Bar Rooms and Cafes of Yesterday and Today in New York
The piece traces New York drinking venues from plain bar rooms to ornate cafes, noting mixed liquor quality, varied clientele, and the rise of stylish establishments like Delmonico's, Astor House, and Hoffman House with grand interiors, widespread telegram service, and shifting social scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed & Stokes
Hoffman House
Iuseum
Liverty
Trin- Church
High Bridge
Delmonico’s
Astor House
Hoffman
Broadway
Eut
Saloons and social hubs reshape New York’s nightlife
A long, vivid portrait of late 19th century New York scenes describes the Hoffman House and rival salons along Broadway and Wall Street. The piece notes luxurious lobbies, telegraph and telephone reach, and a culture where daily drinking rises amid debates over licenses. It highlights prominent figures, managers, actors, and reporters flocking to elite venues from 10 to 2 each night, reflecting a city in transition between opulence and temperance tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Demonico
Wien Lowen & Macname
Trinity Church Yard
Equitable
Delgenice
Chambers Street
Broadway
Aponico
Astor House
Rotunda
Allen & Dam
Bng
Avoir Dupois
Fall River
Poe
Metro
Olis
Maurice Bernhardt
Sara
Probaly
Henry E. Abbey
Fatts
Bernhard Jane
John Stetson
Grove Theatre
Costo
Fifth Avenue Theatre
John McCaull
Maurice Grau
Jacob
John B. Schoeltel
Abbey
Parks Theatre
Boston
Nat Goodwin
Bijou Opera House
Biou Opera House
al Haymon
San Francisco
Nestor
Chicago
Mr. McVicker
Dick Hooley
Bufiato
Steele Mackaye
Boy Hamilton
Karnom
Albany
Danorauia
Tyne
Ned Stokes
Wallack
A. T. Stewart
New Potter Building
Park Row
Leekum Street
Dacent
Twenty-third Street
Seventh Avenue
Presadges Of Death In Vienna Imperial Palace Legend
Viscomte Arlincourt recounts warning from the White Lady to Archduchess Maria Louise of Austria, widow of Napoleon. The omen foretold a long-awaited death after thirty five years. The Empress Maria Theresa lineage and a sequence of omens culminated as the elder daughter’s hours neared. The White Lady’s appearance signaled the Empress’s death on August 13, 1807.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D’ Arlincourt
Maria Louise
Napoleon
Imperial Palace
Vienna
House of Austria
Granudwother
Sicily
Brazil
White Lady
Lamar's Eye Open to Beauty in Chicago Herald
A Chicago Herald item describes Secretary Lamar as gallant and attentive to a buxom caller just before his Southbound departure. The scene shows a flirtatious exchange as the secretary promises to attend to her business, drawing laughter from onlookers.
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Lamar
Chicago Herald
Lamard
South
Pera
Work From Home Earn $5 to $25 Daily, Portl and Maine Ad
Hallett & Co of Portland Maine advertises a work from home opportunity claiming both sexes from any age can profit daily. No capital required and immediate start offered with promises of grand success. Free full particulars mailed to interested readers who write now.
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Hallett & Co
Portland
Bueler
Secy
Bradford Block
Cor
Eanet
Elolncinnati
Ohio
Evicting Tenants and Brutal Coercion in Ireland
Henry W. French laments Irish tenant evictions tied to harsh coercion laws. He traces land rent spirals and dispossessed peasants, noting eviction depots, starved families, and a six by three by seven foot hovel as a stark symbol of suffering under landlord power and confiscatory rates.
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Ireland
Shannon
Farl
Essex
All Ireland
Lord Winn
Winn
Henry W. French
Tennants
Irish eviction scene at Kerry castle prompts humanitarian critique
An on site sketch depicts Rt Hon Rowland Winn's Kerry estate facing mass eviction as 50 police and 50 agents besiege cottages. Patrick Reardon, an old tenant in a two room cabin, begs fairness as hunger and poverty drive families toward calamity and possible ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland Winn
Glensbeigh
Kerry
lori—Winn
Tréland
Tertile
Patrick Reardon
Patrick
Eviction Clash as Salisbury Government Forces Move
In a forceful eviction at the castle, bailiffs and police confront a resisting crowd. A woman is carried away on straw, others chased outside as a note is set alight and the roof ignites amid drizzling rain. The crowd is restrained by authorities, while the agent Mr Roe observes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Castle
Mr. Roe
Ireland’s Tenant Troubles and Landlord Apathy Explored
A commentator argues tenants endure arrest and eviction in harsh conditions. The piece condemns landlord neglect and suggests Irish poverty stems from systemic mistreatment, with landlords eager to clear tenants to turn Ireland into a barren landscape. The tone critiques urban officials and calls attention to widespread hardship.
