Dreams of warning save a colonial party in 1868
In Bolmenridder Lodge a group of hunters hear a tale of presentiment from Colonel Eyre. He recounts a dream that prompted him to turn back with Tom Everton’s wife fearing a fatal ambush by a man-eating tiger near Sambalpur. The dream allegedly preserved lives and is presented as a caution on heeding premonitions.
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Sir Alan
Jones
Tom Everton
Tom
Everton
Alan
Petticoat
Colonel Eyre
Eyre
Sumbalpur
Raipur
Orissa
Joseih
Sambalpur
Tonga
Gerald
Batman
Busbee
Heaven
Fortieri
Bolmenridder Lodge
Jenny
Dream Warnings and River Rescue Near Balmaquidder
In a tale set by Balmaquidder, a party along the river faces a dangerous ford and a treacherous pool. Mrs Everton signals for help as Tom Neshoibte is saved by a plaid lifeline with Colonel Eyre and company rallying to pull him to safety.
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Sir Alan
Jones
Eyre
Gillie
Mrs. Everton
Dramatic contrasts of imperial power and ruin across empires
The passage contrasts the swift bloody fall of a monarch’s heir with a glorious inaugural as European rulers claim divine aura. It then shifts to Russia under the czar on the Kho dinsky plain where 8000 corpses travel toward Moscow amid revelry, questions of misfortune and mismanagement, and a grim warning on fate and humility.
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Cesar
Britain
Khodinsky Plain
Glinka
Moscow
Russia
Students Snub Professors at Chicago University Banquet
Four score graduates at the Windermere banquet skipped invited faculty, including President Harper, in a deliberate break from a four year old custom. The event became a festive, irreverent affair with songs and hearty toasts, while officials were excluded from the program.
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University of Chicago
Windermere
Harper
Divinity
S. J. McLane
Windfall for the State from Intestate Barber Estate
New York Times report from Augusta Georgia notes Hancock County man Barber died intestate with $150,000 in assets. Lacking heirs and identifying papers, his wealth escheats to the state. Barber, a reticent 19th century banker, died in his Hancock County office, leaving no known connections or papers.
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Georgia
New York Times
Augusta
Barber
Hancock County
New York
Labor in Nicaragua Describes SlaveryLike Labor System
The Panama Star and Herald reports Nicaraguan advices describe a labor market where selling labor reduces many men women and children to slavery. People seek to escape such conditions amid constitutional and military enforcement for debt repayment. Coffee estate owners proposed creating in Cuba a labor establishment to draw Cuban workers to Nicaragua.
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Panama Star and Herald
Nicaragua
Cuba
Kneipp Cure Recalled From Rangeley Pioneer Story
The Kneipp cure is revived by recalling an old Rangeley pioneer who died over 25 years ago. He reportedly treated cold feet by removing his shoes and stockings and walking in the snow, a remedy he used personally and recommended to friends.
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Kneipp
Rangeley
The Truffle: A Rare Underground Vegetable Marvel
The truffle stands out as a remarkable vegetable growth with no roots stems flowers leaves or visible seeds. Its underground nature and rarity capture curiosity among chefs and naturalists alike.
Balloon Powered Cars Race On Alpine Track
Balloon propelled cars set to race on the mountain railroad at Bad Reichenhall in the Austrian Alps with trials planned on the track.
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Bad Reichenhall
Austrian Alps
Engineers Leg Partially Healed After Graft Experiment
In January F H Mayer, an engineer at the Carbide works Falls, suffered a compound fracture from an air drum burst. Doctors and a Buffalo specialist debated grafting bone if healing stalled, then performed a graft using bone from a sheep in a parallel demonstration to promote bone union.
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Lexington Heights Hospital
Buffalo
Missouri Man’s Mother Hires Voodooist Instead of Lawyer
The mother of Sam Foster, facing execution for the Bertram Atwater murder in Clayton Missouri, spends her money on Etta Taylor a reputed voodooist rather than lawyers. Taylor conducts rites around a caldron pouring colored liquids as Foster’s mother watches in fear. The ritual ends with a verse the doomed man wears as a neck talisman.
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Missouri
Sam Foster
Clayton
Bertram Atwater
Etta Taylor
Foster
Singular Physical Transformation Stuns St Louis Doctors
A middle aged laborer, Chaney, in St Louis develops sudden right shoulder swelling and a shrinking left side giving the appearance of two bodies. Doctors fail to treat the mystery and describe the right scapula enlarged fourfold while no redness or bone degeneration is seen. The patient reports no pain.
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St. Louis
Chaney
Randall
North Side
Fashion Notes on Hair Styles Hosiery and Fabrics
Feathers adorn hair dressing and lace bows with iridescent beads. The divided pompadour and soft rolled sides complement a fashionable look. Hosiery trends favor black ankles with colored tops and ribbed open work stripes. Black and white fabrics and brocades shine, white satin dresses glow, moire brocade cloaks appeal, and straight front plaits on dress waists look neat though few wearers prefer slight gathering for grace.
Shegfried Christmas Stock Offers Two Bargains
The store boasts record sales of china for the Christmas trade and invites customers to view two new bargain items. Prices are presented as fair and the quality of goods and faces is affirmed.
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China
Banquet lamp offered as must-have bargain
An ornate banquet lamp with a decorated globe and center draft burner is advertised as a reader lamp in gold or silver plate. It promises a quick purchase, claiming the bargain is too great to last and encourages buying soon.
Dinner set sale sparks value in Warren county store
A 100 piece English semi porcelain dinner set with brown underglaze and gold lines is offered at 9.98 with a two dollar savings. The ad promises no crazing and urges buyers to try the set, noting a full stock of first class pottery and the newest stock in Warren county.
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Billingsgate
Pope
Wide Chambers’ English Dictionary
Billingsgate Market
Covent Garden
Old Smithfield
Thames
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