Century series on Civil War battles and officers
The feature outlines a Century magazine project for the coming year detailing Civil War battles and high ranking officers. It promises illustrated articles written by notable generals including Grant and Longstreet, with personal accounts and depictions drawn from photographs and portraits.
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Neaghts
Tieton
Weiiten
Comre
Federal
Confedera
Grant
Vickburg
Shiloh
Longstreet
McClellan
Beavregard
Rosecrans
Hil
Acton Porter
Battle of
But Run
G.T. Beau- Tarigf
Gene Rele
Fur Century
V. Howell'siaevel
American Authors Feature New Novels and Stories
In November a new novel by W. D. Howells will appear along with Henry James and Grace Denio Lupton items. The collection highlights the rise of an American business figure and includes works by Boyesen T. A. Janvier and Hu. H. among other well known writers.
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Mae. de Ee Futhor
Henry James
Grace Denio Liteipield
Es — R . Boyesen
T. A. Janvier
Hu. H
Norris
Dale
Guerndale
Henry Vane
Julia Schayer
Samuel W. Baker
Ja, Hiddell
Thomas Tardy
Edward Everett Hale
James To
Lucy
Little
F. W. Robinson
Fred
Storey
Henry W. Lucy
Harriett Prescott Spofford
Rebecca Harding Davis
Sarah Orne Jewett
Frank R. Stockton
H. H. Boyesen
Ivan Tourgeneff
Publication plan for arts and sports series in Cities of Italy
Under this heading a series of essays and illustrations is listed. Contributors include W. D How on Cities of Italy with Joseph Peretl reproductions, E. V. Seka on The New North West, and others on French and American art sculpture and painting. Also mentions Mrs Van Rennselzer on churches and country houses, Colonel George E. Wa, and outdoor writing by Doh Burroughs and E Edmund Gosse.
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Italy
W. D
Joseph Peretl
E.edmund Gosse
George W. Cible
Doh Burroughs
Guicaco
Rock Island
Paciffic R’y
Pacific
Tts
Chicago
Joliet
Peoria
Ottawa
Ceneseo
Great Rock Island
Pullmans
Chicaco
Missouri River
Minneapolis
ST. Pave
Albert Lea
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Cincinnati
National Time enters eighth year with record circulation
The National Tribune reports 110000 subscribers across 15243 post offices, claiming unmatched reach for a weekly paper. It credits strong writers and wartime sketches, G A R news, editorials, Washington reports, household tips, farming talks, and weekly condensed news for broad family appeal.
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National Time
National Tribune
Washington News
The Independent Society Chronicle Exalted by Pall Mall Gazette
The Pall Mall Gazette calls The Independent of New York an able weekly, noting its large reading matter and original content across religious and literary fields. It highlights high literary pay, a vast contributor network, fearless editorials, and robust departments on science, biblical research, and market reports.
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New York
Pall Mall Gazette
London
Twenty Two Departments Edited by Twenty Two Specialists
A historical periodical lists twenty two distinct departments edited by twenty two specialists. The departments include Biblical Research Sanitary Fine Arts Music Science Pebbies Personalities Ministerial Register Hymn Notes School and Gatege Literature Religious Intelligence Missions Sunday School News of the Week Finance Commerce Insurance Stories Puzzles Selections and Agriculture. The publication runs thirty two pages in total.
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the Independent
Goose-birds Take Flight in Springtime Verse
The poem speaks of goose-birds bidding farewell as they depart in spring. A narrator notes a goose-bird’s nest, a temperate wishbone, and lush imagery of west Ard and a southern sea. The text laments separation and yearns for gladsome sight as the birds fly away.
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West
Brandy Revives Dying Carp in Public Experiment
In a South Kensington experiment conducted before several gentlemen, Mr. W. Oldham Chambers demonstrated that a Prussian carp given brandy and water recovered after apparent death. One fish revived after immersion and a second showed signs of life after being fed brandy via the mouth, both returning to vigor in their tanks.
