A Millionaire's Home and a Niagara Reform Vision
A Baltimore visitor tours John W. Garrett’s estate near the city and notes its gardens stables and Arabian horses. The piece also previews a State plan to reclaim Niagara Falls by acquiring lands islands and a strip to restore a sylvan parklike view and curb private interference and extortion.
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Hennepin
Lord Dufferin
Province of
Ontario
State of
New York
Robinson
State Survey
Frederic Law Claistead
Yhe
Village
Bath Island
Goat Island
Niagara
Niagara Falls Praise Versus Tourists Draw
The article extols Niagara as a sublime American natural wonder unmatched worldwide. It notes yearly visitation by Americans and foreigners, highlights river scenery and island beauty, and contrasts the falls’ ferocity with tranquil upstream views.
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Niagara
America
Ani
Reminiscences of Early Railroading Speed and Peril
In a recent letter J H Jackman recalls 1819 Ross Winans locomotive Carroll of Carrollton built for Boston and Worcester. The engine reached about one mile per minute, wheels broke, iron to wrought iron upgrade, no power brakes and a perilous night curve to avoid a collision on the main line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Jackman
Ross Winans
Baltimore
Boston and Worcester Railroad
New England
Carroll
Carrollton
No clear headline from fragment
The readable fragment mentions a distance of one mile and a quarter from a location labeled ee lace and a word resembling night or light. No identifiable person, organization, or event details are present to form a fuller summary.
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Ee Lace
Remnants of Barbarism in Belgium Letter
In a Belgium letter the author contrasts English wit and piety with local attitudes toward women and civilization. He cites Defoe and Alfred de Vigny and notes Mohammedan barbarians and Bocaccio-like figures, recounting scenes of a mother and daughter plowing, and a girl yoked with an ox, reflecting on cultural contrasts and Christmas imagery.
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Baltimore Sun
Belgium
Daniel Defoe
Israel
Deborah
Alfred de Vigny
Thackery
England
A Mystery of the Honeymoon Explained
A humorous essay notes the bridegroom forgets his first words in the carriage after the wedding. The reason offered is practical: he has exhausted all topics of interest, leaving him with only dreamy commonplaces. The piece concludes the groom breaks down within minutes of the honeymoon.
How an Arab Lady Perfumes Herself
An account describes Arab women scenting themselves by a hole in a tent floor where a fire burns charcoal. A woman, naked over the fumes, sits as robes fall, absorbing volatile oils. The scent lingers on skin and garments, strong enough to be detected at a distance when wind carries the aroma.
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Sir William Baker
Drunken Fish In German Park Pond Headlines Beer Spill
Insterburg Germany a Bavarian beer spill flowed into a park pond after a brewery drain repair. About three hundred tons of beer fouled the water and caused fish to display odd behavior, some lying on their sides while others swam in circles or bobbed at the surface. Thousands filled the darkened lake as authorities investigated the accidental contamination.
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Insterburg
Germany
German Army Maneuvers Tests Cavalry Rapid Frontier Defense
The autumn maneuvers will mass about twenty thousand cavalry behind the Rhineland frontier to study how quickly the frontier can be covered and held by this arm before infantry arrives. The exercise will be exhaustive, covering marching feeding and troop disposition as if in an actual emergency.
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Rhineland
Penny Nail Labels Explain Four Penny to Ten Penny
Readers learn the old English nail yardstick with four penny, six penny, and ten penny meanings. Four pounds per thousand nails equals four penny, six pounds per thousand equals six penny, and so on, origins tracing to ten pound nails and gradual clipping to penny.
Terrible charge against a wife shocks Indiana town
Inokomo reports a murder case after Arsenic found in husband’s stomach. Mrs Garret Gordon of Erwin township arrested as suspect as exhumation confirms poisoning. A life insurance policy of 2000 dollars linked to the case.
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Inokomo
Ind
Garrett Gordon
Erwin Township
Gordon
Ox ford mine cave in terrifies Scranton ward residents
A Scranton area disaster fear follows a mine cave in abandonment of the Oxford colliery. Ground subsidence damaged stores and homes, wrecked walls, and sank rails as residents evacuate amid growing alarm over further effects. Fire damage totals about 1500 dollars.
