German Peasant Life In Spring Time And Wedding Customs
A New York Mail and Express piece portrays German peasants as a compact, interdependent rural community. It describes small villages, daily field labor by all ages, winter flax work, schooling, military service, and a spring wedding custom with dowries and household goods. The tone notes hardy, sunburned families, close ties to nature, and a practical, weathered life rather than picturesque romance.
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Darf
New York Mail and Express
Her Forgiveness Ends In Threats And Self Destruction
In a tense scene a woman accuses her partner of betrayal and threatens to cast him off. He pleads for time and admits life insurance of twenty thousand will pass to Carrie upon his death. She cries and they debate reconciliation as the plot holds a hazardous final option.
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Carrie
Luxurious Neapolitan Cats in Naples Churches
In Naples a race of cats lives in churches kept by authorities to chase mice in old buildings. The animals roam among the congregation and sit gravely before the altar during mass, a curious sight recorded by the New York Sun.
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Naples
New York Sun
The Living Microscope and Primitive Telegraphy
Two curiosities headline this item: John Thomas Heslop of Birmingham famed as the living microscope with extraordinary eye powers following a near blindness and a mysterious eye structure change. Also Olaf Searle explains Budstikken the old Norwegian beacon and messenger system as a primitive telegraph used to warn of pirate approaches.
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John Thomas Heslop
Birmingham
England
Tome
John Thomas
The
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Medical Times
Annals of
St. Louis Republic
Olaf Searle
Budstikken
Mr. Searle
Norway
Old Country
St. Paul Globe
Bell of Justice in Italian City Sparks Owner's Duty
Rome Letter recounts how a torn rope on the Bell of Justice in a public square led a magistrate to summon a cruel horse's owner after a starving animal rang the bell by tugging a wild vine. The magistrate ruled the owner must feed water and stable the horse for its life as punishment and remedy.
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Italy
Rome
Punctuation evolution and early use in writing
The piece notes punctuation points emerged late with the period predating the others. It cites 1485 for the colon, 35 years later for the comma, and about 1570 for the semicolon. It ponders how readers deciphered texts without points and how misplaced commas could alter meaning. London Standard.
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London Standard
Buffalo capitalists overbearing builder ends in bungled house
A Buffalo builder known for dictatorial control built a brick residence with his sole say on all details. After completion he tested the heating by fire and discovered the furnace had no chimney in the house, exposing his overbearing method.
Hereditary Trick Inheritance Appears In Dog
A dog owned by Professor Miles inherits a trained pose from its mother. Taken young, the animal learned to sit erect and bear a stick like a soldier with a mast. Without training, the pup stood upright to attract attention and would bark to signal, mirroring the mother’s habit.
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Miles
Chewing Gum a Boon to Dentists
A New York Herald quote notes that chewing gum benefits dentists by cleaning teeth while pulling fillings. It cites a Brooklyn entrepreneur who found gum made from Mexican tree juice as an India rubber substitute but pivoted to a chewing product that turned to gold.
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Brooklyn
New York Herald
Dark Abbey Quill and the Garden of St John’s Wort
A fragmentary poem describes abbey walls shelters a green garden where King John observes nuns and learns of flirtation within penance. The scene shifts to an abbess Ava debating a wild bird and nest as a metaphor for limiting desire in the cloister.
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Charles NI Gregory
Smoke Nuisance and Smoke Prevention Methods in Locomotives
A Rail way Review authority notes that smoke can be reduced without costly devices. Simple fixes include admitting air through the fire door with a deflector inside it or inserting air tubes in the furnace. London showcases chemical coal treatment that halves smoke without reducing heat, at about twelve cents per ton.
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Railway Review
Freman
London
See the Wind Demonstration Told by Yachtsman
A Boston Globe excerpt describes a simple experiment to visualize wind. Using a polished metal surface held at a 15 degree angle on a dry day, the wind flows over the edge like water over a dam, revealing air movement to observers on a Highland bluff.
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Boston Globe
Show Them Only Not Press for Sale At Jeweler
A New York Sun anecdote notes a jeweler and silversmith practice of not urging sales. A customer asks about novelties, but the clerk replies that all items are new and they are forbidden to influence or press the customer, as their role is to show goods only.
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New York Sun
Ayer
George W. Whitman
Albany
L. H. Bush
Des Movines
Iowa
C. Bickhans
Roseland
W. T. McLean
Augusta
Ohio
BR. L. Parker
Fox Lake
Wis
C. F. Calhoun
Monmouth
Kansas
Doctor Haxp
Newark
Hand
DB. Max
Johnson & Siegfried
Geo, & Davis
Marek Rug
L. A. Noyes
European Rulers List With Monarchs by Country
The present rulers of European nations are listed: Austria-Hungary Franz Joseph I Belgium Leopold II Denmark Christian IX France Marie F. Sadi-Carnot Germany Wilhelm III Great Britain Victoria I Greece Georgios Italy Humbert I Netherlands William III Portugal Lisbon Roumania Karl I Russia Alexander III Spain Alfonso XIII Sweden and Norway Oscar II Switzerland Emile Welti Turkey Abdul Hamid II.
