Wealthy lecturer clears six thousand on tour in America
The Hegister reports that he cleared $6,000 from a lecturing tour in America. A man was found at Labor isiere Hospital Paris with a yard of rope in his mouth. he swallowed the cord to hide a suicide attempt but survived. Plans to power Swiss electric railways with Alpine water take shape linking St Moritz and Pertresmia, four and three-fourths miles long.
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Marrazw AnNoLp
America
Laborisiere
Paris
Alps
Switzerland
St. Moritz
Pertresnia
Kildare Hounds
Ireland
Liffey
Humorous Footwear and Exotic Slippers On Miss Field
A humorous catalog describes Miss Field with various shoes and slippers from around the world. The passage notes a shoemaker in Paris sending two pairs monthly and her disdain for worn or mended footwear. It mentions gifts from Signor Castelar Sir Charles Dilke Gov Murray and a range of slippers and boots reflecting her humor and taste.
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Paris
Signor Castelar
Sir Charlee Dilke
Gov. Murray
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Sebree coin mystery and senator Ingalls views
A Dixon Kentucky Record item recounts a Sebree incident where a silver coin softened to a ball in a boy’s pocket, provoking public curiosity and store refusals. The piece also carries Senator Ingalls's interview on western political power, continental unity, and territorial policy, followed by assorted quotes from periodicals on liberty, justice, and reform.
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Dixon
Wade Bailey
Sebree
Frazer
Sam Frazer
Shady Veazey
Bailey
Ingalls
Manitoba
Gulf of Mexico
Great Basin
Mississippi
Alleghenies
Rocky Mountains
West
Atlantic Seaboard
Macaulay
Singing Sands Samples Sought From Life Saving Stations
Superintendents of life saving stations are instructed to supply samples of the peculiar singing sands for scientific study. The dry sands, found between the water line and extreme high tide on coasts, emit a barking sound when disturbed. Twenty six samples from as many localities in the United States have been received, expanding known occurrences beyond the two previously documented locations in the country and Europe.
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Great Lakes
Europe
Butte Trapper Fights Nine-Foot Alligator in Alabama
Robert Carroll, a trapper on West Choctawpatchie River in Alabama, fought an alligator that leapt from a den near his fishing hole. He struck with a hatchet after the creature captured his pole and traps, killing the alligator and claiming its skin and teeth. The nine and a half foot reptile was defending its den as Carroll escaped.
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Robert Carroll
West Choctawpatchie River
Alabama
Carroll
Adbieville
Ala
Sun
Invention of Friction Matches in England 1829 Progress
An article traces the evolution of matches from the brimstone type through early innovations in England. It notes Walker’s involvement, the shift to instantaneous light and lucifer matches, and the Congreve form, detailing the phosphorus nitre composition and dipping end of the wooden body in key mixtures.
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England
Walker
Match Supersedes All Others in Perfection Found
The Inter Ocean notes that this match has surpassed all competitors, carried to high perfection within our nation, signifying unmatched quality and esteem in its field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter Ocean
The Sultan Hamid’s Busy Day At the Palace
An account from Exchange outlines Abdul Hamid's frugal daily routine as sultan of the empire. He earns an immense salary while covering only minor personal costs, meets subjects personally when possible, and manages state affairs with tireless precision. His 600 wives are gone, leaving him more time for devotion and governance, and his day blends prayer, breakfast, drives, family duties, and state business.
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Abdul Hamid
Hiim
Abdul-Aziz
Hin
Imaum
Aso
Filth as a Basis of Infectious Diseases
Three views on origins of infectious diseases are outlined, from impalpable poisons to living germs, with spontaneous generation noted by few. Filth and bad sanitation are linked to disease, illustrated by a diphtheria outbreak in Batavia New York and typhoid in Chelsea. A physician’s push against filth reveals sewage failures and buried filth under a basement floor.
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Batavia
New York
State Board of Health
Chelsea
Bunton
Vouti
Egyptian Court Life and Wealthy House Designs
An overview from Demorest's Monthly describes ancient Egyptian homes with central courts, stone pavements, fountains, and trees. Wealthy houses were detached with ornate porches and furnished interiors. Vases in gold, silver, bronze, ivory, glass, and porcelain featured deities, colors bright in porcelain, lotus motifs, and trees and flowers cherished, plants given to the king, chaplets worn, and flower cultivation emphasized.
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Demorest
Tom Corwin of Ohio: Durbin Ward interview recalls early life
Durbin Ward recounts Tom Corwin’s upbringing in Lebanon Ohio, his father Judge Corwin’s prominence, and a turning injury that spurred study. The narrative covers Corwin’s boyhood grit, log-splitting adventures, rough road trials, and a legendary 1830 congressional campaign tale. It notes his famed Mexican War speech and a dramatic unprinted address at Lebanon’s court house.
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Corwin
Lebanon
Mathias
Mat
Tom
Iome
Turkey
Cincinnati
Congress
Wal
Soirt
Durbin Ward
Perseverance and Self-Control in Berlioz Career
The life of Hector Berlioz shows how triumph over inner obstacles leads to success. Against his father and devout Catholic mother opposing music, he earned ten dollars a month as a chorister and shared six dollars with a fellow student. He lived frugally to fund his musical training and soon rose to a leading place among French composers.
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Hector Berlioz
Hector
Life of a gifted artist warns of self control
A Youth's Companion reflection notes that despite a strong will to overcome obstacles, the subject lacked personal discipline leading to moral failures. It suggests had he governed himself as firmly as he overcame external foes, he could have become a great social leader, a lesson for Berlioz and other artists.
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Berlioz
Lime Kiln Club reform effort at Green Bay branch
The Lime Kiln Club reports that the Green Bay White Swan Branch No 32 has disbanded after an inspection by the Mayor Common Council and others. A motion urged stricter charter grants, a scouting approach for future branches, and a push to organize a domestic economy society to study household reform and budget choices.
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Brother Gardner
Green Bay
White Swan
Constitusiona
Dis
Tarrowe
Pearin
Artef Amoas
Blackberry Davis
Mobile
Alabama
Society
Luther Perkins
Gardner
Nelson Slabs
Czar Anderson
Transparent Smith
Free Press
Captain’s tall tale of giant waves on Saginaw Bay
A Detroit Free Press report quotes ship captains discussing huge lake waves while a reporter interviews them. One captain claims to have measured waves on Saginaw Bay at fifty-one feet seven inches, noting he knocked off ten inches from the tops with a ladder. The scene ends with the reporter noting the captain came last in the circle. Later, Genany lists 454 theaters and nearly 10,000 actors including many named families.
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John B. Skinner
Saginaw Bay
Detroit Free Press
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