Swiss guide Khicker records 9000 mountain ascents without accident
The Marble Hill Press notes Christian Khicker, a Swiss guide, has a record of 9000 mountain ascents with no accidents to his party. Also discussed are page-size reductions in newspapers, homes for unmarried women in Sweden and Norway, a Philadelphia mint project, and peculiar tears as a funeral remedy. A St Louis fair forestry exhibit and Prince Alphonse of Bavaria face a Blue Letter dismissal, plus a Paris charity bazaar chapel with optical light trick. A Newport cliff finding reveals a 200-teeth female skeleton in solid rock dating back 2000 years with hermetically sealed bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Khicker
Rocky Mountains
Forman
Newport
A. I
Tennessee and North Carolina
Smithgonian Institution
Fragmented historic essay notes on poverty and notable individuals
A reflective piece cites Jesus Christ's poverty devotion and contrasts it with worldly efforts. It highlights Frederick Thomas the Gettysburg archer living on battlefield hardships, and briefly mentions a U.S. Army officer appointment process and a vague international context with numbers and references.
Ghosts In The Cowley House Continues
Mr Cowley dodges ghostly visitors in fear as a spectral visit leaves him fleeing to his room. Rose plots a staged haunting to scare him away while the household cooperates, hoping to reclaim the haunted room for use. The tale unfolds with a literary dream of a dramatic past and a cliffhanger ending.
Haunted Man in Mecklenburg Square Fears Ghosts at Home
From that fatal evening a new life began for Mr Cowley as a once confident man becomes a haunted figure in a Mecklenburgh Square house. Every creak and shadow provokes fear, sleep is broken, and his brave front hides a hostage to imagined apparitions. Mrs Cowley and servants sense the strain while Christmas nears and a plan to help him surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie
Ross
Rose
Catharina
Mrs. Cowley
England
Ginerva
Itill
America
Brizht Blue Sea
Reginald
Mr. Cowley
Mecklenburgh Square
Ike
Reno
The Haunted Hall and the English Lady Tale
A fever dream recalls a doomed English lady who fled her home after betrayal. Her husband dies mad from shock as servants carry him away. Years pass, the old hall decays, and a village rises. The narrator recalls glimpses of the ethereal lady by his bed and a fatal ascent toward a precipice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallege
Men with eyes for fashion blush at new city movement
A Baltimore News summary notes a young woman promotes a society to curb excess male observation. She argues men focus on women's dress flaws while neglecting civic issues like dirty hats and dusty coats, urging attention to conversation over clothing. The piece mocks the persistent gaze of the masculine observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eity
Marie
Baltimore News
Steera
Cleoar
Snake Saves Missionary in New England Tale
A devout early New England preacher, living among forest Indians, is saved from certain death by a large snake near his fire. The astonished Indians call it a miracle and flee as war breaks out, leaving the missionary unharmed as chronicled by the Chicago Record-Herald.
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New England
Chicago Record-Herald
Preserving Deep Sea Specimens in Tropical Waters
Deep sea specimens resist preservation in warm tropical air. Ice surrounds the tanks and alcohol is injected into delicate fishes and invertebrates to slow decomposition. Large corals are sprayed with alcohol and packed in salt jellyfish flakes hardened in etheric fluid and kept in strong alcohol.
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Tropics
Equator
Pearson
New York Plans Major Improvements Budget Revealed
Rew York's Laprovemeante ouity. Improvements authorized or contemplated in New York city will cost $177,800,000. This includes $40,000,000 for dock improvements along the rivers. Half those enormous bridges are underway or being planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
New York City
A Famous Old House At Dorchester’s Walter Baker Co
The Walter Baker Company, makers of cocoa and chocolate, traces roots to Dorchester near Boston since 1780. Known for La Belle Chocolatiere, they foster quality and honest competition, warning against inferior substitutes and offering free recipe booklets to housekeepers. Nearby Texas reports an abandoned well near Wiederman’s that reportedly hums like an Aeolian harp in wind, with a hidden cav ity swallowing fill dirt.
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Waller Baker & Co
Neponset River
Dorchester
Boston
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker Company
la Bells Chocolatiere
Mags
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Btate Street
Mass
Wiederman's
Texas
Popular Science
Anys
Mechanical applause device shakes theater fans
Germany's Herr Zimmermann unveils a contraption that triggers air sacks to replicate clapping via electric control from the wings. The system, used in Paris and Berlin theaters, allows the director to summon applause from any section at will.
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Germany
Herr Zimmermann
Paris
Berlin
French cuirass tested against Mauser rifle at seventy yards
A rare bullet proof cuirass from France, dubbed the Invention of Mr Threaud, weighs under eight pounds and features a metal front plate with an interior lining. It withstood a Mauser rifle shot fired from about seventy yards, denting the outer metal but not penetrating the armor.