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The
Fish Culture Journal
W. Oldham Chambers
National Fish Culture Association
South Kensington
Cary
Blue Ribbon League
Chambers
Al.c
Mr. Chambers
Georgia Cracker Rejects Foreign Missionary Skepticism
In dialect speech a Georgia cracker voices mixed views on Christianizing China and foreign missions. He questions policy, worries about misused funds, and argues a home focus to improve local order and agriculture before abroad efforts.
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Georgia
China
Jess Millums
Railway Dispatcher Fails Night Duty After Drink
During the war in Memphis a train dispatcher named Brown, after meeting companions, slipped into inebriation and failed to direct trains. He locked up his office and went to bed as trains stalled on side-tracks all night. The next day he was discharged.
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San Francisco
Brown
Globe reporter shamed in Toronto churches
The Toronto Globe dressed a reporter as a tramp and told him to visit fashionable churches to observe reception. He was met with aversion from ushers and seated in the poorest pews, facing scant courtesy across the visits.
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The
Toronto Globe
Two Gentlemen Exchange Lime Juice Quotation Notes
In a San Francisco Post episode, the act ends and two gentlemen leave with their wives to the lobby to hear lime juice quotes. Mrs Brown asks Mrs Smith if husbands seldom step out during acts, then answers that his comes in between.
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San Francisco Post
Montreal Carnival Clash Over Winter Celebrations
In Montreal dissension grows as French citizens claim exclusion from the winter carnival plans. They threaten to build an ice pit at the east end and stage street displays modeled after New Orleans Mardi Gras unless they share honors and profits this year.
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Boston Journal
Montreal
New Orleans
Massive Missouri wedding mass ceremony planned
The Chicago Herald notes a remarkable event with twenty one couples from northern Missouri agreeing to marry at a single time and place. A banquet for two hundred follows and a bridal tour by the newlyweds. Arnold speaks of earning true manhood by steady service.
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Chicago Herald
Missouri
Arnold
A Mountain Railroad Tale of Calamut Branch Dangers
A former Rio Grande employee recalls the Calamut branch from Hecla to Calamut in Colorado, detailing extreme grades, sharp curves, and perilous descents with heavy locomotives and brakemen. He describes the mine town, the dangerous ascent and descent, and the brave crews who manage runaway trains on the seven mile route.
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Hecla Station
Calamut
Denver and Rio Grande Road
New York Tires
Canon
Denver & Rio Grande
Hecla
Mie
Rio Grande
Switzerland
New York
Hedla
Pueblo
Hecla Junction
Beef trade cooling in cross ocean runs
Boston Budget notes the Australian beef shipment to England loses flavor when thawed due to high water content. Mutton shipments fare better, while the cold dry air method appears the only viable option to prevent deterioration. An advertisement in the paper is valued highly.
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Boston
Australia
England
Forest Fires Threaten Timber Supply and Future Growth
Scientific American notes that demand for high quality timber exceeds supply and urges conservation. Forest fires destroy mature stock and likely equate to the volume cut, risking thousands of acres of young growth and soil, with annual waste estimates of hundreds of millions in forest products.
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Scientific American
Streets and city planning in Omaha sighted by Sala
The writer notes George Augustus Sala praised Omaha’s wide streets and compares Chicago’s crowding. He argues American cities carry empires in their brains and the first generation must bear the burden of wide pavements or risk derailing the town’s founding hopes.
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George Augustus Sala
Omaha
Chicago
America
City Front Sketcher Recounts Encounter at Pier
A San Francisco artist recalls strolling the city front when a hefty bystander leaned over and exclaimed That’s good Piwat. He says he would always go on board a ship despite the curious onlookers.
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San Francisco
City Front
Ingenious reckoner earns wages in odd arithmetic
A Lewiston Journal note recounts a woman hired by a College street housekeeper who earned 25 cents an hour. After working three quarters of an hour she used a quirky calculation: One half of is 13. One half of 18in 7. You owe me 20 cents, missus.
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Lewiston Journal
College Street
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