Blind Pencil Vendor of New York Story of Gustave Adlung
A detailed tale follows Gustave Adlung, a blind man in New York who sells pencils on the street. Born in Antwerp, at 19 he endured brutal abuse aboard a ship, losing both eyes after a cruel mate gouged them out with a cutlass. He survived, later ending up in San Francisco and New York, where he supports himself by selling small goods. The piece also recounts a separate anecdote about a banker and a monkey farm joke ending in a paid-dinner twist.
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Gustave Adlung
New York
Antwerp
America
Sparks
Wilson
Curtiss
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Gustave
San Francisco
Capt
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
Monkey Farm Boom Spurs Big Money Interest in Birmingham
Dr Evarett recalls a boom era in Birmingham when a plan to form a monkey farm drew Hebrew bankers with $40,000. Promoter Dr Jackson touted a scheme to buy an island near Mobile, send an expedition to Africa and South America, stock the farm with 100,000 monkeys and raise them for profit.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dr Evarett
Lindell
Jackson
At & Meethiy
Hoa
Mobile
Africa
South America
Temperaments in science and Paris living modes
The piece discusses Prof William Preyer endorsing the four temperaments as ancient but practically useful, noting the classification appears early in many children and outlining modern interpretations and definitions. It also covers Maria Parlow’s Paris life guide in Ladies Home Journal, detailing hotel, furnished apartments, pension, and boarding house options with their pros and cons for independence, routine, and language practice.
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William Preyer
Galen
Haycock
Graham Brown
Hutchison
Paris
Maria Parlow
Ladies’ Home Journal
Lfe
Pension de Famille
The Camera's Power In Astronomy
Photographs reveal distant stars unseen before. Sir Robert Ball explains magnitudes and distances with simple illustrations. The camera shows stars farther than radio telegrams, while an 1890 message would still be en route to some.
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Robert Ball
Objeersy
Niles
Inter Ocean
Chicago
Allegheny Mountains
Oysters in Maryland and the Industry's Mighty Reach
Maryland supplies about one third of the world's oysters and accounts for a large share of the U S fisheries. The industry employs about 2 000 shuckers in Baltimore and seven Maryland counties, with markets in Baltimore and beyond. Oyster shells become a revenue stream, while reefs expand yet yield smaller oysters.
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Maryland
United States
Union
Baltimore
America
Taking Proper Precautions Gag Turns Into Song Moment
Pete Dailey performs a new gag on stage prompting a call for a doctor from the Winns audience. A bespectacled young man rises as physician, then Dailey declines the medical aid and switches to song. The remark ends with a punchline about sweet trusting dispositions.
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Pete Dailey
Biloy
Nomag
Winns
Dailey
Sious
Dancy
New York Sun
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