Maxs Undersoul and the Fortunes of a German Refugee
A New York Sun summary of Carl Schurz revising his philosophical novel Maxs Undersoul. The work profiles Max Wurst, a Palatinate nobleman, imprisoned in Ragstadt, who through music and philosophy develops an undersoul. He escapes to Europe and America, influencing politics and diplomacy before becoming U S president, with the finale a triumphal flute aria at inauguration.
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Boston
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Max
Max Worst
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Baden
Prussia
Grand Duke of
Bagen
Ragstadt
Nuremberg
Mark Roy
Max Wurst
Lucretia
Germany
America
The
Rhine
Lisa
Strasburg
France
England
London
Ledru- Rollin
Karl Marx
Duchess of Dorsetshire
Viali
United States
Haggstadt
Lincoln
White House
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Abom
Trent
Great Britain
Whitehall Street
Palatinate
Weiltkuiturwissenschaft
Teuton
Anderson
Honore
Nevarts
Wurst
Capitol
Matax Wurst
Hawaiian robe called holuka wins fashion praise in San Francisco
The San Francisco Chronicle notes a modiste showed Queen Kapiolani a Hawaiian style robe called holuka. A one piece gown in velvet and satin features a deep yoke, long sleeves, jet embroidery, and crimson satin lining. Two matching purses accompany the outfit.
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Islands
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco
Kapiolani
Kaikaua
Sandwich Islands
Hawaiian Islands
South
New Orleans
Boston Doctor in Trouble Abroad Impeached in Milwaukee
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports Milwaukee county hospital superintendent Dr. Fred A. Marden has been impeached for allegedly violating a former inmate Miss Emily Meister Buck. An affidavit from the alleged victim supports the charge as she now resides in Chicago with her husband Buck. Marden, a Harvard and Long Island College Hospital graduate, moved to Milwaukee in 1876 and was elected hospital superintendent in 1877.
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Chicago
Inter-Ocean
Marden
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Boston
Mass
New York Paper Riffs On City Aesthetics Chief
A city paper mockingly profiles the chief of the aesthetics noting his wavy hair falls over slender shoulders and describing him as tall, or rather lug, fragile and willowy, hinting at his delicate frame and the softer vogue of the time.
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New York
City
Portrait of a discouraged gentleman in refined detail
The description portrays a man sensitive to any temperature shift and barely touches emotion. His tight knee pants, poised hand with a flower and a glove, a single glass obscuring one eye, and a frozen mouth convey a restrained, almost comical sadness and the exclamation aw.
Bernhardt's Studies A Lively Hotel Scene In Mobile
A Mobile hotel encounter shows Sarah Bernhardt testing her art in daily life. A bellboy frightened by her sudden acting is guided by the landlord to a cabinet as the star feigns threat and jealousy, finally triggering a dramatic chase with a porter and extinguisher. The incident ends with manager Abbey smoothing the matter while the landlord avoids the troupe.
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Siddons
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Venice
Sarah
Palace
Abbey
Arrival of Che Mah the Chinese Dwarf in New York
A National steamship Italy passenger, Che Mah from Ningpo China, 2 feet tall and famed for poker games with royalty, arrived in New York escorted by theatrical agent Maurice de Vries. He describes travel sickness, diet of ginger ale and lemonade, and fondness for card games with the Prince of Wales in London.
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National Steamship
Italy
Che-Mah
Maurice de Vries
Ningpo
China
Chang
Europe
America
Melica
London
Prince of Wales
Rugged Tunisian Tax System Draws Echo Critique
A London Echo correspondent portrays the Bey of Tunis subjects as wretched, noting rain as a rare solace and crops triggering raids by bare looted soldiery harvesting bread to cover unpaid taxes. The Tunisian army, described as rogues, has long pursued the regent’s taxes, leaving farmers with or without harvests facing robbery.
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London Echo
Tunis
Echo
Richmond machinist Walker survives extreme perils
A Richmond Virginia machinist named Walker endured a catalogue of injuries and close calls over years. He fell forty feet into scrap iron, was shot, struck by lightning, lost fingertips, faced a mad dog bite, cut with a bowie knife, nearly drowned twice, attacked with an axe, poisoned, injured by gears, and recently suffered a second nose fracture and a head wound from machinery failure.
