McDowell Wins American Single Scull Championship
W S McDowell of Chicago captures the amateur single scull championship at Saratoga, defeating J A Rumbohr of Toronto Rowing Club. McDowell, an eight year immigrant from Ireland, rose through Iroquois and Farragut clubs, with prior regatta successes in Grand Rapids and Philadelphia, and seeks Henley competition.
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Mississippi
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Chicago Navy
Farragut Club
Philadelphia
Lake Geneva
Detroit
Delaware
Saratoga
United States
Ferdinand Koenig
St. Louis
John J. Ryan
Toronto
William Caffrey
Lawrence
Mass
Chicago Tribune
Henley
Checker Problem No 333 White to play and win
Checker Problem No 333 by J Spencer lists Black pieces at 4 8 10 12 16 20 and White at 17 19 22 23 36 32 with White to move and win The Chess Problem No 383 by F W Martindale is referenced with Black status incomplete
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Alix
Angie D
Axle
Azote
Bert Sheldon, Jr
Clinker
Dandy Jim
Texas
Directum
Gil Curry
New England
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Guy
Hal Painter
Hannis
Ivorine
Joe Patchen
Lord Clinton
Nancy Hanks
Nancy
Nelson
Prince H
Iron Horse
Robert J
Robert McGregor
Monarch
Stamboul
Peacock
J. Spencer
F. W. Martindale
Lamb and Martin card game in a London inn tale
A century ago in a London inn two men played cards through the night. One was Martin the shabby rival, the other Charles Lamb whose wit and generosity shone as luck favored him. Lamb slung a broadside of wit despite the dirt and drink.
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Charles Lamb
London
Martin
Lamb
Breeding Stones and a Nation's Debt: Oddities from Essex to Scribner's
A half century ago in Essex a superstition claimed stones could breed others, with a famed “breeding stone” by a lane near Brentwood and a growing pebble in a cup shaped cavity. The piece shifts to a note on US war debt reduction, citing callable bonds and rapid payoff rates from mid-19th to early-20th century, quantified as billions yearly and per hour.
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Ston
Essex
South Weald
Brentwood
United States
Scribner’s
The Bulgarian Peasant and A Church Story From The Saturday Review
A Bulgarian peasant’s cottage shows mud floors and a combined kitchen living room with meager furniture and simple implements, yet every dwelling seems fit for human habitation given local customs. The piece also recounts a story about St Raphael’s church linked to a Jew Raphael and a priest, involving a dream death after consecration.
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St Raphael
Helene de France
Duke of
Aosta
Raphael
Saturday Review
Man With Rabbit Birthmark Refused Chicago Exhibit Offer
ONeal Patton a Deaf Smith County Texas cattle rancher bears a raised rabbit shaped birthmark on his left hand. The mark, named Rab, is a perfect image including eyes ears nose mouth feet and tail. In 1889 Chicago exhibit managers offered $2,500 a year to display the hand, but Patton declined.
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Deaf
Smith County
Tex
Patton
Rab
Chicago
San Francisco Examiner
Goblets in Troy 900 B C Unearthed by Schliemann
Archaeology notes that goblets with stems and stands akin to modern ones were used in Troy around 900 B C. Among the artifacts found by Dr. Schliemann was a golden goblet, with metal vessels commonly used in temple service.
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Troy
Sea water as medicine praised by physician
A Philadelphia Times reprint notes sea bath salt as a tonic for liver stomach and kidneys and claims it aids digestion insomnia and dyspepsia. The observer cites sailors and bathers as examples and argues swallowing sea water benefits most bathers.
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Atlantic City
Philadelphia Times
A German term hints at electric tramcar basics
A German phrase strassenbahnwagen untergestelle is explained as a riddle about a streetcar on rails with a beneath supporting structure. The piece notes the term would translate to tracks in English and calls the verbal construction overcompounded, referencing Electric World.
