Coast Shaken from Ecuador to Chile as Sea Recedes and Rises
The South American coast from Guayaquil to Valdivia felt strong shocks with Arica most damaged. The sea withdrew then surged in a wall washing ships from the roadstead. The US steamer Waterwitch, a Civil War era gunboat, was driven ashore with damage.
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Dutton
South America
Guayequi
Ecuador
Valdivia
Chile
Arica
Featre
United States
Waterlce
Balzac and the Debt Driven Pursuit of Fortune
A fragmentary portrait of Balzac depicts a genius haunted by creditors who hid in a garret and dreamed of wealth through schemes and grand ventures. The text recalls debts of 162 000 francs and imagined plots to amass fortune from Poland to France, with glamorous but risky ambitions.
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France
Basie
Paris
Balzac
Rome
Rossini
Poland
Arta
Europe
Mme. Surville
Power of Kindness and Simplicity in Daily Life
The piece extols kindness, simplicity, thrift, and steady effort. It argues that coercion fails where gentleness wins, effort and economy grow wealth, and character with a clear conscience defines value. It emphasizes example over precept and perseverance to achieve hoped-for results.
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New York
Diet Cautions Warn of Edible Hazards and Ailment Effects
A St James Gazette item cites Professor Boyd Laynard warning against certain foods for bilious and nervous subtypes. Sausages pork turtle fish may trigger danger. eels and ginger avoided by brain workers and irritable persons. whitebait forbidden for amorous types. asparagus linked to excitement. peas potatoes arrowroot and macaroni urged caution. duck deemed ungettable for bashful irate pale drowsy or nebriste eaters.
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Boyd Laynard
Becon
St. James
Chained Books in Historic Libraries and Their Locks
The article traces chained libraries at Lincoln's Inn and Middle Temple, noting Bible prices once were high and books were chained for security. It cites King James I era orders for chaining, mentions moveable desks and a medieval reader’s seal, and describes rings and rivets still seen on some volumes.
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Lincoln's Inn
London
James I
Gray’s Inn
Chaynes
Gray's Inn
One Way to Save Him
A New York clergyman contrasts religion as emotion with true faith. He recalls a country camp meeting where a man’s tears faded after the service, and a cynical neighbor joked that happiness in meetings followed by killing would save his soul.
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New York
New York Press
A Bishop in a Conundrum Tale from London Globe
A London Globe item recounts Bishop Lewis of Llandaff posing a riddle at a clerical meeting. Asked how long to eat a hammer if a bishop takes a week to eat a ham, the bishop left without a solution and replied I have never tried.
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Llandaff
Pembrok
Thirlwall
Lewis
London Globe
Secret of Living The Names at Baptism
A Maryland congressman recounts a village scene in the black belt as a minister records a child’s long list of names. The janitor jokes there is not enough water to baptize the child with all the names noted in the basin.
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Maryland
Black Belt
John James
George Washington
Hugh
Lee Blaine Harrison Smith
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