Bees and marriage money and a German law in brief
A Snow Hill resident finds 150 pounds of honey stored under a garret. An Albany girl sends a check to a rejected suitor for ice cream and carriage costs. The Century dictionary adds thousands of new words. German Alsace law pressures adult sons to naturalize or leave. French families face limits. Various notes cover Arctic famine ethics, Dongola politics, and Chinese emperor Kwane G su born 1871.
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Snow Hill
Maryland
Albany
New York
Alsace-Lorraine
Kwane G-su
China
Prince Chun
Taou-kwang
Hien-fung
Tung-chih
T'sai-vien
Firing the back a medical tool debated by Detroit doctor
A Detroit physician defends the firing process as a safe, rapid counter irritation for spinal disease. A case of a widow with paralysis and improving eyesight after treatment is described, noting minimal pain, quick recovery, and applicability to other conditions.
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Detroit
Tnen
Charriere
Paris
America
France
United States
Hammond
New York
Pancoast
Philadelphia
Detroit Post
Remarkable acts of Chinese sailors in past campaigns
The passage recalls extreme Chinese sailors choosing suicide over surrender. It cites 1858 Chinhai where 1500 drowned, scenes of garrisons swallowing gold leaf, and a Tae Ping era scene in Soochow where leaders’ heads adorned a triumphal arch.
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Foo Chow
Chinhai
Gordon
Soochow
Self-styled scientist touts vacuum blood filter cure
An individual calling himself a scientist amuses medical journals with a method to cure all diseases. He uses a blood filter linked between an artery and a vein and claims the patient must have blood pass through his device or die. Doctors tolerate him, as he speaks well and seeks nothing, convinced he will save humanity.
Destruction of Game Across Far West Strikes Reader Voice
A Chicago Tribune correspondent laments vast slaughter of buffalo for hides in three years totaling five million. European hunters with high kill rates join West summer hunts, reflecting dishonor. Call for Congress to create parks and ban hunting there for years. Also notes a Pennsylvania woman losing breach of promise suit due to handwriting inconsistencies in letters.
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Chicago Tribune
Far West
Europe
West
Congress
Death of Senator Anthony recalled by Baltimore merchant
A Baltimore merchant recalls that Senator Anthony died from blood poisoning after a years long illness linked to kalmia poisoned partridge eaten in Washington. He noted the senator fell ill during a train trip home and needed the conductor to identify him, delaying his return to public duties.
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Washington
Anthony
Baltimore
How Soda Water Is Made in an Uptown Fountain
An attendant explains the making of soda water at a local fountain. The mix uses 14 gallons water, 7 gallons marble dust, and 3% gallons vitriol, with gas pressure controlled to 185 psi. The process, akin to Matthews, yields ice cold water flavored in a laboratory, costing 10 cents per glass.
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Europe
Matthews
New York Mail and Express
Decline of the royal court clown and its lingering value
The article notes the disappearance of the court fool while arguing some surviving royal customs remain valuable. It recalls clowns as occasionally wise advisors who could speak frankly to a king when ministers could not, and mentions a story of one who performed notable services.
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Rudolph
Hapsburgs
Hapsburg
Count Ulrich of
Ratisbon
Zurich
Ulrich
von Hapshure
John Low
John
Low
The Tiresome Stairs and the Big House Ideal
Jaquin Miller critiques boastful two and three story farm houses built by ambitious farmers and wives. He warns that extra rooms and height burden households, favoring modest, humble homes to save lives and health. He cites unoccupied damp rooms as death traps and urges returning to simpler rural living.
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Great West
Jaquin Miller
Discovering Merits and Weaknesses for Favor
A reflective aphorism notes that to win favor you should identify each person's striking merit and dominant weakness. Treat one with justice and the other with a touch more than justice to gain goodwill from both. The guidance blends psychology with social tact.
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Chesterfield
Conversation Etiquette Hint From Steele
A historical quote notes that in a man’s talk the first question is whether he or you has the greater inclination to listen, emphasizing polite exchange and mutual listening in dialogue. The saying reflects practical social behavior in daily life.
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Steele
Eels and Blood in Jewish Dietary Laws Examined
Fortnightly Review analyzes why Jewish dietary rules ban certain foods including mollusks, crustaceans, fish like eels, and the distaste for blood. It links health protection and public hygiene to biblical restrictions, noting scientific findings on parasites, gas taint in eels, and the danger of blood as a food.
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Reade
Moses
Journal of Science
Pestilence as a natural cure and social order
The author argues pestilence is not accidental but a recurring force shaping society. Diseases act as scavengers, selecting fit individuals by removing the weak and cleansing polluted locales. A sound mind in a healthy body is the only absolute defense against contagion, with stronger bodies and minds offering greater protection.
Great Men's Bones and the Enigma of Remains
A Brooklyn Eagle item notes Henry Lamb’s Fairfax County contention that Washington’s skull was stolen to France for phrenological study, with a replica skull placed at Mount Vernon. It recalls related relics of Cromwell, Richelieu, Cyrus, and Shakespeare, pondering the fate of famous remains and public outrage.
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Fairfax County
Virginia
Henry Lamb
Washington Mansion
Mount Vernon
Washington
France
Potomac
Col. Fairfax
Lamb
Congress
Capitol
Cromwell
Naseby
Drogheda
Armand du Plessis
Richelieu
Cyrus the Conqueror
Pasarcada
Cyrus the
Asia
Shakspeare
Stratford On Avon
Cyrus
Pater Patrice
Drooklyn Eagle
Secret Society Initiation Alcohol Lamp Tale
In a Philadelphia Call item a pair of wives discuss a peculiar initiation rumor. Mrs Minks claims she saw her husband with an alcohol lamp and salt on the wick creating a ghastly light, suggesting secret lodge rites. Mrs Fink confirms husbands often return smelling of alcohol.
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Mrs. Fink
Philadelphia
How Time Is Measured by the Chronograph
The Washington Post describes the chronograph as a time writer that records hundredth parts of a second. A revolving cylinder with a fountain pen attached to a magnet marks seconds as the pendulum clock swings, sending currents that create precise breaks on paper. The space between marks is measured by fine steel divisions.
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Washington Post
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Greely
Tur Mudir
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