Avis the foundling bride at The Laurels of love
Avis vanishes amid family pressures but is later revealed as Roy Livingstone’s beloved. A long search ends with Avis found in the care of Rose Brandon and Mrs Grey, identified as the long lost daughter of a fisherwoman. Roy’s mother consents to their union, and Avis becomes a bride at The Laurels finally restored to happiness.
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Ship Building In Delaware Lacks Prosperity For Year
The Delaware ship industry, known as the Clyde of America, shows weak results. Eight to ten firms produced 24 wood vessels totaling about 11 000 tons, and 83 iron vessels totaling 55 530 tons, using 27 000 tons of iron and steel. First half of 1883 topped both 1882 and 1884 in output. Cramp & Sons built nine vessels and 28 000 plus horsepower. John Roach six ships. Goringses built sixteen with seven aimed at ocean commerce. Pusey & Jones four iron side wheel steamers and one Mexican government propeller. The slack work leaves about 20 000 men out of work in Philadelphia, Chester, and Wilmington.
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Playgoers Missed Bosworth Field Endings in Night’s Comedy
Burlington Free Press notes a humorous last act moment as the audience waited through Richard III until the janitor cut the gas. The spoof ending saw Bosworth Field’s clash conclude both the play and the scene in a single breathless beat.
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How a Cincinnati Chief Coerced a Confession
The Cincinnati Enquirer details Chief Ruffin’s controversial methods used to solve a heavy robbery. After failing to yield, a suspect was coerced via a staged ride and hanging threat, leading to full confession. Six gang members were captured, sentenced 10 to 15 years, and all stolen goods recovered.
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Connecticut Centenarians Highlight Slow Vitality Aging Gracefully
Frederick H Nash identifies over six thousand residents aged eighty and above in Connecticut from the 1880 census estimate of 622,700, detailing 651 above ninety and 129 over a hundred. Brief sketches cover Mrs Nancy Coley, Mrs Elsie Chittenden, Mrs Bridget Farley, and William Hamilton, noting longevity linked to habits like snuff, abstinence, or moderate drinking. The piece notes a mix of ages, deaths, and a late-night dance by Farley at 103, then reports election results: Cleveland 67,199. Blaine 65,923. St John 2305. Butler 1688.
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Alaska forests supply world with timber wealth, says Sitka Cor
Alaska's forests cover islands and mainland with pine spruce fir and hemlock. Douglas Island hosts the only active sawmill though no timber has yet been shipped. Timber is suitable for fuel and building, with rich spruce and valuable bark for tanning, indicating practically inexhaustible wealth for the territory.
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Blaine and Logan Exchange Courtly Greeting on Pennsylvania Ave
Washington correspondence reports the first meeting between Blaine and Logan. Blaine rode in a carriage while Logan walked from the senate. They spotted each other, Blaine raised his hat, Logan asked How are you Burchard The two shook hands warmly as onlookers witnessed the cordial greeting. The scene drew curiosity among republicans and was noted as a Blaine expense.
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Tiny Lafayette perfume bottle linked to Erie couple
An Erie, Pennsylvania woman keeps a seven inch perfume bottle once owned by General Lafayette. On Lafayette's last visit he left the cork and perfume with a thread tying, which the couple preserved as a memento in the bottle.
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Rum Plot and Whaling Voyage End in San Francisco
The 1881 Boston shipowner H G C Roberts outfitted the 395 ton bark Emma G Harriman for whaling. Rum left aboard led to a three year pleasure cruise under Capt Martin, captured by Capt Holmes at St Thomas, then sold for 10000 dollars and refitted under Capt Hamilton. The vessel returned to San Francisco with a fine catch, while prohibition advances spread in Louisiana Mississippi and Texas via local option votes.
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Free trade urged as safeguards for Europe and America
The Philadelphia Record argues protectionism in England France and Germany harms markets and raises living costs. It notes England’s repeal of the corn laws benefits farmers and bread buyers, French protectionism risks hurting workers, and that free trade is in the best interest of both the United States and Europe.
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Florida Alligator Hunters Tape Record Lethal Week
In a Florida neighborhood two youths killed 50 alligators in seven days. They hunt after dark with a bull's-eye lantern a double barreled shotgun a hatchet and a kayak like boat. The paddler retrieves the alligator as the bow hunter shoots from close range and the hatchet splits the skull. One hunter cites a 18% foot specimen while his father reportedly killed a 174 foot long monster on the St Johns River and sold the head to a museum for 65 dollars.
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Ice Harvest Hints at Big Kennebec Season
Lewiston Journal reports growing talk of a strong ice harvest on the Kennebec with last season’s crop sold out and prices ranging from 50 cents to a dollar. If New York’s crop is cold or warm, laborers could earn from 2 to 5 dollars daily with late shifts bringing even higher pay during the Kennebec craze.
