Coin Return Highlights Record of Honest Byers
A Bank of France customer dropped 5000 francs in a handkerchief on stairs. The windfall spilled across the sidewalk but bystanders recovered every coin and returned it to the owner. Also noted are a precocious five year old in Eureka adding and multiplying without letters and census figures for Italy’s population in 1881 and Douglass’s early ship worker days with a Baltimore railway firm.
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Bank of France
New York
Broadway
Diabolical Labyrinths At Ring Theater In Vienna
The Ring Theater manager described the theater as a labyrinth of passages in a Vienna trial, recounting that after weeks he could not locate his own office or the staircase without guidance.
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Vienna
Painful death of a boy at Albany Iron Works
A 15 year old boy sleeping on a plank near the train rollers at Albany Iron Works was fatally burned when a heated iron rod forty to fifty feet long, moving at fifteen feet per second and uncontrollable in direction, shot toward him. The rod pierced his body, withdrew, and he died within fifteen minutes.
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Albany
N. Y
California
San Francisco
Occidental Hotel
Bride Receives Trouser Gift At Green Bay Wedding
A Green Bay bride was stunned when a friend sent a pair of trousers with a note saying they were meant for the part she would play. The groom and guests viewed it as an insult until the friend explained the error and offered punishment. She made the groom wait for a kiss until guests were served.
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Green Bay
Wis
Railways to link ancient Mesopotamia to modern world
The article describes a 500 mile rail route from the Black Sea to the Caspian, crossing Mesopotamia Central Asia and Arabia to connect Nineveh Babylon Damascus and related cities. It notes rail development will enable a federation of nations and transport of goods, while also recounting a Senate adjournment moment involving Senator Davin Davis and an Acting Vice President during a dull session.
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Mesopotamia
Central Asia
Arabia
Davin Davis
Senate
Capitol
Tom
Senate adjourns as orator reels from bewilderment
A fragment from a political column recounts a chaotic adjournment scene with a portly Illinois senator fleeing toward the cloak room amid quips about job seekers in New York. It recalls anecdotes from a California pioneers reunion and several travel tales including a laundromat scam, a drunken ship stop, and a mock heroic saga in San Francisco.
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Senate
Ilinois
The Future of Islam and African Expansion
A historical essay argues Islam will expand in Central Africa, aided by Moorish linkages with Morocco and the Soudan. It claims the Mohammedan missionary offers dignity and equality to enslaved Africans, outpacing Christian missions, and predicts Central Africa as Islam’s near-term inheritance with about 10,000 Muslims already counted.
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Morocco
Soudania
Mediterranean
Africa
Ham
Central Africa
Josh Billings Heard From in 1880 Letter
A fragmentary 1880 letter from Newton, R. to Dear Brothers describes trying salt air for a liver ailment and credits Hop Bitters with relief. The writer signs as Joey Brizmas, mentioning Christmas and a casual personal note about health and gratitude.
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Josh Billings
Newtonn
The Conductor and the Road to a Honeymoon
A dramatic tale from Dramatic Times where a bride and bridegroom seek travel routes for a honeymoon. They debate the Kankakee Kokomo and other lines as a conductor reveals rival paths and a wild twist ending with the couple returning home. The tale ends with the groom’s fixation on the misread roads and a descent into madness.
The Judas Iscariot and the Flying Sprite Saga
In Nawaggen Captain Trumbull Cram recalls the notorious three master Flying Sprite and the Judas Iscariot. The three master ship, famed for mischief, sank under a bad fate after many calamities. The Judas Iscariot, renamed by Cram after its demonic behavior, wrecked cargoes and baffled crews with unpredictable sails and constant trouble. A community gathering watched as ballast stone walls were loaded for a final odd voyage. The tale blends nautical superstition with stubborn local wit about ships that seem cursed.
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Cram
Judas
Judas Iscariot
Oregon
Mohammed
Cottin
Smanl
Ireland
Marblehead
Bay of Chaleur
Maine
Massachusetts
Congregational
Newaggen
Andrew Jackson
Tobias
Mackerel Cove
Machias Way
Pug
Portland
Nawaggen
Oram
Newaggen Harbor
Pambler Island
Wharf Crowd Applauds Orams Bold Painted Legend
On the wharf and in small boats the crowd cheered an unexpectedly orthodox display as Capt. Oram’s vessel bore large white letters on its side spelling out an explicit legend for all to see.
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Capt. Oram
Judas Iscariot Returns Home With Jibboom Through Window
In a Maine coastal tale a schooner named Judas Iscariot battles a northwest wind and fog. Captain Cram leans on daring to lash the helm and send the ship toward the sea while the tug withdraws. The wreck returns to port with a tale of a vessel having a soul.
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Deacon Plympton
Judas
Andrew Jackson
Tobias
Swanton
Gov. Purington
Cram
Judas Iscariot
Cap
Tobias’ Demijohn
Rng
South Atlantic
Trambull Cram
Capt. Cram
Congregational Church
Newaggen
Maine
Cove
Might Learn From the Mound Builders
In the Mississippi delta traces of the mound builders engineering skill appear in artificial elevations miles of canal and long stretches of levees along counties on the Mississippi River from Cairo to New Orleans. The ancient system is urged as a model for modern engineers to study as an effective remedy for floods.
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Mississippi Delta
Canala
Cairo
New Orleans
Fonda
Memphis
Mammoth Cave Described by Bishop Warren in Vivid Tour
Bishop Warren recounts Mammoth Cave with a mix of awe and humor noting narrow passages, river sections, and dramatic domes plus "fat man's misery" and "tall man's abasement." He describes routes from seven to sixteen miles and a joined tour, with Benzal lights illuminating vast caverns and peculiar gypsum formations. The piece ends with a tale of a bride breaking a mortally dated vow by marrying within a cave bower.
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Bishop Warren
Mammoth Cave
Lake Lethe
Echo River
Bushnell
Parthenon
Earth
Cuban Courting Customs Describe Espionage of Lovers
A vivid sketch of Cuban courtship where suitors cannot meet alone and must court under family supervision. Daily visits, window conversations, and discreet signals occur under the watchful eyes of parents and old servants. Lovers navigate surveillance, social judgment, and strict duties, with stories of rival admiration and postmarital retribution.
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Cuba
Dutch Skates Distinct Designs For Fast Straight-Line Travel
The article compares Friesland and South Holland Dutch skates. Friesland skates are ultralight with thin irons and high blade fronts, using rope-like bindings. South Holland skates focus on the Dutch roll with a curved iron, long forward sweep, and firmer fastening.
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Euclid
Boverland
Friesland
South Holland
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the Hegister
W. Slater
Pousuisues
Eureka, Ga
Italy
Florence
Frederick Douglass
Chesapeake and Marine Railway and Dry-dock Company
Baltimore
Mr. Douglass
CO. B. Q
R.N
Sky Blue Lake
Kankakee
Kokomo
Mamma
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Oshkosh Kalamazoo
N. G
Jersey
Mer
Trumbull Cram
Ammi
Plympton
Navaggen
Philadelphia
St. Croix
New Jersey
Nantucket
Atlantic
Far Island
Long Island Sound
Liveres
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