One Man Traveled Away Out West Far at Boston
A Boston Herald piece recounts American perceptions of the country from travelers and foreigners. It notes a British woman in Branch observing Long Island, English visitors asking about distances, and a Maine man claiming to have been west as far as Boston, illustrating lingering unfamiliarity with expansive geography.
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America
Brazil
Ireland
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Maine
Boston Herald
Swiss Missionary Brings Patagonian Skull Finds
A Swiss missionary returning from South America faced frontier duties on Patagonian skulls labeled as animal bones. Officials agreed the skulls could enter as scientific items with no payment, framed as personal effects already worn, to satisfy Swiss statistical needs.
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Basle
South America
Percely
Swiss Statistical Bureau
New York Sun
Jules Verne's Romanos and a Chance Wedding
The tale recounts Jules Verne as a shy man who avoided women yet marries after a late arrival to his brother's wedding. He meets the bride's sister, a widow, whose explanation sparks an accidental friendship that deepens into an ideal marriage.
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Jules Verne
Romanos
Verne
Johnny's Arithmetic Trick With Apples
A cartoonish dialogue shows Johnny testing arithmetic ideas. The visitor asks about a dozen apples, Johnny claims twelve, then corrects to nine and explains the concept of subtraction and remaining quantity.
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