Year of upheaval and tragedy across continents
A wide survey describes a tumultuous year with war between China and Japan, widespread atrocities against Christians by Turks, riots in Constantinople, and shifting European leadership. It notes US diplomacy, Cuban resistance to Spain, Madagascar protectorate, Central American federation moves, and Venezuela boundary inquiries amid Monroe Doctrine enforcement. It also lists notable deaths and a long anecdote about a prize hog exhibition highlighting regional tastes and language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
China
Japan
Europe
Constantinople
Lord Salisbury
England
Lord Rosebery
France
Paure
Germany
Baltic
North Seas
Cuba
Spain
Havana
Madagascar
Venezuela
Cleveland
Aoe
Gresham
McCulloch
Justice Jackson
Strong
Frederick Douglas
Seelye
Amherst
Dana
Yale
Boyesen
W. W. Story
Eugene Field
Huxley
Pasteur
Henry Rowlinson
Alexandre Dumas
Seeley
Blackie
Lord Randolph Churchill
Canrobert
True Sympathy and the Quiet Power of Compassion
A Detroit Free Press reflection argues that true sympathy comes from imagination not flair. It notes some people seem self absorbed yet harbor real tenderness, and that restrained, thoughtful response often comforts the sorrowful more than easy platitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
Detroit Free Press
Built the Wrong Way incident at Georgia state fair hog display
A retired Cincinnati meat packer recalls an early Georgia state fair in Macon. He describes exhibitors and a Pennsylvanian who sent about twenty fine hogs, noting the scene impressed him as a grand town event with impressive stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wood
Macon
Pennsylvania
the Jude
Georgia
Cincinnati
Atlanta Constitution
Man Refuses Windmill Pitch In Old-Time Tale
A Boston Herald piece recounts a windmill seller’s tale as he recalls a cautious farmer. The farmer, white-haired and prosperous, lists his rugged pioneer life from the early 1850s and declares he will not ask God to pump water for his animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Dyoll
Waal
Unclear Star of Bethlehem Myth Persists in Error
A muddled note discusses legends of the Star of Bethlehem and marks a centuries old error about its reappearance. It claims the only authentic fact is a November 107% beacon event that suddenly appeared, but the text is garbled and historical details are unreliable.
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Bethlehem
The Great Comet of 1579 and Its Supposed Return
An excerpt recounts Tycho Brahe observing a brilliant great comet in 1579 that outshone Jupiter, dimmed, and vanished by March 1574. The piece notes alleged similar appearances in 1264 and 945, calculates a possible 313 year period, and discusses cautious speculation of a return around 1885, which skeptics dismiss as unsupported by evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion Cassiopeia
Tycho Brahe
Suls
Pitsburgh
Presidents Joked Not and Wit Among Them
Fragmented text notes presidents varied in humor from Jackson aggressive to Harrison humorless, Adams impulsive, Tyler irritable, Adams witty Puritan, Buchanan unable to see jokes. Includes stray names Chauncey Filley Platt Quay Clark Manley amid wandering editorial commentary and garbled lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Tyler
Jobin Quincy Adams
John Adams
Benjamin Harrison
Buchanan
Chauncey J. Filley
Thomas
Platt
Joseph Manley
Clarkson
New York
Quay
Pollove
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Lutesville
Lutesville Drug Store
BP. M. Wells
F. Stevens
Cash'r Bollinger County Bank
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Scholl Hotel
High Street
Courthouse
W. P. McCans
Marble Hill
A.bohnsack
Suttering
Farble Ui
Missouri
Tare
Olumbus
Seeltu
Charleston
SBS
Belmont
den Allen
Louis
Levela
Joseph W. Caldwell
Bollinger Co
S. M. McAnally
M. D. Paysician
C. M. Witmer
Marble Hill, Mo
C. P. Caldwell
Kennett, MO
Kennett
Supreme Court of the State
A. Sander
A. Sander, Sander
L. Mayer & Son
Manste Hinn
Moses Whybark
Marans Hunt
Muissouri
Stebgue
Marble Mill
Union Hotel
Henry Gaines
Zalma
Brownwood and Northwestern
Casin
G. Lambrrt
Bebeperville
And
Het
Pete
Oller
NEW Howe Sewing Machine CO
Onaxce
Mies Bostow
Mase
Epesan
Ocuyeamo
Lert
Attesta
W. W. Sample
Latesville
Missoni
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