Calling Servanta With a Pole at Fulham Palace
A quaint Fulham palace custom wakes episcopal domestics with a 15 foot pole tapping bed room windows from dawn. The ritual contrasts with old church devices and highlights the housekeeper’s habit of hiding house keys under door mats, a flaw noted by readers.
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London
Fulham
Palace
Montreal Star
The Cost of the Atlantic Cable
An Atlantic cable project proves costly with the Commercial Cable Company at Hazel Hill Nova Scotia. Cables run about 1250 per mile while executive management costs reach 50000 annually. A failed repair voyage cost 175000, the repair ship 300000 and upkeep 2500 monthly. Landing rights in France cost 49000 after protracted negotiations, with similar access secured in England for five pounds via a polite board of trade letter.
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Ee Company
Hazel Hill
N.S
Windsor
France
England
Board of Trade
Doctor's Heaven Peanut Joke Goes Viral
A Buffalo Courier quip recalls a well known physician buying peanuts from a Main Street peddler. While the peddler measures, the doctor lights a cigar, prompting the shopper to sigh that they do not smoke in heaven. The doctor responds that they also do not sell peanuts.
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Buffalo Courier
Correction on Madrigal Scene In Detroit Free Press
Correction notes a dialogue exchange between a mistress and maid about a coachman. The maid says there was no repeated kiss, only the first kiss witnessed by the mistress, reflecting a literary or dramatic snippet from the Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
Trials of Newspaper Men Told by Talmage
The Rev. Dr. Talmage describes the newspaper office as a stage for all world’s shams and vanities. He notes editors and reporters witness folly, vanity, and deceit daily, questioning belief in God, man, or woman. Skepticism among newspaper men is expected given the temptations of the trade.
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Talmage
Car Office
U. S
Washington
U.S
C.a.snow&cq
Patent Office
Washington, D.C
The Balfour Family in Cambridge and Parliament
A Boston Transcript summary details Arthur James Balfour and his siblings. Frank Balfour, renowned biologist, inspired a Cambridge professorship and posthumous scholarship. Gerald Balfour, Irish chief secretary, served seven years as Cambridge fellow. A sister network includes a wife of economist Sedgwick and president of Newnham College who founded and led it, another sister mathematician married to Lord Rayleigh, and a third sister described as a capable housekeeper and intellectual companion to party leadership.
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Cambridge
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Sedgwick
Newnham College
England
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Lord Rayleigh
The
Commons
Boston Transcript
Editor Stead proposes a baby exchange to balance surplus and need
The London Editor Henry Stead suggests a convenient baby exchange as a remedy for families with too many children and for couples with none. He argues adoption expansion would ease much distress by equalizing supply and demand in infant care.
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Stead
The
London Review of Reviews
Stead In
Language quirks show how English cuts and joins words
The Jacksonville Times-Union discusses English peculiarities such as dropping alternate letters to form related words like wheat heat eat and eel whale and the way two words joined create different meanings as with since rely and sincerely. It illustrates how phrases like Your setter came and you sincerely reveal language play and poetic usage.
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Jacksonville Times-Union
Babblers Stone Placed On Mulhouse Town Hall Side
Quotations from the Tribune de Geneve describe a stone named Klapperstein or Babblers Stone hung on Mulhouse town hall front. Inscribed in German, it warns quarrelsome or slanderous people they must carry the stone through Mulhouse streets. The device dates to 1781 with frequent use noted.
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Mulhouse Town Hall
Mulhhouse
Tribune de
Living Skeleton in Dime Museum Speaks of Past Fame
In the Dime Museum a living skeleton answers questions about his gaunt appearance. He reveals he once was an author who wrote for magazines that paid on publication, explaining his emaciated state as a consequence of his career. The exchange is reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
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Dime Museum
Living Skeleton
Atlanta Constitution
An Evening Club Question Sparks Domestic Quip
A Harlem Life quip features Dick Singleton asking if his wife objects to his club evenings. Benny Dictus replies that she objects to his returning home in the morning. The joke hinges on marital mix ups and nightly social routines.
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Dick Singleton
Benny Dictus
Harlem
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