Santa Fe Plans Ter ti millennial Celebration in July
Citizens of Santa Fe New Mexico prepare a July ter ti millennial event marking three thousand years since settlement. Exhibits feature Pueblo and Spanish artifacts, archeological curiosities, and American era displays. A pageant and excursions to cave dwellings, cattle and sheep exhibits, and an address by Dr R B Storrs are planned.
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United States
Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Cabsan de Baca
Texas
Coronado
Southwest
New
Seit
Santa
Midnight Chinese Band Music Stirs San Francisco Neighbors
The Chinese brass band played from midnight Tuesday until 5 pm yesterday, causing some residents to flee with carpet bags. A young instrumentalist wearing a green jacket balanced cymbals twelve feet across, while brass cans and a beer keg drum created explosive sounds. An elderly onlooker shed tears, calling the scene pathetically moving in broken English.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Anon
Jean Ee
Milledgeville Correspondent Reports Confusing Campaign Exchange
Our Milledgeville correspondent relays a garbled exchange in which a black tenant questions a land deal with Mark Johnston during his campaign. The note suggests tensions over office, rents, and payment terms, reflecting local political strain and unclear negotiations.
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Atlanta Constitution
Milledgeville
Mark Johnston
Ioo Fleming DuBignon
Eptaetaase
Manchester Mirror: A Gift to the Minister Moral Comfort
The piece extols giving to a minister who preaches for four dollars in cash and a donation. It frames charity as cleansing conscience and easing a weary day, noting the act clothes that do not fit, but fulfills the virtue of giving.
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Manchester Mirror
Kaiser Wilhelm Georges Himself. Music and Drama.
A humorous biographical sketch of Kaiser Wilhelm II focusing on his life from childhood in 1797 to fame in later years. The piece jokes about his affinity for sauerkraut and sausages as a source of indigestion and courtly turmoil.
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Kaiser Wilhelm Georges
Kaiser Willan
Prussia
Paris
Hohenzollerns
Stephen
Europe
Rest Sleep Worry and Work
Over work, worry and play are critiqued as threats to health. The piece argues brain-work harms more than manual labor and urges balanced rest for children and adults with lengthy sleep recommendations.
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Philadelphia Press
How the Algoma Forced a Passage Across the Straits
A graphic account of the steamer Algoma breaking through frozen waters in the Mackinaw Straits. Crew works with pick and dynamite as ice cracks and pressure grows, the vessel surges, then bursts forward through the gorge amid cheers and perilous grinding. Captain Ames and First Officer McCarty oversee the dramatic transit.
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Straits of
Mackinaw
Algomah
Foreman Madden
Capt. Ames
Ames
McCarty
John
Masters of Plumbers Threaten National Union of Trade
A private warning claims master plumbers from Maine to California are forming a national association in New York. The note compares the potential impact to a national crisis, warns of universal bankruptcy due to railroad and monopoly fears, and urges rapid public notification. It cites a conspirator in New York and suggests a broad upcoming unification.
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United States
Maine
California
Eee Republic
Art Sumter
New York
Pg Cor
York
Gambetta's mother funds law study with a contrived ruse
An acquaintance recounts how Madame Gambetta, desiring her son Leon to study law in Paris, arranged a scheme. She saved a bag of sae and prepared a trunk at the stage coach office, guiding him to slip away to pursue legal studies while he remained loyal to the family business.
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Gambetta
Paris
Leon
Cahors
Emile Menier
Noisiel
Madame Gambetta
England's Unrest and the World Economy Examined
E V Toussey reflects from London on urban vastness and social turmoil, contrasting England's land ownership with rising industrial power in the United States. He warns of growing unrest, wage reliance, and impending political change driving Britain toward a new social order.
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E. V. Toussey
Minneapolis Tribune
London
England
Porn
United States
Perpetual Motion of a London Magazine Tale
A London publisher recounts Brentwood's Lady's Magazine once thriving in London. A rich grocer bought it, refused to pay authors, and chose to reprint old issues. The magazine declined after revenue and subscribers faded, ending with the grocer editor and his death.
