False Demetrius and the Impostor Who Ruled Russia
A Pall Mall Gazette account details the rise of the false Dmitri thought to be the son of Ivan the Terrible. It traces his Polish-backed ascent to Moscow, his brief reign, and his dramatic death when Basil Suski seized the throne, ending with the burnt remains of the impostor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Dimitri Ivanovitch
Demetrius
Man In the
Junius
Avan the Terrible
Sinin
Peedor
Boris Godunoyo
Tyan
Dimitri
Feodor
Uglitch
Boris
Perkin Warbeck
Ivan
Gregory Otriepiev
Poland
George Mnizek
Sandomir
Marina
Sigismund II of Poland
Dobrinchi
Orel
Dmitri
Moscow
Ivan the Terrible
Basil Suski
Chuskoi
Suski
Pall Mall Gazette
Asia's Li Vung Chang Praised as Asia's Leading Statesman
A collection of brief excerpts notes Li Vung Chang as a highly discussed and criticized public figure. Analysts argue his education and life are Chinese centered, yet he is regarded as Asia's foremost living statesman. The quotes contrast Western standards with Eastern background, reflecting mixed views on his influence and understandings. Other tidbits include a reflection on religious town life, a Danish statistic, and a light cartoon quote about ambition and questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Li Vung Chang
China
John W. Foster
Century
A Sparrow Tale Reflects on Aging and Beauty
In a New York Sun retelling a sparrow visits a man in warm milk baths to discuss aging and the inevitability of decline. The sparrow explains that milk baths slow time but cannot halt nature, and questions whether true beauty lies only in youth or in observed nature and fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Sparrow
New York Sun
Oldest bicycle railroad tale from Mount Holly to Smithville
A New York World report recounts the Hotchkiss bicycle railway scheme once tested between Mount Holly and Smithville New Jersey. An inverted bicycle on a freestanding track promised speed and city rural rail freedom, with rails atop brackets across streets and telegraph poles. Freight and passengers would ride on grooved wheels on a sharpened steel rail, with power from ratchet levers. The venture faced repeated right of way disputes, creek crossings, rickety track, and financial losses, leading the inventor to sell out and depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Holly
Smithville
N. J
Hotchkiss Bicycle Railway
Florida
New York World
The Wreath and Other Poems Framed in a Chicago Record
A compact verse setting features The Wreath The Prisoners and Butterfly with lines about a wreath kept near the heart a bee seeking freedom and a butterfly freed from a spider's cage. On A Rose In Her Corsage reflects longing and restraint, all attributed to C. G. B. as printed in the Chicago Record.
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Chicago
Bicycle Coasting Seen as Hazard to Riders
A Brookyn Standard item warns against bicycle coasting on hills. It cites Rev. John Brittan Clark who was found unconscious near Hackettstown New Jersey after a suspected coasting accident. The piece urges caution, noting even careful riders can face unforeseen dangers when feet leave the pedals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brittan Clark
Hackettstown
N. J
Clark
Brooklyn Standard
Animals Go Mad on Battlefield and In Domestic Life
A historical note discusses animal insanity, citing battles at Balaklava where an Arabian horse attacked a water attendant and a masked terrier-like seizure in a hot summer horse. It cites congenital head malformation and even suggests animals like cats dogs and monkeys show delusions similar to insane people, per Hachango.
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Balaklava
Omanes
Hachango
Helmagen Fair Reunites Brides From Surrounding Villages
In Helmagen a Roumanian town of 1,200, the annual feast of St Theodore draws brides from about 60 to 80 nearby villages. Young women kiss many men, offer wine, and receive small gifts. widows with new husbands stay home. The custom's origin is uncertain, with Turkish raids often cited.
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Helmagen
Theodore
Transylvania
The Cautious Youth and The New Woman
A Chicago Post item presents a humorous dialogue about courting and gender roles. A cautious suitor probes a woman about bloomers and politics, while she counters with witty remarks. He asks to marry after realizing her independence, reflecting evolving attitudes toward partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
Queen Victoria tale and Bee wisdom in a charity column
A fragmentary miscellany cites Queen Victoria and Lady Isabel Somerset with a childhood anecdote from a Buckingham Palace ball. It also recalls a Reverend exchange about Sabbath fishing, Sir Edward Creasy on Marathon, a bee lore note, and a witticism about Julia at whist from various period sources.
