Is Waltzing Immoral A Woman's Look 1889
A Mrs Frank Leslie column weighs morality of waltzing. She surveys belief, history, and living opinions from women and men, noting purity, caution, and social pressures. The piece argues the shield of virtue has two sides and urges respect for women yet warns of hidden risks in dance parings.
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Silenus
Bacchus
Bacchantes
Africa
Spain
Lefora
West Indies
Spanish America
Paris
Vienna
London
New York
Birdie
Madame
Allen
Charlie
Puss
Thel
Zoe
Ethel
Young-Jones
Mae
Development of the Navy Through American Shipbuilding History
A historical survey traces American naval growth from Block’s 1614 yacht to the Civil War era. It highlights early colonial vessels, the Lexington of the Sea, the emergence of regular cruisers, the frigate era, and the shift to ironclads after the Monitor and Merrimac, noting key ships and policy moves across centuries.
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United States
Hudson
Adrian Block
New England
Boston
Salem
New Netherlands
New Haven
Rhode Island
United Colonies
Sound
Cambridge
Canary Islands
Piscatama
America
Charleston
Machiasle
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Margaretta
Shine
Conwas
Lee
Marblehead
Congress
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Washington
Raleigh
Hancock
Warren
Virginia
Trumbull
Efineham
Provinence
Delaware
Randolph
Montgomery
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Algerine
Constitution
Merica
Chesapeake
Constellation
Navy Department
Benjamin Stoddard
Jefferson
Lake Ontario
Great Lakes
Algiers
Naval Forces of
Lambridge
Gibraltar
Board of Navy Commissioners
Secretary of the Navy
Acitons
Monitor
Merrimac
Paradox on morality and innocence in fairy tale speculation
A fragmented meditation questions whether Waltzing is moral. It argues immorality can arise from moral people through innocence, while purity is not a shield against corrupting influence. Mas. Fraxx Luscre.
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Cinderelle
Ambitious youth seeks Chicago paper editorial post
Fond sister urges rest while an ambitious youth prepares for a Chicago paper by night. He studies rhetoric history of Athens and English models, hoping thorough prep will secure his first article. A Chicago editor assigns him a desk to write a stirring piece on Freights on Hogs and Hog Products.
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Philadelphia
Harry
Spm
Chicago
Athens
Quicksands of Nebraska Prompt Widespread Slippage
The Quicksands of Nebraska describe sand along the Platte river in which mica and small rock fragments are washed smooth by water. The smooth, slimy particles slip and rearrange under weight, allowing objects to sink to a solid base, unlike angular sand that compacts under pressure.
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Nebraska
St. Louis
Townsend's Letter and Edison Portrait from New York
Townsend reflects on Pullman and Union Car Company deals, Edison’s genius, and railroad finance. He catalogs investors, reformers, and legal battles shaping industry, praising Edison’s method, vision, and endurance amid scrutiny, while noting wartime and literary safeguards guiding American innovation.
Skunk Industry Grows as Business Venture in Michigan
Grand Rapids resident Joseph Lininger runs a local skunk farm with 50 animals, claiming skunks are profitable for fur and oil. He notes easy breeding, multiple litters, and minimal odor unless disturbed, with potential to reach 500 animals soon.
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Grand Rapids Democrat
Huntington Herald
Joseph Lininger
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ir. Lininger
Dan. R. Ide
Comfort in the Garden Health Regained and Sorrow Soothed
Three acquaintances regain health through garden work in Vicks Magazine. A wealthy woman, ailing for years, finds renewed vitality amid lawn and flowers. A lonely mover to a new home tends plants daily, gaining happiness and strength. A bereaved woman consoles herself by tending a garden, finding exercise and purpose.
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Vick’s
Skating Mapton in London Punch Satirizes Cold Weather
In London Punch a joking note says a skating mapton would be deeply unsatisfactory in extreme cold since the course would melt away in the first heat, mocking fragile frost humor and urban wit.
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London Punch
Currents of Commerce In Fair Movement of Trade
Bradstreet sees moderate general trade with pockets of improvement in Kansas City dry goods boots and shoes lumber and hardware. Chicago St Louis St Joseph Boston and New York report varied activity while overall tone is somewhat disappointing with dullness in several lines and uneven prices. Demand for autumn contracts grows as leather and lumber show some strength.
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Bradstreet
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Panthera
St. Joseph
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Detroit
Galveston
New York City
Rumors of Cats on Pig Iron The Distributing Trade Fair
The iron trade remains quiet with steady prices and modest demand. Southern iron commands about 18 to 18.50 for No. 1 and 17 to 17.50 for No. 2 while Western iron sees price cuts rumored to hit Boston. Builders and machinists show steady activity. steel rails demand weak. scrap and old rails fetch limited prices.
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New England
Boston
Trade Market Report Shows Mixed Textile Demand
A quiet trade with few standout features and strong prints. Print cloths are sold out with higher prices and no stock on hand, while brown and bleached cottons weaken. Colored goods stay quiet at old prices, ginghams sold ahead, wools and wools blends in demand, carpets moving well, and New England clothing trade remaining quiet though West orders offer cautious optimism.
