Notable Figures in Literature Receive Global Attention
The Century article on Women in American Literature is translated into Dutch and published in Holland. It highlights Misa Heten Gray Cone and other writers like Amelie Ives-Cuanter, Grace Meredith, Miss Yonge, and Frank Stockton, noting their works and habits. The Tolstoy family restricts visitors after false rumors about their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Heten Gray Cone
Holland
Rimmer Haneann
Amelie [Ives-Cuanter
Grerce Meredith
Cuaratorte M. Yoner
Miss Yonge
Margaret E. Sanoster
Herer’s Bazar
Frank Stockton
Leo Tolstoi
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Random Glimpses From a Bygone Era
A miscellany of quirky facts and snippets notes San Francisco’s coal import from Australia a seven mile balloon flight height recalls a royal memory of a Kansas City boy Wallace Chapman. It mentions Ashton's Lancashire mine depth and odd political ticket patterns along with a German artificial coffee bean trade claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Australia
Seward City
Alaska
Ashton Moss
Lancashire
England
Trinity Church
New York
Woopen
Simple Remedies For Pain And Sleep From Historic Advice
The text lists remedies for neuralgia bruises insomnia and seasickness. It cites using horse radish poultice for wrist pain onions for insomnia and mustard garlic poultice for rheumatism plus oil or vaseline with cotton for a stiff neck and chest pains. It also advises boiling cold water for digestion and quinine before sailing to prevent seasickness. Lew Wallace is referenced regarding the mustard garlic poultice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Wallace
Cnantes Ricrri
Trogress Medical
Wolf in Cedar Bluffs Dooryard Sparks Rural Patrol
A Cedar Bluffs Nebraska resident shot a wolf in his yard before breakfast in a rare rural incident. The tale reflects a morning encounter with wildlife and local bravado typical of small town headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Bluffs
Neb
Lancaster
Jasper
Sespe
Ventura County
A Woman in It and Other Oddball Tales of Love
A collection of quirky notices from marriages and divorces across the United States. Topics include a Tennessee man fined for kissing a woman, a quick marriage and rapid separation in Kansas, a rising trend of American women marrying Chinese men, and a New York court ruling on alimony. Other items recount turkish and hungarian marriages in St. Louis, a Kent County divorce claim over a revolver in the home, a Paola photo gallery wedding, and a jilted bachelor’s spiteful legacy in a German city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamyere
New York Supreme Court
St. Louis
America
Kent County
Mich
Paola
Kan
New Moon Theory and Celestial Speculations
A new moon theory questions the lights and shadows of the moon against its spherical shape. A Geran capitalist offers 25 000 dollars for proof that sun moon or stars are inhabited or contain solid matter. The sun the moon and earth brightness comparisons and sun spots descriptions follow with varying details.
Foreigners of Note in Paris And Europe
A scattered roundup notes Marc Cansot’s Paris concerts, Lorp Stanley as Canada’s governor general a football aficionado, Exis Pacta honored by a German botanist, and a new plant Eminia Eminens. It mentions the late chess master Charles Bradlaugh and a Kiel concert by Patrce Slexry with the emperor’s brother as violinist, plus eccentric decor and Empress Harako’s influence on Japan’s modernization aided by education from Vassar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc. Cansot
the Elysee
Paris
Lorp Stanley
Preston
Canada
Charles Bradlaugh
England
Patrce Slexry
Germany
Kiel
Oscar Witor
Japan
Harako
Vassar College
Curious animal tales span across states and years
A sequence of quaint anecdotes from Mehama Oregon to Nashville Tennessee describes a deer that follows a girl home, a cat that starves after its owner dies, a hobbled horse seeking aid, oversized eggs from a Pennsylvania hen, and a Goop rat tale with three rats walking abreast on a road, drawing curious attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehama
Ore
Franxkwts
Alexandria
Texas & Pacific
Michigan
Nashville
First Electric Victim Dies in Lightning Experiment
The first recorded death from artificially conducted electricity is attributed to Professor Richman of St. Petersburg. He tested a lightning rod by running an iron to the rooftop and awaiting a storm. A violent lightning flash struck, and he was found dead beside his apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richman
St. Petersburg
Boston Transcript
P. T. Barnum and Oddities From History
Read about Mars Cleveland lessons on violin Geonor Baxenorr estate valued at 600000 Mrs Punar Armour noted housekeeper and chef P. T. Barnum spent over three million on ads and left five million fortune Geneva Butrier’s routine luncheon and Barnum’s 1882 will guardianship affidavits Barnum’s last marriage arranged in a day after he met a governess in the street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Cleveland
Geonor Baxenorr
P. T. Barnum
P. T. Baryxum
Quotations on Character and Humility
A collection of maxims from several papers including the New York Herald Ram's Horn and Indianapolis Journal. Statements touch on pride folly shame and judgment urging self examination and caution in dealings with others. Credited sources include N Y Herald Ram's Horn New York Recorder and Indianapolis Journal.
Madison County Water Outlook Diverges From Madisonian View
The Madisonian reports no high water this season as snowmelt sinks into the ground, predicting a dry, long season with springs maintaining summer flows. In contrast, local creeks run fast, draining water quickly, signaling an early and protracted dry period for the area. New North West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Madisonian
Virginia City
New North West
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Advanse
Townsend
J. C. Kerner
P. T. Barnum and Others
Deering
Montana
R. M Vaugen
Townsend, Mont
General Variety
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N. Y. Herald
Elmira Gazette
N. Y. Recorder
N. Y
Indianapolis Journal
Eldredge
Eldredge Mpg. CO
Belvidere
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Brved Street
A. M.d'arcey & CO
Dry Goode House
Meagher County
A.M. Darcey &O
Townsend Township
Chas HH Baldwin
Wade
TS. Averill
Chas. H. Baldwis
Pitt
W. H. Ridgeway
Dealar IN
General Merchandise
Placer, Mont
Ridgeway
McCormick's Stables
Lower Broadway
de Swift & Gournett
Lower
Main St
Berg Brothers
Lion
United States
Tielens
Mont
Sato
Tielena Montana
Silver Dollar Mining Company
Jefferam County
Boulder
Correr No 1
Nile
Tion
Fe' iv
THE
Helena
Capitol
Y Journal
Weekly
Journal
Montana Mining Journal
Farming and Stock Journal
Applica Gurnal Publishing CO
Relena, Mont
J. W. Scitarp
Townsend Meat Market
Broadway and Spruce Sts
Thomas Dixon
Broadway
Deer Creek
MontTana
Townsend Hous
Northern Pacific Hotel
Dan Halford
Prop'r
Aun Frino
East Pacific
Black Diamond
Jersey Steel
Cheap Cash Store
G. M Jones
Cost and Freight
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G. M. Jones
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