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Detroit Free Press
London
Brentwood’s
Lady's Magazine
Rip van Winkle
Actors as Church-Goers New York Letter
A New York letter argues actors are generally not churchgoers though few on stage are seen in worship. It notes Little Church Around the Corner attracts few actors, Catholics attend more often than Episcopalians, and overall attendance remains small despite a growing profession.
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New York
Houghton
Episcopal Church
Croffut
Chicago
Hill
Knickerbocker Club
Newmarket
Oil patent from Russia to curb rivals eyed by Nobel Brothers
From Baku comes word that Nobel Brothers have bought M Ditmar de Swede’s discovery to solidify kerosene into candle like wax then revert to liquid. They have invested in railway tank cars and cistern steamers to ship oil and protect their undertakings from rivals. They claim to undercut kerosene prices across Europe.
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Chicago News
Baku
Russia
M. Ditmar
Nobel Brothers
Europe
Yankee Peeps at Old World Pranks Then Claims United States Ahead
An Englishman tells tales of crossing oceans and visiting Lucerne and Rome while Yankee Sam Brown from the east endures tricks in a catacomb. The prank ends with the Yankee waking to joke that the United States leads, prophesying triumph with a boastful quip.
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Sam Brown
Ekil
Podunk
Rome
Old Oaken Bucket and Other Songs Remembered
A Cincinnati Enquirer recounts origins of famous songs. It cites Woodworth inspiring The Old Oaken Bucket in 1817 New York with a glass of water, Morris sparing a family oak for Woodman, Spare That Tree, and Foster’s Old Folks at Home among best sellers. It notes Kathleen Mavourneen sales, Bonny Doon Napoleon’s favored tune, and Annie Laurie and related romances.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Woodworth
New York City
Woodman
George P. Morris
Morris
Foster
New York
Kathleen Mavourneen
Crouch
Britain
St Helena
Victoria
Annie Laurie
Douglass
Laurie
Ferguson
Iron watch on show to prove malleability of iron
At a Worcestershire fair Crowther Brothers & Co displayed an iron watch in perfect running order. The device demonstrates iron’s malleability and its potential for domestic uses. Thin iron plates allow weight reduction and elegant form, amenable to electroplating and enameling.
Diamonds of Mrs. Astor Crown New York Society
The Chicago Herald notes Mrs. John Jacob Astor owns the largest and finest diamonds in New York and perhaps America. The gems are famed for size brilliancy and the years of labor to collect match and shade. They are worn rarely and guarded by detectives escorting her to and from residences. At home the jewels are kept in a safe built to resist theft only by knocking down part of the house.
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Chicago Herald
John Jacob Astor
New York
America
Washington Letters on Mount Vernon Farms and Records
Unpublished Washington letters to William Pearce from Philadelphia discuss farm management at Mount Vernon. They cover stock, tools, weekly reports, weather notes, and strict oversight of field work, with instructions to publish a full collection of 118 letters.
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Magazine of American History
Washington
Long Island Historical Society
Philadelphia
William Pearce
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
Potomac
Ruth
Hannah
Pegg
Prison reform and the use of force in corrections
The piece argues prisoners should work for self discipline but condemns brutal methods as used by contractors. It cites testimony of inhumane paddling, neglect, and abuse in Spanish style prisons and urges reform. It stresses superintendent oversight, humane treatment, and good behavior incentives to reduce brutality and restore prisoners to freedom.
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Assembly Committee
Joe
Leong Island Negroes described by Prentice Mulford
In a San Francisco Chronicle piece, Prentice Mulford recalls extreme east end Long Island villages with semi Indian and Negro settlements. He notes fishing and clam digging lifestyles, domestic work patterns, independence, and shifting social standing from boyhood influence to adulthood among local Black youths.
