Freeport Noted Wagers And Ecclesiastical Prominence
In Freeport Illinois a wager between two young lawyers over a $50 bet ended with one obtaining judgment after the other sued for the amount and costs. Reports include Prussian officers joining the Turkish army under a three year contract, and Cardinal-designate Patrick A. Fernan of Chicago born in Ireland with a long clerical career. Also noted are Dr Wood's claims of cures for rheumatism through fasting, rest for the viscera, and no medicines.
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Chattagong
Tent
Aurey
Wab Oliigert
Ago B
Ancnpin
Partick
A. Fernan
Chicago
Yaa
Ireland
Curandulet Seminary
St. Louis
Nashville
Archishop
Tanner
Wood
Bishop's College, Montreal
France enforces fines on murderers to victims’ kin
In historical notes from France the judge may order a murderer to pay large fines to the victim’s relatives. Examples include Armand of Bordeaux fined 20,000 francs after a murder attempt, and Prince Pierre Bonaparte paying 20,000 francs to the victim’s mother after Noir’s killing. A recent duel killer also paid 20,000 francs to the widow and served a year in prison. The piece then shifts to the snake campaign in Pennsylvania with early returns of injuries from a copperhead and a toad attached to a bite, alongside a tale of Squire Clouser and a mouse-fed snake in a trap.
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France
Armand
Bordeans
Court of Cussadon
Pierre Bonaparte
Victor Noir
Pennsylvania
Margaret Kane
Squire Clouser
False Heir and Gen Grant’s Oathless Resolve
A fragmented passage notes a hiss and a snakelike coil, then quotes Channes A. Dawa praising Gen. Grant for his lack of swearing. It contrasts Grant’s calm demeanor with other officers like Gen. Scott and Gen. Sheridan, claiming no oath ever escaped Grant’s lips in trying military times.
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Channes A. Dawa
The
New York Sun
Gen
Grant
Haut
Scott
Sheridan
Sherwan
Anilent
British Army estimates and German wages in 1900s report
The British Army estimates for the year ending March 18, 1982 show 183,219 regulars including 7,221 officers and 17,772 NCOs, with India forces at 62,548. total regulars excluding India contigent 176,000, and overall force 579,481. Emigration and wage levels in Germany are noted, with low weekly wages in cities like Frankfort and Nürnberg, and pests like rabbits threatening New Zealand crops, prompting widespread agricultural damage.
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United Kingdom
India
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
New Zealand
Borrowing and a Courtly Burden of Fashion
A speaker notes a young woman who borrows many items from a friend including scarf shawl hood dress necktie mittens and rubbers. Though admired for sociability and amiability the narrator rebukes herself for tolerating such loans and hopes the practice ends to help a maiden become more agreeable.
No Harm in Stupidity Cited by George A McDonaila
A thought on self perception notes that harming others with pride is worse than ignorance. Being merely clever without humility is warned as a path to folly. The quote emphasizes balance between intellect and self view.
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Turne
George A McDonaila
Gossip for the Ladies and Saratoga Misses Conversation
A Saratoga correspondent recalls two young ladies overheard gossiping about behavior. Jennie recounts antics with a diamond brooch and an engagement talk with Rev. Tom Parsons. The banter winds through flirtations, mosquitoes, and light scandal with playful wit.
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Saratoga
Jennie
Frank Kennedy
Nell
Venniv
Tom Parsons
Jack
Heath
Rockaway
Thomas
Life at Girton College Cambridge Students Dining Tea Schedule
An English correspondent describes Girton life with meals in the dining hall from 8 to 9 breakfast, 12 to 3 lunch, and 6 dinner. Tea arrives at 4 in rooms and lecture halls, with 4 o clock tea a daily feature and notices asking for tea often seen on doors. Lectures mainly in the afternoon, free afternoons for trips or walks, social tea at 9 pm, choral and debating societies, and a unique Indies' fire brigades tradition.
