Varied News Snippets Include Breach Verdicts and Inventions
A roundup of items notes Miss Livingstone’s record breach verdict against Mr. Fleming in New York, a famous $100,000 Earstrong claim against Shawl, a July census release, the Sessions bribery money seizure, Brentford horseshoes linked to 1642 battles, a Minneapolis druggist tale, and the Occoe Monitor editor ad seeking a partner. Also details on unclaimed premiums, a Chicago pharmacist quip, and Granny Smith’s $90,000 life-insurance swindle tale.
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Tor
Miss Livingstone
Fleming
New York
St. Louis
Miss Earstrong
Treasury
Commonwealth
Frances George
Granny Smith
Harrisburg
Beautiful American spends winter in Cannes with royal favor
Miss ewes, titled The Beautiful American, rests quietly in Cannes with her mother. Her quiet manners have made her popular with elderly English ladies in the town. She received much kindness from royal ladies before leaving London and attended ceremonies with the Princess of Wales.
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Ewes
Cannes
London
Princess of Wales
Connecticut Blue Laws Deny Marryings and Penalize Sabbath
The blue laws of Connecticut forbade marriages by non magistrates under a charge of church scandal. Adultery carried the death penalty. Wear of costly trim sparked estate taxes. No crossing rivers on Sabbath without clergy, no work or domestic tasks, no kissing children on Sabbath, and Sabbath began at sunset Saturday.
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Connecticut
New Haven
Czar Enjoys Opera via Palace Telephone
The Times reports the beleaguered Czar uses a palace line linked to the opera house stage so he can hear performances with his ear to the instrument. The note notes central office troubles and warns that phones may threaten peace of mind as much as nihilists.
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Russia
Opera
Fire Insurance Companies End 1882 On Downturn
An exhibit shows fire insurance firms fared worse at year end 1882 than December 1881. There were sixty six companies, down five from the prior year. Gross assets declined by 1,604,975.11 dollars and gross liabilities fell by 878,225.60 dollars.
Claimants press DC ground tied to Red Capitol lease
The Indianapolis Journal notes Pittsburgh claimants of Samuel Blackman estate allege a 99 year DC lease on the Capitol site remains unfulfilled. Some 80 heirs push to assert rights as plans to enter the White House loom, with deeds to be produced later.
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Red Capitol
Pittsburgh
Samuel Blackman
District of Columbia
Capitol
White House
Indianapolis Journal
Henry Clay Time Tale and Editor Libel Ruling
A New York World extract recalls Henry Clay’s charm at a White House reception with Mrs. Bayard. a girl’s kiss joke causes blushes. In England, Nantwich County Court says editors may alter ads to avoid libel, Warrington Guardian sued over payment for changed wording.
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Senator Bayard
Mr. Clay
White House
Nantwich County Court
England
Warrington Guardian
Woman Gossip on the Art and Illusion of Beauty
A verse sketch traces the ritual of concealing age with makeup from powder to rouge to lashes. It notes the technician’s deft shaping of eyebrows and hair and ends by musing that stage and life both hinge on appearances, with Time as the true enemy.
Unanswered Letters and Wives Troubles in 19th Century Notes
A collage of social vignettes contrasts lingering romantic misalignments with domestic strife. It includes an exchange about unreturned letters, a Massachusetts husband and wife legal dispute over necessaries, and a humorous car conversation about broken engagements and jewelry.
Editorial Rooms and European Competition Across Nations
An excerpt contrasts Milton Nobles’ depiction of editorial rooms with reality, noting quietness and character study in editors. It then discusses American vs European grain markets, arguing Americans self-reliant, productive, and capable, while Europe would need drastic reform to counter U.S. competition. The piece ponders European adaptation and Americanization under evolving global trade.
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Milton
Denver Tribune
America
Europe
United States
Russia
Stingiest Michigan grocer offers cranberry price play
A small town grocer famed for exacting weights reportedly prices cranberries to the penny. A pedestrian jokes about binding corn on a berry to cure two corns, prompting the clerk to toss in an extra berry to please the customer and spite the critics in the Free Press.
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Tae Eis & Grocer
Michigan
How Century and St Nicholas Editors Choose Manuscripts
The Century and St Nicholas receive hundreds of manuscripts monthly with most in verse. Editors record inflows and outflows, limit prints to fifty of 700 to 800 received, and rely on staged readings to separate wheat from chaff. They favor fresh ideas, strong treatment, and novelty, while encouraging young writers and maintaining careful, courteous critique.
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St. Nicholas
Longest Bridges Worldwide Highlighted in Historic Survey
A historical survey details the longest bridges in use and under construction. It cites the St Lawrence River crossing at Montreal at 9,487 feet, the East River suspension in New York and Brooklyn at about 15 million dollars, and the Forth Bridge at Queensferry set to exceed the prior spans with multiple long piers and suspension spans. It lists other notable bridges such as Parkerburg West Virginia, St Charles Missouri, and Niagara railway suspension at 2,220 feet.
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St. Lawrence River
Montreal
East River
New York
Brooklyn
Forth
Queensbury
Scotland
New York and
Brooklyn Bridge
Parkersburg
West Virginia
St. Charles
Missouri
Delaware
Rhine
Mayence
Bombay
India
Omaha
Quincy
Niagara
Presence of Mind on the Delaware Expresses Courage Under Fire
Commodore Phelps lauds First Lieutenant Thomas W. Wyman later Commodore for halting panic aboard the Delaware during a violent capsize. Wyman seized the trumpet and ordered Keep clear of the paint-work restoring order as a ship of the line listed. The article closes noting Glasgow's debt of 55 million dollars has been fully paid after four years.
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Thomas W. Wyman
Delaware
Sang Fraid
Lieut
Wyman
Commodore Phelps
Glasgow
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