Life in the Alps Adventures and Dangers of Glaciers
Professor John Tyndall recounts thirty summers in the Swiss mountains. He describes avalanches crevasses and falling stones, dangers of sleeping on perilous slopes, and the use of ropes for safety. He recalls a dramatic rescue attempt and reflects on montagne hazards with Alpine Club rope practices.
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John Tyndall
England
Alps
Italy
Alpine Club
Matterhorn
Jungfrau
Switzerand
Simpsons Pass
Monte Leone
Rhone
Two Glad Souls After a Fourth at Petersburg Fair
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls two young lovers returning home from a Fourth of July outing at Peter ville. They recount lemonade, rhubarb pie, vanilla ice cream, soda water, and a merry go round as parts of a day of simple pleasures and faded high spirits.
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Detroit
Henry
Oii
The Calm Telegraph Girl in New York Star
A humorous profile of a quick and caring telegraph operator in the New York Star. The piece jokes about her attentiveness and occasional sharp wit, imagining how she would handle telegrams and romances while noting her enduring energy and likely future marriage.
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New York Star
Russia
England
Mayor Hewitt
Buffalo Bill
Angry Tree and Bell-Wind Weeds Tilt Nevada Prairies
The article notes the Angry tree native to Australia in Nevada that oils and quills when disturbed, emitting a rattlesnake odor and taking an hour to recover. It also describes a bell shaped weed in Arkansas valley whose 1 to 6 foot bells snap loose and roll across prairies, sometimes mistaken for bisons by distant hunters.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Nevada
Australia
Arkansas Valley
Girls and Marriages in a Buffalo Express column
A humorous Buffalo Express piece argues that girls under 20 do not plan marriage as a business, noting they marry out of love when young, while the idea of marriage as a calculated business arises later as they reach their early thirties.
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Buffalo Express
Hee
Umbrella mix up delays a social visit in town
Mrs. Gorham Ware borrows an umbrella from Miss Korton during a hurried social call. A planned shower threatens dress spots and flooding the plan as the umbrella is to be returned after the rain.
Off for Saratoga in sunny summer plan
A New York Sun item notes a caller informing Bobby that he will spend the summer at Saratoga. Uncle James promises chores feeding ducks and chickens, watering duties with Dobbin, hunting hens eggs, and barn play.
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New York Sun
Bobby
Saratoga
James
Tights and Padding in Burlesque Era Stage Costumes
Readers learn from leading queens of comic opera about wearing tights, padding, and their effects on performance. They discuss costs, maintenance, health, and ethics, with personal anecdotes on first experiences and comfort levels in tights on stage.
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New York World
Rosiva Vokes
Pauline Hall
Hans Wagner
Gabriel
Vernona Jarbeau
Puck
Star Theatre
Earth
Belle Urquharty
The Bookkeeper's Reverie In Emerald Meadows Dream
A bookkeeper sinks into a vivid daydream of emerald meadows, a silver brook, rippling clover, and a willow girl. He recalls a past romance in Daisytown, imagines adding figures with ink, and drifts between work and a carefree paradise as he plans a return visit and a whimsical bout with a bank note.
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CR. E. M
Ike
Jay
Dasytown
Daisytown
Aurdt
Cowboy’s dog rejects new clothes in New Orleans tale
A Arizona cattle man, William Wilson, arrives with Nugget the dog in New Orleans. Nugget, housed with a canine aficionado, rejects a fashion shift to silk hat and cane, bowing mournfully at the change. Wilson dons cowboy attire again, and Nugget greets him with wild joy.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Arizona
William Wilson
Sartor Resurtus
Carlyle
Mr. Wilson
Nasget
Wilson
Nuswet
Tricks of the Trade. Detroit Free Press column tale
An elderly shopper admires pink gauze covered peaches at a market stall and buys them. Back home she reveals the fruit turned sour and green, lamenting how she wished a magic cosmetic could improve life as much as the peaches’ appearance.
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Detroit Free Press
Mickey Finns Rattler Saves Life Then Flees
On Cooney Island a rattlesnake in the Finn shanty yard threatens Mrs Finn while Mickey Finn and friend Jack Doolan exchange a berry for a firecracker. Mickey arms the snake with a fired cracker, killing it and startling Mrs Finn who chases him as the tale ends with the boy’s escape.
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New York
Cooney Island
Lindsley
Old Point
Mike Finn
Mike Clancy
Mike
Molly
Aix
Farenis
Ceed
Mrs. Finn
Mickey Finn
Devil's Lake
Old Point Road
Jack Doolan
Dolan
Little Mike
Doolan
Doodlan
Mickey
Mrs. Inn
Old Pont Road Chase Through the Mead
A fragment describes little Mike fleeing down the Old Pont road chased by his irate mother as bees buzz and hens cluck in a sunlit meadow. The line about devilish powder adds a rustic, playful tone to the rural scene.
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Pont Road
Mike
Hints to Newspaper Correspondents from The Epoch
A satirical guide advises writers to fill space with grandiloquence, ignore quality, and submit repeatedly. It mocks editors and suggests sending to mismatched journals, delaying replies, and pressuring editors with relentless submissions.
What to Say to New Babies Time Piece
Zenas Dane in Time offers a guide of phrases for visitors meeting a newborn. It lists complimentary lines praising appearance and charm such as bright eyed, etc and cautions that honesty may offend. The piece notes kissing is optional based on comfort and baby's age.
