The Flower Trade and Florist Arts in Boston Society
The essay discusses flowers as a sign of higher culture and how Boston supports floristry through horticultural societies, blooming varieties, and rising demand. It notes how prices shift with seasons and occasions, the growth of bedding plants, methods of propagation, and the florist as an artisan who designs meaningful tributes. It highlights regional competition, supply chains, and a thriving perfume industry linked to floral wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris
Solomon
Boston
Ewarken
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Marshall P. Wilder
Gemach
Grand Army
Gorist
New York
Nash
Wal
Towers
Bronze and porcelain goods from Hiogo Osaka in 1378 report
A London Globe summary of Consul Flowers notes Japanese bronze ware and porcelain from Hiogo and Osaka retain high reputations abroad. The bronze casting uses rudimentary wood molds, wax patterns, clay ovens, and hand powered bellows, producing rough-molded pieces finished by rough workers, carvers, and vinegar washes before sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Globe
Harry Parkes
Hiogo
Osaka
Foreign Office
Flowers
Confederate Coin of the Confederate States of America
Dr B F Taylor, secretary of the state health board, holds one of four half dollar pieces minted for the Confederate government. The coin, designed when the U S dies were destroyed, bears Liberty with thirteen stars and the year 1801 on the reverse, and a shield with seven stars on the obverse. The piece was issued briefly but the project was abandoned due to lack of bullion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
B. F. Taylor
Board of Health
Taylor
Montgomery
United States
Biddle
University of Louisiana
Ames
Liberty
Confederate States of America
Fead the Cat Notice Confuses Troy Workmen
A Troy Times item recounts a miswritten notice posted at a local factory. Tom, the only worker who admits to reading, explains he intended Cal to have two U s in the word Fead the cat, prompting humor as colleagues question the spelling and meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Times
Troy
P. S
Fead
Tom
Yom
Queen of Italy praised for jewelry at Teano ball
A Rome letter to the Philadelphia Telegraph notes a lady complimenting Queen Jeanne of Italy on her necklace and dress at Teano. The queen responds about liking her jewels and attire, while reflecting on happiness and youth with fashion and dancing as a path to a mellower old age.
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Rome
Philadelphia
Italy
Haye
Henri Quatre
Sue
Kernshaw
Wen
Letter to editor disputes cattle deaths in transit
J d Package of Crawford House Boston writes to The Glove editor denying frequent cattle deaths during transit. He wagers $100 that no year saw 100,000 cattle or animals die in passage, challenging Mr Angell's statement and offering the funds to Gloucester relief.
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Angell
Gloucester Relief Fund
J.d. Package
Crawford House
Boston
Mrs Perkins Story and a Gossiping Letter From 1879 Boston
A fragmented 1879 correspondence from Abigail Perkins describes daily care for her ailing father, family gossip, and humorous asides about gifts and social status. The narrative shifts to Parson Dodge’s early history with two love interests, La Grange and Alice Wilton, detailing heartbreak, rumor, and a cleric’s disillusionment amid village gossip.
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Johnny Barker
Dodd
Alon
Johnony
Reuben
Melvina
Father
Abigail Perkins
Massachusetts
Aigail Perkins
Hee
Parson Dodge
la Grange
Dodge
What followed the arrest in La Grange jail
The young minister and Sheriff transport the suspect to the village jail where he sits silent and unmoved. The jailer reports the arrest for the murder of Alice Wilton as the prisoner remains a stoic automaton. The narrator breaks off, citing housework and daily duties, hinting at unfinished story and fatigue.
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Boston
Mplyina
Elijah
Archanee Methuseleh
Melvina
Dodge
David
Eliza
Jane
Frank la Grange
Linselt
Ue Sume
Sill
Alice Wilton
la Grange
Sam Bolton
Betsey
Astine
Marrige
Frank
Young la Grange
Coud
Parson Vodse
Jennie Chase
Alice
Parson Dodge Ao
Jersey City Journal
John Mendle
Monticello Avenue
Mary Mendile
Herman Seiger
August Kolf
Kate Siebert
Kate
Seigel
Rolf
Mary
Sergei
Herman
Mr. Mendle
Miss Mary
National Horoscope by a Positivist Predictor
A New York Graphic column presents a 1870 US forecast by a noted skeptic author, predicting prosperity, metal mining interest, Wall Street failures, export-import shifts, a national bank, civil service expansion, possible foreign war, a new motor aiding air travel, and curbs on personal liberties. The seer disavows supernatural influences, basing claims on tendencies and natural law.
