Various Oddities and News Briefs From The Register
A collection of short items including eye surgery on a child in Kelso Washington, a man finding a cache of twenty dollar bills in a sewing machine, a Oregon man explains squirrels eat the killed pests, and a Massachusetts cow sets a butter-production record. Also noted are hypnotism as a cure for drunkenness, a portrait of Samuel J. Randall, Bismarck resignation rumors and follow-on dispatches, a dramatic wedding interruption near Salisbury Maryland, Gambetta’s early promise, a California ranch accident with a brave Mrs Noble, a Berlin baptismal ceremony for Japanese nobles renaming as German citizens, and two Japanese nobles choosing German education over their native titles.
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Berlin
Eilsdorf
Count Aime of
Yeddo
Herr Curt
Viscount Kobayakawa
Tokio
Bruno
Various Odd Tales of Credit, Metals, and Inventions
The column recounts a court scene where a defendant pays counterfeit money, a German judge sermons about Siberia, and a cow remains with its owner. It then describes an English inventor creating a goldlike metal costing sixty cents a pound, a St Louis jeweler outwitting a landlord with alarm clocks, a Michigan chemist saving copper from mines, and a railway worker’s spring that eases jolts in trains becoming standard nationwide.
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Solomons
Dorpat
Siberia
St. Louis
Michigan
Portage River
Lake Linden
Calumet
Hecla
Punishing His Own Folly in the Montana Stampede Tale
An old German refuses a ride with a heavy pack while a wagon driver urges him to ride. The German insists he will walk and carry his burden, vowing to teach one foolish Dutchman not to join another stampede.
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Cedar Creek
Montana
Spokane
Mail Cart Gift Sparks Banter in Town Topics
In a playful exchange from Town Topics, Dudeleigh invites Miss Budleigh to ride in his new mail cart from England. She teases that men have all the mail carts while women lack such luxury, noting the social gap with light humor.
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Dudeleigh
England
Budleigh
An Economical Man, by S. W. Foss
A satirical poem about a man living on thirteen cents a day who hacks a frugal life through milk, crackers, fish, and woodchucks. He dines with neighbors to save, patches one suit for thirty years, and dies leaving his nephew Jack nine hundred thousand dollars, spent in a single year.
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Jack
Yankee Blade
Which shall it be Kitty asks John for love
In a moonlit village a young woman Kitty wrestles with loyalty between John Weston a plain brave lawyer and Mr Thorne a wealthy suitor. After overheard schemes and a bold plan she confesses true love to John and he forgives her. Thorne departs vowing to wed Miss Wade as Kitty and John marry.
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John
Kitty
Mr. Thorne
Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen
Mavourneen
Weston
John Weston
Fred
Jack
H’m
Ned
Lillian Wade
Kathleen Mavoureen
Kitty Ross
Hawthorne
Wade
Grandmother and her spectacles fade into legend
A reminiscence of a grandmother famed for her “second sight” and worn spectacles. The tale blends memory and poetry as she reads from the piazza, envisions ethereal visions, and finally departs with vision restored beyond the glass.
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Grandmother
Piazza
T. de Jviit Talmage
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Countryman's Education by Sir John Lubbock
Sir John Lubbock at Bromley Kent contrasts town and country knowledge. He argues the agricultural laborer gains field learning and practical skills beyond book learning, while townspeople overlook the value of rural intellect and versatility. He warns against scorn for country智慧 and praises diverse competencies.
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John Lubbock
Bromley
Kent
Wordsworth
Oh, Mr. Dusenberry Becomes Kin Through Sister's Marriage
A boy reports a prior suitor's anger and explains his sister will wed Mr. Dusenberry’s proposal. The young man rejoices at the idea of becoming kin, then sadness returns as he sees the sister’s fiancé leave through the door.
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Mr. Dusenberry
Johnny
A Philosophie Ctation Observed on Patience and Street Life
A narrator recalls a street scene teaching patience. An old Italian rag-picker carries a massive bundle along the sidewalk. A passing wagon wheel strikes the bundle, throwing the bearer to the ground and causing dazed, injured moment as bystanders assist.
Man Endures Injury With Gentle Dignity in Boston Post
A Boston Post excerpt describes a man struck with a forehead cut who calmly accepts misfortune. He smiles, wipes his face, and resumes his burden with help from a apologetic teamster, reflecting on humane resilience amid life’s annoyances.
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Boston Post
New Rules by a Chicago Man Warn of Social Pitfalls
Simeon W. King lists types of men to beware of in business circles. He cites a host of behaviors from loud greetings and intrusive politeness to public space overuse and lingering habits, concluding with a warning about men who never truly depart and their companion who lingers.
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Simeon W. King
Chicago
The Quiet Art of Learning Poetry by Heart
A Woman shares a lifelong habit of memorizing verse to sharpen language. She recommends starting with short poems by Austin Dobson and others, then progressing to Browning and Rossetti, stressing gradual progress and personal pleasure in poetry. The tale of Rossetti’s unpublished papers and her wife's blond hair is noted as a vivid anecdote.
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Austin Dobson
Owen Meredith
Tom Hood
Adelaide Proctor
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rossetti
Ladies’ Home Journal
How to Use Canned Goods in Safe Storage
An expert advises turning out canned foods and consuming promptly. Keep leftovers in a cool place, rinse seafoods after removing from tins, and avoid adding condiments inside tins. Do not store beyond seven days for sardines in oil. avoid large purchases. self preservation is key.
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Nashville
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The
Philadelphia Times
Samuel J. Randall
Bismarck
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Victoria Wright
Salisbury
Lercallette
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Gambetta
Emile Olliver
Olliver
George Noble
Hollister
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