Georgia Dialect Notes and Paris War Evocation
In Georgia dialect observations the writer explains how defining words precede nouns and outlines terms like stop drop and holler with examples. The piece then shifts to Brander Matthews recalling Paris before the Prussian siege, describing street upheaval, Cremieux’s address, and the fall of Napoleon with vivid scenes from 1870 Paris.
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Paris
Berlin
Napoleon
Sedan
Corps Legislatif
Bristol
Place Vendome
Castiglione
Cremieux
Ministry of Justice
Fournisseur Brevete de 8S. M. L’empereur
Marseillaise
la Republique
Brander Matthews
Kansas City Journal
The Bristol News Man Faces a Snowbound Deluge
A Cincinnati man recalls winter 1885 at Bristol on the Northern Pacific where five days' snow blockade sparked a local editor to publish a daily paper on brown and wallpaper, listing passengers and their stories. The town paper became a keepsake and record of the blockade.
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Bristol
Northern Pacific
Cincinnati
Northwest
St. Paul Globe
Low Order of Plant Intelligence
Biologists report a new view of plant life arguing that plants share a sensation motion law with animals. Protoplasm drives impression reception and movement, implying plants can coordinate responses and "live" by activity similar to other organisms.
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Morren
Royal Belgian Academy
Which Shows What's in Name in New York Times
A columnist notes a rich town magnate funds another man's office rent, paying $2,500 yearly for a slim desk presence in a distant corner. The arrangement yields the social value of hobnobbing with a millionaire and a reputation built on proximity to wealth.
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New York Times
Invitation to Whistler The Painter in London
Mr. Whistler is invited to an eyeing party in London by a shy family whose head believes his name derives from being an accomplished whistler. The note appears in the Inter Ocean with curious fashion and social intrigue.
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Whistler
London
Inter Ocean
Mules Fade From Southern Streets
A historical note observes that mules are now seldom seen on southern city streets, where they were once common, marking a shift in urban labor and transportation patterns.
Judge and old friend debate 2000 year governorship on train
An Shelby county farmer, a longtime admirer of a Tennessee judge, tells a joke on a train. He wants to vote for the judge for governor for 2000 years, but the judge refuses unless his wife comes along. They compromise with 1800 years for the wife. The tale appears in the Louisville Reporter.
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Shelby County
John Barleycorn
Granger
Tennessee
Louisville (Tenn
The Queer Vehicles of Persia Land of the Imams
The article describes persian substitute wagons the cajahvah and taktravan. They are light wooden frames with box bottoms suspended beside a draft animal. The cajahvah is more common and safer, with a canvas top. The taktravan centers a box between two poles and uses a horse on the ends as shafts.
Mint julep legend linked to Virginia hail storm
A Virginia anecdote claims mint julep was born when a wealthy planter used hail stones during a storm to fashion the drink. The tale says the beverage gained fame but was originally made only when hail preceded the mixing.
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Virginia
Cincinnati Times-Star
Crippling Crime Through Hamstring Jails in Gazi Seaport
A Colonial Zeitung correspondent reports Gazi, a port town claimed by both the Belang emir and Zanzibar sultan, uses autonomous authorities to hamstring criminals and train them in sedentary work. The method aims to deter relapse and逃 flight of suspects while serving a public warning.
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Friends of Justice
Gazi
Belang
Zanzibar
Zeitung
Felix L. Oswald
Salem jeweler builds steam engine inside gold dollar
Charles Cox of Salem Oregon constructs a steam engine inside a one dollar gold piece. The device weighs two pennyweights six grains with a stroke of .15 inches and a valve stroke of .03 inches. It runs at up to 5000 revolutions per minute when powered by steam and is currently operated on compressed air. The cylinder and bright work are gold plated and the object is described as a curiosity.
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Charles Cox
Salem, Ore
Exchange
Law on Good Friday When It Falls on Sunday
A young lawyer visits the law library and asks Law Librarian Digby to clarify state law regarding Good Friday when it coincides with Sunday. The inquiry seeks the legal stance on how Good Friday is treated under these circumstances.