Summerville hit by worst quake in two months
A dispatch from Chantreaton C to Summerville reports an earthquake at 6 o clock this evening as the worst in two months. The tremor stirred excitement, with fears of significant damage to the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerville
Chantreaton
Pocasset Tragedy Recalled A Fanatical Father's Murder Case
The Pocasset tragedy reshaped public memory as Charles Freeman, a Second Adventist, killed his five year old Edith in 1879 claiming divine command. He was tried in 1880, acquitted on insanity, later confined, and released after evidence of recovered sanity amid renewed debate over his act and beliefs.
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Ames
Massachusetts
Charles F. Freeman
Edith Vreeman
Pocasset
Freeman
Danvers
Powasset
Barnstable County
Mass
Edith
Jackiuwon Tie
Freemai
Alvin Wing
Carbonated glycerine touted as 10x stronger than nitro-glycerine
Tuscana Ill March 17 Rev P M Donohue of Charleston recently made a lieutenant to the French army by General Boulanger for devising a destructive torpedo explosive has named his new invention Carbonated glycerine claiming it possesses ten times the power of nitro glycerine and can be used with much greater safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscana
Ill
P. M. Donohue
Charleston
Boulanger
Thought He Was Married
A man sought a marriage license but misunderstood the process. City clerk explains the license must be returned for record and a minister issues a certificate after marriage. The groom protests, believing the license would instantly unite them, noting they have lived together for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence American
Strauser
Miyself
Medical Cures and Remedies Advertised in 19th Century Page
A fragmented ad page lists various patent medicines and cures. Mentions include Fierney and Cough cure v5e priced at 50, Sulphur Leap for healing and beautifying, German Corsa Remover for corns and binions, Hills Mair and WhiskarDve-Bi'k and brown products, Pike's Cvorvbache Drop claimed to cure in one minute, and Deans Rheumatic Pills advertised as a cure. The legible items indicate a broad array of tonics, salves, and patent medicines typical of era advertisements.
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Mair & WhiskarDve
Bi’k & Brown
Pike
Dean
Danelson
GLOBE
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Ance
Howard
Fulton Ferry
South Street
Dides
Astor
Hofman
Maria ‘Theresa
America
Boston Harbor
Peg le
England
Roland Winn
Glenbeigh
County Kerry
Howe
West 31St St
Newark
E. E. Beewster
Voimtroaucotmem
Rocncorem
EMAY
P. O
the National Co
Ey St. N
Hou
Barclay St
Nwylst
IMPR
Waterbury
Eve Watch
Liberal Commission
the Weekly Globe
Maule
United States
Henry Maule
Filbert St
Philadelphia
Banjo Music
Hitchcock
Frank B. Conversy
Ben J.W. Hitchcock
SUN Building
Bulletin of
Sait
White, Smith & CO
Washington St
Craigie Medical Clinic
Nessan
N. Y
Craigie
Aventis
R. W. Montruss
Gatien
C. Fow
A.W. McCormack
Washington, D.C
Wilcox
Phila
P.O. Vickery
Augusta
Wylst
Ord. Stephens
Lebanon
Brewster
Polly
Chicao Seale Co
Atump
U American Navivity Co
West Haven
Cona
Jazth
Monarch Novelty Co.,, Limited
Cincinnati
Galenical Medical Cor
P. O. Box
A. G. Olin CO
Chiscago
Wyly Mbié
Gilead
Boston, Mass
National Standard
Everit Brown
Grover Cleveland
Washington
North America
Law
Heory B. Corey
Pri
Weekly Globe
U.S
Lewird
Alv Bell Agency
Brooklyns
N.Y
G. Root
Pourl &T
N.F
Uddrons
T. A. Slocum
J'carl St
Mason
New York City
Marston
Marston Memory Co
Park Pl
NewYork
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