Various World News Snippets From The Register
The Register cites a mix of items including 9,000 Chinese residents in New York City, Duchess Turbride of Battenberg with red hair, Gen Rosicranz to receive 4125 yearly, and Mrs Harrison expected at several summer resorts. It notes rubber as pavement substitute in Berlin, a gifted Fairfield PA teacher carried to school by boys, and details on lives and doings of notable figures and incidents abroad and in America.
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Gvent
Harrison
Inpra
Berlin
Fairfield
Muddy
London
Diverse Oddities from a Fragile Era
A mix of anecdotes and oddities spanning health, misfortune, and letters. Bismarck’s pallor suggests age after habits, a Connecticut hunter meets a Canada lynx in the Blue Hills on a mountain, and a Gum-fueled fire destroys a Granger Kansas home. Other items note church attendance among young men, a March-born Apollo woman and family misfortunes, a German girl swindle in New York, and a portrait of Stepniak with refined features and restless discourse.
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Connecticut
Blue Talls Range
Rice Lily Responds to Light in Southwestern Ciorgia
A lovely flower known as the rice lily grows thickly in parts of Southwestern Ciorgia and is extremely sensitive to light. The blossoms fold at night and open in the morning. Placing a lamp near them causes the flowers to unfold and turn toward the light, while the shaded side remains closed.
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Ciorgia
Griffin Gun at Metz Described as One of Europe’s Odd Artillery
The Griffin, a colossal European gun, stands at Metz. Cast in 15209 at Vihehrenbreitstein near Coblenz, it measures seventeen feet long with a ten and a half inch bore. Weighing 22 500 pounds, its carriage spans twenty four feet and it fires a 157 pound ball with a 42 pound powder charge. Napoleon planned it for Paris but struggled to move it.
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Europe
Metz
Vfehrenbreitstein
Coblentz
Napoleon
War Department
Paris
Bluebird Nest Found in Old Tree Stump in Punxsutawney
In Canoe Township near Punxsutawney Pennsylvania a boy returning from Sunday school on February 10 saw a bluebird enter a stump. He climbed to the hole and found three young bluebirds about half fledged in the nest, suggesting incubation occurs earlier than expected.
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Somphire
Canoe Township
Punxsutawney
Uriah Peace
Billy the bootblack dead in street collision
In a grim incident a bootblack named Billy is reported dead after being run over. The exchange shows the superintendent reacting with disbelief and sorrow as the pupil speaks of the tragedy.
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Billy
Little Bootblack
de Bootblack
Joy Doubled Poem About Twin Blessings and Family
A decorative poem celebrates twins and multiple children, listing pairs of features and joys. It describes two little girls and two little boys, two ponies, two pockets, two eyes, ears, elbows, shoes, lips, chins, cheeks, shoulders, legs, prayers, hands, and eyelids. The verse ends noting two little angels guarding her bed, one at each end.
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Mr. Jones
Mr. Dinkle
Uele
Suiltles
Epeterow
Darthaes
Dar
Pollin
Mr Dinkles Revenge and a Boarder’s Schemes
A boarding house tale follows Mrs. Dinkle and Miss Sniffles as Mr. Dinkle, a fiftyish bachelor with a mahogany wig, plots revenge after being spurned. He feigns romance, attends a staged supper, and later reveals a prank involving stolen pets and a staged crime.
Dinner of Ragout Crow Soup and Revenge
A narrator recalls a sickening dinner featuring ragout crow soup. Mr Roberts and Miss Sniffles fall ill, prompting a doctor’s visit. The tale ends with Mr Dinkle’s revenge and a vow never to eat such a dinner again.
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Mr. Dinkle
Miss Sniffes
Miss Smiles
Miss Sniffies
Miss Sniffles
Europe
Dinkle
Moses
Sniffles
Miss Snifttes
Mr. Roberts
Miss Niffle
Roberts
Mrs. Jones
Oses
Benson Dinele
Literary Annoyances in an Author's Life
A writer rails at critics and editors who misread motives behind chosen themes. The piece lampoons editors pressuring for more drama and readers demanding “better” topics, while authors juggle commissions and the misfit clash of art and commerce.
Corlin's Proudest Moment in Bellefonte Hearing
An arrested coal miner, Corlin, defaced a prominent residence in Bellefonte Virginia. The Governor attended as spectator. Corlin said the marks show hungry travelers will be fed by locals. Governor called the moment his proudest when the man spoke up.
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Airamp
Fetwris
Bellefonte
Curtin
Crovernor
Eame
Pittsburgh
Sehiuy Hill County
Dirzess
Frozen Milk Proposed by French Agricultural Society
M Guerin of Grandvilles outlined a freezing method to preserve milk and allow easy transport. After thawing the milk retains its fresh qualities with identical appearance and taste to new milk, and even fourth day cream remains excellent. Butter and cheese can be produced as well from the frozen product.
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Agricultural Society of France
M. Guerin
Grandvilles
The Blacksmith and the Machine Printer in Newsrooms
The article critiques the blacksmith or machine printer as a major obstacle to clear copy. It cites an example where Gambetta was set as I am bet ter and a Bridge Carried Away headline misread by the printer. It notes ads and misread numerals as further illustration of chaotic typesetting.
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Gambetta
A Vast African Majority Mississippi Negro Population Rise
New Mississippian argues the 1870 to 1880 census shows rapid growth of the colored population in Mississippi, predicting a future negro majority and substantial political impact including illiteracy rates and voting power.
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Mississippi
Leon
Alabama
Georgia
Northarolina
South Carolina
Louisiana
Europe
Union
Los
Fadr
New
Snake Drinks Whisky in Marion County Grocery
Owen Hatch of Marion County Georgia reports a black snake drinking from a two gallon jug of corn liquor behind his store counter. The snake first drank over a quart then returned two days later to repeat the act before being killed. The tale comes from the Exchange.
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Owen Hatch
Marion County
Georgia
Mr Hatch
Mr. Hatch
Cold Cure Advice From Five Friends
Five figures offer home remedies for a cold. First friend advises hot water bath and hot lemonade. Second suggests ammonia or menthol. Third prescribes four hours of outdoor exercise. Fourth recommends salt water sponge and warm room. Fifth says to wear winter clothing and rest.
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Jinks
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Westfield
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Sensation
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Miss Mints Sameen
Bombay University
Bombay
Jean Parieur Mazcniv
Philadelphia
BR. A. Gusx
New York
Gunn
Batchelier
Exizasperh Smuth
Salem
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N. H
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Apollo
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Ethel
Taddigore
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Cosioli
Ann Potts
Corlin
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