Extraordinary Diamond and Dream Treasure Tale
A long column notes a 457 carat diamond touted as potentially the largest ever found, compares it to Koh i Noor and Regent of France, and reports a Walton Grove Georgia tale where Laura Shebart dreams lead her to eight coins in a tin box two feet underground. The piece also mentions Treasury concerns, a Germany Austria paper bottle wariness, and facial measurements.
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South Africa
London
India
Regent
Walton Grove
Georgia
Laura Shebart
Birthday Mystery Delights Higginson Child in 3rd Year
The young daughter of Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson celebrated her third birthday with joy. The next morning she searched for her birthday, asking her mother, "Oh mamma, where is my birthday," reflecting her sweet confusion at the day's passing.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Four Clever New York Detectives Women of Many Charms
Four of the cleverest detectives in New York are women. They vary in beauty and mind, each able to gain a man's confidence and learn his secrets. One is coquettish, one is deeply religious, another is a skilled musician or sketch artist. They may be sent to Europe to follow prey and perhaps love him, but face the Nemesis of reporting to the inspector upon return.
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New York
Europe
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Beaconsfield
Stafford Northcote
Commons
House of Commons
Gladstone
England
Li Hun Chang Offered Emperor Title During Gordon Visit
The famed Chinese Viceroy Li Hun Chang, praised by General Grant as a great statesman, declined Gordon's offer to make him emperor after Gordon’s China visit. Gordon offered to march on Pekin to install him, and Li declined, later seeing Gordon's political fears realized.
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Li Hun Chang
Grant
Gordon
China
Pekin
Christopher Matthews and the rival table incident
Lynchburg youth Christopher Matthews is described as a rival to magnetic girls for his feat of moving heavy tables. A father’s heavy oak table was badly used and repaired. Neighbors claim Matthews suspended a table at a nearby house with several men attempting to bring it down. He is also said to have torn a large dining table into fragments during another incident.
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Christopher Matthews
Lynchburg
Chicago
John McCullough
McVicker's
Barrie
Dumas Treats Bootmaker to Extravagant Favors Over Debt
The bootmaker visiting the Castle of Monte Cristo is lavishly entertained by Dumas to collect a $20 debt. He receives meals, gifts for family, bouquets, transport, and a Napoleon in payment terms, highlighting a pattern of generosity in exchange for repayment.
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Dumas
Castle of
Monte Cristo
Louis
Tur Greely party sails after Garfield shooting
The Tur Greely party left on July 7 1881 days after President Garfield was shot. From St Johns they heard hopeful news of Garfield's recovery and later learned of his death, while news of the Jeanette tragedy and the word Maude appeared as a startling new detail in their isolated communication.
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Jeannette
Maude
Peripatetic turtle with 1851 to 1882 initials tale ends in Connecticut
Hartford resident records a tortoise shell bearing dates from 1851 to 1882 and initials of Charles H. Cook George S. Allen Orrin L. Hopkins J Le Tuttle Ellen M. Hopkins Frank L. Hopkins and others. The shell’s owner describes its long travels and eventual death amid broader notes on suffrage debates in England with Gladstone and Beaconsfield.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Charles H. Cook
Litchfield
Mr. Tuttle
George S. Allen
Goshen
Orrin L. Hopkins
J. le Tuttle
Ellen M. Hopkins
Frank L. Hopkins
Tuttle
Khartoum in the Native Mind of Africa
Sir Samuel Baker argues Khartoum is a central power vital to suppressing slave hunters. He contends abandoning Khartoum would loosen interior loyalties, risk the protection of loyal tribes, and allow slave hunters to gain ascendancy.
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Khartoum
Africa
Kartoum
Equatorial Africa
Paris
London
Samuel Baker
Wedding Trip Tale Shows Three Versions of the Same Joke
A long anecdote traces a wedding trip misadventure told by a clergyman and retold by editors, with three independent witnesses noting a single man proclaiming he cannot afford to bring his wife on his wedding journey. The tale ends with a bookkeeper revealing a Newport gag as the original source, provoking questions about shared experiences and moral reflections.
