Elopements and oddities fill a Philadelphia page
The Register reports on three daughters who eloped to marry the men of their choice, plus a curious cow-rail device shown at a New England fair. It also notes a Calabasas Arizona shooting over a dance, a Denver daughter spared from an abduction, oil field notes in Garfield, and extreme temperature records in Verkoyansk.
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Phiadelphia
New England
Calabasas
Arizona
Jim Smith
Smith
Garfield
Pennsylvania
Yakutsk
Siberia
Verkoyansk
Yana
Asia
America
Parry Islands
North Pole
Tropics
Equator
Hocus-Pocus
Jersey City
Charley
Literary Problems in the Seventeenth to Present Century
In Cornhill Magazine a critique wonders if money truly buys superior literature. It contrasts Shakespeare and Spenser with modern writers, notes growing output but questions genuine artistic progress, and cites drama as the highest early achievement now with few plays of first rank. A Jacksonville inventor touts an alligator hatching machine.
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England
Shakspeare
Spenser
Bacon
Grub Street
Cenci
English Losses and Odd Folly in One Column Tale
The article chronicles fourteen English defeats with 1,891 killed and 1,228 wounded, while Ashantees and others suffered far heavier losses. It notes Egypt casualties unknown and upholds a harsh military record. It also recounts a San Francisco Chronicle tale of a woman shrinking rapidly after taking an anti fat remedy from 콜obar beans, ending in death and no remains for burial.
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Egypt
San Francisco Chronicle
Africa
East
Death and Afterlife Reverie in Eternal Peace
A somber meditation on death and heaven, praising departed loved ones and the hope of reunion with God. The poem reflects life’s duties inherited from the dead, their grace irradiating present moments, and the contrast of darkness and light guiding souls to a heavenly dawn.
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Earth
Charley Quedglington's Watlingbury gate provokes Dean's decision
Charley Quedglington plans a Watlingbury trip against a dean's warning. After aiding a frightened governess on the train, he returns to face punishment and a surprising family intervention. The dean relents slightly, then offers Charley a chance to escort his niece Gertrude to the North, staying through term end.
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Charley Quedglington
Charley
Gordon
St. Aldate
Soamford
Watlingbury
Stady
Cummings
Quedglington
Gammon
St. Aldate’s
Richard Gordon
Charley's Gate
Casme
University Ife
Newnham
Girton
Bunn
Mr. Quedglington
Quedglineton
Dominic Sampson
Miss Gertrude
Gertrude
Sir Richard
Disgraceful Exit From St Algate’s School
The Dean orders Charley Quedglington sent down amid speculation that Mrs Dean engineered the move while the Archdeacon and his friends remain ignorant of the true cause. London Society notes the scandalary plan, denied as nonsense by observers.
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Charley Quedglington
St. Algate’s
London Society
The Poetry Market Run In A Hawkeye Ad Sale
A timid young man offers a long rhyming poem for publication as an advertisement, agreeing to pay $65 for 168 lines. The hawkeye office recounts the exorbitant rates and the absurd valuation, ending with the ad man realizing the folly as the poet walks away with manuscript in hand.
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America
Mississippi
Adman
Hemlold
Hawkeye
Crazyville
Drrdette
Dynamite science and odd town corner jokes from history
Explains dynamite combustion and efficiency with data on nitro glycerine mixes and pressure. Notes varied practical yield from gunpowder. Mentions Springfield Massachusetts and a Canada town where a church, Parliament, college, and a saloon occupy street corners, nicknamed education salvation and damnation.
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Springfield
Mass
Canada
Jay Gould Takes Saratoga Impromptu Visit
Jay Gould has gone to Saratoga, though the trip was not required. The resort would have welcomed him, and the businessman’s presence underscores the season’s social stride.
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Jay Gould
Saratoga
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Ers
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