Abroad Yankee Finds Paraguay Offers fertile land and simple farming
A letter from Mr. Finch, U S minister to Uruguay, quotes a Paraguayan colonist in Paraguay describing climate, soil, and farming. Each settler receives about sixty two acres with tools and seven months living funds repaid over ten years. Livestock is limited, machinery scarce, and houses cost around 140 dollars. Prices for staples are listed.
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Finch
United States
Uruguay
State Department
Paraguay
Paraguay River
Petroleum Drinking the Latest Vice Described by Doctors
Medical observers warn petrolism as a new narcotic vice replacing morphine and alcohol. The habit grows insidiously from small doses to compulsive use, leaving victims sad and melancholy as their condition deteriorates. Physicians say the ailment is too new for a satisfactory treatment.
Day Lengths Across Cities Mentioned in Europe
The note lists various cities with their longest and shortest days. Berlin and London report sixteen and a half hours, Stockholm eighteen and a half, Hamburg seventeen, St. Petersburg nineteen and five, Torena Finland longest powers hours and shortest two and a half, Wanderhus Norway daylight from May 21 to July 22, Spitzbergen three months and a half.
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Berlin
London
Stockholm
Hamburg
St. Petersburg
Torena
Finland
Wanderhus
Norway
Spitzbergen
Notable day items span empire to stock markets
Notes recount the Oxford university system and its colleges, Afghan leadership, a Ohio farmer's fatal burial mold, Rear Admiral Picking in Civil War era naval history, a Coalburg janitor's fatal throw, and China’s 1898 trade peak. Also mentions senators hunting homes in Washington, beer tabloid plans, a water turning tablet, Rookwood Cemetery, and light quips from Puck and London Tit-Bits.
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Oxford
Ameer
Afghanistan
Lorain County
Ohio
Henry F. Picking
Coalburg
Ala
China
Washington
Rookwood
Australia
Low
Puck
Mallaby
Brayleigh
London
Oman
Arabia
Sur
Johnny
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Paris
Terpsichoreans
Mme. Vestris
Lord Fife
Where Is the Collar Button Found
A cryptic exchange asks where a missing collar button lies. The dialogue hints at hidden places and curious inquiry, suggesting a light domestic mystery within a home.
Why the Minister Sighed plate joke
A brief joke exchange notes a minister sighing and Jingso asking what was said. Hingso quips that he would not mind if the buttons were all alike, implying a humorous take on uniformity.
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Jingso
Hingso
Alfred Belt A London rival of Rothschilds
Alfred Belt described as a London competitor to the Rothschilds is noted as being under forty years old.
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Alfred Belt
London
The
Rothschilds
Long Lives and Oddities of Age Across Centuries
The piece notes that delicate individuals can outlive stronger siblings and cites figures on longevity. It mentions Voltaire and Newton as famously long-lived, Fontanelle’s frailty at birth, and claims about women aging better and sometimes regaining youth. It lists international age statistics and names Annie Armstrong as a 117 year old Irish resident.
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Voltaire
Isaac Newton
Fontanelle
Prof. Buchner
Marquise of Mirabeau
Margaret Verdun
Marie Prioux
Germany
United States
France
Europe
Annie Armstrong
County Clare
Ireland
Ian Maclaren and Doctor Watson Tour News
Ian Maclaren abandons Scotch stories to write a life of Christ in his leisure next year. Doctor Watson’s American lecture tours prove highly remunerative with a Bridgeport start on February 20 and a Vancouver to St. Paul finish on May 5, then a May 10 voyage to England. His readings drive the popularity of Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, with frequent requests to read from it.
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Ian Maclaren
Doctor Watson
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Vancouver
British Columbia
St. Paul
Minn
England
Cat Funeral in Elkton Highlights Wealthy Man’s Grief
In Elkton Maryland last week a wealthy man held an elaborate funeral for his cat. The pet lay in a black cloth covered coffin adorned with gold features and four silver handles. Four boys acted as pallbearers as friends gathered to mourn the loss of the beloved animal linked to the owner’s late daughter.
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Elkton
Kitty
Meaning Behind Rice Toss at Weddings in Old Custom
In the piece The Raw. The Sweet Young Thing the author explains the rice throwing tradition as a playful custom linked to marriage. The Crabbed Old Bachelor humorously suggests the groom’s fate as a pudding, reflecting historical wit about newlyweds.
Weather adage from Pembrokeshire sparks folklore note
Pembrokeshire residents recall a saying that when it snows while the sun shines the devil is beating his wife. The familiar weather superstition ties a rare sunshower to a vivid folk image.
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Pembrokeshire
England
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Ice
Tropics
Mr. Mann
Para
Hood
Dunkards
Roanoke
Spalding
National League
A. C. Spalding & Bros
New York
Chicago
Denver
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Winchester Avenue
New Haven
Conn
Western
Canada
Eermene of Immigration
Department Interior
Ottawa
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Neb
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