Transcontinental railway plans and historic Ohio memory mix
The article links a vast railroad project across North America funded heavily by the Dominion government, aiming to cut Atlantic routes to Asia via a St Lawrence bridge, plus a distant note on William Henry Harrison's grave in North Bend and efforts to honor veterans with a monument in Cincinnati. It also touches on social debates, literary anecdotes, and political-military figures in France, with local sensational tales and a strange Brook story.
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St Lawrence
Montreal
Halifax
Canadian
Macy Company
Atlantes
Vancouver
Pacific
Liverpool
Japan
China
Australia
William Henry Harrison
United States
North Bend
Ohio
Cinginnati
Doctorins an Afrivan King and a Poisoned Wine Tale
In Uginda a doctor narrates how a king’s wine was doctored with a potent lotion. A friend drank the wine and fell violently ill, revealing the king’s scheme to test the potion’s effect on a guest, while the narrator avoided direct harm. The episode ends with the king’s plot exposed.
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Mas
Miesa
Evils of Deforestation Warn of Water Loss and Floods
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent from Fora argues deforestation harms springs and water supply, with reduced river flows and drought. He cites European floods from deforested hillsides, noting olive groves and hillsides in Spain, Italy, and Germany contribute to floods, soil erosion, and property loss, and calls for reforestation laws.
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Chronicle
San Francisco
Fora
Lille
Penine
Attra
Hangers
Germany
Thalys
Turbulent Broadway Star and Uncle Remus in Talk of Probation
A witty New York gossip column details Mrs Morros Sehilling and Victoria Sehilling facing rumor, distress, and stage life at the Casino. It also follows Uncle Remus’s office return, rumors of travel, and a quip about a temperance jug as he jokes with reporters and friends about probation and propriety in town.
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Bet Herald
Casino
Fife
Boston
Atlanta
Remus
Patewan County
Poentar
Neil
Leeuw
Jontin
Sally Ritchin
Remy
Polition
Miss Salle
Hey Bonet
Mars John
Miss Baliv
Alin
Wien
Rengins
Menaely
Uncle Remus
Domestic Cookery Fragments From Burlington Free Press
A series of recipe notes and kitchen tips detailing dishes and methods. Includes hints on cream butter sugar and soda, potato breading, bide eggs with almonds and citron, watshmelon care and two tone coloring, halido broth and lentil soup, lentil mash, massor neck mutton soup with vegetables, cabbage roast and steam, hill pudding steam method with jam, batter and prune pudding with fruit. The tone mirrors a late 19th century domestic column with practical steps and household guidance.
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Massor
Jaser
Old Lady Proves Irving Debtor Three Cents
An elderly Kittanning resident wrote to the treasury to settle a reported three cent debt attributed to Washington Irving from his Spain port tenure in 188. She claimed kinship and enclosed the money, asserting Irving was a scrupulously honest man. The account is closed with receipt acknowledged.
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Kittanning
Register of the Treasury
Washington Irving
Spain
Irving
Springtime society visit charms city hosts and gossip
A visiting Springtell belle drew respectful attention from leading society circles. She impressed with beauty and wit, toured the city, and charmed locals with vivacious conversation while being escorted through the social scene.
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Uufonrton
Lwr
Union Depot
Sania
Stigels
Cars With Bathrooms on Rail Travel Promised by Merapt
The traveler Waldo laments dirty rail travel and praises a British Caledonian car offering a ballroom style, clean water, and private baths. He notes a $0.25 fare for a bath and suggests such amenities would delight passengers after long journeys, contrasting it with continental rail comfort.
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Devery
United States
Walter
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