International tensions and economic notes from era press
The New York Journal discusses move murders and global politics. Mexico coffee planters report profits of characteristic figures. Berlin Military Weekly notes 194 Ministers of War in Spain over a century. Canadian census bulletin highlights increases in industrial value and capital investments across provinces. The New York News views strikes as a global learning curve while Germany records numerous strikes and rising costs in labor disputes.
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Military Weekly
Berlin
Spain
Dominion of Canada
British Columbia
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
New York News
Germany
One by One This, O Love, iv ah Out Knowing
Fragmentary verse by Frank L. Stanton in Atiseta Constitution references lambs mowers vines and veins of day and night. The reader interprets a fervent appeal to love and eternity amid nature imagery.
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Frank L. Stanton
Atiseta
Deacon Holly's New Bride Shifts Bitter Tea Kettle Tale
In a village scene Deacon Holly quarrels with tabloid gossip while Dolly Hedges heals a broken heart. The talking tea kettle declares Holly wed to Widow Rubble, but the kettle’s jig reveals Dolly's influence as Freddie’s caretaker leads to Dolly becoming Mrs. Holly.
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Dolly
Freddie
Deacon Holly
Dolly Hedges
Dereas
Rubble
Holly
Patty
Deacon
Aunt Patty
Rab
Pretty Dolly Hedge
Miss Peek
Bee breeding aims to tame stinging races for higher honey
A discussion on crossbreeding Italian and South American stingless bees to improve honey yields. Proponents cite potential doubling of honey, reduced swarming via queen traps, and broader hive appeal in dense settlements. Government-backed experiments may prove cost effective, with projected 1879 honey crop valued around $2.5 million plus wax.
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Linda
Giles
Agricultural Department of the
United States
South America
Mr. Giles
Roads Needed After Tennessee Study Warns of Losses
The Washington Star calls for action on road quality as Tennessee studies show annual costs from bad roads exceed 7 million dollars. University of Tennessee findings suggest hauling costs to Knoxville average 1.25 million dollars, with savings possible from better dirt and macadam roads.
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Tennessee
Washington Star
Memphis Board of Trade
Carson
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Tennessee Commissioner of Agriculture
Talbot’s process desiliconizes low grade iron for steel
Benjamin Talbot of Chattanooga Tennessee has developed a method to remove silicon and phosphorus from low grade southern iron by pouring molten iron into a basic slag of iron oxide and lime. The iron precipitates and passes through the slag while desiliconizing and preserving metallic iron, increasing yield before refining in a basic open hearth furnace to produce steel.
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Benjamin Talbot
Chattanooga, Tenn
Talbot
Mr. Talbot
The Stranger Hails a Dining Passport Scam
A stranger at a foreign hotel is stopped by a detective who seeks his passport in a form, and when the man objects he offers his dinner bill as identification. The detective pretends to confirm a description and insists on accompanying the man.
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Plesse
fDandee Weekly News
Papa Knew His Girl She Aonxiously
Fragmentary dialogue shows a girl anxious about a romance and seeking parental consent. The piece hints at a father’s silent approval and a request to meet or be seen together by a chosen person. No clear names, places, or dates are established in the readable text.
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Papa
Regina
Painful Decoration tale from M Carnot visit to Savoy
London Globe recounts an anecdote about M Carnot distributing decorations in Savoy. A farmer fainted as a pin pierced his breast during the investiture, causing bleeding and a lengthy recovery, though he later kept the badge.
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M. Carnot
Frate
Savoy
Mal
Republic
Ord
Academy
M. Carno
Gene Brugere
Iipin
London Globe
The American Soldier as Hero in Harpers Weekly
A Harper's Weekly portrait extols the American soldier through harsh desert heat and brutal winter marches. It highlights endurance, humor with comrades, rescue feats, and battlefield courage from acts like saving a daughter, aiding a drowning boy, and carrying dispatches under fire. The piece salutes steadfast sacrifice and fidelity.
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Exiess
New York
Harper's Weekly
Poem Excerpt Reflected in Kate Field’s Washington
A fragment from Kate Vannah in Kate Field’s Washington recounts a poetic moment where love and beauty are praised as a “perfect flower” and “voice in song.” The lines evoke intimate emotion, with lush imagery of blessing and praise for a beloved figure.
