Race of Giants Proposed in Rouen for Giant-Breeding Plan
An aristocratic funding project seeks to breed a taller population by selecting giants and giantesses for marriage. Count de Saint Ouen endows two million dollars, promising yearly one percent gifts and a nest egg to one couple each year. Historical attempts by Frederick William of Prussia to raise a giant regimental line are noted, with no lasting results, while Japanese wrestlers illustrate inherited stature through long-term selective breeding.
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Rouen
Normandy
Count de Saint Ouen
William the Conqueror
Count de Saint Quen
Frederick William
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Potsdam
Frederick
Japan
Influence of Rain on Finance and Politics Highlighted
The piece by Mr. Clayton of Blue Hill Observatory argues rainfall shapes commerce and governance. It links U S financial panics to drought, imperial campaigns to poor harvests, and cites historical examples from Caesar to Napoleon as evidence of climate's impact on events.
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Clayton
Blue Hill Observatory
Popular Science Monthly
United States
China
Moscow
Caesar
Gaul
Old Time Coaching Ends With Last London Bristol Coach
December 21 1843 marks the end of the Prince of Wales line as the London to Bristol coach is withdrawn. Coaching waned about four years earlier, giving way to railways after two decades of palmy operation. The Bristol route began with Mr Palmer MP driving the first Bath mail coach in 1784 from London to Bristol.
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Prince of Wales
London
Bristol
Bristol Road
Palmer
Bath
Seach Bath
Monte Carlo Gambling Talk Tied to Schwab Visit
It is now more than suspected that recent reports of heavy gambling at Monte Carlo by steel magnate Mr. Schwab were floated by resort officials for advertising. Monte Carlo’s decline in favor due to hotel profit seeking makes the theory plausible that Schwab’s visit was used as a promotional stunt.
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Biome
Monte
Frontier Tales of Deceit and a Lost Ring in Cincinnati
Bass McPheeters recalls looting dead enemies in war and tells of a Cincinnati social drama where Edith's engagement to Herbert Humphreys is tested by a missing ring. Corinne Forgeron and a New Orleans cousin spark jealousy as Edith's mother and friends witness a dramatic search and suspected betrayal.
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Bass McPheeters
Heathcote
Harvard
Texas
West Point
Harris
Langtry
Collins
Academy
Cincinnati
Edith
Herbert Humphreys
Freddie Gebhard
Fannie Ziegler
Zieglers
Mannie
New Orleans
Corinne
Winnerville
Humphreys
Orleana
Corinne Forgeron
Muumphreys
Yankee French furniture tale from Ban gor News
A Michigan couple travels to Paris and buys French furniture for their home, only to discover it was made in Grand Rapids and resold as Parisian handicraft. The traveler reflects on middlemen and the lure of Paris versus American manufacturing.
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Michigan
Paris
Bangor News
Lfe
Grand Rapids
France
Grand Rapida
Edith’s Ring Sparks Fort Bliss Tale of a Wedding
In a tale from the Chicago Record-Herald, John H. Rattery recalls Corinne Forgeron’s New Orleans wedding to Herbert Humphreys. He laments Edith’s canceled nuptials, her decline, and a bold memory of a tawny creole and a ring he suspects marked Edith.
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Corinne Forgeron
New Orleans
West Point
Edith
Humpheys
Fort Bliss
Herbert Humphreys
Washington
Forgeron
Fellows
John H. Rattery
Chicago Record-Herald
Porcelain Violins and Clay Made Instruments
Chambers's Journal reports Max Freyer in Germany developing porcelain violins cast in molds for exact replicas. The porcelain body reportedly offers a purer, fuller tone than wood. Freyer also makes china clay mandolins gaining southern popularity, despite brittleness and weight concerns. Aluminium violins are rumored as a promising, lighter option.
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Germany
Max Freyer
Britain
Chambers
Curious faddist in Birmingham gathers dropped items
A Birmingham resident roams the streets saying They do drop them about as he collects hairpins and ladies trinkets. Between Five Ways and Broad Street Corner he gathered a dozen items, then added another, claiming they do drop them about. He notes a collection totaling about 1556 items.
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Birmingham
Liverpool
End of Long Legal Contest Over Duke of Portland Title
The British tribunal confirms William John Cavendish Scott Bentinck as the Duke of Portland, rejecting Mrs. Anna Maria Druce’s claim that her son Sidney George Druce is the rightful heir. The fifth Duke’s eccentric Welbeck Abbey subterranean works and rumored double life are noted, with details of Druce’s suit and speculative history surrounding the earlier Druce hoax.
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Sailor Roy
Australia
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck
Duke of Portland
Anna Maria Druce
Sidney George Druce
William Town
Welbeck Abbey
Marquis of
Tichfield
Earl of Portland
Woodstock
Cirencester
Druce
Thomas
New Windsor
Berkshire
Thomas Charles Cruce
Annie May
Marquis of Titenfield
Earl of Berkeley
George Bentinck
Burt
Tw Brothers
Lord George
Thomas Charles Druce
Baker Street
Cruce
Harmer
Forbes Winslow
Fifth Duke of Portland
London
England
Bess of
Hardwick
Welbeck
Sir Charles Cavendish
Robin Hood
Sherwood Forest
Robin
Welbeck Park
William John Cavendish Scott Bentinck
Kensal Green
Winifred
Thomas Dalles-Yorke
Louth
Bentinck
Philadelphia
Time by belt on ice worker proves oddly precise clock
A New York ice buyer recalls meeting a lake crewman who used a belt as a makeshift clock. By counting belt holes he tracked time from 11 30 to the afternoon, noting the belt’s holes and slack to mark each hour. Tests showed his method was reliable.
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New York
Newburg
Seong
New York Tribune
Signaling experiment offshore Egg Rock Lynn England
An underwater bell will be fixed fifty feet below a buoy off Egg Rock to be sounded by electricity from the Egg Rock Light Station. Mariners expect undersea ringing to reach further than air ringing, and residents near Egg Rock hope the loud signal will reduce disturbance.
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Egg Rock
Lynn
England
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Tribunel Printing Company, Limited
Edith Wharton
Scribner's Magazine
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