Terrible Berlin wreck at Hook of Holland claims many lives
The steamship Berlin ran ashore at the Hook of Holland on February 20 while entering the New Waterway. The hull split, 14 survivors clung to wreckage, 11 rescued by lifeboat crews led by Prince Henry, three more survivors later brought ashore, and 127 people perished in the disaster.
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Berlin
Hook OF
Holland
Drummond Castle
Harwich
Hook of Holland
Maas
Prince Henry
Netherlands
Sperling
Parkinson
Two Pictures of Farmhouse and City Dream
A poem contrasts a boy at a farmhouse doorstep dreaming of flight with a city traveler who longs for the familiar green meadows. Annie D Green reflects how happiness lies in returning to simple places.
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Annie D, Green
Awakening of a Soul in a Broadway Romance
A zealous manager urges actress Miss Heath to abandon talentless despair, sending her to New Hampshire to fall in love as a transformation. She returns, inspired, only to reveal the love and loss that followed, ending with her plan to live with his mother in England. Boston Post.
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Miss Heath
Samuel Chandler
New Hampshire
Bhim
New York
Tonlea
Toms
England
Boston Post
A Big Family in Ireland's Early 1852 Death
Dennis Koorabee died in Ireland early in 1852 leaving a vast lineage of 48 children 296 grandchildren and 914 great grandchildren.
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Dennis Koorabee
Ireland
Paper Decay From Microbes and Bacteria
German researchers link paper decay to bacteria and mold that cause foxing and surface spotting. Prodigorum and penteniiium glaucum are key agents, promoted by damp. substitutes like rosin glazes and microbe-killing additives are proposed for ordinary writing papers while preserving pigments and usability.
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Germany
Sailors with Side Ventures on Long Voyages
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece contrasts sailors who earn on the side during long voyages. One photographer sells whale and sea scenes to magazines, another knits shawls from wool, a tattooed man carves ivory ships, a bow-legged man patches clothes, a cross-eyed man shaves and cuts hair, while the narrator runs a lottery. A Washington Star quip follows on grafting and political wrangling.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Beauty's Drawback in a Conversation From Life
In a clipped Life dialogue Strawber questions Miss Casper’s appeal noting she is very pretty and Lingely argues she is too beautiful to be loved by one man. The exchange reflects lively talk about romance and vanity with sharp wits and social commentary.
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Miss Casper
Lingely
Magic House in Troyes Uses Electricity to Amaze Town
A Troyes resident builds a marvel of electric convenience where a telephone at the gate greets visitors and doors open automatically. The system delivers tea, meals, papers, and even heat and light at the touch of a button, while servants remain near but under constant scrutiny through the shared telephone network.
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Troyes
France
Messy Households and Odd Earthquake Theories
A tale of overzealous housekeeping after a minor fire at Mr Teeby’s home. Mrs Teeby resents inspection by insurers while the parlor is smoky and disrupted. Other stories note lightning, then survey various cultural earthquake explanations from Mongolia to Vancouver Island.
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Mongolia
China
India
Celebes
Siberia
Vancouver Island
England Builds New $20 Million Naval Dockyards at Devonport
England unveils a vast naval complex at Devonport including three new docks and a tidal basin with direct Hamoaze entrance plus a closed basin for dry docking, boosting the world’s largest war port. The northwest extension adds about 120 acres. total cost around £4.5 million.
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Devonport
England
Prince of Wales
Great American Desert Conquest and Roosevelt Dam Rise
The piece extols the Roosevelt dam project in Arizona nearing completion and its transformative impact. It highlights irrigation funding from public lands, future loan repayments, and massive reclamation: 6.4 million acres transformed, 80,000 farming families beneficiaries, and a $60 million outlay for 25 projects. The text frames the arid region as a reclaimed garden and notes Roosevelt town may be submerged by the new lake.
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Roosevelt
Arizona
Congress
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampslite
Florida
Reclamation Service
Roosevelt Dam
Salt River Canyon
Osbes
The Upper Half of Letters and Fading Flourishes
A reprinted thought compares the upper halves of letters to their lower stems, noting readability remains high when halves are altered. It laments reformers cutting letters and imagines a future where only the upper quarter of each letter is retained for savings.
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
Farmer Struggles With Crops On Credit And Mule
A Florida Times Union item notes farmers facing spring challenges: starting crops on rented land with a colicky mule and the cost of supplies. The piece reflects on early rising, seed soaking, and the impracticality of financing plow animals. It also recounts a humorous anecdote about Signor Fol, the basso, reacting to a child's impromptu duet during a performance.
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Florida Times-Union
Signor Fol
The Camel Foot and Child Rearing Reflections
A brief meditation on the camel foot as a soft cushion for harsh terrain and the lighter burden of parental authority on a child who is "reasoned with" often. The Sahara journey contrasts with the wear on horses and nets of oboes, noting resilience and gentler guidance.
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Sahara
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Great American Desert
Mia Cronker
Baltimore American
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