Rabid dog attack and other odds in Gwinnett and New York
In Gwinnett County Georgia a mad dog chased workers at John 8S. King’s field and attacked them. One girl struck the animal with a hoe and held it by the throat until help arrived. Farmer Danizl Wansworth of Wolcott New York started a new musical education branch using whistling to call hogs. Senator West told Senator Colquitt about an Irish priest in Missouri who criticized prohibition, noting drinkers in the old country and domestic discord.
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Gwinnett County
Danizl Wansworth
Wolcott N. Y
West
Colquitt
Missouri
Georgia
Dr. Seward
New Brittan
Conn
Seward
Ine
Banished Duc Duc d Aumale Builds Chantilly Palace
Tue Duc d'Aumale, now banished from France, is elderly and childless. For twelve years he has pursued a grand Chantilly palace project. His holdings include the Earl of Dudley’s Rapheals valued at $125,000 and a rich collection of Gobelin tapestries, miniatures, faience, and engraved enamel gems.
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Tue Duc d’Aumale
France
Chantilly
Earl of Dudley
Detroit Citizen Looses Umbrella Betwixt Rain and Kindness
A Detroit resident, moved by a drowning rain, lent his silk umbrella to a soaked young man and woman passing near his home. He told them to return it tomorrow, but the umbrella vanished and was never seen again.
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Detroit
Cyclone Victim Found Two Year Old Lost in Harris County
A farmer swept clean by a cyclone in Harris County Georgia found a two year old boy under his gate shrubbery. The child, with clothes suggesting foreign birth, was never claimed. Last summer the farmer took the boy Tornado Tommy to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, where another tornado swept him into the gulf and he disappeared.
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Harris County
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Tommy
Gulf
Immigration statistics for May show shifts in origins
May immigration totaled 55,233, down from 62,627 in the prior year. Eleven months to May 31 total 284,274 versus 306,902 last year. German immigration fell by about 10,000. Britain and Ireland rose by 1,500. Breakdown: England and Wales 6,702. Ireland 11,645. Scotland 1,763. Germany 11,456. France 325. Austria 1,612. Bohemia and Hungary 2,229. Russia Finland and Poland 2,387. Sweden and Norway 9,196. Denmark 1,222. Netherlands 449. Italy 4,046. Switzerland 653. all other 547.
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Great Britain
Ireland
England and Wales
Scotland
Germany
France
Austria
Bohemia and Hungary
Russia
Finland
Poland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Netherland
Italy
Switzerland
Ward's cell praised for art despite confinement
A Line Line letter extols Ward's cell as the nicest in the prison though small for a grown man. He notes a wall shelf, a silk bedspread, and a large photo of his wife and child, plus views of Grove Place Rochester labeled as his home and various landscape pictures that sustain memory and hope.
New Name for a Caterpillar
Ava finds a caterpillar and proposes the name woolshade after noting its woolly, aged look. Mamma questions the reasoning, and Ava explains the name comes from its woolly appearance and shade, linking it to wool.
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Ava
Mamma
Guiteau verdict and curses stir reminiscence in court
In January 1882 twelve jurors found Guiteau guilty of Garfield's murder in a dim Washington Criminal Court. He cursed the jury and court, then proclaimed all officials would pay. Reports recount how many trial participants fared after four years, with few deaths, and note the hangman's looming next assignments. A second feature piece profiles a tramp found near the creek, reflecting on the father son bond and urging homes to welcome strays.
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Criminal Court Room
Washington
Guitean
Garfield
United States
Guiteau
Col. Corkhill
Gaiteau
Barnes
John P. Hamlin
Michael Sheenan
Porter
Davidge
Cox
Cartier
McArthur
James
Hagner
Wylie
Justice Bradley
Supreme Court of the United States
Marshal Henry
Ohio
Lamb
Gaileau
National Museum
Gauiteau
John P. Gray
Allen
A. KE. McDonald
Allen McLane Hamilton
New York
E. A. Kempster
Wisconsin
Scoville
Chicago
John
Old Hicks
Florida
The Dynamics of Bicycling Experiments
Two English experimenters, Messrs. G. J. and G. Stoney, show that man can exert more power on a bicycle than by other means and that using muscles may be the most economical method. They claim cycling at nine miles an hour is achievable with this efficiency.
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Messrs
G. J
G. Stoney
Use of Blinds on Horses Draws Caution and Compassion
A 19th century note argues blinds on horses are unnecessary and risky for work vehicles while modest blinds suit showy carriage horses. It urges drivers to be patient with shy horses and avoid harsh discipline, comparing horse vision to human perception and warning against overconfidence in blind use. The writer attributes the piece to Excharge.
Judge Noonan Rules Against New Trial In Horse Thief Case
In San Antonio the judge overruled a motion for a new trial, prompting a young attorney to plead that the defendant has a bleak future. The judge dismissed the appeal and stated the penitentiary is the place for a man to keep his future spotless.
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Noonan
San Antonio
Texas Siftings
Two Paper Cities Jackson City and Quantico Fail to Thrive
The Richmond Whig notes two proposed cities that never grew beyond paper. Jackson City near the Virginia side of the Potomac and Quantico north of Fredericksburg had grand plans, corner-stone ceremonies, and ambitious charters, yet failed to attract population or sustained activity. The article argues that site alone and initial buildings do not create a city, leaving many similar paper towns across the United States.
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Washington City
Richmond
Jackson City
Virginia
Potomac
Washington
National Capital
Old Hickory
George Mason
New City
President Jackson
George Washington Parke Custis
George Washington
Quantico
Fredericksburg
United States
Mozart as a Child Heroic in Toward Greatness
A Temple Bar summary recounts Mozart at age five composing without guidance, forming and singing piano pieces for his father to copy. The child’s seriousness astonished adults, with stories of a piano concerto manuscript found ink stained and declared a concerto. A seven year old trio scene ends with Mozart guiding the other players, moving the father to tears. The passage closes noting Socratic doubt about life’s bustle.
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Andreas Schachtner
Mozart
Schachtner
Wolferl
Wolfgang
Temple Bar
Life of Frederick Douglass on Jim Crow travel
Douglass recalls brutal travel era when public conveyances barred Black riders. He refused to leave a first class seat, resisted forced ejection by conductors and workers, and noted cars and deck spaces reserved for people of color. Community figures defended him, while railroad officials defended segregation practices.
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Fred Douglass
Boston
Portland
Stephen A. Chase
Lynn
James N. Buffum
Johnathan Buffum
Mr. Chase
Evangelical Church
Tfis
Wendell Phillips
James Monroe
Thousand Dollar Moth Jehovah Insect Described
A moth named Jehovah or Enedimonia Jehovah opens with a single gray brown color. It has long hind tails and a seven inch body length, resembling a luna moth but far more eccentric in form. Discovered thirteen years ago in a Rio de Janeiro barbershop, its finders offered a hundred dollars but collector Prof Meyer values the specimen at a high price. the insect remains unique and nearly extinct.
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Meyer
Rio Janeiro
Enedimonia Jehovah
Jupiter
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