Elephant and Toad Experiment Tests Barnum Claim
A London style note recounts the Hagenback elephant Jolly at an exposition, tested with mice and toads to settle if elephants fear tiny animals. Jolly showed no fright, reacting calmly as rats and mice scattered. a later toad display provoked only brief, cautious movement, with no clear sign of genuine alarm. The piece also mentions a rare Stockholm Bible, dubbed the Devil's Bible, and details its immense size and parchment.
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P. T. Barnum
Elephant
Bridgeport
Conn
Bar- Tim
Stephan
Frinke, Bostock
Broad Street
Mr. Rostock
Bashopisg
Matthaw Johnsson
Eiveryone
Jody
Joly
Jolly
Lobster Kulk a Mat and a Dead Rat in Kitchen
A curious tale reports a hungry rat entering a kitchen and stealing a live lobster which then seized a yodens. The lobster was found alive next morning with the rat dead on the kitchen floor. The piece critiques cautious engagement with controversial topics and mocks certain authorities.
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Bath
Fatmur Plows Up a Fortune in Campbell Township
Charles Dillenbeck, a young farmer in Campbell township, Ionia County, Michigan, unearthed an iron pot of treasure while plowing near Morrison Lake. The pot contained about 820 double eagle gold pieces, 3 to 4 hundred dollars in silver, and smaller coins totaling roughly seven thousand two hundred eighteen dollars. He reported the find and began to consider its implications.
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Fatmur
Charles Dillenbeek
Campbell Township
Lonia County
Mich
Dillenbeck
Morrison Geke
An Epidemic of Kisses in Africa? Lombroso on Kissing
A Pall Mall Magazine piece by Lombroso, titled An Epidemic of Kisses in Africa, argues kissing is a scientific topic with entertainment value. It notes his view of Anglo Saxon women and crowd behavior, while praising the article’s provocative yet educational angle.
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Lombrone
Lombrosa
Hobson
Pall Mall Magazine
Aitérlca
Kiseleg
Lombroso
Europe
Digitor Cok Flovors Dish for Cut Flowers in Silver Bowl
An ornate silver bowl with a perforated cover holds long stemmed pansies arranged on a bed of feathery greens. The design keeps blossoms from touching the water, presenting a decorative and practical flower display.
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Digitor
Gutta Percha Supply and Cable Building Debate
An engineer discusses the gutta percha market and its impact on transpacific cable projects. He notes supply limits, price declines from 40 to around 20 dollars, and contrasts gutta percha with rubber, explaining sources and uses. The piece reviews harvesting methods, elasticity, and potential stock stagnation threatening submarine cable insulation.
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Pacific
Singapore
United States
Haweli
India
East Indies
Arevely
Historic Land Sold in Brooklyn by De Bevoise Line
A 23 acre tract in Brooklyn, tracing to King George II and Peter De Bevoise, long owned by the De Bevoise family, changed hands to builder Mr. Donnelson for 98000 dollars. The deal followed rising demand for cottages. Donnelson reportedly turned down a 115000 dollar offer. Original grant value once 1,560 dollars.
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New York
Pittsburg Dispatch
Brooklyn
King George LI
Peter de Bevoise
Peter Stuyvasant
Donnelson
Don
Gait Dader Hatleg Tins Galt in the oven
In the oven under baklog tina will prevent their scorcing on the bot tom.
Increase of Mates Through Intermarriage in Deaf Community
The 1890 census data on deaf mutes is likely defective yet shows rising numbers. Statistics suggest intermarriage among deaf mutes increases the prevalence of congenital deafness. authorities like Turner and Bell warn against such unions. Reports from Hartford indicate high rates of deaf relatives among pupils and families, with serious implications for heredity and public policy.
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United States
Moore
Gr. W. W. Turner
Alexander Graham Bell
Hartford
Replacing Worry With Light The Natural Way
Mary Boardman Page argues in the Ladies Home Journal that repressing worry is useless. The doctor and patient misbelieve willpower can end worry. Replacing the worry attitude with a non worry stance through patient, passive acceptance and nature’s course is the practical path.
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Mary Boardman
Ladies Home Journal
Renlo
Syrians Baptized in Appleton Greek Catholic Ceremony
In Appleton Wisconsin two Syrian children were baptized into the Greek Catholic church in a house setting with cross set ups. The archimandrite from New York performed high mass and baptism, wearing a four inch gold cross given by the czar for language teaching services. Relatives traveled from Boston to attend the ceremony.
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Appleton
Wis
Crovses
Amerca
New York
Nicholas I
Russias
Boston
Unclear excerpt from police report page
The readable text shows a fragmentary dialogue between a caller and Officer Gweartly. It includes insults directed at the officer and incomplete remarks about proof or BOR, with no clear event, date, or location established.
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Stockholm
Mr. Bostock
Padszewski
Olee
Collier's Weekly
Enterprise
Furnkle Proote Jrata
Gweartly
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