International Crime and Trade Facts From Historical Data
The article cites annual crime averages by country including Germany 222,004 and Italy 127,572 with Britain 78,438. It notes fats and milking costs in Hampshire experiments and losses of vessels and lives yearly around 2,000 ships and 12,900 lives valued near 100 million. It mentions shark capture rewards by Caledonian authorities on the Hooghly river.
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Germany
Italy
Great
Uritain
Italy to declare martial law in Sicily to crush brigands
The Italian government plans martial law in Sicily to suppress brigandage with 12 000 troops and local police aiding a strong campaign in mountain districts. Courts will be protected. The Sicilian brigands are expected to gain accessions from this country.
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New Orleans
English deer hunting criticized as inhuman by Chronicle
The article notes the royal deer in Wind Bar Ghent Park are counted for sport with Queen's buckhounds and moved to Swinley forests for the hunting season. It condemns the practice as sentimental yet cruel, arguing even the act of chasing deer with dogs evokes tar and feathers.
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England
Wind Bar Ghent Park
Royal Demesne
Swinley
Jonah of the Sea and the Sailors Fate Explained
An old superstition holds that luck follows a shipman, with barnacle backs seeking a Jonah among crew. The tale cites Alfred Ernest Roberts and a string of disasters on voyages from Liverpool, including fires, wrecks, and sinkings, to illustrate how fate and misfortune cluster around certain hands.
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Jonah
South Atlantic
Alfred Ernest Roberts
Liverpool
Ish Charlwood
Rob
Thuerts
Roberts
Cherub
Jack
Australia
miArsuer &Jonah
New York
Tritane
Scissors Dolls Toys and Fireworks at Produce Exchange
A playful notice invites readers to trade in or purchase scissors dolls toys and fireworks while bringing produce to a local exchange event. The listing emphasizes a quirky mix of goods and a community swap vibe.
Dreaming senses puzzle stirs reader inquiry
Readers debate why dreams lack olfaction while some scents like cooking might provoke dream imagery. A London letter cites nerves linking smell to the brain. Separately, the Chicago Herald notes rising cotton production in Transcaspian Russia and potential shifts away from American and Egyptian cotton as shipments to Lodz and Moscow increase.
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Deters
London
Transcaspian
Russia
Caspian
Batoum
Poti
Odessa
Sebastopol
Lodz
Warsaw
Moscow
Chicago Herald
Notable Lovage and RAF Return to South Victoria Route
A garbled report notes a British eraser Melpoment sailing to Victoria via a southward route for coal, highlighting a notable fish navy achievement. The fragment hints at historical context and praise in the Free Press, but details are unclear due to OCR damage.
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Melpoment
Raf
Steay
Victoria
Lightening the vodka gloom in rural Russia and a thrifted wardrobe
A contrast of rural Russian life with vodka dependence and religious superstition against a backdrop of gradual education and modernizing habits. The piece notes cheaper clothing, widespread patching giving way to new goods, and a shift toward replacing worn items rather than repairing them.
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Russia
Blind Theotor Accused Of Accident At Church Door
A fragmented notice describes an incident at a church door involving a wounded man with a board around his neck and a claim of diabetes distress. The text is garbled but implies a claim of injuries and possible legal action or relief needs.
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Spalms
Theotor
Wasps as Paper Makers View in Carmarthen Shop Window
A Welsh paper notes two wasp nests in a Carmarthen shop window and describes their paperlike coverings. Lord Brougham, cited by the Paper Record, compares the nest paper to Maidstone manufacture and claims the wasp has long known how to make two kinds of paper white and brown. The article discusses nest colors and materials, including a case of mixed colored paper in one nest and notes on wasps in tropical regions using vegetable fibre.
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Carmarthen
Lord Brougham
The
Paper Record
London
Maidstone
England
Breeding Blue Foxes on St George Island Profitable
On St George Island in the Pribilof group in the Bering Sea the breeding of blue foxes has become highly profitable. The foxes reproduce rapidly and, once a well stocked island reaches a certain size, cannot be depleted if strict laws keep them tame and protected from hunting.
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St. George
Bering Sea
Trappe
Egyptian paintings and priesthood rules outline
The text describes how Egyptian wall paintings followed a formal code set by the priesthood. It explains that artists adhered to strict conventions regarding figures, gestures, and symbolic meaning to honor religious practices and beliefs.
Plush Bags at Hungarian Theatre Sparkling Laughter
New Orleans Picayune reports on a fashion in a Hungarian town where both elite and servant classes carried plush bags to theatre shows. Officers joined the craze, using bags to hide opera glasses and other small items, then paraded them on stage for laughs. The fad soon faded.
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Hungary
Indies
Regin Ot
Dresseireste
New Orleans Picayune
Caricaturist Describes Face Fatigue From Sketching
A prominent city caricaturist complains of a fatigue linked to his art. He says concentrating on faces makes his own expression resemble his subjects, forcing rest after hours of drawing. He describes alternately lying down or walking outside to study people’s faces rather than individuals.
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Phila
Notable Early Locks and Keys Across Civilizations
A lecturer discusses ancient locks and cases before Nottingham University students. Wooden Egyptian locks share features with modern locks. a Roman style padlock remains common in China. The puzzle padlock and the Chubb lock are traced to mid era inventions, with the claim that duplicating unique mechanisms is easier than making two identical ones.
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Nottingham University
G. H. Chubb
China
Nose
Rome
Beckman
London
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Hampshire
Hooghly
Beneal
University of Syracuse
Austin Atchison
Parma
Monroe County
University
Atchison
University Neres
Atclits
New Quarters
Sotka Aaestetersaeristes
Orange County
NuAs
Cae
N. W. Brown & CO
New York Sun
Wasps
Russias
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