Logs and cotton totals and London police 1875 data
Logs in the Susquehanna boom could yield 20 million feet of lumber while U S cotton consumption totals 1 356 508 bales split between Northern and Southern mills. Mexican schools number 8 103 with 369 000 pupils teaching basics and citizenship.lake Winnipeg elevations from survey report 710 to 1 042 feet above sea level. London’s 1875 police force of 10 227 guarded a growing metropolis with 10 023 new houses and 3 775 houses under construction. 87 killed and 2 704 injured in streets. drunkenness arrests rose.
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Williamsport
Susquehanna
United States
Northern
Southexens
Bell
Lake Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Martin’s Lake
Lake Manitoba
Winnipegosis
Lake of the Woods
Gunning
London
Bottled Bumble-Bees Stir Panic in Cass Family
A quiet Cass farm lad, nine or ten, caught bees with a wide mouth bottle and stored about thirty bumble-bees inside. A fire started under the bottle and bees attacked the family, injuring the man, wife, and others as they tried to flee. The boy disappeared amid the chaos, last seen near Nome, possibly seeking safety after the event.
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Abe
Avery
Nome
Detroit
The Teaching of Grammar in Scottish Schools
FeaT cupandi at HM inspector J Maclison cites in his final report that grammar teaching fails its true end the art of speaking and writing English. He urges abandoning parsing and sentence analysis, arguing grammar should be a mental discipline improving utterance rather than barren rules.
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Cupandi
J? Macixop
Her
Scotland
Ito
Grammar reform by Jolly in 1872 lecture discussed
Pall Mall Gazette reports Mr Jolly's method linking grammar with composition from early schooling. He argues teaching simple sentences first, then general principles prevents sloppy writing and careless thinking across publications.
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Tier Majesty
Nairnshire Association of Teachers
Jolly
Pall Mall Gazette
How Gen Washington Got His Clothes
A historic letter from Mount Vernon in 1763 details George Washington's meticulous clothing orders. The document, sent to London agents Cary & Co, includes exact measurements and a demand for superfine roadcloth garments, reflecting Washington's strict accounting and demand for quality.
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George Washington
George II
Great Britain
Colonies
London
Washington
Mount Vernon
Messrs
Robert Cary & Co
Lawrence
Cary
Lee
Irving
Washington’s London attire and a precise tailor’s notice
The excerpt discusses orders to a London agent for riding frock, riding waistcoat, and blue surtout with superfine scarlet cloth and gold lace. It notes Washington’s consistent, scrupulous dress and that his best clothes were supplied from England, implying a skilled tailor could procure garments fitting a six-foot-tall figure.
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London
Washington
England
Lawrence
Ick
Equal Tools and Language of Science in Craft Mastery
The article argues that workmen rely on hands on practice while science has lifelong teachers. It critiques attempts to teach intricate manipulation and manual dexterity, noting expert work is guided by unwritten principles and laws. It calls for skilled instructors to codify these rules to raise practical craftsmanship.
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Awammer
Scientific American
Coal Estimates in Pennsylvania and adjoining regions
Andrew Roy estimates the Allegheny coal field contains 734 424,000,000 tons with 200 feet of workable coal in the anthracite regions. He cites 60 to 70 feet in the bituminous near Pittsburgh and 78 feet in West Virginia along the Kanawa River. Outside these areas, coal percentages follow rock thickness, with three feet of workable coal per 50 feet of strata in the Pittsburgh seam region.
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Andrew Roy
Allegheny
Pennsyl
Vania
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Kanawa
Pittaburgh
Boston
Unclear fragment notes axe thefts and labor woes
Fragmentary text describes an axe man in Boston prying open safes and desks, with references to underpaid labor and a rising scene involving kerosene. The passage is garbled and lacks complete details or names to form a fuller incident.
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Axman
Boston
Sanday
Maternal Love Drives Woman to Die to Save Family
In Caraggi a fever sweeps households, and a laborer's wife, mother of two, flees her home to prevent contagion. She locks her children inside, abandons the house with sheets to hide transmission, and, after a final farewell from her kids, seeks aid where she will die within two days. Her husband and children remain unaware of the illness’s cause.
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Caraggi
Lue
Daring Roofer Repairs gilded Spire at Winter Palace
A bold worker climbed the Neva fortress spire opposite the Winter Palace to repair a decaying gilded angel atop the blue and copper globe. He ascended nail by nail using cords, then attached a ladder of ropes and restored the angel without scaffolding, drawing cheers from the crowd below.
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Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Neva
Doslon Transcript
Scene in Philippopolis Described by London Daily News Writer
The London Daily News correspondent in Bulgaria with Mr. Schuyler, the American Consul General, in Philippopolis on August 100, details a quiet street scene. A priest in a green grocer shop stands with hands behind his back and head tilted, silently observing the ground. A hushed crowd across the way watches, none making a sound as the observer approaches the platform before the door.
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Loandon Daily News
Bulgaria
The Hanging of a Peasant Priest of the People
A calm peasant priest, about forty, is hanged near a green grocer's shop after mounting the steps and blessing the crowd. His wife with five children visits the narrator, describing her despair in a melodious tongue. Doubts are cast on Selim Effendi, head of the insurgent trial tribunal, amid secret depositions and suspected torture.
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Green Grocer
Tle
Jie
Avrat-Alan
Selim Effendi
Selim
Schuyler
Cannibal Banquets Reported in South Sea Islands
Reports from the Solomon Islands describe violent cannibal feasts after natives received tomahawks in trade. A captain and most of his crew were killed and eaten, with two crewmen shooting themselves. An English vessel later burned and its crew eaten. Missionaries fled, claiming limited reform. the mission abandoned the port.
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Solomon
South Sea Island
S¢ Louis Republican
Sharp fraud tale from a New York clerk on Greenwich street
A Chicago Tribune reader recounts a sharp practice case where a merchant pressed a firm on Greenwich street for payment. The merchant received a nonnegotiable check for 1370 dollars, then used his own funds to cover the shortfall at the bank. The firm later suspended payment and was declared insolvent, with a Clearing House check incident cited as the trigger.
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Greenwich Street
Sone Wicks
Ile
North River Bank
Chicago
Uribune
Lawyer Mouse’s Death Sparks Estate Controversy
A New York divorce lawyer, Mr Mouse, was shot by his wife who is under arrest. She produces a will leaving his entire estate to her and applies for letters of administration. If allowed she could control the fortune to fund her defense and later possess the estate.
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Mouse
New York
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Gen. Washington
Coal
Pennsylvania
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