Coast Survey Plans for Pacific Islands and Hawaii Work
Superintendent Pritchett of the coast and geodetic survey advocates a Hawaii station and broader survey plans for the Atlantic Pacific islands including Guam and the Philippines. He notes mixed Hawaiian land surveys and possible government land disposition issues, with a Pathfinder voyage planned for next summer. Senator Davis of Minnesota is highlighted for his vast private library and scholarly approach to history and Napoleon.
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Pritchett
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Ile
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Pritchert
Guam
Philippines
Navy
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
Navy Department
Coast Survey
Luzon
Pacific Ocean
South America
Pathfinder
Senator Davis
Minnesota
Senate
England
Napoleon
Committee To Foreign Relations
Shadows on the Wall by London Math
A nurse watches over sleeping children as shadows on the wall move with their fading play. The scene shifts from the nursery to the nurse’s own memories, ending with tears and a note on time and joy.
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London
How He Gained Courage General Chaffee
A frightened 18 year old at El Caney in a trench is steadied by General Chaffee who praises him and stays by him. The boy regains nerve, fires his first shot, and soon fights like a veteran. Chaffee’s encouragement changes a rookie into a capable soldier amid brutal combat.
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Chicago Journal
Not a Coward After All a Soldier's Confession of Fear
An army surgeon recalls a wounded officer who confessed he was terrified though he acted bravely. The man believed himself a coward after a near flight, then realizes he was hit by a Mauser bullet and denies being afraid as he is treated. The episode, reported by the Washington Post, ends with relief and humor at the hospital.
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Washington Post
Maharajah Loses Nerve in Revenge Over Smallpox Scars
The maharajah of Nepaul, enraged by the maharanee’s disfigurement from smallpox, attacked doctors then desecrated temple idols. He ordered gunners to fire, hanged several physicians when they refused, and the guns finally killed the idols blown to pieces.
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Maharanee
Nepaul
Leipsie Missionsblatt
How It Happened. Reason Enough. Maud’s changed wedding day
A quirky Chicago Record item notes a discussion about time questions and a wedding day change. Maud delays her wedding due to bargain days at Roller's, with a humorous exchange about watches.
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Chicago
Maud
Arid Lands and Roberts Seat Spark Senate Debate
Washington dispatch notes western plans to reclaim arid lands with reservoirs in Colorado and Wyoming and possible river bill provisions. It also covers B. H. Roberts's Utah seat, constitutional questions, public sentiment, and the aging Senate leadership as Morrill dies at 89.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Colorado
Wyoming
Warren
Shafroth
Mississippi River
Minnesota
United States
Two of Them Private O Mars Tart Retort to His Tinesormmacitating Colonel
In the New York Tribune a tale follows Patrick O Mars a private in the Ninth regiment who asks the colonel for two weeks leave to help his ailing wife and children. A letter from his wife claims he is a nuisance so the furlough is denied. He ends by calling himself one of two superb liars in the room claiming he was never married.
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O'Mars
Patrick O' Mars
Patrick
Pat
Yez
New York Tribune
Four women discuss language and self improvement on Charles Street
Four young women walk on Charles Street engaging in chatter about translating French pages versus English skills. The dialogue spirals into a critique of neglecting English for accomplishments, echoing the Times’ cultural alarm. A second anecdote tells of a Philadelphia millionaire who tests a would be entrepreneur by a year of abstinence from drink smoke and chewing.
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Charles Street
Clara
Mme. Butterfly
United States
Macbeth
Baltimore News
A Complicated Cane and the Yanker Dentist Tale
A comic dialogue follows Slippy paying a dentist Yanker in advance to pull a tooth. Slippy’s check bounces after he uses bank balance, leading to a possible malpractice claim. The dentist allegedly pulls two teeth by mistake, one with a gold filling, but Slippy recovers and may drop the case as overly complex.
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Slippy
Yanker
Brooklyn
Dingleys successor to face decisive choice on ways and means chair
In Washington the death of Nelson Dingley sparks a contest for his successor as chair of the ways and means committee. Speaker Reed must pick between Payne of New York and Dalzell of Pennsylvania, with Payne holding seniority. Funeral in the House marks rare tribute to Kelley former chair. A览 Alaska coast survey notes Yukon mouth extend and bar corrections.
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Senate
Pettus
Morgan
Gear
Hawley
Hoar
Ross
Stewart
Platt
Connecticut
Cannon
Heitfeld
McLaurin
Penrose
Butler
Bate
Turple
Pasco
Clay
House of Representatives
Reed
Handy
Delaware
Speaker
Payne
New York
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Washington
Nelson Dingley
McKinley
Dingley
Maine
Mr. Payne
Daizell
Ways and Means Committee
William D. Kelley
Kelley
Committee On Ways and Means
House
Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Carter
Montana
Moses P. Wyman
Crow Reservation
Chesapeake
Fortress Monroe
Old Point
Wyman
Worden
Alaska Coast Survey
Pritchett
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Alaska
Yukon River
Yukon
Russia
Arthur W. Dunn
Monomaniacal Witness and the Stack Question
A lawyer recalls a murder trial in a Southern town where an honest German stackbuilder proved a dangerous witness. The cross examination hinges on height of a stack, exposing a monomaniac weakness. The judge ruled his testimony on the homicide inadmissible, helping the defendant go free.
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Eaic
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Napoleon at School Debut in Brienne Tale
A Pall Mall Magazine excerpt traces young Napoleon Bonaparte at Autun and Brienne, where Corsican memory fuels rage as French peers mock his accent poverty and origins. Napoleon endures taunts, learns French with frenzy, and defends his dignity amid hostile peers.
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Papa Charles
Autun
Brienne
Nabalione de Bonaparte
Joseph
Papa
Letizia
Pall Mall Magazine
Kaiser's Baden Baden visit and holograph will tale
A Chambers' Journal anecdote recalls Kaiser William II visiting Baden Baden in 1879 in dazzling uniform and later inspecting shops, with a peasant couple shown a gift by “the will of the Kaiser.” A Canadian farmer clashes with a lawyer over a holograph will, exclaiming he will die intestate if denied.
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Baden-Baden
Chambers’ Journal
Baden Kursaal
Paris Palais Royal
Black Forest
Kaiser
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