Liberating Brazil Three Editors and a Cartoonist Caused the Overthrow
The piece credits three editors and a cartoonist with provoking Brazil to overthrow the empire. Bocaynya, Araujo, and Pratrocinio led the press effort, Angelo Agostini a key illustrator. It argues the free press drove a revolutionary shift, not mere military force, with Gen Fonseca embattled and the army following public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Quintino Bocaynya
Dr. Araujo
Gazeta de Noticias
Jose de Pratrocinio
Gazeta da Tarde
Angelo Agostini
Revista Ilustrada
United States of Brazil
Deodoro da Fonseca
Petropolis
Gen. Fonseca
Count d’Eu
Fonseca
Amazon
River Platte
Rio
General Da Fonseca and the Brazilian Army's Loyalties
An analysis of Gen. Fonseca as provisional president contrasts his limited army influence with the broad support of the republican press. It argues the officers remain hostile to monarchy, while many troops align with the people, complicating Fonseca's leadership and aims. It notes his past anti-slavery stance and critical reception among supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count d’Eu
Prince Imperial
Cabocles
Rio
Fonseca
New Republic
Caixias
Pany
Amazon
Deodoro
Navy
Rua Duvider
Brazil
Brazil Revolt Tides Show Army and Press in Alignment
The passage analyzes how Brazilian republican press shaped the army’s role in the empire’s downfall. It credits Quintino Bocaiuva with leading the political shift, details the interplay of Fonseca and Bocaiuva, and praises Bocaiuva’s principled stance against imperial entreaties while criticizing factional factions within the republican movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonseca
Bocayuva
Ruy Barboza
Simon Bolivar
Gutierrez
Peru
Melgaresis
Bolivia
Quintino Lbocayuva
Brazil
Globe
Brazilian Press Pioneers Help Shape New Republic
Quintino Bocayuva, founder of O Paiz, leads anti slavery and republican drive from Rio de Janeiro while Dr. Araujo of Gazeta da Noticias strengthens liberal reform. Jose do Patrocinio, Gazeta da Tarde editor, animates mass support with fiery rhetoric, and cartoonist Angelo Agostini aids the revolt with visual satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janters
Cruzeiro
Bocayuva
Joao Jose Dos Reis
O Paiz
Brazil
Gen
Fonseca
Senor Bocayuva
Republican Party
Rio
Pao Ripe
Paiz
Quintino Bocayuya
New Republic
Araujo
Gazeta da Noticias
Joe Scissors
Quintino
Patrocinio
Aranjo
Gazeta
Senhor
Jose DO Patrocinio
Gazeta da Tarde
United States
Times
Cable
Dom Pedro
Angelo Agostini
Press and cartoonists shaped Brazil’s republic, not soldiers
The article lauds Brazilian editors and illustrators of the Weekly Revista Ilustrada for fanning republican ideals and waging war on imperial faults and slavery. It argues the republic arose from press influence, built by journalists and publishers, not by military action, crediting the press as the force behind Brazil’s change.
Two Tears From a Woman’s Eye in a Valley Scene
A San Francisco Chronicle prose piece describes a bright summer valley and a stream filled with laughing drops. Amid the merriment two sad tears drift apart, one a mother’s tear and the other a woman’s tear for a false lover, as they journey toward the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nist
Tam
No Escape from an Inquisitive Yankee
A Connecticut resident Mr. Josiah F. Brown faces a dawn inquiry about a fence on James Street after posting full fence details. The intruder asks if Brown will paint or whitewash the fence, proving self created transparency invites Yankee inquisitiveness and leaves Brown no escape from questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
London
Conn
Mr. Brown
Josiah F. Brown
James Street
Digestibility of Meats by Digestion State and Time
Payen notes no absolute qualities rely on digestive organs and idiosyncrasies. General order places sea and river fish as least digestible in hardness, with meats listed from most to least digestible. Dalton adds variation with age and temperament but agrees the listed ranking broadly holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payen
Beaumont
Dalton
Mrs Harrison Finds Ancient White House Cabinets
Mrs Harrison explores subterranean White House spaces and uncovers two Dutch mahogany cabinets believed to date from the building of the Executive Mansion. Imported from England before completion, they once graced White House parlors, were moved to the basement before the war, and show signs of wear but the gilded dragons remain well preserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
White House
Harrison
Executive Mansion
England
Impossible Admission Question in Lawrence American Quote
The Lawrence American quips about a strict admission scene with a St Peter at the gate, asking if the applicant ever used profane language when searching for paregoric and injuring himself on a rocking chair, concluding there is no extra mercy.
