Spalding Expected as California’s New Senator in Primary Returns
Albert Goodwill Spalding, famed baseball figure, appears likely to win California’s U S Senate seat to replace a retiring senator. The 60 year old, who began playing after the Civil War, helped form the original Boston Red Stockings and later managed Chicago to multiple championships. He helped organize the National League and has long resided on the Pacific coast at Point Loma with a noted estate.
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Albert Goodwill Spalding
United States
California
Spalding
Washington
Boston Red Stockings
Boston
Chicago
W. A. Hulbert
Haakon Follows the Hounds at Norfolk Yeomanry Parade
Son of Norway participates in a first appearance leading the King's Own Norfolk Yeomanry during a parade. The rider recalls nerves and compares the unit’s speed and precision to wind, admitting fear and a wish not to repeat the ordeal.
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Haakon
Son
Norway
Norfolk
Discovery of Pure Radium by Mme Curie
The article notes Mme Curie, chief professor at Paris University, announced to the Academy of Sciences that she obtained pure radium. It traces her work from pitchblende salts in 1888 through her ongoing investigations after M Curie’s death. It mentions the Royal Society’s Albert Medal and the Honor decorations offered by the P resident, with quotations about her choices.
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Mme. Guvie
Begty
Americes
Paris University
Acade of Sciences
Mme. Curie
Curie
England
Bert
Royal
Albert
Proment
The Rise of Restaurants After the French Revolution
The article traces how modern restaurants emerged in the late eighteenth century as noble chefs lost their patrons. It notes chefs opened houses serving refined dishes, the public's appetite for fine cookery grew, and culinary books like The Gourman Almanack (1708) helped educate diners.
Making Needles From Steel Wire
The article explains needle production starting with cutting steel wire, heating and straightening, grinding and shaping the heads, punching the eyes, hardening by tempering, and final polishing. Large batches are coated with Emery dust and oil, rolled in cloth with soap, then heated and cooled before sorting and packing.
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Chicago Tribune
Fulton and the Clermont first Hudson voyage noted
The Aug 17 1810 American Citizen described Robert Fulton’s Clermont voyage up the Hudson from the North River to Albany at four miles per hour. It claimed two miles against current would be a major asset to Western commerce, with the Clermont reportedly taking about thirty two hours to reach Albany. The note places the state prison between present day Washington and Charles Streets in old Greenwich Village.
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Fulton
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
Clermont
Mississippi
New Orleans
North River
State Prison
Albany
Edward Hagaman
State
New York
Washington, West Tenth
West
Charles Streets
Greenwich Village
Vessels That Failed Across The Channel
A London Chronicle note recalls attempts to curb seasickness with specially built ships. The Calais-Douvres twin ship served long but remained slow and did not prevent discomfort. The Castalia with a hammock saloon failed as pitching and swinging issues persisted, leading to its quick withdrawal.
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London Chronicle
Castalia
Easy Figuring of Missing Cash In Bank Sketch
A bank president reveals the cashier’s theft was discovered by counting what remained. The exchange shows quick detection and the cashier had taken an amount not found in the cash drawer. The humor hinges on the blunt arithmetic of the loss.
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Ascum
Resignation Over Pay Roll Erasure Prompted Exit
A dialogue recounts a resignation after the firm removed the speaker's name from the payroll, highlighting dispute over treatment and morale within the firm. The exchange notes the motive and consequence of the action.
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Exchange
Beginning Mindset: Always Start As a Beginner
The passage urges continual beginnings and humility. It stresses that assuming mastery signals incomplete progress and urges persistent effort to stay in a learner’s stance. It frames growth as ongoing, never reaching a final, finished state.
Man Thinks, Becomes Master of Unthinking Beings
A thinker asserts immediate mastery over beings lacking thought, exploring power dynamics and control. The remark frames intellect as ultimate authority over others seen as passive or non-sentient.
The Millionaire and the Married Woman
Ben Wharton, a poor son and widowed mother’s supporter, gains $200000 and learns a neck swelling may be cancer. He marries Delia Thorne to spend half now and half on marriage, but their spending fuels the illness. A surgeon links the swelling to a hidden cause. Wharton seeks relief and a strange cure costs a thousand dollars.
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Ben Wharton
Ile
Wharton
Della Thorne
Miss Thorne
Ben
Delia
Lobster as English insult through centuries
The term lobster has long served as a derisive label from Elizabethan days to Civil War times, applied to red uniforms soldiers as well as later to police. It evolved from crude abuse to specific color coded ranks and enlistment slang.
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Lizabethad
Lord Clarendon
England
Chicago News
Ring cut dilemma shows pawnshop fear in Philadelphia
A man with a damaged finger asks a jeweler to cut off a ring and mend it for pawn value. The jeweler doubts pawn brokers will accept the repaired ring, highlighting a City fear that many Philadelphia residents live with pawnshop as an unavoidable evil.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Dublin Native Seeks Work In Cleveland Furniture Trade
Wouldn't Deliver Ife, a Dublin born immigrant, arrived in Cleveland two months ago and sought a job at a furniture house. A manager offered a morning trial to determine delivery ability, with potential permanent hire if deliveries succeed. Ile confides thoughts of returning home as he contemplates the heavy lifting and wagon work.
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Ife
Dublin
Ireland
Cleveland
Labosse
Ile
Cleveland Plaip
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Geo. Peck
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