Global Views On Truth Across Continents And Times
A wandering essay contrasts lying norms in Europe America Asia and Africa and notes how culture, policy, and ambition shape truth telling. It cites Ananias as a moral barometer and traces honesty in daily life among Hindoo, Chinaman, and East Asian leaders with humorous and pointed observations.
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Europe
United States
Asia
Africa
Ananias
America
China
Hindoo
Durzi
East
India
Bahul Nazdik
Telegraph system on moving trains promises safer routes
The Edison Gilliland Smith telegraphing system is installed between moving train stations on the Council Bluff division, allowing constant communication without interfering with main wires. It reduces collision risk and enables a train on a 500 mile run to report progress to dispatchers. The article also extols self culture through regular work and laments the slow emergence of new great leaders in Europe and beyond.
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Council Bluff
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Edison-Gilliland-Smith
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Seniors Lead The World In A New Century
The passage contrasts eras of youthful leaders with an ongoing trend toward senior statesmen and veteran figures. It cites Napoleon Wellington Pitt Nelson Byron Shelley Keats Coleridge Scott and others to illustrate a shift from young heroes to older power brokers. It notes Gladstone Grevy Bismarck and the German emperor as contemporary examples of senior leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Austerlitz
Marengo
Wellington
Peninsula
Pitt
Nelson
The Wind of Folly And Neighborly Confidences
A London Standard reflection on gossip from neighbors over the way and how whispered confidences spread beyond their origin. It laments the social pressure to conceal truths while noting every secret creates ripples that return to the speaker.
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A.’s
London Standard
Pedigree value in livestock judged by generations
The article argues pedigree can indicate quality but is not decisive. It compares long lineage to a moving train and suggests even high grades from recent stock can rival purebred animals. It notes genetic variation and “breed back” in offspring, challenging claims of infallibility in pure blood.
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Ship of Progress
Rip van Winkle
William G. Patten
M. Eugene Chevreul
M. Chevreul
Chevreul
Wine Society of
Anjou
Staley Recovers From Cold On Red Star Cough Cure
Actor G. C. Staley, playing Michael Strongoff in Oakland, California, was nearly speechless from a cold but was cured by two bottles of Red Star Cough Cure which does not cause nausea. A Philadelphia Enquirer quote critiques purchasable voters in campaigns.
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G. C. Staley
Michael Strongoff
Oakland
Cal
Barron ten Angus Cattle and British naval vessels listed
An 1800s notice describes a plan for Barron ten Angus cattle and reports forthcoming British naval ships including Nile Trafalgar Sans Pareil Renown Edinburgh Hero Benbow Camperdown Anson Howe Undaunted Immortalite Orlando Narcissus. It notes Scottish Black Polled cattle improved by crossing with Shorthorn bulls, citing a London Live Stock Journal anecdote.
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Edinburgh
Anson
Howe
Orlando
Chicago
London Live Stock Journal
Burial by Beton Coignet: a grand monument to the dead
General M C Meigs argues for enshrining the dead in mass Beton Coignet blocks forming a fourteen foot wall. He cites New Yorks four thousand yearly interments and proposes inscriptions on the blocks as perpetual memorials. He envisions a monumental temple or tower as a lasting cemetery.
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M. C. Meigs
New York
Europe
Bologna
London
Breeder Mr Drew and the Improved Clydesdales
A historical note recalls Mr Drew’s honesty about crossing Clydesdale stock with Derbyshire and Shire blood. His Derbyshire mare won at Clydesdale shows, and her portrait guided future breed character. His stock in Scotland was regarded as best in the herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Drew
Drew
Locomotives Run Into Jerusalem in Historic Contrast
The article contrasts modern locomotives in Jerusalem with medieval armor and knights. It notes the roar of engines through historic streets once marked by Crusader echoes and highlights the shift from knightly might to industrial power within five centuries.
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Jerusalem
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Mit
Saturday Review
M. Benedetti
Ems
Prince Bismark
Germany
Victor Hugo
France
Lord Tennyson
Mr. Browning
Lord Randolph Churchill
Mr. Chamberlain
Count Kalnoky
M. de Freycinet
Philadelphia Enquirer
Lowell Courier
Scientific American
North Carolina
Sage
Pasteur
Institute
Daguerreotype
Daguerre
Nicephore Niepce
le Journal Ilus
Aa Rencounter
Tre
Niepce
Goethe
Barron
Buurial
Sullivan Planing Mill
E. & T. H. Depot
J. F. Hoke & Co
Rural Machine Works
Oliver
Oerse
Rost & Robbins
North Broad Street
Sullivan, Ind
Tower of London
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Iron Trade Review
Actna Life Ins. Co
Ricei & Berry, Real Estate Agts
St. Jacobs
Philadelphia
Burlington Free Pregs
New South
Macon
Detroit Free Press
Hancock & Conker
H. B. Bushell
Crowder & Reed
Sam A. White
Qim Ts
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