English jockey Frep Arcuer’s season tally of wins and losses
Frep Arcuer, the English jockey, has ridden fifty seven winning and ninety five losing horses this season. The secretary of state’s wife traveled to the Bayard home in Delaware, accompanied by part of the family. Gen Sheridan adds to his fame with a new dish: young pig’s tail fried with oil, cayenne pepper, and grated celery.
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Frep Arcuer
Secretary of State
Bayard
Delaware
Gen. Sheridan
Epicures
Ex Secretary Betmapr Secures $85 Arrears Claim
Ex Secretary Betmapr obtained from the government the sum of $85 as arrears of pay due his father. The claim is noted as the first case he undertook upon admission to the bar in 1850.
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Betmapr
Yale Professor Made Honorary Fellow of Royal Society
Prof. James A. Dana of Yale has been elected an honorary member of the Royal Society of England. He is the first American honored with such a distinction except for Prof. Asa Gray of Harvard.
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James A. Dana
Yale
Royal Society of England
Asa Gray
Harvard
Ocean House Savannah Sends Giant Turtle to Editor Howells
Refusal of a man to quit his post at The Constitution in Atlanta leads Savannah Ocean House owners to present editor Howells with a five hundred pound turtle as a symbolic gift.
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Constitution
Atlanta
Birmingham
England
Ocean House
Savannah
Howells
Philadelphians Hear Keely on Wave Plates and Etheric Vapor
Mr Motor Keigiy spoke to a select Philadelphia audience about wave plates disintegrators etheric vapor and fiddle bows and the listeners departed quietly, leaving Keely with no clear answers or demonstrations.
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Motor Keigiy
Keely
Lord Carris Leaveless of Land and Modern Chancellors
Lord Carris owned only personal property and left no land. It is noted as remarkable that no chancellor has left a large territorial estate since Lord Eldon. Modern chancellors have favored what Lord Beaconsfield called the "sweet simplicity of the 3 per cents."
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Lord Carris
Lord Eldon
Lord Beaconsfield
Warwick and Leigh Estates Face Shifting Fortunes
Lord Warwick, a quiet English landlord, faces the land low mood but expects his son’s marriage to a great heiress will keep Warwick castle well maintained. Lord Leigh, whose heir died last year in the Rocky mountains, now has about half his former income from his Warwickshire estate.
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Lord Warwick
Warwick Castle
Lord Leigh
Rocky Mountains
Warwickshire
Health Restores Death-Fearing Postmaster General
Mr. Fawcett, once post master general of England, recovered after a grave illness. He said the experience freed him from fear of death and that in the worst part of his trouble he felt no anxiety. He believed his heart would gradually stop beating without his awareness.
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Fawcett
England
John Wesley Tells Brother to Look Over Troubles
A tale recalls John Wesley advising a troubled brother to rise above his worries. They walked beside a stone fence to a meadow where a cow looked over the wall. Wesley asked if he knew why. The answer was simple the cow cannot look through the wall, so the remedy is to look over and above one’s troubles.
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John Wesley
Wesley
Meeting with a 19 year old American at a foreign table d hote
Oxford professor Manx Pattinson recounts meeting an American girl of nineteen who claimed vast knowledge. She discussed Princess C s engagement, US divorce laws, and asked about writing a book. He says she was the most ignorant girl he ever met, yet he handled her so she could not mind.
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Manx Pattinson
Oxford
D’hote
America
Imaginative Deerfield Home Echoes New York's Founders
The description centers on Mr. Seymour's Deerfield residence filled with historical furniture. A chair once owned by Daniel Webster, a window from Faneuil Hall, and a fireplace once in John Jay's Albany house anchor the scene. Seymour imagines early New York figures visiting as he sits by the old fireplace.
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Jay
New York
Wall Street archetypes in market terms and playfully harsh labels
A Financial Journal critique contrasts stock traders and roles in the market. It defines a bull as one who hoards stock for safety, a bear who bets on prices falling, a broker who chases profit despite guile, a clerk with small gains and flashy life, and a lamb who ends up broke.
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Mr. Fresh
Wall Street
Financial Journal
Heiress at Annapolis Aims at American Match
An English gentleman Reg Vaughan travels to Annapolis Nova Scotia to court Miss Maynard, a wealthy heiress of about four hundred thousand. His friend Smythe finances and flirts with danger as Eva Church, Maynard’s lively companion, stirs interest with charm and compassion amid village whispers.
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Maynard
Annapolis
Nova Scotia
London
Reg
Tennyson
Reg Vaughan
Jeg
Smythe
New York
Eva Church
Little Back Holliday
Eva
Jack
Heiress and suitor clash over fortune and marriage
In sultry afternoon heat Miss Maynard, an heiress with four hundred thousand dollars, fends off the Honorable Reg who proposes. Eva Church, her ward, exits to marry another while the pair depart unnoticed at dawn, leaving Reg and Smythe wiser for the escapade.
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Seenigis
Maynard
Reg
England
Mr. Vaughan
Tam
Eva Church
Miss Church
Eva
Ella
Trousseau
New York
Mr. Aughan
Mr. Smythe
Ladder
Heiress-Penniless Charade Delightfully Recalled
A short scene unfolds as one woman plays heiress and jokes about fortune while her friend wryly admonishes her. The exchange reveals playful dynamics and a moment of amusement in the crowd.
Kings and Queens too Risky American life insurance airings
An officer from a major American life insurer defends the industry amid European attacks on US finance. He cites large European payments and many noble clients insured, noting policies on ex royalty and prominent figures while denying coverage for crowned heads. The piece quotes the New York Sun on insurers in Locope.
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Wall Street
Europe
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Bonn
Germany
Sergius Galizen
Warsaw
Paris
Prince Orloff
Prince Philippe Marie d’Orleans
Spain
House of Orleans
Isabella
Baron Blixen-Finecke
Wales
Russia
Greece
Maria Louisa
Napoleon
Locope
New York Sun
The Rich Men of Athens and Public Spirit
The article notes Greek wealthier citizens fund public works such as reformatories in Athens, with M. Syngros financing new facilities. It cites Athens University endowment near £2,500,000 and a hospital serving over a hundred elderly brothers, highlighting a contrast with other wealthy cities and calling for Greek spirit abroad.
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Athens
Greece
M. Syngros
University of Athens
Pall Mallaselle
Earnest Talk of Sheol and Fire Extinguishers at Drury Lane
The Paris Morning News reports a scene at Drury Lane where a man fixates on glass hand grenades and bottles of water for ladies. An attendant quips the bottles act as fire extinguishers and promises to throw them at any fire big or small.
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Drury Lane
Paris Morning News
A Dull Boy and the Grandfather on Swimming
In dialogue from a colonial-era voice, a boy admits going swimming despite his grandfather’s implied caution. The mother questions strictness while the boy defends his choice, noting the grandfather’s ambiguous warning about swimming.
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