The Woman's Hour on American Women and Foreign Customs
An American traveler contrasts American mothers with English, German, and Italian practices, arguing American women juggle duties at home, society, charity, and intellect. The piece critiques foreign myths about domestic virtue and surveys German and European household routines and fashions.
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Italy
France
Germany
America
Louis
Wyoming
England
Eye
Glimpses of Fashion in Wraps and Tailor Made Suits
A bustling fashion column describes fall and winter wraps from long to short, noting trends from London to Paris. It highlights plushes like seal and bearskin equivalents, fur linings, organ back designs, and the rise of tailor made cloth dresses paired with close-fitting Albert coats and military style jackets.
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London
Paris
Albert
Wedding Romance Ends In Tragedy Before Ceremony
In Ricamont Virginia Miss Lillie Carrington and E O Fitzgerald planned two ceremonies after a fatal accident. Fitzgerald, packing for a wedding trip, found a revolver and fired. He was found unconscious with a pistol by his side and the wound to his forehead. The shooting is considered accidental.
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Philadelphia
Ricamont
Lillie Carrington
William C. Carrington
E. O. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Mr. Fitzgerald
Remade union after long separation in Atlanta
Three years after a secret marriage in Baltimore between Miss Kate A. Fenn and Professor A. J. Birmingham the couple remarried in Atlanta at a residence of C. O. Watson. The ceremony followed a telegram to Miss Fenn's parents after she arrived on a train Wednesday night.
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Atlanta
A. J. Birmingham
New York City
Princeton
N. J
Kate A. Fenn
Fennin
Haltimore
Birmingham
Miss Fenn
Ailanta
C. O. Watson
Key
Howard Crutley
We Lady
The Bridegroom Cometh Not in Unica
Patrick Kavanaugh, a armory worker, failed to appear for his wedding to Miss Jennie Crosby in Kion. Guests gathered at the Catholic parsonage for the ceremony but he did not arrive. Suspicion of foul play arises as inquiries find no marriage preparations, while Crosby remains prostrated.
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Unica
Kion
Patrick Kavanauch
Armory
Jennie Crosby
Kavanaugh
Remingtons
Crosby
Captain S R Radford Dies in Kansas City Bedside Wedding
Captain S R Radford a prominent young real estate man in Kansas City died last night after sending a telegram to his fiancée Miss Ragland of Liberty who was visiting Virginia. She arrived Tuesday and the nuptials were solemnized at his bedside. He had made a will shortly before death leaving his property to his wife.
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Kansas City
S. R. Radford
Miss Ragland
Liberty
Virginia
Mde
A Premonition in a Temple Chamber
A London lawyer recalls a vivid vision of his wife in a window pane while at work in the Temple. Later that afternoon his wife describes a fainting spell after lunch with a niece whose face bled from a fall, matching the time of the vision. The tale ends with him sharing the incident with friends.
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Temple
Wileh
Gloucester Gardens
Paper Hanging Case Ends in Defense Verdict
Chief Engineer George W. Melville faced $250 claim by F. P. Howell & Co for paper hanging in his Sharon Hill home. The jury found no necessity for the wall papering and returned a verdict for the defendant, after testimony about his salary, wife’s expenditures, and disputed tax payments.
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Philadelphia
Penn
George W. Melville
F. P. Howell & Co
Sharon Hil
Yerkes
Hunt
Armed Women Force Saloon Closure in Palmyra Ind
A mob of about thirty women in disguise raided William Bott’s Palmyra saloon in Harrison County at 11 pm on Wednesday. They smashed decanters, broke glasses and furniture, punctured barrels, refused Bott entry, and warned of lynching if liquor sales resumed. Bott plans to relocate.
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New Albany
Ind
Palmyra
Harrison County
William Bott
Bott
Frog Expresses Gratitude In Quiet Visitor Tale
A writer describes rescuing a frog from a cat and the creature turning to gaze at him. The frog then leaped toward the writer and gradually climbed onto his foot, remaining for a couple of minutes in a mute appeal for protection.
Beheaded in Japan A Georgian Countess's dark arc
A sensational 19th century dispatch claims Countess Pourtales nee Mrs John Beecher of New York was beheaded in Japan by a special Mikado edict after a web of jealousies and affairs involving the prime minister. The tale spans New York Paris and Tokyo with mention of notable figures and a costly expedition.
