Century to publish Civil War battle series by top generals
The Century Magazine plans a major upcoming feature, a series of articles on great Civil War battles written by high ranking officers from both Union and Confederate sides. The initial November issue will include a graphically illustrated piece on the topic.
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Publication plan previews art science and travel essays
The notice lists planned papers andIllustrations including W D Olis essays on Italian cities with Pennell etchings, Lieut Schwatka papers on unknown regions, Grant on Kin Ontario, French American art essays, astronomy architecture and history papers, Langley Wits under Architecture, Mrs Van Rensselaer on churches and houses, War ing draining progress, Stedman Gosse and others literary essays, Cable contributions, sport and adventure pieces, and Burroughs outdoor writing.
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George W. Cable
John Burroughs
St Nicholas Prepares Wholesome Future Issues
The article previews future St Nicholas magazine content for boys and families, highlighting serials and features by J.T. Trowbridge E B Brooks Louisa M Alcott and others including historic boys ready for business and young folks papers. It emphasizes the magazine's growth and cultural value in education and entertainment.
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Louisa M. Alcott
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National Tribune Promises New Features for Veterans Paper
The National Tribune notes its eight year run with 110000 subscribers across 18245 post offices. It credits wide readership to original war sketches by veterans and features including G A R news, Washington notes, farming talks, and household hints. More war coverage and new contributors are promised.
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Forehead types and temperament from a nineteenth century study
A long treatise classifies foreheads as retreating, perpendicular, projecting, or arched, linking shapes to intellect, imagination, or temperament. It describes signs such as a blue vein, wrinkle patterns, and eye-bone prominence, noting how anger and thought lines differ and how Greek art influences ideal forms.
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Postal currency origin by Gen Spinner in Civil War era
The piece recounts Gen. Spinner of Syracuse who created an improvised small change by using postage stamps pasted on paper. He sought a substitute for fractional silver, gained clerks’ acceptance, and sparked a congressional push toward the actual fractional currency later stamped with postal imagery. The government profited from unredeemed issues.
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Lezun
Improvements in the White House
A Washington critic notes ongoing preparations at the executive mansion as workers repaint doorways gates and hall walls. An observer laments layers of paint representing administrations since construction, joking that many coats would have filled the openings.
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Hiccups Cure Debate From a Colonel’s Tale
A New York Graphic anecdote recalls a colonel claiming a week long hiccup spell in Louisville. He lists remedies including vinegar whisky port wine and placing keys down his back. He finally clarifies he used water by bathing daily.
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A Humble Political Stop: A Speaker Fails to Draw a Crowd
A traveling orator describes arriving in a rural village to find no crowd, empty tavern, and a cold reception. After hours of isolation and sparse turnout, a lone elderly woman asks about his father, and the meeting finally occurs with a small audience of locals who praise the speech’s boldness.
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Detroit Free Press
Jim Jones
Hotel Etiquette Advice From the Clerk’s Desk
A hotel register article urges guests of high status to avoid trouble with staff and bills. Civility to waiters and employers is favored over loud demands or excessive tipping. The piece notes hotels serve many people and warns guests not to assume reforming the establishment is their duty.
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French bachelors face tax plan to boost population
TheSan Francisco Chronicle reports a proposed French tax on single men over a certain age to curb the marriage delay. The bill cites population decline and aims to pressure bachelors to wed, noting Parisian customs and parental consent norms as context.
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Clerk Told He Is Dead For A Year To Test Business Survival
Bill Arp recalls a dry goods clerk who boasted the store could not run without him. The senior partner, after hearing he claimed the firm would die if he died, declares the man “dead for a year” to test the business’s resilience and honesty.
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Wilde cash from New York interior design scheme
An English society journal claims Oscar Wilde earned about $50,000 in New York by advising shabby society on home decor and interior design, receiving up to $500 per project.
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Lessons From Nature Teach The Schoolboy
A reflection from the Indianapolis Journal notes that a boy kept in school misses nature's lessons and learns far more outside the classroom in the same period.
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