Prince Nicholas Reforms Montenegro Through Craftwork Example
The London Mail recounts Prince Nicholas of Montenegro adopting practical trades to lift his people from disdain for industry. He demonstrated ironworking and cobbler duties to show craftsmen could honorably serve, inspiring Montenegrins to enroll as apprentices after seeing royal hands-on effort.
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Nicholas
Montenegro
Peter the Great
London Mail
Potatoes Now Used to Make Buttons and Balls
Large quantities of buttons and billiard balls are now produced from potatoes. Treating the potato substance with acids hardens it, making it suitable for button yanking. The potato button rivals bone and ivory in look and strength, and its low cost suggests wider use in the future.
Mrs Bowline Thwarts Gentlemen Peddler at Party
The Lewiston Journal recounts Mrs Bowline, 53, resisting a suave peddler at College Street. She declines admission for him, offering a playful family ruse about her mother learning the two step and grandparents preparing a children's party. Peddler leaves without calling on the family.
Realism In Art in Pearson's Weekly
A brief dialogue about a large oil painting titled Realism In Art. A child asks whose picture it is and is told the subject was a schoolteacher who wore eye guidance as she moves, described by a hostess as a relative of the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamima
Pearson’s Weekly
Vere de Vere Aristrocratic Conflict Over £1000 Demands
A nobleman grows agitated and mocks race as crude virtues while remaining calm in a dispute over £1000. He fixes a proud gaze on the oak desk and coolly asks for the sum, signaling aristocratic resolve and social posture. Burdock Blood Bitters is advertised amid the dialogue.
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Vere de Vere
Protest Against Law's Cruelty in Hungary
Paris Messenger reports a Hungarian court case where a man convicted of bigamy is forced to live with both wives in one house. A petition from remaining bigamists requests reducing the sentence to 14 years penal servitude. The reference notes Mohammed’s hegira dated July 16, 622 and comments on Time’s gradual beauty eroding once formidable towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Paris
Hood's Pills Claim Liverill Cure and Bilious Symptoms
The notice advertises Hood's Pills as a remedy for liver illness biliousness indigestion and headaches. It emphasizes ease of taking and use and lists a price of 25 cents.
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Hood
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Little Kingdom of
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Morm
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Arnold
Gilman Brothers, Proprietors
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Carter & Sherburne
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Johnson
Johnson & Johnson
New York
Cal
Lehigh
Jeddo, Old Co
S. Honey, Brook
Reading
Plymouth
Lackawanna
KR. G. Parker
Manchester St. Branch
Qutice
East Merrimack
Lowell Mutual
Central It
Atlas
Massachusetts
Devonshire St
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Tiomas M
Everett
Bec'v
Thomas L. Dickey
Central Street
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co
Newarrh
Mederd Ness
E. Dudley
Agt
Victoria
Queen Victoria
Isabel Somerset
Isabel
Buckingham Palace
Earl
Countess Somers
Prince Albert
Somerset
Deacon Goodman
Boston Transcript
Edward Creasy
Marathon
Julia
Detroit Free Press
Lowell
Sewall G. Mack
Jacob Rogers
D. B. Bartlett
Levi Sprague
Jacob Rogers, Alexander G. Cumnock
George
Motley
Edward M. Tucke
James Francis
G. H. Hanson JR
Heekt
Beppinese Sre
Peter Weig
Moors’ Pharmacy
Gorham
Col. Appleton Streets
Post Office
AND_ Bangs
Arthur Rhodes
IZ Merrimack St
Courina-Citizen Building
Rome
EE. M. Wood & Co
Market Street
Masa
Realism
Defiance Bicycles
Ead
Monarch Cycle Wifg. Co
Reade Street
Sandy Front St
San Francisco
Palmer & Goodhue
Noblesse Oblige
Mohammed
Mecca
Mason
America
Washburn Grosby CO
Greenwood Bros
Lawrence St
Glark’s
D.T. Finnegan
Lawrence Street
Swift Street
A. L. Pendergast, Prop
Jones
Eldredge
van Nostrand
P. B
Consumers
Niagara
Merrimack Sq
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Merrimack Street
Boyle
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