Curious Global Curiosities and Local Anecdotes
A compilation of miscellany notes: German lodging rules, a diary starting Jan 1 1870, coin history, Chinese eggs, Zulu star visibility, Russian customs, doctors named Grimm Coffin and more. It mentions St Louis baboon, Chambery horse herd, Indiana ring mystery, Finnish shoe markets, and a massive U.S. hair trade with 2000 importers and dealers.
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Germany
Alexander the Great
Beaver Falls
Grimm
Ague
Coffin
St. Louis
Chambery
Savoy
Indiana
A Won
Joan Dieter
Shelbyville
Ind
Thomas A. Hendricks
Finland
Europe
Harvest of Hair Reveals Hidden Global Trade
A dated look at human hair as a major commodity. The piece notes a large global market with over 12 million pounds used yearly, four tons imported into New York City, and stories of women cutting hair and later regretting it as hair regrows slowly. It emphasizes a regulated hair trade rather than random clippings.
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New York City
New York
Clergy in Revolution Show Courage at Bennington
The patriot clergy of New England backed independence with example and precept. Rev Thomas Allen of Pittsfield joined the militia and fought at Bennington, noting a flash from a bush rather than killing, as he aimed to stop the danger and protect his fellow soldiers.
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New England
Weadley
Thomas Allen
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Pastor Allen
Bennington
Berkshire
Mr. Allen
Man of God
Allen
Busn
Are Athletes Healthy and What It Implies for Training
The piece argues health hinges on digestive and assimilative organs, not muscle, noting many healthy people lack muscle and many strong laborers are unhealthy. It warns that training focused on muscle often harms vital organs, stressing that nervous and vascular wear is greater than commonly recognized and that athletes are often healthy despite, not because of, athletics.
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British Medical Journal
Treadmills to go as UK prisons end wheel of labor
England abolishes treadmill and oakum picking in prisons and reallocates convict labor to garment making and other outputs. Inmates now produce mail bags shirts and boots for government and police, creating savings. worn treadmills put up for sale to the highest bidder.
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England
United Kingdom
Her Majesty
Postal Department
Police
Giraffes Unable to Make a Sound
Fragmentary text suggests a note about giraffes and cost concerns. No clear event, date, or named organizations are readable. Further readable context is needed to craft a proper summary with identifiable entities.
Horrors of old army punishments at Fort Sheridan and beyond
The article recounts brutal 19th century Army penalties such as log carrying, bull ring gallop, bucking and gagging, and tying to a spare wheel. It cites a 1879 Arizona post captain whose extreme measures spurred military code reforms after soldiers and officers revolted and desert ants added further agony.
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Hammond
Fort Sheridan
United States Army
Guard House
Tfe
Pete
G’lang
Southwest
Arizona
Washington
McKinley appoints Champaign County veteran to inspectors post
Fred Hois ington of Champaign County Ohio ex private Ninety fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was named inspector of abandoned mineral lands at 82 dollars daily plus expenses. The appointment came after a Washington trip where ex secretary Taylor shared the Andersonville story that helped spark recognition of the veteran. Taylor recounted the tale in Canton and in Grant's tomb memorial events as the President noted the prisoner’s fate and urged his remembrance.
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McKinley
Mugwump
Champaign County
Ohio
Columbus
Washington
Samuel M. Taylor
Major McKinley
Harris
Taylor
Ninety-fifth
Andersonville
Fred
Bill
Grant
Canton
Fred Hoisington
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Unclear Will Left to Charity in Aviation Themed Exchange
In a clipped dialogue a character notes an uncle’s plan to fly tomorrow and mentions a will leaving everything to charity. The exchange questions whether courts would uphold a will from a man with a flying machine, reflecting legal and moral ambiguity.
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Charity
Ancient Uxmal ruins explored by Professor Holmes near Mexico
The Baltimore Sun notes Professor Holmes details the desert city of Uxmal in Mexico. The ancient capital features a 240 by 160 foot base pyramid seventy eighty feet high with a grand temple atop and a governor’s palace on a triple terrace. The expedition views ruined temples and palaces and massive stone structures amid swamp and forest decay.
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Tor
Washington
Uxmal
Mexico
New World
Professor Holmes
Holmes
Far East
Nineveh
Babylon
Baltimore Sun
Uncle Reuben Beavers Longtime County Clerk Retires Legacy
In Campbell County Georgia Reuben C Beavers age 95 celebrates nearly 75 years in public office beginning as clerk of the first court He later served as clerk of the inferior court and then the court of ordinary He is known as Uncle Reuben and has run unopposed in recent elections with the Populist ticket unable to find a challenger
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Reuben C. Beavers
Campbell County
United States
Reuben
Georgia
Beavers
Court of Ordinary
Notable Literary Figures and Publications Across North America and England
Toronto writer Joseph A. Armstrong offers 125 prize for Niagara poem. Bishop Spalding in Peoria announces Thoughts and Theories of Life and Education with McClurg. Katharine Wormeley translating Balzac and Moliere works. Lamson announces A Hero in Homespun by William B. Barton about Kentucky Civil War. Bloundelle-Barton’s The Clash of Arms forthcoming about a rescue under Turenne. Meynell to publish The Flower of the Mind anthology of English poetry. George R. Sims turns patent-medicine entrepreneur after hair restoration recipe. Barrie quips about Nottingham years and Thrums.
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Joseph A. Armstrong
Toronto
Niagara
Bishop Spalding
Peoria
McClurg Company
Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Balzac
Moliere
Lamson, Wolffe & Co
Kentucky
William B. Barton
South
Mr. Bloundelle-Barton
Turenne
England
George R. Sims
Sims
Barrie
Nottingham
Express
Blonde Indians of the Sierra Madre A Descriptive Sketch
The Maya Indians in the Sierra Madre of Sonora are described as fair skinned with blue eyes and light hair. Folklore says they may descend from a Swedish wreck, while they largely govern themselves and resist Mexican control. They trade mutual aid with the Yaqui and live by hunting with some farming.
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Mexico
Sierra Madre Mountains
Sonora
Mexican
New World
Ohio State Journal
London dog license case prompts relief fund
A London woman arrested for keeping a dog without a license pleads extreme poverty. The Magistrate grants 14 days to raise funds, and within a week the court clerk receives 154 from British dog fanciers for her relief.
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London
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Sherman
Zululand
Switzerland
Merlans
Lower Pyrenees
Washington Star
Chapultepec
City of
Lee
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