Extinct animals would fetch fortunes for collectors
A Boston Letter notes that living or dead specimens of extinct species could command high prices for private or museum collections. Dodo, Great Auk, Moa, Kiwi, Apteryx, and Quagga are cited with recent or historical values and demand, alongside other rare beasts and even mammoths.
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Everybody's Magazine
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Newfoundland
New Zealand
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Relics Fix History Protemor Hilprecht SDiscoveries at Ninpar
Professor Hilprecht of the University of Pennsylvania returns to Constantinople and outlines the year's University expedition work at Ninpar. The library of the great temple yielded 17 200 cuneiform tablets, many historical and literary. Most date to about 2280 B C, with hopes for 160 000 more. A palace from the pre Sargonie era, 600 feet frontage, was found beneath seventy feet of debris, likely the palace of early priest kings of Nippur. Tablets cylinders and figurines were recovered. statues may follow as work continues.
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Ninpar
Hilprecht
University of Pennsylvania
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Babylonia
Nippur
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Ancient Elevators and the Flying Chair Tale
An 18th century anecdote from St Simon recounts M Villager’s Paris house elevator prototype used by the Versailles princess. The chair trapped her between landings for hours until workmen opened the wall. A second invention, a spice clock by the same inventor, let a host melt spice to tell time without a light.
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Xiv
Simon
Paris
Louis Xtv
Versailles
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A Novel Ends Abruptly After Two Year Pause
A New York author, famed for popular works, left a novel unfinished for two years. He finally ended it several chapters earlier than where he stopped writing, and the publisher accepted the abrupt ending. The book became one of his most praised and popular novels, noted for its explicit yet restrained ending.
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New York Sun
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University of New York
Hall of Fame
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Elias Howe
Ruskin Attacks the Bicycle as Devil’s Toy
The New York Tribune records John Ruskin opposing the bicycle noting it as an affront to the Almighty. He condemns any contrivance superseding human walking and mocks attempts to improve upon God’s ground path with wheels.
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Ruskin
John Ruskin
Gorl
New York Tribune
Howe Selections and Thumb Folklore Stir Controversy
A university notice corrects a Hall of Fame ballot error linking Elias Howe to sewing machine invention. The long passage then shifts to a controversial treatise arguing women’s thumbs reveal character, asserting blunt judgments about generosity, honesty, and deception based on thumb visibility.
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Tiina Howe
University of New York
Justiee
Steamers on Illinois River Boosted by Deep Water Trade
The Illinois River system shows booming traffic with several steamers in local trade and others to pass through locks. One vessel, Borealis Rex of the Royal route capt Swain, regularly rounds between La Salle and Henry, earning nearly ten thousand dollars above expenses. New steamers Fred Swain and Bald Eagle are planned as booms expand.
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Chicago
Character in Thumbs The Way They Are
Observation on thumb posture as a guide to character cites Mary Burk, a charities worker, noting the almost infallible read on a person by how a woman holds her thumbs. The Philadelphia Daily Bulletin quotes her claim that thumb signs reveal character more reliably than facial features or expressions.
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Philadelphia Daily Bulletin
France Seeks Kangaroo Preservation Amid Rapid Decline
Dr Brisson notes rising demand for kangaroo tendons used in hospitals to tie fractured bones. Tendon strength equals liver wire and offers closed healing without opening the leg. He urges a movement in France to preserve and cultivate kangaroos as they face extermination. The report also mentions a record lake traffic season.
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The Late William L. Wilson Dies in Lexington Ky
William L. Wilson born May 3 1843 in Charlestown West Virginia died in Lexington Kentucky. A Confederate veteran turned lawyer and educator he led the University of West Virginia as president in 1882 and later served as congressman and Ways and Means Committee chairman supporting tariff reform and Cleveland administration policies. He also held postmaster general duties after 1895 and remained a trusted adviser to President Cleveland.
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W. Va
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I Vented by a Rattler A Floridian Hunter Keeps Pet Snake
In Florida a hunter named Anderson shelters a large rattlesnake after a dangerous intruder, Dick Boston, entered his hut seeking food and shelter. Boston failed to murder Anderson, was bitten by the snake, and died hours later. Anderson explains he kept the snake as a ward against the wanted killer, who claimed Alabama crimes and escape plots.
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Dick Boston
Boston
An & Man
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Ike
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Tim
Millionaire Invaders Threaten English Aristocracy
A London Mail piece argues against new fortunes buying into rural England. It notes aristocrats claim to be poor despite lineage while American, South African, and German capital buy estates from Skiba Castle to London suburbs. Estates rent high, upkeep costs soar, and traditional landed families face shrinking dignity amid rising rents and mortgages.
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Angtemi
Skiba Castle
Dornoch Firth
Orres
Snwes
London
Prehistoric Skeleton Find Spurs Battlefield Theory at Hallsville
Fifteen skeletons unearthed in a Ross County gravel bank near Hallsville suggest an ancient battlefield. Bones crowd the trench line, with little order except one coffin-like burial. Many stone implements found, including a stone funnel.
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Fite
Coutliet
Hallsville
Ross County
New Flying Grasshopper Surfaces in St Croix
A new grasshopper species, bitherts unknown, has appeared in St Croix, Danish West Indies, damaging canes. Measuring 1 to 1.5 inches, light brown, it can fly unlike local species, and is believed brought in by hay imported from the United States. H Burrowes reports in the Chicago Record.
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United States
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Chicago
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