Foreign Gossip and Royal Revelations Across Europe
A collage of society notes and gossip mentions Carlyle’s bust in Westminster Abbey, Girardin’s French fortune, the Pope urged to leave Rome, and Sweden’s Regent amid royal absence. Hugo’s wealth, a brutal Russian execution detail, Mackay’s daughter portrait, and London train news mix with Beaconsfield anecdotes and sartorial excess in youth.
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Carlyle
Westminster Abbey
vJournalism
France
Emile Éo Girardin
Rome
Sweden
Durin
England
Victor Hugo
Ric
Russia
Sophie Pleroffska
M. Cabanel
Miss Mackay
Bonanza Mackay
Paris
London
Ae Telegrap
Earl of Shrewsbury
Ponkionian
House of Lords
Earl of
Shrewsbury
Edmond Howard
Duke of Norfolk
Law
Castlereagh
Lord Beaconsfield
Ben
Lisbon's theatre lights rise with new saints in print
A brief literary remark notes how Lisbon’s urban life brightens with post medieval spectacles and new saints, contrasting past darkness with present luminescence as critiqued in Harper's Magazine.
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Lisbon
Southey
Lizeie
Champney
Harper's Magazine
Profile of Greek statesman Af Coumoundouros in Athens
London Truth chronicles Af Coumoundouros a veteran Greek leader born to Maina chiefs who rose from student leader to Deputy and Minister. It notes his daring acts against threats at the Ministry and his diplomatic boldness, plus his amiable weakness in granting favors and his tireless energy building armed forces in Greece.
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Coumoundouros
Athens
Maina
Crete
Party of Action
Atho
Leotaskes
Leotsakes
Greece
London
Egypt and Its Ruins and the Rise of Monuments
The piece traces early Nile settlements from Western European pilgrims through stone age huts to Egypt’s pyramids, dating civilization to 2700 5.0 to 5700 B C. It notes the shift from mud bricks to sandstone and argues monumental scale once required vast slave labor, while asserting modern times reject such power. Prof. Denton comments on Egyptian beliefs in resurrection and royal tombs enduring as pyramids.
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Valley of the Nile
Europe
Strait of Gibraltar
Egypt
Prof
Denton
A Glimpse of Lisbon Through a Poet's Eye
A travelogue describes Lisbon along the Tagus with glittering city views, marble-like facades, and staircase streets. It notes hillside vistas, balconies, colorful tiles, and street life, comparing fashion to Paris and American styles, while detailing roofs, gardens, and sacred tiles lighting the streets.
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Tagus
Lisbon
Aurea
Belem
Backford
Southey
Gander Guides Blind Horse Through Life and Death
A Nashville American report recounts a story from Franklin Pike where a lone gander cared for a blind horse, leading it to pasture and water, sharing meals, and accompanying it to its stall. After the horse died the devoted bird wandered disconsolately and died soon after, illustrating unexpected affection in lower orders.
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Phillips
Franklin Pike
Oose
Nashville American
Innovations in transportation and science noted in 19th century review
The article surveys Beauregard’s propulsion theory for land and water vehicles used by San Francisco streetcars, Berlin’s six mile electric tramway with battery between wheels, and a lamp coating idea by London optician Browning. It also mentions silk cocoon trade, a French doctor’s illness linked to new wallpaper paste, and Thomas Meehan’s observation of moisture gathering on Yucca gloriosa flowers potentially from exudation or condensation.
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Gen. Beauregard
San Francisco
Browning
London
Berlin
Thomas Meehan
Philadelphia
Meehan
Peru
Moonlike lives and archery clubs in odd quips
A mosaic of humorous quotes and witticisms from 19th century papers. Notes on life like the moon, archery clubs by young ladies, electricity then and now, and playful jests about sleepers and clerks. Readers see light humor, local banter, and social observations.
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Yonkers Gazette
Picayune
Franklin
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Esquimaux
Louisville Courier-Journal
Sitting Bull
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Prehistoric Pottery and Brick Found Near Grand River Site
A veteran miner returning from the Grand River valley reports discovering ancient pottery and brick at ruins near the Grand Canyon area about 120 miles NW of Kokomo. He describes a 100 by 20 foot ruined area elevated 1.5 to 2 feet above ground, with brick far sturdier than modern making, suggesting long aboded pre flood inhabitants and possible forts or habitations indicated by circular formations near canyons.
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Grand River
Grand Canyon
Kokomo
Colo
Veteran with missing arm earns medal for best dressed soldier
A veteran with a lost arm and a notable cough recounts wartime campaigns at the bar in Sacramento and San Bruno. He shows a medal won for being best dressed in Milliken's Bend, describes mud and parade outfits, and recalls Grant remarking on reinforcements. The scene ends with skepticism from patrons and a digression about his true identity.
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Kearney Street
Sacramento
San Bruno
Vicksburg
Thirteenth Army Corps
Milliken’s Bend
White River
Arkansas Post
Grant
Ife
Sign Spelling Causes Laughs and Lessons in Detroit
Detroit Free Press recounts a tale of a colored man on Illinois Street who changed a house for sale sign from For sale to For sell to For Salt after mockery from a white passerby and a school boy warning, culminating in a quizzical exchange about spelling and ownership of $700 cash.
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Lowell
Lowell Courier
Philadelphia Chronicle
Detroit Free Press
Chicago
Boston Post
Galveston Avenue
Mc Smither
Siweet
Ilinois Street
Sally
Butler Plans Granite Fountain for Newburyport Square
Gen. B. F. Butler intends to present the city of Newburyport Massachusetts with a massive granite fountain to be set in a public square.
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B. F. Butler
Newburyport
Mass
Spring Dialogue Between Spring and Youth
A fragmented poem-like exchange portrays Spring speaking to youth, praising blossoms and brightness while promising to brighten hearts and upcoming seasons. The passage reflects playful personification and romantic imagery with references to blooming buds and emotional renewal.
The Stork's Noble Sacrifice in a German Town Tale
An 1880 Lowenberg stork narrative tells how a careful couple choose a secluded nesting site on a bard roof. A violent summer storm threatens the nest. The mother bird saves her fledglings by carrying them to safety while a fire rages nearby.
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Holland
Germany
Northland
Greece
Priam
Troy
Helen
Jung
Lowenberg
Hie Storkship
Hedg O
Brave Stork Mothers Young In Fire Rescue Tale
In Lowenberg a white stork sacrifices herself to save her nest, children, and siblings from a blazing barn. She is carried to care, recovers with help, and returns to her family as villagers hail her as a patron saint for bravery and maternal devotion.
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Atork
Lowenborg
Stark
Joim
Lowenberg
Margaret B. Peeke
Harper's
Weezy's Sambo In the Village
Weezy Haynes keeps a fragile doll collection including a black faced Sambo with a red jacket and yellow trousers. She ties the doll to her father’s overcoat button, causing serendipitous amusement as the doll bobs behind him in public. The minister comments, and the father pockets the doll to surprise Weezy.
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Weezy Haynes
Rosa
Phebe Rodlan
Weezy
Iliss
Sambo
Papa
Bridget
Papa Haines
Paps Haynes
Lambe
Papa Haynes
French lime wood preservation method fails to prove effective
The improved method of preserving timber with lime in a tank and quicklime layering is reported to fail to work well. Timber requires about a week for thorough impregnation, with duration varying by thickness. Beechwood treated this way gains oaklike hardness yet remains elastic, resisting rot and lasting longer for tools.
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Pla
Virginia City
San Francisco Chronicle
Hill Sign
Preaing
Waanonir
Are
L. C. Writton
Rene
STORK
Cuitielle
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