Taste for Flowers in the City Window Trade
New York imitates London in window box plant display though climate limits year round bloom. Markets sell roses geraniums and coleus with wholesalers and grocers buying direct from florists. Horticultural auction rooms draw large buyers including private collectors and suburban gardeners. Mail sales spread plant culture nationwide while public parks lag in floral displays compared with Chicago and Philadelphia. Plants are said not to harm health, with thriving workers and plants as ventilation indicators.
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New York
London
England
Europe
Coleus
Great
Rene
Batticod
New Jersey
Long Island
Theifferent Express
Tostice Department
California
Nowers
Chicago
Philana
Boston
Albany
Allegheny City
Brooklyn
Lincoln
South
Central Park
Prospect Park
Authority over Pronunciation and a Georgia Rock Tale
The article cites Matthew Arnold's remark that London is the authority for English pronunciation. It notes Pickens County Georgia's post office named Talking Rock and explains the stone with the words Turn me over painted on its surface, with the under side bearing the instruction Now turn me back.
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Matthew Arnold
England
London
Arnold
Georgia
Chicago Journal
Pickens County
Elking Rock
Hold the Fort dispatch recalled by General Corse
A fragment recalls General John Corse who received Sherman’s famed order Hold the fort for I am coming in Altoona Georgia and notes Corse could be met in New York. The reminiscence ties Corse to Civil War era dispatches and Sherman’s march.
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Chicago Tribune
John Corse
Altoona
Sherman
New York
Song of the Pines
A reflective verse by Meellis V. Dudley laments lonely pines in Southern woods. The poem contemplates nature, time, and sages who found nature’s teachings clear, weaving a sad melodic mood throughout a wooded setting.
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Thoye Dim Agay
Remaining Confederate Cabinet Members and Current Fortunes
The article notes the fate of the 14 Confederate Cabinet members, listing survivors Davis Leagan Toombs Watts and Hunter. It details their current states, chiefly poverty or modest means, with Hunter the poorest and Reagan the most active and vigorous among the living.
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Washington
Reagan
Watts
Alabama
Avis
North Carolina
Hunter
Benjamin
Heagan
Texas
Virginia
Davis
Toombs
War
Navy
Mexico's Baal Guard Parade Praised In Clara Bridgeman Letter
Clara Bridgeman describes a Mexico City military parade as among the finest, with 12 000 to 15 000 troops. She hails the Rural Guard for its martial look and equipment, notes the superior Mexican cavalry, and highlights uniform details and superb horses.
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Clara Bridgeman
Mexico
Capitol
Pasco
Chapultepec
4Erdo
Savannah's Forest City charms with shade trees and broad streets
The Baltimore Herald reflects on Savannah noting sand in unpaved streets and dingy frame houses that improve higher in the city. It praises tree-lined avenues and public squares, calls Savannah a forest city, and describes brick residences with steep stairs, cellars, and domestic kitchens.
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Savannah
Baltimore Herald
Water Front
Broadway
Eutaw Place
Haltimore
Forest City
Mexican Dailies Adopt AP Telegraph News Service
All principal Mexican daily papers now use the New York Associated Press telegraphic news report. The collection notes discuss the value of journalism and a sentiment about sisterly love, with references to Helen Wilmans and themes of freedom and living.
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Mexico
Daily Telegraphic
New York Associated Press
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Song OF the Pines
Meellis
S ‘Baal Guard
Helen Wilmans
Ms . Time
Barnesville
Udn- Sells Bros
Frank H. Gardner
Senor
Don Jeronimo Bell
Mlle Adelaide Cardona
Great Stick
William Sells
Mlle Maretta
Herculean
Venus
Mildred Gardner
Diamond Brothers
Leslie Brothers
Donaldson Brothers
Mondua
Rahomath
Holy Job
America
Mahdi
Egypta
Afric
Ebon
Arabian Circus
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