Beatrice Woman Paints First U S Homestead Portrait
Mrs W C Stroum of Beatrice Nebraska painted and sent a portrait of the first U S homestead site taken January 1 1863 by Daniel Freeman five miles west of Beatrice. The picture will hang in the Corcoran Art Gallery. In Troy Senator Evarts hat incident amused audience as rain dripped into his white hat. Erurna Jones of China Me suffered head wounds from a rooster as her mother watched nearby.
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W. C. Stroum
Beatrice
Neb
John A. Logan
United States
Daniel Freeman
Troy
Senator Evarts
Erurna Jones
China
Wisp girl found in Louisiana seeks humane care and civility
A young wisp girl of about twelve to fourteen is found in Catahoula parish Louisiana. locals wish to capture without harm to seek her civilization. She may have been left by a gypsy tramp woman years ago due to a club foot hindering fast walking. Also note: Worcester Spy’s shift to folio format and its long publication history. A separate item links a duel involving Gen Boulang er and M Floquet to a Daudet novel parallel where an expert swordsman defeats an inexpert opponent and is wounded in the throat, while the novel Paul Astier survives.
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Catahoula Parish
Louisiana
Gen. Boulanger
M. Floquet
Paul Astier
Prince
Athis
Daudet
Paul
Down town cafe in New York features lavish Mo saic and onyx decor
The Stoxrs open a stylish New York cafe with an Italian mosaic floor costing 12000 dollars and an octagonal onyx and white mahogany tar. Pillars of white mahogany and onyx, silver mugs and dishes underscore the lavish setting while a separate Georgia railroad injury case reaches 10000 dollars in damages and ongoing lawyer efforts to claim a share.
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Stoxrs
New York
Sleepwalking teen leaps from window at Sacramento store
Canis Wenz, 16 year old son of grocer John Wenz in Sacramento Ga, sleepwalks overnight. He jumps from bed into an open window and falls into the sandy street outside the store, sustaining only slight bruises after a harmless landing.
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Canis, Wexz
John Wenz
Sacramento
Tarr annual meeting and Shakspeare’s Wirthplace visitors
The trustees meeting at Stratford-on-Avon was chaired by the Mayor Sir Arthur Hodgson. Henry Irving accepted life trustee status but could not attend. Visitor signatures showed 39 nationalities among 16,417 yearly visitors, about 5,000 from the United States. The Duchess de Luynes' Paris home trip ended with a tale of a maid wearing her mistress attire and a chaotic incident with a servant hurling bric a brac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarr
Stratford-on-Avon
Arthur Hodgson
Henry Irving
Life
United States
Duchess de Luynes
Paris
Odd Tales and Ventures in a Dazed World
A mixed column notes bizarre incidents from various places. Two girls reportedly went "stark mad" simultaneously, the cause unknown. The piece recalls the Western Union telegraph consolidation, a Cologne fire brigade rescue of a swallo w, a bookstore joke with a New Testament, reports on a German steppe partridge and a Paris aristocrat accused of a banking scam.
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Hiram Sibley
New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company
Lake Erie Telegraph Company
Ezra Cornell
Morse
Erie and Michigan Telegraph Company
Sibley
Mr. Cornell
Wisconsin
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
How Ice Shaped Soils Through Ancient Glaciers
Prof Agassiz explains soils arise from decomposed rocks ground by glaciers rather than bedrock. Ice once covered the US miles thick, moving south and grinding rocks into soil. Alpine glaciers remain active, leaving angular boulders in meadows as proof of glacial action.
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Prof. Agassiz
United States
Alps
Popular Science News
The Kentucky Kind Keeps Court Odd Dinner Talk
The Judge remarks on marital quirks with Mrs Vivant and Mrs Ransom during a domestic dinner scene. The exchange touches on nightcaps described as Bourbon with sugar, reflecting social chatter in a courtroom setting.
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Kentucky
Vivant
Ransom
How Impressions Are Taken From Ancient Tombs in Egypt
A detailed account of making paper impressions from Theban temple carvings and painted tombs, describing wet paper applications, brush work, drying, and casts in England. It covers wall-to-wall battle scenes, the use of ropes and ladders, wax-drying, and magnesium flash photography for deeply lit chambers.
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Egypt
Thebes
England
South Kensington Museum
British Museum
Crovernor
Sudan
Hlam
Flinders Petrie
Harper's Magazine
A Honduras Hotel Description From Trujillo
A correspondent for the Chicago Times surveys a first class hotel in Trujillo Honduras. The room faces a plaza and church, with oilcloth floors mosquito netting and simple furnishings including a camp cot two feather pillows and a piano in the sitting room. Water is drawn from an iron tank and served in porcelain bowls.
