International notes and curiosities from a busy period
A collage of brief items covers migrations and marriage trends in the West, the Kansas congressman Cyantes Contis, European culinary schools and chefs, Massachusetts Senate lineage, Maria Deraismes promoting women’s medical careers, imperial Austrian royalty, New Alaskan steam ambitions, Russian sun ray tech for balloons, and optimistic World’s Fair projections and domestic travel economics.
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Onp
Germany
Austria
Vienna
Berlin
Leipsic
White House
Grover Cleveand
Frederick
Saxony
Henny Canor Loper
Massachusetts
United States Senate
Congress
Lodge
George Cabot
United States
Mass Wchosetts
Maria Deraismes
French Society For the Advancement of ‘Anen
Mme
Deraismes
Rae
Corfu
Penn
Hunting in Malay Jungle Realities and Wildlife Variety
The piece surveys Sumatra, Borneo, and Java as big game areas with tigers, elephants, rhinoceros, orangutans, and diverse birds. It notes Dutch colonial tension, mosquito‑laden jungles, treed escapes from rhino charges, and rewards for patient naturalists while warning of harsh conditions and fever risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma Ay Peninsula
Sumatra
Borneo
Java
London Fiela
A New Trap for Bears in Bethel Maine
The Bethel community faced bears raiding farms and hives, so a farmer set out a tub of rum and molasses in a cornfield. The next day a bear lay exhausted beside the tub, the source notes the animal drunk and chained after waking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Brain
jChicago Herald
Odd Titles From Cromwell Era English Books
A survey of 17th century London pamphlets and book titles during the Cromwell era, noting a vivid array of playful and punny responses to religious and political topics. The list includes "Most Delectable Sweet Perfumed Novelgay," "A Pair of Bellows to Blow off the Dust One," "Snuffers of Divine Love," "Hooks and Eyes for Believer Breeches," and others like "High-Heeled Shoes for Dwarfs in Holiness" and "Crumbe of Comfort for the Chickens of the Covenant."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Frs
Cromwell
Zion
Samuel Fish
David
William
Revolt Report Sparks Rio Janeiro Worries
From Rio Janeiro comes the welcome report of a revolt ended a week without upheaval and raised fears that Brazil’s political machinery had fallen out of gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Untitled Confession and Odd Costume Tale From Pennsylvanian County
A humorous dialogue unfolds about kissing before marriage amid wedding habits in Venango County. Peter Gruber displays a unique costume made entirely of rattlesnake skins, gathered over five years and cured by his own method. The outfit, crafted by local artisans, is valued nearing a substantial sum. Mexico’s President Diez is noted as being reputedly worth 690000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Connecticut
New England
New York
Cyantes Contis
Fourth
Kansas
O. A. Curtis
Kansas Volunteers
Ibe
North Topeka
Texas
Colorado
Louisiana
Iowa
Otherer St
Teter Gruber
Venango County
Penpeyivanie
Ausmar
Gruber
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Alastha
Yukon
North Sound
Alaskan
Epecimen
Marrieg
Diez
Mexico
U. S
New Jerk
Pai H
Kall
Ppt
First-Clase Industrial
Anc
Manhattan Trading
Shiloh
Druge
Safety Vapor Engine CO
Murray St
Colorado Mountains
James A. Lee
Jefferson, Col
J C. Jon C
Arkansas
Swit Speific Co
Atlanta
Thomson
Univ & Harmer
Judson L. Thomson Mfg. CO
Waltham
ALS
Bend
Geo
H. Lawrence
E. 10Th, N.Y. City
Prente
Salzer
John A. Salzer
la Crosse
Wis
Chicago, Ill
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