Age of Dress and the New York Fashion Debate
In 1889 New York fashion criticism rants about men’s dress from Prince Albert styles to russet shoes and silk sashes. The author praises refined London influence, condemns seaside garb, and urges practical, clean attire over flashy trends. He notes the rise of silk shirts and striped jackets but cautions against city excess.
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London
America
New York City
United States
Broadway
England
York City
Lobb and
Thomas
Peale
Oxford Street
New York
Democratic
Atantic
Bar Harbor
Cape May
Hamburg
Confederate Diary of a Kentucky Volunteer in Civil War Trail
A diary finds a young Kentucky volunteer in Confederate cavalry ranks detailing ten days of marches and engagements around Kingston, London, Mount Vernon, and Crab Orchard. It notes captures of wagons and mules, loot in towns, brutal fighting losses, and a loyal servant guiding Federal prisoners toward Confederate lines, all amid vivid camp life and early battles.
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Richmond
Kentucky
Kingston
Monticello
Wartburg
Montgomery
Somerset
Zollicoffer
Ee 4
Pus
London
Mckiley
Lieut
Killstain
Boyle
Moose Hunting in Maine Prompts Open Month Debate
In Maine, locals note moose bring substantial revenue and that hopeful hunters spend large sums without success. A change to allow September as an open month is urged, citing rare but thrilling calling experiences such as a hunter’s train of thought as a moose approaches water, and a tale of spending $150 for the experience.
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Forest
Streat
Maine
Justin
The Mole and the Eagle by Burdette
A short fable where a Mole asks why an Eagle gazes at the sky and the Eagle answers that it is a soar spot. The tale mocks simple riddles and urges readiness to dive into the bomb proof while polishing a closing sentence.
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King of Birds
Which Was the Selfish One
A Lowell Citizen column fragment quotes a morning quarrel where a husband laments the rain hindering a walk and references riding in a horse cafe while a neighbor notes the garden will be lavishly watered by the deluge. The tone hints at domestic humor and weather as a character.
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Lowell
Babies Get the Pins Merchant Traveller exchange
A fragment from a Merchant Traveller exchange discusses pins with a comic undertone. The dialogue asks where pins go and notes a curious, unresolved observation about common knowledge, implying a humorous aside rather than a full story.
Reform Fashion Sparks Footloose Debate in San Francisco
Mrs Miller and Miss Jenness urged skirts be dropped for legless attire, sparking a climate of experimentation as women adopt reform garments. The writer notes men feel overbearing but acknowledges women gaining ease of movement and a firmer grip on public life.
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San Francisco
Earth
Japan’s Press Growth Surges With 575 Publications
Stationer and Printer notes that Japan now hosts 575 dailies and weeklies. It is only 18 years since the first newspaper was permitted to publish, signaling rapid expansion of print media.
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Japan
German language weekly guides Asia market readers
A German language monthly edited by Rin aro, a doctor of medicine trained in Germany, aims to spread German literature among Japanese readers. The editor does not discourage English study, viewing English as the commerce language for Asia, Australia, and North America.
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Rinaro
Germany
Asia
Australia
America
Georgia's gigantic watermelon patch described
Atlanta Constitution reports J. J. Griffin visiting a vast watermelon patch owned by Phillips Melon Company. He notes a two mile long lane of vines, laborers moving vines for wagon access, melons weighing 36 to 60 pounds, with 1200 cars expected to carry the fruit. Company predicts strong profits exceeding sixty thousand dollars on 800 acres.
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Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
J. J. Griffin
Phillips Melon Company
Hadhrat Hadji Saba Aged 130 in Haddatha
Pall Mall Gazette notes the death of Hadji Soliman Saba an old Turk in Haddatha at 130. He reportedly had seven wives 60 sons and nine daughters all deceased. Prior to death he wished to remarry but funds failed. He lived as a farmer subsisting on berley bread beans and water eating meat only on high festivals. His simple clothes included a shirt and trousers and his bed a mattress and straw mat. The piece remarks on vegetarian habits and austere living with no illness until three days before death.
