Albino Huckleberries Case Curious Connecticut Tale
A Norwich letter notes Crandall of Bozrah sold albino huckleberries, reported as the finest white berries seen in Norwich. The fruit is rare in Connecticut with only a few patches in Salem, Bozrah, Hartford and Windham counties. Berries resemble normal huckleberries but are white with a faint interior pink glow and unusual sweetness.
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Farr
Crandall
Bozrah
Norwich
Windbara
Salem
New York Sun
Chick hatchlings teach coop lessons in Ceylon morning
In a Ceylon morning the observer and a neighbor discover newly hatched chicks near the footpath. A mother wildcat appears, and the chicks follow feeding instruction after a tutor uses a pencil to tap grains for them. The two chicks soon imitate tapping with their beaks and begin feeding on their own.
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France
Areighbor
Roy
Jong
Blood and Marriage in Cousin Unions Warns of Defects
A London Hospital note discusses first cousins marrying and the potential for offspring with disabilities. It argues that similar bloodlines intensify inherited defects, urging caution to avoid remorse and social censure.
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London Hospital
Mississippi WCTU president recalls student’s path to theology
The Mississippi Woman’s Christian Temperance Union president recounts a worker who plans to study theology rather than marry. The young woman says she will attend a seminary this fall to pursue religious studies, surprising the observer.
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Mississippi Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Parting Words End Play in Family Dispute
In a clipped exchange from the Detroit Free Press, Horace and another figure discuss a forced separation. The dialogue reveals a family conflict with a parent enforcing a boundary, leaving Horace to retreat.
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Horace
Detroit Free Press
Russia as arbiter of China's fate in loan guarantee
London Spectator notes that China will mortgage customs receipts to secure a loan, giving Russia veto power over Chinese diplomacy for decades. If Japan threatens war or blockade, Russia may be compelled to intervene to prevent Chinese bankruptcy, effectively adjudicating China’s external policy.
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China
Japan
Russia
Peking
London Spectator
Meehan Explains Death Of Sunlit Sugar Maple Inquest
In Meehan's Monthly the editor recalls being summoned for an inquest over a dying sugar maple blamed on a gas leak. Examination shows sun stroke killed the tree four feet in girth, trunk angular, with dead inner bark on three sides and living wood only at angles.
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Meehan
City
Maryland's Whipping Post History in Maryland
Philadelphia Press recounts the whippings under Maryland's 1882 whipping post law for wife beaters. Four husbands were whipped, including Charles Foote, colored, who received seven lashes in December 1882 after a November conviction. Subsequent lash counts were 20 and 15 for others, with the last recorded use on October 9, 1890. no further convictions followed.
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Ofmaryland
Charles Foote
Philadelphia
Death from Snake Bite in India Persists at High Toll
The Indian government has long studied snake bite deaths with grim numbers. 1891 saw 21,389 deaths, 1892 dropped to 19,025, and 1893 rose to 21,213, with Bengal bearing about half the total and the other provinces showing increases. Kurg remains free of fatalities.
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Government of India
India
Bengal
Oudh
Madras
Bombay
Kurg
Chambers’ Journal
Boston Population Guess From Census Projections
The Boston Herald notes the new census should show a population near half a million, close to geometrical increase estimates but not exact. Dinggists claim Hood’s leads in sales, with no substitute for Hood’s. Poplar lumber price offered as highest cash per foot delivered to a specified address in care.
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Boston
Boston Herald
It Rang the Bell in an Italian City Earthquake
A New York Tribune writer recalls a late night Italian quake told through frightened locals. Bells rang without hands as the building swayed, floors trembled, and a rhythmic motion heightened fear before the tremor ceased, narrowly avoiding collapse of nearby monuments.
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New York Tribune
Isoletta
Caterina
Maria Sanctissima
Riot at Bainburgh Theatre Over Footmen Prelude to Satire
Vintage account recalls a 19th century theatre riot in Edinburgh when footmen protested a farce titled High Life Below Stairs. Masters stood firm, servants revolted, 7 men expelled, no free admission for footmen afterward. The piece parallels lampoon fears and class tensions of the era. Occasional ad snippets follow for patent medicines and a Jersey bull for sale, catalogued in the same fragment.
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Bainburgh
Footmen
Edinburgh
Chomanny
Gentleman’s Magazine
Ek Luits
Prominent Cites Medicine From Germany for Rheumatism
Sent to his mother in Germany, Mr. Jacob Esbensen of the Chicago Lumber Co. in Des Moines reports using Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism and praises it as the best medicine. 50 cent bottles available from Daugherty Bros. and others. also Dr. Fowler's Ext. of Wild Strawberry claimed to cure diarrhea and summer complaints after forty years of use.
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James Anderson
Indiana
Jacob Esbensen
Chicago Lumber Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Old Country
Chamberlain
Daugherty Bros
W. J. Moore
Homer City
Imported Dress Fabrics Fall and Winter Lines
We announce fall and winter importations of French and British dress fabrics. Includes checks and plaids, storm pool serges, boucle mixes, and rich mohairs. All wool French Bourette 40-3 inch at 65 cents, two toned silk and wool fabrics at 75 cents, small checks in all wool Osineh at 50 cents, and calm clay serge 46 inch at 50 cents. Bright all wool plaid dress goods showcased.
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T. Peck
Ceylon
Eucasia
Maryland
Poplar Lumber
Pitcher’s Castoria
Walter Besant
London
Pacow
J. C. Rugh
Penn Run
B. Beringer
Beringer
H. B. Ha
John Blakly
West
Lebanon
Jas
Anderson
Lsett
R. M. Allen
Germany
Biber & Easton
Ate
Iiaaieh
Fenech
Laamine
BT Fe
Siele Tipe
Bibzh & Easton
Market St
Sue
Pittsburg, PA
Campbell & Smith
People’s
Pittsburg
Fifth Avenue
Pennington
Pennington’s
Ewis
M. F. Sharretts
Indiana, PA
Alica
Allen Medical CO
Washington & Water Sts
Mass
Wheeler & Wilson
NEW High
Apiett Ie
Bridgeport
Work & Young
tadiansz,Pa
Senet
the. Keeley
Keeley Institute
Keeley
Pam
L. D. Edwards
Prestom
Idaho
Miles
Miss
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Coy Bikbart Toa
Gilbert Bro’s
Real Estate
Gro. W. Grpert
The
Atlantic Refining Company
Pittssore Departments
Fetraleum
F. Barnes
Hoke
United States
Lon
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