Fragmented notes on politics and people across cities
The item surveys diverse topics including European loan figures for railroads, potato craft claims, a costly Capitol project, coroner elections in New York, and voter comparisons between Baltimore and St. Louis. It also mentions elevated-rail threats in New York, presidential site lore, a dangerous Mexican silver mine contract, and a glowing portrait of Victor Hugo with a banquet at Veules.
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Mexico
el Paso
Cusihuatchic
Emerald of Queen Isabella sold in Paris jewel sale
Annie Louise Capy owns the largest emerald said to be from Queen Isabella, weighing two carats and valued at $50,000. It sits in Roman gold with twenty-four diamonds. Schnauschek’s collection includes four diamonds from the Czar Nicholas and the Queen of Bayaris, each worth about $12,000.
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Annie Louise Capy
Isabella
Paris
Schnauschek
Nicholas
Bayaris
Hunting mishap ends with large black snake hoax
Thomas Hamilton of Hieurann Pa embarked on a hunt last week. After lunch he found his gun missing, only to discover the log he sat on was a pursuing black snake that had slithered away, leaving him gunless and puzzled.
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Hieurann
Thomas Hamilton
Thurlow Weeds Peculiarities Reveal Old Habits
The New York Letter recounts Thurlow Weed describing his past long smoking habit and generous drinking. He smoked up to twenty cigars daily until 1870 at age 73, then quit abruptly on medical advice. He also notes mild drinking, preferring a small spirit diluted with water, presenting a temperate shift in later years.
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Weed
Re . Thia
Brébe
New York
Absence of Focus Sinks Napkin From Pocket Joke
A clipped line notes how a man’s absent mindedness is a mark of greatness only when he removes a napkin from the table and pockets it in his handkerchief, a tiny lapse that leaves him feeling small.
I gave my darling a white flower and a ring
A fragmentary poem recalls a lover's gifts to a mistress a white flower a gold ring and a heart of truth. The speaker laments broken promises and betrayal as the beloved leaves and a child’s life is cited in sorrowful tone. The verse ends with a mournful refrain about maidens’ betrayals and lost faith.
Golden Eyes and a Bicycle Wallflower Romance
Nan Browning, famed as the belle of Chicago society, attracts Frank Humphrey a society reporter and Hart Hargrave, an English suitor. A bicycle accident, a torn between two men, and Nan’s shifting affections culminate in Hargrave proposing and Nan’s consent, with a wedding announced in the Morning Between Seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan
Frank Humphrey
Frank
Chicago
Clara Whitelead
Susie Parking
Endursig
Tits Dally
Mafure
Mr. Howells
Angela
Sean
Jean Ingelow
Mrs. Delly
Hargrave
Hart Hargrave
Dearborn Avenue
America
Denver
Leadville
Wagner
Irla
Old Insids
Miss Browning
Delly
Humphrey
Hart Hargy
Harti
Hart
Mia
Humphrey Rose
Sory
Clair
Untamer Electricity and Frictional Sparks Across Berlin Brewery
A London Globe report notes a Berlin brewery experiment where friction between malt and a floor caused electric development. Sparks flew, the malt cracked, and workers watched a demonically tinged display as experts traced insulation and Leyden jar effects in the brick building.
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Nassan Street
New York
London Globe
Berlin
Electrics Technical Union
Werner Biemens
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the Hegister
O. W. Slater
Punzsuzz
The
Glasgow Herald
Europe
Forner
Town State
William H. Kennpy
Baltimore Sun
St. Louis
Baltimore
New Years Tribune
Lake Shore
Harrison
Toledo
Fillmore
Buffalo
Lincoln
Douglas
Grant
Sackett’s Harbor
Detroit
Hayes
Sandusky
Garfield
Lake
Grover Cleveland
New Portent
Victor Hugo
France
Veules
Jennie
George
Salle d
Victor ‘Hugo
French Republic
Socorca
Aberdéen
Nery
Epormoun Rupee Island
New Zealand
Thurlow
Anon
Sinata
Utr
Edmund J. Bland
Mr. Hargrave
Wools
England
Untamer Electricity
Carones
Atrec
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