Inquiries on Inventions and Iron Will Amid Hard Times
A mosaic of short items notes capricious progress and iron resilience. Edison aims to curb womans prayers with a glassy device, Moltke at 78 stands as an iron man, and a Paris artist draws crowds with rapid portraits. Trade figures show exports rising and jute cloths opening new markets while farms expand in Dakota amid hard times and rising westward migration.
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Dakota
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
The Modern Model Negro Farmer Sketch 1878
A critical caricature describes the supposed lazy rural black farmer of 1878. The piece mocks credit buying, crop liens, and a year filled with gardening, hunting, meetings, and idle frolics while the white planter profits from the cotton trade.
America's Commercial Position Prophesied by Lamartine
Colonel Forney cites a Paris letter reviving Lamartine's 1868 forecast of US commercial and industrial supremacy. He warned Europe to unite to overthrow America as the United States grows, predicting world markets and debts would be dominated by US power.
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Lamartine
United States
Europe
Duck ruling ends heated debate on hatchlings
At a recent Negro discussion, members debated whether the mother of a chick is the egg laying hen or the hatch mother. A clever chair ruled ducks out of the question, declaring chickens the only issue before the house, leaving dissenters to concede to the majority.
Italy Eyes Massive New Rail Network Expansion
Italian plans call for about 2,600 miles of new railways mostly in the north. Construction costs reach roughly 180 million dollars with 10 to 20 million more for equipment funded by public credit. The project consolidates east west lines from Trieste to Mount Denis and northwest southeast routes across the peninsula, with engineers drafting routes for numerous branch roads.
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Italy
Trieste
Mount Denis
Peninsula
Makart Walks Out Over Talkative Opponent
A Viennese painter Makart, famed for silence, dismissed a chatty American who joined his chess game at a cafe. After the American's winning move he shouted Mate, prompting Makart to rise and declare he cannot stand playing with a chatterbox.
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Makart
von Moltke
Rose Makari
New Use for the Phonograph
A comic household exchange ends with the phonograph playing a drunken phrase. John suggests retrenchment, Dovey asks to turn on the phonograph, and the device repeats a jumbled hiccuping line, prompting a humorous moment in Andrews' Basar.
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John
Andrews
Basar
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