Foreign Gossip Highlights Skating Queens and Courtly Lives
Parisian papers hail American Indies as skating queens while The London Times notes anxious relatives over marriages in England. Spanish women described as lively yet aging, and Empress of Austria praised for poise. Posts on Heinrich Stephan shaping a world postal union and Austro Hungarian linguistic tensions round out the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skatin Club
London Times
England
France
London
Adele
Caballas
Theophile Gautier
Champs
Moselakatse and the Boers Claimant King of the Zulus
An old Cape Town account recounts Moselekatse’s rise and fall, his sons Kuruman and Lo Bengula, and a later claimant to the throne. The piece ties the Boers to the struggle, noting a missing Kuruman possibly in Paul Kruger’s hands and the ongoing politics around Lim pops and succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Ovirdapsadent of
London
Stamford
Chaka
Mosolekatse
Moselakatse
Basutoland
Limpopo
Zambesi
Zululand
Zambeal
Kuruman
Lo Benquia
Moselekatse
Moselekatsé
Ife
Lo Bongula
Theophilus
Stapstone
Natal
le Benquis
Paul Kruger
la Bongula
Europe and Africa Contentions on Transvaal Annexation
The passage discusses England possibly annexing the Transvaal to shape a Limpopo barrier and maintain a Boer stronghold between Britain and native populations, implying continued tensions and strategic risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Transvaal
Wild beasts in Side Shows from Tartary to Indies
In a description from All the Year Round, side shows in Queen Anne's time showcase a Pandora of strange creatures. The list includes a camel-like old shewromodary, a soble peccary, the noble Jack Call, an Egyptian panther, a bizarre child-headed monster from Brazil, two East Indian wood monsters, a well-trained marmoset, a civet cat from Guinea, and a mutosh from Rushy, among others. A Bengal monkey dances on a rope and a seven-colored man tiger from the East Indies is described with human features. A leopard gifted to an English merchant in Turkey is noted as a mark of favor for services performed.
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Tower
Exeter
Tartary
Jack Call
Brazil
East Indies
Guinny
Rushy
Algier
Bengal
Turkey
Aleppo
The Peril of a Government Claim in Congress
A cautionary tale from Washington about a claimant named J. Clymer who pursued a government payment for supplies transported to Islip Paso. Despite Benton’s warning that pressing the claim would ruin him, Clymer persisted through multiple Congresses until the President signed the final sum. He was an old man with his fortune spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Congress
Thomas H Benton
Joseph Clymor
Western State
Clymor
Mr. Olymer
Pases
J. Clymer
Benton
Washington
Singular grain of wheat mishap befalls farmer Frank Newell
Mr F Newell suffered a rare throat accident after chewing a wheat grain stuck in his beard. The grain lodged, causing throat pain and tonsil swelling, making eating and breathing difficult. Two doctors prescribed a thorough treatment that relaxed the muscles and relieved the blockage. He resumed activity but vows not to repeat the experience soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. F. ©. Newell
Frank
Mr. Newell
Notes on science industry and fragrance chemistry observations
The text surveys strawberry yields in South Carolina, cheaper steel and glass production via gas in Pittsburg, a Messina tea plantation, hiddenite in North Carolina, Huxley on applied science, Jenkin on sanitary house standards, and perfumery limits with neroli and floral extracts. It references Prof J Lawrence Smith, Count d Amigo, and Fleeming Jenkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Sanearsee
Inittsburgh
d’Amigo
Messina
Italy
J. Lawrence Smith
Louisville
Alexandria County
North Carolina
Huxley
Fleeming Jenkin
Humorous Snippets and Local Banter From the Galveston News
A collage of light vignettes and quotes from diverse papers. Jokes about fashion and manners mingle with anecdotes of a Zulu boy jailed for theft and a Galveston man gifting his wife a pointed Christmas hint.
Chaos at Woodward Avenue Store as Sleigh Crash Tale Echoes
A Detroit Free Press retold incident at a Woodward Avenue grocery describes a man with a cane and bundle overhearing customers. a joke about a sleigh, horse, and dashboard ends with a quip on cranberry prices. The tale blends humor with a vivid street scene and dated diction.
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Woodward Avenue
Hoss
Detroit Free Press
Chickadee Chorus in Winter Snow
A playful poem excerpt captures a cheerful chickadee braving a snowbound landscape. The verse portrays the bird as a merry, gray cloaked winter creature, hopping among bare branches and calling “Chickadee” to the reader, as winds howl and streams lie frozen.
Little Betsey Found Safe After Bear Lair Night
On a bitter December night Betsey Hathaway wanders from home and hides in a bear den. Hunter Gabriel finds and kills the she bear while Betsey is rescued unharmed, tale ending with the child capping a perilous rescue by a night in the wild woods.
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Betsey
Mr. Hathiway
Chase Arm Howise
Johny
Rosa
Mr Chase
Mr. Hathaway
Minnie Locke
Mr. Chase
Mrs Chase
Little Bell
Manema
Saidetsey
Mrs. Hathaway
Betsoy
Botney
Peter
Mrs. Locke
Hbor Hathaway
Hunter Gabriel
Eryone
Farmer Chase
Little Betsey
Warner Chase
Rocky Peak
Gabriel
Betsey Hathaway
Corn-Dodger Hieronymous Pop Noted in Brighton
In Brighton Massachusetts Hieronymous Pop is identified as a man described as a corn dodger a term used for someone who avoids wearing light boots though details remain sparse about the context or reason for the label.
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Austrian Empire
Hungary
Bohemia
Boors
Science and Industry
WV. O. Picayune
Chicago Tribune
N. C. Picayune
San Francisco
Pea-Blea
Galveston Court
Mose
Galveston
Hayseed
Zboston Commercial
Chickadee
Henry R. Dorr
St. Nicholas
Paris
Brighton
Mass
A. Vogeler
É& Co
Baltimore
D. A
Mas
Lydia E, Pinkham
LYNK
Kass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alther
Lydia E. Pinetiam
Nia Pinkham
Lydia E.ierham
Morrison, Plummer & CO
Chicago
Price
Jules
Olas
Gogo
Ampelon
Wilbor
Hakara
A. B. Witner
Chestnut
Boston
All Drust
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