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Hank
London
Mount Vernon
Crab Orchard
Cra Orchard
Daylig
Lexington
Richmond
Buckner Guard
Buckner Guards
7Th Benticey Regiment
Col. Metca'i
Napoleon
DeArmound
Ben
Haddatha
Hadji Soliman Saba
Mrs Grants Eyes A Tender Grant Legend Of Love
The New York Graphic recounts a touching tale of Mrs Grant seeking eye surgery to straighten her cross eyes. Gen Grant, moved by her devotion, asks her not to change them, saying he loves them as they are and fears they would cast Sears if altered. The account casts Grant as a chivalrous hero in a domestic vignette.
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New York Graphic
Grant
Denmark
White House
America
Julia
Sears
Launcelot
Romeo
Appomattox
Must Bathe in Mourning in Fashionable Widows
New York World notes strict mourning rules for fashionable widows dictate full black attire, even at sea. The article recalls a widow of O'Donnell of Ultimore who wore black to the beach, prompting interest and launching a nationwide custom of somber bathing dress rules governed by rigid etiquette.
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New York World
O'Donnell
Ultimore
Two Tears from a Woman's Right Eye Tale
A San Francisco Chronicle summer scene follows a stream of droplets, each a personified drop with varied fates. Two sad drops drift apart as they approach the sea, confessing they are the fear and heartbreak of a woman regarding her betrayed lover, amid a broader parable of joy and sorrow.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Pete
Eider
Poreya
Antone
No Further Need of the Lamp Washington Letter
Beyond Kate's mountain a colored congregation held shouting services in a small meeting-house lit by a single lamp. A youth confessed every crime and sin with florid rhetoric, driving the audience toward upheaval until a voice cried to put out the lamp. The confessor then collapsed in the tense moment.
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Washington
Kate’s Mountain
Commodities Report from Nostroy Market Listing Butter to Coffee
The Nostroy market notes weak butter demand with heavy receipts and slow sales. oleomargarine quiet with ample supplies. Cheese is dull, eggs and beans mixed. fruit and vegetables tilting toward overstock, while coffee remains steady amid fair stock.
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IuriStac
Franklin Co
Mass
Dee& Dairy
N. Y
N.Y
Ihe
Western Daly
Port Washington
Liverpool
New York Extra
Vermont
Ohio
P. E
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Wendo
Cape
New Hampshire
Michigan
Byass
New York
Bermuda
Southern
Florida
Prices of Western Cattle and Livestock Arrivals Weekly
Arrivals at Brighton and Watertown for the week ending Friday July 19 1889 show Western cattle 3483 Eastern 56 Northern 182 total 3620. Stock totals include Western sheep and lambs 14600 Northern 677 Eastern 0 total 15277 swine 18519 veals 1336 horses 481. Beef cattle dressed weight prices from 4.00 to 25.50 per hundred pounds. Hides and tallow prices listed: Brighton hides and tallow 4 to 6 cents each. country 6 to 8 cents.
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Brighton
Watertown
Quotations of Staple Products in New York Markets
In leading markets quotations for staple goods show cotton prices by grade with Upland and Gulf varieties and middling ranges. Flour market activity is reported with receipts and exports, prices for city mills and standard grades, and overall dull, generally easy sales conditions.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
City Mills
Exclusive Scoop Wins the Race for News
An ambitious Chicago Herald editor seizes a headline by orchestrating a cross city scoop. He hires a tug and chartered transport to outrun rivals, delivering an emigrant ship sighting to Philadelphia first. The elaborate scheme costs a hefty sum, but the paper and editor celebrate the victory.
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Chicago Herald
New York
Philadelphia
Thearge
Junker
Eee
Lar
Imsel
Iso
Rankford
Re- Higa
Locomotive’s Pleading Cry Moves Des Moines Engineer
A Des Moines Leader piece describes a small town railroad roundhouse alight with a midnight blaze. A lone watchman summons locals as flames engulf locomotives, water-filled boilers hiss, and a mournful whistle from a besieged engine seems to plead for rescue, touching the engineer deeply.
