Various Global Tidbits and Scientific Notes From The Williston Graphic
A scan of brief items reports a law against opium imports into Australia, Greece’s alcohol from currants, global opium and distillation notes, and 2.6 million oke annual production figures. It notes Plotkowski’s serum for distemper, port traffic of 1,000 ships daily, and police custody statistics. It cites deep sea sounding of 6,268 fathoms, Day’s new placer mining industry on the Pacific coast, and Cuba’s fish trade. It mentions a Jamaica marksman breaking 936 glass balls, and artillery guns in a U.S. army battery capable of hurling 15 pound projectiles nine miles. It notes Americans in Rome taxed for vanity, and a dust study by a famed bacteriologist showing 3,000 dustborne germ colonies in a pinpoint test.
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Leavenworth
Mysterious Death Aboard Dresden Berlin Rail Car
Passengers on a Dresden to Berlin train tell of a damaged lavatory door and a guard called after an attempt to open it. In Berlin the door was forced open and a man’s body hung from a peg, the ticket dated January, suggesting weeks aboard the coach. Pacific coast officers note Gen. Greeley’s claim of perfected receivers to read any telegraphy system, with US Army signals ahead of naval codes. The invention remains secret.
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Dresden
Berlin
Pacific Coast
Greeley
United States
Love's Troubled Current Reunites After Ten Years
A disillusioned man recalls a forbidden past with Juno, the woman who spurned him, and, after years of absence and longing, seeks forgiveness. He finds her again at a social house where she welcomes him with tenderness and surrender.
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June
Foison in Purple Leaves and Flower Colors Across Seasons
The article notes varying bloom colors from white and yellow to pink and crimson through summer and autumn. It mentions attempts by horticulturists to alter hues, cites elusive goals like a blue rose and black tulip, and discusses purple blossom plants often linked to poisonous properties such as deadly night shade.
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Pearson's Weekly
French mayor Alan confined for wife murder after pleas
Alan, mayor of Danpierre, is imprisoned in France awaiting trial for killing his wife who suffered from an incurable illness. Described as exemplary, he reportedly complied with her begging to end her pain, a case widely debated by European medico legal experts.
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Alan
France
Danpierre
Medico-Legal A Dentista of
Europe
Power from the Atmosphere Prompts Russian Electrician's Motor
Russian electrician Mr. M. P. Michkein has built a small experimental motor that draws power from atmospheric electricity. He believes tapping a thundercloud could yield usable energy from the air’s vast stores, and the device has won endorsements from notable French and German electricians.
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M. P. Michkein
Intricate brickwork on Normandy chateau awes onlookers
In Normandy Friance a modern chateau features brickwork arranged in elaborate patterns that resemble intricate embroidery, drawing attention for its detailed facade.
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Normandy
Friance
Heroic Scouts Break Through Ambush at Blue Springs Pass
A National Tribune correspondent recalls a Civil War raid near Blue Springs Tennessee. Captain blocked entering Bull's Gap but three Kentucky scouts led by a soldier nicknamed Black Hawk advanced into an ambush, rescued a wounded lieutenant, and escaped with minimal further harm through gunfire and rugged terrain.
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National Tribune
Blue Springs
Tenn
Bull's Gap
Black Hawk
Leutenant
Miss Olivia Floyd Underground Railroad Runner Buried in Maryland
In Port Tobacco Maryland Miss Olivia Floyd known as a runner on the underground railroad between Washington and Richmond is buried. She hid money and dispatches aiding escaped prisoners and supplied forage in woods while federal troops searched her home. She enlisted colored troops in 1864 and helped recruit for a bounty.
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Port Tobacco
Maryland
Olivia Floyd
South
Underground Railroad
Washington
Richmond
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Miss Floyd
Hastock
Potomac
Military budgets and officer pay by European nations
The text lists costs for France Italy and Spain. France spends 24 090 cm on defense with cer a pay near 4 000 000. Italy has 14 000 officers drawing 1 450 000 annually. Spain pays for 23 000 officers about 2 750 000.
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French Republic
Cera
Italy
Spain
Libby Prison Christmas of 1863 A Storied Riot of Music
A Confederate era reminiscence recalls Libby prison on Christmas Day 1863. Prisoners sang The Star Spangled Banner and Auld Lang Syne as rations ran scarce potato prices soared to 50 dollars a bushel and eggs six dollars a dozen. An in-prison party in the kitchen featured an improvised orchestra and ragtime cake walk. New Year 1864 brought a ball and boisterous revelry before lights out ended the celebration.
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Union
Libby
Richmond
War record saved after river explosion theft of baggage
A large man pulled from the Ohio River after a steamboat blast proclaims he saved his war record. A bystander asks if he lost much, he says yes he lost baggage but kept a wet provost marshal’s certificate proving he supplied a substitute.
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Ohio River
Sol. R. Smith
American Tribune
A Lucky Shot in Manila and New York Civil War Quotas
A volunteer in a Colorado regiment at Manila was cured of stuttering by a bullet through the throat. The piece notes New York furnished 445,850 men in the Civil War with a total Union enlistment of 2,778,308.
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Manila
New York
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