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New York
Scranton
Fifth Ward
Oxford
Scranton Avenue
Jackson Street
Michael Tornhill
John O'Hara
Thomas McNichols
William Gallagher
Walsh
Lackawanna
Bloomsburg
Times
Europe
America
Fatal boiler blast at Birchillshall Tren Works claims fifteen lives
London reports a boiler explosion at Birchillshall Tren Works this afternoon killing fifteen and sending twenty five to hospitals, some in dying condition. The Blackburn strike halts mills for three days weekly, 30 000 workers idle, owners refuse wage increase and arbitration. Blackburn goods output exceeds ten million dollars annually. A Berlin correspondent notes priests scarce as bishops delay nominating new ones.
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London
Birchillshall Tren
Averington
Blackburn
Papal Strategy Visibly Shifting Amid Political Pressures
The document suggests the Pope may yield to government pressure, aiming to restore influence in Europe by brief concessions and sacrifices. It notes potential clashes with Jesuit factions as the Vatican navigates these sensitive political moves.
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Europe
Convention turmoil as Illinois Republicans clash over Cook county seats
At Springfield May 19 a record crowd flooded the state convention with 600 tickets issued and thousands left out. Delegates from Cook county faced admission fights as Central Committee power clashed with credentials, Logan urged roll calls for peace amid heated scenes and party rifts.
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Springfield
House of Representatives
State Central Committee
State House
A. M. Jones
Robert Nourse
Daniel Shepard
Mardones
Mr. Jones
Green Raum
United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Con. Raum
General Baum
de. Robbins
Quincy
Central Committee
Cook County
Cook
Ceneral Rowett
Macoupin
Senate
Robbins
McFadden
Adams
Thomas
St. Clair
Edsall
Lake
Third
Dupage
Beardsley
Rock Island
Ilinois
Logan
Hunt
Edgar
Jackson
Lou” Jones
Schaffner
Jackson County
Convention Accepts Contests Pledge. Adjourns After Roll Refusal
The convention adopted a resolution requiring all contesting delegations to pledge acceptance of the convention's decision as a condition to seat claims. The chair refused to call the roll, declared the resolution adopted, and the convention adjourned at 1 45 until 5 o'clock.
Frincely Penuriousness. English Col.
A Philadelphia Telegraph note on the Prince of Wales visit to Hughenden describes Beaconsfield as waning mentally and physically. The writer mocks royal card play, citing the Duke of Edinburgh’s stinginess and a theater supper gratuity incident ending with a tenaciously small tip.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Prince of Wales
Hughenden
Lord Beaconsfield
Peter Cooper Honored On Lincoln Birthday Tribute
A Lincoln Club gathering notes Mr. Peter Cooper's upcoming ninety years on February 1 9. remarks reveal Cooper Union costs exceed 1 100 000 and his famed generosity. A servant receives a visitor who receives a ten dollar gift, illustrating Cooper’s benevolent habits.
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Peter Cooper
N.Y
Springfield
Lincoln
New York
Boston
Lincoln Club
Cooper
Congressman Hewitt
Judge Rice and the War Boast Recalled in Courthouse Tale
A Cincinnati Enquirer reader recalls Judge John Rice a secessionist who boasted before the war that Yankees could be whipped with pop guns. After the war, at the same crossroads, a questioner asks if he is the same judge. Rice confirms and adds the Yankees would not have fought that way.
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Louisville
Cincinnati Enquirer
John Rice
Jude Rice
Judge Rice
We Shake Now Rochester Sentinel Election Note
The piece discusses Tilden and Hendricks winning with large margins and defeating Republicans who fear the two men who beat them four years ago. It mentions a quarter of a million votes and the likelihood of another strong victory.
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Rochester Sentinel
Tilden
Hendricks
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Bey
Garrett
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Damascus
Mary Garrett
Captain Dick
H. D. Ambstaetter
Priest
New York Authority
Harry Garrett
White House
Magasizi
Columbus
Woolcott
Wolcott
Goldsboro
Turkey
Constantinople
Burness
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Lim
Pittsburgh
Blake & Lacy
Fifty-Third Street
Voorhees
Skillman
Foreign News
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