Boston Conbertt's confinement and other items
The Register reports Boston Conbertt, alleged Lincoln assassin, moved to a Kansas asylum with a guardian appointed. It notes Mrs. Henry Warp Bercuer denying Beecher spokesman claims of spiritualism. Also mentions Louist Micuet's alleged insanity, a Mexican mining coach holdup with fatalities, a Prussian lawyer’s death from blood poisoning, a turtle hunt in Missouri, Texas poet James B. Goode’s planned mega volume, and 103-year-old Hadlyme pensioner Lucy Lonp Latarr.
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Boston
Wilkes Booth
President Lincoln
Kansas
Lucy Lonp Latarr
Hadlyme
Connecticut
New York
Welding Process By De Genardez Now Industrial Practice
The welding method by Mr De Genardez of Russia is now used industrially by the Society for the Electrical Working of Metals. Pieces rest on a cast iron plate on an insulated table and connect to the negative terminal. A carbon electrode in an insulated handle is moved along the edge to start a voltaic arc, melting and uniting the metal pieces.
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Mr. de Genardez
Russia
Society For the Electrical Working of Metals
PromMER's Revenge Unleashed In Galveston Cockroach Plague
A Palestine Texas promMER sparked a feud and hatched a brutal plan. He traveled to Galveston and released a swarm of cockroaches nicknamed diggerloogers, flooding the hotel with the pests for weeks. The roaches crawled through halls, kitchens, and storerooms, spoiling food and disrupting daily life as staff battled the infestation.
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Prommer
Palestine
Texas
Galveston
Palestine Dramatizes Clash Over Musician Presence
A fragment describes a drummer causing disruption as crowds fill a hotel and move to private houses. The passage portrays heightened tension and collective hostility toward the musician group, with implications of broader conflict in Palestine.
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Palestine
American products in Dutch eye opening to Holland
A Micuiise traveler notes Americans overestimate global use of their goods citing Massachusetts brass hinges and a Baltimore chair as seen in Amsterdam. He contrasts cosmopolitan displays with growing rail-town New Orleans where rail, river and ocean shipments surge yet profits shrink amid evolving trade.
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Holland
Amsterdam
Massachusetts
Grand Rapids
Baltimore
Thomas Moran
Philadelphia
Colorado
Michigan
Mississippi
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Great Estuary
the Times
Commission funds defend frugal expenses amid charges
D T Lirrzer of the Pacific Railway Investigating Commission rejects claims of lavish public spending. He cites personal purchases, modest Central Pacific lunches, and self paid fares while asserting the commission will settle expenses and return a balance from the $100,000 appropriation. The piece also notes Britain's 1884 trade gaps, with import value down to £349,363,472 and exports at £268,067,017, highlighting large deficits despite national resilience.
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D.T. Lirrzer
Pacific Railroads Investigating Commission
Railroad Commission
Chicago
Central Pacific
California
Treasury
Great Britain
Atlantic
Spurious Archeological Artists Convicted in Neufchatel
A gang of counterfeit archeological makers in Neufchatel was convicted for selling fake relics of pile dwellings. One inventor created a horn age to dupe an enthusiast, while another forged the museum curator’s signature to certify a shield. Sentences ranged from two days to six months.
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Canton of
Neufchatel
Archaological Museum of
Newschatel
Won't Have a Show In Late Night Car Ride
Brown steered Robinson homeward after a late showing. Brown asked what to say to his wife. Robinson refused to speak, saying there would be no chance to say a word.
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Brown
Robinson
Fearful shell attack kills at close range in Sebastopol
In a scene of impending death Count Leo Tostol narrates a shell’s approach and a soldier’s vivid thoughts. Praskoukine endures terror as the fuse ignites and a shell strikes the chest, killing him instantly amid a chaotic mêlée of soldiers and falling debris.
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Leo Tostol
Mikhailoff
Petersburg
Tam
The Last Place on the Earth in Bruni
A visitor calls Bruni the last place on earth and describes a city built on piles over a river with canoe trade and bamboo walkways. The piece notes Chinese traders as the most capable residents and details rampant official corruption and an infamous unpunished thief in a shadowy governance.