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Chicago Times
Trujillo
The Beauty of Frog Farming Scheme Proposed
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat idea touts frog farming as a quick fortune. Start with six pairs of New Jersey breeders, seed a pond, and feed on hotel scraps. In twelve months you harvest frogs at spring chicken prices, and within two years you could earn five thousand dollars while frogs cover all expenses.
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New Jersey
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Slang Critique Echoes Through Institute Lecture
A professor at the Institute of Technology delivered a ten minute speech condemning slang to his class as term neared close. He warned that slang corrupts language and signals poor breeding among those of refinement.
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Institute of Technology
Veto the Newfoundland Dog at Lawnfield in 1880
The Garfield household faced daily delegations at Mentor Lawnfield during Garfield's 1880 nomination. His Newfoundland Veto, named after Hayes vetoed bill, resisted public intrusion and faced distress as crowds invaded the farm. When the Garfields moved to Washington, Veto stayed behind at Mentor, never seeing Garfield again. At Nichols,
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Mentor
Lawnfield
James A. Garfield
Garfield
Gen. Garfield
Veto
Gen
Hayes
Congress
Gen. Carfield
Mentor Farm
Washington
White House
Nicholds
The Gold Dog and the Indian Trickster
In Lewiston during early stagecoach days Prof McAllister a ventriloquist and conjurer trades a mongrel dog to Indians for wealth as noises emerge from the animal. He pockets coins from the dog while the tribe watches in awe until the dog is slain and found hollow as a goose that laid a golden egg.
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McAllister
Lower
Idaho
Lewiston
Redskins
Partello
Lewis Globe-Democrat
Railways and Civilization Transport Power and Costs
A Scribner's Magazine excerpt argues railways cheapen transport, noting a wheat load loses value on road travel while meat and flour could be moved 1500 miles for one day’s wage of a skilled mechanic. It estimates 2,000,000 workers build and operate railways and 3,455,000 abroad in peace, suggesting railways create wealth and aid America’s wealth.
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Edward Atkinson
America
Scribners Magazine
Table Talk on Dining Room Conversation
The piece argues tact at the dinner table enhances both physical comfort and social harmony. It cites good humor, avoidance of food-focused chatter, and amusing table schemes from clubs and students to keep discussions lively, informative, and free of tedious “shop talk.”
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Gray
The Zulu Marriage Laws Compared To Mosaic Law
A summary of Zulu marriage practice notes from the London Figaro describing binding unions, divorce for disobedience, cow payments for wives and children, patrilineal offspring rules, childless wife divorce, transfer of offspring, sacrifice of a twin, and consent needed for additional wives, drawing parallels to ancient Mosaic law and Israelite social structure.
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England
London
Figaro
Overworked Husband Incites Crowd At Circus Door
A battered wife case unfolds as Sam Johnsing, an Austin Black man with a chronic habit of whipping his wife when drunk, disciplines her in view of a crowd of curious urchins. He shouts for the onlookers to move back as the head performance resumes amid profanity and cries.
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Cologne
Germany
Sam Johnsing
Austin
Dar
Chillins
Sam
Texas
Blinks and Winks Mock Blindfold Liquor Taste Test
A brisk dialogue unfolds in a bar setting where Blinks asks what to drink and Winks replies with gin and a needed bandage. The exchange blends humor with a quick domestic moment, revealing social banter over drinks.
Electric science notes and street railway trials
The excerpt discusses underground cables in glass plates with cemented wires as a non conductor solution, wine chemistry from weak currents, and a humane electricity death claim. It covers young English electricians in America, the need for hands on skill, and Dr Fell's conclusions. It also reports on Allegheny City tramway tests, oil engine versus gas, and a Chicago rejection of electric street railways.
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Italy
America
Atlantic
G. FE. Fell
Buffalo
Allegheny City
Daily News
Richmond Va
Electric Street Railway
Committee On Construction
Chicago
The Czarinas Jewels and Imperial Splendor
The New York World notes the Russian crown jewels’ unmatched abundance and opulence. It contrasts the Empress’s ceremonial crowns with European rulers who favor tiaras and highlights Russia’s continued love of splendor during royal appearances.
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Queen Victoria
Metropolitan Opera House
New York World
Ten Carloads of Potatoes Cause Domestic Mix Up
A Lewiston Journal note tells of a husband who charged his cigar bills to potatoes. His wife tallies the store bill and discovers they have eaten over ten carloads of potatoes this winter and last year. The grocer and smoker confront a satirical reckoning as the dispute unfolds.
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Mina
Lewiston Journal
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Isaiah Thomas
Boston
Georgia
Supreme Court
Steppes
Asiatic Steppes
Bennett
East Indies
Vienna
Boston Herald
Honduras
General Carfield
the Gold Dog
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