Secondhand Stove Purchase Reflects Frugal Realities
A man fleeing a flat moves to sell a heating stove to a stubborn secondhand dealer who distrusts used items. The exchange reveals pride, insult, and stubborn economy as he recalls the dealer’s silent, curt reaction and his own lingering resentment. The piece shifts to a note about Isabella Begg, Burns’ sister, described as lively and appreciative of listeners.
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Boston Globe
America
Burns
Isabella
John Begg
Indiana vs Massachusetts in 1850 contrasts revealed
The Cincinnati Herald and Presbyterian notes a Western pride piece arguing Indiana outpaced Massachusetts in newspapers, schools, funds, and attendance while showing fewer illiterates, paupers, and criminals. It urges Eastern states to lift their own populations rather than belittle the West.
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East
Hoosier
Atlantic Coast
Indiana
West
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Presbyter
Niece of Robert Burns Welcomes Pilgrims at Bridgeside Cottage
In a sketch by Theodore I. Wolfe published in the Nome Journal, Miss Isabella Burns Begg, niece and sole near relative of the poet, greets visitors at Bridgeside cottage. The stone GCoxw structure sits under a thatched roof with a dormer window brimming with flowers as guests stroll the flowered path to the cottage door.
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Robert Burns
Thornaboun
Bridgeside Cottage
Isabella Burns Legg
Ard
Theodore I. Wolfe
Nome Journal
Fromm
Miss Begg
Sharks and Fishing in Samoa Describe Deadly Sport
A Samoa correspondent describes shark hunting as a premier male sport. Three fishers use a bark fibre rope and offal to lure sharks. divers slip a noose around the tail, haul the fish into a canoe, and finish it with a club. The method includes careful stalking and clever use of the sharks’ feeding behavior.
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Samoa
Nineveh the Paris of Its Age in Ancient Times
A historical overview of Nineveh during the seventh and eighth centuries before Christ. The article describes its wealth luxury and cruelty, compares it to Paris of earlier eras, notes its size sixty miles around, and chronicles its downfall around 625 to 600 B C as prophesied in Israelite texts.
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Nineveh
Paris
Tigris
Nimrod
Israel
Isaiah
Jonah
Nahum
Zephaniah
Egan
Dyspepsia Tied to the Head Not the Stomach
A physician argues that dyspepsia stems from brain disorders rather than stomach problems. The article notes many cases improve when social and financial stresses disappear, urging readers to examine garrets and relations rather than digestion. It includes quirky adages and observations about manners and hats.
Man worship and deities across nations and history
The piece surveys diverse instances of divine reverence for rulers and explorers. It cites Victoria, Queen Victoria worship in India, a Thibet temple, General Nicholson venerated in Punjab, Maugr Chaillu reports among Africans, Captain Cook among South Sea Islanders, and Lander and Lord John Lawrence revered in Africa and India. It ends with Jurjung Tain, a Siberian district commissioner who declared himself a god and was later arrested and confined.
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Orissa
Bengal Presidency
Victoria
Graham
Tumlong
Thibet
Punjab
Nikkai Sen
Nicholson
M. du Chaillu
South Sea
Captain Cook
Owyhee
Lander
Niger
John Lawrence
India
Jurjung Tain
Garhigiysk
Siberia
Vladivostock
Unruly Words in Early New Amsterdam Newsroom
A Youth's Companion summary recalls social mores in New Amsterdam under Peter Stuyvesant. Citizens faced stiff fines for idle talk and slander, while magistrates were addressed with grand titles. Reproofs over games and protests against officials show strict public conduct and bold phrases met with penalties.
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Peter Stuyvesant
New York
New Amsterdam
Stuyvesant
Schepens
Nieuw Amsterdam
Pieter Pietersen Smit
Jochem Beeckman
Solomonia
Pietertje Jans
Pietertje
The Ubiquitous Microbe and City Infection Risks
Dr Manfredi warns microbes abound in urban dust with billions per gramme in dirty streets. Tubercle bacilli and other fatal germs appeared in guinea pig tests, suggesting city streets may harbor diverse deadly microbes. Studies by Prof Yelman show cholera bacilli survive on letters and cards, but die quickly on coins, with woolen fabrics sustaining life longest.
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Manfredi
Naples
Yelman
Infected fly on beef tied to cholera outbreak lesson
The passage notes a fly infected with cholera bacilli placed on beef, which soon showed a large number of living bacteria. Prof. Uffelman draws the lesson that during epidemics scrupulous cleanliness is the best safeguard.
