The Woman's Hour and Boston Temperance Work
A feature summary on proper street salutations and etiquette for men toward women with quotes from Ruskin, plus guidance on tobacco and cleanliness. It then covers the Boston Women's Christian Temperance Union annual report, its activities across Massachusetts, outreach to schools and German communities, and calls for broader volunteer effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Chautauqua
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Boston
Odd Fellows
Davis Street
Baptist Bethel
Hanover Street
Institute Fair
Women of the Union
Scollay Square
Boys’ Union
Eafier
Pretty Baby Dresses and Cribwear Fashion Fads
A Washington street dealer displays a baby dress of fine lawn with pale yellow sarah silk slip, trimmed with Valenciennes and edged with insertion. The piece is fastened at the throat and opens in front. Small children wear white Angora hats with swan’s down bands. The article calls for reform in infant attire and argues to abolish the cotton binder and reduce flannel bindings to protect infant health, suggesting a simpler, safer wrap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Sarah
Valenciennes
Harper’s Bazar
Cleaning and restoration tips from old homecare notes
The article offers practical guidance on washing red table linen with tepid water and borax, removing rust from steel using oil and caustic soda with opodeldoc, and restoring elasticity to dried rubber rings on fruit cans. It compiles multiple household maintenance tips in a single domestic advisory.
Winter in California observed by the San Francisco Bulletin
The article notes early frosts in California outside the Atlantic States, describing frosted sidewalks and sparkling landscapes. It contrasts evergreen conifers with colorful but scarce autumn foliage, mentions the first rains, reduced birdsong, and the unusual behavior of bees amid a bustling urban economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Bulletin
Atlantic States
Hudson
Spain
Salt Ocean
San Francisco
Making Wax Beauties An Art in Which Muscle Serves in Place of Genius
The New York Sun outlines wax figure production used by milliners. Italian artisans and workers in Vienna and London shape lifelike heads from plaster and wax, pouring, cooling, and detailing with glass eyes, hair, and delicate makeup. Figures cost 75 to 100 dollars retail, up to 120 with full dress. care includes regular touch ups to prevent fading or melting in display windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Paul de Spotte
Paris
Vienna
London
Berlin
Mary Anderson
Mary
Wild Duck Drowned in Oyster Struggle at Local Dock
In Corpus Christi a rough rescue tale unfolds as a large wintering wild duck attacked an open oyster. The oyster clamped the duck’s bill, dragging the trio of oysters underwater and drowning the bird. The buoyant carcass drifted to the dock where it was captured with the oyster still attached to its beak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi Caller
Knights of Hassan Ben Sabbah El Homairi Exposed in New York
The World details the Knights of Hassan Ben Sabbah El Homairi, a shadowy sect tied to Irish nationalist violence. A survivor recounts the January 23 attack on Captain Thomas A. Phelan, the layout of Rossa’s office, and the ritualistic, telegraphed structure of the order with grim ceremonies and oaths alluding to past assassinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the World
Thomas A. Phelan
Kansas City
O'Donovan Rossa
Phelan
Cavendish
Burke
Phoenix Park
Dublin
Tom
Short
Kearney
Rossa
Ee City Journal
Ireland
Weehawken
West
Washington
1825
Devoe
Union Hill
Jim McDermott
Mr. West
Scotland Yard
Knights of
Hassan Ben Sabbah el Homairi
Six Whales Captured Off Southampton Coast
Long Island fishermen report six whales captured along the Southampton to Amagansett coast in a fever of activity. Two cows and a calf were brought ashore after a perilous chase, with crews from East Hampton and Amagansett sharing profits. Oil and bone from the captures are expected to yield about $4000, as whaling camps mobilize and towns along the coast watch for more leviathans.
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Southampton
L. L
East Montauk
East Hampton
Amagansett
Candy to Cover Crime. Pittsburg Chronicle style
A fragment from a Pittsburg Chronicle item features Mr Jarphly praising a wife as heaven’s gift and guiding moral inspiration. Mrs Jarphly quips Jeremiah will soon confess his wickedness, remarking there is no delay in hearing of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Jermaaiaue
Porty Niner and Liquor in Early San Francisco
A Nantucket captain recounts voyage around Cape Horn to San Francisco in 1849 50 aboard the Mary and Emma and Foede. He details winds currents scarce supplies and the crowded harbor with early street life prices for liquor apples and tobacco and the first wharfed ships marking San Francisco’s growth.
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Mary
Emma
Cape Horn
D. G. Patterson
Nantucket
San Francisco
J. Miller Cranston
Straits of Magellan
Straits
London
Cape
Plum Duff
Bay of Good Success
Strait of Samar
Terra del Fuego Islands
Perents
Joseph Nickerson
Takuhana
Lincoln Point
Happy Valley
Giant Labrador Ocean Terminal Railway Scheme
Toronto reports a Canadian Pacific plan to build a 800 mile Quebec to Labrador rail line linking to European steamers. The route would slash Atlantic travel to three days with one day offshore. If funded by the government, a Saguenay suspension bridge could enable a year round rail and sea link from New York or Boston to Liverpool via Labrador.
