Importing Burren presence sparks dairy and oleomargarine talk
The Register notes Burren imports from Holstein flood the U S market prompting dairies and oleomargarine makers to meet demand. It also cites debt figures after the Civil War, comparing Abzort’s one billion paid, and current debts of France Britain Spain to the United States. The Harvard freshman class is praised for low attendance at theater, high scholarship, and restraint from social theatrics. An old Duncan burial case in Ohio resurfaces as body preserved. A San Francisco article shows Chinese competition displacing white labor in cigarmaking clothing and shoemaking trades with figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Holstein
France
Great Britain
Spain
Harvard
San Francisco
Jealousy killing and Nettie Brown’s decorated-grave habit
A few years ago Nettie Brown of St. Louis fatally stabbed Lizzie Field in a momentary jealousy. Though she learned the suspicion was unfounded, Nettie assisted Lizzie’s comfort until she died, was imprisoned, and now after about a year out she is married to the man she loved while maintaining Lizzie’s grave with flowers. The White House conservatories under five gardeners supply decorative plants for official events, including 900 roses for the last State dinner and abundant violets and heliotropes for primrose ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Brown
St. Louis
Lizzie Field
Nettie
Smith
White House
Hayes
Antithesis Among Indians and Mining Meets Opera Cars
Sirrine Buur contrasts with Iron Bull of the Crow tribe as mining spreads on Crow land after gold is found at Clark's Fork. The piece notes Crow leaders as unopposed to mining while whites push expansion. It also details theaters stars touring with special palace cars used for advertising and travel dining.
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Sirrine Buur
Iron Bull
Clark’s Fork
Tron Bull
Modjeska
Booth
Patti
Lotta
Maggie Mitchell
Mary Anderson
Minnesota Wheat Growers Cry Foul Over Millers Monopoly
Minnesota wheat growers accuse millers of seizing control of state elevators and forming a monopoly that suppresses independent warehouses and stifles competition. They report wheat prices down about 20 cents per bushel and plan mass meetings to protest the situation.
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Minnesota
German oil wells threaten profits of domestic monopolies
The discovery and successful operation of petroleum wells in Germany are expected to slash profits of U S oil companies. The text notes German exports of refined oil and crude petroleum totaling over 67 million gallons last year and predicts Germany will largely satisfy its own needs, leading to lower prices here.
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Germany
Tunnel Under Channel Construction Report
A report notes work to construct a tunnel beneath the English Channel has begun, with a syndicate backing the project and raising substantial funds for the effort. The long proposed link between France and England moves toward reality as engineering plans advance and capital mobilizes for construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Vast Alpine tunnel project sparks hopes and cautions
The article discusses funding to push a tunnel project and envisions railroad traffic through it, noting historic precedents like the Alpine tunnel and the Hoosae. It also highlights a Boston theater scene report where a young man drank excessively, causing embarrassment to a companion and spectators.
Diplomatic Tea Gift Shows Chinese Arrogance and Metal Census
Washington rumor recounts a visit by the Chinese Minister to Secretary Frelinghuysen’s home where a polite remark about tea quality led to gift boxes and carved vases. The text then shifts to a census monograph detailing world bullion production, with the United States leading in gold and Colorado in silver, noting regional leaders and overall consumption.
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Washington
Frelinghuysen
North America
United States
California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Colorado
Dakota
Montana
Utah
Arizona
Michigan
Tennessee
Alaska
South Carolina
Comstock Lode
Smart glove clerk told to go to Congress
A Toledo paper reprints a dry goods store prank about a clever boy who answers customers with literal, wrongheaded responses. The conversation covers gloves, pairing, height, and price, ending with the customer learning the price of one dollar. The joke captions the boy as too smart for the counter and suggests he belong in Congress.
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Congress
Toledo
Saturday American
NOW AND THEN
A lyric fragment by Louise Chandler Moution laments loss of love as daylight wanes. The speaker recalls a sunrise romance, laments fading passion, and notes hearts shelterless with the sun in the west. The poem contrasts bright early hope with the emptiness of mutual disloyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Chandler Moution
Scientific miscellany on Gulf stream and rainfall contrasts
The LaTer article discusses the Gulf stream's vast influence on northern climates and compares Panama canal effects to warming Greenland. It notes Cherrapunji’s record rainfall of 493 inches, studies crustaceans' color perception, and ponders whether human skulls are thinning under evolution. It cites M. de Merejowsky and W. B. Cooper.
