles I
Royal Artillery
Threeves
Edam and Rochfort Cheese Facts From Alpine Pastures to Markets
A study of dairy production notes that the United States leads in total dairy output due to population size. It describes Swiss pasture life, mountain herdsmen, and cheese making on Alpine slopes, explains Rochfort cheese being made only from ewes milk aged in limestone caves, and contrasts Edam cheese factory and home production in the Netherlands with a focus on purity and regional origin. It closes with a humorous grave-marker anecdote from Chicago briefly about miscommunication over epitaph wording.
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Rochfort
United States
New York Sun
Switzerland
Voralpen
Mittelalpen
Ife
Lmestone
Cevennes
France
Canada
William
Chicago Record-Herald
Leading statesman grants interview on life events and portrait
A rising statesman reluctantly shares a typed life summary with a Chicago Tribune reporter, agrees to provide a portrait and asks for 250 copies of the paper once published, revealing his distaste for publicity while complying with the interview request.
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Statesman
Chicago Tribune
Gotham Lanes and Nabobs Build a New Steel Trust Alley
Excerpt recounts elite streets named for wealth and power in New York and hints at a forthcoming Steel Trust alley for privileged residents. A superstition about crossings and lanes frames the piece, paired with a Victorian anecdote about a Monet and a ventriloquist’s bird performer observed by Tit-Bits readers.
Country Cousins Do Not Figure in Turkish Names
General George B. Williams writes in the New York Telegraph that Turks lack family names. He notes Mohammed’s son Ahmed and daughter Sophia. people are identified by given names alone, causing families to drift apart across generations. No aristocratic lineage or lasting clan ties. grand viziers may originate as camel drivers or servants.
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George B. Williams
New York Telegraph
Mohammed
Ahmed
Sophia
Turkey
Vesuvius Pine Tree Damages Harvests Amid Storms
A Rome correspondent reports Vesuvius ongoing eruption called the pine tree of Scoria seriously harms crops in adjoining districts. Winds and heavy rain lash the crater, spraying acids onto fields and vineyards on mountain slopes and nearby plains, causing burning and other damage to harvests.
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Gloucester County
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Zuider Zee
Alkmaar
Gotham
Peacock Lane
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Vanderbilt Corners
Astor Court
Steel Trust
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