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Girton
Cambridge
Choral Society
Indies
Modest Woman and the Art of Pleasing
Henwiy Bates argues a woman's power lies in pleasing in all realms from appearance to manners. She praises modesty as essential, warns against rebellion against traditional modesty, notes liberty's effects on minds, and claims a modest woman is the reply of her sex to a brave man.
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Henwiy Bates
Modesty and charm in women of sense and fashion
A Liome Journal excerpt argues that true allure comes from charm, grace, and intellect rather than mere beauty. It contrasts modesty with prudery, praises lively seriousness, and urges women to cultivate dress and character to influence both fashion leaders and discerning men across a long life.
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Rosalind
Jress
Sense
Men of Fashion
Liome Journal
Lesson in Office Etiquette From A Frankfort Slave Boy
Hon W J Hendricks of Frankfort Kentucky recalls a Flemingsburg office scene with a polite request for decorum. Jim the office boy bursts in, commands the owner to sit, then returns wearing the proprietor role and demanding duties, ultimately leading to his removal and brief reinstatement.
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W. J. Hendricks
Frankfort
Flemingsburg
Jim
Holt
Fortress Monroe Fort Itself Largest World Fortification
A report extols Fortress Monroe in Virginia as the largest single fortification and notes costs surpassing three million dollars. It praises the water battery as a premier piece of military construction and highlights Col Loder’s inventions for artillery use and ship distance or wind calculations. The article mentions electric gun firing and a faithful horse misrepresented in a cartoon.
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Monroe
Col
Loder
Restoring Life After Drowning per Royal Society Method
An old notice outlines Dr. H. I. Silvester’s drowning resuscitation method, detailing breathing restoration steps, body positioning, chest compressions, warmth, and aftercare. It notes John Smith’s case as an example where recovery was unlikely, urging widespread adoption of these life saving directions.
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John Smith
Stith
H. I. Silvester
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society
Broken Heart in Eastern New England Village
Narrator recalls a seventeen year old girl in a rural New England village whose beauty and sorrow haunt him. He reflects on love, mortality, and the mystery of human longing as he contemplates her likely death and the fleeting nature of earthly life and beauty.
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New England
Hue
Earth
Elso
Hat Flirtition Signals in a Murky Verse
A fragmented OCR passage drifts through garbled lines about flirtation, danger, and a tense warning. It hints at police, infection of fear, and shifting loyalties among unclear characters in a confusing scene.
Unclear fragment hints at hanging incident and farewell
Fragmentary lines mention an engagement, a right and left hanging reference, a push on a stool, and a farewell. The text is unreadable and lacks coherent names, places, or dates for a fuller summary.
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Heonamorth
Genius and Beauty Among Men of Letters
The article discusses how genius and beauty rarely align, citing figures like Count Dorsey Wellington Byron and Walter Scott. It notes Byron’s self-conscious limp, Scott’s childhood injury, Campbell’s small stature, and Burns as perhaps the closest to manly literary beauty, with Scott remarking Burns’s eyes glowing.
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London
Count Dorsey
Wellington
Burnany
Southey
Alwacs
Pope
Leonah Phe
Horace
Hiengh Leary
Atouies
Eoteone
Elinutder
Byron
Mel
Walter Scott
Presence of Mind and Courage in Historical Thought
A London obituary-like piece argues presence of mind, defined as clear judgment under panic, is distinct from mere courage. It cites Johnson, Addison, Napoleon and a tale of William the Conqueror to illustrate practical wit as a core example of this quality.
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Jones
Nuyland
Addison
Napoleon
William the Conqueror
London
Oscar Wilde and the Mysterious Rosetti Wife Tale
A fragment from a Wilde tale recounts Rosetti's wife a beautiful woman whose death halted his work. Later scholars claimed the poems buried with her, and authorities reopened the tomb to recover the verses. Hair grew from the grave entwining the coffin and pages as a lace like weave.
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Rosetti
Bruce
Wildy
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Frankfort-on the-Main
Prussia
Darmstadt
Nuremberg
Thronph Agardan
Leszens
Oscar Wilde
Mosetti
Miss Antoe
Mumma
God
Alfred
Wisa
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