Howard on fools. Men who stay all summer in the busy town
New York columnist laments city dwellers who rush back to Manhattan as September begins. He notes Broadway emptiness in summer, the pull of country and seaside retreats, and the workaholic habits of editors, managers, and executives who choose to stay in town rather than rest. The piece highlights prominent figures who remain year round, including Henry Watterson, Dion Boucicault, and Patrick Gilmore, and ends with a sharp critique of their decision to return to city life.
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Harrigan’s Theatre
Delmonico’s
Morton House
Hoffman House
Ornk
St. James
Delmonico
Ely
Crony Island
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Fenwick Hall
Kiwi- Po
Equa Peneth
Saturn
Putin
Platt
Tom Platt
Oriental
Manhattan Beach
United States Express Company
Republican Party
Ron
John Hoey
Adams Express Company
Europe
Hoey
Rudolph Aronson
John A. McCaull
McCaull
Wallack
Mr. Aronson
Yor
Colonel McCaull
Colonel Hain
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier Journal
Don Pratt
Belford’s
Dion Boucicault
Ned Gilmore
Niblo’s Garden
Academy of Music
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Astor House
Patrick S. Gilmore
Anton Seidl
Coney Island
T. Henry French
Grand Opera House
Frank Sanger
New York City
Clinton Edgerly
Rose Coghlan
Oriental Hotel
Vaenels
Indianapolis
New England
Knights of Bar
Robert Burns
Washington Park
Albany
N. Y
Charles Calverley
Newark
United States
Canada
Dr. Collier
Burns
Judge Fairall
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Iowa Railway Commissioners
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Iowa
Commissioner of Navigation
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Fred Schuneman
Chicago
Ada
Randolph Streets
Schuneman
Krum
Burlington
G. A. Rose
Dennis Griffin
Patrick Ready
John Brissy
Lowell
Mass
Captain Howard
Inspector Hayes
Krissy
Massachusetts Women's Prison
South Side
Pittsburg
Peon
Rachel Herron
Mount Oliver
Florida
Jacksonville
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Bicknell
White
Barbour
Weller
Hyannis
Harbor
George Barnard
Fred
George W
GC. W. Smith
Bertie
Edna
Boston
Jennie Mayer
Stella Hallett
Eddie Crowell
Clifton Bradford
Lightning on the Rails A Train Engineer Recalls a North Platte Run
In the Omaha Herald an engineer named Johnnie Byers recounts a dramatic high speed pull from Omaha toward North Platte. Amid a fierce thunderstorm the lightning, a broken drawbar and a clever coal trick enabled the engine to outrun the strike and divert danger to a siding with two powder cars nearby.
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Omaha Herald
Johnnie Byers
North Platte
Omaha
Moses
Johnny
Ann
Unimportant Qmission in Harper's Magazine
A misread excerpt describes a Missouri steamboat scene where crewmen call out sounding depths. The bardic rhythm and chant mimic a musical formula. A crew member tries to join in but forgets the lines, while another recalls the tune yet misses the full words.
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Harper's Magazine
Missouri
Irish finances and Parnell fund loom in the Old World notes
In London on Sept 1 reports focus on the Irish movement with Fitzgerald in America boosting Parnell’s defense fund. Subscriptions surge, evictions at Clanricarde continue, and Cardinal Fioran visits Ireland. Debates touch on Suez, fisheries rights, and a global harvest outlook across Europe and Egypt.
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Coryright
London
Balfour
Clanricarde
Fitzgerald
America
Parnell Defence Fund
Parnell
Engand
India
Defene
Cardinal Fioran
Vatican
Reland
Clelay
Chauncey Depew
Depew
Dismemberment of France Rumors Stir European Alarm
The New York Sun reports aug 30 from Loxpon on rumors of a gigantic alliance to dismember France. It suggests Wilhelm II seeks naval strength, eyed Belgium, Holland, and Normandy, while alarm grows across Europe over possible German schemes and Italy’s alleged baiting of France.
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New York Sun
Loxpon
Count von Moltke
Wilhelm
Germany
Holland
Europe
Belgium
Denmark
France
Russia
England
Italy
Normandy
Brittany
Tripoli
Crispi
Tangier denies Mulrey massacre report and other world news
A compendium of dispatches notes Tangier contradicting reports of a massacre, a tourist Winkler dying on Weisshorn ascent without a guide, and rumors of Coburg pressures affecting Prince Ferdinand's apanage. It covers evictions in Clanricarde estate, Arklow proclaimed under Crimea Act, and repeal of barony proclamations. Also: planned Havre to Congo steamers, papal encyclical misreported, mutiny in Portuguese Africa, violence on Bismarck archipelago, Garibaldi monuments in Vienna, and Nightingale's decline.
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Mulrey
Winkler
Weisshorn
Coburg
Ferdinand
Clanricorde
Ireland
Arklow
Irc
Galway
Mayo
Havre
Congo
West Africa
Novemer
Rome
Ishops
Lorenzo Marquez
Africa
Bismarck Archipelago
Humbert
Italy
Garibaldi
Atvenna
Nouvelle Revue
Ferdinand of
Bularia
Countess of
Flanders
Bismarck
John Thompson
Lord Salisbury
St. Michael and St. George
Florence Nightingale
S J. Thomas’ Hospital
London
Bidassoa
France
Spain
Cork
England
Queenstown
God Save Ireland
National League
Dublin
Harrington
Sheehy
M.P
Signor
Crispi
Massawah
Owah
Fitzroy
the Marmire
Ealings
Overland in an Ox-Cart to Americus from Virginia
A Cincinnati Enquirer report from Norcross Georgia describes Miles Kennedy driving an ox-cart with a large family of ten children toward Americus. The 1861 war veteran, once a clerk in Cranberry's store, fought at Appomattox and, after illness, was cared for by Farmer Appleby and his daughter Susie before marrying.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Brunswick Hotel
Norcross
Ky Ler
Cranberry’s
Americus
Captain Cutts
Grant
Appomattox
Appleby
Susie
Miles Kennedy
Virginia
Skittish Maine horse falls into well in Pittsfield
West Pittsfield residents witnessed a dramatic event when a young spirited horse slipped from a plank and fell into a well. After ropes, pulleys, and a careful rescue, the horse was raised unharmed aside from minor bruises. Butter floating on the water was mistaken for a missing limb.
