Bookbinder Binds 100 Leaves for Daughter’s Gift
In Vienna a bookbinder bound a volume of 100 leaves, each leaf a 1000 gulden bond, as a gift to the owner’s only daughter. Baxker Henny Crews of New York owns a Newport cottage named The Rocks reflecting his taste. Curracy plans the world’s finest eight story Masonic Temple to deter eavesdroppers. A Pennsylvania clergyman reports cure from dyspepsia by eating once nightly, a habit posing risks for tramps and teachers. Turkey’s misrule draws Turkish and Ottoman empire critique while Britain’s stance on Russia’s actions is urged for a global reckoning.
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Vienna
Curracy
Ottoman Empire
England
Russia
Turkey
Remarkable cow wedged through gap in Sidney clover field
A cow in Sidney Ohio squeezed into a gap between two trees at the edge of a clover field and began to browse. The tree gap had no fence and the animal swelled with gas from the clover, necessitating one tree to be cut to remove the cow.
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Sidney
Ohio
Age distribution of deceased by decades
The report lists deaths by age groups: under one year 136 from 1 to 5 11 from 5 to 10 843 from 10 to 20 313 from 20 to 30 209 from 30 to 40 173 from 40 to 50 135 from 50 to 60 102 from 60 to 70 36 from 70 to 80 66 from 80 to 90. Ages of 425 could not be ascertained.
Baku Oil Hub and Fashion From Exotic Skins
The article describes Baku as the world’s leading petroleum center with oil wells yielding two million kilograms yearly and fires from naphtha-laden vapors. It also notes a craze for leather goods made from diverse animal skins and recounts Robert Purvis telling of his Moorish grandmother and Purvis family history in Charleston and England.
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Baku
Caspian Sea
Europe
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Russia
Railway up the Jungfrau considered in Swiss plan
A scheme to build a railway up the Jungfrau in Bernese Switzerland would mostly tunnel the ascent to avoid avalanches. Stops would allow gallery views and gradual air pressure changes. journey time estimated at two hours. The article notes the broader Alpine vistas and compares to a potential line to Mount Blanc, arguing for a more ambitious summit route.
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Jungfrau
Bernese
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Monte Rosa Range
Mount Blanc
Sea
Chamouunix
Interlaken
Lauterbrunnen
Tyrol
France
Austria
Mediterranean
Alpenines
Neighbor’s Jersey Cow Milk Stool Mishap
A Harvard professor recalls a summer eve incident where his neighbor milking a Jersey cow beneath a study window had the animal turn, lick the professor’s coat, and trigger the man to jump up, spill milk, and strike the cow with the milk stool. The tale suggests the neighbor could not endure the implication.
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Harvard
Portian dl Transcript
Heligoland and the oddities of its people and fate
The article details Heligoland a small North Sea island once English by historical accident, now ceded to Germany. It describes daily life, customs, coast guard arrangements, taxation, and land use, and notes Germany’s plan to fortify the island for potential future use. It also touches on the ailing Bavarian King Otho and the superstitions around the royal family as they near death.
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North Sea
Germany
England
Equatorial Africa
Coastguard
Europe
Otho
Bavaria
Furstenried
Munich
Louis II
Louis
Whittelsbach
Berlin
Hohenzollern
Peter the Great and His Dwarfs
A historical note recalls Peter the Great’s fondness for dwarfs in his retinue. He, a very tall czar, kept four dwarfs on travels, most famed being a tiny woman named Poupee who grew to the height of a five or six year old child, admired for beauty and cleverness.
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Peter the Great
Russia
Peter
Poupee
Tiny mite dwarf outlived Czar and court to a century
The lively little dwarf creature remained active and healthy for a hundred years, never ill and retaining all faculties. She outlived the Czar and every member of his court, a remarkable lifespan for a dwarf.
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Czar
Indian crime of murder of children for ornaments
The essay describes a Bengal and Calcutta linked crime in which children are murdered for their jewelry. It notes three patterns: concealment failures, frequent discovery and punishment, and that the offense does not seem to distinguish social groups. It comments on police duty, jealousy killings, and Hindu funeral rites influencing ornament use.
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Calcutta
Bengal
India
Agra
England
Vicler
Revival of Canal Building Across Nations and Eras
An 1870 revival in canal construction is noted as a global trend. The piece cites European and American activity from Prussia to France and the Isthmus of Corinth. It argues railways failed to meet expected low rates, fueling canal interest and major projects like the North Sea Baltic Canal and the Manchester Ship Canal.
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Blackstone Canal
Providence and Worcester Railroad
American Economic Association
Edmund J. James
University of Pennsylvania
James
Europe
Prussia
France
Corinth
Igvan Sea
Lepanto
North Sea
Baltic Canal
Manchester Ship Canal
Boston
Sensible Joy Reflects on Lion Cage Accident
An old farmer recalls how his son lost his left arm after fooling near a lion’s cage. The boy, praised for common sense, would have suffered worse with a right arm. The anecdote appears in the Arkansas Traveler.
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Lige
Gunter
Lise
Chawin
Sizing Him at a Glance In Bangor News Style
A witty scene at a Main Street nation store where a man asks for husbands as a novelty item. A saleslady replies that there is occasional demand and jokes about a violet on the 10 cent counter. This humorous exchange captures local store humor.
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Nation
Main Street
Smarty
Bangor News
Woman's Rights Lecture Debate Sparks Domestic Clash
A man plans to attend a Woman's Rights lecture while his wife insists she must remain in her sphere and chooses to accompany him to visit a sick friend she believes needs support. The exchange highlights differing views on women's roles and duty.
He Married the Lawyer
A prosperous forty year old man recalls marrying after a legal battle over a boy injured at his rolling mill. The boy was adopted by the female lawyer who represented him and later became his wife, with the couple marrying about eighteen months after the trial. The story, told to guests at Girard, ends with the narrator noting his attachment to his adopted son.
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the Girard
Supreme Court
Philadelphia Press
Siwash Canoe Craft From Puget Sound Indians
A Helena visitor recalls how Puget Sound Indigenous peoples built a dugout canoe in eight days using fire, water, heated stones, and no nails. The process transformed a cedar log into a broad finished craft with clever stone-heating and hollowing methods.
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Puget Sound
J. H. Mallett
Helena
The Bourges Child and the French Court
A parable-like scene in Bourges shows a boy tried by three magistrates for a five cent pastry theft. The father pleads as the lad, in tears, confesses and is sentenced to house of correction until majority, nearly twelve years, then hangs himself in custody.
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Kingdom of Heaven
M’sieu
Bourges
Jean
House of Correction
Anight
Mystery Behind Ward’s Heavy 1879 City Vote
A veteran ex congressman Ham Ward of Allegheny County ran far ahead of his ticket in 1879 as secretary of state. He recalls a wartime act helping a poor ex soldier who later aided his 1879 NY campaign with posters printed in the city. An earlier Gordon tale in China ends with a mutiny suppression and a chilling remark on murder.
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Ham Ward
Allegheny County
Congress
Patent Office
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Lincoln
New York City
Law
New York
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