Centennial items at Philadelphia Exposition include curiosities and exhibits
The Philadelphia Centennial shows Britain and Ireland holding 57 776.8 square feet while visitors complain children pay full admission. Highlights include Ohio coal displays, an 8600 dollar amber candelabrum, a 4000 pound silver lump in the Dinin Building, Jamaica fruit and tuber exhibits, detailed rail maps in the Indiana Building, and a Norway sledge replica. The Jamaica exhibit, led by Commissioner Robert Thompson, features pineapples, yams, plantains, and sugar cane with plans to extend through the end of the Exposition as tourism and receipts rise.
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Great Britain
Ireland
Ohio
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mexico
Dinin
Netherland
Switzerland
Woman's School of Design
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Arkansas
Eial Advertiser
Norway
Ction
Jerusalem
Deans
United States
Sorrento
Commission
Chicago
Jamaica Fruits at Centennial Exhibit in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia letter describes a large and interesting Jamaica fruit collection on display at the Agricultural Hall. It includes four mango varieties and a fragrant, delicately tasting fruit. Mamzmee apples, a West Indies fruit, and the curious sepodilla are shown, along with several orange species including the shaddock and the so called forbidden fruit.
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Philaelphia
Jamaica
West Indies
Barbarity of the Turks in the Balkan regions
Belgrade based report recounts witnessed cruelty by Turkish forces in 19th century campaigns. A British cavalry major describes mob attacks in Kars in 1854, scar to eye and head, noting lack of punishment. He argues government reform is impossible under Turkish influence and warns of a potential holy war with Christians prepared to defend themselves. He cites Bosnia and Herzegovina where villagers fear mass executions if arms are laid down, underscoring mistrust of Ottoman assurances.
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Turkey
Kars
London Daily News
Constantinople
Salonica
Mussulman
Omer
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Mostar
Sarajevo
Belgrade
Serbia
Our
N.Y. Limes
How to Make Otto of Roses at Home
Practical DIY note explains making otto of roses from chopped rose leaves in a sun heated apparatus using a two gallon jar and a two ounce vial. Recommends fresh leaves repeatedly for multiple four day distillations, achieving perfume for family use at a fraction of store price.
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Otto
O. W Uckett
St. Louis
Globe. Democrat
Legal Fees From Court Disputes Top $85 Million Annually
A New York Commercial report notes that the annual fees lawyers collect from litigants who engage in court quarrels in the United States total about 85 million dollars. The figure reflects the cost of litigation driven by unnecessary or contentious disputes.
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United States
Good Fairy Delivers Farm Gift In Uncertain Impulse
A Kansas farmer Leslie Brownlee received a deed to his farm and plans for a new house from an anonymous donor described as an agent of a well paid gentleman. The giver, who preferred anonymity, left a $20 Bible with an inscription directing Brownlee to read and profit. Brownlee suspects a family link and wonders about the donor's identity and motives, noting his grandmother’s past guardianship. The tale emerged in the Leavenworth Times.
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Leslie Brownlee
Brownlee
Brownley
Sr. Brownlee
Ife
Ile
Leasenworth Times
A Lapland Pastor in Quikkjokk and Spreading Faith
The Lapland pastor at Quikkjokk lives a frugal life with summer duties like fishing and gathering supplies for winter. He makes rare trips to Jokkmokk, preaches briefly in summer, and preserves church treasures such as a gold communion cup. Spring and autumn drive large Lap gatherings, yet religious fervor has cooled, aided by pastors who teach catechism during these seasons.
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Lapland
Ife
Quikkjokk
Ifo
Hls
Warerin Weator
Christ
St. Joseph
King
Berlin
Orly
Education in a Polar Pastorate Circulating Schools Rise
Harper's Weekly describes a minister who runs a Lap school funded by the state for six children, teaching reading writing and arithmetic in a garret parsonage. The pastor operates a small observatory and maps, while circulating teachers later travel between settlers to educate scattered children.
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Chris Vanity
Europe
Scandinavia
Itory Land
Harper’s Weekly
Saurian Monster Sighted Near Las Animas Alarm Says It Was A Lie
A Denver Nes correspondent recounts a Las Animas encounter with a giant Saurian creature on the Great American desert. The rider describes a monstrous lizard like body with an enormous forked tongue, eight paddling legs, and a tail over a hundred feet, but the claim is dismissed as a lie by the St. Louis Republican.
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Denver
St. Louis Republican
Jewish Statistics and Jewish Vitality Report
A pamphlet by Rev. J. Miller estimates the world Jewish population at 7,074,868 with Europe 5,920,858 Asia 591,000 Africa 792,000 America 450,000 and British colonies 15,000. Russia 2,647,086 Austria 1,200,000 Germany 512,171 Roumania 255,000 Turkey 200,000 France 95,000 Ireland 70,000 London 20,000 England 68,802 Italy 58,000. Austrian Galicia has 500,000 Israelites with 160 percent growth since 1821 1870 versus 25 percent for ordinary population. New York 60,000 Chicago 80,000. Also notes Americans of Jewish descent often classified as Americans and younger Hebrews distancing from distinct Jewish names.
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Germany
Roumania
Turkey
France
Ingland
London
Tolland
Italy
Norway
Spain
Portugal
Austrian
Galicia
Joseph Hain
Miller
New York
Chicago
World
Land Set As Orchards In Niagara County
The Lockport Journal reports hundreds of acres in Niagara County being laid out as orchards and predicts that in twenty years the region will be devoted largely to fruit culture. It notes heavy raft shipments through the city and the farming community’s wakeful interest in expanding orchard planting beyond prior levels.
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Tis Lockport
Niagara County
Insects Feeding on Garden Vegetables and Trees
An entomologist states about thirty insect species feed on garden vegetables. The grape vine has about fifty insect enemies, the apple tree around seventy five, various stride trees over one hundred, and wheat and other grains about fifty.
Hair Dyes and Cosmetics From Paris Fashion
Lucy Hooper reports Parisian fashion in bleached locks and false beauty. Dyes use poisonous bases like nitrate of silver and sugar of lead while whitening agents and pearl powders claim to erase time with costly routines.
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Paris
Philadelphia
Lucy Hooper
Belles—Ay
Colieur
Light and Radiometer Debates Stir European Scientists
Crookes radiometer movements continue to fascinate scientists across Europe. Wartmann proposes gas expansion under low pressure causes rotation, while Reynolds and Challis offer alternate explanations involving residual air and ethereal density gradients. The discussion may steer future experiments, per Chamber’s Journal.
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Crookes
Europe
Prof. Wartmann
Geneva
Wartmann
Osborne Reynolds
Owens College, Manchester
Challis
Cambridge
Chambera
Love and suicide in Dallas shirtmaker tale
In Dallas a man named ASUIMSP EALEN pursued a shirt maker with strong resolve. She rebuffed him with civility and no chance of partnership. He attempted morphine poisoning but was saved by doctors and a stomach pump. He hoped to change her mind, but the plan failed. She warned she would attend his funeral if he died for her.
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Asuimspealen
Dallas
Texas
Love
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