Notables Recall a Century of Figures and Enduring Local Roots
Ex-President Kruger turns seventy seven at Utrecht on Oct 10. Prince ton University’s F L Patton sits for a portrait by John W Alexander for alumni. Elwell Hoyt of Eau Claire houses a vast pioneer relic collection. Rear Admiral Merrill Miller to be relieved this winter by Captain T B McCalla at Mare Island. The widow of Parson Brownlow is alive at eighty nine. Emerson Etheridge, a Whig stalwart, dies in Dresden. Danish queen honors cellist Anton Hegner with a ring. Tamaqua inventor John Henry aims to lift twenty times weight with a new flying machine seeking a $100000 prize. Charrington, age over eighty five, retires as father of the house of commons from Mile End. Jonathan Roberts of Richmond, aged ninety one, recalls life on his birthplace site near a 1812 log schoolhouse.
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Kruger
Utrecht
F. L. Patton
Princeton University
John W. Alexander
Elwell Hoyt
Bau Claire
Mich
Central States
Merrill Miller
Mare Island Navy Yard
McCalla
Parson Brownlow
Tennessee
Emerson Etheridge
Dresden
Tenn
Congress
Anton Hegner
Denmark
John Henry
Tamaqua
Charrington
House of Commons
Mile End
London
Jonathan Roberts
Richmond
Ind
Indiana
Weather Omens From The Twelve Days After Christmas
Weather proverbs describe predictions from candles and wind, noting fair skies if a wick dies quickly and storm length by tabes size and livestock behavior. Observations include dew absence signaling rain and sun drawing water at night indicating rain next day.
Captain Fyfe and the Prophet Rajmahal in Behar Australia
In Behar the prophet Rajmahal stirred revolt fears as British force a stand, and Captain Fyfe confronts him harshly. The clash provokes anger and rumors among 3000 soldiers and locals, ending with Fyfe disappearing after a dramatic beard-grab and public shaming. Months later a strange Hindoo inmate proclaims identity as Captain Fyfe, begging to return, then vanishes.
Island lesson sparks grassless land view misread by two girls
A New York Post note recalls a school geography prank where brown paper islands misled pupils. Two visiting girls, expecting grass, misinterpreted vegetation from black and white print bias, revealing how images shape reality.
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New York Post
Lines In Maple Wood and a Veneer Fortune
The piece discusses birdseye maple and how its true interior quality can only be judged by cutting the wood. It cites expert timbermen’s view that outward signs do not reveal the grain and tells a Rail road Gazette tale about George M. Pullman refusing a mahogany log for veneers yet profiting when cut.
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Railroad Gazette
George M. Pullman
Unhappy Princesses in Versailles Portraits by Nattier
The Era notes that visitors can view today the portraits of the unhappy maids who returned to Versailles, named by Louis as Logue Cochie Granle and Chiffe. The sisters, dull and misfit, endured a life of mortification, with Mime Adelaide the elder the only one a step above.
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Versailles
Nattier
Louis
Logue
Cochie
Granle
Chiffe
Adelaide
Picturesque Brittany Market Scene From Century Artist
Artist Castaigne describes a Breton market in Roscoff and Dinan settings with peasants in gouave trousers and arabesque jackets, women in red skirts and medici collars, and children curious amid stalls of fish vegetables and china. Fishermen bustle, tents rise in village markets, taverns hum with accordions, biniou, and a looming emigration to the new country.
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Brittany
Egypt
Roscoff
Castaigne
Literary Treasures Lost and Found Across Time
The author muses on how literary fame shifts and how undiscovered works may lie buried in oblivion. Noting Deuteronomy’s rediscovery, Shakespeare’s neglect before Addison’s praise, and later accidental revivals of Omar Khayyam and Lorna Doone, the piece argues great books can resurface unexpectedly.
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Hezekiah
Josiah
Shakespeare
Addison
Fitzgerald
Omar Khayyam
Blackmore
Lorna Doone
Wil Ham
Walsh Intra Magazine
Patience With Eccentricity in English Society
The piece notes the reverent tolerance toward Thomas Carlyle's eccentric behavior, even in royal contexts, contrasted with modern impatience. It recalls an English bishop introducing the historian Freeman to an audience as the “distinguished scholar that so admirably describes and flustrates the savagery of our ancestors.”
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Engsh
Thomas Carlyle
Freeman
Treating Barna: Acid Burn First Aid Guidance
The text advises cooling acid or alkali burns with cold water to dilute acid traces. If nitric acid or nitriol burns occur, immerse the affected ribed area in cold water. When acid injury happens, water should be made alkaline by adding soda to counteract the acid.
