Noted Norwegian Explorer Nansen in Talks and Tales
From the New York Sun, Charles Heard recounts Fridtjof Nansen famed Arctic explorer nearing a Indiana college professorship before choosing Greenland. The piece covers his math prowess, early art studies, skating feats, Norwegian snowshoeing and skiing, and a simple, prizefilled life at his Christiania hillside home with dogs and modest finances.
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Indiana
Greenland
Arctic
Christiania
New York Sun
Fridti
Nansen
Richard Heard
Mr. Heard
North Pole
Nansell
Amelia
Finlly
Niagara
Ninsen
Coe
Nutisen
Norway
Elvelé
From Watchman to Modern Police and the Golden Medical Discovery
A comparison of old town watchmen and modern city police highlights progress in public safety. The article praises Dr Fierce s Golden Medical Discovery claiming it cures consumption and other ailments, boosts appetite and blood quality while supporting digestion and liver function.
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New York City
Dr. Fierce
American teacher travels Europe six times in twelve years
A frugal American schoolteacher earned a modest salary, taught private pupils, and saved to fund six European trips in twelve years. She learned French and German, later Italian and Russian literacy, and visited England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Moscow, using language skills to navigate without guides.
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Byrone
Hyrope
England
Scotland
France
Belgium
Holland
Vienna
Dresden
Berlin
Bremen
Rome
Switzerland
Spain
Europe
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Moscow
Drosky
American girl earns praise through foreign study and teaching
The article highlights an American girl's dedication to learning foreign languages and funding her travel. At thirty, she leaves public schools to teach French German and Italian in a high school for young women. Her disciplined preparation and persistent aim mark a notable achievement.
Amusing Anecdotes From a London Reception and Social Evenings
A set of light anecdotes recount a pompous bishoplike dog portrait sitter told to move his head and shut his mouth, a Marquis mistaken for a colleague at a Hotel Cecil reception, witty Sheridan versus Cumberland on Theatre, and a comic misadventure with a bouquet and a frosty reception. It ends with a tale of a drunken pair and a boy's misadventure with Aleck and a mule.
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Bishon
Dowes
Baliybury
Enelind
Aleck
Flo
Couldna't See Them Starve Bowery Siaggera Pleads for Relief
A fragmentary 19th century plea shows Bowery figure Siaggera begging a passerby for aid to feed his wife and ten children, with a charitable response promising a dollar and inquiry into their whereabouts.
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Bowery
Dev
Speaking of fish and tall tales on a train car
A group aboard a train in a Pocket Magazine reading session swap stories about fishing, weighty fish legends, and near misses. A gray-haired man recalls a fearsome plains encounter with a nonvenomous threat, a lawyer confounds a shopkeeper with a fake legacy tale, and a large grasshopper-sized mosquito becomes the punchline of a recurring joke.
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Kaunas
Skeeter
Arkan sas Mosquito Sting Story Alternates With Northbound Return
A man recalls three months in Arkan sas noting fierce mosquitoes and their biting strength. He jokes about exaggeration while nonchalantly describing the insects and his planned return north.
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Arkansas
Henry Clay
Death of Mr Jonas the Furniture Broker and Twin Birth Study
From Tit-Bits a Cheater Chronicle item notes the death of Mr Jonas of Cheater after fifty three years of marriage and fathering thirty three children, thirty of them twins. Dr Cory at St Thomas Hospital links twin births to family heredity across generations and cites a Vienna wife of a weaver with thirty two children as another recorded case.
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Soho Jonas
Jonas
Cory
Bt. Thomas’ Hospital
Thirten
Worman
Vienna
Births in Four Nations Twin and Triplet Rates
The text states that twins occur at rates of thirteen per 1000 births in England France Germany and Scotland and seventeen in Ireland. It also notes one hundred sixty triplets and eight quadruples per 1,000,000 births.
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England
France
German
Scotland
Ireland
Umbrella sail boat unveiled at Cowes with keelless design
A new umbrella rigged sailing vessel, called the um brella boat, attracts attention at Cowes in the Solent. The sail system aims to remove heeling by balancing pressure and mast position, enabling sailing on an even keel with less hull resistance. An experimental model carries 29 feet of canvas on a 17 foot boat, promising higher speeds, while a second vessel by Moser Thornycroft of Chewick, England, is being built for this concept.
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Nansen
Christiania
Norway
Cowes Ant
Solent
Moser, Thornycroft
Cheawick
England
Do You Think Miss Eiderkin Is Serious
Dudely and Chumleigh converse about Miss Eiderkin and whether her intentions are matrimony or mere flirtation. The Chicago Record fragment hints at social intrigue and the question of serious intention.
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Chicago
Dudely
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Explorer Nansen
Carl Lumholtz
Ninwen
Museum of Anatomy
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Hoe
Nangen
Geome
Nanven
Froon
Christinda
Porsante Goeneraly
Ant
London
Bop
Joan Bull
Asustin
Mova
Sheridan
Drury Lane
Cumberland
Covent Garden
Diogenes
Jerry
Tom
Dude
Reefer Suits
Chinchilla
New York
Lake George
Columbus
Ohio
Australia
The
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