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Urawor
First-Land
West
Toledo
Chicago
Sam
New York
Paris
T. A
Chicgo
Rhine
Danube
Newport
Ocean House
dZarper's Magazine
Lord Rosebery Outwits Cheapside Trickster at Ayr Race
An English racing tale recounts Lord Rosebery in a railway carriage outsmarting a boastful commercial traveller. The man bets Primrose on Chevronel for the Welter Cup, loses 25 pounds, and discovers the tips came from the Earl himself, ending a lesson on prudence in racing bets.
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Nakotch
Lord of
Darmeny
Ayr
Swolla
Lord Roseberry
Joseph
Rosebery
Robert Pushabout
Masaria
Fleecy
Wool & Shoddy
Reed St
Cheapside
Chevronet
Primrose
Chevronel
Push
Earl of Rosebery
Embracing Beauty Across Life and Nature in a Gracious Age
A reflective meditation on universal beauty as a source of happiness and moral elevation. The text urges readers to recognize beauty in people, nature, deeds, and creations, and to let gratitude for this age of abundance lift their outlook and conduct.
Cat Seeks Flies as Daily Labor for Tiger Kitten
A Syracuse Herald item notes a three month old tiger colored cat living near the city that catches flies for a living. The cat eats only flies and is seen springing after insects with its right paw. The owner claims the cat consumes up to 28 200 flies daily and refuses all other food.
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Halsit
Syracuse Herald
Longevity and Labor in Great Minds Across Ages
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt argues there is no strict link between age and productivity. It cites Sophocles Humboldt Goethe and Victor Hugo as examples of vigorous late life, while noting Keats Shelley and others died young from illness or excess. The piece suggests sustained effort may sustain health, yet dangerous overwork can shorten life.
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Ericsson
Sophocles
Humboldt
Goethe
von Ranko
Carlyle
Emerson
Oliver Wendell Wolmes
Longfellow
Whittier
Victor Hugo
Voltaire
Thierry
Machelot
Mignot
Guizot
Coorge Bancroft
George Trelinor
Cloodstone
Walmerston
Benjamin S’ranklin
Keats
Shelley
Raphael
Mozart
Byron
Burns
Schubert
Excenses
Shakespeare
Napoleon
Cwaar
Beethoven
Michael Angelo
Titian
Philadelphia Bulletin
Illinois Affairs Involves New Church And County Practices
A new Catholic Church in Monmouth costing $30,000 was dedicated with Bishop Spalding officiating. Chicago health officers condemned 9,070 pounds of diseased meat. The Cook County Poorhouse cost $117,000 to maintain with 837 inmates on average. The Supreme Court affirmed pawnbrokers must keep a business books. Grand Jury notes reform proposals after Isaac Jacobson execution. The state boards report property valuations and county assessor changes across Illinois.
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Monmouth
Spalding
James C. Conkling
Springfield
Wabash Hospital
Chicago
Springield Typographical Union
Pat Day
Cook County
Dean Terry
Bis
Ottawa
Supreme Court
Isaac Jacobson
United States
Exposition
Lincoln
Ernest Hint
Madison Street
E. L. Cluxton
Chester
Vendal
Larry Coogan
Alexander
Polk and
Sherman Streets
Rum-Filled Walking-Sticks Patent Astonishes City
A New York Morning Journal item reports a salesman touting a bamboo cane lined with porcelain and a liquid-filled tube. The patent allows milk or cocktails to be carried for personal use at theatre or strolls, promising novelty and ready orders from local option towns.
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T'reez
N. Y
Sound Opinion on Bank Heist in Bugleville
Two burglars debate a planned bank robbery. one insists the job is worthwhile after months of doubt, noting the cashier has been sick at home for four months and potential surplus from blight time.
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Bugleville
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Moline, Illinois
Srerrany Fotchr
Treasury Department
Washington
Jim
Mr. Folger
Lumberman’s Gazette
Germany
Austria
Earth
A. Meers
Dic Lewis
Dio Lewis
Illinois Affairs
State Board of Equalization
Like
Ja Bulle
Lee, Ogle
Rock Island
Wil
Litchfield Telegram
Central Telephone Company
Mat
Perry Gilman
Hira
Smchatinn
Anit
Wabli Brothers
Domageny
Frank
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