Topics of the Lies and Happenings of the Day
A miscellany notes storms reduce egg price, neons grown near Salton Lake, and a mummy seller from Egypt. Benjamin Peters Hutchinson, once feared on the Chicago Board of Trade, plans a New York restaurant at 20 Bridge Street with Sherry and velmonico on the menu.
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Benjamin Peters Hiutchinson
Chicago Board of Trade
Bridge Street
New York
Sherry
Velmonico
Hutchinson
Pine and German influence noted in Maine and Chicago report
The article notes Maine pine stocks totaling about 50 million feet surveyed at Bangor docks with second growth present and a Portland boxmaker sourcing within ten miles. It also mentions a visiting German Emperor to Chicago and the German-American community’s strong presence, alongside Austrian railways and their low zone tariffs and 1891 earnings trends contrasted with 1890.
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Maine
Bangor
Portland
Vision of kingdoms and a life beyond amusement
A reflective meditation contrasts worldly vision with a puppet show metaphor. The speaker urges independent thought and self-build, recalling a Creator during youth and seeking a purposeful end to life rather than amusement.
Emper or William May Visit Chicago Exposition
A Munich journal reports Emperor William may travel to the Chicago exposition with his family avoiding a sea voyage due to safety concerns. Chicago would welcome the royal visit and host the king’s party with proper respect. The piece extols fraternal honor and social conduct as keys to lasting relations.
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Munich
Wiliam
Chicago Exposition
Chi- Gao
William
Kalacalla
Chicapo
Miss Boyce tops Columbian College arts graduates
An 1887 Columbian College commencement notes Miss Boyce as the sole recipient of the bachelor of arts degree under the new co education plan. She completed Latin Creek and mathematics with electives in modern languages and political science without tutors or lectures, while teaching in her teens. A Pittsburgh gas field near Wilkinsburg promises high pressure supply for a decade, prompting renewed regional prospecting and potential revival of industries and wages.
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Pliva Abern Boyer i
Columbian College
Miss Boyce
Creek
Pittsburgh
Murraysville
Grapevine
Washington
Stoner
Wilkinsburg
Kiskiminetas
Leechburg
Philadelphia and
People
Iron and Steel
Farmer Martin Duped Twice by New York Swindler
Patrick Martin of Bordentown New Jersey suffered a double bunco scheme. A con man posed as Hayes offered a golden brick for five thousand dollars, then vanished. A second ruse led Martin to believe an inspector would recover his money, costing him another two hundred.
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Martin
Patrick Martin
Bordentown
N. J
New York
Mr. Martin
Mr. Hayes
John Martin
Montana
Hayes
Mayes
Onc
Martina
Sam
Byrnes
Maria Martin
Annie Martin
Police Headquarters
Vestal Diets of South American Horse Tribes
The piece notes Pampas Indians subsist on mare flesh with no bread or fruit and describes Sir Francis Head's observations of their horsemanship and naked, nomadic life. It includes his claim that a beef and water diet left him with extraordinary endurance and fatigue that only sleep restored.
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Gentleman’s Magazine
Francis Head
Pampas
Sir Francis
South America
Beef and tea diet of Gouachos of Argentina Republic
The Gouachos of the Argentine Republic live almost entirely on roast beef and salt, rarely eating bread or other plant foods. Their usual beverage is mate or Paraguay tea, taken without sugar.
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Argentine Republic
Paraguay
Leads in Charmed Life
Frank Agassin the sole survivor of a cave in at the Anaconda mine lies in the general ward of Sister's hospital Helena reporting soreness and internal pain after fifty five hours cramped. Doctors see no imminent danger and expect recovery in days while he recalls a prior six day entrapment near Georgetown Colorado as he credits a charmed life for surviving two trials.
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Frank Agassin
Anaconda
Sister's Hospital
Helena
Helena Journal
Agassin
Paris
Georgetown
Col
Ife
Our Future on Earth and the Sun's Dying Light
The article notes the sun's heat is dwindling and could last only about 4 to 5 million more years. It cites Langley and Ball on solar energy, suggesting no replenishing source is likely. A stellar collision could reinvigorate the sun, but would destroy the solar system. humanity is mortal like individuals.
