Ambitious American Women Target London Society Ball
Mrs Underwood and Mrs Willatts plot a grand ball at Pont Street aiming to charm the Duchess of Stratford and snag London aristocracy for social advancement. Willatts meets Lord George Curtis to press a business proposal amid Willatts’s looming financial pressure and a plan to influence his wife’s social standing.
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Mrs. Underwood
Lord George
Mrs. Willaits
Maggie
Pont Street
Samuel T. ‘Willatts
Mrs.nderwood
Mrs. Willatts
Amuel
London
United States
Duchess of Stratford
Sally
Hotel Metropole
Mr. Willatts
Lord George Curtis
Mr. Willatt A
The Tsetse Fly and Its Deadly Sting
Chambers' Journal notes the tsetse fly's poison has varied effects across animals. Dogs die like horses and oxen, while buffalo, zebra, goats, pigs, and wild antelopes show little harm. Symptoms include delayed onset, nasal discharge, rough coat, underjaw swelling, emaciation, and severe internal damage.
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Livingstone
Chambers’ Journal
Power of the Camera Demonstrated in New York Discovery
A lecture by W. Lewis Fraser at the Academy of Fine Arts extolled the camera’s power to reveal hidden details. A New York liner study showed a handbill unseen on the hull, only visible after a second photograph, then fully uncovered under paint layers. Buffalo inventor Boucuron showcased a tele photos device using incandescent lamps to spell Morse symbols, aiding signals between unreachable points. A brief quip from Puck and a Boston Transcript remark finish the excerpt.
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W. Lewis Fraser
Academy of Fine Arts
New York
Philadelphia Record
Boucuron
Buffalo, N. Y
Sunday School Lesson on Joseph Forgiveness and Faith
A summary of the April 29 lesson on Joseph forgiving his brothers, highlighting Joseph’s nobility, faith, and divine forgiveness. The piece links Joseph’s mercy to Christ’s example, and urges readers to live by pure thoughts, integrity, and trust in God, with references to related figures and the next lesson.
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Joseph
Wedgewood
Christ
Paul
Philippians
Joshua Reynolds
Rome
England
Reynolds
Great Britain
Pharaoh
Reverent Gospel Echoes on Love and Humility
A compact sermonic piece urges love as power, warns against stinginess and self deception, notes how true faith shows in life, and cites biblical examples like the widow and Adam to stress humility, devotion, and consistent prayer over words. It laments church faults and urges Christ-centered living.
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Christ
God
Dani Et
Adam
Eden
Heaven
How An Ax Is Made In A 19th Century Workshop
The article details axe production from raw iron bars to a finished tool. Workers forge heads, weld iron and steel, temper in molten lead, and test for brittleness before final grinding and polishing. About forty workers contribute to each axe through multiple stages.
Vast U S Commerce and Wealth Figures Revealed
The report notes nearly 700 vessels in foreign trade and wealth growth of over $35 per person in the United States. It cites India’s gold and silver coinage during Victoria's era, Maine's railroad ranking in 1893, U S banking capital at about $9.15 billion, and large gold and silver mint outputs. It also covers Boston savings deposits near $400 million across over 1.2 million accounts and life insurers owning $100 million in real estate, largely held by three firms.
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United States
India
Maine
Boston Savings Banks
Mackerel With Rubber Band Bound Angling Curiosity
In Gloucester Massachusetts a three inch deep mackerel displays a rubber band around its body from a very small era. The band caused the fish to fail to grow in the bound section, producing a low mood under a healthy skin. The specimen measured fourteen inches in length with a seven inch girth on either side of the band and a five inch mood diameter.
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Cane Ann
Gloucester
Mass
Joneses cause mix up in street confrontation
A Detroit officer chasing a man named Jones mistook a different Jones for the suspect. The exchange reveals multiple men named Jones in the area, including a small man with one arm the pursued officer expected. The officer ultimately concludes the intended Jones was not present and warns of a cyclone-like fate if caught. The piece ends noting London’s Tower Bridge nearing completion with massive brick, granite, iron, and steel usage and a $4,000,000 cost.
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Brush Street
Detroit Free, Press
Jones
Pusson
de Jones
Mr. Jones
Mistah Jones
Tower Bridge
London
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Puck
Boston Transcript
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Jesus
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