Prussian Hussars Enter Paris First in 1871 Scene
A detailed recounting of three Prussian blue Hussars who entered Paris on March 5 1871 not the entire army. Levinger Jageman and an orderly rode through the Champs Elysees encountering mixed reactions. The trio’s act could have affected the armistice and prolonged the war.
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Nong
Mr. Washburne
Paris
Porte Maillot
Grand Army
the Champs Elysees
France
Mr. Levinger
Thirteenth Blue Hussars
Baron von Jageman
Levinger
Mareh
Versailles
Lenzchamps
Bois de Boulogne
Bois
Baron You Jagemen
Ife
J Hulls
Siniser
Jageman
Arc de Triomphe
Prins
Jagenan
Bois de Goulogne
Ene
Ticks Police
Stieber
Ced
Sticker
Lime Kiln Club Rules Take Effect Next Week
The Detroit Free Press article lists ten club regulations for the Lime Kiln Club. Highlights include penalties for late arrivals, a seven minute speaking limit, and bans on certain discussions while permitting onions for health claims.
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Paradise Hall
Toots
Noah
Ife
Detroit Free Press
Prince in Hamburg Walks at Waterside Park
A Philadelphia Times tourist recounts a brisk morning scene in Hamburg where the visiting prince visits a water court area. He moves rapidly with a small entourage and interacts briefly with several local girls who rise early for the chance to walk with him.
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Veat
Ile
Hamburg
Philadelphia Times
Forgiveness Versus Guarded Wrath in a Quarrel
A woman explains forgiving a violent quarrel with a relative yet vows to keep watch and outwit her asymmetrically. She claims not to harbor wrath but distrusts the other, promising no favors and constant vigilance against future wrongdoing. The quote appears in Youths' Companion.
Remembering Partners at a Charity Ball Programme Clue
A Pioneer Press note recalls how gentlemen at balls used a programme to note distinguishing features of ladies they met. One visitor, Bunt Keiler, sketched profiles and marked gems and eye glasses beside names, leaving a lasting impression of each person.
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Bunt Keiler
St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Island of Ceylon shows rapid agricultural progress
The Island of Ceylon has achieved greater progress in agriculture spice and fruit raising in recent years under English control. It is described as the cheapest place in the world to live with unsullied rice as low as ten cents a bushel in some districts and fruit selling at nominal prices.
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Ceylon
A Promising Youth in Court
Magistrate questions Chinaman about a complaint against Johias Chinaman who could not settle laundry bills, noting his spending and delays as the case unfolds in New York.
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Chinaman
Johias Chinaman
New York
Rising One Questions Man of Faith About Commandments
Detroit Free Press notes a distressing exchange where a clergyman asks a son about repeating the Ten Commandments. The reply hints at a harsh trial as a cigarette light flickers in the wind during the first test. Financial aid updates report £100 donated for Mitchelstown attack victims by William O'Brien and will be distributed immediately.
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Detroit Free Press
Mitchelstown
William O'Brien
The Quest by Lee Phillips
A rhymed knightly invitation guides a squire to reach Duncan's castle and King’s stables to learn which princess bears the bride. The quest ends with a strange instruction about a hempen cord and a repeated command to ride slowly.
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Lee Phillips
Cancer in the Richer Classes and Its Grim Rise
A Hall's Journal of Health warning notes cancer as a growing, civilization linked disease seen more in cities and among the wealthy. It cites English registrar data, rises in the 1860s to 1870s, geographic patterns, and doubts about cure, with surgery limited to early stages and no guaranteed remedy.
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Irom
England
United States
France
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Wien
Improvments at Farmhouse Leads to Price Increase Joke
A Detroit drummer'S supper lodging and breakfast once cost seventy five cents but a recent bill rose to two dollars after the farmer blamed improvements on the property. The host showed a porch sign reading Hotel as the supposed upgrade. A humorous tale reflects on rising costs and perceived reforms.
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Detroit
Detroit Tree Press
Nicaraguan Timber Described By Professor Shirston
Professor R IT Shirston notes tropical and subtropical Nicaraguan woods show extraordinary size strength and durability. Some woods resemble mahogany in appearance and others mimic hard forest woods but exceed them in density strength elasticity and durability. Hardness poses a challenge yet vast Central American timber could serve many uses as tests advance.
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R. IT
Shirston
Secret of aerial navigation by Cosluwiche engineer
A Russian engineer Cosluwiche claims to have conquered aerial navigation with a machine said to be 200 feet long. To protect the secret the apparatus was built in segments in various parts of Europe. A Dakota paper reports a man near here died from poisoning after eating a lunch wrapped in a disliked newspaper.
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Cosluwiches
Burpe
Chicago Herald
Dakota
Rats in a Menagerie and a Parlor Rifle Showdown
A New York Evening Sun piece recounts reporter observation with Mr. Reiche in a windowed back yard filled with cages housing monkeys, big cats, a lion, birds, snakes, and an antelope. The reporter uses a .22 rifle to shoot rats feeding on scattered bread and seed while every animal reacts with chatter or alarm.
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Mr. Reiche
Tombstone
A. T
Reiche
New York Evening Sun
Dynamite Composition Described as Safe Yet Explosive
The article explains dynamite resembles moist brown sugar and uses nitroglycerin mixed with absorbent Bilicious earth to render it safer. It notes the mixture, kept in leaden vessels and wooden spoons, burns without exploding yet can explode violently when triggered by a detonating fuse or shock.
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Boston
Wow She Regards the Man in Boston Society
A Cor. New Orleans Picayune letter complains that Boston women look down on men as a necessary evil and prefer social progress work to domestic partnership. The writer cites husbands as useful yet undesirable and notes men lounge while wives advance charitable causes.
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Boston
New Gfricans Picayune
A New Funeral Industry Emerges In Town
The article notes a novel funeral industry where families of prominent deceased individuals receive via mail expert opinions from leading American newspapers on the deceased's decor, with European journals included for very prominent figures. An accompanying offer proposes an album of such extracts as a prized heirloom.
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New York Sun
Not Quite So Modern Playgoer in Uptown Theatre
A western man in an uptown theatre confuses the plot of Romeo and Juliet asking for the play’s name and hints at Omaha and India while a housekeeper quips about "Views" and states she can indicate any state requested. The snippet preserves quirky dialogue and setting without editorializing.
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Omaha
Inia
Catskill Boards
Oklahoma Territory Bill Delayed by Indian Delegations
Washington special reports the committee on territories declined to adopt Mr Springer’s Oklahoma bill. The plan to acquire lands from Cherokee Creeks and Seminoles plus No Man’s Land was postponed two weeks to hear Indian delegates. Dakota admission bills will be taken up next week with party lines likely to split on division.
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Washington
Springer
Committee On Territories
Territory of
Oklahoma
No Man’s Land
Dakota
Maxwell's Last Hope Denied by U S Supreme Court
WALLINGTON Jan 23 The Supreme Court denied Brooks alias Maxwell a writ of error for lack of jurisdiction. The ruling sustains the state court judgment in the St. Louis trunk murder case.
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Wallington
Supreme Court of the United States
Brooks
Maxwell
St. Louis
The Case Stated January 17 1883
A letter from druggists George Osgood Co of Lowell Massachusetts reports Lewis Dennis of 183 Mody Street seeks relief for rheumatism and claims Jacobs Oil cured his uncle and a neighbor’s rheumatism. The note asserts chronic ailments vanish after use and cites repeated prior remedies over six years.
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Messrs
George
Iurda
Mure
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