The Trembling Man of Shadows Reveals a Hidden Power
A narrator describes Jacques a tall haunted man who fears a magnetic or supernatural power within him that compels him to control others and objects. He demonstrates this menace by forcing Mirza his dog to act, bending furniture and moving a knife as the storm outside intensifies the horror.
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Abe Geneem
Elas
wolOh
Tam
Sintyrolf
Anil Ho
Juan
Charcot
Ceal
Tympanum
Ita Spovtral
Hero
Mirza
Jacques
Jake
Yingor
Lnst
Istler
Jasques
Yosk
Tate
The Marquis of Salisbury in English politics and rhetoric
A summary of Salisbury as a towering Conservative figure in Parliament, praised for eloquence and leadership while facing critics who call him remote. The piece recalls his grand Hatfield Hall persona, rallies, and a famous Plymouth balcony speech defending imperial policy and national greatness with appeals to tradition, sacrifice, and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis of Salisbury
Lorras
Lorton
Rollatin
Tord
Daniel Webster
Salisbury
Gladstone
House of Lords
Hatfield House
Plymouth
Shakespeare
Couray
England
India
Curious Names Pervade Pension Applications Across States
A Washington Star report records pensioners with unusual names such as Pilgrim Crazylous and Dream s Jo, noting how appellations reflect character or occupation. An attorney cites many odd cases including Christly Crow and J Christ while detailing a pile of pension papers and signatures.
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Washington Star
Star
John Bunyan
Samuel Warren
Charles Dickens
Pilgrim
Pennsylvania
Tynt
Pilgrim Board
D. Slatecypher
Christly
Satan
Ilinois
Christe
A. Christ
Bethlehem
Judea
J. Christ
St. Louis
JS. ‘Timberley
Sam
Charleston
Justice of the Peace
Wildavitx
Gen. Thomas
Nashville
Atto Hey
Vermont
Cipernonui
Porkopolis
Dome of St Peter's Clad in Lead Sheets Weighing 708000 Pounds
The Vatican dome in Rome is clad anew at an expense of £10,000 replacing the old sheathing. The lead sheets now cover the dome and total 708,010 pounds, measuring over an acre and a half if laid flat.
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St. Peter’s
Rome
Vatican
Dramatic Fragments From Early Shakespeare Titles
Fragments list early publisher titles for Shakespeare works. Includes The Historio of Henrico the Fourth with the battle of Shrewsbury and the Lorde Henry Hotspurre, An excelente conceyted tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The most lamentable tragedie of Titus Andronicus, The peconde purta of Kyngo Henrie the Fourth, A moste pleasaunte comedie called A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a monte pleasaante excelente con cayted comuille of Lyrd Johnne Falstaffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timie
Shakspeare
James B. Cull
Henrio
Battaglé
Shrewsburh
Kynge
Henry Hotspurre
Wythe
Morrie
Yeyne
Syr
Johnna
Romeo and Juliette
Kyngo Henrie
Henry
Personal Matters and Oddities From a Curious Era
A collection of brief notes ranges from a German prince classed as a turner and artist to a line on a fast allegedly by Mise Katie Smatzy of Plain, N.Y. The piece mentions Dr Darwin, a Boston lawyer with dual offices, voter-age youths in Lysander, and a San Francisco Unitarian pastor honored with $500. It cites Henry M. Stanley’s banquet, Morosini, and global debt shares, then shifts to moon topography and 19th century carpet prices and patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Prince Wilhelm
Prince Heinrich
Newpapers
Mise
Katie Smatzy
Plain
N.Y
Darwin
Potter
Boston
Wilding
Thilwsic
Field
Lysander
Blaine
Hfe
Horatio Stebbins
Unitarian
San Francisco
Cal
Henry M. Stanley
Chamber of Commerce
Wolverhampton
England
Congo
Manchester
Morosini
David Swing
Farmers debate when to sell perishable crops this year
The piece advises disposing of unprofitable stock and retaining thrifty stock while noting melons are small and unfavored this season. It cites drought effects on wheat and soil, recommends selling when prices are fair, and shares home grown methods and household tips for grain, carpets, and poultry housing. It preserves era tone and names.
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Cini
New Yorkeck
Poultry in France and America Lesson for Keepers
An analysis compares French poultry efficiency with American. France houses 45,404,780 fowls with three-fowl egg yield per hen and about 100 eggs per hen annually, value around 111,000,000. US fowl numbers exceed 103,971,185, with implied egg yield near three to two in favor of France, and a 5 to 6 percent egg yield per hen. The piece notes French women’s industrious methods and the symbolism of panletta as a meal and jar, urging American poultry keepers to learn from French practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stewart
United States
Fruits for Cold Climates and Hardy Varieties
A historical query from Calf Mountain Manitoba asks which fruits endure extreme cold and dry heat. Abraham Thomas of England marries an Indian woman with $100,000. guidance favors Russian apple varieties from the upper Volga, including a dozen hardy late keepers, with Crescent Strawberry and red and white Dutch Currant noted for trial. Grapes are doubtful. tomatoes depend on heat length.
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K. H
Calf Mountain
Manitoba
Horal
Ames
Tawa
Upper
Vola
Russia
Kazan
Hum
Towa
de Soto
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Borovat
Nora G. Usher
Tod Fem
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Joogues Bogan
Webster
Windsor
Syr Hugh
Twatioe Shallow
Abraham Slender
Nyin
Caius
Venice
Shylocke
Antonio
Portia
Richardo the
Contayning
Clarence
Ivie
Ivie and His Moat Dose Denthe
Henrye
Earle of
Richmonde
Bos Woerthe
Fielda
Lestershire
Henrie
Arno
Tulleyne
Cardinal Woolsiy
Cass Elizabethe
Lonre iXynge
Hamlet
Denmark
Gertrude
Lycia
Troy
Machethe
Scotland
Othello
Jdemona
United Kingdom
France
Tunsia
Austria
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Holland
Belgia
Sweden
Norway
Greece
Europe
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Australia
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Carpota
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New York
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Indian Territory
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