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Uffelman
Monkey swims for ring on ship Euphrates tale
On the West Africa coast a shipboard monkey defies the sea to steal a rare African gold ring from a passenger. It dives and surfaces multiple times, eluding sailors until finally delivering the ring back to the captain's wife, who forgives the creature and blesses the moment.
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Cape Coast Castle
Africa
Jests on Hearts and Livers in Poetic Banter
Grace Greenwood recalls Marcia Tupper and Tom Corwin sharing a dinner tale on poetry and physiology. Corwin jokes that lovers’ hearts mislead, while livers reveal true passion, prompting playful verse rewrites. Aunt and niece humor follow with sharp sighs on wealth and solitude. Wursky line closes with a quip on weeds and families.
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Marcia F. Tupper
England
America
Grace Greenwood
Athens
Maid of Athens
Hard Luck Tale Of An Ice Mine Find And Failing Venture
A tramp recounts finding a clear ice mine near Stony Creek Virginia and forming a stock company to mine it. Frost prevented work that summer, then a warm winter melted all the ice, leaving no profits and leaving him in worse shape. He reflects luck and hard luck run in streaks.
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The
Uffalo Express
Richmond
Stone
Stony Creek
Stone Mountain
Thomas
The Attraction of the Abyss and Razor Edge Teeth
Discussion of Chevreul and pendulum reading, vertigo fear, and inner temptations. It describes how imagined motion and abyssal imagery can guide actions, then shifts to razor blade teeth and their microscopic regularity, noting how heat cleans and sharpens edges.
Edge restructuring in fibers under strain observed
A fragmented note describes microscopic inspection showing constraining by the same Derse causes teeth or fibers to align in one direction. Disuse leads to rearrangement, producing a heterogeneous toothed edge. The text hints at particle readiness to supply and a potential spoil to the grain of the Uladéo Louis Republic.
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Uladéo Louis Republic
Ag A
Tony
The Hider-Duck and the Teoltndsh Duckeries
The article describes the eider duck industry in Teoltndsh with inland duckeries near trading stations. Ducks nest on hummocks in grassland, laying large olive green eggs, and are easy to handle. Down from the nest brings wealth, with duckeries earning about a hundred pounds yearly and a sovereign per pound for down. The tame birds allow being moved with little protest, and drakes supposedly provide "clown" when nests are robbed.
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Jind
Drake
The Tower of Silence Burial Rite in Bombay
The Parsee funeral custom places white robed mourners and a body on a stone tower to be consumed by vultures. Five such towers exist in Bombay where sacred birds hover nearby. Cremation is viewed as sanitary, but fuel scarcity and poverty hinder its practice. The Parsee prefer vulture cremation over burial due to beliefs about worms and sanctity.
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Chevreul
Bombay
India
Foot Baths for Troubled Feet Offer Relief
Doctors urge foot baths for feet that hurt after walking or standing, noting heat reduces swelling and fatigue but opinions vary on effectiveness. Hot baths draw blood to the feet and may require rubbing or exercises before tight shoes. Mustard and hot water can curb fever and aid sleep if timed properly. Bunions and calluses arise from poor footwear, but two hot baths weekly plus pedicure can ease discomfort.
Curious Menu From 1807 Hong Kong Mandarin Supper
An 1807 account recalls Sir Charles Macdonnel hosting a Hong Kong dinner with French guests. The list lists preserved fruits in caramel sauce, shark fins, blood cakes, birds nest soup, whale nerves, sturgeon gills, croquettes of fish, turtle and tadpole dishes, lotus desserts, and medicated wine, all served with lotus and almond soup.
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Charles Macdonnel
Hong Kong
Duke de Penthievre
Comte Beauvoir
Queer Matrimonial Methods Across Holland and Batavia
A curious practice in which Dutch and Batavian partners wed simultaneously through procuration. Clocks in Amsterdam and Batavia are synchronized to account for longitude, allowing the ceremony to occur at the same instant in both locations.
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Holland
Batavia
Karr's Toast At Banquet Amid Sidelights On Health Fads
A gardener named Alphonse Karr attends a Hahnemann followers banquet where toasts salute various health luminaries. the president notes Karr has not toasted anyone, and Karr quips about the health of a “st nose d mo stly.” A separate item recalls a man traveling a crooked sawmill road in Cody County, reporting he met himself returning.
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Cody County
Atlanta Journal
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New York Tribune
Ethel
Aunty
Gep
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