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Leong Island
Prentice Mulford
San Francisco Chronicle
Long Island
Swift sea message balloons intrigue Sweden Norway envoy
A Bordeaux vice consul describes using small colored balloons as message carriers for sea travel. The balloons, costing a shilling a dozen, are inflated and released with a letter inside. A trial off Dover led to the letter being posted in Dover two hours later by an unknown hand.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Gunderson
Sweden
Norway
Bordeaux
Dover
Scientific American patent filings and grants 1882 summary
The year 1882 saw 1 522 applications related to patents with 30 270 for inventions 945 for designs and 304 for reissues. Patents granted and certificates issued totaled 20 51 percent? Six thousand and ninety nine patents issued while 1 791 were withheld or non payment of final fee. Any coward can fight a battle when he is sure of winning it but give me the man who has the pluck a fight when he is not sure of winning.
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George W. Cable
Congress
New Orleans
Floridas
Executive Department
Laussat
Louisiana
Messrs
Livingston
Monroe
France
Bonaparte
United States
Gulf of Mexico
St. Cloud
Marbois
Talleyrand
London
Cabildo
Casa Oatra
Spain
Lanssat
Claiborne and
Wilkinson
Place d’Armes
Stara and Stripes
New Ileans
ana _ gems
Enit
Tne R
Great Britain
England
America
Genus Prospector
Scientific American
Jingo
Cheyenne
West Side
Aldsmith
Muldoon
Aquare
Elijah
Quote on mute people and speaking well of self
A reflective line questions how many would be mute if forbidden to praise themselves and denounce others, implying restraint in what one says about oneself and rivals.
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Congress
Federal City
Washington
Mount Vernon
Georgie L. Heath
Black Cultural Dialect Poem Preview of Rural Life
A fragmented dialect piece portrays rural scenes and reactions of Black individuals to farming, weather, and daily tasks. It evokes vivid rural images such as overseers, crops, honey bees, and livestock with rhythmic colloquial lines. The voice hints at social context and everyday labor in a southern setting.
Passage Across The Shore In Quiet Reflection
A reflective verse reflects on the sea and wind as the speaker imagines crossing to shore. The owner of the thought notes world indifference to personal journeys and the sea remains a distant, indifferent witness.
Pauvre Rachel: Rise and Fall of a French Star
The piece traces Rachel’s rise from a poor upbringing in Paris to fame on stage at fifteen, wealth by eighteen, and marriage to public adulation, followed by moral decline, illness, and an early grave. It notes her devotion to art, her father’s greed, and her own lament of a life sacrificed for fame.
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Paris
Rachel
London
Duke of Wellington
The Pretty Widow in New York Theatre Romance
A New York correspondent describes a striking lemon and lily blonde widow of eighteen plus a fortune. At Madison Square Theatre she entertains suitors, jokes about a glass eye, and ends by losing a vain admirer after a witty exchange about tears and fire.
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New York
Madison Square Theatre
Ang
Stage Driver Peremptory Orders Endanger Passengers
A San Francisco Post correspondent recalls a mountain stage ride where driver Yome demanded closed doors. A rock near a cliff caused the door to jam and the coach teetered before the party, after which every passenger tied the door shut with handkerchiefs to reach Calistoga.
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Rockies
Sierras
Jehu
San Francisco Post
Mountains
Yomese
Foss
Torspkeak
Sumamnanelin
Calistoga
Bet on a Blow Turns Bold Feud into A Rugged Tale
The Boston Traveler relays a tale about Congressman-elect Tom Ochiltree and the pugilist Mace. Ochiltree, betting a basket of wine, struck Mace on the nose and, before he could apologize, a bartender’s sudden interruption sparked victory for the story’s dramatic flair.
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Tom” Ochiltree
Boston
Mace
St. Charles
New Orleans
Ochiltree
Iltree
Boston Transcript
Felton
New York & New England
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Dolphy
Tom Ochiltree
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Harper's” Bazar
Portugal
Opera House
Peck’s Sun
Young Men’s Benevolent Two
Sun
Joaquin Miller
Longfellow
Cleveland Herald
Miller
Sardou
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Fulton and Jefferson Markets
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Equitable
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Five Forks
G. K. Warren
Fifth Corps
Sheridan
Phil
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Peck
Luan
Mack
Buffalo Express
Georgia
Ireland
St Louis Post-Dispatch
John PB
Sally
McNeals
Bally
Mealin
Mua
Tom Tain
Igen
Maxwell's Stable
Mullally
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Hevey
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