Gardner and Nickalls Race Crowns Wingfield Sculls Title
A London staff correspondent reports the Wingfield sculls at Putney to Mortlake where Gardner defeats Nickalls in a dramatic four mile race. Gardner surged ahead near Hammer Smith Bridge after an epic back and forth, winning by inches before Nickalls faded with a right arm injury. Corcoran steered the loser and Cobb guided the winner as crowds roared.
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Mr. Wickalls
Putney
Mortlake
Gardner
Nickalls
Prottaner
Oxord
Henley
Mr. Nickalls
Mr. Gardner
Tenley
Oxford
Nickalle
Nickailse
Hammersmith Bridge
Nickalis
Lord Amphiis
Jack Corcoran
Doggett
Cobb
Brutality to Cattle at Peruvian Ports Sparks Debate
A New York Herald report quotes a Peru returnee criticizing British shippers for cattle handling aboard ships. Cattle are towed midstream by horns to the shore then hoisted aboard, often injuring horns and legs and causing agony before finally being loaded.
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America
Peru
War talk at Deer Park by-gone era figures and judges
At Deer Park Colonel Kellogg and Admiral Queen discuss war fears with Blaine anecdotes and stories of King family wealth. Justice Bradley visits and charms crowds with his math hobby and strong memory of law and Bible study. Frank G. Carpenter recalls Matt Carpenter as a powerful speaker and Bible learner.
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Laine
Behring Bea
Army
Navy
England
United States
Deer Park
Kellogg
Thomas
Sheridan
South
John Bull
Canada
Jerry Busk
Matt Carpenter
General Busk
Senate
Wisconsin
Rufus Choate
Choate
Frank G. Carpenter
New Glass Minnow Trap Reveals Fresh Fishing Tool
London Society Times describes a glass minnow trap a foot long and eight inches wide. The cylindrical device uses cracker as bait and a bottle neck cap to lure minnows into a funnel opening, then holds them until the fisher retrieves the trap.
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Acrova
London Society Times
Latin Newspaper Emerges in Newcastle England
A Newcastle paper prints entirely in Latin claiming to revive the Roman tongue for universal use. The periodical aims to demonstrate Latin’s applicability in modern journalism and daily life, as once spoken by Cicero and Caesar.
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Newcastle
Eng
Uirontole
Cicero
Cesar
Old World Rules Clash With Modern Summer Fun At Resorts
Bramble laments lax morals at summer resorts as families party with cards and dances. He cites Cresson and wealthy Pittsburgh Presbyterians, notes clergymen struggle to curb worldly amusements, and questions future generations from overindulgent upbringing.
FASTER JACQUES SECRET AND NARROW PATHS OF HERBAL WISDOM
Succi's rival M Jacques has completed his 42 days fast. Born in 1841 at St Arnaud les Faux, he learned herbalism from a Belgian frontier grandmother. He fought in the Franco German War, saving his captain's life and enduring wounds, with a desert hunger plant tale shaping his memory.
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Succi
M. Jacques
Monsieur Jacques
St. Arnaud Les Faux
Regni
Belgium
Womai
The Frenchman Finds a Plant Heals by Liquor Claim
Jacques, recalling his grandmother, studies Culpepper and locates a common herb on a heath. He decocts a liquor named the Sauveur, claiming it sustains the body and preserves vigor during extended fasts without nourishment, based on practical experience.
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Jacques
Tin the Third Most Precious Metal Known to Science
London society notes tin as one of the most precious metals after gold and silver. It resembles silver in color but is less resistant. heated it emits odor and taste, and its cry reveals purity. Tin mining concentrates in few regions, notably the Malay Peninsula’s ancient Golden Chersonesus. The metal’s use traces back to antiquity with early mentions in ancient texts and artifacts about 5,000 years old.
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James Mason
America
Manchester
Mason
Gunsberg
Dr. Zuckertort
Mackenzie
Blaine
Dick Wintersmith
Washington
Pennsylvania
Congress
House
United States
Senate
Sailor
Cape Horn
Deer Park
Young King
Texas
King
Mississippi River
New York
Uncle Je Busk
King Boys
Nantasket
Boston
Wisconsin
Brother Talmage
Talmage
Robert Elsmere
John Wanamaker
Tolstor
Mr. Gladstone
Marie Bashkirtae
London Society Times
Malay Peninsula
M. Oppert
Moses
Edison and the phonograph in a Menlo Park test
An anecdote about Thomas Edison refining the phonograph at Menlo Park. Edison dictates Mary had a little lamb into a fan, tests the machine, and bets seven dollars it will speak, as Krensi doubted the outcome. The device reproduces the line and Edison smiles.
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Edison
Menlo Park
Evlison
Krensi
Census Puzzle and Wordplay From an Old Newspaper Page
A collage of puzzle clues and wordplay excerpts from a historic page. It includes a census riddle about the sum of a person’s factors, anagrams, transpositions, cryptic lines, and multiple crossword like hints with references to Pittsburg and various word games.
Buttermilk Rage Captures Health Column Tone
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes buttermilk as a therapeutic agent for the sick, replacing sweet milk for dyspepsia prone individuals. It calls buttermilk a powerful verve tonic and a fashionable fad, touted for aiding digestion when other remedies fail.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Home Secretary
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Pelican Club
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Uncle Sam
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the Bible
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Admiral Queen
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Nantasket Beach
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the Invalids’ Pension Committee of the House
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Supreme Court
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Geological Survey
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Pall Mall
Detroit Free Press
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Samson
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