Kings as Prisoners and Captivity Practices Across Empires
A detailed survey contrasts how Britain housed royal captives and fallen rulers such as Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, Wajid Ali Shah, and Arabi Pasha, noting allowances, privileges, and limits. It compares colonial restraint with imperial leniency and recounts other monarchs held in places like Calcutta, Rangoon, and Colombo, framing a broader view of imperial captivity.
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Maharajzh
Dhuleep Singh
Indian Empire
England
Brandon
Norfolk
Maharucah
Suez
Victor
Earl of Coventry
Calcutta
Tujk
Garden Beach
Wajid Ali
Oudh
Witeh
Babedur Shah
Delhi
Rangoon
Shah Jehan
Aurangzeb
Tunutia Topi
Colombo
Ceylon
Arabi Pasha
Arabi
Egypt
Atlantic
Napoleon
Cape Coast
Cetewayo
Monopoly in Cable Building Sparks Pacific Cable Debate
President Scrymser of the Pacific Cable Company argues that a House Commerce Committee clause mandating American made ocean cable and American-flag ships would hinder progress. He notes America has never built ocean cables with the required plant, capital, and expertise and cites the history from 1857 to now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Glass, Eliot & Co
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company
America
Germany
New York
Azores
United States
New York Evening Post
Iouse Comittee
Scrymser
Pacificable Company
Inverted Brain and SevenYearOld Californian Wonders
The piece describes seven year old Mary Terry in Alviso California who reads upside down and right side up, making sense of letters only after the teacher discovers her unique perception. Doctors note the phenomenon and compare it with psychological experiments while Mary reads with equal ease in either orientation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Manor club intrigue and mirror reading in a booklet tale
An account of a London club election where a disliked member gains entry through manipulation, followed by a sarcastic insult over a large subscription offer. It shifts to a discussion of Mary Parrish and her pupil Mary, who perceives upside down and inverted writing, with experts debating whether the phenomenon is mental or physical and referencing mirror-writing research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
London
Minan
Major Dash
Paoks
San Francisco
Reverie ends sermon as Deacon White dozes through plea
A Detroit Free Press tale recalls a lengthy sermon ending with the preacher urging Deacon White to lead prayer. The deacon slumbers until awakened and confesses he mistook his cue, saying he only dealt. The scene highlights weary pews and a comic miscue in a church setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon White
Detroit Free. Press
Human Nature.
Dialogic quips on sleep and perception with Mrs. Tigg noting a Montreal girl may sleep sixty days and Mr. Tigg recalling breakfast interruptions. Baltimore American quips about glasses reflecting disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tigg
Montreal
Cocaine Use Spreads Among Negro Steamboat Roustabouts
A historical account notes rising cocaine abuse among urban black roustabouts in New Orleans, with fears it will spread to plantations. The drug tablets mix cocaine with phenacetine to prolong effects, complicating efforts to curb the trade compared to alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Tempered copper like steel sheets created in new rolling method
A Massachusetts inventor and Frank Rockefeller reportedly backed a process that yields ultrathin copper skins on steel, producing a copperlike sheet with steel strength and weather resistance. The device uses simultaneous rolling of hot steel and copper to form a copper skin on both sides, enabling a light, springy sheet with potential naval uses. The article also notes cocaine use among river and city Negroes, morphine decline, and the English starling's rapid New York proliferation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afr. Rockefeller
Massachusetts
Massachusettts
Cleveland
Frank Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
The Driest Spot on Earth at Payta Peru
Payta in Peru near the equator is cited by Prof. Fairchild as the driest place on earth with rain averaging only once every two years. The February rainfall ended an eight year dry spell as rain lasted from 10 p.m. to the next noon. Despite the aridity seven annual plant species grow and locals earn from growing two cotton species with deep roots following river beds. The Payta coast has risen about 40 feet in historic times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payta
Peru
Equator
D. G. Fairchild
Fairchild
Millions for Baseball and Health Promoting Bitters
An ad extols spending on baseball versus health care and urges readers who have spent much and lost hope to try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It claims the tonic strengthens the stomach aids digestion cures dyspepsia constipation biliousness and weak kidneys.
Scottish Dialect Plaid Sale Dialogue
A short dialogue illustrates Scottish vowel sounds as a shopkeeper and buyer test a plaid. The buyer notes wool and wool only with questions and affirmations showing the speech pattern.
Chinese Foot Binding Seen as Indecent in Pictures
A remark on traditional foot binding notes that exposing bound feet under a dress is considered immodest by Chinese people. It describes feet as the result of painful practice and asserts that images showing such feet are judged indecent by Celestials.
A Mother's Tearful Testimony of Curing Baby With Sarsaparilla
Mrs Guerinot of Rochester recounts her three month old baby suffering severe skin sores and raw flesh. after failed treatments Hood products and Blood's Sarsaparilla brought steady improvement with less discharge and healing skin. She offers to send the full letter on request.
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Hlood
Flood
Hood
Mrs. Guerinot
Myrtle St
Rochester
N.Y
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Britain
General Cronje
St. Helena
Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Ife
Sonny
Alviso
Cal
Mary Jerry
Alice In Wonderland
Alice
Alvarado
Carrie Parrish
Miss Parrish
M. Stratton
A. M
Berkeley University
Mary Terry
Human Nature
Stirling
ADIES
Posible
Alabastine Co
Alabastine Coo
Grand Rapids
Mich
Dre Oo P
B. Hi. Green
Gors
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