Venezuelan Rabbit Tales of Uncle Tiger and Uncle Rabbit
A collection of Venezuelan folk tales compiled by Dr. A Ernst highlighting cleverness over force. Uncle Rabbit dupes Uncle Tiger with wax figures and pits, then outwits God to gain taller ears. Tales feature coral snakes wasp swarms and tears in calabashes as clever traps and moral of craft over strength.
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A. Ernst
Tio Ti
Tiger
Rabbit
Tinele Rabbit
Uncle Tiger
Uncle Rabbit
Iger
Gambling on the Rail Sparks Pullman Row
San Francisco Chronicle reports on gambling aboard Pullman coaches as New York and Boston travelers observe and recount large losses. Mentions a professional poker player allegedly robbing several men of thousands, with porters warned to enforce rules and fees paid to overlook games on trains headed west.
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Bost
Ranta Polis
Pullman Ple
Pullman Company
New York
Ivy Wall Stripe
East
San Francisco
Northern Pacific
California
Mexico
Stockton
George
George M. Pullman
Pullman
Meehan
San Francisco Chronicle
Two Important Episodes in the Life of Daniel O'Connell
Detroit Free Press recounts the upbringing of Daniel O'Connell born in 1776 and educated in France. It details his legal rise, political zeal, 1829 emancipation act, and his dramatic oath moment in Parliament when he refused to take the oath, provoking astonishment and a new writ for Clare.
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Daniel O’connell
France
Ireland
O'Connell
Parnell
O’connell
House of Commons
Sir E. Burdett
Lord Duncannon
Burdett
Duncannon
Clare
Detroit Free Press
Attendance Trends in Colleges and Scientific Schools 1875–86
A table compares attendance at colleges and scientific schools for 1875–76 and 1885–86 with population ratios. Colleges rise 7,072 more attendees, while scientific schools increase by ten. Overall, student to population ratios improve in North Atlantic and North Central regions, but fall in three other sections.
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Coleges and
Scientific
North Atlantic
North Central
South
Colleges
Scien
California Counties Lead In Honey Production
California honey production centers include San Diego Los Angeles San Bernardino Ventura and Santa Barbara counties with favorable climate and year round bloom. Frost is rare bees need warm sunny days and winter rain supports abundant nectar across the listed regions.
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San Diego
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Ventura
Santa Barbara
California
Senco O Carenor
Gas heating ban prompts garbage cremation plan in two cities
A gas heating curtailment in Pittsburg and Allegheny City leads to a new garbage disposal scheme. A dedicated crematory handles household waste via regular rounds, burning refuse in large furnaces to reduce flames and hazards. Also noted, fashion bans armorial crests on clothing while U S rail expansion adds thousands of miles of track.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny City
General E
Gambler's boast switches from US to Argentine bets
A South American adoptee at the Fifth Avenue hotel derides North American gambling for horse racing. He cites Argentine bettors wagering up to 100000 at a time and recounts a UK race where 3000 guineas bought a winner that yielded substantial profits, noting the growing spread of horses shipped from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Fifth Avenue
Repubic
England
United States
New York Tribune
Anglo American Electric Light Manufacturing Co Forms in New York
The Anglo American Electric Light Manufacturing Co of New York forms to produce a storage battery called ASE. It claims the accumulator needs no washing from start to disposal, lasts five years, achieves 90 to 100 percent return, won’t buckle, and requires no experience to use.
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Anglo- American Electric Light Manufacturing Company
New York City
Science
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Daniel O'Connell
Paine
Frank Caroli
Eureka
Nevada
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington
Samuel Horchinson
Cornish
N. H
C.w
INORG
Hanex Bros. & Waite
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Willenbrink & Co
New Richmond
Ohio
Carl Lehmann& CO
Yaa
Merchant Tailors
Sulmer & Colors
Ser Gands
T. Cincinnati
John Moormann
H. Seefke
Moormann & Siefke
Race Street
S. E. Col. Pearl and Sycamore
AO A
Dick’s
Ross
Elaind Aiid
Uckeeye Horse Power
Monarch CO 5
Mae Aes
Sores Speerei Feed Milla
Bsns Seed
E. F. Harmeyer
Walnut St
F. A. Ayer
Garfiold Place
White House
Amelia
Bethel Natural Gas and Oil Campe
Ethel
P. m
N A. Brown
J. L. Larsh
Jando
Wm. Ayres & Sons
Goshen Seminary
WM. Haight
Milford
Gatch, Loveland
C. Stanloff
Chase Vanosdol
Williamsburg
Brown County
Crawford & Miller
Mt. Orah
Jansots
East Pearl Street
van Brand
Clermont Common Pleas
Harvey J. Buntin
John M. Buntin ET AL
Court of Common Leas
Clermont County
Moscow
County of
Clermont
State of
Elizabeth Street
Elisabeth Street
Charles McClain
Second
Clermont Count
Joan K. West
H. J. Buntly
Plaintim
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