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Earth
Langley
Robert Ball
Flea Ills in California Woman Turns to Doctor
A Vermont woman who moved to Oakland, California, suffers nervous sleeplessness and discomfort. After consulting a physician and detailing her symptoms, she learns the cause is fleas. She pays a five dollar consultation fee and leaves without joy.
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California
East
Vermont
Oakland
He Laughed Last Quaker’s Run in with Three Asses
An English Quaker visitor to the universities attracted three students who mocked him in Hebrew Greek and Latin. He responded by declaring he was Saul son of Kish seeking his father’s three asses and had found them.
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Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Saul
Kish
How They Devour Rabbits and the Wealth of a Man
The text outlines animal predation on rabbits detailing a cat turning skins inside out a weasel and stoat eating brain and head a fox biting the head then skinning the body a dog tearing apart and crows pecking eyes. It notes that wealth only lengthens the chain by which a man is bound.
Reminiscences of a Gentle Woman in Perilous Air
A woman recounts a suffocating night in a private house where windows could not be opened. The house failed to provide air as a bookseller and a joiner cannot open the windows. She wanders to the inn to sit by a parlor window seeking relief and gratitude for air and life.
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Mo Wenmedge
Nan
Tricks of Jewelers Customers Expose Highend Approval Schemes
Readers learn how well known patrons test jewelry on approval then return pieces next day after wearing them at events. A jeweler praises a fine necklace later in a dance, while an optician sees used reading glasses traced to a grand reception hosted for a supposed benefactor.
A Glass of Water at Bedtime
A Wall's Journal of Health writer explains the body undergoes constant tissue change. Water boosts tissue renewal and waste processing, increases appetite, and may aid morning vitality. hot water and a bedtime bath can relieve insomnia better than many drugs.
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Wall’s
Journal of Health
Walter Scott Heroines Age Debate in San Francisco Club
The San Francisco party reports that among Sir Walter Scott's heroines sixteen are under twenty. Of the remaining fourteen six are undated, leaving eight with ages specified or implied, including Amy Robsart as an uncertain-age heroine.
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Walter Scott
San Francisco Party
Amy Robsart
Scott heroines and their modern womanly traits
Scott's heroines are motherless girls raised by uncles or fathers, mature and self-reliant. They shoulder early responsibility, choose wardrobes, govern relationships, and often influence politics, with many acting decisively behind scenes. Some are merely decorative, yet capable heroines justify the actions that win them.
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Thas
Scott
Giants and oddities mark a curious age in travel lore
A compilation cites historic claims of giants from ancient travelers and scholars. It lists figures such as twelve foot tall savites and an eleven foot South American skeleton, plus Chinese giants and other ten to nine foot heights. It also recounts a mentor’s encounter with an insane asylum patient who taunts a minister with a deadly joke.
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J Turner
Brazil
M. Thevet
France
America
Paris
Josephus
Pliny
Gabara
Claudius
John Middleton
Hale
Lancashire
James L
Dr. Platt
Stafford Shire
Murphy
O’brien
Trinity College
Dublin
Charles Byrne
College of Surgeons
London
Chang-tu-Sing
The Glass Snake and Tail Regrowth
The glass snake does not break at threat but sheds its tail to escape, like lizards. Attacked joints are loosely connected and can break apart, though they do not reunite. a new tail grows in months if no further injury occurs.
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Globe Democrat
Daytime Burglary Rule and Moonlight Intruders
A discussion explains that burglary requires entry with intent to commit a felony and is not limited to night hours. It notes that breaking out can constitute burglary, and that a tramp sleeping cannot be labeled a burglar. The text contrasts daytime and nighttime scenarios and defines core elements of burglary.
Pure Air and Exercise Fight Self Inflicted Poisons
A Popular Science Monthly passage argues that regular exercise and abundant pure air speed blood oxygenation, push oxygen through tissues, aid breakdown of dead tissue into water, carbonic acid and urea, and shorten dangerous transitional stages. the sedentary man particularly needs pure air.
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Popular Science Monthly
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Great American Desert
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Foolkea Sineer
Whewell
Trinity College, Cambridge
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Mr. Avery
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