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Maine
Pittsfield
West Pittsfield
Mr. Snell
H. Henares
Angel
High Tariff Critics Question Protection Economies
G. A. Hoston of Boston writes to The Globe challenging tariffs and protectionist ideals. He argues protected industries underpay workers, cause unemployment, and shift wealth to monopolies, citing Pennsylvania miners and New England weavers, with comparisons to England and a call to rethink tariff policy. The letter lists wages, hours, and living costs across industries and questions political support for protection.
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Globe
Pennsylvania
Europe
York
Boston
Chicago
Milwaukee
Towell
Manchester
England
New England
New Jersey
Ohe
Connecticut
Graneld
Arthur
Halo Py . Ingalls
Miller
Allison
Sherman Fagan
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Morton
Old Age in Vermont. Rutland Herald Report
J Falina Haskell age 91 of Wilms walked two miles to church on Sunday. Her husband, 93, is the town's oldest resident and in good health.
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Vermont
Rutland Herald
J . Falina Haskell
Wilms
Fierce Battle Looms for European Grain Markets
The Times from London reports a global wheat shortfall of 70 to 80 million bushels, with nations that buy wheat facing shortages and imports rising. France and England endure poor crops after storms, while the United States, Canada, Russia, and India are cited as major potential suppliers amid uncertain yields. A harsh outlook follows, with high bread prices and a bleak harvest forecast across Europe and Britain.
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New York
the Times
London
Old World
Vienna
England
Great Britain
France
United States
Algiers
Canada
Russia
India
America
Paris
Ireland
Rainy Goose Tale About Frozen Ducks and a Thawed Lake
A Minnesota farmer devises a war dance to scare ducks from a frozen lake and ends up losing his fortune after a goose story and thaw cause a dramatic lake event. The tale ends with a peculiar hole still visible, feathered banks marking the site.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri River
Hunting for the Wind in a Country House
A humorous piecemeal piece on chasing elusive breezes through rooms and outdoors. It notes the futile search from room to room, the library, and the stoop, ending with a quip about finding a cool spot only in winter atop a stove while ice cream bakes.
Off for the Country. Time.J
Mrs Hobson remarks she has little regard for neighbors and notes an express wagon took away four trunks two packing boxes seven satchels and a baby carriage in a shabby haul, suggesting neighbors may have left for the country.
Republicans organize campaign club in Cushman factory
A group of Republican operatives in Ara Cushman's shoe plant formed a campaign club. They ordered a sample uniform hat from Boston and received a tall white tile with a black band, causing the club members to feel shocked and discouraged.
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Lewiston Gazette
Ara Cushman
Boston
Jom Tly
Nason &O
M's
Nassau St. N
Why She Gave the Cat Six Legs
A New York Journal note describes a child who drew a dog and cat on a slate. She tells her mother a cat should have only four legs, but she added two extra to let the cat run away from the dog.
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New York Journal
Rumored Foo Chow tea men form export company
In brief items a rumor says Chinese Foo Chow tea men aim to form a company to export directly to London and Australia. Other notes report a bank charter, a bridge project in New York, yellow fever cases, and various local incidents across the country with injuries and deaths.
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Australia
Themercial National Bank of
Philadelphia
Santiago de Cuba
New York City
Harrison
Morton
Morris
N. Y
Ganney
Dickson
Albert Sergeant
Cheboygan
Mich
Presque Isle County
Montreal Cotton Combine
Harry Goldspink
Norwalk
Conn
Dr. Weed
Bangor
Peter Kett
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Columbus
Lima
National Line
Holland
Neomi
Queen Victoria
New York
Central Park
Governor Jackson
Cape Henry
Delaware
Richard Buizard
Senate
Libby
Aroma
New Hampshire Veterans
Weirs
Grand Army
New England
Adner
Fredericksburg
Curlett
R. O. Morris
Charles W. Waldron
Waldron Bank
Hillsdale, Mich
William Fullerton, Jr
William Fullerton
Oldham
Eng
Aus
Waldemere
Robert C. Hewitt
Washington
Mr. Hewitt
Frederick
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
California
Charles Crocker
H. V. Alexander
Charles K. Alexander
Alexander & Green
Long Island City
Charles Dayton
Buffalo Bill
Montreal
William Scully
Lord” Scully
Illinois
Scully
Minneapol's Sroning Journal
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Cygnet
Albert Weinick
Wernick
Whitney
Union Iron Works
San Tfranasco
Owent Point House
Long Island
Fannie
Connecticut
Plum Gut
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Aug
Joseph van Horne
Michael Dorkey
Negaunee
Nadeau
Mumford
Sioftix
Union Pacific
Cheventie
W. T
Colorado
Willian A. Swart
L. H. Johnston
Elijah Beckler
Savings Bank
Roseland
Horace Bishon
Charles Appichea
Branford
Robert J. Latta
Bratsberg
Aden
Sydney
Cap Chatte
Aind
Barardey
Ste. Weliite
Matane
Neilson
E'E.phed
Quebec
Bosey
Dictionary of Politics Promises Clarity for Voters
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