Under the Ground Mammoth Cave a Southern Summer Escape
Special correspondence from Mamuors Cave Kentucky describes Mammoth Cave as a cool underground resort with 56 F air and exhilarating oxygen. Visitors ride lamps through the caverns paying $5 for long routes or $3 for short routes, while guided by William the guide. The piece notes monopoly by owners, potential government purchase, and regional cave abundance, ending promising a follow up on explorers.
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Mamuors Cave
Long Hotel
William
Mammoth Cave
Boston
Manitoba
Venice
New York
Chicago
Greenland
Africa
China
Jessup
Pillman
Edmundson
Boniface
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
Echo River
Earth
Walter Well’man
Calcutta origin myths and Kali temple tale in Delta region
In Calcutta's delta region by the Bay of Bengal the piece blends travel reflections with religious and political notes. Kali Kalighat temple is described amid urban growth and tram lines, and the author argues for Hindu female emancipation over blood sacrifice, while contrasting modern transport and colonial-era language. The later section cites Anna Ballard and a hotel register anecdote from the Cleveland Leader.
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Calcutta
All India
Kalghat
Kidderpore
Bidderpore
Kalighal
Kali
Ghat
Kalighat
Kaligut
Kalikut
Kalikutta
Kal
Anna Ballard
Chicago News
England Taxes Compared with Germany and France
Consul Grinnell notes England is taxed less relative to population and wealth, lacks compulsory military service unlike Germany and France, but bears the impact of a large standing army. He adds food is cheaper in England, while France imposes high food taxes. Cincinnati quips about warm weather.
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England
Germany
France
Consul Grinnell
Agility and Daring Show at Bridge Construction
Eyewitness accounts from the East Shore Anchorage Pier project describe workers moving fearlessly along girders and braces nearly 100 feet high. Gen Field recalls a Niagara cantilever stunt where a daredevil crossed a temporary plank in midair, then descended head first by the braces.
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East Shore Anchorage
Gen. Field
Union Bridge Company
Niagara
Poughkeepsie Eagle
Improvement in Cheap Art and its Quiet Education
The piece argues that cheap pictorial art in storefronts, drugstores, and cigarette ads shows improved finish and accuracy, less indelicate than before, and acts as incidental art education. It notes ads educate even those with no access to galleries, shaping taste across ages. It cites street scenes and shop windows as vivid teachers in form and color.
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Rambler
Brooklyn Eagle
Woman's Estate in Holland Describes Burdened Peasant Women
In Holland the essay details milk women and heavy yokes worn by female laborers. It notes dogs pulling carts, women carrying fish, and sabots worn by all, including young girls. The piece observes clean linen heads, starching, and brass pins as remnants of Holland dress.
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Holland
Europe
Cor
Remarkable New York tune bird dies in Union Square
The Epoch reports the death of a famed educated canary in New York City known for singing Mozart's Life Let Us Cherish. Owned by barber Mr. Hoff in Union Square, the bird drew buyers including a Spaniard seeking a gift for Spain's Maria Christina, but Hoff refused to sell. Two other tune birds exist with owners Mrs. Beckwith and Mr. Ralston of Farmers' Loan and Trust.
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New York
Mozart
Hoff
Union Square
Beckwith
Mr. Ralston
Ballooning craze swells nationwide with few fatalities
The Baltimore American notes rising balloon ascensions across the country with many escapes but no deaths. It predicts the trend will continue until a tragedy dampens public enthusiasm.
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Baltimore American
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Kentucky
Ganges
KalieHer
Bay of Bengal
Andaman Islands
Bengal
Himalayas
Ilindu
Para-Bralin
Hugly
Ceylon
Ohio
Hoi-ho
Hindoo
Calicut
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Nelson Greenland
Exchange Hotel
Warren
Spectali
D. Shhmar’s
Ieee
Seay
Mihalovitch
Fletcher & Co
M. Mead
Worven
Reco
Iwell
Grapoline
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