Indestructible ink and nightly dangers in 19th century notes
A scattered collection describes a formula for durable ink using borax and lamp black, then shifts to social concerns about boys roaming streets at night. It also notes spectroscopic tests on insectivorous plants, naval air-driven ventilators, anesthesia experiments, and a sensational French crime tale involving poisoning, funerals, and a deadly widow.
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Thorgh
Salta
Secribner
Neten Bain
Osborne
Nepkin
Apparent Death and Unknown Victims in France Debate
A Paris letter discusses a pamphlet protesting third day interments in France and cites dramatic anecdotes from centuries past. It notes figures like St Charles Borromeo, Vesalius, and Francois de Civille, and references a 1806 Senate inquiry into premature burial amid dramatic escape stories.
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Paris
Appleton
Licy
H. Hooper
Birlal-Lang
France
Authioe
Bollict
St. Charles Borromeo
Espinoga
Bili II
Spain
Vesalius
Holy Inquisition
Palestine
Francé
Francois de Civille
Normandy
Senate
Duriog T
Donnet
Bordeaux
Widespread Summer Dress Fashions From Harper’s Bazaar
The article details weddings and post Easter fashions with handsomely detailed wedding dresses in silk and gauze, rich brocade, and lace trims. It notes over-dresses for bride’s maids, various gauzes, chamois pelisse fabrics, and durable gray motility fabrics for servicewear. Prices for suits range from 12.50 to 30 dollars, including polonaise and tailored pieces, reflecting busy women’s needs and machine sewing trends.
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Ari Deagheror
Harper’s Azar
Teaching Horses To Face Strange Animals In Park
A historical account describes horses trained with careful approach to wild animals in a park. Riders gradually introduce elephants rhinos camels and big cats to the horses learning to stay calm and inspect without fear. Cockney Dashwood and Coomassie display notable composure guiding their fellows through the exposure sequence.
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Ray Marler
Air Prince
Horsgback
Cockney
Dashwood
Coomassie
Cocninasi
Ancient Rome digs reveal Porta Fontinale gateway and Trajan view
Fragment from a Rome excavation describes unveils at Quirinal near Via Nazionale. It notes reveals of the Servian wall gateway Porta Fontinale, bases of ancient walls, and portions of Constantine era baths. Found rooms with colored marble pavement now moved to Capitoline Museum.
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Vis Nazionale
Via Quattro
Fontane
Vhe
Constantine
Capitoline Museum
Thasbalade
Antonelli
Quirinal
Servius Tullius
Porta Salara
St. Clement
Firat
Aldibrandini
Ancient Rome lime burners unearthed near Pantheon site
A Rome cor. reports lime furnace remnants eighteen feet in diameter found amid excavations near the Pantheon. Workers uncovered ancient pavement stones and a statue fragment as city engineers debate preservation. Digging uncovered underground walls and staircases as sewer work continues, with a red granite column broken in two nearby.
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Calcarezis
Pantheon
City Commission
Rome
Powhatan Palace Chimney Remnant in Virginia Explored
Gloucester Court House Virginia correspondent recounts a visit to Powhatan's palace site on Timberneck Creek near Werowocomio. A stone chimney with broad fireside marks the location where Pocahontas reputedly saved Capt. Smith, preserving a fragment of Powhatan era history for Virginian archaeologists.
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Powhatan
York
Timberneck Creek
Werowocomio
John H. Seawell
Pamaunkee
Africa
Olony
Capt. Smith
Pocahontas
Love's Labor Won Over Ten Years In Prison
In Marshall County a jailed fiancé is freed after a decade of separation when her steadfast devotion moves Governor Kirkwood to grant a pardon. She escorts him from the penitentiary, smiling in victory as loved ones watch, while onlookers recall their long wait. Cor. Des Moines Chicago Tribune.
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Seoaf
Marshall County
Faith Hough Berne
Kirkwood
Parddén
Chaptain Williams
Emersons Nocturnal Thought Costs Mrs Emerson her Comb
A humorous tale about Ralph Waldo Emerson waking in the night to catch a fleeting thought. He lights a match and mistakes his wife’s tortoise shell comb for lucifers, snapping teeth and wasting the comb. Mrs Emerson discovers in the morning the clever misadventure but with no real reproach.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mrs. Emerson
Timber forecast on St Croix streams in 1876
It is estimated that the log crop of 1876 upon the St Croix Minnesota and its tributary streams will not exceed 180000000 feet.
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St Croix
Minn
Erattary
DisceminationOF Falsehood by Demden Republic Magazine
A harsh critique of the Democratic Party condemns its leaders for spreading falsehoods through congressional investigations. It accuses Democratic chairmen of falsifying testimony to damage Republicans, portrays Democrats as moral assassins, and links their tactics to legacy of rebellion and Southern influence.
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Democratic Party
Uary
House of Representatives
Congress
Republic Magazine
Wages and Respect for Teachers’ Pay Discussed
The writer from Adlantze Monthly argues that using wages for teachers corrects misperceptions, opposing salary as a dignified term. The piece asserts wages reflects honest work and that degrading views exist in the public mind, urging teachers’ pay to counter such notions.
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Spithe
Adlantze Monthly
WV. Y. Loening
Grant's Message to House Rebuffs Inquiry Tone
The Chicago Tribune reports President Grant's reply to a House inquiry on executive absence, calling the resolution impudent and unnecessary. The message defends presidential habits and compares his administration to earlier presidents in the matter of time away from the capital.
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Grant
Washington
Chicago Tribune
Census in India Records 225000 Protestant Christians
A recent census prepared by the government tallies 225000 Protestant Christians in India. It shows a sixty one percent rise over ten years, while overall population growth stands at five percent.
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India
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Digitalis
Weilding
Treaphey
Am Falls
Demden
Soralic
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