Elephant Succeeds in Tooth Extraction at Orrin Brothers Show
In a Mexico bound circus act, two veteran surgeons removed the tusk like molar from Columbus the Asiatic elephant after a two hour effort. Observers secured weapons and used ropes and pulleys as the elephant trembled under anesthesia during the delicate procedure. The article also mentions a wave clock system proposed by Richard Kerrogs, aiming to synchronize London clocks via a receiving coherer instrument.
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Orrin Brothers
Cirena
Mexico
Columbus
Orrina’ Circus
Richard Kerrogs
London
Packing Butter in Glass Seeks New Preservation Method
A novel method preserves butter by packing it in a box formed from six sheets of ordinary window glass with edges sealed by gummed paper and the box wrapped in plaster. The technique aims to prevent spoilage and moisture loss.
Elephant Columbus Undergoes Tooth Extraction in Circuses
The circus elephant Columbus suffered a swollen gum and decayed tooth. Surgeons drilled through the tusk and removed the tooth after hours of work aided by cocaine anesthesia. The operation relieved pain and ended with Columbus quiet but chained. doctors were paid $300.
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Mexico
Columbus
Babbi
Guim
Patcick
Remarkable wireless clock shown at Royal Society
London Special reports the Royal Society annual conversazione at Burlington House where a new clock was demonstrated. The timepiece is controlled remotely by wireless telegraphy using the Hertzian wave system, marking a notable scientific achievement.
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London
Royal Society
Burlington House
Hermetically Sealed Butter Packaging Widens Trade Reach
A Scientific American note describes a four eighths inch thick Parisian plaster shell with paper covering forming a hermetically sealed receptacle. The glass like insulation keeps internal temperature steady, packaging costs about two cents per pound. Used widely in Australia with butter shipped from Melbourne to Kimberley, Africa remaining sound. Existing cases hold up to 200 pounds of butter.
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Paris
Australia
Melbourne
Kimberley
Africa
Scientific American
Terrible New Women and Public Harries Reported in Chicago
A Indianapolis News item notes a sensational wave of women disturbing a Sioux City convention, annoying the Methodist conference in Chicago, and feared as a menace to British officials in South Africa posing a domestic and imperial disturbance.
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Sioux City
Chicago
South Africa
Indianapolis News
Size of Audiences and Max O'Rell Health Recovery
The Indianapolis News notes Max O'Rell who had to cancel lectures here due to illness has recovered his health after returning home. It wonders aloud if the large audiences had made him ill and reflects on the impact of crowd size on his condition.
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Max O'Rell
Indianapolis News
Baroness Jenny von Rahden Fades From European Fame
The once glamorous Baroness Jenny von Rahden lies dying in poverty after a legend of wealth and love ends in tragedy. Her four killed lovers and the fortune she once inspired are gone, and she recalls a life of horses, adoration, and betrayal as she fades.
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Rizza
Anniversary of Bishop Heber’s Death Noted in London
Debates marked the seventy fourth anniversary of Bishop Reginald Heber death with church services in London. The article recalls Heber the Calcutta bishop, his missionary hymn From Greenlands Icey Mountains known as the Bug and his long travels through his vast diocese. It notes his planned life in Hodnet and the dual role as parson and squire before converting to episcopal duties. It mentions the Hindu population counted at 207,731,727 bowing to wood and stone.
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Obureh
London
Heber
Greenland
Reginald Heber
Church of England
Calcutta
India
Eland
Ceylon
Burmah
Britain
Trichinopoli
Madras
Hielens
St. John's Church
Hodnet
Shropshire
Charles Kingsley
Chicago
Kitchener Recounts Old Message To Lord Roberts Boots Offer
On a steamer to Gibraltar Lord Kitchener meets an officer who recalls a 15 year old request to speak to Lord Roberts about a job in the East. Kitchener agrees he might have offered to black Roberts boots or do any task for him then, and says he would do the same now.
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Gibraltar
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Col. Kitchener
India
Singing Canaries From Andreasberg Lead World Sales
In Andreasberg on the Harz mountains a thriving canary trade rears and trains 250000 gold birds yearly. About 200000 head to America, 27000 to England, 10000 to Russia, with the remainder to other countries and 10000 kept in Germany. Young birds learn by listening to trained teachers in darkened cages before finally singing in bright light.
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Andreasberg
Harz
America
England
Russia
Germany
Heten
Monument Commissioned for Waterloo Field by French Club
French sculptor M. Gerome has been commissioned by a military and historical club to design a monument for the Waterloo field near the Napoleon era last stand. It will be the first French monument on the site.
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Waterloo
M. Gerome
Apot
Aged Literary Woman Julia Ward Howe Celebrated
Julia Ward Howe, famed writer and social reformer aged 81, was celebrated recently. Once known as part of the Three Graces in girlhood, she later became linked with the Muses and played a significant role in her era's social progress.
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Julia Ward Howe
Three Graces
Muses
Emma I Must Go to Marienbad Cure
The quote depicts a hurried departure to a cure in Marienbad with a witty exchange about who ordered the remedy. A dressmaker is jokingly blamed rather than a doctor, reflecting comic tones from Fliegende Blaetter.
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Emma
Marienbad
Governess Wins Work Then Becomes Uncle Elisha’s Bride
Amy Archdale, a determined governess, persuades lawyer Elisha Perkins to hire her for copying work. She proves skilled, earns more assignments, and later marries Perkins, shocking his nieces who had doubly misjudged her. The wedding alters family fortunes in this Cleveland Plain Dealer tale.
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Amy Archdale
Mr. Perkins
New York
Elisha
Walter
Edith Rosabelle
Bomeboody Han
Molyneux Martin
Mamma
Peta
Mrs. Molyneux Martin
Kathie
Misa Archdale
Elisha Perkine
Cleveland Plain Dealer
German higher education compared to U S college system
A passage cites Prof Hugo Munsterberg on German schooling and compares gymnasium to college and university to graduate study. It argues seniors’ intellects and maturity differ, but a gymnasium graduate with broad knowledge competes with a college bachelor, while university study resembles post graduate work.
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Hugo Munsterberg
Dartmouth
Amherst
Atlantic Magazine
Generous New York Giver and City Charitable Leadership
New York City leads in charitable giving with large Easter collections and hospital funds. Grace Church reported about 20 000 dollars, Calvary St Bartholomew s Trinity and St Thomas St Andrew s around 11 000 dollars, and St Ann s Brooklyn near 9 000 dollars in major church appeals.
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New York
New York City
Grace Church
Calvary
St. Bartholomew's
Trinity
St. Thomas
St. Andrew's
Ga. Ann's
Brooklyn
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Continent
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Heber Diep
Kitchener
Jim
Perking
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Mr. Perkina
Mr. Perkine
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