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Digby
Percy
Pittsburg
Water glass riddle amuses Boston Gazette legend
The Boston Gazette recalls a well known Boston gentleman who received a glass of water and, after examining its shape, smell, and inspection, declared it resembled giv but with ten tastes. The anecdote showcases his careful, humorous observant style.
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The
Boston Gazette
The Case for More Chatting in Public Life
In a Chicago Herald column a writer laments strangers in the city and urges casual conversation. He notes neighbors and coworkers who know each other yet remain silent and argues social reserve creates unnecessary distance and misperceptions.
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Jones
Smith
Chicago
Chicago Herald
Horace Greeley’s grave marked by printing tradesmen
A small ceremony with Grand Army veterans and Typographical Union members around Horace Greeley’s grave in Green-Wood. Gabrielle Greeley, his surviving daughter, attended with about fifty ladies as a brass band played. An oration by the New York Press Club president recalled Greeley’s Tribune days and wartime service.
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Grand Army
Horace Greeley
Greenwood
Tribune
Greeley
Typographical Union
No. 6
Gabrielle
New York Press Club
The Coat Lapel Mark That Masks a History
Philadelphia News explains a long forgotten coat fashion detail the V shaped lapel nick on frock coats secretly marks supporters of General Moreau who opposed Napoleon. The note adds Moreau was exiled by Napoleon and lived in Morrisville.
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Nick
Napoleon
Gen. Moreau
Pichegru
Moreau
Morrisville
Philadelphia News
Gavel From Stonewall Jackson Tree Presented at Conference
At the M E church South closing of its general conference Bishop McTyeire received a gavel carved from a tree grown by Stonewall Jackson’s grave. A 1864 twig planted by Jackson’s tomb in Lexington Virginia grew into the tree whose roots reportedly reached the coffin.
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General Conference
M. E. Church
South
McTyeire
Stonewall Jackson
Cincinnati
T. J. L. Preston
T. J. Jackson
Lexington
Jackson
Richmond
Dispatch
The Training of Boy Kings in Palace Life
The Spectator argues young princes face over-restriction in royal upbringing. Mothers and relatives bear blame for a king's failures as memoirs begin with harsh anecdotes of mismanagement and guilt.
When Men Have Lost Hope
The passage reflects on pessimists whose views matter less than their existence. It warns that widespread hopelessness breeds nihilism socialism and communism and spurs strikes social unrest crime and self destructive acts, risking revolution.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Anecdotes of John Randolph on Language Usage
Savannah News reports two Randolph anecdotes illustrating his sharp critique of misused English. In the first, he derides a young attache over classifying, and in the second, he erupts when a preacher mispronounces a biblical word, threatening to go to hell rather than hear it again.
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Empire
South
Atlanta Constitution
Randolph
Harris
Richmond
Mr. Harris
Richmond Bar
Mr. Boggs
Mr. Wickham
H. H
Jubia
Juba
Roanoke
Savannah News
System keeps track of railroad cars and losses
Superintendent Brock notes the Lost car work is a disciplined system. A daily record tracks loaded and empty cars across lines, with telegraph enabling losses to be traced. A lost car agent starts from origin, follows billing and destination, and locates missing property through swift, systematic methods.
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Missouri & Pacific
Telegraph
Brock
Globe-Democrat
English cheese making dwindles as American cheese rises
Lord Tollemache laments the decline of traditional English cheese making while noting improved American cheese. He urges tenants to pursue instruction in cheese making and offers to subsidize half of a five pound fee for superior cheesemaker guidance. The appeal highlights competition from foreign producers and the need for quality to stay viable.
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Lord Tollemache
England
San Francisco Chronicle
Rattlesnakes on Pyramid Lake Island Allegedly Vast in Number
The Chicago Herald reports Pyramid Lake Nevada hosts thousands or millions of rattlesnakes on a rocky island. Progenitors likely came aboard driftwood. Snakes prey on waterfowl eggs and dead fish, defend territory if disturbed, and retreat into rock crevices when not pressed.
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Pyramid Lake
Nevada
Chicago Herald
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