Kitty and Halstead under fever shadow in the cabin
In a small town a malignant fever spreads and Kitty, recovered and resolved, rejects her first passion. Halstead, warned by Kitty to marry someone else, contracts the fever after helping a drunkard. Kitty nurses him at a cabin, then proclaims love again and asks him to marry. He sobs with emotion as he accepts.
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Halstead
Kitty
Nelly Bocup
An’ Halstead
Mary
Fialstead
Strange Exchange During Military Funeral Procession
An official on Pennsylvania Avenue encounters a funeral pageant and is approached by a solemn elderly Black man who wonders if the soldier was personally known. The official replies that the fallen was a brave soldier and the man laments how fitting mourning would be if the soldier meant something to him.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Darky
Harper’s Weekly
Long Lived Carp in Royal Aquarium Tales
The article notes carp may live 500 years if undisturbed and mentions specimens in a Russian royal aquarium exceeding a century. It also references whales living beyond 100 years before entering the current owner’s possession.
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Royal @quartum
Russia
The Baby's Pebble and the Kimberley Diamond Tale
The piece recounts John O'Reilly and the birth of South African diamond mining starting with the Baby's Pebble found near Hopetown in 1567. It traces early discoveries near Colesberg and Kimberley, the De Beers rise, and famed stones like the Victoria and Excelsior, noting legends, dates, and key figures in a dramatic historical panorama.
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John O'Reilly
London Telegraph
Taungs
Kimberley
France
Cardinal de Rohan
Cag- Hostro
Lamotte
Park Lane
Lorenzo Boyes
G. W. Atherstone
Grahamstown
Bishop Ricard
Sir R. Southey
Cape Town
M. Heriette
Philip Wodehouse
O’reilly
van Niekirk
Hopetown
South Af
J. B. Robinson
Hebron
Bethulia
Vaal
Thee
van Wyck
du Toit
Bultfontein
Voorniszight
de Beers
Colesberg Kopje
du Plooy
J. J. Wessel
Wesserton
de Beers Consolidated Mines, Limited
Cecil Rhodes
Africa
Monastery
Orange Free States
Kimbertey
Moses
Mr Balfour’s Smile as Tactics in Parliament
A New York Tribune piece praises Arthur Balfour’s smiling tact of leadership. It contrasts his approach with prior prime ministers like Gladstone Salisbury Disraeli Peel Russell and Palmerston. The comment notes Balfour’s smile as a deliberate technique to steady followers without compromising dignity or gravitas.
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Mr. Balfour
Commons
L N. F
New York Tribune
England
Mr. Gladstone
Lfe
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Disraeli
Sir Robert Peel
Lord John Russell
Lord Palmerston
The Luxury of Wealth and Fur Prices in New York
A Cleveland Möffet anecdote describes sable coats costing from 6 000 to 44 000 dollars. It notes imperial Siberian sable skins at 550 dollars each, with thirty to eighty skins needed for coats, plus muffs and boas, illustrating immense spending on fur by New York women.
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York
New York
Cleveland Moffett
Remarkable Family Lineages And Lasting Descendants
The Westminster Gazette notes extreme fertility cases including Lady Temple of Stow with 700 descendants and John Webb’s Kentucky family with 1649 offspring. Philadelphia printer Charles Quayle left 29 descendants, Sadie Shiver of Georgia had 905, while Mrs Lightfoot of West Ayton left 79 grandchildren and 73 great grandchildren among others.
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Duchess of
Philadelphia
Sadie Shiver
Georgia
Lightfoot
West Ayton
Wiliam M
High Wycombe
Eloping couple debate rope ladder after elopement
The lover comforts the damsel as they discuss the rope ladder left hanging. She notes her father would pull it up so she could not return, prompting a quiet plan for their next move.
Rottinble ter Jack Promises to Mend Ways
A fragmented line shows a character scolding another as promises of reform are made but met with skepticism about whether true repair can occur. The exchange hints at family tension and a sense of doubt.
The cloudier the day the sunier your smile shines
The saying suggests mood brightness depends on weather, implying a sunny disposition rises despite cloud cover and encourages cheerful expression.
Forestry Reserves Put Under Forestry Bureau
The General Land Office transfers control of 53 forest reserves totaling 62 million acres to the Forestry Bureau. The bureau will focus on scientific study and optimal use of the reserves rather than posting trespass signs, with a possible future name change to Forestry Service.
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General Land Office
Bureau of Forestry
Forestry Bureau
Forestry Service
Maxwell
Inspiration In Prison by Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky endured denial of writing materials during two days in a St Petersburg fortress. His wife’s protest won him access. In a narrow cell he drafted a somber yet sharpened humorous play titled Children of the Sun, completed in six days.
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St Petersburg
Maxim Gorky
Garibaldi's Body Cremation Debate Reopened
Garibaldi's eldest son writes to the Italian chamber of deputies president alleging his father’s cremation wishes were blocked by powerful figures. He asks Parliament to decide whether to proceed and move the body from Caprera to the continent, if needed.
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Garibaldi
Chamber of Deputies
Capreva
Continent
Torpedo Fire Fails to Sink Wisconsin in Asiatic Waters
A torpedo fired from the Wisconsin Asiatic squadron flagship’s after starboard tube sailed straight to within a hundred yards of the ship before it dived and buried in mud creating a black whirlpool until the propellers ceased. Native divers were sent, the torpedo was later located and brought back to the ship, and recovery proved difficult as divers tried to secure the tail from the mud.
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Wisconsin
Asiatic Squadron
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Stewart
Paris
Victoria
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Jagersfontein
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Timanyoc
Man With
Mr. A. J. Balfour
Children’s Children
Jack
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