Pittsburg School Opens Amid Old and New Rules
Pittsburgh readers see the return to classes as book shortages and worn slates are replaced. Pupils number about 1000 in the first day with 80 000 pencils ready to scratch 30 000 states, as teachers report to Lackey and new rules curb corporal punishment and manage truancy.
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Pittsburg
Garrett
Pitsburg
the Nations
Lackey
Europe
Pinsburg
United States
Patten
Whale as a Pet on Coral Island Tale of a Sperm Whale
A Pittsburgh educator recounts a tropical island life story and his pet whale. The planter L. Churchill befriends a giant sperm whale, feeding and playing with it while describing the creature’s intelligence and playful antics.
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Willliam Churchill
Russian Court Rumor of Empress Highlanded Afflictions and Czarina
A dispatch report recounts whispered tales from Russian court circles about Empress Augusta Victoria and the Czarina. It mentions alleged deafness linked to a 1903 railway explosion and a staged royal performance at Petershof and Gatachina, with speculation about relatives and enemies amid court intrigue.
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Berlin
Russia
Augusta Victoria
Czarina
George of
Hanover
Petershof
Gatachina
Cearina
Borkum
Alexander
Cara
Osurion
Princess of Wales
Trampo's warning ends boarding-house curse tale
A Pennsylvania boarding house keeps tramps away after a spring 1887 encounter with a tramp who left a tree hieroglyph. The symbol warned that the house uses oleomargarine, and a star boarder secured a 35 cent bribe to reveal the translation witnessed by residents.
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Mrs. K
Mra. E
Ster
Star Boarder
A Typewriter's Woe and the Theatre Copyists Tale
A New York typewriter describes copying plays and contracts, detailing cranky playwrights, low pay, and odd requests. She recalls a disastrous five act script, the rush to finish parts, and the money disputes with actors, managers, and backers.
Picturesque Heligoland Bride’s Costume A Surprising Display
A description of Heligoland’s national attire shows women in red petticoats with white aprons and shawls, while men wear blue trousers and top boots. A bride’s dress features a tall embellished crown and lace, with festivities centered in the groom’s home then a church ceremony followed by a national cake, procession, feasting, dancing, and return home.
Wasps Use Painted Paper Shavings To Build Nest
In Amer Mills near Clonmel a gardener found a wasp nest formed from shredded blue green yellow and white paper shavings placed to protect strawberry beds. The wasps carried the colored pulp and built a nest with lined color bands across it.
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Amer Mills
Clonmel
Cardinal Newman’s Strict Routine Sustained His Longevity
Cardinal Newman lived with mathematical regularity, starting with his own bed making after breakfast and a simple lunch of soup bread and light wine. He spent afternoons walking to the school yard to watch games or visiting Birmingham to study at an old bookstall, sometimes riding in a friend’s new coach.
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Central Board Rooms
Tolios
Sam
Cuas
T. Munnar
Cardinal Newman
Birmingham
Giant’s Decoration Honoring Aix-la-Chapelle Goliath
Carl Westphalen known as the Aix la Chapelle Goliath wears a German emperor awarded decoration for valor at Geld. During a wet night French pressure forced a retreat as a gun bogged in a trench. Westphalen, passing by, shouldered the wheel and moved the gun to safety.
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Carl Westphalen
Aix-la-Chapelle
Goliath
London
Amperor
Germany
Carl
Mellow Gossip in Boston Herald Noted as Self-possessed
Bertha comments on a young man named George as self-possessed while Exvime recalls multiple proposals, revealing social chatter in a Boston Herald excerpt. The dialogue hints at courtship dynamics and personal reputations in a casual column.
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Boston Herald
Bertha
George
The Carbsix Cottage Mystery of 1793
On a Brittany moor near Carbsix Finistere a lean man watches a girl drag a straw load toward a cottage. A frightened exchange over a rat hidden in straw leads to wary tension as the girl answers questions with odd timing. The scene hints at unseen peril in the primitive setting.
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Laughl
Ieee
Suatch
Wilk
Irea
Iever
Ivan
South Beach
Carbsix
Finistere
Brittany
Michael Tellier
Dra Boma
Michel
Pierre
Jeanne
Night on the Moored Cottage Amid Civil War Friction
A peasant couple in Brittany struggles under the Girondin Jacobin clash. Jeanne bears exhaustion and fear as Michel schemes to seize a hidden sleeper, Pierre, while the looming Reign of Terror and a five crown bounty sharpen tensions.
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Jeanne
Thad
Pierre
Michel
Cning
Paris
Onda
Cleur
Brittany
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Theatrics’ Exchange
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Pauline Hall
Stuart Robson
Cecil Clay
Rosina Vokes
Horace Townsend
Dramatic Authors’ Society
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