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Local agitation in the south
The New Orleans Times-Democrat reports a two year temperance wave across northern and southern Louisiana. Prohibition measures have been put to a popular vote in over 20 cases, with most losing by slim margins after heated campaigns, Sabine parish cited as an example of a close contest.
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Washington Galety and Madame Bonaparte's Daughter Social Pace
Washington society holds a brisk season through February with daily receptions and teas. The retirement of Miss Edgar, daughter of Mme Bonaparte, to a Georgetown convent is noted, alongside the Bonapartes' prominent social position and French-style household on K Street.
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Portraits and essays in December Magazine of American History
The December issue features Daniel Webster on the frontispiece with portraits of Fremont Douglas Breckinridge McClellan OConor Greeley Tilden Hancock. It includes Barrows on Significant Beginnings Out West, Dimitry on Zamba’s Plot, Cutler on Tom the Tinker in History, Ingle on Colonial County Government in Virginia, Johnson on Historic Portraits Washingtons, Hall on Maj Gen John Maunsell, Waterbury extracts, and Norton on Political Americanisms.
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Loyal Dog Bess Remembered For Devotion And Sagacity
A humane obituary recounts Bess the dog, aged thirteen, famed for canine sagacity and affection. She toured with her master as his sole companion, guarded him during illness, predicted his return by clock time, and after his death her owner left money in trust for her care.
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The New Nail Reading fad Baffles Pall Mall Gazette
The Pall Mall Gazette reviews a budding chiromancy trend that links fingernail shapes to character traits. Long slender nails imply imagination and laziness, while short gnawed nails suggest silliness and dissipation. other shapes allegedly signal prudence, anger, virtue, or hypocrisy.
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Why American Ladies Keep Small Handbags in Paris
The Paris Gazette asks why American women tote diminutive bags while shopping or promenading in Paris. A promenade encounter on the Champs Elysees leads a Parisian to question American society, mistaking a manicure attendant for a high‑ranking lady due to the handbag and social perceptions.
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Mortons Paris Legation Social Star of Franco American Ties
The article praises Levi P. Morton for turning the American legation in Paris into a center of hospitality and cross national ties. It catalogues grand dinners with French ministers and diplomats, notes Morton’s public service roles, and references his planned return home amid a new Democratic administration. It contrasts his constructive diplomacy with broader calls for reform in the U.S. diplomatic service.
Hewitt Advocate for Free Raw Materials on Tariff
Mr. Abram S. Hewitt writes in favor of adding carpet and clothing wools to the free list. He argues raw materials raised costs, hindering American manufacturing and exports. He asserts protection for labor and capital requires freeing raw inputs used in export goods and domestic products. He warns taxing materials cripples industry.
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Windsor parcel office fire fuels sensational claims
A Windsor railway station parcel office fire on a Saturday burned briefly then was put out. Reports describe another small station fire as a non damaging incident later blamed on an American. Amid ashes, brass wheels and a bottle said to hold explosive substance were found, with no crew identified for the mysterious device.
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Notorious Fraud Tangles a Bankrupt Merchant
A prominent merchant facing bankruptcy is accused of forgery and perjury to cover a $13,000 loan to his brother in law. Evidence includes a dated printed note with lithograph margins showing the paper was made a year later. The tale also recalls two telegrams from an actor sent to a dramatic agent, one of which damaged a wife with a false claim of fatal injury.
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Paris Winter Suffering Warned by Paris Correspondent
A Paris correspondent reports looming hardship in Paris and rural France. He cites hunger among workers, distillation mills thriving, and widespread idleness. He notes farmers pay a third of their produce in taxes under free trade since 1860, with high transport costs for wheat compared to American shipping.
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Polemos war game shown as military chess in London
In London at the United Service Gazette offices a new war game named Polemos was demonstrated. The tabletop setup uses a two by one mile marked grid with lead pieces representing each arm of service. Players, including two or more, have equal numbers of pieces and reserves. Rivers bridges hills and forests can be added to simulate real battle conditions. The moves are simple enough for young officers, yet the combinations can become intricate for field officers.
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Megapod Birds Build Vast Sand Mounds in Moluccas
The Megapodias or megapodius nest in scrubby seashore jungles of the Moluccas. Small birds with strong feet push and throw debris into huge mounds thirty feet across and six to eight feet high. Eggs lie two to three feet deep and hatch from heat produced by fermenting plant matter.
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City sledding nuisance on Boston sidewalks
A Boston reader asks the Editor if a law bans sledding and coasting on city sidewalks and streets. He criticizes police inaction and notes sledders occupying sidewalks from Long Wharf to Charlestown Bridge, endangering pedestrians and warning to watch for verbal orders to move. Letter dated December 25.
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Corn Kernel in Nose Becomes Germinating Lesson
A three year old boy at a university hospital had a corn kernel embedded in a nasal polypus. Dr Agnew removed the kernel with forceps, revealing a germinated grain after moisture and warmth. The incident is linked to the phrase frozen facts and contrasted with praise for inquiry and discovery.
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