English politics and campaigning in the old world and beyond
The piece surveys English election methods and public discourse, noting calm campaigns and the end of mudslinging. It discusses American poet Wilde, railway decline in the South, iron versus steel shipbuilding debates, and a lively portrait of figures like Stanley, Bismarck, and Gladstone while recalling Queen Victoria’s link to early aniline dyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Sands
Great Britain
Great Eastern
Ireland
Timothy Healy
Joseph Chamberlain
Stanley
Gladstone
Queen Victoria
Bonn
Rhine
Wilhelm von Hoffman
Royal College of Chemistry
London
Italian speed talker Lucci plans three day speech stunt
Lucci the Italian faster writes to George Francis Train proposing a scientific London experiment speaking continuously for three days and nights without eating or sleeping. His topics include theology psychology astronomy and more. Critics note even if successful he lacks a remarkable distinction and compare to Henry Blair’s political hobby. Succi’s motive is said to be to dispel the impression that he is insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucci
George Francis Train
London
Harrangue
Henry W. Blair
United States Senate
Blair
Succi
World’s Fair Artist Seeks Male Model for Horticultural Building
Mr. Dodge the World's Fair artist seeks a male model with ideal beauty for a painting for the horticultural building. He has advertised but received no responses, despite Chicago's abundance of Apollo-like figures. The article urges Curley Bellows and Edmund Russells to assist in meeting the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Chicago
Apollos
Curley Bellows
Eumund Russells
Dgqdge
Wrecked City of Chicago Passengers and Irish Cottage Hospitality
After the Kinsale cliff rescue, Irish cottagers varied in aid to steerage passengers. Some offered comfort without regard to payment while others exploited travelers for high sums. The piece notes Irish hospitality yet shows how money often reveals human impulses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kinsale
Russian-born man beaten wife with knout in New York
A Russian man named Hersckovitz was arrested in New York after beating his wife with a knout. He declared in jail that he could do as he pleased with his wife, citing marital supremacy. The incident highlights cultural clashes and attitudes toward Russian habits in exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hersckovitz
New York
Urthermore
Merschovitz
United States
Stanley Stump Speech Sparks North Lambeth Riot
Henry M Stanley gave his first stump speech before a rough North Lambeth crowd of costermongers. They jeered and hurled insults while Stanley’s wife defended him on stage. Police ejected four, constables kept order as the meeting ended amid uproar and a barely carried vote of confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Stanley
North
Lambeth
Stanley
Ever Love Blesses Truth and Satisfies the Soul
Poem celebrates divine love as solace and guidance. It contrasts rich earthly glory with humble affection, noting how love brings lasting joy. The speaker asks if life ever matched such blessed days and nights, concluding that present happiness endures.
Desperado Corsen Captured by Vigilance Riders
Jim Corsen, a suspected river thief, is cornered after a night pursuit by Wisconsin vigilance riders led by Blackman. In a cabin hideout facing arrest, Corsen surrenders under threat of he being shot if he resisted, and the group plans to deliver him to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Jim Corsen
William Dexter
Corsen
Dexter
Tle
Blackman
Possibe
Mississippi
Hackman
Corren
Wackman
Carson
Prisoner Arrested After Quick Compliance
A man promptly submitted to authorities, was cuffed within half a minute, and jailed in the county seat. At trial he was identified by a German butcher, convicted, and sentenced to twelve years at hard labor in Wau. pun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wau
Pun
Charrles L. Wood
Origin of the Steamboat Texas Name Explained
An old river captain recalls how the texas on steamboats was the sleeper deck beneath the pilot house. The term arose in the 1830s to 1840s during Texas liberation and U S wars, later sticking as travelers noted that upper deck vantage point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mexico
United States
Santa Ana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Gulf
Lone Star
Totten
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Logician Patter from a Corner of an Erecting Building
A labor foreman scolds Pat the Irish worker for loafing as Pat quips about the other man being a logician. Pat’s clever replies mix dialect humor with logic, leaving the foreman puzzled by Pat’s quick, cryptic reasoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tre
Pat
Pato
The Greatest Eaters of Korea
A writer claims The Korean is the world’s greatest eater, noting locals eat constantly and even feed on raw turnips. He describes sixteen bearers on a journey who stop at villages to eat, and explains large stomachs imply wealth in Korea with royalty gifting fond to widen stomachs for audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
A Whistling Language of Gomer Inspires Debate
M J Layard, long studying the Gomer is land whistling speech in the Canaries, asserts the tongue is really Spanish with whistling amplify ing the sounds. He notes Gomerian speakers shape words with double or quadruple finger placement and forceful exhalation. The whistle aids distance at the cost of clarity and tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Layard
Gomer
Canaries
Dinner salad crowns grown before guests at Blucher home
At Prince and Princess Blucher’s house a novel dinner party started with salad crowns sprouting at the table. The recipe uses germinating lettuce seed soaked in alcohol and planted in soil with lime, watered to sprout, yielding lettuces the size of Barcelona nuts. The aside notes on men’s troubles finish the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prince
Princess Blucher
Barcelona
King Ranch: Texas giant cattle empire under Mrs. Richard King
The King Ranch near Corpus Christi spans about 700000 acres with 100000 cattle and 3000 brood mares. Managed by Robert J. Kleberg, operation relies on strategic pasture blocks, water tanks, and coordinated drives to rail depots for Chicago buyers. An outsider referee settles any cattle disputes before loading onto trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Texas
Richard King
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christie
Robert J. Kleberg
King Ranch
Chicago
Nicleberg
Laborers in Railroad Camps Stirstorm Riot Over Bread
A contractor recalls a Rocky Mountain camp with 250 men where rain and idle hands sparked unrest. A German cook faced a dough-throwing riot after a passerby flung batter, prompting shots at the cook and a hasty retreat. The speaker notes cooks and laborers often clash over food and order in rail camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Examiner
Rocky Mountains
Satan
Trishman
Perpetual Motion Claims Enter Patent Office Debate
An engineer notes a novel motor long at the Washington patent office, often described as perpetual motion though it does not meet the strict definition. The device uses metal expansion to run and has operated for years, likely until wear ends it, with temperature stability needing an Earth center to truly stop it. A stray line comments on girls and church weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
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the Register
New Harmony, Indiana
Oscar Wilde
America
Wilde
Mr. Stanley
Explorer
James Owen O’connor
Bessie Bellwood
Duke
Manchester
Mandeville
Bessie
Prince Bismarck
Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
Germany
Kaiser
Russia
Juhig Scin
Poultney
Nin Pely Cot
Desperado
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