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France
Threaud
Innot
Fred
Belgium Requires Earrings On All Cattle From Three Months
In a surprising regulation the director-general of agriculture orders that every bovine in Belgium wear an ear tag or earring once reaching three months old. Breeders must maintain accurate records of the animals under their care and the ear tag bears the animal’s number to prevent substitution.
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Belgium
Hatteras
Quincy
Moss
Anmhy
Cape Hatteras Lightship 72 Guards Perilous Shoals At Sea
A detailed account describes two Atlantic graveyards near Cape Hatteras and Sable Island, the dangerous shoals and fog, and the government’s new lightship No. 72. It notes the stormy conditions, wrecks, and the vessel’s heavy anchoring gear, steam power, and powerful lamps to warn ships along the eastern coast.
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Atlantic
Sable
Cape Hatteras
Grand Bankas
Hatteras
Cape
Patteras
Monaco
South Atlantic
New York
Philadelphia
Gulf
Europe
Norfolk
Newport News
Great Britain
Maalvea
Verdi's Nabucodonosor Triumph at the Scala in 1842
Verdi secured a major early success with Nabucodonosor at the Scala on March 9, 1842, despite illness. Merelli offered 30 000 francs, then doubled to 60 000 francs after Verdi’s firm stand, launching his rise to fame. Separately, Longfellow’s death affected visitors and Miss Longfellow met Ojibway Indians at Sault Ste. Marie.
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Scala
Verdi
Merelli
Donizetti
Meroll
Milan
Sault Ste. Marie
Jadianes Adopt Mia and Honorary Ojibway Member
Mia Longfellow, daughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is named an honorary member of the Ojibway tribe of Indiana and praised by Ojibway descendants of the Lake Superior and Huron regions for the poet’s writings. The piece notes a later event involving Chiety Kaboose and Wabanoom and a pilgrimage by the band to visit.
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Jedianes
Mia
Longfellow
Alice Longfellow
Indiana
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Longfallow #0
Pames
Penniless Boy Views on Opportunities Across Generations
The piece cites Mr Carnegie and Pittsburg Times opinions on the fate of penniless boys. It argues success depends on the individual, parents, and grandparents, noting many self made men rise now and that wealth and learning are more accessible. It predicts future penniless boys will become leaders and astonish with their success.
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Carnegia
New York
Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Pittsburg Times
Pinochle, Grover Cleveland, and a Buffalo back room
A witty sketch laments pinochle and Grover Cleveland in one tale of the Pan-American exposition era. It recalls a storied Buffalo saloon scene where the Man of Destiny argued with a dozen regulars, and notes a wooden-floor relic at Joe Goetz’s place marking the old den’s front and rear rooms.
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Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Pinoehle
Clevland
Jove
Buffao
Attie
Pearl Street
Man of Destiny
Joe Goetz
Mark
Joe
New York
Louisville Inventors Patent Smoke and Cinder Conveyor
Four Louisville inventors patent a device to receive engine smoke and cinders from locomotive stacks and discharge them at the rear to keep cars and passengers clean. A hinged car over the stack allows smoke passage when engines stop, with horizontally arranged sections that auto join as cars couple. Trials show less coal waste and potential economy and reduced soot on passengers.
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Louisville
Elisabeth Stephenson Christens Battleship Wivconan
Elisabeth Stephenson of Marinette christens the battleship Wivconan as a life wise gesture aboard the vessel. The ceremony will be held in the forward cabin and is a gift from her father, Sane Stephenson.
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Brance
Elisabeth Stephenson
Marinette
Sane Stephenson
Fragmented Historical Note on Horse Diet and Weights
A garbled OCR fragment describes a horse eating and maintaining weight with mentions of cows men and six pbeay sie times, but the exact meaning and figures are unclear. The source yields no verifiable event, date, or names.
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Marble Hill Press
Marble Hill
Missouri
Sweden
Norway
United States
Persia
Forestry Department
St. Louis Fair
Prince Alphonse
Bavaria
Harges
Maignan
Jesus Christ
Christ
Markaman
Ivatia
Frederick Thomas
Gettysburg
Hilo
Benjamin C. Davis
Die
Iet
Columbia
Lavin
Ninth Cavalry
Miata
Canada
Cosmany
Golag
Hage
Catharine
Me He
Mfe
Inet Hill
Goi
Snake
Missionary
Socialista
Panama
Newton, Ill
R. H. Dunaway
M. D
Dodd
Massachusetts
Cape Hatteras Shoal
Thia
United States Lighthouse Board
Todos Wagons
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