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James Geikie
Isthmus
Panama
Europe
Arctic Ocean
Greenland
Cherrapunji
Assam
Khasia Hills
Bengal
United States
Seaboard
M. de Merejowsky
W. B. Cooper
Mr. Cooper
How Poets Worked Across Time and Style
A compact portrait of literary methods from Dryden to Southey. It notes Dryden’s money pressures, Pope’s bed desk routine, Gray’s meticulous line by line edits, Byron’s spontaneous drafting followed by post publication revisions, and Southey’s strict daily discipline at Keswick, detailing long sessions at desk, copying, and revisions.
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Dryden
Pope
Gray
Byron
Abydos
Southey
Gesta Hall
Keswick
St. Dustan’s
Cutting New Teeth at Ninety Five Elias De Puy’s Long Life Tale
Elias De Puy, aged 95, walks eight miles daily over rough Ulster County hills near Lackawack New York. In robust health, he rejects temperance and drinks gin straight, chews strong tobacco, and has five wives and eight children. His eldest child and other family details follow.
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Elias de Puy
Lackawack
Ulster County
New York
Remarkably preserved man in the State at 70
A New York Sun note describes Mr De Puy as a remarkable 70 year old with a gray mane, a son aged 70 and another born after he was 85, marrying at 60 to a 19 year old, and still cutting a new set of teeth with excellent vision and near-constant reading, calling him the most remarkably preserved man in the state.
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de Puy
New York Sun
Direct election of Presidents by the people
The Philadelphia Times argues against the Electoral College as a corrupted relic. It urges direct nationwide voting for President and Vice President with safeguards to determine state results, contending such a system would curb corruption and empower every vote equally.
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United States
the Republic
Ohio
Indiana
Vermont
Mississippi
Philadelphia Times
The Harem of the Wealthiest Turk in Edremit
In Edremit we prepare for Mount Ida ascent and explore olive groves and cemeteries. We encounter the wealthiest Turk’s harem returning from a town, with elderly women in a carriage veiled and young Cassandra-like riders on white horses, their beauty described in cool, luminous eyes.
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Edremit
Mount Ida
Constantinople
New York Times
The Midnight Sun and Equinoxes Across the Arctic
The article explains how days and nights balance at equinoxes and how the Arctic Circle experiences continuous daylight at the summer solstice. It notes the sun is visible northward at noon near the pole and gives latitudinal markers for the onset of full daylight, describing sun color as redder near the horizon.
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Arctic Circle
Greenland
Rheumatism Explained and Kidney Cure Promoted
A Scientific American article explains rheumatism as a blood disease caused by uric acid. It credits kidney health and Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure with removing uric acid from the blood, and cites doctors from Chicago and St. Louis endorsing this view and treatment as a path to permanent relief.
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Scientific American
National Weather Bureau of
Washington
Warner
America
Rochester
United States
Chicago
St. Louis
Adolph Ablemeyer
Wm. Webb
John M. Frank
Edwin T. Webster
Benjamin F. Whitmore
William T. Richardson
Robert Y. Atkinson
Thos
Henry F. Ablbrandt
Elijah T. Frazier
Carl Spinzig
Dawd B. Martin
Benjamin R. Taylor
James L. Logan
A. Haacock
Henry Kirchner
John J. Kane
Henry F. W. Kruse
William O. Glasgow
Jeremiah
B. Alleyne
Thomas
Wiliam N. Brennan
Temple
Hoyne
Lyman Ware
Charles W. Hemstead
William J. Hawker
T. C. Duncan
William BR. Griewold
Lyman Bedford
A. B. Wescott
J. B. Bell
Charles M. Clark
W.H. Woodbury
Alfred H. Hintt
Herman Huhn
Calvin M. Fitch
John D. M. Carr
Promising Remedy for Rheumatism Cited as Cure All
The article asserts severe pains and uric poisons from rheumatism could be relieved easily by a named remedy that restores kidneys and expels toxins. It claims this withheld knowledge will become the world’s accepted practice in ten years and urges readers to adopt the treatment now to avoid future suffering.
Independence and the limits of personal freedom
The piece argues independence is misused when conflated with insolence and self-importance. It rejects calls to absolute independence, noting everyone relies on others and works within social roles. It urges recognizing good work, avoiding labels that glorify rudeness, and accepting mutual dependence as natural.
Grizzly Encounter Ends With Miner Sheltering Fate
In winter 1850 51 Archie Young pursued a grizzly after tracking its large paw prints in Cala veras country. The bear charged, breaking his upper jaw as Young fired his revolver and shotgun. Both endured injuries but Young survived scarred and vowed never to hunt a grizzly again. The 1600 pound bruins death secured their camp’s safety.
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Archie Young
Young
Grizzly
Bear
Bruin
Detroit
Advertiser
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Neary
Dr. Duncan
Columbia
Cincinnati
Alps
Bostox
Dinah
Michael
Bine
Calaveras
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