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New York
Japan
Paris
Truth
Pourtales
John Beecher
Georgia
Thurlow Weed
Hugh J. Hastiugs
Thomas Murphy
Henry Clew
Beecher
Cnny
New
Jerome Cub House
Lloyd Phoenix
Ine
Pars
Ben Halliday
Gount
Cout
Legation
France
Jupan
Becae
Mikado
Se Cond
Deathful Beauty in Sitka Love Tragedy Revealed
Two U S officers in Sitka fall for the same Russian beauty and duel over affection. One dies in a forest buck attack and the survivor is found dead next day in his bed. Rumors spoke of poisoning or heart disease while officials blamed accidental rifle discharge. The Russian family vanished months later, resurfacing with the Indian River path reopening the tale.
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Sitka
San Francisco Chronicle
United States
Hayward
Bin
Indian River
Tun
Schley's Report on Greeley Relief Mission Faces Harsh Realities
Commander Schley submits to the secretary of the navy a detailed report on the Greeley relief expedition. He describes the winter camp’s location, the sorrowful scene inside the tent, and the brutal toll of starvation and exposure. The survivors were evacuated. seventeen perished, with several bodies recovered, identified, and stored for burial, while some remains were lost to ice and wreckage.
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Washington
Schley
Greeley
Secretary of the Navy
der Fail
Cocked Hat
Cape Sabine
Waer
Schlyg
Toretofore
Utwey
Sehrey
Emory
Henry
Schneider
Brainerd
Ichelis
Jeans Edward
Esquimaux
Rice
Saylor
Bender
Gardiner
Pavy
Bear
Sebree
Enineer Melville
Hells
Kislina
The Shannon Returns to New York as Chalk Carrier
A New York Journal reporter visits the Shannon on West Eleventh Street, noting the 1813 battle's lineage. The ship, once Broke's frigate, now ferries chalk and will soon sail for Java. Officers recount its storied past, its strong oak frame, and cannon still aboard as ballast, while the figurehead resembles Captain Broke.
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Chesapeake
Boston
New York
New York Journal
James Lawrence
West Eleventh Street
Shannon
Boston Harbor
Lawrence
Broke
Journal
Lidiy
Bee
Australia
Megion An
Boston Bay
London
Java
East Indies
Binus
A Thief to Catch a Thief in Montreal
In Montreal on October 22 a wife, Saranh Gravel, fled with Ernest Dupont after stealing valuables, including plate and linen, with $536 moved from Florent Herouet’s accounts. An assisting friend, George Temple, funded the chase while Dupont sent donations to cholera relief in Detroit. Cinq Mars tracked them to Detroit. Temple and Dupont were jailed six months for taking stolen goods into the United States. The wife was returned. forgiveness unlikely.
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Montreal
Saranh Gravel
Florent Herouet
Runvers
St. Paul Street
Ernest Dupont
Tere
Herouet
Dupont
George Temple
Herouets
Cinq Mars
Ces Etats Unis
Detroit
Temple
United States
Fire Marshal Bunkers Dies In Fire Chief’s Ride Fatal Crash
Cincinnati Enquirer reports the death of Fire Marshal Bunkers in a streetcar crash while pursuing a fire alarm. The account by Captain Pete Purcell describes George Kingler, the driver, and the sequence leading to the collision on Vine Street near Seventh and Sixth streets. The chief was knocked from the seat, his arm crushed, and he died at the scene with his life sacrificed amid a dramatic rescue effort.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Pete Purcell
The
Babcock
George Kingler
Kungler
Pike
Vine Street
Knogler
Irvin
O'Keefe
Seventh Street
Sixth Street
Mr. Bunker
Billy
Butler and Blaine Campaign Allegations Rise
General Parsons rebuts claims about Butler and Chandler and accuses Jones of circulating checks totaling 22600 from the First National Bank of New York. He cites payments to Plympton and Henry as evidence of political maneuvering aimed at steering votes from Cleveland to Blaine.
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United States
W. H. Parsons Imakes
Butler
Hin
Douglas
General Butler
National Republian Committee
Baltimore
New York
Sion
South
Noa A. Plympton
Strom
B. F. Jones
Republican National Committee
First National Bank of New York
John B LeeMan
John F. Henry
Anthonopoly Party
BF. Jones
Blaine
Maryland
James G. Blaine
B. F. Butler
Cleveland
Swyiheg
Butler letter defends against Boston Herald smears
In a Westfield letter dated October 25 1884 Benjamin F Butler replies to T B Abbott defending against a Boston Herald story about a supposed trade with Secretary Chandler for Mr Blaine. He calls Parsons a dead beat, criticizes Lee Crandall, and asserts no bargain with Chandler or Blaine occurred while recounting a Gloucester Cape Ann visit and Tallapoosa voyage.
