Oddities of Pronunciation Among Educated Americans
The piece notes Americans mispronounce English terms and names, while Londoners employ eccentric pronunciations. It cites examples like Berkeley, Derby, Beauchamp, and Albany, and details how to shorten Ludgate Holborn Southwark Marylebone.
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West End
London
Julian Ralph
Harper’s Magazine
Injin
Clark
Berkeley
Barclay
Cowper
Cooper
Cadogan
Kerdoggan
Ralph
Craven
Crawveen
Derby
Darby
Leveson- Gower
Loosun-Gore
Hertford
Hartford
Albany
Shall
Hall
Cholmondeley
Chumsy
Beauchamp
Beecham
Penny Walk as a Sport
A traveling man describes an offbeat way to explore a strange town. He suggests wandering from a hotel, tossing a coin to choose directions, and following the random path to see sights one might miss. He notes the chance of returning to start and the permissible cheating.
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Chicago Tribune
Boston
Meaning of Manuscript and the lure of ancient texts
A historical note explains manuscript origins from manu scriptum, contrasts with printed codices, and reflects on preserving old writings. It ponders owning originals like Virgil's Aeneid or Dante's Divine Comedy, but notes true originals are rare or nonexistent and likely lost to time.
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St. Nicholas
Obituary for John Nash the Old Fashioned Music Hall Singer
John Nash died October 13 at 8 Racton road Fulham aged 73. A veteran of the music halls he toured the provinces in the 1860s and later became chairman and popular singer at Strand Music Hall. His career included private royal performances and notable songs such as The Merry Taper Rackety Jack Now and Then and Pop Goes the Weasel.
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Nash
London Telegraph
Mr. Biggar
Royal
Tivoli
City Road
Henry Heyman
New Bond Street
John Nash
Measured Planet Mercury Diameter and Meteor Rates
Dr See of the United States Naval Observatory reports Mercury’s diameter at 2,658 miles and notes no observable surface spots or limb darkening. He aligns with Lick Observatory on the planet’s brightness, but disagrees with Schiafarelli and Lowell. He estimates about 1.2 billion telescopic meteors occur daily, with 10 to 15 million bright enough to see naked eye.
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See
United ‘States Naval Observatory
Washington
Lee
Lick Observatory
Schiafarelli
Percival Lowell
Washington ‘Star
Newton
Lions Aid Utah Stockmen by Reducing Wild Horse Herds
Denver telegraph correspondent reports mountain lions in southern Utah have carved into wild horse and colt herds. Lions favor young colts over lambs and calves, diminishing stock and threatening livelihoods as horses decline and stockmen plan eradication to curb losses and prevent starvation in hard winters.
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Utah
Denver
Chicago
Kane
Salmon Run Hog Hunters In Washington Streams
A Washington reader explains the annual salmon run along mountain streams and how hogs raid the rivers to raid fish. Hogs snatch fish, then revert to normal pork flavor being spoiled, prompting farmers to keep hogs away from streams.
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Washington
America
London
Hog
Skeleton dinners and medical warnings from Paris
A Philadelphia Record report recounts a man describing a skeleton dinner a night of drinks and shells at a party, while Dr Braoudel condemns Dr Garnault’s plan to inoculate with bovine tuberculosis and cites Cuban yellow fever cases to warn against risky experimentation.
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Philadelphia Record
Braoudel
Paris Academy of Medicine
Garnault
Koch
Bracudel
Cuba
Winter Ballooning by Santos-Dumont Near Monaco
The Monte Carlo correspondent reports Santos-Dumont nearing deals with Monaco engineers to build an aerodrome near La Condamine. A 51 by 10 by 15 meter shed will house the Santos-Dumont No 7 airship, 4.5 by 7 meters in size with 1200 cubic meters capacity. Experiments will occur over Monaco Bay and the Mediterranean, with a Monaco to Calvi Corsica flight planned for late February, about 200 kilometers, potentially four hours.
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M. Santos-Dumont
Pringer
Monaco
Bay of
Mediterranean
Calvi
Corsica
Port of Manati Faces Cash Crisis Over 2049 Dollar Check
Reports say a government check for 2049 dollars arrived for Porto Rico excise collections in Manati but local funds were insufficient to cash it. The mayor held the check aloft before declaring there was no money in town, advising payers to wait for funds from San Juan. He hid the check in a cigarette box, sealed with red tape in the town safe.
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Porto’ Rico
Manati
Army and Navy Journal
Tme
San Juan
Rare French Jewels Fetch High Prices at Christie's in London
At Christie's London a French noblewoman's jewels drew keen attention with King Edward among the onlookers. A six row pearl necklace of 424 graduated pearls, centered by a rose diamond, weighed about 4050 grams and sold for 100000 dollars to Robinson & Co. of Hatton Garden after opening bids at 50000. A 234 pearl Orient rope was bought by E J Arbid for 15750 dollars.
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Robinson & Co
Hatton Garden
E. J. Arbid
Mammoth Skeleton Heading to St Petersburg This Winter
A mammoth skeleton unearthed in East Siberia will be transported to St Petersburg during the coming winter. A St. Petersburg correspondent reports on the plan and the effort involved in conveying the giant remains to the Russian city.
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Siberia
St. Peters‘burg
St. Petersburg
Doubleduift
Martyr King Edmund Relics Return to England
Remains of King Edmund the Martyr, ruler 855 to 870 and last Angles king, have been brought from France after over 700 years. Monseigneur Del Val led the relics to Arundel where they rest in a private chapel before burial in a Westminster cathedral shrine. The pope aided the transfer, with prior burial at Bury St. Edmunds and return to England via Louis VII. Ex-Empress Eugenie continues to wear black since her son's death.
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Hones
Edmund the ‘Martyr
England
France
Arundel
del Val
Nicaea
Asia Minor
Norfolk
Ithgic
Westminster
Bonne
Bury St. Edmunds
Isite
Louis VII
Baldness in men and lake levels near Cleveland
The article cites R Sabouraud disputing myths about baldness noting onset ages 16 to 22 and typical progression to complete loss by 50, with 23 as common start age. It also reports Lake Erie at three and a half feet below the city datum, cites 1838 high water as datum and Long Point depth exceeding 200 feet offshore from Cleveland.
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Haig
R. Sabouraud
Rathe
N. Y. Sun
Lake Erie
Erie
Cleveland
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