Monument to Exiuorr to Be Placed by Legislature
Lhe Register notes a $1,000 monument will honor Judge Exuiorr, whose 1879 assassination in Frankfort stirred Kentucky sentiment. The piece also mentions Port Leo XIII at 74, a Sevres porcelain collection at the National Museum, and Dr Mary Walker’s tobacco lecture at the Interior Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exuiorr
Frankfort
Kentucky
National Museum At
Washington
The
Washington Post
Mary Walker
Interior Department
From Tight Rope to Opera Star in Comic West
A performer once a tight rope walker turned singer and dancer in variety shows has embraced opera, delivering a hit with remarkable vivacity. Her athletic past informs her stage presence, including a balancing pose and chalked feet. Also noted are Miss Flood and Miss Fropp amid gossip of engagements and fortunes, plus a rail mileage surge and shifting immigrant patterns shaping late 19th century travel and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Immigration trends and a wartime hero tale mix in report
The article notes more than a million foreign born residents in France with Belgians leading immigration and increases from Italy Spain and Germany. It also retells Mrs Caldwell’s free pass and heroic acts during a January 1861 bridge fire near Centralia, and recounts Miss Mary Anderson meeting the Prince of Wales after a London Lyceum show with a gracious royal reception and bouquet exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Italy
Spain
Germany
London
Mary Anderson
Prince of Wales
Hamilton Griffin
Miss Anderson
Lyceum Theater
Prince and Princess of Wales
How Ladies Can Be Made Taller
A scientific journal describes a method to elongate women by corset compression and weighted shoes while suspended from a ring. The process claims up to three and a half inches of height over five to six months, with pain and extended duration. A crematory in Juru java, Brazil, will cremate yellow fever victims from St Isabel Marine Hospital.
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Toronto Globe
Jurujaba
Brazil
Marine Hospital of
St. Isabel
Agricultural Notes On Oats Clover And Poultry Care
Agricultural digest covers Oliver Baker of Fulton county Georgia thrashing oats and barley on one and a quarter acres, South gains Japan clover as a drought tolerant pasture forage, Bee behavior debate, scabby leg in poultry treated with kerosene wash, broke wind in horses prevention, mink milk preservation method and Paris green pesticide safety with orchard watering guidance suggesting exclude sheep from grass until washed by rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
A. J. Cook
Michigan Agricultural College
Chicago Journal
Wventor
Paris Green
Household cookery notes from an old recipe column
A collection of kitchen guidance including bake methods for housekeepers helps using leftovers and various dishes. Recipes cover chicken preparations, potpie style uses, dressing, brine curing for meat, tapioca pudding, potato dishes, and soft gingerbread, with stepwise details and measurements.
A Witty Note on an Odd Chair Purchase
The excerpt from a note by Dick ens to a friend describes a chair with no bottom that cannot stand alone. The shopkeeper, valuing literature and Republican principles, offers a lowering price, down to 17 pounds 19 shillings 6 pence, with a humorous, confounding remark about George Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Washington
Pretty Shop Girls used to push hats in millinery sales
A New Use of Pretty Shop Girls describes millinery shops employing attractive girls in an ante-room to entice customers. The wily clerk matches a head to a customer to show the hat’s effect, boosting vanity and sales. The piece also notes penny contributions and Montana’s internal revenue tally of 1,000,000 dollars.
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Wiley
New York
Lesier
Jerusalem My Happy Home and a Suffering Family
A contrast of a singer father who can render Jerusalem my happy home in eight tunes with a brutal home life. The wife, an invalid with five children, endures day by day while the husband boasts a powerful voice and refuses help. The tale shifts to a doctor’s reflection on mortality and endurance alongside ancient timber examples from St Pauls Rome Venice and Paris.
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Jerusalem
Lewis’ Monthly
St. Paul
Rome
St. Mark
Venice
Paris
A Novel Form of Horse Race Gambling Abroad
A St Louis Globe-Democrat correspondent describes a casino paddle wheel style horse racing game in Wiesbaden or Baden Baden where seven circular figurines drive miniature horses. Three series of seven numbers are sold for a franc each ora single number, with mixed odds and a five to seven franc prize. Crowded viewing stands and fashionable patrons accompany the mild form of gambling growing each season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Alps
Lake City
Switzerland
Wiesbaden
Baden-Baden
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Durability of Timber from Historic British Structures
Timber remains from Savor Palace in London show oak elm beech and chestnut piles and planks preserved for 650 years. A timber curve found in Tunbridge Castle wall was enclosed for 700 years. A bridge timber uncovered at Ditton Park Windsor aligns with ancient records.
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Savor Palace
London
Tunbridge Castle
Kent
Ditton Park
Windsor
Tibetan Beauty and the Beast Myth Recounted
A Tibetan tale follows Kusa a strong prince cursed with eighteen marks of ugliness and a lionlike face. His wife initially flees upon seeing his true looks but later returns as his courage earns her respect. Indra grants him beauty with a forehead jewel, transforming his fate, while the myth traces its shift from myth to moral tale in Indian legend context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kusa
Indra
The
London Quarterly
Story of the War Tale Of Confederate Soldier Killing For Mercy
A Nashville street car conversation recalls a Confederate soldier grievously wounded after battles begging to be killed. A Louisiana Tiger reportedly slit his throat under a tree, while others seek corroboration. The tale, relayed by a Rev. in the city, prompts silence and reflection among listeners.
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Nashville
Louisiana Tigers
Deail
Carolina
Nashville American
The Way He Looked At It
A boy nicks a single peanut at Broadway and Columbia. The Italian roaster grabs the lad and kicks him. An old man protests asking for arrest. The Italian explains in a broken accent the need for restraint. Then a historical aside notes Caius Martius in 90 B.C. defeating the Volscians and earning Coriolanus.
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Broadway
Columbia Street
John
Caius Martius
Corioli
Coriolianus
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Lhe Register
W. Slater
Pusitisxer
Port Leo XIII
Jennie Fropp
California
Miss Flood
Young Grant
Lord Beaumont
San Francisco
Flood
Mr. Mackey
United States
Omaha
Leon
Missouri
Michigan
Grand Trunk
Louisville
New Orleans
Dogwood Ridge
Miss
Palouse
Northern Pacific
James P. Caldwell
Mexico
Leadville
Col
North Missouri Railroad Company
Hannibal Journal
Young’s Creek
Agricultural
Oliver Baker
Fulton County
Danisa
Montana
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