Rainbow Palette Across Sky and Soul
A verse describes a rainbow formed by sun and rain, passing from west to east while the world enjoys its arch of seven colors. The poem links celestial artistry to human perception and divinity, urging self-reflection and noting heaven’s gift of beauty.
Metternich and Albert Predict Napoleons Downfall
A contemporary of Napoleons IIIs era receives warning from Metternich and Prince Albert that a ruler cannot owe his crown to hereditary succession and universal suffrage. They deem his system of mixed legitimacy doomed, predicting his downfall and lasting impact will be limited. The report adds a note on Carson City talks about quarry tracks suggesting a prehistoric animal and possible mineral spring discovery.
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Napoleon III
Prince Metternich
Napoleon I
Bonaparte
Buckingham Palace
Prince Albert
St. Petersburg
London
Count Witzham
Carson City
State Prison
Bartlett Springs
California
Golden State
Creture
Virginia
Vinyard Herald
San Francisco Chronicle
George M. Smiley
Greenfield
Mass
Maine
Smiley
Burgess
Live Ghosts and Mission News From Far Lands
A reminiscence piece visits New York figures meeting long thought dead in California Guatemala and Mexico. It also covers Henry M Scudder and family missionary lineages, Scottish church reunification talks, American missions in Egypt Persia Siam and China, a French league against atheism, and Bishop Taylor’s Congo mission push with modern tech aid and a call for workers.
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Far West
Central America
Mexico
East
West
Naval Academy
Arizona
Philadelphia
Texas
California
Guatemala
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
New York
Ira Paine
Jesse Smith
Astor House
Esquintla
Pearl Street
Harlem Bridge
East River
Billy
Europe
North of England
New York Herald
Henry M. Scudder
Japan
John Scudder
Arcot
India
Henry M
Ceylon
Jersey City
Candlish
Free Church of Scotland
English Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Egypt
Persia
Teheran
Siam
Washington
China
Hooper
College of France
M. de Pressanse
M. Frank
God
M. Jules Simon
Jules Favre
Henry Martin
Eugene Pelletau
Bishop Taylor
Accross Africa
Hazzard
King Solomon’s
Congo
Congo River
Gladstone on Pitt and the railroads
A reflective essay contrasts Pitt’s early finance ideals with his wartime burdens and mixed policies. It links Great Britain's economic shifts to later rail financing, criticizing over capitalization and stock watering as costly to the public and under review by commerce regulators.
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Pitt
England
Ireland
Rome
Poor
Oo Railroad
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Economical Power and Irrigation by a Family Swing
A Los Angeles Times tale describes a farmer who used a novel irrigation method. With twelve children as a ready workforce, he connected a low-cost pump to a giant family swing, delivering water to arid land and turning it productive.
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Los Angeles Times
Extraordinary stage directions and fountains in 17th century theatre
A compilation of historic stage directions notes a striking scene with a central palace, a sea view with a ship and a woman leaping, and a chamber with a bed. It also traces how real fountains gave way to artificial cascades in Paris operas after 1726, credited to Giovanni Servandoni.
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Hardy
Theatre Francais
France
Italy
Roy
Paris
Giovanni Servandoni
Gentleman’s Magazine
Odds and Ends from Lewiston and Somerville Journals
A Lewiston man jokes with his wife about forging ahead and a missing wood delivery. A Somerville subscriber challenges an editor about the paper’s jokes. A local editor’s cat chases a robin, ends up bringing the bird home as a surprising “treat.”
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Lewiston
Somerville Journal
Wonderful Cures with New Discovery and Bitters
Rome druggists claim Dr King s New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen s Arnica salve have shown unmatched sales and universal satisfaction. They cite several cases of pronounced consumption cured after using a few bottles with Bitters and guarantee the remedies, sold by J F Fezer.
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W. D. Hoyt & Co
Rome
Dr. King
Bucklen
J. F. Fezer
Poker Costs More Than Yearly Synagogue Dues
A full hand at poker often costs a man more in twenty minutes than his annual synagogue subscription. From the Hebrew Standard.
California Dis Coveries Santa Abie Cure Ad
California land of discoveries ad promotes Santa Abie as a guaranteed cure for consumption asthma and bronchial complaints sold in large bottles one dollar three for two fifty. W B Mason guarantees relief when used as directed California Cat r cure relieves catarrh or cold in head six months treatment one dollar by mail a dollar ten
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W. B. Mason
California
No sane girl burns a love letter
A witty quip from the Detroit Free Press, amid jokes about a girl describing her long essay on the intellectual superiority of woman over men. The Buffalo Courier reports the punchline about 134 pages proving one side of the issue.
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Detroit Free Preas
Buffalo Courier
Dr McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier Ad
The article promotes Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier as improving digestion and blood quality. It claims the product nourishes the properties of the blood and vitality, noting sale by W. B Mason.
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J. H. McLean
W. B Mason
Post Office Clerk Claims Affection With Name Count
A Washington Critic quip depicts a Post Office Department clerk pulling a girl from an ice cream saloon. The clerk jokes he named fourteen post offices after her last week, implying affection through a flippant tally.
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Theodore
Post Office Department
Washington
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