The Cyprus Brig Mystery and the Convict Crew Tale
A whaler rescues a kidnapped navigator from the brig Cyprus, a converted convict ship. The vessel carried 31 convicts seeking liberty from Norfolk Island, planning to raid islands in the Pacific while the navigator expertly mended their course and later escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swallow
Noth
Merel
Cyprus
Pacific
Tonga
Fijis
Stevenson
Macquarie Harbor
Norfolk Island
Midway
Union Group
Marquesas
Aleft
Jack Downs
Navigator Islands
Honolulu
Ater
England
Watts
Davis
Beveridge
Origin of the Lucifer Match Invention credited to MP Isaac Holden
The Pall Mall Gazette reports Isaac Holden, a member of Parliament, first conceived the lucifer match. He recalls waking at 4 am to study with flint and steel and adding sulphur under the explosive material, leading to swift light. A London chemist's son notified his father, and lucifer matches were soon issued. Holden declined a patent, deeming it a minor, cheap achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gusette
Isaac Holden
Holden
London
American tourist observes street vendor’s mouse act in Malaga
An American traveler in Spain describes seeing a street vendor in Malaga tormenting a tiny mouse tethered on a string. He notes women crossing the street to avoid the scene as the man lashes the creature while shouting what sounds like a foreign phrase.
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Spain
Malaga
A Garden in the Sea
Correspondent describes Jersey as an English-speaking island with Norman roots and French influence. He notes English customs, language, and institutions persist, shops close on Sunday, churches and Salvation Army bands appear, and daily life contrasts with nearby France.
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Hewres
Agp
Jersey
Annuy
Island of
Salvation Army
France
Jersey Island Life And Its Unique Cows And Cabbage
The article surveys Jersey's prosperous farms with hedged fields and seaweed fertilizer. It highlights the Jersey cow herding habit, breed purity, and a 45 square mile island government with a 50 member parliament under royal oversight, noting independence from Britain.
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America
Jersey
Paciale
Helier
Hes Sree
Jersey Customs and Legends Amid Norman Ties in Sea Island
The article surveys Jersey's Norman links and local customs such as the cry of Haro used to deter trespass, feudal land practices, and peculiar duties for royal visits. It notes old paths for fugitives, silver horseshoes for royal meetings, and stories of General Boulanger's ties to the island, including gifts to tradespeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Europe
William
England
Normandy
Channel Islands
Seine
Hara
Haro
Rollo
Prince
Charles II of England
Ments x
Boulanger
Brussels
Eisasid
M. Tarbell
England Faces Working Class Struggles and High Costs
A London dispatch reports British workers face low wages, high rents, and costly necessities. It notes caste barriers and limited political influence, contrasts with American conditions, and cites figures from the United Trades Committee on carpenters and joiners across ten cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
Trades Congress
Bavaria
Miss Hicks
London
East End
Ashcroft
Nottingham
Leicester
United States
Cooke
Fost
H. RB. Taylor
London Trades Council
E. A. Atkins
United Committee of Carpenters and Joiners
Quelch
Dockers’ Union
Charing Cross
Bacce
United Trades Committee of Carpenters and Joiners
Thes
Great Britain
New York
Chicago
Ham
Brooklyn
Boston
Palindelphiss
Sheffield
Louis
Pittsburg
Belfast
Cleveland
GanFra
The Spread of English in World Language Use
In Macmillan's Magazine the author argues English is becoming Europe's literary language as populations grow. He cites Vamberg and other authors writing in English to reach wider readerships, noting non English writers producing works in English for circulation.
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Macmillan's
United States
China
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Cape
England
Welch
British Islands
Vamberg
Joost Aveling
Norway
Fate of Ivan VI in Prisoned Turbulent Life
The historical remark outlines Ivan VI of Russia, eldest brother of Peter the Great’s line, who could claim the throne yet was imprisoned in tyranny. He laments infant distress and parental suffering, noting his innocence and Catherine II’s determination to conceal the heir while he remained confined.
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Detroit
Ivan VL
Peter the Great
Catherine II
Fair Faces in the Mook. Two Young Women Take Old Man’s Pines
A Chicago Tribune piece notes two young women exude calm assurance as they occupy the symbolic pines of the old man, suggesting the Moon’s reign is over and shifts in power are attributed to women. The text focuses on appearance and implied change rather than detailed events.
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Bagheles
Ewing
Brigabey
Mollo
Lairess
New South Wales
Cape Ae Good Hope
Aguibas
Cape Horn
Cape of Good Hope
Scroas
Alice
Granger
James Colleger
Chao
Grainger
Alexander Stevenson
Swallow
Stevenson
Hobart
Norfolk Island
Taaid
Alos
Cape
Lucas
Mr. Grainger
England
Sokadie
Fleur
Staff of Life
Chicago Tribune
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The
Swan
Perth
Bin
James Qrala
Jim Davis
W. Clark Russell
Lucifer
Jereey
Rocka
Perz
Pers
Eyamooth
Eral
Hess
Trades’ Council
American Republic
Americas
Oases
Paris
Wal Ae
Penn Avenue
Sna
Beecham
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