Royal Love Story of Princess Maria and Grand Duke Michailovtch
A long read on the famed romance between Princess Maria of Greece and Grand Duke Michailovtch of Russia. After four years apart by royal decree, they wed in Athens with two golden wreaths. The piece mixes court history with fragments of contemporary commentary and notes on royal decisions.
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Reasoning Of A Dog In Boston Clubman Tale
A Boston clubman, Arthur Shepard, tells of a bulldog that was beaten in a fight and later vanished with his allied Danish hound. Fifteen minutes after the bulldog’s return home, both dogs reappear together as if they had pursued some hidden business. The anecdote invites judgment on canine reasoning.
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Arthur Shepard
Boston
Shepard
Boar Hound
New York
Tales of Fisk and a Yankee Farmer on the Fall River Pier
A fragmentary New York Run item recounts Col Jim Fisk in a vivid scene on the Fall River steamer pier. An old friend describes Fisk as a flashy figure aided by a simple New England farmer who greets him with humor and banter. The tale mentions Fisk inviting the farmer aboard and arranging a comfortable cabin, and a tangent about Fisk's later remorse and charity plans before his murder.
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Jim Fisk, Jr
George G. Lockwood
Fisk
Col. Fisk
New England
Flak
Bill
Col. Milk
Uncle BI
Pixk
Uncle Bill
Uncle Bil
How to Make Black Ink From Old Recipe
A centuries old instruction explains making durable black ink. Combine rain water, bruised gall, green copperas, and gum arabic in a bottle, agitate daily, sun it for six weeks, then add carbolic drops to prevent mold and use.
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Ollow
Hore
Keep the Summer Baby Warm
A summer baby needs similar clothing to a winter birth with woolen garments and a blanket. Lightweight cashmere shirts may suffice but warmth remains essential even in warm months. The June Ladies' Home Journal notes summer breezes are still hard on tender skin until acclimated.
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Ome
Women fined for patronizing bucket shop in Rialto building
Six women and four men were fined costs by Justice Martin for patronizing a bucket shop in the Rialto building. One woman named Marla Jones attempted to flee the court room. detective Wooldridge stopped her at the door and she was held in a cell until she paid.
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Rialto
Longoat Lightning Rods Bav aria Claim Longest Conductor
Longoat Lightning Rods Bavaria boasts the world’s longest lightning conductor. It rises above the meteorological station on the Zug prize, the empire’s highest point, then descends the mountain to Hollenthal where water runs year round. The rod measures five and a half kilometers.
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Bavaria
Zugaprize
Gerpena Empire
Hollenthal
Argentine Agricultural Students Learn English in U S
More than twenty young men from the Argentine Republic studying agriculture and stock raising in the United States at government expense are currently in Baltimore Philadelphia and Brooklyn. They are diligently learning English to best utilize the opportunities offered in agricultural colleges they will enter next fall.
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United States
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Experanto Language Surpasses Volapuk in Claims
A claiming of a new universal tongue called Experanto, allegedly by Russian Dr Zameniot, appears to replace Volapuk which reportedly declined. Predictions cite English spoken by 120 million today and forecast 800 million by 2000 as language growth accelerates.
Scotch and Iris Talent Elevation Shapes English Law Offices
The elevation of Sir Richard Webster to master of the rolls leaves England unrepresented in top legal posts. The new attorney-general is Sir Robert Finlay, a Scot, and the new solicitor general is Sir Edward Carson, an Irishman. Carson is the first to hold solicitor general both in Ireland and England.
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Richard Webster
England
Kingdom
Robert Finlay
Edward Carson
Ireland
Wheat Crop of Northwest States Dominates World Output
Minnesota alone produces about 80,000,000 bushels of wheat, roughly one thirty seventh of world production. The Dakotas also show strong figures with North Dakota at 65,000,000 bushels and South Dakota at 42,000,000. Oregon produced 4,090 binhe?ely.
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Northwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oreren
Pilgrimage to Pere La Chaise and Loyalist Traditions
For over forty years Alfred de Musset’s followers make an annual pilgrimage to his tomb at Pere La Chaise beginning in Le Jour Mois de Mai. A willow tree near the grave, chosen to fulfill his wish, was carried from Parma by a poet Hilario Excaguba. Civil War veterans complain of delays in processing soldiers’ additional homestead rights while Congress members urge action. A knight’s custom of lifting hats to ladies survives as a sign of friendliness, noted by Ladies’ Home Journal.
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Pere-Lachaise
South America
de Musaet
Hilario Excaguba
Parma
Friends of the Veterans of the
Congress
Ladies’ Home Journal
Fragmented vintage ad and cultural snippets mixed
A mosaic of old advertisements and short notes. Includes an Allen shoe insert pitch, a Philadelphia treaty monument note about William Penn, lines on widows in Chita, claims for various tonics and remedies, and scattered social observations. Contains numerous names, places, and products from era.
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Philadelphia
William Penn
Rew Disease and Alpine Toothache Plague Rail Workmen
A new ailment called Rew Disease nicknamed the mountain toothache appears among railway workers at 10,000 feet near Jungfrau. It resembles a fever with a third day crisis but leaves no lasting tooth decay. The piece also notes cautions on using certain native ferns for temporary indoor decoration and favors evergreen options like Christmas fern and related species.
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Jungfrau
Mechan's
Reading clerk Pennett earns praise for clear senate readings
A Washington letter notes a new secretary in the senate, Mr. Pennett, whose good voice and elocution make him heard and understood. The observer recalls no prior senate reader with such talent, calling it a pleasant novelty in memory.
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Senate
Pennett
Washington
Old Euim Tree Falls After Storm at Boston
The venerable Old Euim stood on the Boston common until February 15, 1876, when a furious windstorm blew it down. Believed to predate the town’s settlement, it was considered the oldest tree in New England. A map from 1722 shows its location and rings in a 1860 branch suggested the tree existed since 1670.
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Boston
New England
Reconciliation Interview Arranged for Royal Pair
Countess Bremer Longay formerly Crown Princess Rudolph of Austria and Princess Stephanie of Belgium were granted an interview by Kblhx Leopald on her return from Brixen. The pope and the emperor of Austria aided this reconciliation, taking interest in the lives of the newly married couple.
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Rudolph
Austria
Stephanie
Belgium
Kblhx
Leopald
Brixen
Emperor of
Fortunes Recovered From Chek Nie Wrecks Near Smyrna
Reports say since 1770 Russian and Turkish ships have sunk offshore near Smyrna. The Ruslan admiral's ship yielded over £50,000 in coin plus silverware and jewels. Also notes Allen's Foot-Rase advert and Georgia pear crop shipping plans with 6,000 barrels ordered by W W Thomson.
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Turkey
Cheknie
Smyrna
Georgia
Lee County
W. W. Thomson
Amnerment tale recalls UNC student mischief
An old man in Chapel Hill boasts of youthful schemes to let students at the University of North Carolina break boards on his skull for money. He names James K. Polk, later U S president, and William R. King, later Pierce administration vice president.
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Chapel
NLC
University of North Carolina
James K. Polk
United States
William R. King
Pierce
Baltimore News
Floating Variety Theater Proposed for Coast Tour
A floating variety theater to be towed between coastal watering places is proposed as an English idea for the coming summer season. It envisions moving shows and performances aboard a vessel as it tours harbor towns along the coast.
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Anyother
Geneva Population Figures From Canton Census
Geneva reports a total population of 100781 after its canton census. Of these 22079 were born in the city, 28052 are natives of other parts of the country, and 40690 are foreigners.
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Geneva
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