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New York Graphic
United States
Atlantic
Wall Street
Juan Sherman
Republican Party
Great Britain
France
Jefferson
Tey
Gore
Ple
Jackson
Stanton
Butler
Seward
Pacific Railroads
Comical Assembly of Spring Verse at New York Office
A New York newspaper staff drafts a spring poem idol from disjointed lines. The editor orders a verse from each writer, creating quirky couplets about winter to summer, lawyers, sports, and South Side humor, amid late night newsroom revelry and a playful letter-reading scene.
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New York
Blue-Glass
Beer Halle
Fifth Avenue
Cepy
Force
South Side
The Man Milliner and the Parisian Manor He Built
London World profiles William Worth, the English fashion entrepreneur in Paris, detailing his grand estate near the Arc de l Etoile. The piece contrasts Worths French-influenced domestic style with his English roots, notes the family’s separate living spaces, and observes fashion politics amid the collapse of the empire. It highlights America as Worths key market and critiques French and American dress practices while describing wealthy society in postrevolution Paris.
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London World
Arc de l’Etoile
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
Paris
Worth
Seine
Lincolnshire
Napoleon
France
Hotel de Ville
Tuileries
Mme. de Maintenon
Henry IV
Mme. Worth
Ange
John Ball
Mme
de Mevernich
de Portaise
Europe
Commons
Republic
Clase
Republic of Grevy
America
United States
Mr. Worth
Lowe
Rue de la Paix
Sureanes
Strasburg
Bhalf
Suresnes
Valerein
Pelos
Empire
Boston's baggage mistress and the trunk smashing craze
Detroit Free Press reports Boston has a novel baggage department idea. In depots a baggage mistress appears as the trunk smashing problem grows. Experiments show reforming a confirmed baggage smasher is nearly impossible once trunks tempt their appetite.
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Detroit Free Press
Boston
The Village Sorceress of Litz Pennsylvania
A Sun correspondent profiles Hannah Hetherley a village sorceress who claims powerful charms for cattle children lovers crops and wealth. Farmers, young men, and townsfolk join in midnight gold digging guided by her cards and Hebrew Latin and German papers as authorities report a wave of credulity and growing resistance from wary locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raber's Mill
Cate
Ail Nawed
Entry Clerk's Greed and a Nation's Jousting Gazette Tale
A humorous verse retells a scheming entry clerk who loots a brokers firm, then a rash sea of misdeeds leads to loss and devout later life. The rest blends in scattered clippings: party brawls, umbrella virtue, a Dakota judge scene, and brief satirical vignettes from late 19th century reportage.
Baggage Mischief and Nighttime Trunk Revelry Told
A humorous tale describes a baggy smasher lifting a trunk in flight and shouting Chicago 8478 as the trunk crashes to resemble a breathless accordion. It notes baggage smashers sometimes reform only to return to theft, picturing a future where women handle trunks with care amid wild late night baggage revelry.
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Chicago
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Perkins
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Penn-avenue
Jim
Brudren
the Man
Bric-a
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Zalmon Sturges
Ann
Weston
Westport
Connecticut
Gir
Yellow Mill Bridge
Sound
Svery
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Global
Peti
Berg
Rts
Congress
Lowell
Albany Loan
Albany Journal
George Washinigwo
the Sweet Singer
Natchez
Yankton Press
Dakotian
Webster
Mr. Webster
Concord
N. H
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Jane Murphy
Ann Murphy
Tom Murphy
Terry Murphy
Pat Murphy
Denote Murphy
Peve Murphy
Paul Murphy
Bridget Murphy
Ny Murphy
Clarence Murphy
Cnorristown Herald
Iowa
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