Critics Find Intellectual Narrowness Across Professions
The London World column argues that educated elites from law politics and the arts show limited general culture and poor adaptability. It notes lawyers and politicians often lack broad insight while painters and actors focus on craft, failing to engage deeply with diverse topics beyond their specialties.
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England
Averue
Garrick
Athenium
Gosset
Society of Artists and Actors
Royal Academy
Tennyson
London
Stammering Aids By Mild Physical Cues, Says Dr Hammond
The article explains stammering as a nervous condition, worsened by fright and better when calm. It cites Dr W B Hammond of England noting improvement by tiny muscular actions, such as tapping a body side or finger, to articulate difficult words like Peter with no halting.
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W. B. Hammond
England
Peter Piper
Peter
P. N. Granger
St. Albans
B.J. Kendall
Kendals
Kendall
B. J. Kendall & CO
Enonburgh Falls
Vermont
Making Paint of Mummies From Thebes to Long Acre
A London Truth excerpt reports a trade in ancient mummies shipped from Thebes to Long Acre for use as paint. The mummies arrive with bituminous coverings and decayed remains ground into pigment, sought after by artists who pay high prices for the unique material to lime walls with hints of the Ptolemaic era.
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Long Acre
Thebes
Academy
London Truth
Philadelphian Sells False Benefits in Black Community
An impoverished Philadelphia man borrowed to start an office for the Franklin Protective Association and preached imagined future gains to local Black residents. He now earns about $125 weekly from members.
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Franklin Protective Association
Tower of London Recounted as England’s Celebrated Fortress
A historical description of the Tower of London notes its status as England’s famed citadel, detailing walls, towers, and moats. It highlights notable sites such as Traitor’s Gate, Bloody Tower, Beauchamp Tower, and the Jewel Room with a crown value of 12 million, while mentioning former prisoners like Raleigh and Anne Boleyn and the appeal of guided tours for visitors.
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London
Tower of London
England
White Tower
William the Conqueror
Raleigh
St. John’s Chapel
Tower
Chase for a stray dog ends with rope and roars in Detroit
In Detroit, a police dog catching squad pursues a large stray near Beaubien and Croghan streets. After three attempts the lasso finally captures the dog, and the officer hauls the creature toward the pound amid yells and dust.
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Detroit
Beaubien and
Croghan
Detroit Free Press
About Love from the Boston Transcript
A reflective piece on marriage and affection noting beliefs about gender roles and marital outcomes. It claims early and late marriages have varied fortunes, with observations on how both men and women feel toward spouses and society.
Sleeping Beauty on Brooklyn Car Line Becomes Local Wonder
A New York Sun report describes a fashionable young woman on the Jay Smith and Ninth Street line in Brooklyn who habitually sleeps after paying her fare. Conductors and passengers remark on her routine as she dozes four minutes after boarding and remains asleep through most trips, only waking briefly to exit or adjust her hat.
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Jay Smith
Ninth Street
Brooklyn
New York Sun
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Chicago
Kansas
Peoria
Milwaukee
Missouri River
Nebraska
Black Hills
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
California
Oregon
Washington Territory
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Petr
United States
Canada
Lightning strikes tree killing seven children near Ahrensdorf
Berlin papers report seven children sheltering from a thunderstorm under a tree at Ahrensdorf near the city were killed when the tree was struck by lightning. The accident occurred as they returned from the fields, police said.
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Berlin
Ahrensdorf
Moneyed Men at Dinner and a Cincinnati Engagement
A Victorian era reminiscence recalls famed diners like A. T. Stewart and Vanderbilt. It notes tastes and quirks of figures such as Spofford & Tileston, John Jacob Astor, Charles Morgan, and Eugene the head waiter. A second vignette shows a shy country youth courting a Cincinnati belle on a snowy evening promising support for his future.
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A. T. Stewart
William
Tileston
Spofford & Tileston
Mr. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Charles Morgan
Commodore
John Jacob Astor
Clarke & Brown
Mr. Bennett
Eugene
Just as Good Hypophosphites Suspect Patent Remedy Use
A patient misled by a druggist to switch from Fellows’ Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites to another preparation. the sufferer urges returning to the original syrup. The note warns of unsafe substitutions and recommends Hop Bitters for kidney related complaints and other diseases.
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Geforcee C. Foot
Mansion House Hotel
Baltimore
Parsons
Malarious
Burdock Blood Bitters Cure Headache and Mood Woes
A trial bottle of Burdock Blood Bitters reportedly cured symptoms of constant headaches low spirits loss of appetite gnawing stomach pains and general malaise. Separately ammonia leaks from Houston ice factories into Buffalo Bayou killed millions of fish and left the surface littered with dead specimens.
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Burdock
Houston
Tex
Buffalo Bayou
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Ohio
J. Kandall & Co
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Endall
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Michigan Avenue
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Ninth and Chestnut Sis
Philadelphia
Jotr
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J. B. Simpson Medicine CO
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Buffalo
Emmest.& Burrell
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Binder
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Reeport
Freeport Journal
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Whulght & CO
WML
Wright & Co
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