When Mary Passed and the Lark Was Singing
A poet laments Mary’s death recalling their wedding day in a rural Ireland setting. He longs for her touch as the village church stands nearby, and mourns the lingering loss while hopeful of a future land with bread and work. He vows not to forget old Ireland despite seeking a new life.
Bullion Box Heist at Kangri Bank Revealed in Rail Scam
A banking firm in Kangri enlists a trusted clerk Thotaram to smuggle a 4000 rupee silver consignment. At Nagina station he partners with clerk Wiralal Seal to swap the bullion for rusty nails, melt bars, and hide the loot. The scheme collapses when Pusa exposes the ruse, exposing false declarations and implicating the banker’s firm. Thotaram is dismissed, Seal walks free, and bullion shipments cease under that name.
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Ue Hope Kavanagh
Saharanpore
Bhugwandass, Je
Thotaram
Bhuga Wandaoss
Bhugwandass
Pusa
Nagina
Bhagwandass
Cleri
Agra
Bombay
Thotaram i
Soonar
Soohari Bazaar
Koth
Bareilly
Mal Godam
Bengall
Wiralal Seal
Babu
Seal
Bengal
Nagia
Jim
Kangri
Chotfeidars
Hiralel
Jahoora
Maharaj
Puna Ad
Bhugwandasgs
Jeykissen, Singh & Co
Bhugwandass, Jeykissen, Singh & Co
World Magazine
The Book of Sports and Sunday Recreation in Old England
A summary of King James I's royal declaration The Book of Sports which allowed certain Sunday amusements after church and outlined penalties for noncompliance The piece notes how clergy led worship then moved crowds to village greens for lawful recreation while churchwardens visited local inns during the pastime.
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Warre
Sainted miser bequeaths eight million to Paris and others
An aged Frenchman Auguste Dutuit, long frugal and unknown, starved himself in Rome for sixty years while amassing a vast fortune. He left Paris a collection valued at 8,000,000 francs with funds to run a museum and support Rouen and Marseilles bequests, ensuring free access to the Paris musee for the people.
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Rome
Auguste Dutult
Paris
Rouen
Marseilles
Auguste Dutuit
Harper’s Weekly
Farmers the Richest Class in the United States
The census bulletin and financial analyses declare the farming class the richest in the United States, with farm wealth surpassing 20.5 billion dollars. It contrasts farming wealth with railroads and manufacturing, noting higher income yield for farms and rapid growth in land values, especially in Iowa, while praising the farmer as the nation’s backbone.
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United States
Steel Trust
Bradstreet's
New York
Census Bureau
Iowa
Salmon Propagation Shows Growth and Mystery of Salmon
The article explains artificial propagation proving salmon return to their home streams but sometimes spawn in brackish waters near Alaskan glaciers. It notes fingerlings can grow to forty pounds in two years with ample food and questions where salmon feed. It also recounts the tale of cast steel theft at Attercliffe in 1760, where a stranger stole the secret by feigning hardship and workers melted steel in furnaces.
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John R. Spears
Attercliff
England
Huntsman
Atterclif
New Money Demand Pushes Clean Currency Across Banks
The public increasingly rejects old dirty bills, requesting new clean money at banks and stores. Banks verify the trend, sending worn notes to the National Treasury for redemption and destruction, with the treasury reporting a surge in this activity.
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The
National Treasury
New York Herald
How to Burn Soft Coal
Advice from J. W. Hartness of Cleveland with thirty years’ experience in burning soft coal. Do not add fresh coal to a burning fire, push the live fire back, and drop coal in front in small amounts. Following these directions yields more heat with less coal. no cost to try.
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Diane
Ives
J. W. Hartness
Cleveland
Ohio
New York
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