Some men like telescopes and a fern in a jardiniere
A compact wry note from the Atchison Globe compares people to telescopes and a fern in a jardiniere. It playfully suggests a woman owning a fernery gains the right to claim the term.
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Jardiniere
Atchison Globe
Drunken Prisoners Eye Delays In New York Court
Edward Bjorkman recalls a Century piece on drunks in police court who seek adjournments while painters defend their slurred states. A barber pole painter explains dizziness from twisting stripes, framing intoxication as a misread craft mishap. The piece highlights petty excuses and the magistrate’s reactions.
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New York
Edward Bjorkman
Century
How a Yokohama Firm Failure Upset a Merchant
A Paris merchant learned of a Yokohama firm’s failure and asked a banker to name the firm without exposing identities. The banker suggested a list of ten Yokohama firms. The banker returned the list and said the failed firm’s name was there. The merchant declared loss, explaining only one name on the list was genuine—the one he did business with—while the others were fictitious.
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Paris
Japan
Yokohama
Fim
Two Impossible Men in Wagner and Schumann Clash
Dr Haustick once asked Schumann about Wagner. Schumann called Wagner impossible saying he talks too fast. Wagner said Schumann is equally impossible, as he says nothing during talks on operas concerts and composers.
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Haustick
Schumann
Wagner
Sehtmann
Paris
Crimson Gulch Rejects Rail Through Town
A surveyor questions the need for a railway through Crimson Gulch while Broncho Bob asserts the town will not take chances. The tale recalls a prior incident where two men vanished after taking the train, leaving Cactusville with a new railroad yet Crimson Gulch wary of risk.
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Crimson Gulch
Broncho Bob
Cactusville
Washington Star
Tennyson Chap D. C. L. Degree Noted For Hairy Entrance
When Alfred Tennyson appeared in the Oxford theater to receive his D C L degree his disheveled hair and negligent state provoked undergraduates to greet him with the line Did your mother call you early Alfred dear The moment shows the playful humor of the crowd around the famous poet and demonstrates the light tone of the occasion.
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Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson
Oxford
Alfred
Better Left Unsaid Parlor Exchange Over Wealth
A short droll dialogue shows a discontented artist lamenting a fortune and vowing to stop painting, while a generous brother jokes he would give him that fortune if possible, highlighting themes of envy and camaraderie.
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Jove
Free trial of Dr Miles heart and nerve treatment
A $4 offer invites readers with heart nerve stomach and dropsy issues to test Dr Miles complete treatment at no cost. The program includes a curative elixir tablets laxative pills and plaster backed by twenty five years of research and thousands of testimonials from prominent people. Notable supporters from San Diego Jamestown and Chicago report success after other doctors failed.
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Miles
Hisberal
Col
B. B. Spileman
United States
San Diego
Cal
W. A. Warren
Jamestown
N.Y
Jlius Keister
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Tr. Miles
Mra. J. ‘Trimmer
Greenspring
Franklin Miles
State Street
Til
Freeland Tribune
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THE
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Orrick
Main Street
Freeland
Tribune
Carriera
Ofive
Freeland, PA
Weather Prophets
David
Morkt's
Aptain Fyfe
J. M. Lyall
India
Himalaya
Rajmahal
Behar
Moorshedabad
Ganges
Leutenant
Sixth Rifles
Rajmabal
Fyfe
Captain Fyfe
Cantonment
Colonel
Sam
LL. B
Ehigh Valley Railroad
Frreland
Weatherly
Mauch Chunk
Allentown
Bethlehem
Easton
Philadelphia
Sandy Run
White Haven
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Scranton
Mazleton
Delano
Pottaville
Hasleton
Mabanay City
Sherandoub
Mt. Carmel
Hazleton
Mahanoy City
Sheocidoah
Mt. Carmacl
West
Alentown
Philadelhia
Shenandeat
Portavine
Shenanapar
Shanoy City
Asleton
Mallch Chunk
Philadelphi
New Ar Hilade Iy Easton
Webberly
Shenandoah
Delano and
Hasle
Kite Haven
Eourenay
Atta Wilauk
Cortlandt Street
Newpoe City
OAS
Park City
Ise I
Drifton
Oneida Junction
Narwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Sheppton
Sunne
Hazleton Junction
Harwood
Cranberry
Tombhicken
Deringer
Harwood Road
Shappton
Tomhicken
Koan
Trane
Humboldt Head
Jeanesville
Audenried
Traction Company
P. R. KR
Wilkenharra
Suntury
Merrishore
Pointe West
Luther
Smith
Manns
N & Go
Washington
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