The Wizard of the North and His Daughters
This piece recounts Professor Anderson the Wizard of the North, his once famous tricks with early electricity, and the fate of his daughter who became a street singer after fortunes faded. It also highlights another daughter famed for memory feats reading entire newspapers aloud by second sight.
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Professor Anderson
Sow View
New York
England
Sveu Genilensa
Aberdeen
Leeds
Glasgow Mail
Umbrella Theft In Dover Leads To Fines And Jails
In Dover New Hampshire two judicial rulings deem stealing an umbrella a crime. After the rain, two offenders were jailed with thirty and sixty day sentences plus costs. The piece argues umbrellas as common property and cites the local decisions as principled enforcement.
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Dover
N. H
New England
Dever
Pitt
Ing Bulle
Senses of criminals show duller perceptions says Turin study
Ottulenghi of Turin reports criminals have less acute smell and taste than noncriminals. In 82 criminals Gradeniggi found 55 with below average hearing, worse in older subjects, while 15 of 28 women criminals were below average. He cites poor hygiene and bad habits as causes.
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Ohone
Ottulenghi
Turin
Signor Gradenige
Signor Gradenigg
Honor Among Em A Riley Verse Fragment
A humorous fragment recounts a capitalist and a tramp facing each other in a lonely place. They exchange bravado and mock polite lines as both reveal pride and fear, ending with the tramp claiming honor and wealth while plotting to pawn a prize gift.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Splendid Mansion at Menlo Park Quietly Closed and Deserted
The late fillionaire Flos’s mansion at Menlo Park, a 1400 acre estate, is closed and deserted. Described as a French style white and gold residence with vast grounds, gas lighting, fountains, and lavish decor, the property is noted for its sheer grandeur and self made wealth.
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Fillionaire Flos
Menlo Park
Amer
Flood
America
Denver Times
Emerson and the Alcotts Friendship and Farewell
Emerson, a noble friend of the Alcott family, left money in their house and enjoyed a fatherly bond with the Alcotts. Miss Alcott credited him with $20 from a conversation, and she praised him as her god. Upon his death she mourned him as her best American friend whose life and writings guided her from girlhood to adulthood.
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Emerson
Alcotts
Alcott
Miss Alcott
Mignon
Goethe
Boston Herald
Foolish Inventions and a Perpetual Motion Claim
A writer notes many foolish inventions from "cranks" seeking patents and recalls an industrious old man who brings new ideas regularly. One claim described a perpetual motion device powered by a wound spring. The inventor also shows a faucet device that filters water when positioned one way and releases dirty water when moved the other, as described by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Raed
St. Louis
Salvation by Work and the Meaning of Labor
A San Francisco editorial extols work as the means by which humanity progresses and achieves family life. It credits labor with feeding and rearing children, supporting fatherhood responsibilities, and enabling mutual affection between spouses, while paying homage to Mother Eve for her contributions to mankind.
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Adam
San Francisco
Why They Were Not Done
A Georgetown household misadventure reveals a daughter boiling dahlia bulbs instead of sweet potatoes. Attempts to boil and bake yielded no edible results, until the source of the failure was discovered in a nearby box of tubers. The piece notes dahlias will unlikely sprout better for boiling.
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Georgetown
Mass
Johnny Getyer Gunn, Texas Siftings Quip
A humorful exchange quotes a boy named Johnny Gunn whose full name prompts the question What is the G for He replies Getyer and notes that boys call him Johnny Getyer Gunn, a playful self reference from Texas Siftings.
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Guan
Sonny
Gunn
Johny Gunn
Getyer
Johnny Getyer Gunn
Texas Siftings
Coroner Evers Plays Joking Juror at Dining Club
The Deutscher klud Oatland members recall a prank on Coroner Denny Evers of Amda county using a fake death scene. Evers, initially amused, becomes furious then presides as juror in the imagined examination. The parties end unsettled as the coroner continues to laugh. Francisco Examiner.
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Rubicund
Dr. Muller
Deutscher Klub
Oatland
Denny Evers
Ameda County
Evers
Francisco Examiner
The Dead Sea Aboard by the Old Travel Narrative
A historical survey of the Dead Sea recounts its varied names, extreme salinity of 26 percent, and dramatic depth below sea level. It notes the sea’s brackish waters, lack of outlet, Jordan River inflow, and driftwood remains, with observations on local geology and weather.
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Dead Sea
Plain
Bebr Lot
Sea of Lot
Maundrell
Jordan
Irby
Mangles
Mediterranean
Lake of Galilee
Dawson
New York Mail and Express
We Are All Superstitious in New England Life
A Boston Budget excerpt notes missionaries cite superstition as a barrier to progress and questions if educated New Englanders differ. It cites beliefs about mirrors, lifting infants upstairs, bad luck with ladders, and notions tied to the new moon, suggesting universal persistence of superstition despite common sense and schooling.
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New England
Boston
The Pullet and the Lynx Fable Learn Sharpness
A fable from the Detroit Free Press recounts a hen wishing wisdom from a fox. The fox seduces with sly terms and warns to avoid the fox while offering lessons in craft. The tale ends with a moral against gambling and deceit.
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Detroit Free Press
Four Dog Guards Railway Crossing at West Fourth Street
An English setter rushed to the rail gate as it lowered, stood upon hind legs with front paws on the gate, guarding the crossing until the train passed. He reportedly guards crossings always, allowing no one beneath the gate until trains clear, a noticeable and pretty sight observed on West Fourth Street.
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West Fourth Street
Advertiser
Mental Diseases Joke Excuses Juror in Gweedore Trials
London correspondent reports Thomas Thompson, summoned as juror in the Gweedore trials, claiming multiple mental diseases. He names cramps and rheumatism, provoking laughter and leading to his excusal by Mr Justice Gibson.
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Thomas Thompson
London
New York Tribune
Gweedore
Justice Gibson
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Waren
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Chicago
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Hamlin
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