Marriage at Levitical Distance Sparks Justice Question
An 1870s breach of promise case in New York raises issues of domicile and whether a nephew may marry his aunt. The trial in Albany and a $10,000 verdict prompt scrutiny of English legal influence on American marriage laws and implications for prohibited degrees.
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Cremipton
Uta
Crampton
Mies Campbell
Michigan
Oxyémpton
Lockport
N. Y
Misa Opbell
Mar
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of the United States
New York
Albany
Wallace
England
Intellect in Brutes in Assam Elephants
An observer in Eastern Assam notes elephants using tools and implements. A young elephant uproots stakes to fashion a scraper for scratching and a longer blade-like limb to strip shoots and fashion a fan to drive away flies. The account argues these tools are deliberately made for specific tasks.
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Assam
Beng
Mabout
Stop gaps and habitual phrases in everyday speech
The text analyzes why people frequently use filler phrases like you know or of course. It cites psychological pull to please listeners, habit, and convenience, noting such expressions appear across cultivated and uncultivated speech and even in literature and stage dialogue.
Amusing Cabinet Interviews With Ladies in Washington Letter
The Washington Letter recalls playful scenes in which young ladies try to influence cabinet secretaries about officers. One desires marriage to avoid a transfer, another seeks permission for a lieutenant to visit, and the secretary grants consent after a flirtatious exchange.
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Maggie Mitchell
Indy
Sare
Cane
Washington
Learning the Ballet Steps and Grace on Stage
The London Truth notes ballet training from toe to tiptoe, with foot alignment, instep arch, and bar work to loosen joints. It praises Miss Kate Vaughan for poised grace, contrasting fluid arm and leg movement with a stiff, uncoordinated dancer.
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Kate Vaughan
London
Imagination and Medicine Sparking Belief in Healing
A San Francisco tale shows how mind over body can shape health. An aged patient survived a blood transfusion from his wife, while the wife later declines until the doctor transfers a small amount of blood back to her, prompting her improvement.
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San Francisco
Courting Under Difficulties in a Parlor Scene
A late arriving suitor comments on a vanished moment with Minnie and her mother present. The dialogue hints at memory, longing for land, and snatches of desertion and humor. A Chinaman in Nevada hides $400 in a stocking, rats gnaw the money, Kee Line hunts the rats, and a tongue in cheek note ends with a cough remedy boast.
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Jove
Minnie
George
Lavo
Intro
Nevada
Early New York Police Roots and Seventeenth Century Rattle Watch
The piece recounts New Amsterdam police origins from 1658 to 1697, detailing the Rattle Watch, constables duties, including punishments, death inquiries, branding, and Wolf heads, plus 1692 stocks and pounds. It also notes later seventeenth century events such as executions of enslaved people, a Trinity Church riot, and the Garret Middagh tale.
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New Amsterdam
Brooklyn
Michael Tennell
Worthy
Watch
New York
Aun Down
Kings County
Columbia College
Trinity Church
Garret Middagh
Caesar
The Scales and the Sword in Law and Society
A discussion by Prof. Von Therm of Goettingen contrasts law and force, arguing law is tested by the sword of enforcement. He asserts the state reaches justice when power to enforce equals the skill to judge, and every citizen defends legal rights, aiding the nation’s realization of law on earth.
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von Therm
Goettingen
Ashe
Juetea
Champagne production and aging in the Champagne region
The article details Champagne wine making in France noting chalk soil near Epernay, long aging in underground vaults, and the corking process after fermentation. It also mentions the vast vineyards, climate, and industry scale, plus a Detroit panorama anecdote in a humorous aside.
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Pagne
France
Champagne
Marne
Paris
Epernay
Burgundy
Moseland
The
Rhine
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