Law and crime, exploration, and marriage trends in 19th century notes
The New York Herald notes train robbery penalties in Arizona will not change outcomes. Norway’s large marine economy fuels 120000 fishermen. A French commission links wine decline to alcohol shifts and rising crime. Diphtheria deaths in major European cities total 3924, Paris leading with 1047. A penitentiary inmate warns that lawyers and relatives rarely rescue convicts. An Australian Central exploration party led by W H Tietkens departs with camels and provisions. Joe Howard questions executions as spectacle, while Mason and Dixon line disputes reemerge over state boundaries. British Registrar General records falling marriage rates since 1873, echoed by Massachusetts trends, prompting reflections on family integrity.
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United Kingdom
Great Britain
Massachusetts
New York
Three Times Saved by Lisle Liston Becomes Betrothal
Kate Erskine and May Allison recount encounters with Lisle Liston who saves Kate from an alligator and a shipwreck. A yacht voyage ends with Liston rescuing the distressed woman and revealing his love, asking for marriage while Kate contemplates a future with him as May jokes about her own romance.
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Kate Erskine
May Allison
Kate
May
Lisle Liston
Florida
Gardens of
Cupid
Arto
Mira
Suiling
Darling
Allison
Eat Before You Drink and Walnut Timber Prospects
A physician argues breakfast fuels health and mood, linking hearty morning meals to better digestion and appetite, while warning that skipping breakfast can lead to poorer dinners and habit of drinking to satisfy stomach hunger. Also notes Prairie Farmer on black walnut trees bearing at about 10 years, nuts and hulls as hog feed and fuel, cabinet wood value, and long term land worth up to $400 per tree over 400 years.
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Buffalo Express
Bowed Low to the Grand Duchess in Berlin Train Affair
A Citizen report recalls an incident on a Potsdam to Berlin train where the Grand Duchess of Baden exited the car via Brussels carpet laid to the platform. A rough voice announced her presence as passengers bowed, then the carpet was quickly removed and ordinary travelers allowed to depart.
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Kate
Germany
Pottsdam
Berlin
Staton
Grand Duchess of
Baden
Brussels
Grand Combat in Rajah’s Palace in India
Prince Alexander of Russia, visiting India, was hosted by the Rajah of Jeypoor. In the palace courtyard a grand animal combat featured scores of wild buffaloes antelopes and other Himalayan horned beasts driven on by Hindoo banderilleros. The ensuing melee saw many gored or trampled to death in a barbarous spectacle described by Frank Leslie.
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Alexander
Russia
India
Jeypoor
Himalayas
Frank Leslie
Wolf and Hen Advice from 19th Century Columns
A compilation of agricultural notes and practical farming tips. Discussions include diagnosing a swollen joint miscalled a wolf, remedies with liniments. hen incubation tricks. farm labor and horse overstocking. sheep breeding for weight and wool, and asparagus cultivation. Also guidance on potato beetle control, clover as green manure, cassava as livestock feed, and large scale farming ventures in Mexico led by American syndicate members.
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Edgar Holmes Ross
Ernest Inman
C. L. Wheeler
Santa Cataline
Durago
Mexico
Ross
England
Senator Farwell
Ilinois
Wheeler
Inman
Aianane Qty Tie
The Nicest Way to Eat a Soft Boiled Egg
A guide from the era on serving soft boiled eggs in shells with salt pepper and butter, plus using egg cups and porcelain spoons. It also notes hot egg glasses as an alternative and offers kitchen seasoning tips, dried herbs, and a home recipe for mixed seasoning to flavor soups and gravies.
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Washington Star
Househall Companion
Curious reptile market in St Louis shows high value
A St Louis dealer in curiosities notes tarantulas centipedes and Gill monsters command steady demand. Live specimens fetch 1, mounted or alive. Gill monsters sell for 5 to 10 dollars, sourced from Arizona where Indians collect them for dealers.
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St. Louis
Zoological Gardens
Arizona
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Prague
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Australia
W. H. Tietkens
Lake Amadeus
Joe Howard
S&ong
Mason and Dixon
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Gaba
Detroit Free Press
William H. Bushnell
Katie
St. John’s River
Iria
New York Times
Boston
Galen Wilson
New York Tribune
Farmers’ Institute
Wisconsin
Asia
New York Sun
Louisiane
South America
Forida
Picayune
Famey
Brooklyn Citizen
Indiana County
Hall
Highland Vineyards
D. W. Anthony
Haws County
Concord, Werden Wines
Daugherty Bros
Hetrick Bros
Hartman
Milton G. Miller
BANKS
Jamison
Mene
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