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Westfield
Maas
Boston Herald
Chandler
Blaine
Parsons
Herald
Mr. Chandler
Callapoosa
Greeley
Congress
North Pole
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Samuel J. Randall
Tallapooosa
Randall
Cleveland
Aga
Smny
Tallapoosa
Cape Ann
Thirty-first
Massachusetts
Jonas H. French
Kr. Chandler
Maysell
Gloucester
Bustou
Greenback Party
Lee Crandall
Lim
Crandall
Ava Parsons
New York
People’s Party of the State Committee of
Fowler
South
Parsyns
Butler
Thomas B. Abbott
North Brookfield
Telegraph backs Cleveland for president in editorial shift
Albany October 26 The Catholic Telegraph, once wary over Governor Cleveland, now endorses him for the presidency. The paper praises his diligence and conscience, notes his New York governorship, and argues he championed freedom for foreigners and strangers seeking asylum. It cites a long list of political allies as justification for support.
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Cleveland
Albany
Catholic Telegraph
New York
Buffalo
Blaine
the Telegraph
State of
Republic
Pany Wich
Tilden
Kernan
Keily
Bayard
Thurman
Blaine Condemned Out of His Own Mouth
At Waukegan Illinois October 25 Blaine’s train was met by men and boys handing leaflets portraying him and blasting his 1868 remarks about Horatio Seymour. The shouters tossed leaflets onto all cars as the train passed through.
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Blaine
Waukegan
New York
Horatio Seymour
Finance and Commerce markets show quiet money conditions
Money markets remained quiet with abundant supply and easy rates. Banks offer 6 5% deposits while mercantile paper runs at 5 4 0 and miscellaneous issues around 6 1 4 0. Call loans on good security sit near 3 4 4 6 percent. outside banks fair grade around 5 1 4 percent.
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Boston
New York
Bank of Lugla
Oyao
Boston Markets Week Trade Dull Across Major Commodities
In Boston markets a stagnant week with little improvement across staples. Apples and beans show varying prices and steady or quiet demand. dairy and creamery products mixed, with some high quality butter selling well. Grain, coffee, corn, and mackerel markets reflect soft to steady demand, while freight rates to Atlantic ports rise on stronger room demand.
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Melbourne
Sydney
Adelaide
Dunnedin
Baltimore
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Fortuel
Providence
Salem
New York
Nem Haven
New London
Portamouth
N. A
Toston
New Haven
Wortland
Philadelphia
New
Diunswick
Nova Scotia
Ozeth
Valencia
Lricos Lane
Iba
Tay
Elsalor
Tab Bostton
Northerd Fall Creamery
T. Sone
Mike Ko
Northern
Ork
Vermont
Liverpool Sea
York
Fae Gogtember
St Lawrence
Guyermont
Il Pias
Worcester
Cumberland
Clearfield
Coul Ae E
Arogricando
Caberland
Rio
Java
Maracaibo
Laguira
St. Domingo
Pick
Fatees
Maakata
Michigan Stone
Winter Sones
Ubi. Uaa An Ae
Camenl
Cut Cy
Corn Sane
Trans Atlantic
Liverpool
London
Glasgow
Wheat and grain futures rally then ease in early trading
In a choppy session wheat futures rose early then eased, with large spot and arrival sales of 2.12 million bushels No 2 red November and varied prices across wheat rye oats and corn. Lard pork and cotton futures moved lower or mixed as markets reacted to livestock, oils, and raw material signals.
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Bob Sumapitary
Federaary
Canada
Japan
Jolantary
Liverpool
York
J. R. Ladourette
Little
Iloilo
Livestock Arrivals at Brighton and Watertown Markets Week
Week ending Friday October 24 1884 shows Western cattle 1500 Eastern 513 Northern 790 total 2803. Sheep and lambs 4150 eastern 988 northern 7269 swine 26067 veals 496 horses 359. Beef cattle prices per 100 lbs ranged from 9 to 0.86? per live weight. Hides and tallow values listed per pound for Brighton and country hides and tallow.
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Brighton
Watertown
Sc Brighton
Gloucester Fish Markets Endure Low Prices Despite Strong Catches
Week ending at Gloucester shows abundant codfish and other species with prices steady or low. Receipts near 630000 pounds of codfish, 7960 barrels of mackerel, 95000 pounds pollock, 166000 pounds fresh halibut, and other items. fresh pollock 40 cents per pound, market codfish 24.5 to 25 cents, several cured fish prices largely unchanged from last quotations. Market oils and herring also listed with varying tonnage and prices.
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Gloucester
Bay of St. Lawrence
New Western Bank
Old Grand
Wiatgen Ag
Georges Vonelegs
Don BO
VPARP Ad Seeks DR AG I SCOTT’s Electric Sets
Classified notice offers sample free of risk for electric components. Territory provided and satisfaction guaranteed. Contact address listed as 848 Broodwar N. for further details and orders.
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DR. AG I Scott
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