Europe faces mounting war talk and global woes
A wide range of topics appear in a late 19th century snapshot: Italy's heavy debt, emigration from northern Europe, Minnesota drunkenness laws, Paris exposition optimism for a 1890s reopening, and a warning from the Atlanta Constitution about ice water. Military build ups, Berlin meningitis scares, and vast American and Canadian spending on baseball grounds, uniforms, and fleets frame a world tense with fiscal strain, exploration, and social issues.
Song Echoes Across the Valley
A weary traveler heard a cheery tune that followed him all day and lingered in his brain. He sang that song on his way, and echoes rang far and wide across the valleys below.
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Eben E Rexford
The Mysterious Trunk in the New Home
In a dreary first night in a poor New York house, sisters Beulah and Letty haul a heavy trunk home with prized odds and ends. The trunk holds a medical skeleton for Doctor Carson, who arrives later and proposes to Beulah, while Letty reacts with comic curiosity and relief.
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New York
Job
Chico
Todger
Beulah and I
Beulah
Letty
Bluebeard
Carson
Mrs. Dawson
Japanese Kitchens and their Primitive Stove Design
A descriptive survey of a traditional Japanese kitchen detailing a plaster furnace with three compartments for rice, stew, and hot water. It describes a front-exhaust stove without a chimney, methods to boost flame, utensils used for rice, miso, and water handling, plus a netted food safe and a miniature box for storage.
The Most Famous of Evangelists Dwight L Moody
A Chicago Herald item describes Dwight L. Moody, known as the evangelist, seen in public as a brisk luncher with a salesman’s look. The piece notes his earnestness on stage and reports Moody bought a site for a school with funds from a noted local businessman.
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Kinsley’s
Dwight L. Moody
Moody
Chicago Herald
Beginning English cultivation of the Chinese soap-tree
An English effort marks the first western cultivation of the Chinese soap-tree in a year. Naturalists note the pod’s soft interior is used for washing the face by Chinese women, while seeds are strung into a summer undergarment. A Kew Museum sample lists the soap's preparation and a price of 16 to 20 a penny.
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England
Kew Museum
London
Old Hutch and the Barber Shop Market Tale
A quip about the Chicago figure known as Old Hutch who allegedly earned a million from wheat then bargained for a share at a barber shop. The barber sets 15 cents, Hutch offers 10, is refused, and he gets a dime elsewhere before a larger wager in the wheat market. The tale frames rapid profit and sharp deals as financial razors.
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Old Hutch
Chicago
Hutch
Farm and Garden Poultry Remedies and Horse Dentistry
The article reviews poultry remedies buhach and kerosene for fowls and perches to control lice and mites, then discusses horse dentistry with removal and filing of ulcerated or irregular teeth. It also describes a young stump pulling machine and details flax and broom-corn culture, plus assorted farm notes on cattle, horses, milk, and orchard trees.
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New York Witness
New York Tribune
Farm and Garden
Frogs as Food and Faith in Drought Water-Holes
Frogs are eaten worldwide with France leading in consumption and frogs saddles common on menus in winter and spring. Native Americans dried and smoked frogs. South Australians and other peoples savor tadpoles. In New Zealand droughts draw frogs to water-holes, where natives uncover moist clay pockets sheltering frogs and drinking water.
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France
Canada
Johnny Crapaud
Europe
United States
New Zealand
Fogs Threaten London Railways with Sudden Dread
Dense London fogs menace railway operations as managers fear unpredictable ap pearances and disappearances. Signalmen station near every signal to relay audible warnings to drivers, while a foggy winter costs rail companies heavily.
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London
Hyde Park
Cannon Street
Chicago Herald
Boarding House Pillow Sham Quip Sparks Silent Comedy
A short comic exchange in a boarding house features a clerk asking to sell a pillow sham and Mr. Hurgrymin replying that in the boarding house everything is sham. The joke hinges on the play of words and the residents’ quick banter.
Two Kinds of Pepper and Household Hacks
From Sumatra and Singapore come two pepper types with shell and grain differences noted. Home craft tips cover homemade frames, paste recipes, and simple Lemon Pie, Orange Baskets, Spiced Beef, and Excelsior Yeast, with step by step kitchen and craft instructions.
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Sumatra
Singapore
India Rubber for Paving Advancements and Oddities
A discussion on india rubber paving notes its advantages over cobbles and asphalt, citing 1887 experiments by Herr Busse in Linden Prosia and later trials in Hanover and Berlin. The piece contrasts elasticity, temperature resistance, and quiet travel with rising costs. It also gathers miscellaneous humor and anecdotes from schools, jokes, and local officers.
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Herr Busse
Linden
Prosia
Hanover
Berlin
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