Wandering Lake Wall Tale From Minnesota Ponders Ice Made Borders
A historical note recalls a lake in central Minnesota near Shakopee with a stone wall ring, once claimed by press reports as a marvel. The Shakopee Reporter in 1598 described other shoal lakes whose walls formed naturally as ice moved boulders to shore, creating walls that resembled human work.
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Tee
Faye
Jeu
Swehioh
Tie Lake
Iowa
Minnesota
Shakopee
Shhupee
Yempora Metantur
Ios Mutamiur
Lis
Evil Speaking and Its Perils of Defamation
A moral reflection on avoiding harmful talk about others. It argues that while exposing wrong can be necessary, most times one should refrain from speaking ill. It warns that ill tempered denouncements breed enemies and may harm the innocent, stressing discretion and caution in judgment.
Cabinet Gossip Reveals Cabinet Wealth and Wives
A Chicago Tribune correspondent reports on Washington cabinet life. Mrs Williams wife of Attorney General is described as vivacious and refined. Details follow on incomes and fortunes of Williams Belknap Robeson Boutwell Delano Fish Creswell Bristow and President Grant with estimates ranging from modest to about 200000.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Washington
Williams
I Street
Belknap
Robeson
Boutwell
New England
Delano
Fish
Creswell
Bristow
Grant
Japan and the Japanese arrive of Japanese embassy to Washington
A long appreciation of Japan from premodern times to the present outlines Japan's early knowledge of Europeans, the rise of Dutch trade, Jesuit persecution, Perry's visit, and the mutual benefits of friendly United StatesJapanese relations. It praises Japanese education, agriculture, and industry while noting cultural traits and gender roles.
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Washington
Japan
Empire
Europe
Fernando Mendez Pinto
Asia
East Indies
William Adams
Bungo
Adams
Amsterdam
Dutch East India Company
Rome
Bettleheim
Commodore Perry
United States
China
Sheffield
Naming the Baby and the Names to Choose
The text discusses family debates over baby names, noting thirteenth children often spark lengthy discussions among parents and relatives. It warns against overly Bible-laden, odd, or overly long names and advises discretion, avoiding stigmas, excessive Christian names, and repetitive grandfather names while preserving good, sensible choices.
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Family Council
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John
Wiliam
Ellen
Jane
Thomas
James
Sarah
Elizabeth
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Lot
Ezra
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Lazarus
Titus
Samuel
Ruth
John Brown
Richard Jenkins
Christan
Homer Johns
Thomases
John Senior
John Junior
Gems of Thought and Irish Language Aesthetic
A collection of aphorisms on virtue, justice, regularity, and life’s purpose contrasts with a note that the Irish language is the oldest spoken in Europe. The passages juxtapose ethical reflection with a brief remark on European linguistic history.
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Europe
Two Excellent Men in Early American Botany
A Quaker farmer William Bartram of the Philadelphia region transformed from ignorance to a roaming botanist. He learned Latin and botany, studied the region, founded America’s first botanical garden on the Schuylkill, and served as royal botanist. His exchanges with Peter Collinson spread American trees and fruits across Europe.
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Philadelphia
William Bartram
Maryland
Virginia
Alleghany Range
Atlantic Ocean
Schuylkill
America
Pennsylvania
Franklin
Peter Collinson
Europe
Nast the Artist Ate Washington Fancy Dinner Caricatures
Harper's Weekly describes Mr Nast's Washington visit filled with receptions and banquets. Miss Grundy notes General Chipman hosting a dinner with President Grant and other officials while Nast unveils a burlesque plate of caricatures detailing oysters rock fish turkey and mad bull scenes culminating with Nast carried off by Grant.
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Harper's Weekly
Nast
Washington
Miss Grundy
Chipman
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Mr. Nast
Nellie Grant
Boutwell and
Robeson
Bowers
Indies
General Chipman
Turkey
Rome
Foxes Guard Sheep On Whisky Hill Report Says
The Stockton Republican claims a flock of sheep near Milton is watched by three foxes two red and one gray. The gray fox supposedly guides the others as they patrol from morning till night. One observer saw the gray fox chase a hog that had seized a lamb, the hog fled, and the fox returned the lamb to the flock.
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Stockton
Cal
Whisky Hill
Milton
Novel silent Japanese style auction method described
A Japanese auction method is explained where bidders write their names and bids on slips placed in a box. After bidding ends the box is opened by the auctioneer and the highest bidder is declared the winner, with no noise or confusion typical of American sales.
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America
Scatter the Germs of the Beautiful Poem
Poem exhorts scattering the germs of beauty to bloom at home and in memory. It celebrates charity, harmony of nature and art, and the soul’s sanctity. Rhapsodic reflections on beauty, summer, and speech become a moral call to heed loveliness and virtue.
Queen Victoria Seen For Health Boost Through Sea Voyage
The Observer notes that Queen Victoria’s health could improve with a sea voyage and that her visit would be welcomed with cordiality. It argues such a tour would strengthen peace and goodwill with Britain’s dominions and deepen loyalty among loyal subjects. The piece recounts her limited world travel and suggests Ireland and Scotland remain largely unfamiliar to her.
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England
Victoria
Paris
Tuileries
Napoleon
Eugenie
Coburg
Germany
Ireland
Scotland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Balmoral
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
Osborne
Washington Brigadiers in Civil War Debate
In 1863 the Senate’s independent Military Affairs Committee pressured Lincoln to appoint brigadiers. Senator Nesmith angrily attacked a class of brigadiers who lingered at hotels during front line threats. He claimed a Willard's Hotel scene showed brigadiers near danger while others bore the true risk. Harper's Magazine.
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Senate
Pacific
Latham
California
Nesmith
Oregon
Lincoln
Washington
Willard
Harper‘s Magazine
The American Journalist Monthly Review Gains Notice
The first class Monthly review of American journalism, issued in February, receives wide attention from editors nationwide. Readers praise its superior matter and management, contrasting it with other advertising agents. Messrs Coe Wetherill & Co. are praised for their judgment in appointing Edwin T Freedley as Editor.
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Messrs
Boston speculators insure life of P S Gmoore for 100000
Boston speculators in music and art insure the life of P S Gmoore for 100000 for six months to benefit guarantors of the jubilee fund. Fifteen offices have bet that Gumoone will survive it.
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Boston
Music
Heavenly Art
P. S. Gmoore
Jubilee Fund
Gu- Mone
Varieties light and curious from a bygone era
A miscellaneous column surveys topics from a dentist's parlor to Western coffins, Russian fleet plans, veiling practices, child marriage in Japan, antique furniture patterns, an arsenic wedding cake scare, patent feats by New York women, and witty vignettes. It touches on Albany naming, a New Yorker’s autograph request, Parisian human skin volumes, a long-lived couple in Delaware County, a Belfast hotel joke, and legal notes on arsenic in a St Louis depot project plus Rothschilds and stamp duties.
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Ohio Valley Coffin Company
Russia
Black Sea
Japan
Oswego
The
Women’s Journal of
New York
London Times
May. Moon
Downsville
Delaware County
Aloman
Belfast
Maine
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Mixcellanz
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Mrr. Weed
Spinner
Meudon
United States Supreme Court
St. Louis
John L. Norman
St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad Company
East St. Louis
Belleville
London
House of Rothschild
Versailles
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