Foreign Gossip and Intriguing Royal Tidbits Across Europe
The column covers diverse royal anecdotes including the Duke of Buccleuch’s long pursuit of hourids, a lone William Penn grave marker in Buckinghamshire, and communications between emperors. It notes Austrian Archduchess Isabella’s near-miss under a cliff, Alexandra of Wales at a state ball, and Prince Bismarck’s rapid talk and deep admiration for Motley with a portrait he commissioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buccleuch
William Penn
Buckinghamshire
England
William
King Fee
Gerhard Roblfs
Abyssinia
Isabella
Danube
Alexandra of Wales
Mr. Healey
Prince Bismarck
Bismarck
Motley
Prince Bimarck
Biamarck
Sentry Foils Adjutant in Counterguard Word Test
After a failed word test by an Adjutant Major, a new sentry stood firm against a superior officer. The officer failed to pass, the rifle fired accidentally, and the court martial cleared the sentry for firing on his superior due to strict countersign orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeria
Ain
Awayer
Adjutant Privately Rebuked Over Accidental Rifle Detonation
In a chamberment account the Adjutant faced eight days’ confinement for trying to compel a private to breach duty. The colonel ordered the adjutant imprisoned and commended Private D- in the ordres du jour while praising the private for steadfast duty amid danger. The sentry incurred no further molestation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambern
Marrying for Money Among European Aristocracy
A Paris and Vienna gossip column recounts a American heiress sold to a baron for 700000 dollars plus a 400000 franc debt payoff. The mother funded the bargain to marry her daughter to high nobles, while other tales claim dining with princes and audience with emperors boosted status. A separate anecdote notes an American singer in Europe jokes about paying for a husband, remarking she might not buy the exact spouse she desires regardless of price.
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Miss X
Western States
Baron de
Europe
Prince de Thingumbob
Count von Whatshisname
Princess de Whodgecallem
Vienna
Berlin
Paris
Prince de
Italy
Clara Bornstein
Cincinnatti
Bornstein
Bodie Free Press Delivers Odd Mono Lake Portrait
The Bodie Free Press describes Mono Lake as a vast 20 by 19 mile basin over 200 feet deep with two large tufa islands. It notes a volcanic crater on the second island, boiling asphalt springs near the larger island, and a pink eyed worm in the waters. The surrounding desert basin sits 1,000 feet below the lake’s water marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodie
Cal
Mono Lake
Lima
New Opium Law Provokes Legal Challenge by Chinese Firms
Novads passes a law aimed at preventing opium smoking making possession of opium or opium pips a misdemeanor with fines and jail. The Chinese Six Companies of San Francisco oppose the statute as harming profits and have hired three top lawyers from California and Nevada to test the law and seek the U S Supreme Court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novads
San Francisco
California
Nevada
Supreme Court of the United States
Science and Industry Highlights From Various Nations
The report covers oil from American cotton seed mixed with olive oil for table use in Italy, America’s first rolling mill in Middleboro Massachusetts 1751, German stamps canceled by water to prevent fraud, W H Preece’s idea to use tidal flow and wind power for electric light, Louisiana silk industry hopes rekindled, a Dresden method for food lubricant from egg whites and graphite, Belgium’s rise as an industrial teacher with many state funded schools, a comparison showing rice nutrition and cost versus beef, and a Baltimore Sun correspondent describing a home water filter using charcoal and muslin for effective purification.
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Italy
America
Middleboro
Mass
Peter Oliver
W. H. Preece
Louisna
Provence
France
Dresden
Belgium
Europe
PITH AND POINT. Quotations From Historic Wits
A collage of wry remarks and anecdotes from early newspapers hints at social quirks and public banter. Notable snippets include jokes about politicians, a Waterloo veteran’s demise, a Boston girl’s bouquet remark, and a legal humor exchange about a hornet’s nest.
Do Birds Bury Their Dead in the Woods
A Battle Creek correspondent from Chicago Tribune details observing brown thrushes bury a dead female thrush near Goguao Lake. The birds cover the corpse with leaves and grass, singing a mourning dirge as the burial completes after about thirty minutes.
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Goguao Lake
Battle Creek
Mtch
Chicas
O Tribune
Women and work in a changing American economy
A New York Tribune essay argues that urban women face job scarcity and despair while rural areas offer better wages for servants and skilled labor. It notes the mismatch between supply and demand, the high cost of competent domestic staff, and the need for women to seek opportunities in growing inland towns and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Delaware
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Betty
New York Tribune
Attic discovery yields bag of coins in Buffalo tenement
A 60 year old ragpicker, J Pranch, was evicted from a Buffalo tenement attic where two bags held over 4000 dollars in gold and silver coins. The find exposes a tale of abject squalor tied to a hidden stash.
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J. Pranch
Buffalo
N. Y
Mrs Wang as C Thompson Post Mistress in Louisville
A fragment notes Mrs Wang serving as C Thompson post mistress in Louisville Kentucky and identifies her as a daughter of Rev Alexander Campbell the founder of the Campbellite Church in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wang
C. Thompson
Louisville, Ky
Alexander Campbell
Campbellite Church
United States
I Wish I Was a Grown-up in Our Young Folks
A reflective piece contrasts childhood fantasies with adult responsibilities. The narrator laments rules and chores while imagining wealth, luxury, and leisure as a grown person. It closes with a legend about a four leaf clover as hidden fortune.
Work first and finish it without delay
A wartime style admonition urges boys and girls to act promptly and diligently. It stresses forming habits of dispatch to complete tasks, noting executives succeed by deciding quickly, acting, and freeing the mind for the next duty. It frames routine work as path to comfort and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mostailroad
A Word to School Boys About the Cost of Education
A stern exhortation to boys on the true cost of schooling. It stresses financial and personal sacrifices by families, the long path to professional competence, and the greater cost of ignorance. It urges choosing noble ambitions and making the most of available educational opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kor
Parsover Mely
Insects prove foes and friends to farmers in nature
The article argues humans often harm ecosystems by suppressing birds and insects. It notes predators like spiders and predatory wasps control pests, and that many insects are themselves prey to others. It concludes humans should learn from insects to balance pest control and benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jias
John Lubbock
Roper Hnuts
France
Swallows Slaughtered in Norwich Town Chimney
The old Childs house in Norwich Town Connecticut was fumigated to smoke out swallows nesting in a wide chimney. Straw was placed in the flue and lit, driving hundreds of swallows to death as they fled the smoke, with four or five hundred said to have perished.
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Childs
Norwich Town
Conn
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Salem Sunbeam
Detroit Free Press
Battle of
Waterloo
Boston Post
Jadison
Philadelphia News
Boston
Reuben
Hans
Philadelphia
Ile
Norrestuen Lerald
Mra Nimbletung
Nimbletung
Mrs N
Foston
Pri
Magaio Caer
D. San FS
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