River and Harbor Bill Looms and National Committee Heads
Washington dispatch notes river and harbor funding will be debated early with emphasis on large projects like Great Lakes channels and Mississippi and Delaware river works. It tracks Republican leaders seeking a non extravagant bill and hints at Hanna not returning as national committee chairman while Cockrell’s presidential prospects draw curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Army
House
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Delaware
National Committee
Hanna
Lis
Comical Wolves Awe Drummer and Piper in Turkish Snowbound Mill
In Sivas a drummer and piper refuge in a deserted mill during a snowstorm. They played drum and pipe to scare wolves. The wolves reportedly attacked each other in fear, tearing some apart before escaping through a wall hole. Government Gazette of Sivas vouches for the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sivas
Turkey
Government
Gurgis Sent to the Tartar Bath to Escape Desert Peril
A Greek servant named Gurgis, worn by abrasion, is saved from collapse in Tartary by a desert bath. A brine tub is used to tan his epidermis while the kavass and beykdar insist he must travel on. After half an hour, he emerges hardened and resumes riding toward the Black Sea with no distress in the following week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tartary
Kavass
Gurgis
Beiakdar
Black Sea
The Latin Quarter Through Time and Spirit
A compact study notes the Latin Quarter as Paris’s living soul since Abelard era. It contrasts students and grisette figures as key urban characters, tracing growth from 40 000 to 3 000 000 while claiming student life guides fashion and mood in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Abelard
Champs Elysees
Scribner's Magazine
Burglary and espionage shape early diplomacy
The article recounts British and French intelligence thefts in Berlin. Hugh Elliot seized a French minister’s desk to obtain a crucial treaty draft. It notes 1855 revelations of Russian embassy document thefts copied by another nation and returned nightly for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
America
France
Hugh Elliot
Cooling a Hot Iron Foolishly Cools Itself
A small girl defies a warning and places a hot flat iron on the stove. She later hides the iron in the refrigerator to cool it off, explaining to her mother that she thought it would be cooled.
Good Natured Brown Optimist Featured in Ledger
The Philadelphia Ledger highlights Brown as a persistent optimist, grateful for most outcomes and unfazed by rejection, portraying him as a cheerful fixture who accepts whatever life brings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Philosophy. A hair on the head is worth two on the brush.
A concise punchline from Punch humorists notes the value of true hair over shed bristles, presenting a wry reflection on appearances versus substance in a brief comic aphorism.
Livingston abstracts aid and visiting residents noted
Miss Mame Samson assists at Livingston Abstract Office while visitors travel through the city. Ainsworth's Leonard Trotter, Riverside’s James Lukavsky, and Columbus Junction travelers are listed among many arrivals and local errands. Johnson's bakery supplied pies and bread, easing disputes and promoting peace.
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Mame Samson
Livingston
Leonard Trotter
Ainsworth
Johnson
James Lukavsky
Riverside
P. R. L. Vandorn
Columbus Junction
L. O. Brindley
Johnson's
Laura Ingham
Corbin
Mediapolis
Wilson Hardware Co
Joe Simmerman
West Chester
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Lemmon & Lewis
Iowa
Nebraska
The
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Ruthon
J. D. Kunath
Munn & Co
Scientific American
York
WY &Go
Means & Stichter
Mast Bide Restaurant
Cockrell
Morrill
Senator Morrill
Vermont
Hoar
John L. Smithmyer
Smithmyer
Warren
Missouri
Wyoming
White House
Capron
Rhode Island
Granger
Little Rhody
Arthur W. Dunn
Tone
Tone Brothers
Des Moines, Ta
Wr Manufacture
the News
B. B
Ely
J. B. Crayne
City
Wm. Sherman
Chicago
County Board of Supervisors
Howard Ross
W. J. Hamilton
Howard
H. D. Roberts
Blg Walker Dry Goods Co
St. Louis
C. Hl. Sandros
Davenport
Ed McFarland
Crawfordsville
David Gordon
Miss Barquete
Oskaloosa
Rev. Young
First Presbyterian Church
Allie Jay
Rock Island
Fairfield
Phoenix
Ethel White
W. H. Goble
Flossie
Eldon
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Kansas, Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
C. Melville
Northwestern
Omaha
Racine
R. A. Riley
J. W. Teeter
Calier
Teas & Fields
Little & Teas
McKeone & Shields
City Water Works
Milwaukee
O. Solbric & CO
Opera House
South
G. A. Park
Gen’s Immigration and Industrial Ag’t
Louisville & Nashville
R. R. Go
Louisville, KY
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