Diverse News Notes From The Times And Abroad
A compact collection of brief items spans the United States and Europe. Topics include a sheriff shielded from damages in a court execution, murder and family tragedy in Edgerton Missouri, London business boldness with ships for samples, Venice's umbrella protest against a bad tenor, and a humorous take on literary careers. Also covered are Japan telegraph growth, a parliamentary Speaker origin note, California secret-keeping by a noblewoman, Prussia's military budgets, a pretender in Washington seeking a medical license, a British coal wage dispute, and a leather tool used by a Wisconsin boys’ school officer.
Stricter discipline alleged at boys school and a perilous elevator prank
Reports describe a teacher’s harsh methods to enforce order, including tying a pupil and applying lash. The officer denies charges while a probe begins. Separately, Patti’s portrait and a debate over Latin phrasing surround Garfield’s illness. New Orleans Picayune warns jokers after a man hides in an elevator lift case, nearly crushed when it falls.
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New Orleans Picayune
Death
St Jacobs Oil Praised By Crystal City Man
Mr. Wm. F. Quinlan of Crystal City Missouri reported relief from rheumatic knee pains after using St Jacobs Oil, according to a Missouri paper quoted in the Babylon South Side column.
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Babylon
S. 1
South Side
Missouri
Wm. F. Quinlan
Crystal City
St. Jacobs Oil
Modesty and Beauty in Women And Whisky Love
A quoted essay extols female modesty as the richest ornament and source of virtue, contrasting it with faded beauty. It likens modesty to shade in art and links youth’s transience to virtue’s enduring charm. The Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin cites strong praise for St Jacobs Oil and ends noting love for whisky staggers men.
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England
Albe
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
St. Jacobs Oil
Little Goldenhair and Grandpa A Child’s Simple Day
A verse about Goldenhair's busy day from dawn to night. Grandpa ponders what the child has done, noting games with doll, jump rope, soap bubbles, and reading a picture book. The poem ends with a prayer for innocence and rest in the Infinite breast.
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Ldenhair
Goldenhair
Grandpa
Jimmy and the Panther
An old settler recalls early 19th century life in Schoharie County New York and a boy named Jimmy who, while visiting Dick, encounters a panther in the woods. Panicked, he climbs a tree as the creature prowls below and another panther’s scream echoes, testing his nerve and survival.
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Scoharie County
N. Y
Jack
Daniel Boone
Jimmy
Jacob
Egypt
The Professed Lady Killer Thirteen Years of Age
A Cornhill Magazine extract portrays a precocious young page in seventeenth and eighteenth century French society. The boy performer, disguised in ladies’ clothes, is labeled a professed lady killer, with Susanna and the Countess central to the masquerade’s drama. The piece questions identity, romance, and gender presentation in a satirical tone.
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Boucher
Fragonard
Diderot
Voltaire
Shakspere
Cesario
Fletcher
Bellano
Spain
Lupe de Vega
M. Caron de Beaumarchais
Mesdames
Louis XV
Madrid
Comedie Francaise
Jehan de Saintre
Cherubino
France
Marie Antoinette
Goethe
Mignon
Susanna
Indy
Shakesere
Oy Ganymede
Almaviva
Cornhill
Panther Encounter Ends With Rescue and Lesson
A narrator recounts a perilous night when a panther stalked him under moonlight. His brother Jack tracked the scream, fired between the beast’s eyes, and killed it just as the panther leaped. They returned home to a stern mother and a harsh punishment for the panicked child.
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Jack
Mother
Baker’s cruel pie stunt injures boys on Fullerton and Broadway
A Cleveland Leader excerpt describes Eighteenth Ward baker John Lapter luring local boys to his wagon at Fullerton Street and Broadway, serving samples of pie laced with tartar emetic. Four boys fell ill, shoes still tied, and staggered home, vowing future honesty. The tale is paired with unrelated 19th century snippets from Yonkers Gazette and Springfield Union.
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Lapter
Fullerton Street
Broadway
Cleveland
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Clay Snell
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House of Representatives
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Massachusetts
Kentucky
New Jersey
Connecticut
North Carolina
South Carolina
New York
Virginia
Tennessee
Indiana
Maine
Georgia
Callifornia
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Prussia
German Empire
Federal Council
Bavaria
Wuremburg
Saxony
Wurtemburg
Delaney
Washington
Sierra Leone
Livingstone
Sorries
Madeley Coal and Iron Company
North Staffordshire
Settles
Wisconsin Industrial School For
Patti
Adelaide Neilson
Joan Hay
Col. Rockwell
Garfield
Republic
Iris
Commonwealth
Belle
Sparta
Goldenbair
Jimmy and
the Panther
Warburton Avenue
Yonkers
Iits
Springfield Union
J. N. Harris & Co., Proprietors
Cincinnati
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Frezoneree
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Rotheater
Toronts
Oldcat & Beat Mmercia
Xadress
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Washington Territory
Portland
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Pacific
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Columbia River
A. L. Stokes
Clark St
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