Insane Empress Charlotte of Mexico Dwindles in Belgium
The ex Empress Charlotte, widow of Maximilian, now 71, lives secluded in the Chateau de Bon dant provided by her brother Leopold II. She has been mad since 1867, rarely leaves the park, sees only ladies in waiting, and speaks little of the past. She plays piano and cards, refuses photographs, and believes she is hungry or tired at set times.
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Maximilian
Leopold
Brussels
Charlotte
Belgium
Carlotta
Mexico
Chateau de Bondant
Leopold I
Maxmilian
Austria
Leopold II
Europe
France
Napoleon III
Tervueren
Colonial Museum
Chanteau
Tooth Swallowing Case Sent Back for Retrial in Kansas
Alice Wingfield of Junction City seeks damages after the operation that followed her father James Wingfield swallowing false teeth led to his death in Topeka. Doctors misread X rays, found no teeth, and the patient died. supreme court reverses lower court demurrer and orders retrial in Geary county.
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Topeka
Kan
Alice Wingfield
Junction City
James Wingfield
Supreme Court
Geary County
Wingfield
Novel Football Totem Tank at Rhode Island College
Providence reports a new victory record method for Rhode Island college football. After pranks defaced property nationwide, authorities allowed recording wins on the conspicuous college tank within the grounds as a compromise.
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Rhode Island
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island College
Eagle swoops past man near Mount Tacoma inn
In Tacoma Washington Frank Olsen installing electrical gear at the National Park inn near Longmire Springs on Mount Tacoma observed an eagle dive and rush by within a foot of his head as he returned from Nisqually Glacier. The bird moved so fast that Olsen and his companions could not react.
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Tacoma
Wash
Frank Olsen
National Park Inn
Longmire Springs
Mount Tacoma
Nisqually Glacier
Olsen
Snake with Two Tails Found Near Pearl coal Mine
In Oakland City Indiana George Willis found a snake with two tails near the Peacock coal mine. To settle whether the creature was coming or going it was killed. It proved a double header born of a viper swallowing a black snake, leaving only the tail.
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Oakland City
Ind
George Willis
Peacock
Breaks Leg in Bed at Friend's Home
Mrs. Mary Salinsky of Allentown aged 85 suffered a peculiar accident during a visit to a country home. She twisted a leg in bed and broke the upper bone of the leg in two, a clean fracture reported by local authorities.
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Allentown
Mary Salinsky
Stake Turtles to Get Rain in Wetumka Oklahoma
Wetumka Oklahoma Creek Indians use a tribal practice of staking mud turtles by a stream to beg rain. They believe the despondent turtles invoke the great spirit, bringing several showers and prompting more turtles to be staked for stronger rainfall.
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Wetumka
Okla
Value of Early Training Proverb Reflection
A brief aphorism cites Proverbs 22 Train a child in the way he should go and he will not depart from it highlighting early guidance as lifelong influence.
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Solomon
Roast Beef Marseillaise and Beef a la Mode Recipes
Roast Beef Marseillaise outlines preparing a rib roast with oil, salt, pepper, and a vinegar onion sauce, while Beef a la Mode uses a top sirloin larded with salt pork, browned with garlic and onion, simmered with broth and a calf’s foot, and served with a gelatinous gravy. Sweetbread Cutlets and Creole Sauce complete the set with butter roux, milk sauce, and seasoned tomato pepper mix.
Population center moved westward into Brown County Indiana
The 1900 to 1910 shift of the US population center places it about seven miles east of Bloomington and near Brown County in Monroe County. Prof. William A. Cogshall will mark the site with a monument after verifying star observations amid dense second growth forest and a deep ravine. Rabbits squirrels pheasants and rattlesnakes inhabit the area as dogwood and red bud bloom in spring.
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Bloomington
Ind
United States
Bureau of Census
Washington
Indiana
Unionville
Columbus
Brown County
Monroe County
William A. Cogshall
Indiana University
Cogshall
Marvelous tree curiosity in Nassau Bahamas
A ceiba or silk cotton tree near the Nassau British post office draws thousands who admire its battle like branches and umbrella top. Experts estimate the century old tree at about a thousand years, with massive roots forming buttresses and yearly silk like pods used for stuffing cushions.
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Nassau
B. I
Bahamas
Islands
Old Colonial Mint Cup
Steep mint in hot water to extract flavor then add juice of six oranges and two lemons. Dissolve gum arabic in cold water, mix with sugar, cook to a thread, pour over stiff egg whites, beat until cold. Stir in strained fruit and mint juices, dilute with carbonated water, and garnish with lemon peel and mint sprigs.
Parker House Corn Cake Recipe
A simple batter combines one cup flour one cup Indian meal one and a half teaspoons cream of tartar one teaspoon soda and a pinch of salt. Then beat one egg with one cup warm milk and mix into the dry ingredients before baking.
Lemon Ginger Made at Home Beverage Recipe
Pour over six lemons sliced thin two gallons of cold water. Add a pound and a half of sugar and a scant ounce of ginger root. Boil then add a tablespoonful of cream of tartar. Strain set in a cold place and when nearly cool add a yeast cake dissolved in lukewarm water. Stir thoroughly set in a cool place over night bottle well cork air tight lay bottles on their sides. Do not use until laid away at least two days.
Citron Cake Recipe Notes
Two eggs and butter creamed with sugar. Add soda and cream of tartar. Stir in lemon extract and citron slices. Fold in flour until batter resembles cupcake mix. Bake until light and fluffy.
Lettuce Garnish Technique Described for Delicate Strips
A cooking note explains rolling five or six lettuce leaves lengthwise, then crosswise, cutting into narrow strips to create long fine fibers as an attractive garnish for dishes.
The Grave of Josh Billings
Ganesborough Mass born Henry Wheeler Shaw pen name Josh Billings died Monterey Cal 1885. He hunted fortune from age fifteen, tried farming steamboating storekeeping and teaching before settling in Poughkeepsie 1858 as an auctioneer. His humorous writings in four volumes and an almanac made him known. his remains lay in Ganesborough.
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Ganesborough, Mass
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Josh Billings
Ganesborough
Ohio
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Nature's Law and Human Longing Echoed in Edwards
A brief reflection notes that human desires are vast as eternity, guiding pursuit toward an ultimate ideal. The text cites Edwards to frame longing as a driving force shaping moral and spiritual striving across time.
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Edwards
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