Random facts and society notes from The Register
A paste of diverse items includes statistics about Germans abroad, salt mountains on the Colorado, a Fredericksburg debating club quip, Edward Bok’s youth and career, secret societies of presidents and cabinet members, a Grand Rapids planing mill accident and liverpad idea, warnings about strolling preachers, Gen Hartranft and a Mason sign, women writers considering men’s roles, electric sounds westward mystery, a benzine washing disaster, Gen Butler chewing elm bark, and a New York widow and penny bequest.
Vermont and New Hampshire land sells for five dollars an acre
The fragment reports on a forced marriage and abandonment by Robinson and notes that Vermont and New Hampshire farmland with buildings and timber can be bought for five dollars an acre, selling hardy government lands to New England buyers. It ends by contrasting farming without explosives with those who rely on drilling and nitroglycerin.
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Vermont
New Hampshire
West
New England
Schurz Urges Forest Preservation At Forestry Congress
Carl Schurz appeals for forest conservation. He supports legitimate timber use but condemns wastage by lumbermen settlers and miners who devastate mountains and set fires. He warns government inaction endangers the country’s future.
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Carl Schurz
Forestry Congress
Schurz
Three Earth Ages Proposed by French Scientist
A French expert outlines a three stadium progression for earths life. The igneous nebular stage lasts about 500000 years, the current solar illumination stage spans roughly 25 million years, and the final darkness era may exceed 100 million years. The present age is placed near 16 million years, with total evolution possibly surpassing a million centuries.
A Sad Accident Depicts Lynching Tale From New York Weekly
A New York Weekly piece recounts a dramatic trial scene where residents claim they hunted a horse thief and lynched him by suspending him from a tree with a rope. The judge is told the rope shrank in rain and the man died next morning, with officials denying responsibility.
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Commonwealth
Jedge
New York Weekly
Opinion Formed by Juror in Murder Trial
A juror admits forming a strong opinion before trial after being questioned by defense counsel. The lawyer challenges the juror’s credibility, noting the juror’s assertion that guilt seems likely and remarking that the defense would struggle to secure a favorable panel if the client were innocent. The exchange is reported from the New York Weekly.
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New York Weekly
Mystery Adventure on the Isthmus of Panama
In December 1870 I travel with Marco Segundo toward inland Panama. A storm drives us to an abandoned Don Pedro Fernandez house where a haunting tale of murder and a hidden mad wife unfolds. A surviving manuscript reveals the fatal plot to entomb Le Vasseur and Donna Costenza, leading to a raid by masons and a dramatic escape.
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Panama
Tropics
Marco
Senor
Don Pedro Fernandez
Spain
Don Pedro
Donna Costenza
Pacific Coast
Monsieur le Vasseur
Costenza
Red Namon
le Vasseur
Bridie
Kred Ramon
Forrest
Ioath
Thave
Thad
Red Ramon
Masons
Donna Questenza
The Old House Plateau Mystery Revealed
A narrator recalls a brutal night, seeing dead bodies in the road and slipping into madness while writing a final note. The scene shifts to a confession from a prisoner who fears death in July heat, revealing a trapped life and a cryptic sign off. Marco prays as the mystery finally is “cleared up.”
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Marco
Edwin Arnold Helped Stanley Reach Congo Frontier
A London correspondent notes Edwin Arnold's pivotal role in supporting Henry Morton Stanley's African exploration. Arnold influenced Levi Lawson of the Daily Telegraph to fund a new expedition tracing the Congo’s course from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic, enabling the century’s greatest geographical discovery.
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Edwin Arnold
Asia
Vou
United States
Joondon
Sir Edwin Arnold
India
Stanley
Congo
Africa
Livingstone
Theity Department
London
Wodwin Axnold
Daily Telegraph
Tulin Stanley
New York
Levi Lawson
Indian Ocean
Atlantic
Mr. Arnold
Fren
Old Genius Fr W Hayden Founder of U S Geographical Survey
The piece honors Prof Fr W Hayden founder of the system that became the U S Geographical Survey. He was a renowned scholar, yet eccentric. An incident with Sioux Indians shows his absent minded zeal for geographic research. His death last year drew widespread mourning among young surveyors.
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Fr. W. Hayden
United States
Sehlar
Pittsburg
Prof
Hayden
A Lady Quotations and The Dignity of Women
A reading of quotations mocks substituting lady for woman in phrases about gender. It lists lines such as Man that is born of a lady and Hell hath no fury like a lady to illustrate absurdity, ending with a note that many quotes could be made to show dignity of the woman though it is not necessary.
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Hell
Ophelia
Capitol
Marc Antony
Man-Eaters Tigress Killed by Forest Officer at Chakrata
The famed Jounsar man-eating tigress, terror of Chakrata for ten years, is killed by a young forest officer and a student. In a brutal assault she dragged a forester to her cubs, played with him, and finally ended his life before companions. Osmaston shot the beast through the spine, saving his companion who was mauled and hospitalized.
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Chakrata
Les Vietin
Humi
Uepema
Jie
Helv
Coopers Hill
Mr. Osmaston
Chakrata Station Hospital
London Times
Calcuta
It Is a Crime to Doubt a Fisherman’s Truth
A Detroit Free Press editorial argues for penalizing doubting a fisherman’s claims with a fine and imprisonment. It cites Jones returning from vacation, boasting large catches, and feeling forced to lie, urging protection for truthful speech as essential as life and limb.
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Jones
Detroit Free Press
Brigham Youngs Penitentiary Modernized In Utah
An 19th century report recalls Brigham Youngs penitentiary near Salt Lake City built for punishing Mormons and Gentiles. Now over half the inmates are Mormons under anti polygamy laws, with Gentiles jailed for horse thieving, murder and train robbery. The worn exterior gives way to a modern interior, replacing old wooden cells with contemporary convict housing and security measures.
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Brigham Young
Abobe
Utah
Sam
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