Trade and politics mix in a world of rumors
Foreign notes survey Venice port defenses aimed at imperial ironclads, sugar beet battles, German army budgets, and cultural censure. Reports cover Miles Sarah Bernhardt in Russia, census figures for French cities, theatre dress rules in St Petersburg, fears of famine in Tu his, a massive Allahabad Magh Mola gathering, and Parisian deaths from curious causes.
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Venice
France
Italy
Sarah Bernhardt
Warsaw
Lyons
Bordeaux
Nantes
Rouen
Havre
Doual
Alger
Grenoble
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Tuhis
Allahabad
Jumna
Ganges
Olive Logan
London
The
Cincinnati “Nquirer
Louise
America
Paris
Col
Adan
Institue
Cartoprapulartis
M. Pirson
Banque Nationale
Spanish Legation
London Lanert
The Last French Emperor Death and Illness
The narrative recalls the final years of the exiled emperor at Camden Place with loyalty from his inner circle. It notes his reaction to political setbacks, his care for the people, and the strain of a long campaign on his health. Two surgeries in January 1873 offered temporary hope amid declining prospects.
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Goddard
Woolwith
Dr. Conneau
Sedan
Woolwich
Empresa
Louis
Jerrald
Napoleon III
Chiselhurst
Prince Imperial
Camden Place
Isle of Wight
Essa Np
The Frozen Tandra Of Siberian Tundra Described In Detail
A detailed 19th century zinger on the Siberian Arctic tundra explains its barren landscape of mosses and perennially frozen ground. It notes vast spongy bogs, minimal vegetation, and the unique geological foundation beneath the Lena River region. Cor N Yo Ileralt.
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Siberia
Cape Chelyuskin
Behring Strait
Arctic Ocean
Lena River
Yakutsk
Kedrovnik
Russia Returns Prussia’s Oar to Berlin
A fragment from a late 18th century incident recounts Russia’s brief 1 60 occupation of Berlin and the seizure of Prussia’s prized artillery oar, gifted by Frederick William I. The relic, a scarlet shell shaped carriage drawn by four gray horses, was used to lead the artillery column and parade the flag with Janissary Music. Czar Alexander II plans to restore it to the German Emperor, and the ware will be shown in the Arsenal on Linden Avenue in Berlin.
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Berlin
Russia
Frederick William I
Frederick the Great
St. Petersburg
Fort Petropavlovsk
Alexander II
Prussia
Linden Avenue
London Daily Telegraph
Science and Industry Notes From The Era
A digest of scientific curiosities and mechanical tests. Philadelphia mechanics claim a streetcar motor using spring winding, Japan forms Seismological Society of Japan, experiments note watch screw precision, iron conductor weather forecasting, brain localization debate, and wood-cutting tool speeds with numerous gear figures and production estimates.
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Philadelphia
Japan
Seismological Society of Japan
Iles Mendes
M. Dufourcet
Anya
Minerva
Venus
Apollo
Bacchus
Daniel
Short stops and oddball quips from old newspapers
A collage of snatches from Chicago Detroit Philadelphia and Galveston papers. Humorous and oddities include jail time misread as time in Chicago, morbid breakfast jokes, dames giving grooming advice, a child and hens dispute, a thief’s pay, a bachelor minister and a double marriage dilemma, a Galveston chat with a black man, a cat shooting incident and Mrs Partington whimsy about towels and a cold gathering.
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Rene
Chicago
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia Bulletin
Madison
Philadelphia Chronicle- Herald
Washington
Galveston
Buss
Lis
Dreast
Jury Charge by North Carolina Justice of the Peace
In a postwar North Carolina country place an aged Negro justice of the peace presided over his first jury trial. After the pleading, the judge humorously offered to charge the jury and determined to close with a charge, humorously debating the case's truth and charging two dollars and half a piece.
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North Carolina
Detroitee Press
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Science and Industry
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Jenkins
Comstock, Avery & Co
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