The Oval Portrait and a Painter's Fatal Obsession
A disturbed narrator describes an abandoned Italian chateau and a lurid oval portrait. The painting appears to move the viewer, revealing a maiden of rare beauty whose fate intertwines with the painter and his obsession, culminating in a chilling revelation about art and life.
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Walla
Chateau
Pedro
Tarasil
Jane
Sully
Muresgar
Aludins
Big Indy
Bia
Danish Story Teller Hans Andersen and His Art
A long reminiscence traces Hans Andersen from a poor Odense shoemaker’s room to Danish literary fame. It recounts his childhood, study, and rise through Counsellor Gollin’s care, noting his enchanting fairy tales and global travels. It also touches on his enduring bachelor life and his appeal at courts and in homes.
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Odense
Denmark
Copenhagen
Andersen
Copenba
Geople
Ton
Anderson
Gollin
Hin
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
Italy
Switzerland
Greece
Orient
Jutland
Thorwaldsen
Ander
Let her drive sermon shocks Westaro clergy lore
A Brooklyn pastor, young and popular, preached on the Bible text "Let her drive" with a bold plate-collecting routine. He appeared in white vestments, then announced the text as "Let her drive" and claimed the source from SchaXavoisld, prompting curious praise from a plainman who planned a Boston trip and requested a repeat sermon next Sunday night.
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Brooklyn
Tam
Boston
Carbolic Acid for Preserving Bodies Demonstrated
Teig reports Professor Gail lery's experiments showing carbolic acid's antiseptic power. A fresh corpse enveloped in a 3 percent solution remained free of decomposition for six months with minimal appearance change. In Paria a 0.05 percent solution prevented putrefaction even in heat. Chlorine failed to disinfect the dead house atmosphere.
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Teig
Gaillery
Muarque
Paria
Thunderbolt Strikes Farm House In Village Incident
A thunderstorm last Saturday morning caused a freak lightning strike at Mr. Julio Sweda’s house. Lightning descended the stovepipe injuring Mrs. Sweda and severely damaging the stove and doorframe while killing two dogs and tossing occupants from chairs. The flood of electric energy also opened a trap door and altered a clock in the woodshed, with Mrs. Sweda suffering a badly burned leg and lingering pain.
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Julio Sweda
Jo’elock
Pranerse Bury Borel
Nature and ants inspire an eccentric Victorian obsession
The piece describes Peter Huber of Nature as he nurtures ants in his home life with garden, terrace, and study rendered into a curious living exhibit. He feeds them, experiments with weather, and postpones slaughter while growing fond of his captives, recalling Keats in playful admiration of nature’s oddities.
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Keaumar
Diamonds from Africa Transform Trade and Production
The African diamond fields are reshaping trade as vast supplies flood markets. Amsterdam cutters limit apprentices to their own sons amid rising output. A 288 carat diamond and a stone with a center 9 1 fy in reserve are reported, signaling future discoveries may dwarf current finds.
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Amsterdam
Digging a Hole by the Roadside A Tale from Concord
A Concord boy living near Emerson digs a roadside hole when a passerby asks the purpose. He solemnly replies that he is digging after the definite end or purpose, imparting a quaint moral in plain speech.
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Concord
Emerson
Triffer
Cansina’s coal shortage sparks general average suit
The steamship Cansina running between Philadelphia and Liverpool ran out of coal in heavy weather. Lacking fuel, crew burned part of cargo, mainly Peruvian bark and drugs for Powers & Weightman. Loss estimated 30 to 40 thousand dollars, company seeks general average, Weightman seeks full damages, others may claim value of goods. fire prevented disaster.
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Philadelphia
Cansina
Here
Liverpool
Powers & Weihtiiao
Steamship Company
Powers & Weightman
Agassiz as Living Naturalist Leader of Americas Science
A profile praising Agassiz as the greatest living naturalist aged sixty five and comparing him to Humboldt and Cuvier. It outlines his education across Lausanne Zurich Heidelberg Munich Vienna, his collaborations with Humboldt, his works on Fresh Water Fish Europe and Fossil Mishes, and his influential role in American science. It notes his travels, Harvard professorship, the Thayer expedition, and his Cambridge museum project. The piece lauds his future impact and endowment plans for a national zoology school tied to Harvard College and Massachusetts.
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Aga Saiz
Stutmboldt
Cuvier
France
Neuchan
Lausanne
University
Heidelberg
Munich
Vienna
Marepe
Qken
Martius
Dollinger
Wagler
Spix
Bavaria
Humboldt
Agassiz
Spa
Proasia
America
Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Mississippi
Pacific
Thayer
Brazil
Amazon
Rio
Cambridge
Thomas Handysede Perkins
Bost
Ha Pe
Museum of Zoology
Harvard College
Massachusetts
Banat
Agassiz Deniren
National
Eeopa
Vew
Jt Hoening
Vienna's Shops Display Craft in Beautiful Form
A critique praises Vienna's thriving shop culture and ornate handicrafts that fuse beauty with utility. It notes famed markets like the parot market and Bosmarkt, eccentric shop names, and the city’s eye for East tastes, while mentioning global publications and the Liverpool Americas Club hosting Tow Nast.
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Vienna
Europe
Bosmarkt
Liverpool Américas Club
Tow, Nast
That City
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Ling Prompuy
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Grand Ttt
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ORNL
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the Oval Porthait
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