Howard's Letter and Human Nature in a Horse Car
A long critical essay on Grant Ward and the Grant scandals, arguing universal greed in leaders and common folk. The author recounts Grant era figures, a Broadway horse car vignette, and fashion critiques, concluding human nature drives money lust across social ranks.
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Grant & Ward
Nelson Tappan
Brooklyn
New York
General Grant
Tappan
Grant
Ferdinand Ward
Grant& Ward
New York Herald
The Whist Table Game Etiquette and Rules
A discussion on silent whist play contrasts American and English styles, praising mental focus over betting. It urges strict quiet at the table, condemns partner questions about follow suit, and condemns bystander commentary. It also notes revoke penalties, and advises bystanders to keep still and observe one hand at a time.
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Iis
Longfellow
Irving
Milton
Shakespeare
Scott
Byron
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bowdoin
Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cambridge
George Washington
Bunker Hill
Woman Dies After Fifty Nine Day Fast in Syracusa
Veronica Bulla a German widow living in Syracusa died after a 59 day fast begun August 10. She subsisted on water with small amounts of morphine, refusing all solid food despite visits by visitors and hours of prayer from clergymen. Her death followed a decline in mental health after her husband’s death eight years earlier.
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N. Y
Veronica Bulla
Germany
Fearful Labrador Scurvy Relief Sends Aid From Quebec
Reports from Labrador fishermen show scurvy breaking out as fisheries fail and villagers starve for fuel food and clothing. The government steamer Napoleon will depart Quebec tomorrow carrying relief and will return to evacuate those wishing to leave for the winter.
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Ont
Labrador
Napoleon
Quebec
Montreal Catholics Invoke the Virgin Mary for Aid
In MontreaI on October 11, a large outdoor procession of about 5000 Catholics sought divine help amid an epidemic. Notre Dame church overflowed as the rosary festival unfolded with the Madonna relic carried by twelve men, marking a solemn vigil led by Monsignor Fabre.
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Monsignor
Fabre
Notre Dame Street
Bonsecour Street
Bonsacour’s
Monsignor Fabre
St. Paul Street
Notre Dame Church
Big Ships Show Off Foreign Warship Styles and Innovations
An overview traces how naval design shifted from old line-of-battle ships to varied modern types. It cites Niagara and Britain’s Orlando Galatea London, Italian and French vessels, and features ships like the Amiral Duperee Hecla Polyphemus along with Russian and British ironclads to illustrate evolving classes and capabilities.
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London
Italia
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Alexandra
Smee
Intonse
Thomas Brassey
Briteb Admiralty
Personelle
King
Cape Finisterre
Shah
Mintonye
Torpedo Service
Admiral Popoff
Imperial Navy
Popoff
Novygorod
Hampton Roads
Europe
Socialistic Labor party platform calls for cooperative production
In Cincinnati on October 8 the Socialistic Labor party chaired by E. Ubert outlined a program arguing work creates wealth and that current systems unjustly concentrate profits among owners of machinery. It calls for public ownership of means of production, cooperative labor, redistribution of labor’s fruits, and pursuit of political power to enforce these reforms.
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Cincinnati
Socialistic Labor Party
E. Ubert
Hartford Spirit medium exposed as fraud in Oct observance
In Hartfor d Conn on October 9 Spiritualists witnessed an alleged materializing medium Eugenie Beste exposed after a staged seance. Two men hidden in a kitchen interrupted the act, revealing a contrived apparatus. Beste confessed the materializations were fabrications using ordinary fabrics and painted voices. The event ends with her departure after refunds and a public repudiation of future exhibitions.
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Conn
Eugenie Beste
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Daisy
Appolonius
Tiana
State OF Connecticut
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Hartford
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D. C
Beng
Leste
Masa
Washington, D. C
Eugenie Bus
A. D
Sidney E. Clarken
Joseph H. Barnum
W. O. Burr
Herbert S. Rankin
F. H. Chapman
James T. McManus
Washington Express
Navy Yard Extravagances and Mohican Costs
Washington reports reveal the Mare Island Navy Yard board's findings on the Mohican’s costly construction and yard organization. Excess spending arose from vacillating funding and using a fifteen year old second-hand wire ready for a larger ship. The memo argues for continuous staffing at needed levels and monthly foremen pay to curb delays and waste.
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Board of Investigation
Mare Island
Cal
Navy Yard
Mare Island Navy Yard
Mohican
Powely
Free remedy recipe offered for lung ailments and debility
An elderly physician lists a vegetable remedy claimed to cure consumption bronchitis and nervous debility and offers to mail the recipe in German French or English to any interested reader. Endorsed by a New York physician Charles Carroll Leeds the tonic is promoted as reinvigorating the aged and infirm and improving children’s health.
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East India
W. A. Noyes
Power’s Block
Chester
N. Y
Volta Bell Co
Marshall
Mich
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Cru Cists
Winchester & CO
Dey St
New York
Ayer
J Francis Browne
Philadelphia
Lon
NEW England Medical Institute
Marston Bolus
Confidentia Marscon Remedy CO
H. Treskow
West 14Th Street
Weekly Globe Offer With Engraving For Subscribers
The notice advertises a one year subscription to THE WEEKLY GLOBE for 1.50 including an engraving. It adds a deal granting a free engraving to any person who sends three yearly subscriptions to THE WEEKLY GLOBE plus 3.00.
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Yeady
Superb Steel Plate Engraving Offer Details
A publisher offers a superb steel plate engraving priced at 7.50 dollars with delivery free of mail charges. The notice requests an address to proceed with the order.
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