City Council Minutes Move to Halt Street Sprinkling
The monthly city council meeting presided by Hannett notes cash totals from October fines 165 and 75.25 paid 89.75 unpaid. poll tax 60.50 collected. plans delay sprinkling streets unless dust requires. firemen to occupy new basement rooms by Nov 20. pest house readiness and acetylene plant safety review ordered. second nightwatchman Sholes to be kept another month amid rising petty robberies.
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Silsby
Duncan, Koch
Kings
Curtis
Reeves
Wallace
Kibbee
McDonald
McKinley
Keith
Sholes
Paul Jones and the Rise of the Continental Sailor Hero
The article profiles John Paul Jones as the supreme early naval hero who bridged galley combat and modern frigate warfare. It contrasts continental and British views, notes his daring in forcing surrender, and links his legacy to Washington, Franklin, Hamilton, and Lafayette with his body to rest in the Naval Academy chapel crypt.
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Paul Jones
Continent
Hercules
Washington
Franklin
Robert Morris
Alexander Hamilton
Lafayette
Naval Academy
Favorite Prescription touted for women health and motherhood
Dense ad style piece promoting Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and related ailments. It praises its safety, vegetable composition, and benefits for puberty, pregnancy preparation, nervousness, and leucorrhea while urging mothers to seek medical guidance from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
DR. Pierce
St. Vitus
Pierce
Druggista
SPORTING TALES FROM THE BLIND ASYLUM
A New York Press account describes two blind youths playing chess with a raised black and sunken white board and embossed cards. They advocate handicaps for blindness and note swift runs and gymnastic feats, including a hundred yards under twelve seconds and challenging bars routines.
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New York Press
The Ultra Microscope Breakthrough in Microbial Vision
The ultra microscope applies intense artificial light and powerful lenses to magnify unseen particles. It reveals millions of previously invisible microbes and living creatures in a drop of human blood. Motion is captured clearly, even at very small scales.
What is Austria The present crisis in the empire recalls
The excerpt cites famous quotes about Austria from Gladstone Metternich Gorthakoft Mazzini Garibaldi Cavour and the New York Tribune. It contrasts views calling Austria a civilization negation a state a government an administration and an assassin, yet notes it remains an empire and its emperor honored.
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Austrian Empire
Austria
Gladstone
Metternich
Gorthakof
Mazzini
Garibaldi
Cavour
New York Tribune
A Faithful Servant
A tale recounts Prince Talleyrand waking to a pistol shot from his valet who said he fired at a mouse to avoid disturbing the prince, illustrating a loyal servant’s quick action.
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Prince Talleyrand
Author and critic clash over worst book claim
A witty exchange shows Critical Acquaintance denying that criticism targeted the author personally. The author asserts the remark referred to the work as a whole, not the individual alone.
The Growler: On cultivating cheer to avoid trouble
There is nothing easier to acquire than a fretful, complaining spirit. It is a foolish habit to borrow trouble or meet it halfway. Cultivate a cheerful mind and heart, and much imaginary trouble can be avoided.
Steps To Heaven On Mount Omi Staircase In Western China
Mount Omi on the China Tibet border features the world’s longest staircase with some 20 000 steps cut into the mountain. A Buddhist temple at the summit draws holy traditions and Chinese pilgrims. few Europeans have visited, but travelers attest the ascent is real and steep. Legend says pilgrims once ascended without aids until monks required a cut for special benefits.
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Mount
Omi
China
Tibet
Landlord defends flats ban on children amid dispute
A landlord asserts in a New York letter that allowing children in rental flats causes damage and disturbance. He argues that well behaved children are rare and parents push blame on landlords, suggesting repairs would sway owners to restrict occupancy.
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New York
Golden goblet among Troy finds by Schliemann
Dr Schliemann uncovered a golden goblet among Troy 900 E C artifacts. Gold vessels served in temple rites and were valued as sacred tableware in ancient temples.
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Troy
Man recalls stranger asked for no loan
In a terse exchange, Jones asserts he never lent to the man, while Smith questions if any money change hands. Jones clarifies he did not offer a loan to anyone, highlighting his stance on lending. The dialogue suggests caution in financial trust and social interactions.
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Jones
Smith
Fame as a sellable commodity opens Paris shop
Arthur Cokney, an English publisher, opens in Rue de Richelieu offering unknown authors reputations for prices from vague notoriety for a month at 400 dollars to twelve years of celebrity at 2,400 dollars and 10,000 dollars for literary glory. The scheme features portraits at the salon, sandwich board men, sky signs, and artificial scandals to boost appeal.
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Arthur Cokney
Rue de Richelieu
Paris
Giant Gorilla Display Note From Paris Photograph
A Paris photograph depicts a giant gorilla recently killed, weighing over 700 pounds and standing seven and a half feet tall. The animal shows a nearly bare breast and stomach while shoulders and thighs are covered with long thick hair.
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Paris
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