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Bruni
Britain
Druni
Borneo
Malay Islands
Malay Archipelago
Fragmentary Note on Chinese Coup Suspense
A fragment recalls that after the initial tension, the Chinese people endured days of nervous suspense until the coup occurred. The passage hints at a tense political moment and public anticipation without detailing participants or outcomes.
The Soda Water Fountain Enjoys General Use in Boston
The article notes Boston hosts nearly seven thousand soda water fountains in diverse venues. It explains carbonation from carbonic acid, often derived from marble, rather than soda, and discusses wholesomeness, advising less syrup, preferring plain soda for stomach health, and affirming purity and clean equipment curb harm with moderate use.
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Boston
Racing Stables and the High Cost of Thoroughbreds
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that royal like racing is costly beyond the prize money. Big stables incur 70k to 100k yearly in stock interest and expenses, including mounting, training, jockey fees, entries, travel, and epidemic risks, with many establishments rarely turning handsome returns.
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Europe
Lord Falmouth
Haggin
Dwyer Brothers
San Francisco Chronicle
Are Blinders Necessary Four Questions On Man’s Best Friend
Hartford Times outlines how blinders harm work horses eyes and urges humane action. Mr Thrall of the Connecticut Humane Society notes frequent requests to remove loose blinders and highlights a sweltering day incident where a driver cut off a horse’s blinders after a complaint. The piece argues for more horses driven without checks or blinders and praises humane-minded drivers.
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Hartford Times
Whrall
Agans
Connecticut Humane Society
Mr. Thrall
Mr.Thrall
Magisterial mix up at wedding ends with name recall
Alderman Ailen on the dais processes a marriage entry when a couple arrives. The groom forgets his name and, after a joke from the alderman, Moike McShane is declared the groom. The piece notes the humor and cites a Swift quote about beginnings.
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Ailen
Fremont Recalls California’s Escape From English Control
General Fremont recounts how California was seized for the United States before the 1849 gold rush. He describes marching down from Monterey, facing Mexican opposition, planting the American flag, and outpacing British plans with Sloat and Seymour confirming the shift to U.S. control.
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Fremont
California
George Bancroft
Senator Benton
Monterey
Mexico
Washington
United States
Sloat
Thad
Admiral Seymour
Commodore Sloat
Caste in the Navy Sparks Outrage Over Medical Treatment
A Brooklyn Eagle reprint of a private naval officer’s screen story critiques Navy medicine. It recounts officers berating doctors, denying sickroom access, and a captain forcing a doctor from a cabin. It notes doctors refuse Navy service for harsh conditions and class arrogance, despite modest steerage accommodations.
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Navy Yard
Uncle Sam
Omaha
West Tortugas
Earth
Brooklyn Eagle
Mistaken Eloquence in a Kansas Debate Society
A Kansas debating society discussion on Beauty in Art versus Nature features a senior speaker who extols Niagara Falls and Mammoth Cave but then asserts that human money and skill created them, challenging audience expectations with his twist. The Detroit Free Press reports the anecdote as a humorous take on nature versus industry.
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Kansas
Niagara Falls
Mammoth Cave
Detroit
Ree Press
Truth and Beauty in Thought and Will
A compact eighteenth century reflection asserts that truth guides understanding as good guides will, and that perception cannot be brightened by falsehood. It also notes color as a trivial but striking component of beauty, attributed to Josaph Buence.
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Josaph Buence
Banishing Vermin By Archbishops Court In 1749
A Swiss cantonal tale from 1749 tells how grubs threatened crops in Berne and a petition to Lausanne’s Archbishop led to a mock legal banishment. An ordained summons, a court process, and an excommunication verdict were issued, condemning the worms to vanish from fields and gardens.
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Berne
Switzerland
Council of the Commonwealth
Lausanne
Willisburg
Jead Perrodet
Perrodet
Benedictus
Monferrand
Infant Theology Prompted by a Boston Boy
A Boston boy commits a private mischief in a closed room and denies it before his mother. She replies that God saw him, prompting the child to retort that God isn’t revealing all he sees in the house. The Boston Courier reports the exchange with a moral undertone.
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Boston
Courier
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Louist Micuet
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Rosario
Tajo Mining Company
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Loeffler
Loest
Rhenish Prussia
Suenimpan Powers
St. Francis River
Wappapello Mo
James B. Goode
Paris
Brother Goode
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