Unearthly Flood Theory Splits Northern Southern Hemispheres
The St Louis Republic reports a dire hydrological hypothesis claiming 9 000 years of flood raising northern land mass 1840 feet above southern seas and proposing Antarctic ice as the balancing weight. It warns of a future wobble bringing drastic winter and potential global submersion.
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St. Louis Republic
Mementos of Days: Fergus Keeps Old Printing Stick
Mr. Fergus owns a rare printer's stick once used by Benjamin Polen oe Tribune in London. The lighter shallow stick, not as deep as modern ones, could hold two measures at once for betting type. He recalls bringing it to this country and later recovering it from a German printer on a case.
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Fergus
Gen. Grant
London
Benjamin Polen
Oe Tribune
The Basso and the King at Covent Garden tale
Saturday Review recalls Signor Bagagiolo renowned for a deep bass at Covent Garden. He refused to show terror as a king in Hamlet, arguing dignity requires no fear. The piece notes many opera singers lack character interpretation and visitors miss plots of classic works.
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Signor Bagagiolo
Covent Garden
Saturday Review
Virtue and Laughter in Human Character Explored
A fragmentary excerpt discusses virtue as a guiding force amid youth’s trials and the illusion of perfection. It contrasts serious reflection with a social laugh that reveals a hollow, money driven personality, citing reflections from JM Stewart and a Buffalo Express piece on doors and appearances.
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Buffalo Express
Noted Animal Cruelty Claims Stir Public Alarm
George S. Angell warns that paint in animal feed before death taints meat and urges humane killing to prevent suffering. A Lawyer Surprised recounts a court case with a witty Irish client. A note warns against swimming after the Baikal lake factoid and Siberian depth details.
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George S. Angell
Massachusetts Society
Boston Public
Two-Headed Trout Astonishes Wellsville Reporter
The Wellsville Reporter notes a trout shown by Asher P. Cole with two heads two sets of gills four eyes two mouths and one body. Heads unite behind the gills and each head eats independently when meat is offered. The unusual creature is described as unprecedented and lively.
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Wellsville
N. Y
Asher P. Cole
Disbanding of Bodton Social Club Over Private Disputes
A Bodton social club dissolved after forty six years amid disagreements on politics religion currency Indian questions love marriage and the hereafter. When asked to test mince pies a dispute followed and the club chose not to meet again.
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Bodton
Detroit Free Press
Five Silver Weddings in Hollis Chronicle
Report of the Little family in Hollis with the marriage of Byer Little and Nancy on January 20 1802. It notes ten children born, two died young, and five surviving to celebrate a golden wedding: Elizabeth Little How the, Ruth, Caleb Little, Henry.
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Byer Little
Nancy
Hollis
Elizabeth (Little) Howthe
Ruth
Caleb Little
Henry
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