John Bull and the changing Englishman in editorial lore
The article discusses John Bull as the satirical image created by Dr Arbuthnot to caricature the Englishman. It notes Johnson’s praise of Arbuthnot and Leslie Stephen’s view that the figure obscures real English life. It argues modern Britons are less corpulent and less combative, preferring peace with Uncle Samuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bull
Dr. Trbathnot
Duke of Marlborough
Dr. Johnson
Arbuthnot
Leslie Stephen
Samuel
Baltimore Sun
McClellan Family Tales From a New York Journal Feature
The New York Journal recalls the McClellan household beloved pets and oddities. Misa McClellan took white mice named after Egyptian kings to opera. Mrs Van Rensselaer Cruger’s turtle Mlle Michette wore rosy garb on demand. During a downtown fire Samuel J Tilden the cat was rescued unharmed by a fireman’s assurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Bala
Misa McClellan
Mra. van Rensselaer Cruger
Mlle. Michette
American strongwoman Annie May Abbott challenges Asia’s wrestlers
Annie May Abbott the famed electric magnet of past fame is shown amusing herself with Japanese and Chinese strongmen. The Japanese wrestlers cannot lift her from the floor and she counters their best efforts with finger tips to lift light objects. Japanese papers call it hypnotism while Chinese journals accuse her of deals with evil powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie May Abbott
China
Japan
Miss Abbott
Various Advertisements and Notices From Historical Text
A compilation of mixed items mentions Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion and biliousness, Cuban bonds details, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and a claim about deafness cure with Mall's Catarrh Cure. It also notes Hoitt's School for Boys, ear health explanations, Dr Kitne nerve restorer, breakfast jokes, Gulf to Norway travel time, and biographical notes on actors and women inventors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoatetter
Cate
Speedy Bee
Mall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Mis Robles Family’s Remarkable Twenty Nine Children
California mother Maria Antonio Robles and her husband Secundio raised twenty nine children. She entered the San Francisco Examiner silver plate contest for parents with the most offspring. The couple once owned vast land, now faded fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Robles
California
Canada
Dominion
Maria Antonio Robles
Mountain View
Cal
San Francisco Examiner
Secundle Robles
Santa Clara
Secundio
Frank Mayo Actor Dies En Route From Denver to Omaha
The well known American actor Frank Mayo died on a train traveling from Denver to Omaha. He was famed for his role as Davy Crockett and was regarded as one of the era’s most popular exponents of the stage acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mark Twain
Boston
Ete
American Theater
San Francisco
Richelieu
Damon and Pythias
Jack Cade
New York
Davy Crockett
Rochester
New England
Philadelphia
Frank Mayo
Denver
Omaha
Neb
Mr. Mayo
Vast array of curiosities from science to society
A long list of varied facts and anecdotes covers travel, naval counts, architecture, agriculture, zoology, theater bans, climate notes, and daily life. It notes Englands visitor totals, shipbuilding, noble births, and the Alpine Clubhouse height, with many oddities and brief observations rounded by diverse global mentions.
France Faces Hay Crop Failure Prompting Rural Campaign
Premier Meline orders agriculture professors to halt lectures and tour rural districts to urge farmers to sow vetches and corn for fodder. They will promote using all cake, straw, bran, and corn to compensate for reduced hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
M. Meline
Montmartre Cafe Display Ends With Critical Man
A Montmartre cafe featured a man named Durand who hung by the neck for thirteen days and nights as a public attraction. Doctors halted the performance after four days as the man lay in critical condition. The piece also notes social advice for women on three public behaviors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montmartre
Durand
Paine’s celery compound praised by Major-General Birney
Major-General Birney at 75 in a Washington letter commends Paine’s celery compound for his wife of whom she says it is the best remedy she has tried. He cites numerous testimonials nationwide praising its effects on debility neuralgia rheumatism and nervous fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Californy Syrup Co
A. H. Crausby
Kerr St
Memphis
Tenn
New York
Gettysburg
Lloyd
Bremen
Brazil
Zoological
England
Asia
West Woodstock
North Carolina
Western Australia
Japan
Europe
United States
House of Commons
Holland
Germans
France
Spain
Birney
Washington
Wells & Richardson Company
Paine
Justice Powers
Congressman Grant
Meredith
Virginia
John ©. Capers
Congressman Willing
Bell
Lieut
McAllister
Neil
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Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Duxbak
Emma M. Hooper
Ladies’ape Journal
Great Britain
Cuba
Mulligan
Plumstead
Kent
Houtt
Nove
Ira G. Hoitt
D. BvuaLiroame
Dan
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Norway
Celia Thaxter
Katherine Goddard
Blackwell’s
Durham
All Draggista
Blumauer K Drug 00
Pombano
Agenta
Moore
Hood
Cecil
London
United States Navy
Cripple Creek
Russia
Australia
Alpine Club House
Mount Rosa
Kansas
Vienna
Regimentanus
Hving
Hungary
Nelson
Glasgow
Dominion of Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
British North America
M. Henry
School of Higher Studies
Jersey
America
Paris
Richard Salmon
Saltymann
Gazette de France
Les Petites Offiches
Journal Des Debatis
Reston
Chippering
Marrow—Tes
Frazer
Anima
Washingto
Oregon
Merchant
Fredericks
Market Street
Tent Sranaiee
Rpc
Thea Yen
Seng
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