Mail Delivered By Boys After Panther Menace
In Alpine, Andy and Joe escort the late mail to Marsh Run when a panther pursues them. A desert cabin refuge saves the pair, Tiger the dog aids, and Lant Kennedy’s ruse to steal the pouch is exposed. The postmaster and Mr. Bostick arrive with help. Kennedy is banished. Panther shot. Brydon rewards Andy with the skin.
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Andy
Mr. Brydon
Yocumtown
Brydon
Joe
Marsh Run
Jake Carter
Jack Carter
Ted
Lant Kennedy
Kennedy
Joe Bostwick
Teddy
Tiger
Alpine
Tai
Mr. Bostick
Lant
Panther
Praying Mantis Hatch Aids Orchard Pest Control
The Portland Oregonian reports that praying mantises hatched at the State Horticulture Society vivarium are growing rapidly to feed on caterpillars harming apple trees. Eggs from Japan arrive for distribution among orchardists to combat pests.
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State Horticulture Society
Japan
Portland
Oregonian
Oil and Soap Suds Calm Sea Waves Aboard Scandia
Reports from New York Dispatch describe the Hamburg steamship Scandia using large quantities of soapsuds to quiet heavy seas during a US voyage. Officers note that while not identical to oil effects, soapsuds can break wave force in some cases. Italy imposes high taxes, with 22 percent of earnings levied by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
Hamburg
United States
Hydrographic Bureau of the
New York
A Man All Over A Fast Man and Other Humorous Bits
A collage of humorous sketches and quips from multiple sources. Snatches of wit include fast men, romantic misconceptions, misprints, wordplay, and social satire illustrated by exchanges among editors, shopkeepers, travelers, and everyday folk.
Diamond Polishing History Traces From Berguin Wheel
The piece notes the ancients in India and China cutting diamonds with diamond dust, credits a Bruges lapidary Berguin with inventing the first polishing wheel in 1456, and explains diamond powder used to dress stones. It adds a tax-era Britain detail, citing growth from 39,765 to 210,480 earners over two centuries.
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India
China
Berguin
Bruges
Emery
New York Journal
Quotations on virtue and progress in early 20th century prose
A long reflective passage offers maxims on self control and learning from errors, then shifts to a digest of world notes. It mentions Victoria dairy exports to India, sugar nutrition, and quotes from Watts and Addison. It reports on Egyptian pyramids, US demographics, Greek phalanx tactics, and global matches value. It notes Emerson’s grave marker and early electric carriages in Berlin Paris New York.
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United States
Poet Emerson
Sleepy Hollow
Concord
Hong Kong
China
Canton
Bennett H. Young
Louisville
Berlin
Paris
New York
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
The Eagle’s Eye Accommodates From Far to Near
A Louisville Commercial report explains how birds of prey see equally well at any distance. It notes the eagle can adjust its eye focus like a human lens, switching between distant and near objects by changing the sclerotic bones around the eyeball, enabling sharp vision whether two feet or two miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiger
Andy
Joe
Louisville
Vendome Column Destruction in Paris by the Commune
The Vendome Column, erected by Napoleon I with 1805 Ulm cannon, fell May 16 1871 after Commune spectators gathered. It split into three parts, the Napoleon statue broke in pieces, and iron railings shattered. Pedestrians could witness wreckage but not keep fragments.
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Paris
Ulm
Austerlitz
Napoleon
Rue de la Paix
Hottest Desert Reaches 150 Degrees In Summer Heat
The Great Desert of Africa spans about 2000 by 1000 miles and records temperatures up to 150 degrees Fahrenheit on peak summer days. Caravans of 500 to 2000 camels suffer extreme heat and water scarcity as well distances between wells exceed ten days, with tribes perishing from thirst when springs dry up.
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Africa
Philadelphia Times
Advertising via bicycle printing press sparks a new era
A moving advertisement concept uses a bicycle rear wheel as a printing press with ink well and transfer roller to imprint ads on sidewalks. A French engineer introduces a novel safety boiler with horizontal tube nest and spray water for instant superheating. Hungary debates colonizing nomadic gypsies with six families per commune. A remedy promises quick relief for constipation and bilious issues without griping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Chatenel
Taxation topics across Europe and historic burdens
The article surveys historical and regional tax burdens from Russia to Britain, France, Egypt, Siam, and Solomon era Hebrews. It notes liquor tax yields in Russia versus Norway, total European tax outlays, long standing clothing levies in France, royal Egypt taxation records, umbrella taxes in Siam, and rising British income tax payers from 1812 to 1812 figures, with emphasis on per head burdens and notable taxation events.
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Russia
Norway
Europe
Great Britain
France
Egypt
Siam
Finland
Peter the Great
Great Britaan
Ham filling for tea sandwiches with lemon and egg
Chop cold boiled ham finely. For each cup mix the yolks of 2 hard boiled eggs with a tablespoon of lemon juice a quarter teaspoon mustard and a quarter pound butter. Rub the eggs smooth with the butter stir in the other ingredients season to taste. Spread on thin bread and roll or fold.
Tetterime claims cure for skin woes
A beauty focus notes rough dry patches and ringworms spoiling looks and asserts Tetterime quickly cures them. The product sells for 50 cents a box at drug stores or can be mailed postpaid from J. T. Shuptrine in Savannah Georgia.
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J.T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Dixie Interstate Fair at Macon Show Pageantry and Rides
The Dixie Interstate Fair in Macon features the Midway Junior with miniature World’s Fair replicas, the Turkish Theatre Bedouins camels and donkeys, a Gettysburg Cyclorama, a Wild West show with an Indian camp, and grand receptions for President Cleveland. Premiums, races, and exhibits promise first class quality. details from Secretary J R Kennedy in Macon Ga. Also Hall's Catarrh Cure ad offers 100 reward for cure failures.
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Macon
Cairo Street
Gettysburg
Midway
Cleveland
Georgia
J. R. Kennedy
Invention Aims to Replace Typists with Electric Phonautograph
The Chicago Evening Post describes a new electric phonautograph that lets business men dictate letters into one end and receive them ready for posting, functioning like a typewriter but with phonetic spelling flaws and imperfect capitalization. The device resembles a cash register, is not market ready, and requires future refinements.
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Chicago Evening Post
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