Princess Irene and the Russian Emperors Pact Tale
A dramatised account of Princess Irene of Hesse defying Emperor Nicholas II over a marriage plan. Irene loves Otto von Hesse Cassel but is pressed into a dynastic match for political gain. The narrative covers their secret meetings, the royal intervention, and Irene’s choice to leave for Tugendstein, ending with a yearly czar birthday reunion at St. Petersburg.
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Rusia
Italy
Helene
Montenegro
Europe
Irene
Nicholas
Russia
Radechvill
Wilhelmina
Royal Palace
Berlin
Cearina
Schloss Tagenstein
Sophie
Aney
Otto von Hesse Cassel
Andrey
Otto
Graf
Imperial Palace
White
Wiver
Nicholas II
Germany
Rabinsk
Wilhelm
England
Altice
Ludwig
Alexander III
Hesse Carmoen
Tugendstein
Chinese Boxer Chia On Revealed in New York Fight
A crude portrait of Chia On the Chinese Sharkey in New York shows a brutal fighting style with eye gouges and choking holds. The piece laments the violent methods of modern Chinese boxing and contrasts them with Western techniques, while noting a surge in sensationalized boxing depictions.
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Chia On
Sharkey
New York
Pencils made by D M Steward process improve grit and strength
An 19th century note explains Col D M Steward patenting a method to remove grit from slate dust, press a fine dough under hydraulic pressure to form three foot pencils, air dry, then bake to temper. Claims include uniform hardness and greater strength than solid-cut pencils. A UK prison inmate complaint and Klondike tale are briefly mentioned alongside China’s lack of medical corps.
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Col. D. M. Steward
How to be Happy and Cherish Cheerful Living
A character study on happiness urges focusing on cheerful life moments and external realities. It contrasts optimistic attention with fixation on discomfort, arguing that directing attention outward improves health and sociability, while inner self-doubt undermines ease.
Yuma Heat Reaches Legendary Summer Extremes
A vivid portrait of Yuma Arizona describing a nearly year long furnace. The account details temperatures from 93 to 137 degrees Fahrenheit, stark desert scenery, sparse habitation, and residents sleeping outdoors for much of the year. It contrasts imagined desert harshness with daily life in a frontier town.
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Caat
Yuma
Ariz
United States
Yuma Haw
Colorado
Gulf of California
Yume
Gila
Fishing on Art Is Chine
A Washington Post excerpt extols Chua as the world’s most developed fishing culture, noting diverse water bodies from rivers to garden ponds supplying sustenance. It describes methods like spears hooks dredges nets and even trained birds used for hunting aquatic life.
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Chua
Washington Post
England Adopts Red White and Blue Patriot Colors
England shifts patriotism toward the tricolor now common in the United States and France. Previously red and white were the symbols, but a surplus of French decorations reportedly spurred the change. Englishmen increasingly celebrate with the three colors as national pride grows.
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England
Youthful failure steered Seeoms Pichon toward diplomacy
Failure prevented M. Pichon, the French Pekin ambassador, from pursuing medicine after youth. He initially aimed to be a physician but failed to pass his degree examination and drifted into editorial work before entering diplomacy.
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Seeoms
M. Pichon
Pekin
Remarkable Lifespans Stretch Across Generations
A historical note traces interconnected lives from 1747 through early 1800s, linking Gen George Sears Greene and his father Caleb to a span of about 129 years. It recounts Sir Stephen Fox and Charles James Fox lineage, and mentions the Marquis of Landsdowne’s 1837 death at 90 as part of a longer genealogical arc.
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Culloton
Garrick and Lacey
Trury Lane Theater
Franecis Vinton Keem
Napaleona
Sir Walter Scott
Watt
Boston Harbor
George Sears Greene
Caleb
Mary Aus Greene
Rhode Island
Stephen Fox
Charles James Fox
Stephen
Queen Victoria
Oilver Cromwell
Sir Stephan
Marquis of
Henry Baytun
Charles I
Origin of cake walk traced to Louisiana slaves
The cake walk originated among Louisiana blacks more than a century ago, likely from old French country dances. It spread from New Orleans across the South then North, serving as public courtship and a form of selection while resembling a panoply of social rites.
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Louisiana
New Orleans Times-Democrat
New Orleans
South
Swans Considered for Los Angeles Parks
Secretary Mendenhall of the board of park commissioners told the Los Angeles Times that he proposed adding swans to Westlake Eastlake and Elysian parks to beautify the water. He learned from Chicago Cincinnati and other eastern cities that swans are scarce and costly with prices around 85 dollars delivered, noting two kinds the imported and the wild. He even speculated a swan farm could be profitable.
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Mendenhall
Board of Park Commissioners
Los Angeles Times
Westlake
Eastlake
Elysian Parks
Chicago
Cincinnati
Skanks Rew Merry Picker at Pine Plains Berry Patch
New York sage Deacon Jouss W. Tompeon reports about thirty women picking red raspberries behind his barns at Pine Plains. Skunks once infested the barns, later returned. pickers pelted the skunks with stones, over fifty stones noted, odor drove them away. Tompson and his men, aided by his dog, investigated and found a colony of skunks. the patch was abandoned.
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New York
Sage
Jouss W. Tompeon
Pine Plains
Deacon Tompson
Descom Tompson
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Andra Irese
Theen
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James H. Peavey
Minnesota
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Rhine
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Switzerland
Oberammerga
Sandy Hook
Peavey
Peavey Syndicate
Tale
inceOno
Hess
Chattanooga
Tenn
Labuschagne
Ladysmith
Charles Hands
Spion Kop
Mae Anne
Wandsworth
Klondike
China
Daniel Gregory Mason
Scribner's Maga
Archaes
Aged Persons
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