Left handedness and animals in old notes from The Register
The Register notes a man who left animals and $2000 to a cruelty society to care for them after death. It also cites a German investigator finding 22 percent left handed among condemned criminals, higher than a 9 percent baseline. Other items mention a bull pup sparing a rat, an Utica church tied to 1628 society, a 1839 building with marble cut by Sing Sing convicts, and 1888 presidential pairings discussed in public.
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Springfield
Mass
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Utica
Diverse 19th C notes on catering, chalk, poetry, and estate
A Bangor woman mocks a Augusta legislative affair menu with dry sandwiches and poor cake. The piece notes Chicago billiard chalk innovation, the death of blind poet Paitie Berner Marston, and an anecdote about a Paris-born secret. It also lists Charles Francis Adams estate value and speculation on future date figures for type founders.
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Tur
Augusta
Bangor
Miser physician’s room reveals months of odd nourishment in NYC
In a New York City room of a miser physician who died recently, investigators found hundreds of empty bottles and packages. The evidence suggests he had lived for many months on various nutritious articles advertised broadly.
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New York City
Practitioner’s trial diet linked to fatal gastric disease
The subject exploited rival suppliers to obtain free cereal foods wines malt tonics and other samples for a medical trial. His name appeared among regular practitioners and requests were granted freely. He died of a gastric disease, possibly resulting from the diet.
Newly Married Couple Flooded On Honeymoon Visit
A recently wed pair lodging at a Scotch watering-place faced a comic calamity when a misread shower cord caused both the cold and hot taps to douse them. In the middle of the night the bride rang for a servant as water roared from overhead, leaving them soaked and scrambling to escape the flooded chamber.
Secret agent Regnier dies in London after Metz intrigue
Edmund Regnier, the man who held the true secret of Metz’s capitulation, died in London after fleeing England following a treason conviction. He had plotted against the republic with a mysterious mission to Marshal Bazaine, kept a tobacconist shop, and mocked Empress Eugenie as war anxiety rose in Paris.
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Metz
London
Edmund Regnier
Marshal Bazaine
Bazaine
Regnier
England
Republic
Bismarck
Paris
Eugenie
Marie Antoinette
France
Age and Yorick? Hamlet's time and Labouchere tale
The piece links Hamlet's age to Yorick's skull, arguing Hamlet would be at least twenty six if back bearing occurred daily for three years, then shifts to Labouchere's British Legation anecdote where a visitor waits an hour and learns the minister left for Canada and will return in six weeks.
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Hamlet
Shakespeare
Yorick
Horatio
Prince
Laboucchere
Washington
Legation
Labouchere
Canada
Butter and goats halt Mary on field stroll
Tuy and Charles escort Mary past a pugnacious goat in a lane. Mary hesitates, recalling a earlier quarrel over passing butter. William is tethered nearby, prompting her renewed resolve to move on.
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Tuy
Mary
Charles
William
Secrets of Beauty and Techniques to Prevent Wrinkles
An article advises on facial aging and makeup, promoting upward facial washing to counteract downward wrinkle formation. It outlines exercises to plump cheeks by chewing on soft leather to develop underused facial muscles, aiming to restore youthful fullness in middle-aged readers.
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E.r
The Untutored Savage and Cherokee Honor Tale
A San Francisco Chronicle reprint recounts a Cherokee tale where a man facing execution avoids jail, surrenders to the Sheriff, and offers his trusted friend as the executioner. The crowd witness a ceremonial death as the friend fires the fatal shot, prompting reflection on lessons between cultures.
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Damon
Pythies
San Francisco Chronicle
Still Hopeful in Pennsylvania Grocery Store
A New York grocery traveler visits a Pennsylvania grocer facing striking creditors and protest notes. The sheriff is present as the two discuss the bleak situation. The traveler hints at a glimmer of hope linked to three barrels of goods or value, cited quietly away from the sheriff.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Orleans Molasses Find Hints at Business Restart
Wall Street News notes that fresh molasses discoveries in New Orleans may enable a business restart once current troubles subside. The report emphasizes potential economic impact and timing for renewed commercial activity in the port city.