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Toronto
Canadian Pacific Railway
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Labrador
Europe
America
Newfoundland
Liverpool
New York
Boston
Lake Superior
Labrador Coast
Sagueney
Barker's American Checker Player issued in 1886
Charles F Barker announces Barker's American Checker Player a 179 page cloth bound volume with 22 openings 634 variations and 35 critical positions contributed by Wardwell Lyman and others. Price 1 in bills or currency post paid. Order to Charles F Barker Cambridgeport Mass. Includes free copies for three orders. Position 1156 1157 noted.
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Barker
Messrs. Wardwell
Lyman
Charles F. Barker
Checkers Notes on Wyllie Down Under and Global Matches
Solution of Position No 1155 by Isaiah Barker reviews Wyllie's Westerly ratings and Scotland return. It notes Australian New Zealand engagement with Dunedin event and scores between Robinson Downs Webster Gardner and others, plus a Syracuse drubbing and Turf matches.
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Charlies F Barker
Cambridgeport
Charles F
Isaiah Barker
Mass
Checker News
Wyllie
Scotland
Australia
New Zealand
Dunedin
N. Z
Messrs
Downs and Webster
Buffalo
Mesars. Robinson
Albany
Gardner
Troy
Robinson
Webster
Syracuse
Webster Webster
Downs
Philadelphia
Fe W. Estill
Hutchinson, Ky
J. P. McNeill
Mobile
Ala
Torrington Triplets: Grant Brothers Born 1821 in Torrington
Three Grant brothers Matthew A William A and Daniel A born September 23 1821 in Torrington Litchfield Co Conn. They grew to rocketed sizes with Matthew 6 ft 8 in 160 lb William and Daniel 5 ft 11 in 137 lb. All stayed in Torrington area with farming and a mechanic among them. Their uncle Miles Grant the Advent preacher and distant link to U S Grant are noted. They did not actively help end the rebellion though two brothers furnished substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin Castle
Wediaal-kirbal
Ordia
Refik
Ireland
Order of
Hassan da
Rube
Cape Horn
Cape
Pacific
Talcahana
San Francisco
Talcuhana
Talahana
Nor
Catain
Norwest
Matthew
William
Daniel
Wuhillam
Miles Grant
Strange Statue of Washington Draws Laughs and Awe
A Cleveland Leader piece recounts the 1840 marble statue of George Washington by Horatio Greenough. It charts its long voyage from Italy to Washington, the eight years of sculpting, the 12 ton weight, oxen, ship delays, and the awkward final placement in the Capitol rotunda, noting the mounting costs and ongoing ridicule contrasted with its historic heft.
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Cleveland
George Washington
Capitol
Allen G. Thurman
Congress
Andrew Jackson
Horatio Greenough
Florence
Italy
America
Genoa
Washington
Greenough
Washington Navy Yard
Henry A. Wise
Navy Yard
Rotunda
Wakehela
Capitol Plateau
English View Sees American Straw Goods Outpacing Home Industry
An English trade journal quotes a Trader who investigated U S straw goods makers, finding Massachusetts dominates the trade and that American workers are better educated with higher dignity in labor. The piece argues English factories lag in effort and taste, suggesting American methods could revolutionize English production if adopted. It concludes that American excellence contrasts with England, with notable cross Atlantic lessons.
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America
United States
Massachusetts
England
George Street
New York
Luton
Waltham Watch
Clerkenwell Green
The Sublime and the Ridiculous at Home School
A Pittsburg Chronicle item from Ancora New Jersey describes the Home School as a progressive reform group. The piece mocks a bloomer style uniform worn by men women and children, noting its absurd yet striking appearance on clothes lines.
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Pittsburg
Ancora
N. J
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Jances Harper
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Bands For Babies
Hints Fork Housewives
California
Golden Gate
New England
Hassan Ben
Hossa
Joyce
Rocky Mountain
O’brien
Dlood
Kearny
Mr. Short
Stfort
Henene
Cisy
Miss Phelan
Captain Phelan
Chambers Street
Brooklyn
Erie
Oak Cliff
Hudson River
Sackville West
Connecticut
William H. Barnum
Housatonic Railroad Company
Groompitere
Hassan
Econ
Soem
Sarsflela
Emmet
Plunket
Joe Brady
O'Donnell
Long Island
Bprroz
Loston
Houghton Street
Chess and Checker Players
Pemberton Square
Geake
Tae
Angelica
Otto Heller
Chicago
Ill
J. H. Harrison
Win. Forsyth
Somerville
Halifax
Maas
M. C. Priest
Penn
Priest
Clasgow
Fife
New York Providence
C. H. Freeman
A. Schaefer
M. D. Freeman
Rane
Bristol
Love
Ayr
Will | Draww
iChecker
Torrington
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