Sights and Gossip From Atlanta's Arrogant City
London correspondent Sala visits Atlanta and describes the Markham House hotel, cold climate, and peopled streets with a mix of observation and satire. He recalls two shaggy strangers in the lobby, muses on moonshiners and Ku Klux lore, and shares a humorous tale about a missing Julius letters debate between two inebriated friends.
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George Augustus Sala
London Telegraph
South
Atlanta
New York World
Sheerness
New Orleans
Markham House
United States of America
Georgia
Augusta
Clan Alpine
Rhoderick Dhu
Birmingham
Stratford-on- Avon
Savannah
Appleton
DEUTSCH THE NIHILIST CAREER ENDS IN ST PETERSBURG
A famed Nihilist leader Leo Deutsch killed himself in a St. Petersburg house after surrounding police halted his escape. He had long been linked to major plots including attempts to assassinate the czar and bombings. His associates included Stefanovitch Bochanovsky and others. Deutsch had connections to The Commencement and Land and Liberty and allied networks in Geneva and Berlin.
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Leo Deutsch
Saffer Street
St. Petersburg
Deutsch
Russia
Odessa
Stefanogitech
Geneva
Berlin
Stefanovitch
Bochanovsky
Kieff University
Tchegeria
Deutse
Monsiks
Pasants
Nicolaef
Ychoubaroif
Wittemerg
Moscow
General Drenteln
Leon Mirsky
Mimes
Siberia
The
Commencement
Zewlya A Volya
Land and Liberty
Vera Sassouliien
General Trepois
Cetewayo in Captivity Recognizes an Old Friend
London Daily News reports Cetewayo in captivity recalls a trader friend who glimpsed the king from a road below the Uhland tower. The king’s cordial exchange ends when the visitor is ordered away, highlighting a human moment amid royal drama.
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Cetewayo
London Daily News
Uhland
Cevenaye
Johnny
Jack
Altamont
Altamousy
On the Corner How Professionals Work Upon the Charitable
A Boston street scene piece exposes professional beggars posing as the truly needy. A man on Tremont near Temple tells a sad tale of wife and five children, then moves to Lincoln Street where neighbors note his comfortable home life. A persistent Jewish youth and an elderly actress on Winter Street also blend stories with fake hardship. The article argues that impostors skew charity away from genuine cases, urging aid only through proper channels while condemning harsh skepticism toward all beggars.
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Andalasia
America
Bordeaux
Interior States
New York
Great Republic
New Orleans
Crescent
Chicago
San Francisco
Tremont Street
Temple Place
Lincoln Street
Crystal Palace
Wade
Providence
Winter Street
Rascal
Highlands
Summer
Washington Streets
Pitts Street
Crystal Spa
Shawmut Avenue
Sud
RATTLESNAKE PETE The Strange Haunt of a Pennsylvania Snake Charmer
An aged storyteller known as Rattlesnake Pete recalls a life of wild encounters with snakes and bears in Pennsylvania near Enginna, the Blue Mountains, and Sussex County. He details berry picking with rattlers, family deaths, and a training of serpents including a multi-rattle specimen, claiming to use a trained snake as a night watch and to live off skins and fishing, while preferring solitude and avoiding attention.
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Pennsylvania
Enginna
New York Times
Blue Mountains
Sussex County
Jersey
Benea
Wal
Sussex
Marlborough Farmer Surprises World by Sleeping After Eleven Years
Thomas McElrath of Marlborough New York lived nearly twelve years without sleep while tending berries and working daily. Despite offers from doctors and patent medicine vendors he remained wakeful until Friday night of last week when he finally slept for the first time in over eleven years. Since then he has slept each night and awakens refreshed, ending a remarkable, unexplained phenomenon.
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Marlborough
N.Y
Thomas McElrath
McElrath
United States
Canadas
San Francisco
Mcklrath
Thomas
McHlrath
Mekhata
Irene
Philosophy of Handwriting Sees Famous Hands Scrutinized
Abstracts of Don Kelix de Salamanca’s sketches on autographs surveys handwriting as a window to character. Notable figures such as Matthew Arnold, Lord Beaconsfield, Confederate leaders, Darwin, Gautier, Poe and Whitman are described with caustic, vivid judgments on their penmanship.
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England
Don Kelix de Salamanca
Salamanca
Matthew Arnold
Lord Beaconsfield
Neral Beauregard
Johnston
Rosa Bonheur
John Bright
Robert Browning
Epitaph of G Rankin Atheist Scholar at Kensal Green
A London letter recounts a Kensal Green obelisk for G Rankin M A D P h late E L C and J P who died in 1880 and was friend to Leigh Hunt and Barry Cornwall. Rankin opposed priestcraft and atheism in life and sought a Latin epitaph dismissing revealed religion but was unable to secure a cemetery.
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M. D. Conway
London
Cincinnati Commercial
Kensal Green Cemetery
G. ©. Rankin
M.A
Ci Devant J.P
E.L.C
Inner Temple
Esquire
Rankin
Regent Street
Carrera Marble Works
Jeresy
Mr. Davis
Leigh Hunt
Barry Cornwall
Vanderbilt's Progeny Reveals Family Secrets and Fortune
A New York letter from the St Louis Republican recalls Cornelius Vanderbilt's memories of Horace Greeley, his mother’s pivotal support, and his father’s ascent from a small sum to a vast fortune. He describes family tensions, suicidality rumors, and the crucial role of his mother's saved money in funding his father's steamboat venture.
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St. Louis Repubican
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William
Horace Greeley
William H
Greeley
Mother
New Brunswick
Vanderbilt
Father
Dilke protests Cabul executions in France letter
Sir Charles Dilke M P replies from France to a Chelsea meeting's protest against prisoners of war being hanged at Cabul. He notes a Reuters denial but doubts it covers eighty November executions and urges Parliament attention.
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Charles Dilke
Cabul
Chelsea
France
Ainst
Charasiah
Reuters
Ouanes W. Dites
Daisy the Gift and Odd Recollections in One Page
A fragment from The Sunday Globe recalls a motherless child named Daisy cherished as a priceless gift. The page weaves in light pieces on fashion, humorous tales, and a sea wreck poem, plus anecdotes on Lord Beaconsfield, wry matrimony quips, and onion party mischief in Rockland with a kiss game gone awry.
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Sunday Globe
Li Wiecou
Daisy
Postcard circuit delays prompt new postmaster circular
The Postmaster General issued a circular instructing postmasters not to forward postal cards requesting rapid forwarding around the world. The practice, begun as a global relay, proved a nuisance, taking 83 to 108 days to complete one circuit across the earth.
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Ostmaster-General
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