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Zenas Dane
Discipline on a Man-of-War Michigan Sailor Hoists Tobacco
A Chicago sailor aboard the U S S Michigan tried to dump an exhausted quid overboard but failed. An officer ordered the crew to rig a hawser gun tackle and, using a silk thread, looped the quid and hoisted it off the deck after 11 hours of effort. The CO believes no more quids will be thrown aboard soon.
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Iran
United States
Michigan
Chicago
The
Whencesas Fashions Come
A Philadelphia Times item notes fashion lore from Trouville where a French duchess arriving late wore one white and one black glove. Her maid prepared two glove pairs and a strand of hair ornaments, leading to a trend: at the next fashionable Trouville gathering all ladies wore mismatched gloves on each hand.
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Philadelphia Times
Trouville
Trouvile
One More Disappointment in a Boss-Worker Exchange
A Nebraska State Journal item recalls a employer expressing trust to William after three years of faithful service. He assigns William to work late, until 11 oclock every night, to handle the books for two months, and says he fears leaving him alone in the office but has great confidence in him.
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Homeletic Monthly
Puck
Theo
Scientific American
Science
Ork
Nebraska State Journal
William
Wiliam
Say, Master, Do You Want Any More Lands Down Here
A countryman, six feet tall in shirt sleeves and boots with a whip, asks the station-house keeper if he wants more lands. The keeper asks what he can do. The man answers he can “vertice a little” but the policeman declines, saying they don’t want any more hands.
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Lena Melville
Folly Theatre
London
Lydia Thompson
Don
Perlice
Atlanta Constitution
M'Ster
Mr. Bowser
Green's
Davis
Providence
Hard on the Poor
A Chicago Tribune tale portrays a young wife giving her husband’s gown to a hungry tramp. She offers clothes from the wardrobe while admitting they have little to eat. The tramp examines the elaborate dressing gown and departs, puzzled by his unexpected charity.
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Chicago Tribune
Good Both Ways. Miss Bunker and Browning Dialog
Miss Bunker comments on Browning as Penelope reads. Miss Waldo praises the verse as divine. Miss Bunker questions whether the subject is more charming backward or forward and discusses his appeal.
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Miss Bunker
Browning
Penelope
Waldo
Mr Bowser Proves Will Power Over Headache Crisis
A lighthearted tale shows Mrs Bowser fending off her husband's headache with a show of willpower. He scoffs at her illness, then suffers a night of drastic remedies using mustard plasters onions and house chaos to test her resolve. He survives and applauds mind over muscle, warning against further headaches.
The Rights of Women by J G Holland
The speaker expresses firm belief in women as pure unselfish and essential to humanity. He argues women lead in life, cannot stray far from their current sphere without loss of virtue, and would fight for their rights though preferring them to remain mild in voice rather than loud or aggressive.
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J. G. Holland
New York Millionaire Builds Top Floor Suite in Equitable Building
A New York millionaire funds a high rise project atop the Equitable Building, rising over 200 feet above sea level. Access is via gilded iron stairs to a three-room suite including parlor and dining room.
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Philadelphia Times
New York Millionnaire
Equitable
BRIC A BRAC AND Ballad Snippets From Harper's Bazar
A collage of verse and prose fragments from Harper's Bazar and other papers. Includes dialogue about love and dislike, humorous songs about misperceived affection, and nostalgic poetry about seasons and nature. A mix of light verse, sentimental pieces, and mock dramatic scenes.
Winter Romance On A Frosty Night
A quiet winter scene unfolds as two lovers share a wistful, tender moment by a frost rimed window and warm hearth. They exchange glances and gentle whispers, finding solace in each other’s closeness and the blissful silence that confirms their affection.
Persephone and the Lover Embrace Memory and Loss
Anon narrates Persephone and The Lover in a dialogue on release from memory. Persephone urges eating and letting longing end as seasons pass in peace while The Lover declines the pomegranate and mystic wave, fearing sorrow if memory endures or fades yet vows not to forget.
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Persephone
The First Kiss in Dreamlike Vision
The speaker, reflecting on a dreamlike kiss, asks if heaven and the beloved exist only as dreams. He imagines dew gleaming furze and distant banks as holy, fiery tones, sensing the beloved’s breath and a body transformed to spirit by her touch, while Morning’s choristers rise.
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Theodore Watts
London
Athenæum
Roving hearts and veiled love in verse and song
A compendium of verse on roaming love and wary hearts. It blends lines about a roving suitor who seeks freedom, a poetical reflection on love’s costs, and a speaker who masks true feeling behind performances. The piece contrasts eager romance with guarded vanity and the idea that true affection lies beyond appearances.
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Professor Tyndall
Sean
Laurence Oliphant
Oliphant
Maine
Queens of Comic Opera
Elysian Fields
Whencsa
MR. and
Mrs. Bowser
Mrs. B
Baby
Mother’s
Bath
Harper’s Bazar
Charles
Miss Jones
Binghamton Republican
Stentor
Journal of Education
Agnes
Ethel
Ms Black
B. K. Munkittrick
D. A. Foster
Hades
Anon
New York Telegram
Tie
Samuel Minturn Peck
Times-Democrat
Lancern
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