Croton Dam Strike Hits New York State Finances
The Croton dam strike cost New York state $100,000. A man was arrested for a wild speech in the national house from the gallery. The death of Cross, a Liverpool animal dealer, removes a major supplier of wild beasts. Coffee was first used in Abyssinia in 1875 and later popularized in England.
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Shear Trust Fades as Stockholders Lose Nearly All
A two year old Shear Trust collapses with stockholders losing nearly every dollar. The piece surveys various topics from milling efficiency in America to cultural notes on the cypress tree and cedar worship, ending with Texas imposing quarantine over San Francisco due to fear of bubonic plague.
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Shear Trust
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Texas
San Francisco
German Professors Predict US Downfall Again
German professors forecast the United States facing decline, a recurring theme that has long unsettled audiences as past predictions proved unfounded. Their warnings, though framed with caution, echo a discomforting pattern in international assessments of American power.
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London
England
France
United States
America
Germany
Frogs and Their Legs Largest Frogs Among Us
The Smithsonian frog man asserts forty frog species globally known with the four pound Louisiana swamp bellower as the largest. Canada excels in frog leg preparation, but U S marshes around the Potomac and New York yield large, fine eating frogs. Froggery is seen as a growing profitable industry with widespread availability and notable frog physiology.
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New York Sun
Wise Words On Life And Character From Classic Writers
A collage of brief maxims and quotations from thinkers like Heywood, Herrick, Eliot, Hugo, Carlyle, Holmes, Ruskin, Thackeray, Hazlitt, Temple, Sterne, and Obapin. The passages offer reflections on happiness, dignity, courage, imagination, fame, laughter, and self respect, each clipped as social wisdom for daily conduct.
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Carlyle
O. W. Holmes
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Ruskin
Thackeray
Hazlitt
Sir William Temple
Sterne
le. H. Obapin
Free open air bath in Union Square draws crowds
The New York Herald reports a free open air bath in Union Square in full operation with Park Board approval. Bathers arrive from morning till sunset enjoying a well arranged shower system, fountain spray, and a central elevated stone platform while crowds on benches observe the lively scene.
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New York Herald
Hendrick Hoopstad volunteers as danger rises in Natal
Hendrick enrolls as a volunteer to defend the English against Boer forces. He reunites with Nancy, escorts her to Durban, and vows to fight for her countrymen. He finds John Martin abducted by Commander Shiel near Glencoe and frees him before being captured himself and sentenced to death at dawn.
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Harvey
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Durban
Dick Harvey
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Natal
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Hoopstad
Caladon Farm
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Shiel
Sarten
Glencoe
Villjoen
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Martin
Commander Shiel
Hendrick Hoopstad
Turkish Marriage Rule Lets Girls Marry At Nine
Turkish law allows a girl to marry at age nine and be competent to manage her property. A nine year old wife may dispose of one third of her fortune and may leave her husband's house for just cause. She cannot be compelled to provide her husband's support.
Telepathic tale linked to electric shock and timing
A Washington observer recounts a near telepathic link in which a woman feels a sudden electric shock like her husband’s battery as a dynamo operator’s mishap causes a hospital crisis. The incident, timed to five o clock, ends with the man’s recovery and the couple at a loss to explain the phenomenon.
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Washington
Star
Tam
Washington Star
Words of Wisdom and a Child’s Lesson in Joan of Arc
An essay on living wisely contrasts practical virtue with vanity. A Chicago Chronicle excerpt shares maxims on effort forgiveness and kindness, followed by a humorous classroom moment where a boy mishears “maid of Orleans” as “made of dust” before recalling Joan of Arc as a French patriot.
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Maid
Orleans
Joan of Arc
Chicago Chronicle
Bugong Butterflies Food Source for Australian Natives
Newcastle Chronicle notes a butterfly called Bugong gathered by natives who cook them on heated ground after suffocating them under fires. They remove down and wings bake bodies into cakes with a sweet nutty taste. A Detroit Journal reflection warns young women not to mistake grand romantic gestures for love.
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Australia
Bugong
Newcastle
Eng
North Pole Expeditions Sacrifices Highlighted in Century
In the present century 400 human lives have been sacrificed, $125,000,000 spent, and 200 ships lost in fruitless efforts to reach the North Pole, underscoring the high cost and futility of these polar pursuits.
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North Pole
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