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Des Moines
New piano arrangements from Oliver Ditson list
Oliver Ditson & Co publish popular arrangements from the latest comic opera Hunting for Pack by J von Suppe and the lively galop Carnival sabel 30 and 60 cent titles stir. The catalog includes two part songs Noon tile Heat is Long Passed Over and a mezzo soprano baritone piece 60 cents. Also offerings for soprano and tenor 60 cents and soprano solo Tiolio ligato with power notes.
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Oliver Ditson & Co
J. von Suppe
Stella
A. G. Thomas
Goethe
Leach
H. E. Gangs
Alutaris Hestia
The Berry Season and Market Prices Tour
A market visit at 16 Boylston street details abundant fruit and vegetable arrivals. Corn, peaches from Georgia, watermelons, cantaloupes, berries and apples fill shelves with prices ranging from 5 to 60 cents per unit. Beef, lamb, poultry and fish offer a wide price spread as season shifts.
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Tucker & Koak
Boylston Street
Georgia
California
Watermetowa
Checkers Promotions and Publications from Edwin A Durgin
Edwin A Durgin promotes the New England chess and checker rooms in Boston and offers a long list of draughts and checkers books, supplements, and related items for sale postpaid including titles by Schaefer, Kelley's, Baker, Reed, Spayth, Gould, Strickland, Lyman, and Smith and Barker. Subscriptions and accessories for recording positions and problems are also available.
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Edwin A. Durgin
Bostor
Boston
Mass
New England
Washington Street
Schaefer & Kelley
Baker and Reed
Alma
Spayth
Sweet
Gould
Anderson Ae
Yates
James Wyllie
Strickland
The
America Review
Robertson
Lyman
Frazer
MS. Books
Smith and Barker
Correction on a Whilter by Dr Brown
By Dr Brown. Correcting a Whilter came in January. Glasgow Herald notes White and Black players in a game preview with implied results and team focus.
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Dr. Brown
Janvier Anderson
Glasgow Herald
White
Draughts Match in Melbourne and Shaw Trophy Hopes
Great activity fills South Australian draughts circles as the Australasian notes the Shaw trophy contest gathering interest with promising entries. Melbourne matches set precedents for Christ church club preliminaries, while R Boswell of Christchurch defeated Dunedin’s Boyd in a close clash. Wrigh and Parrow pursue a titled association match, aiming to break previous drawn results with plans for an origina play exhibit.
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South Australia
Australasian
Mel- Fie
H. W. Kay
W. Tonkin
Christchurch
Black caps price quar t as read in village exchange
Elder Berry asks Deacon Sanders about black cap pricing while Deacon offers 12 cents per quart and debates measurement standards. Elder Pyop confirms, Deacon Sanders notes a need to charge 36 cents for a full measure, reflecting a local market exchange.
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Berry
Sanders
Pyop
Anders— Wall
Puck West Point Echoes Old Orders and Daring Banter
A fragmented item recalls a wartime banter between officers or cadets. A speaker questions a subordinate about obedience while invoking a nod with a father figure, hinting at military discipline and camaraderie in a nostalgic, terse scene.
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Puck
West Point
Dher
Willis
Usually They Sit On Customers
Unsigned gag notes a chaotic scene with muddled lines and stray phrases about customers, a tired baker, and a walk-in visitor. The fragment preserves period vibe and odd word pairs, suggesting a comic panel caption or cartoon caption from a newspaper page.
Premiums on Hand with The Weekly Globe offers
Premiums on hand available with The Weekly Globe at set prices. List includes combination offers with Gift items: Knitting and Crochet vol 1.40, Needle Work 1.40, Music Box 12.00, Globe Mandolin 8.60, Singer Sewing Machine 13.00, Fountain Pen 8.00, and Cloth books like How to, United States History 1.50, Natural History Cyclopedia 1.50, Standard Dictionary 2.00, plus five years of The Weekly Globe and Worcester Unabridged Dictionary 1000h. Address conspicuously noted.
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Globe
Weekly Globe and Ropp
Globe and Book
Globe and Dictionary
Globe and Needle
Morris
Ng Obe Bas Caskhagtee Neal
Weekly Globe
S.sesseenneees
Worcester
United States
Agees
Natural History Cyclopedia
Nova Oui
Standard
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