Spectacular and Questionable Land Deals Across Histories
The article surveys historic land bargains from Liverpool to Pennsylvania and Canada, noting how sites were bought for trivial sums, later yielding vast value. It cites figures like Liverpool’s £450 sale, Philadelphia and New York land myths, and Canada’s royal grants, highlighting speculation, governments, and long fortunes shaped by generous terms and risky ventures.
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America
Bosalen
Canada
Liverpool
Trisen Charies 1
As & Speculatis
Drapers Sale
Lancaster Castle
England
John
Manchester
Johannesburg
Pratt
New York City
Manhattan Island
Trinity Church
Broadway
Denmark
Belgium
Switzerland
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Wiliam Penn
Charles II
Penn
Monkre H
Hudson Bay
James
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Lord Sterling
Talbot
William IV
Canadian Land Company
Scotch Company
Territory in the terms of the grant disclosed
A fragmentary passage discusses the grant terms and territory, noting the bargain appeared less lopsided than initial impression. The wording hints at negotiations and the perceived balance of concessions, without detailing names or places.
Language on the rise and word counts in daily speech
The Liverpool Daily Post notes language evolves with new words added yearly while obsolescence lags. The average educated person uses about 3 500 words daily, accurate reasoners reach up to 8 000, and even eloquent individuals around 10 000. Shakespeare reportedly uses 15 000 words, Milton 8 000, and the King James Bible 5 642.
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Liverpool Daily Post
Skeat
Shakespeare
Milton
New Ailment Wanted and Old Remedies Noted
A historical note discusses a novel ailment in demand and the reluctance to rely on operations for appendicitis. It mentions hopes for non surgical cures and references Sir Frederick Treves in a light, period tone. A brief, satirical aside touches on tonic melancholia and a Lendics Pictorial Lendca.
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Sir Frederick Treves
Lendics
Force of Vibration Explains Sound and Structure
An exploration of vibration shows its power in architecture and music. The piece notes that violin bowing can affect walls, cites Greenwich Observatory disturbances from children, and explains vocal cord vibrations from 60 to 1,024 cycles per second, highlighting limits and the fragility of the human throat.
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Greenwich Observatory
Observatory
A Body of Talkers at Commonwealth Parliament
An Australian parliamentary custom requires verbatim reports of all speeches, producing twenty six volumes of 7,052 pages at Christmas and about 6 million words. A leading ally calls the records dreary ponderous tomes with incessant repetition, deeming talkativeness a curse of Parliament.
Preparing to Get Even in a Remarkable Plan
The speaker declares a scheme to adopt a girl with energy and perseverance. He wants a child old enough to play piano well and possibly sing, joking about adopting two prodigies to "get even" with the people in the next flat.
Tibetan Monastic Calling Shapes First Born Sons
A practice described as mandatory assigns every Tibetan family’s first born male to a monastery. From birth the child is taken to the temple and raised there to learn priestly mysteries and vows.
Lions Attack at Night on Platform Tragedy at Station
A man aboard a British train platform recounts a frightening incident as a lioness and two lions emerged from tall grass. Shots were fired. the lioness died on the track and the two males fought and fled into the night. The captain and orderly survived with injuries.
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Stegand
Rules of Civility in 1685 Saint James Gazette Extract
A Saint James Gazette passage discusses the 1685 English edition of The Rules of Civility a French origin manual on proper conduct. It cites cautions about respectful entries to great persons etiquette at court and table manner rules including handling spoons and personal space.
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England
St James
Norwich Postman as England’s First Provincial Newspaper
The Norwich Postman is described as the first provincial newspaper in England, published around 1775 at a penny, with a halfpenny not refused. It reportedly measured about the size of a sheet of note paper.
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England
Norwich Postman
The Pity of It and a Summer Night Verses
A reflective piece centers on the fragility of happiness and the echoing cord of memory. Poetic lines evoke quiet sorrow as a sigh and kiss linger, turning a summer night into a winter day through George MacDonald’s sentiment.
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George Macdonald
Happiness and desire across eras and sexes
A reflective essay contrasts peasant wealth with happiness, cites Balzac’s Grandet, and notes Greek simplicity vs modern multi dimensional life. It cites Diogenes, Plato, and Emile Reich on love ambition and gender roles, ending with a London lecture summary.
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Continent
France
Hungary
Balsac
Grandet
Montey
Pople
Cyclops
Diogenes of
Corinth
Dionysius
Greece
North
South
Emi! Reich
London
King Edward Tightens Guards Vetting Over Ragging Scandal
The King orders strict pre commission screening for Guards officers and probations. No subalterns appointed without personal approval of names testimonials and a school life memorandum. Photographs of every candidate for a commission must be submitted for royal approval.
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King Edward
Guards
Brigade of Guards
Clark Kennedy
Royal Household
An Indian Shampoo Described by George Wharton James
The article cites Good Health noting Indian men use shampoo as a common luxury. It describes the wife preparing ample root to create a rich lather and shampoo the husband with skill and despatch, praising Indian methods over Western practices. The narrator claims superior scalp rubbing and hair softness after experiences in London Paris and New York.
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George Wharton James
London
Paris
New York
Oldest Man In World Stuurman the Bushman
Stuurman, a Bushman native of the Cape Colony, is believed to be 146 years old and the oldest man in the world. He recalls wandering the veldt near Beaufort West, claims ownership of his hill shelter and surrounding lands, remains mentally alert, and possesses a remarkable set of teeth worn down by 150 years of use.
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Stuurman
Cape Colony
Beaufort West
Stourman
Stourman’s Puts
Island of Ascension Classed as a Ship
The island Ascension in the Atlantic is owned by the British Admiralty and listed as a vessel serving as a tender to a royal warship. It is governed by a naval captain with marines stationed there under naval rules and all land and livestock held in public property with meat withheld.
