Eighteen British Teams Race Fifty Four Miles
Eight of sixty nine thousand French veterans remain alive in France after Waterloo. Eighteen British infantry teams, each eight men plus a leader, completed a fifty four mile race with seven teams finishing without a loss. The first finished in about seventeen and a half hours. The duke of Connaught to receive sixty thousand dollars yearly as army commander in chief and additional royal and regimental pay. Remains of soldiers from the siege of 1870 exhumed and reinterred in Strasbourg. Four torpedo boats ordered by Britain. two are 180 feet long with speed of 27 knots. Adler of Elbing set the record at 27.4 knots.
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Duke of
St. Urbain
Strasburg
Adler
Elbing
Germany
N. Y
Giant Mosquitoes Rival Jersey In Yucatan Claim
A sensational report claims Yucatan rivals Jersey for giant mosquitoes. It describes a Mexico jail as a live oak with chain and staple, and mentions cannibalism estimates in Congo basin. It notes Juan Fernandez has sixty residents tending cattle and Mauna Loa’s massive crater and lava flow. It adds a southern Indian tribe wedding a girl to a plant or object to avert ill luck.
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Yucaatan
Jersey
Mexico
Congo Basin
Robinson Causor
Juan Fernandez
Mauna Loa
Sandwich Islands
India
Prodigies and Plans Stir Boston Music Scene
Iris, a Chero kee Indian girl, is listed among Boston prodigies as Salvini heads to tour. ABBE Liszt’s nine year old concert program from 1820 in Oldenburg is unearthed. The Marquand piano, valued at forty six thousand dollars, is the era’s priciest in New York. Mascagni finishes Cavalleria Rusticana successor Les Rantzans and works on Vestilia Zanetto and Nero for future Florence stages.
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Boston
Iris
Salvini
Abbe Liszt
Oldenburg
United States
Marquand
New York City
Alma Tadema
Words of the Wise Reflections On Speech And Virtue
A compact meditation on writing well and avoiding falsehood. It cites Milton Lavater and Richter urging restraint, truth, and the value of inner beauty guiding actions. The prose emphasizes humility, discernment, and the duty to strengthen sound influence.
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Milton
J. P. Richter
Vegetarianism Gains Attention in Society Circles
The article notes that several observant indices report vegetarians showing clearer complexions and choosing meat sparingly. It mentions Lady Vvarret, wife of the British ambassador to Austria, as a recent convert to vegetarianism.
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Vparet
Tall Idaho woman noted for height in Boise City
The article mentions a 6 feet 5 inches tall woman living in Boise City, Idaho. It also cites a man in Leavenworth Kansas who drank 21 glasses of whisky in an hour to win a $3 bet, and notes a funeral attendance. An Armenian convent inmate reportedly died after 98 years there at age 115, and a well regarded family in Walla Walla Washington averages 6 feet 6 inches and 244 pounds across ten members.
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Idaho
Boise City
Leavenworth
Kan
Walla Walla, Wash
Prettijohn
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Charles Crouse
Ld . Howhere
Deseret Apiary
James Hackina
W. P. Reynolds & Song Propriftors
Centr Canal
W. G. Reynolds Miller
L. Johnson & Co
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