The Indiana Progress and Diverse World Reflections
A miscellany of social commentary and curiosities from The Indiana Progress includes warnings to cotton mill owners at Berkeley, tales of philanthropy and teetotal origins, remarks on African horsehair, a Brazilian idol wooden orange tree joke, aTyler Texas heir scenario, Duke of Portland gifts, pistol defense advocacy, weight loss clothes, Minna Irving’s erotic poetry critique, Matthew Arnold and Shakespeare, Oliver Wendell Holmes anecdote, Turkish fashion reform, Paris finery and its impact, and a forecast of changing attire norms in the Ottoman realm.
United States of 19th Century World News Mix
A compilation of snippets notes Demographics and economics including immigrant figures for Brazil and U.S. home and industry data. It cites Maine fisheries decline, unclaimed Oregon homesteads, Paris Exposition machinery share, church missions funding, oil lamps in Cleveland, old copper cent stock, sugar prices, Missouri cousin marriage ban, census delays, Africa scramble, Zambesi Basin charter talk, a money shark case, high interest lending, Berlin epilepsy facility plans, Dunkards reform on gold watches tobacco and amusements, Chile flour mill prize, a dangerous electrical accident, heroic railroad engineer John Myers, and US construction material values for 1866.
Scorpions of Durango Stun and Frighten Travelers
L T Stanley warns travelers in lower Mexico about deadly scorpions in beds and walls. He describes tin bed roofs to shield sleepers, the deadly sting and fights among scorpions, and local remedies such as brass tubes and brandy. Durango mines are noted as scorpion hubs with seasonal abundance and a government bounty for tails.
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Mexico
L. T. Stanley
Durango
Duran
American
Salute Gone Wrong Aboard La Defense Incident
G B Plumer, former chief engineer of a Haitian warship, recalls a humorous aboard episode reported by the New York Times. During a salute with a ten inch gun loaded with blanks, a mess pot of knives and forks was fired, showering the Grande Cafe wall and nearby buildings with a rain of cutlery like quills.
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G. B. Plumer
New York Times
la Defense
Graham
Animals That Sleep Through Summers Across Species
The article surveys summer dormancy in mammals reptiles and even some fish across regions. It notes Madagascar tenrec that hibernates in heat, a West African dormouse that hibernates when kept in England, and possible tropical analogues in South America Africa and India. It contrasts with wheel animalcules that dry and rehydrate, and cites Brazilian Australian and Cape species that endure drought by burrowing or remaining motionless.
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Madagascar
England
South America
Afrca
Llanos
Venezuela
Brazil
Australia
Cape Colony
India
New York
False Gold and Diamonds Exposed in New York
A New York report details a ring of men selling jewelry on instalment plans mainly to police, many offering large heavy chains advertised as solid 24 karat gold. An officer discovers his chain is largely filled with silver, triggering anger and concern over deceptive practices among this trade.
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New York
Young Chinese Oarswomen Observed by Washington Post Correspondent
A Canton correspondent describes the life of young oarswomen on a boat riverwork. He notes their decency despite poverty and child abandonment in China, praising a sixteen year old rower and mentioning many women captains among dockside crews.
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Canton
China
Washington Post
Clara Barton and the Red Cross Across Wars and Calamities
Clara Barton leads relief efforts for war famine and disasters. From Strasburg to Paris to the Mississippi floods of 1884 she organized aid for the wounded and hungry. The Red Cross, conceived by Henri Durant and formalized in Geneva 1864, expanded to twenty nations and gained worldwide recognition. Barton, a Maine native and former teacher, later served in Washington before returning to battlefield relief.
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American Red Cross Association
C Lara Barton
Johnstown
Conemaugi
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Red Cross
Strasburg
Paris
Order of the Red Cross
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Alg Sol
M. Durant
Society of Public Utility
Society of Social Science
Geneva
Switzerland
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Maine
New Jersey
Washington
Libby Prison
Andersonville
Oceanic plant migration seen in Azores from drifting seeds
Edinburgh Review notes Darwin found earth lodged on bird feet bearing seeds. Nine grains on a woodcock leg carried a toadrush seed. six and a half ounces of mud on a wounded partridge yielded eighty two plants of five species. Wallace links Azorean flora to ocean dispersal, with 439 genera having suitable seed traits. he estimates a flora shaped by long-distance transport and suggests ocean carriage exceeds 900 miles.
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Azores
Wallace
Europe
Walace
Edinburgh Review
Snuff Taking Not Obsolete In Snuff Bottle Market
A Philadelphia Press note visits a glass factory where many wide-mouth bottles for snuff are produced. The plant ships hundreds of thousands of bottles nationwide annually and the snuff trade is rising. The reporter observes that hundreds of people use snuff without being suspected.
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Philadelphia Press
Educated Africans Revealed In North Africa Journey Tale
A Paris Geographie issue recounts M. Camille Douis journeying disguise as a native along the West African coast near Garnet. After five months of wandering he reaches Morocco where his disguise is uncovered and he is imprisoned before release on British ministerial intervention. The narrative highlights the Oulad De'im as intelligent, Arabic speaking, monogamous, with educated women.
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Paris Roclete de Geographie Records
M. Camille Douis
Africa
Garnet
Morocco
Great Desert
Oulad De'im
M. Douls
The Mexican Wasp versus the Tarantula tale
A traveler reports on the Mexican wasp that preys on tarantulas. The wasp stuns the spider with venom and buries it alive after placing an egg inside. The hatched grub eats its way out, turning the tarantula into a fresh storehouse for its young.
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Mexico
New York
Marvelous Walking Stick Patented in Germany
A German patent by Herr Uerb of Palsnitz describes a multi tool walking stick for tourists and botanists. It layers a signal call on one handle side and a fixed knife on the other above the ferrule, with a compass in the middle and a screw‑off handle containing ether or chloroform. An internal microscope, thermometer, sand gauge, meter, and a botany spatula or ice point attach to the ferrule, plus a small hammer and blowpipe for geologists and naturalists.
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Germany
Herr Uerb
Palsnitz
Mail
British to Supply Cars for Naval Service Bid Wins
A Toledo Ohio company won a large British naval car contract after bidding against global carmakers. A Commercial representative learned the order calls for 243000 lineal feet of English oars, eight feet six inches to eighteen feet long, made from white ash supplied from Leipsic. About forty workers are at work on the contract and will be busy for some time.
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Naval Service
United Kingdom
Toledo, Ohio
Coating debates for ships hull and national flower choice
An 1870s discussion explores copper sheathing for cruisers like the Atlana amid corrosion fears and hull damage. Separate note lists advocates for the Mayflower as national flower, with Goldenrod leading the field and a long roster of notable supporters.
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Lyman Abbott
James Parton
Admiral Porter
John Fisk
Lawrence Godkin
Phillipa Brooks
Howard Crosby
Morgan Dix
Brooke Hereford
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lucy Btone Blackwell
John G. Whit
Electric omnibuses and heroic Johnstown sacrifice
The piece exults in Ward electric omnibuses on various tracks and predicts self-guided, self-propelled cars with lower travel costs. It honors Mrs Ogle, a Johnstown telegraph operator who warned others before the disaster and sacrificed her life. It also cites Dr Hammoxp condemning ice water and recommends reasonable ice use and a milk-and-water drink. A Kentucky man marries after fifty years of courtship, seen as a philosopher of enduring devotion.
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Ward Omnibus
Johnstown
Ogle
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