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Richmond
Walker
A Firm That Pesters Its Blanking by the Taste
The New York World reports that Chartreuse houses employ tasters who roam restaurants worldwide seeking genuine cordial samples lest criminals cheat by inferior imitations. It notes champagne makers also combat fraud by employing English firms to monitor authenticity.
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New York World
Gondiga
Repairing Kidney Ailments with Warner's Cure
Statement from G W Stamm of Iowa dated May 26 1880 praises Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for kidney disease relief after two years of suffering. He reports the medicine removed pain and distress and left him feeling strong and well. The note ends noting satisfaction and recommendation to others. The text then shifts to mention the oil question being reopened with the introduction of St Jacobs Oil.
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Asia
Iowa
Warner
Liam
G. W. Stamm
How to Get a Testament Instruction for group orders
Prefer several subscribers combine orders and request shipment to one person for distribution. This speeds mailing and improves safety in sending the books.
CHECKERS BY CHARLES F BARKER 1881
Charles F Barker editor announces American Checker Player with twenty two openings and 534 variations plus 35 critical positions. Contributors Wardell and Lyman aid this 17 page cloth bound work priced at 75 cents postpaid. Orders to No 8 Houghton Street Cambridgeport Mass.
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Comosers
Messrs. Wardell and
Lyman
Charles F. Barker
Charles A Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
White to Move in Bristol Game Position
White to move and seek a draw. The prompt references a Bristol game below with note B, indicating a continuation or commentary related to the position. The fragment lacks concrete moves, players, or a date, but asserts White must move to force a draw and points to a supplied Bristol game continuation for note B.
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Bristol
Position No 840 solution in billiard play report
By Bert E Sanderson Black, solution of Position No 837 details a play between G D Bugbee and John Busby. Scores include 19.15 20.24 27.31 18.27 31 6 11 18 28 19 B wins.
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G. D. Bugbee
John Busby
Theo. W. Kimley
Greenford
Bes
Rae
Andrew Anderson
Kimley
A—Anderson
B—Anderson
Bristol
A. J. Heffner
Boston
Np Ee
Mr. Wyllie
Bowen
England Chess and Checker Rooms
Nov
Emberton Square
Bugbee
Charles F. Barker
Detroit
Answers to Correspondents Brightens Local Mail Box
Readers from Telluride Biddeford Sandwich and other places send notes to editors with thanks and inquiries. Contributors from Telluride J A S and Mountain City Wisconsin await game results and forthcoming publications while a few letters promise next week replies.
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Charles W. U
Telluride
Col
Fhaubrm
Biddeford
Sandwich
Goquenock
Conn
Monson
Mass
Chess and match notes with players from Boston to Vermont
A series of chess related items notes matches between Captain W H Broughton and William A Golden with stake of 50 aside and forty five games. mentions of trials with Colonel Gates Vermont champion and scores. English champion Mr Martins in Glasgow with 18 wins 1 loss 2 draws. Other results include Jewett Monson and Irwin visitors to report draws and wins at Springfield and local games. Janvier’s work to be in printers hands soon.
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William A. Golden
Captain Broughton
Broughton
Golden
Colonel Gates
Vermont
Maine
Martins
Glasgow
Scotland
C. L. Jewett
Monson
Mass
Springfield
Jewett
Allen
Boston Globe Editor’s War of Wagers on Checkers
A May 25 1881 Globe notice prints A J Heffner’s reply to Mr Bowen in a checker controversy. Heffner pledges a ten dollar wager and a possible refund to fund a noted Wyllie fund if Bowen accepts. Heffner insists Bowen respond with figures or words to a draw and rebuts Bowen’s published claims.
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Checker
The
Globe
Drar Sin
Boston
Checker Publie
Lowen
Bowen
Wyllie Fund
the Globe
Heffner
Mr. Woolhouse
Glour
Woolhouse
Owen
A. J. Heffner
Perils of Sleeping Cars Dangers for Lone Travelers
A polemic argues for separate sleeping cars by sex, recounting a man’s fearsome overnight journey from Omaha to Chicago. The tale details unsolicited advances, a grisly nightmare of a female passenger near his berth, and the broader anxiety of solitary male travelers facing threats from fellow passengers. The piece laments conductor indifference and the public demand for safety against prying eyes during night travel.
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Laramie
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Philadelphia
Omaha
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