Pigmies of the Akkas They Leap Like Grasshoppers
Schweinfurth’s explorer notes a dwarf tribe called Akkas near the Monbuttos in Africa. Dwarfs average four feet four and a half inches, with enormous abdomens and agile leaps. They are famed elephant hunters and fierce in war, with short bows and tiny lances.
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Germany
Palmer Cox
United States
M. de Quatrefages
Homer
Aristotle
Africa
Nile
Schweinfurth
Europe
Monbuttos
Munza
Akkas
Moummeri
Akka
Khartoum
Soudan
Emin Bey
Miani
Geographical Society of
Italy
Tebo
Chairallahr
Miniscalchi
Chairallah
Schweinafurth
Chatrallah
Chairailah
Moummein
The Triple Somersault and Other oddities From 19th Century Circuits
A collection of historical feats and curiosities recounts John Worland’s triple somersault in New Haven 1884 after a record of earlier attempts from 1842 to 1874. It includes notes on performers, a weigh bridge report from Glasgow, a Plymouth Mass lock inscription, and a walking pair from Denver to New York with a roadside card.
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John Worland
New Haven
Harper's Round Table
van Amburgh
Mobile
W. J. Hobbes
London
John Amoor
Isle of Wight
Sam Reinhart
Toledo
Billy Dutton
Elkhorn
St. Louis
Worland
Glasgow
Judge Berry
Marion
Blanden
Dubeveya
Plymouth
Mass
St. Helena
Napoleon
Rock Island
Denver
New York
New York City
Charles Roe
Charlie
Fannie
The Fall of Prices and Bastard Averages
A Chicago Daily Record excerpt argues that silver advocates misstate price declines by using invalid average prices. It contrasts genuine arithmetic averages with a “bastard” method, showing how erroneous calculations distort 1860–1892 price changes and undermine claims about silver generally.
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D. C. Mason
Chicago Daily Record
Itea
United States
Finance Committee
United States Senate
Friends of
So Called Disturbance Case In Denver
A Salvation Army captain Blanche Cox was arrested and sentenced to thirty days in jail for disturbing the peace in Denver Colorado. The letter-writer argues the action shows mean intolerance toward the Salvation Army whose meetings are noisy but not seriously harmful. The piece defends the organization’s mission and criticizes the Denver authorities.
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Salvation Army
Denver
Col
Blanche Cox
Peasant Costumes for Fairs for International Church Event
The article describes national peasant outfits for fair waitresses at an international church event. Normandy French attire features a gray wool skirt and black overskirt with a velvet bodice and white chemisette. Italian dress includes a bright skirt, white lace apron, Roman silk scarf, and long sleeves. Dutch costume shows a rough cloth skirt, square bib apron, and halo-like white cap. Russian ensemble adds a heavily embroidered apron over a long skirt with a cone cap and veil.
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Normandy
A Courageous Widow and the Vermont Wilderness Farm
Amos Storey a Vermont settler was killed by a falling tree. His Connecticut wife with ten children moved to clear the farm alone. She felled trees burned logs planted crops and fished and hunted to support her family. She dug an underground retreat for safety from Indians and beasts as they built a sizeable homestead.
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Amos Storey
Vermont
Connecticut
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Nile Country
New York Produce Exchange
Prof
Elliott
Treasury Department
Bureau of Statistics
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