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New Orleans
Wall Street
The Toad and the Worm Observation in an Eastern lecture
Thomas Hill D D describes a paper read in an Eastern city where a toad demonstrates problem solving while eating an enormous earthworm. He notes the toad first tests head orientation, then uses a hind foot to grasp the worm inside, preventing escape and swallowing the entire length.
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Bardwell
Thomas Hill
Lever
All for Charity watch tale ends in mock auction
A husband questions a wife about buying a watch she justified as a charity act. She recalls bidding at a staged auction to help a poor man selling a family heirloom, claiming the watch was worth $175 and she paid $40 after competing bids. The husband accuses her of spending his money.
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Pye
John
San Francisco Chronicle
Experiment in Human Nature at a Railway Cigar Stand
A Chicago Herald anecdote where two traveling salesmen test human nature by swapping a five cent cigar for two for a quarter. The cigar seller chooses the pricier buyer, triggering a lesson that ties status to perception. The other man jokes that the premium buyer is conceited and sockless in a bet.
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Chicago Herald
A Dutch Prison at Leeuwarden Described in Detail
A Brooklyn Magazine account portrays the Leeuwarden prison as a model Dutch facility. It emphasizes stone and iron construction, constant surveillance, spotless wards, iron cages, and strict military discipline. Inmates live in isolated cells with regular meals, and a small work-related income supports modest comforts.
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Holland
Leeuwarden
Brookly Magazine
Spiders as a Delicacy Among Famous Eaters
An anthology of famed figures and their quirks lists Charlemagne liking venison, Luther and coffee or beer, Melancthon barley soup, Tasso preserved fruits, Henry IV eating oysters or melons, Peter the Great cheese, Kant pork and pulses, Schiller ham, Schiller's restaurant notes from 1782, Byron cheese, Pope venison, Swift turbot, and Scott roast goose, with diverse tastes across eras.
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Charlemange
Luther
Pall Mell Gazette
Melancthon
Napoleon
A. M. Schurmann
Lessing
Nlopstock
Kant
Schiller
Stuttgart
Dr. Schiller
Matthison
Lord Byron
Chester
Pope
Jonathan Swift
Sir Walter Scott
Ornamental Wimmen and Grangers Converse Humorously
In dialogue between two grangers, crude humor targets women as ornamental beings while praising traditional duties. Lem Jackson's wife is cited as capable and burdened by household tasks and farming chores. Snopson and Binns exchange a brief street encounter about missing travel and health, with Snopson joking that Binns looked worn out or away.
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Snopson
Binns
A Rather Odd Business In the West Bone Hunters Survive Buffalo Slaughter
The buffalo’s near extinction drives skin-strippers to new work as bone-hunters across Montana and the West. In 1943-4, 7,850 tons of bones crossed the Northern Pacific line, sold to sugar refineries and carbon works, yielding freight and market values that sustain railroads and industry in cities like Detroit St Louis and Philadelphia.
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Great Northwest
Montana
Northern Pacific Railroad
Detroit
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Harper’s Weedly
Plant Allies Help Trees and Orchids Live Better
A fungus covering young root points of beech and oak aids tree nutrition. German researchers report a yellow bladder like fungus in orchid roots harms nothing and likely aids plants by transforming woody matter into absorbable form.
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Frank
Germany
Wahrlich
Not Guilty Plea In Chicken Theft Case
A magistrate hears Uncle Rastus plead not guilty to chicken theft with inquests on mercy if evidence goes against him. The New York Sun quotes the exchange. The piece then notes Mars Lane in London, once Mart Lane, named from Edward I’s privilege to Sir Thomas Ross. It adds a period ad voice for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters praising emigration regions and malaria protection.
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Uncle Rastus
Mars Lane
London
Mart Lane
Edward I
Thomas Ross
Hamlake
Far West
Profitable Investment Offered by Hallett & Co in Portland
An advertisement promises a home based postal card investment that can be started with no capital, offering earnings of up to $50 per day for some and over $5 daily for others. It targets both sexes and invites readers to send their address to Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine, for full details.
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Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
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