Intermediary publishers praised by famed authors in England
The Boston Transcript notes English agents who broker author publisher deals earn handsome commissions. Names linked include Walter Besant Rider Haggard Bret Harte Rudyard Kipling and Lord Lytton amid testimonials from the trade. A Philadelphia board seeks discharge and outlines a cash balance a $15103 stockholders 15193 and proposed uses including a $1000 clerk’s compensation and gifts to museums.
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Boston Transcript
England
Ouida
Walter Besant
Rider Haggard
Bret Harte
Rudyard Kipling
Lord Lytton
Samuel Nellingsworth
Centennial Board of Financier
Philadelphia
Penn
Butler
Howard E. Young
Pennsylvania Museum and the Historical Society
The Woman's Rose and a Village Passion
A narrated memory of a box with a dried rose and letters, contrasting two women in a remote town. The speaker recalls rivalrous love, social worship, and a final parting, the rose remaining in the box as a symbol of vanished affection. The scene shifts to a Paraguay river port, detailing orange trade, labor by women, and cultural contrasts in labor and commerce.
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Paragua
Paraguay
San Antonio
Campana
la Boca
Buenos Ayres
Harper’s Magazine
Bread Laws Across Nations
A Baker's Helper notes strict bread regulations in France and Germany with weight and price controls, mandatory deposits, and flour reserves for war, while Britain and Ontario impose shop cleanliness rules and local enforcement. Seized light loaves go to charities.
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France
Germany
Ontario
Sleepy Grass: a grass that lulls livestock to sleep
A curious grass named Sleepy Grass has been found in New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and parts of South Dakota. Its narcotic juice, in fresh blades of Stipa Vividula var. robusta, puts horses and cattle into sleep for 24 hours to seven days, delaying herds and preventing movement, though no civil injury follows.
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New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
South Dakota
New Dyeing Industry Emerges in Lower California
A new line of dyes from the torote-tree bark is gaining importance. Lower California has long supplied dyes like orchilla weed, but torote-tree bark now commands European demand. It is cheaper than orchilla, yields a dark red color, and is sold in Boston markets at $1 to $1.50 per 100 pounds, with abundant supply.
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Balata
Chicago News
Lower
California
Europe
United States
Boston Transcript
American Heiress Dialogue From New York Weekly
A clipped historical fragment shows characters rebranding misstatements as misunderstandings. An American heiress declares possession while a chorus of titled figures debates counts and status, reflecting melodramatic street theater dialogue.
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Revue de Deux Mondes
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Aimil
Ted
Timbe
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Resulu
Iwanin
New York
Nater
Wwe
Pussy-Willer
Mother Natur
Js. W. Foss
Yankee Blade
Olive Scureine
America
New York World
Rapid City
Preant
Eadwood
Wild Bill
Republic
St. Louis Republic
Resing Hills
Reemnb
Euie
Egypt
Washington Star
Tienry Wagner
Dubuque
Iowa
Valley of the Mississippi
En Tey
Poultry Yard
Elias
Isband
Orhe
You Husband
Harry
Papa
Thicago
Tribune
Lamp Rock
Central Asia
Captain Younghusband
Cent Asia
Oxus
Geographical Mag
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Watter
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General Knowall
Dollarseek
New York Weekly
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