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Island
Ascension
Atlantic
Royal Marines
North River nautical terms heard on Jersey ferry boats
Traveler Dwight Elmendorf recounted terms overheard on the North River New York aboard a Jersey City ferry. The incident near Twenty third street involved a wedged boat and a pilot shouting for a line while roosts and dock hands answered with a barked dialogue about which side to throw the line.
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Dwight Elmendorf
North River
New York
Jersey
Mr. Elmendorf
Jersey City
Twenty-third Street
Petrified Schoolhouse in New England ND Remarkable Building
The article describes a twenty four by twenty four feet single story schoolhouse made entirely of petrified wood with a glassy crystal-like sheen when sunlight touches it. It notes the use of petrified timber from ancient forests in Nlettinger county and the community’s aim to create a primitive educational facility. It also mentions lumbago and a liniment with belladonna chloroform and alcohol as a pain relief for backache.
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New England
N. D
Nlettinger County
What Women Suffer and How Pink Pills Help
A claim that Dr Williams Pink Pills restore rich red blood key to female health. Testimony from Mrs Edwin Ward of Brooksdale Ontario describes recovery from anemia-related symptoms after using thirteen boxes. Cures claimed include irregularities headaches and nervous disorders. Six boxes for $2.50 is offered by the Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Edwin Ward
Brooksdale
Ont
Dr. Williams
Dr Williams
Irs
Ward
St. Vitus
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Chinese in Mexico descriptive note from Mexican Herald
The Chinese who immigrate to Mexico are largely peaceful and orderly, causing little trouble for police. While some may not be the best laboring class, merchants find them good customers who pay promptly. Overall a quiet and well behaved folk.
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Mexico
Mexican Herald
The Czar and His Subjects Tale Circulates
A fragment from revolutionary literature mocks rulers by telling of the Czar of America who calls his wisest subjects for counsel. Donkeys arrive in great numbers and bray, and a spectral reply says the wisest subjects are in jail. The tale ends with the Czar killing himself to spare his people further trouble.
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America
Zar
Cincinnati Enquirer
Million for Cobbler From Devonport Millionaire Story
The London Express notes G. B Moule, once a Devonport cobbler, now owner of about £100,000 after a Melbourne court upheld the Osmond fortune via intestacy. Osmand Osmond died childless in Victoria in 1901. despite cross‑claims from Baker and Booty families, Moule inherits the entire estate, with Moule’s kin serving in the navy, coast guard, police, or as a seaman’s wife.
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Moule
Devonport
London Express
Melbourne
Osmand
W. H. Seville Osmand
Victorian
Trafalgar
Plympton
Osmond
Australia
Victoria
Devon
England
Booty
Baker
New York
Victorian Supreme Court
Familly
Debut of a Rural Newspaper Man in Town
A veteran reporter with fifteen years in country newspaper work arrives in a town with bold talk and a sharp whistle, promising a lively but respectable moving exchange and a clean professional record.
An Old Joke About a Cyclone Reporter
A reporter in the cyclone belt recalls a wild cyclone tale noting how it inverted a well, upturned a cellar, shifted a township line, expelled whiskey barrel stakes, left only a bunghole, altered the weekday, lifted a farm mortgage, cleared fence cracks, and knocked the wind from a politician.
Dysentery Cord Promises Quick Relief for Various Ailments
Dr J D Kelloge claims Dysentery Cord is a speedy cure for dysentery diarrhea cholera summer complaints sea sickness and teething related issues in children. It supposedly relieves effects of overeating unripe fruit and cucumbers with rapid action and never fails to conquer the disease. No one should fear cholera if they keep a bottle handy.
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J. D Kelloge
London Postman Reports 15 Dog Bites Over Twelve Years
A retired London postman says during the last twelve years he has been bitten by dogs on fifteen occasions. He notes the incidents occurred while performing his duties, highlighting common risks faced by mail workers.
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London
Minard’s Liniment Cures Multiple Atlantic Islanders
Testimonials from residents in Mahone Bay Bridgewater and P E I claim relief from bronchitis asthma rheumatism and a severely sprained leg after using Minard’s Liniment. Names include Mrs A Livingstone Joan Mader and Joshua A Wynacht.
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Minard
A. Livingstone
Lot
P.E.I
Mahone Bay
Joan Mader I
Joshua A. Wynacht
Bridgewater
Inquest Finds Tight Collar Caused Mooring Death
An inquest at Battersea concluded Joseph Benjamin Mooring died from strangulation due to a tight collar. The coroner recorded the cause as homicide pending further investigation. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator advertises Canada’s largest sale of its kind. The armored cruiser Minotaur, 14,000 tons, launched at Devonport with 755 crew and an estimated cost of 6.75 million dollars.
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Joseph Benjamin Mooring
Battersea
Mother Graves
Canada
Devonport
No More Ontario Barmaids Bill Declares Extinction
The Hon. Mr. Hanna introduces a liquor license bill that bans barmaids in Canada. The Ottawa Citizen notes that barmaids have been imported from England but failed to thrive, either driving away or enticing marriages, leading to their extinction in Ontario.
The Cracker Box Escape
An Edmonton News excerpt recalls Cracker Box a famed gambler of the western frontier who captured three Mounted Police prisoners during a noon stop on the emigrant trail His daring included seizing a six shooter from a captor and riding to the border with the handcuff keys and horses of the lawmen in a fellow travelers tale.
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Cracker Box
Montana
Edmonton
Law and Order
Charles Lewis Shaw
Edmonton News
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