First Shots and Blame Across Historic Wars
A long, fragmentary survey traces how first shots sparked conflicts from the Crimean War to the Boer War. It notes disputed initiations in Crimea, the Indian Mutiny, Civil War era debates, Franco Prussian hostilities, and Transvaal fighting, naming several figures and events.
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London
Russia
Moldavia
Wallachia
France
England
Butler
Silistria
Guiiyevo
Danube
Cannon
Oficer
Bent
Meerut
Col
Carmichael Smyth
Smyth
Ayah
Finnis
Twentieth Regiment
Twentieth
Deshi
India
America
Roger Pryor
New York
Virginia
Fort Sumter
Strasburg
Napoleon III
Poti
Transcaucasia
Hobart Pasha
Rethymo
Rustchuk
Galatz
Pasha
Roumanian
Bismarck
Unter den Linden
Karl Blind
Heriin
den Linden
United States
Camels Sleep in Philadelphia Quarantine After Ship Arrival
Six camels from the steamship Assyria, landed at Philadelphia, remain asleep in quarantine at Twenty-fourth and Chestnut streets. Keeper Shipman says the animals misinterpret American travel as a desert journey and may sleep for weeks.
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Philadelphia
Assytia
Twenty-fourth
Chestnut Streets
Assyria
Schauffer
John Shipman
Hamburg
Shipman
United States
Cincinnati
Dr. Schauffer
T. Lee Williams
Carl Hagenbeck
Atlantic
Foolish Sparrow Believes Nest Straw Is Treasure
In Longman's Magazine a garrulous male sparrow fusses over a straw as nest material while his clever mate rejects his efforts. He boasts of his find and proves blind to the nest’s needs, finally discarding the straw as the bird’s behavior backfires.
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Longman'’s Magazine
Now I Lay Me Poem Scratch Footnote and Joke
A fragment from an old poem on prayer and death is quoted with odd spelling and a juvenile quip about selling a lamb to the beef trust. The note mentions Gertrude E. Heath in Lippincott and a five year old named Tommy reacting to the verse.
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Gertrude E. Heath
Lippincott
Tommy
Mary
The
Beef Trust
Windsor Castle Treasures Vast Royal Museum of Gold and Regalia
Edward VII collection showcases Windsor’s gold pantry with 1100 pieces weighing 30 tons valued at £1,800,000 including St George candle holder, a ten-pound solid gold cuspidor, and a Queen Victoria era epergne. Crown jewels, tapestries, china sets, and a 105,000 volume library enhance the royal trove at Windsor and Sandringham.
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London
Windsor
St. George and the Dragon
Prince Consort
Victoria
Highlands
St. George
Charles I
Siam
Windsor Castle
Round Tower
Sandwich Islands
England
Lord Roberts
Frederick Roberts
Afghanistan
Queen Victoria
Ayoob Khan
Ameer
Richard III
Lucknow
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Tippoo Sahib
Seringapatam
Tippoo
Uma
George III
East India Company
Catherine of Braganza
Gordon
Khartoum
Landseer
Sandringham
Eclipse
Eugenie
Louis Napoleon
Wiliam Chambers
Scotland
Ireland
Britain
Marlborough House
Alexander VI
James IV
Rome
Julius II
Charles Skinner in the Atlantic Monthly Passage
The excerpt satirizes urban commuting as the American must endure crowded mass transit. It contrasts morning joyless travel with the smirched rider and the jostling crowd, depicting the clash of personal space and crowded city life in a broader critique of modern work life.
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Charles Skinner
Atlantic Monthly
Advertising Do's and Don'ts for Retail Papers in Kansas City
A guide urges retail advertisers to treat ads as news, keep language plain and honest, use clear illustrations, and tailor messages to reader classes. It stresses validation of newspaper reach, speaking to customers directly, avoiding bombast, and training staff to read ads before engaging clients.
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Kansas City Journal
Defense of Pie and milk quality push in era debates
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt mocks an Indiana pie critique as an attack on American taste and democracy. It defends pie as a democratic staple and cites Hoosier writers and Horace while lamenting threats to pie culture. It also notes Dr Belcher's claim that small dairy farms can yield top milk quality for New York, challenging reliance on large capital farms.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Indiana
University of Indianapolis
Edith Abbott
Hoosier
Wallace
New England
Mr. Majors
Boote
Tarkington
George Ade
Maurice Thompson
Riley
James
Horace
Indiana School of Literature
Belcher
New York
Walter Law
Bedford
Harlem Road
Dover Plains
Chatham
Health Board
Move Toward Pure Milk in Greater New York
The Brooklyn Eagle reports a campaign to raise milk purity for New York City. Aided by the Rockefeller Institute and the Medical Society, Dr. William Hallock Park's team urges reform across ten thousand dairies, starting with small improvements and expanding as farms adopt scientific practices.
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Brooklyn
Park
New York
Sarah Browne Belcher
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Maine
New World
Stevens
Melina
Mehemet Ali Effendi
Joubert
Kruger
Dundee
Staats Artillerie
Transvaal
Mr. and
Mrs. Sparrow
Science OF Advertising
Indi
Indianapolis
Louisville
Hink
David Harum
Alice
Old Vincennes
Indianapolis Journal
Atlas Department
Indianapolis, Ind
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