Negro Hymns in the South From Fayetteville Letter
A Fayetteville observer recounts collecting African American spirituals and secular songs from a rural community. He records verses sung by a plantation community, notes origins and church connections, and compares rustic performances with Moody and Sankey. He reflects on language, worship, and the variety of tunes heard among laborers.
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Fayetteville
Bradder
Brudder William
Brudder Haynes
Sally
Piney Ridge
Uncle Lewis
Gus
Moody and Sankey
Ben Populariz
Floating Saturnalia of Vice and Crime in New York
A Boston Pilot report details the Tybernia, a British barque, arriving in New York on August 5 under Captain Julia Kennerly and libeled for debt. The voyage allegedly hosted Lord Arthur Somerset and a select group of noble passengers amid widespread debauchery, with the captain jailed for grand larceny before departing with the ship after settlements.
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Boston
New York
Julia Kennerly
Arthur Somerset
Duke of Devon
Lord Arthur
Kennerly
London
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Murray
Babylon
Saturnalia
Anecdote From Butler on the 1851 America Cup Race
The account recounts Queen Victoria near the Cowes regatta finish asking the signal master if the yachts were in sight and which boat led. The reply confirms America led and that there was no second among the competing yachts.
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Butler
Cowes
Redfern the Great Tailor Gains Paris Fame
In Paris Redfern, renowned as a supreme women tailor, achieves prodigious success. His methods attract Parisiennes though he owes no credit. Women who paid promptly found the novelty pleasant but soon realized the savings and peace of mind, making Redfern even more fashionable.
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Redfern
Paris
Redfer
Birds and Their Feathers From the Magazine of Art
The article examines bird feathering across seasons, noting winter to spring as best for viewing plumage. It describes elaborate mating displays in spring, with male birds brightening combs, iridescent feathers, and tail plumes while hens observe.
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Magazine of Art
Time Standard Vote Reports Broad Support Across Nation
At a final ASCE meeting the Committee on Standard Time said 92 percent of contacted prominent figures favored counting hours in one 0 to 24 series. Railway officials cited more than 50 995 miles of telegraph lines altered. Western Union offered no authority for the shade ment. Removal of errors would save 150 000 000 letters yearly.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
Committee On Standard Time
E Telegra
Western Union Aph
The Man Who Can't Whistle and a Storm of Snappy Bits
A humor column contrasts a man who cannot whistle with calls for solace through song while weaving in jests about life, destiny, and resilience. The piece blends a Chicago Ledger note on a blindfolded charity, a hailstone joke, and Minneapolis Tribune theater of sermons, all in a fast, satirical tone.
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Elysium
Earth
Chicago Ledger
Dakota
Kohinoor
Minneapolis Tribune
Hailstone Size Debate Stirs City Newsroom
A religious reporter receives a hailstone report from Twelfth Street and Sixth Avenue South describing a stone six by four by three inches and twenty one ounces. The exchange mocks the item’s adequacy for St Paul news and recalls larger hailstones and a museum-embalmed specimen.
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Twelfth Street
Sixth Avenue South
St. Paul
Washington Avenue
University Museum
Portland Avenue
Miss Willard Urges Philanthropy as Women’s Vocation
The Boston Traveler quotes Miss Willard arguing journalism, literature, Lyceum lecturing, public reading, music, painting, and language are saturated and require high talent. She asserts practical philanthropy offers the broadest, most dignified field for women, with steady rewards though not great wealth.
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Boston
Shell in limestone echoes faith in God’s presence
A reflective piece describes a lake shore walk with children and a dream of the sea. A small shell found in the sand becomes a sermon in a stone, urging repentance from atheism and affirming that life everywhere bears God’s shadow and light.
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Robert Colts
Brussels Sun Wound Clock Resembles Perpetual Motion
A Brussels clock uses sunlight to wind itself. A solar shaft drives a fan that raises a weight, then brakes as it descends. When sunlit, and with no wear, it operates like a perpetual motion machine.
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Brussels
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Claude Fiageolet
Light Infantry
Claude Flageolet
7Th Regiment of Light Infantry
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