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Rave
Kate Vannah
Kate Field
Humorous verse and gossip in a lively local sheet
A humorous collection of light verse and social jests. It riffs on tourism slang playful exchanges about brokers and market chatter and a string of observational quips about manners and romance. The tone is breezy and satirical with local color.
Erudite Cowboys Recall Rough West Ride
Alfred M. Dirkes relates a rough West experience after leaving college to herd cattle from Texas to Kansas. He faced cowboys who mocked his Aristophanes and Pythagoras as Greek orders, while the boss spoke in Greek and others used Latin Persian slang, ending with Dirkes admitting he did not dazzle frontier children with learning.
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Alfred M. Dirkes
Texas
Kansas
Aristophanea
Pythagoras
Peripatetics
Yale
St. Louis Globe-Dewnocrat
Hay processing method yields cleaner Timothy in barn
Judge Davis near Mineral Point praises a new hay method using grain binder to cut timothy grass, curing in shocks. He claims hay is twice as valuable, cheaper, and easier to harvest than traditional methods, with less dirt and better aroma.
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Davis Trae
Mineral Point
Davis
Alumbus
Ohio
Stace Journal
Raab's Bank Street Routine For Quick Book Checks
A terse note instructs an agent to visit 126 Bank Street with expertise to gather last month’s bookkeeping records. The message implies urgency and a routine check without self-initiated action.
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House Ag Raab
Wealth of Osage Indians Highlighted by Visitors
L A Wismeyer and Dr R Bird of Pawhuska visit the Osage Nation with wealth claims and government support. They note the Osages are prosperous per capita, own a large reservation, and receive annual U S funds totaling about four hundred thousand dollars split among roughly 1700 people.
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L. A. Wismeyer
Gray Horse
R. Bird
Pawhuska
I T
Wismeyer
Dr. Bird
Indian Territory
Kansas
The Pitcher Plant: A Northern Ohio Vegetable Wonder
Ohio Practical Farmer details the pitcher plant in peat bogs of Northern Ohio. The hollow radial leaves trap insects with downward bristles and water, dissolving their bodies into a liquid nutrient. A larger insect adapts by feeding on kin, drilling through the cup to escape.
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Ohio
Date Palms Raise Big Harvest Near Yuma
Six miles below Yuma Date Palms in Arizona owned by Halli Hanlon total twenty trees with the largest fifteen years old and thirty feet high. Six oldest trees are bearing. one date bunch weighs forty pounds and contains about 2500 dates. Larger bunches are estimated at 900 dates per palm.
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Arizona
Halli Hanlon
Yuma
Caustic and Bagley exchange wedding talk amid steak joke
Caustic and Bagley banter about marriage while a customer complains his underdone beefsteak is not dead yet, prompting humorous dialogue from the waiter and the scene’s punchline.
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Caustic
Bagley
Old Man
A Popular Russian Toy on the Neva Prospekt
In Scribner's article on St. Petersburgs great street Isabel Hapgood vividly portrays the city and its people. A vendor sells blue imp toys named Amerikanskiya zhiteli Americans and jokes about their likeness to Americans as crowds listen and react.
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Scribner
Neveky Prospekt
St. Peterburg
Isabel F. Hapgood
America
Blind Hymn Writer Fanny Crosby Still Producing Hymns
The oldest and best known hymn writer, blind since infancy, is Fanny Crosby of Park Avenue City. At sixty five she has penned over 3000 hymns though taught as a teacher of the blind for years. She dictates poetry to a secretary, keeping a cheerful home and composing more hymns.
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Fanny Crosby
Park: Avenue
Big City
Jesus
New York Herald
Glasgow lecture on marriage sparks awkward rebuke
An old man at a Glasgow lecture on Marriage and After kissed his wife after the talk, saying it was no go. The lecturer asked why and the man replied that kissing her had provoked a harsh reaction from his wife. The incident underscores tensions around marital norms discussed at the event.
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Glasgow
iBoston Globe
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Pinch
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