Wonderful Eyes Lad with Living Microscope Powers
John Thomas Heslop of Birmingham England gained extraordinary vision after severe eye trouble in 1878 or 1879. He could see minute objects as large as rabbits and mosquitoes as big as an axe handle. Since that day he avoids water, drinks only boiled beverages, and doctors note major structural eye changes including enlarged cornea and triple-layered crystalline lenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas Heslop
Birmingham
England
John Thomas
A Literary Curiosity at Stockholm Farewell Banquet Menu
The farewell banquet menu to the oriental congress members in Stockholm is praised as a lasting literary curiosity. It spans multilingual items from a schnapps sip with a hairs tongue song to soups named in Getziani and Chinese, with Max Muller’s Sanscrit song for salmon and various dishes tied to Malay Japanese Coptic hieroglyphics and Himyarite ices. The course ends with the traditional Persian “Thanks for dinner.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriental Congress
Stockholm
Max Muller
Berlin
Average Length of Life Across Centuries
A historical note claims human longevity has risen by about twenty five percent in fifty years. It cites examples from Rome under Caesar, France fifty years ago, Geneva in the thirteenth century, Tudor London, and present London, comparing ages and generational spans with a speculative drift toward longer life expectancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Cesar
Todd
Georgia
France
Geneva
Signs of a Hard Winter Foretold by Odd Weather Clues
The Salisbury Press Spectator notes signs of a harsh winter from a large hickory nut crop moss growth on north sides of trees thick corn shacks and goose bone shapes resembling a leopard. The item closes with a caution that weather predictions are often wrong and implies a warm season as an alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Press-Spectator
Illuminated rat causes panic among city rats
A Nashville druggist made a phosphorus based rat paint. He released a glowing rat at night. Other rats fled in dire consternation as the phosphorescent animal led the escape, highlighting a novel method to curb a nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Two Houstonians share prize in Louisiana lottery
Sam Raphael and Uncle Joe Baldwin each owned a twentieth of ticket No 25 36 which won $50,000 in the October Louisiana State Lottery drawing. Both sent their tickets via Wells Fargo Express to collect the prize and received the money. the Post man could not locate Uncle Joe Baldwin afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Raphael
Sam
Joe Baldwin
Wells Fargo Express Company
Joedwin
Houston (Tex
A Country Editor and the Palladium of Hawksville
Hawksville Kentucky tale recalls a rambunctious country editor and his partner Minus Wiggs running a small town newspaper, the Palladium. The piece mixes humor about budget cuts, clever substitutions for missing type, and colorful locals like Maj. Blodgett as they wrestle with ink, economy, and enterprise.
Infernal Cat Interruption Delays Coach Departure
In a restless scene, Minus startles the narrator with an encounter as a cat threatens the camp. A jar of lye is knocked over and Maj Blodgett arrives hair falling out, announcing the coach starts in five minutes. The duo hurries to join the hack at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Allbright
Allbright
Andrew
B. Allbright
Cal. Allbright
Grider
Maj. Blodgett
Minus
A Strange Duel Between Delagrave and Riviere
A sensational duel between Henri Delagrave and Alphonse Riviere ended in instant death from poison. The two men agreed to forgo swords and pistols and instead swallow suspected pills from a doctor in a quiet wood. After a coin toss gave Delagrave the first choice, both men chose pills, one harmless and one lethal, and swallowed in unison. Riviere died first, Delagrave soon after, and the slain rivals were later buried side by side, while the woman they both sought recoiled from the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Delagrave
Alphonse Riviere
Coust
Riviere
Gamine
Monsieur Lavalle
Delagrave
Rocquet
Lavalle
Monsieur Delagrave
Monsieur Riviere
Cost of the Paris Exposition and Its Toll
The estimate places the Paris Exposition cost at about 7.6 million francs plus additional public and foreign outlays, likely nearing 30 million. Construction injuries included 6,530 treated for illness or injury, 300 leg injuries, 260 eye injuries, 114 scalds, and 50 finger cuts. deaths from falls are believed higher than the officially stated figure of 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Works
Champs de Mars
Scientific American
Oil as a remedy for whisky in New York drinkers