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New England
Quotations of Staple Products at New York and St Louis Markets
Prices and receipts for flour corn oats and other staples across New York Chicago and St Louis show mixed activity. No. 2 red and white wheat range around 1.05 dollars and 0.94 dollars respectively while corn advances toward 0.45 a bushel. oats rise to about 0.33. Reports note firm rye dull barley and steady sugar molasses and coffee with pork and lard varying by market. Receipts list extensive flour wheat corn oats barley and rye volumes across regions.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Uee
Straits
Sonora
Minnesota
Michigan
Louis and
Gatent
Boston Markets Butter Cheese Eggs and Groceries News
Boston markets report steadier butter prices with fair demand and quiet oleo. Cheese shows little change. eggs trend down with rising activity. Beans, apples, and grapes in stock with firm to steady prices. Meat, fish, seeds, tobacco, and wool quotations listed with extensive items and regional varieties.
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Bostes
Franklin Co
Mass
Fort Washington
New York
Vermont
Giese
Ohlo
Nearby
Cape
Astern
Aroostook
New Hampshire
Michigan
Ned Kidness
Malagas
Jersey
Russia
Arrivals of Livestock at Brighton and Watertown Week End Feb 1 1889
Arrivals show totals for week ending Friday Feb 1 1889: Western cattle 1748 Eastern cattle 184 Northern cattle 838 total 2214. Western sheep and lambs 6490 Eastern sheep and lambs 2390. Swine 24 095. Horses 28. Beef cattle prices per dressed weight range 4.00 to 6.50, first quality 5.75 to 8.75, poorer grades 3.60 to 4.00. Skins and hides values listed for Brighton including lambskins and heifers.
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Brighton
Watertown
Thern Shee
Weiss
Datryskina
oNwortskin
Poor Bidden to the Wedding Feast at Drexel’s Walnut Street Home
Wilmington News reports a remarkable incident at the Drexel wedding where servants and Panes people from nearby streets were invited to a lavish feast after the banquet. The episode surprised guests who dressed their best to glimpse the bride and her costume, then accepted the unexpected royal hospitality.
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Wilmington
Drexel
Walnut Street
Fen
Patent North Pole Stove Ad Panic Ends in Caution
In the New York Weekly a dealer explains that a house warming stove advertised as coal saving proved dangerous. Buyers reported high coal use, then a fatal accident with one stove followed by dynamite bombs on steps. The firm stopped selling them.
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New York Weekly
Maiden Lady of 43 Reflects on Vanishing Valentines
Harper's Khazar notes a 43 year old maiden lady lamenting that valentines are no longer sent. She spends the day waiting in vain for the postman, expressing regret about changing fashions in affection.
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Harper's Khazar
Edwin A Durgin Chess and Checkers Department Listings
A Boston mail listing for Edwin A. Durgin door 5220, offering chess and checkers literature. Includes prices for Schaefer & Kelly's Paisley to Barker's American Checker Player, subs for American Checker Review, and blank diagram supplies. Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and all are welcome.
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Edwin A. Durgin
Boston
Mass
New England
Washington Street
Sweet
Barker
Martins
McCulloch
Gould
Anderson and
R. D. Yates
James Wyllie
Strickland
Checker
Position No 1416 by John T Hennigan
Black, White to play and win a sound move for white. Not a winning move for black. Leading to an invincible white win in several variations. W. wins in multiple lines with specific move sequences and outcomes.
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John T. Hennigan
Groton
Mass
Barker Wins Final After Tight International Match
The article chronicles Barker’s decisive win in the international match, outmaneuvering Smith on the weaker side and taking two wins to none in the series. It notes Barker’s refined defense, the Bristol and Denny openings, and contrasts with Smith’s missed opportunities, while referencing future challenges and proposed Glasgow matchups and ongoing debates over restricted openings and exhibition bets.
Fourth Day Play in Edinburgh Chess Match Ends In Draw
The ninth game Thursday forenoon opened oddly with Smith as the 61st player. Barker replied 22.18, Smith switched to 6.9, gaining a strong line. After about 90 minutes Barker was pressed for time and Smith’s position sharpened, but three hours of play produced no decisive result and the game was drawn.
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Kelso
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Durgin
Grover
Glasgow Herald
C. F. Barker
America
William Bryden
Glasgow
Pione
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Toyland
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Atake
Bryden
F. Barker
Isaiah
Spennymoor
le Iron Company
Siemens
Leeds
W. Campbell
Illie Gardner
Willie Gardner
Mr. Fer
Gardner
White
Nowledire Panach
Ney
Willie
Frank Dunne
The
Leeds Mercury
Rogue
Liverpool
Edinburgh
Sm‘th Sain
Letter to Eny Cmont Lyer in Buffalo
A Buffalo post office received a peculiar letter addressed to Eny Cmont Lyer from Illinois. A letter carrier misread the term lyer as liar, but the recipient revealed it meant lawyer, clearing up the mix up at Counsellor's office.
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Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Buffalo
Eny Cmont Lyer
N.Y
Sara
Il Nois
Joy That Doth Not Beget Joy
A Somerville Journal item notes a man who hums at work may seem cheerful but irritates neighbors, suggesting a clash between private mood and public harmony. The short observation highlights social tolerance issues and personal conduct in daily life.
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Somerville Journal
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