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Europe
Austria-Hungary
Franz Joseph I
Belgium
Leopold II
Denmark
Christian IX
France
Marie F. Sadi- Carnot
Germany
Wilhelm III
Great Britain
Victoria 1
Greece
Georgios
Italy
Humbert L
Netherlands
Willen III
Portugal
Lis
Roumania
Karly
Russia
Alexander III
Spain
Alfonso XIII
Sweden
Norway
Oscaril
Switzerland
Emile Welti
Turkey
Aboul-Hamid II
Rhode Island man withdraws $28000 amid bank forecast
A Rhode Island resident withdrew his funds from a local bank after dreaming the bank would fail. A crowd gathered to mock him, but the man acted, and the following day the bank’s value surged, leaving onlookers stunned by the turn of events.
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Rhode Island
Detroit Free Press
These Cats Could Open Doors
Dr. H. B. Shank of Lansing Michigan owned a cat that learned to open latch doors and all its descendants inherited the skill while another cat family trained differently did not learn the trick though capable of seeking help from others when needing doors opened.
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H. B. Shank
Lansing, Mich
Detroit Tribune
An Unlucky Man and the Travel Woes of Insurance
A widow laments her husband’s rail accident death and notes she received $5,000 from an accident company after insuring him before the journey. A traveling man’s wife questions John Leo’s habit of insuring himself, calling it nonsense due to his lack of luck.
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Leo
John
Explete Laws publish American Fishes study
Explete Laws publish American Fishes. A popular treatise upon the Game and Food fishes of North America by G. Brown Goode. U.S Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. With numerous illustrations and a frontispiece plate. One volume Royal Octavo over 500 pages bound in handsome paper. Price $3.56. Faulkner & Allan, 1713 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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North America
G. Brown Goode
U.S
Faulkner & Allan Offer New Work Prompting Agents
Subscription books from Faulkner & Allan Philadelphia generate strong agent interest. An announcement of a new title brings many applications for territory as agents seek lucrative opportunities to earn substantial commissions.
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Faulkner & Allan
Philadelphia
Frank Leslie
Illustrated Newspaper
The Pittsburg Post Weekly offerings and premiums
The Pittsburg Post announces its fiction department with works from leading authors and a large weekly edition. It highlights comprehensive news coverage, market reports from major centers, numerous premiums for subscribers including watches and books, and cash incentives for new subscribers. The notice promotes weekly and daily Post subscriptions with sample copies and club rates.
Shakespeare and other works feature in 1890 Harper’s Magazine
Harper’s Magazine Illustrated for 1890 announces a new Shakespeare piece by Andrew Lang, with UARTEL’s Magazline arranging exclusive serial publication by Alitonia Da uver, translated by Forry James and illustrated by Ross. It also notes W. D. Howells contributing a three part novelette and Larvadio Carn a two part tale Youma Be illustrated. The issue promises timely articles and short stories maintaining its standard.
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Shakespeare
Epwin
Hampin's
Andrew Laaxg
Uartel
Magazline
Alitonia Dauver
Tarascon
Tartaria
Forry James
Ross
Bae W.D. Howells
Larvadio Carn
Youma
Harper's Periodicals Subscription Terms and Orders
Advertises Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weekly Bazar and Young People. Details postage, start of subscriptions, bound volumes at 3-year back, cloth bindings, cloth cases, and a price list for an index to Havrik's Magazine. Remittances by money order or draft to Harper & Brother, New York.
Harper's Bazar Illustrated What Women Read in 1890
The notice describes Harper's Bazar Illustrated as a weekly home fashion journal with fashion plates patterns and supplements. It highlights its artistic quality and varied content including short stories parlor plays and essays. It announces 1890 new series by Olive Horns Miller Christine Terhune Herrick and Mary Low Dickinson and serials by Walter Besant and F W Rosson.
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Tfanrie
Olive Horns Miller
Christine Terhune Herrick
Mary Lowb Dickinson
Walter Besast
F. W. Roprsson
Harper's Bazar and Weekly Publications Subscription Notice
This notice outlines postal free subscriptions to Harper's Bazar volumes beginning with January, details on bound volumes for three years back at $7.09 per volume, and cloth cases for binding. Remittances should be sent by money order or draft to Harper & Brothers, with address provided.
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