Empress Fredericka Praises Dr Mackenzie Book
The Empress Fredericka wife of the German Emperor expressed great pleasure with Dr Mackenzies book and sent a personal letter of acknowledgment. In Washington Senator Evarts buying a new hat drew extended comment as his old tile sparked humorous talk. The daughter of Citizen Genet died at Greenbush New York last week at age 86, by marriage named Rensselaer.
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Fredericka
Germany
Dr. Mackenzie
Evarts
Washington
Genet
United States States
Greenbush
N. Y
Rensselaer
PLEASONTON RESTORED TO ARMY LIST IN FADING POVERTY
A long OCR fragment notes General Pleasonton was restored to the army list as he faced poverty in Waslington living on charity from a former private of his famed cavalry. It also discusses literary views on readers, a San Francisco inspection of Chinese meat shops, and various European, American, and colonial notes on people, places, and events with multiple names and details.
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Pleasonton
Waslington
San Francisco
Appeat Newenn
Cal
Honoku
Kalakaua
Ire
Ti Ia
Hermit Frenchman Claims Kin Of Gen Boulanger Near Sag Harbor
In Sag Harbor an aloof man known as a French hermit lives alone on a lonely road. He presents himself as a brother of General Boulanger, courteous and suave, with a worldly bearing. He receives letters and news from outsiders despite his reclusive life.
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Sag Harbor
Gen. Boulanger
The Count in France Claiming Ties to Boulanger Stirring Rumor
Neighbors know him as the count and notice a recent claim of kinship to Boulanger. Observers think he may be losing his mind or attempting a joke.
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France
Boulanger
Ghosts blamed for shoal of noises at Point Isabel lighthouse
Mrs Scuremper keeper of the Point Isabel lighthouse near Brownsville Texas reports a week of disturbances at her residence. Nails shells dirt and copper chunks rained down while neighbors failed to solve the mystery. Sailors recall a wrecked schooner and say the ghosts of drowned sailors disapprove of the missing beacon.
Belgium's dawn drink culture noted in Flemish paper
A Flemish newspaper reports a Belgian workman’s day begins with a coffee at 5 50 a m and various beverages through the day including a night cap at 8 30 p m. The routine is described with prices ranging from 200 to 1200 francs annually, excluding festive extras.
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Belgium
Flanders
Fhacmis
TV Poi
Glass woven into cloth by Lillevance inventor
Mr Dubus Bonnet of Lillevance has devised a method to spin and weave glass as cloth. Silk forms the body while glass creates the pattern, requiring extremely fine glass thread. Production is slow, yielding only about a yard per twelve bars, yet the item is described as beautiful and comparatively cheap. A French paper imagines glass cloth lighting rooms as brilliant as mythical palaces.
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Trench
Pigs Versus Jaguar Ends in Spectacular Feat of Survival
In South American forest, a drove of wild pigs attack a jaguar perched on an ant hill. The battle ends with the jaguar slain and eaten by the pigs, leaving fourteen carcasses and the authors to claim supper without firing a shot.
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Quueen ChrisTine
Spain
Bay of St. Sebastien
South America
Brazil
Lopez
Monrather
Jim
Lopes
Pett
The Peasant Clock and the King’s Ingenious Lesson
A tale from Golden Days recounts Frederick the Great riding incognito in Germany quandary over no clocks in a village. A pig feeder explains time by sun through a crack and a knothole, prompting the village to install a town clock three months later. The anecdote highlights frugal peasantry and inventive subsistence.
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Continental
Eurrope
Germany
Russia
Lnborey
Frederick
Prussia
What Different People Eat
An exploration of global eating habits shows a wide range of delicacies considered normal in various cultures. From fried snakes and roasted hedgehogs to bear meat and dog dishes, the piece notes how taste varies with civilization, region, and tradition, including peculiar practices in Northern Italy and Upper Carniola.
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Saviges
Ain
Upper
Carniola
Austell
Italy
Russia
Berlin
Curious Facts of Fashionable Elites in A Summer Wardrobe
An observer notes the era's quirks in trends among fashionable men and women. He compares male leisure-driven foibles to women's delicate, lainty fashions, citing a Gotham influence shaping attire and the American fashion mould. The piece highlights a man’s meticulously varied wardrobe for each daily occasion.
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Smaner
Glover
Trousseau
Fads in Men Fashion Embrace Flowers and Varied Attire
A Table Talk note describes a shift in menswear with daily outfit changes for different activities and each man sporting a distinctive flower. It cites the Emperor Frederick with violets, a society man with ivy, and a white rose for another. Projections say military styles may surge this fall as a foreign inspired fad called la Revanche influences attire.
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Frederick
Love Letters Through History Stir Passion in Print
A Chicago Herald piece surveys famous love letters from figures like Dorothy Osborn, Dr Washington, Napoleon, Martha, Swift, and Swift’s Stella. It notes their ardor, devotion, and how such writings reveal personal lives behind public deeds, including Swift’s revealing correspondence with Stella and his later marriage.
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Jose
Macanlay
Lis Essiey
Williaw ‘Temple
Dorothy Osborn
Jraudly Temple
William
Randem
Morare
Washington
Mors
Wadlistogetoi
Critis
Napoleon
Josephine
Marth Motel
Sarah
Swift
Stella
Strate Contec
Shackevary
Miss Vanhomrigh
A Party Way to Talk to a Pure Lone Widder
A weather beaten woman relates a chain of marriages and deaths while on a railroad train near Chicago. She recalls spouses in Georgia Minnesota Californy and Kansas and ends with a quip about her widowhood and public perception. The drummer challenges her as she laments being a “pure lone widder” with her late husbands in the bag.
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Widder
Chievaga
Chicago
Uliney
Miney
Liney
Toway
South Carlie
Loway
Black Snake Forks
Georgia
Cheorgy
Minnesota
Tom Hixon
Tom
St. Paul
Kansas
Atchison
Jini
Pill
Yvou
Dill
Ben Barber
King
Californy
Ulbot
Ben
Californias
Bob
Bob White
Black Hills
Dakaty
Detrod Advertiser
Manners and office boy selection reveal proper conduct
Zenas Dane notes proper manners and calm speech improve social ease in strangers and adults. A lawyer’s office boy test contrasts a tidy, courteous applicant with a shy, gawky teen, while Dr Howship Dickinson cautions tongue coating varies by person and health norms.
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Accordinn
Howship Dickinson
Metullgist notes steel weld limits and solar stove idea
A metallurgist explains steel welding differs from wrought iron due to cinder. Electric magnets in Cleveland lift heavy bars. Copper iron rods debate security against corrosion during lightning rod discussion. Morse proposes a solar heating stove. Observations set meteoric heights in Colorado and Europe. Major Powell proposes canyons dam project for irrigation and flood control with vast reservoirs to test viability.
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Cleveland
British Association
Longe
Fender
Morse
Salem
Alass
Andes
Penu
Harvard College
Mount Lincoln
Colorado
Pike’s Peak
Europe
Major Powell
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi
The Well Brought Up Young Person
A compact reflection on what defines a well brought up person. The text weighs propriety, humility, and social perception, noting that virtue can overreach into excess and that true civility arises from considerate behavior rather than rigid pomp. It contrasts public impressions with inner harmony and cites a Harper’s Magazine reference.
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Louisiana
Thea
Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's Magazine
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