Dinner Call to Save Ice Cream from Hungry Children
A Boston society hostess hosts a cottage party where children devour most of the ice cream. Guests depart for supper after the hostess warns the children’s appetite may spoil dinner and cause illness. A German report notes India’s use of electricity to deter snakes at homes by shocking intruders.
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Boston Society
the Sea
Arlo Bates
Providence Journal
Germany
India
British Museum Buys Bavaria Prayers for 1850
The British Museum purchased a splendid prayer-book once owned by Ludwig II of Bavaria for 1850. It features copies of decorations from the renowned church treasury. Separate note mentions Arnica Oil Liniment for chest relief.
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British Museum
Ludwig II
Bavaria
Peculiarities of People Highlight Critics of Fame
Epison declines visitors at his Menlo Park lab while Gladstone enjoys lingering in bed. Whitier is color blind at eighty two, Jubal Early shadows the Louisiana lottery, Ben Burwen’s fur overcoat prompts gossip, and Mark Twain opposes author readings. Blandford notes arm wounds, Wart Waitman is a famed whitehaired “good gray poet,” once wild on Broadway, now refined.
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Epison
Menlo Park
Mr. Gladstone
Whittier
New Orleans
Jubal Early
St. Charles
General Grant
Ben Burwen
Washington
Mark Twain
Mark Blandford
Georgia Supreme Bench
McDowell
Wart Waitman
Broadway
Language Roots and Linguistic Echoes in Everyday Terms
A compact exploration traces how titles and common words derive from Latin and other classics. It notes Mapame and Dandelion origins, traces vinegar, biscuit and urnnatn, and links queen and papa to medieval and Roman roots. It also mentions Jesuit phrases and examples like Pine Apple and Neufchotel Cheese.
Widow’s will avenges abuse by cruel husband in Indiana
A carpet-weaver widow in an Indiana town endures an abusive marriage with “Handsome Henry” who buys her business, seeks to gain her property, and deserts her when ill. She stands firm, obtains police protection, and after recovery dies leaving her estate to a cousin, disinheriting him. Neighbors note his punishment and mourn her strength. Gertrude Garrison, Texas Sittings.
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Indiana
Jolly John
Jollity
Richard III
Handsome Henry
Jolly John’s
Root and Branch
Expressman
Henry
Gertrude Garrison
Texas
How They Slave in the Office of a New York Business Man
A Broadway business man keeps two young women in his office and chronicles a day of petty distractions and gossip. The piece follows their banter over lost items, jokes about Coney Island, an upcoming marriage, clothing, and daily routines. It ends noting occasionally a desk worker is found dead, with coroner attributing it to apoplexy.
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New York
Nellie
Susie
Koy
Coney Island
Jack the Ripper
Annie Radway
Grand Street
N. Y
New Yorker
Revenge in Newspaper Vengeance and Court Verdicts
A man at a hotel office narrates a calculated revenge based on his ex wife’s remarriage to an Italian Prince after she refused to lend him money. The tale concludes with commentary on lengthy sermons and court speeches. Judge Simrall’s quip about thirty minute arguments appears alongside a note on shorter court speeches.
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Arkansaw Traveler
Simrall
Louisville
Congress
Louisville Western Recorder
Man-eaters of India and other old-world curiosities
At the Bombay Natural History Society meeting Mr. Gilbert disputed popular myths of man-eating tigers. He cited reports of exceptionally deadly tigers that killed many, but argued such beasts were not inherently different from ordinary tigers. Other items summarize household tips, crafts, lighting, and religious and librarian topics from period publications and sermons.
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Bombay Natural History Society
Gilbert
London Times
Sir William Hunter
Joseph Fayrer
Nagpur
Bengal-Nagpur
Jaunsar
Forest Department
Himalayas
Discoveries of Unique Book Copies Highlight Hidden Treasures
A review of surprising finds from the last two decades notes rare items such as an 1487 Sarum Missal printed for Caxton, a 1514 copper world map with America, and a 1549 Prayer Book of small quarto size. It urges collectors to search old libraries for overlooked bibliographical gems and notes recent sales of rare volumes.
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Caxton
Shropshire
America
M. Tross
Vienna
British Museum
Edinburgh
Boston
New England
Columbus
Vespucius
Julyan Notary
Camden Town
Atheneum
Long Range Shooting Myths Challenged by Army Practice
An analysis dismisses sensational long distance rifle claims as largely nonsense. It notes the Creedmoor method is abandoned and soldiers now learn distance by eye, iterating estimates while advancing in small steps to gain practical warfare experience. Pittsburg mines offer coal at forty cents per ton amid a local Smelter boast.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Pittsburg
Kas
Cold Weather Puddings From the Louisville Courier Journal
The Louisville Courier Journal presents hearty puddings as substitutes for lighter summer desserts, with recipes for Bread Pudding Cream Pudding Cabinet Pudding Economical Pudding Orange Pudding Apple Pudding Kiss Pudding Lemon Pudding Cocoanut Pudding and Chocolate Pudding. Each uses eggs, milk, sugar and flavorings, with baking or steaming directions and sauce options.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Wit and Wisdom Reflections on Character and Duty
A collage of aphorisms from Spurgeon to Emerson on happiness duty and honesty. Notes urge industry time value and self forgetful service, warning against envy and quick riches. It contrasts charity with humble needs and celebrates imagination and great writers as steady guides.
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Charity
Spurgeon
Boston Gazette
Sigourney
Detroit Free Press
Christian Intelligencer
George Eliot
Presbyterian
Scott
Shakespeare
Plutarch
Homer
Emerson
Growth of Fruit Land in Britain Reaches New Peak
Fifty years ago Britain had 60 000 to 100 000 acres of fruit land. By 1872 reliable records show about 170 000 acres and expert Mr Whitehead estimates current acreage around 214 000 acres. The trend marks a steady expansion in horticultural resources.
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Great Britain
Whitehead
Queer British Juries at Assizes and Welsh Trial
An archival quote from St James Garette discusses two notorious jury decisions. In a Midland town a girl charged with murdering her illegitimate child is found not guilty because jurors fear the judge’s black cap. Neighbors and a farmer influenced the verdict, while a Welsh murder trial ends in guilty despite the judge's directions.
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Midland
Peter Jones
St James Garette
Suburban barbs and hay fever notes in a comic thread
The piece strings together gag lines from Barbers and Grangers and a Pittsburgh Bulletin quip. Jokes touch on dirty heads hay fever and dinner mishaps. A Walker/Mose exchange mocks election pay and voting dollars with a regional twang.
Amusement and moral health by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage
The colorful preacher argues true recreation strengthens virtue while reckless fun erodes it. Exuberant souls risk pernicious amusements that drain sleep and energy, leaving one anxious, jaded, or unable to work. Only reforms that lift spirit and body ensure wholesome entertainment and lasting strength.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
N. Y
Bronte image lingered in Haworth church scene
The Haworth district grows rapidly with railway expansion. A visitor recalls Charlotte Bronte’s shy, bookish presence in church and on Bronte tablet, praising her quiet dignity and steadfast faith. Nearby, German purists seek a native word for cigar and prize Pastor Zeller’s coined Rauchrolle.
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Keighley
Haworth
Haworth Parsonage
Charlotte Bronte
Bronte
Yorkshire
Miss Bronte
Gentleman’s Magazine
Dusseldorf
Pastor Zeller
Waiblingen
Rauchrolle
N. Y
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