Apples of Sodom and a Shaker Maiden’s Unfurling
Elizabeth, a Shaker girl, wrestles with longing for freedom beyond Shaker life. Elder Charles and Sister Hannah guide her, allowing a departure to pursue art and love, then return as she faces a world of temptations and a hidden mother. The soprano mother confesses, renewing bonds in the peaceful Shaker valley.
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Sister Wannaoh
Elizabeth
Yannah
Sweet One
Sir Lobolink
Shakertown
Hannah
Charles
Faith
Mother Ann
Yamnah
Shaker
Curio
Shaker Town
Avas
Ilannah
Peterson
Mourning Hatbands and Insurance Fraud in Sydney Fire
A Sydney fire damaged several businesses including a shop with heavy insurance. Ten thousand mourning hatbands were disputed as a claim. The insurer questioned the claimant about the large stock. The witness claimed the hatbands were for mourners with greasy hats, not those grieving deaths. He collected the insurance money.
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Sydney
London
Bayard Criticized in House For Edinburg Speeches
Congressman Cousins delivers a fiery maiden speech denouncing Ambassador Thomas E. Bayard for critical remarks about Americans made at the Cobden Club and Edinburgh Philosophical Institution. He argues Bayard insulted Lincoln and the republic, defending U S policies and protection.
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Cousins
Thomas E. Bayard
United States
Court of St. James
Cobden Club
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Iowa
Mr. Cousins
Lincolnshire
Bayard
Edinburgh
Cleveland
Speaker
America
Great Britain
London
Washington
French Republic
France
United Tates
Senate
Hercules
New York City
Department of Agriculture
Americca
Jlmnburgh Philosophical Institution
Lincoln
Manchester School
Britain
Madison
Franklin
Rat engineering in Brussels meat market amazes observers
A long anecdote describes rats forming a coordinated ascent to reach meat at a Brussels market after adapting to zinc covered posts. It notes a watchman, rat leadership, and a disciplined advance, illustrating remarkable rat problem solving and organization as observed by the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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Brussels
Engineer Corps
St. Jacob's Ladder
Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Brave Elephant of Poona Heroic Battle
An elephant in the Poona host carried the flag through a fierce battle while obeying only its mahout. After the driver fell fatally wounded the animal stood firm, aiding loyal soldiers who rallied to reclaim victory. The beast awaited its master’s voice and later aided a child to lead him away.
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Asia An
Poona
Henroel
Judson
What are you going to do, boys and girls
Poem exhorting youth to pursue noble aims and build a strong mind as time passes. It contrasts dawn labor with evening rest and urges memory’s wreath of virtue, quoting Nixon Waterman from L A W Bulletin.
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West
Baboon Attacks Footlights During English Panto
An event at Whester Royal in Middles borough England features a baboon leaping from a miniature circus act and grabbing a seafaring man from the audience. The trainer’s inquiry reveals the baboon was imported years earlier from its native land.
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Whester Royal
Middlesborough
England
Séaimas
A Mole's Long Burrow Winding River Bank
A Kansas City Star description follows a mole’s long burrow nearly two miles along a receded riverbank. The sand flats, driftwood heaps, and scattered plunder reveal a hidden animal path and possible treasures beneath a gray sky and damp winds beside the yellow river.
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Atlantic
Clay County
Kansas City
The Visiting Sparrow in Captivity and Return
A Rome lady kept canaries on her balcony and fed a wild sparrow visiting nightly. The bird used an empty cage at night, then vanished in spring to reappear seasonally with its own fledglings before finally not returning. Also noted is a claim about 348 patents on shoe machinery.
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A. Lucas
Smithsonian Institution
J. J. Quelch
Sunday Journal
Popular Science News
British Guiana
J. C. Beard
Tiucas
Aes
Houtzin
Queleh
N. ¥. Journal
Via Volturno
Rome
London Spectator
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Free Republic
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Europe
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Universal Union
Party of Protection
Abraham Lincoln
Virginia
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