The Electrical Age and a Mean Man's Fate
In an essay on electrical progress, Robert Luce predicts a future of central stations, widespread wires, storage batteries, and dynamos transforming industry and home life. A second piece condemns a mean popcorn buyer from Nebraska, asking if lynch law could ever be justified to curb such needless meanness.
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Central Station
Niagara
United America
Lincoln
Nebraska
Kansas
Mississippi
Wymore
Burdett
Brooklyn Eagle
Charles K. Giles
Mr. Giles
Amsterdam
Africa
United States
Waukesha
Wis
Iowa
One suspender or death motto in Detroit store clash
A Detroit clothing seller refuses to sell a single suspender to a customer who insists on one. The man cites European rulers and threats of arrest, while the clerk sticks to selling full garments. The stranger leaves, vowing one suspender or a grave in the valley.
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Michigan Avenue
Shakspeare
Milton
Byron
Dickens
Lam
Washington
Napoleon
Europe
Detroit Free Press
Fish Culture Tests Heat Tolerance Of Freshwater Species
Experiments by the National Fish Culture association tested how long fish survive in increasing water heat. Crabs, dace, roach, perch, tench, trout, salmon and minnow faced 80 to 91 degrees with the crab lasting best at 91 degrees. Brandy restored most to normal. one dace died. The study questions practical pisciculture benefits.
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Sol
National Fist Culture Association
Fish Culture Journal
Dace
False Prophets in Egypt London Letter
A London letter to the Toronto Globe recounts legends about Muhammad dying and an angel foretelling thirty impostors before the Mahd appears. It notes the Mahd claim by Mahommed Ahmed of the Sudan and the ensuing clashes with rivals, predicting foes cast from the narrow bridge Al Sirat into the pit.
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Egypt
London
Toronto
Soudan
al Sirat
Overcoming the Love of Liquor via Gargled Taste Test
An elderly former heavy drinker recounts a self devised method to curb alcohol use by gargling liquor without swallowing. He claims tasting and then spitting out reduces craving and preserves his mental clarity, noting he drinks up to a dozen times daily without intoxication. The account appeared in the San Francisco Call.
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San Francisco
Wondering as the privilege of humans ideas from Voltaire to Plato
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt discusses wonder as a human faculty, contrasting intellectual inquiry with ignorance. It notes Voltaire on thinkers and asses, ponders the nature of wonder, and playfully riffs on Plato and Diogenes with a featherless biped image.
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Voltaire
Plato
Diogenes
Foreign Owners of New York Property
The Troy Times notes a dip in New York City real estate offerings this season, caused by stock and railway bond declines. Foreign capitalists, including some royal lines, are buying extensively, with properties held under other names. Notable estates include Eugenie’s lands, a King of Sweden estate worth $500,000, and Grand Duke Alexis property.
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New York
Troy Times
New York City
Europe
Eugenie
Sweden
Alexis
Queen Victoria
The Diamond's Value and Eggs Across the Nation
Intermingled interview items discuss diamond quality cutting and value, with expert Charles K. Giles explaining fire and color, shapes, and market dynamics. A second feature reports on U S egg consumption, origins of production, and future export potential, noting Europe’s pickled eggs and rising hatchery-based farming.
Spring Farming Advice Urges New Crop Strategy
The Rural World urges farmers to shift to grass and stock or dairy farming as cereal prices remain low. It calls for ready crews, good soil, and a flexible plan, warning against clinging to old methods and praising progress and brains as keys to success.
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St. Louis
Bold Women Defenders of Madrid Tobacco Factory
The article recalls Saragossa’s defense and lauds Madrid wives and maidens for resisting a tobacco factory takeover by French forces and authorities. It notes their protest over machinery, vandalism of furniture and machinery, and pride in their work.
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Saragossa
Madrid
Castile
Rochester Democra and Chronicle
The Old Story of Brown's Iron Bitters
A Lynchburg, Sumter County, reader reports relief from dyspepsia using Brown's Iron Bitters. The note cites favorable results and endorses the medicine for dyspepsia and neuralgia and urges others with such ailments to try it.
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Taylor
Lynchburg
Sumter County
D. C
Brown
Iran
Baltimore
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Hamburg
Antwerp
Germany
Holland
New York Mail
Bold Women
Charles A. Voceler Co
Chosesemers
A. Vogelel & CO
Halitmors
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
SGLE
Louis
Ely
Mall
ELY Brothers
Cataraf
Owego
Ghoercreig
F. O
T. A. Slocum
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