A New York paper reports a popular belief among drinking men that oil can counteract the effects of whisky. It cites oysters and restaurants after midnight where patrons may order a salad to get oil on top of stomach contents, aiming to prevent liquor fumes from rising to the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walla Walla printer urged to emigrate after false penitentiary claim
The Statesman editor published a startling note stating W O Bush a Thurston County legislator had spent forty five years in the penitentiary. The claim is false as Bush has been in the territory forty five years and was never imprisoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawksville
Allen County
the Palladium
T. Minus
Wiggs
Walla Walla
The
Statesman
W.O. Bush
Thurston County
Grapes and Roses Gift Echoes Napoleonic Memory in Ottawa
An elderly man in a sleeping car to Ottawa presented Madame Rhea with a basket of grapes topped by Marechal Neil roses and a note recalling Napoleon’s capture at Plymouth. The sender, Richard Nettle of Ottawa, dated Oct. 10, 1889, cites his birth in 1815 and his father’s praise for Napoleon despite his countrymen’s views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile
Rhea
Ottawa
Canada
Madame Rhea
Napoleon
Plymouth Sound
Capt
Maitland
Josephine
Madame
Richard Nettle
Never too late to learn to write at sixty five
A Pennsylvania widow aged 65 learns to write at the urging of a minister. Within three months she writes a letter for her son in the army, proving perseverance and maternal devotion despite her age and prior difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn
Dethroned Sovereigns Frequent München Rendezvous
The Glasgow Citizen notes Munich as a repeated meeting point for dethroned royals including the former queen of Spain, ex-king and queen of Naples, ex duke and duchess of Toscana, and the would be king of Hanover. The populace remains largely unmoved by their “sad fate” as these ex rulers maintain comfortable lives.
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Munich
Spain
Naples
Toscana
Hanover
Glasgow
Mamma's Gittin Better and Remedies for Women's Ailments
A period-fashioned ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for women’s weaknesses and diseases, claiming it restores happiness in the home. It also mentions a $500 reward from Dr Sage's Remedy makers for an incurable case of catarrh and lists a 50 cent price at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Dr. Sage
What Cyrus Knows About Newspapers
A dated anecdote about Cyrus W. Field visiting his Mail and Express offices. He questions an exchange editor, criticizing the man for always reading newspapers rather than doing work, noting a large stack of papers in front of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus
Cyrus W. Field
Mail and Express
Mr. Field
Epoch
Yale Student Explains Soup Phrase to English Crowd
A Yale student returning from abroad recounts how he explained the phrase in the soup to a curious British gentleman. The student gave a humorous example about a trunk delayed in Liverpool to illustrate being in trouble, prompting the remark that the trunk has nothing to do with soup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
America
Liverpool
A Bright Child Mollie and Fanny Money Tale
A brief anecdote from Texas Siftings contrasts Mollie who loses a dollar with Fanny who never sends money to the grocer. Fanny jokes that the grocer notes bills and must visit five or six times for payment, highlighting a playful family exchange between Mrs A and Mrs B about smart children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie
Fanny
Texas Siftings
Mahogany and Ebony Forests Along Monterey and Gulf Line
Cor. Kansas City Times reports a stretch of the Monterey and Gulf railroad route where mahogany and ebony trees line the roadbed. The timber will furnish railroad ties and bridge material, with vast forests on both sides and the woodman’s axe yet unheard in the virgin landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey & Gulf Railroad
Kansas City Times
Corsican Doctor Claims Ether-Powered Propeller
M de Susini, a Corsican doctor, is said to have built a twenty horse power motive apparatus run by sulphuric ether. He forecasts a 65 percent saving of the combustibles now used to power machinery. This report appears in the New York Telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Susini
New York Telegram
Sleepless in Utica Man Linked to Family Tragedies
The 12 year immigrant to Utica Minnesota endures a decade of perpetual wakefulness with near total unconsciousness between awakenings. Treatments fail. two sons died by their own hands, darkening a farm family history. Old remedies and patents touted amid a mixed national jittery garble. The Sioux land issue sparks South Dakota jubilation and forecasts a settler flood impacting winter plans and state prosperity.
Nemesis Doctor Delivers Grim Prognosis To Boer Patient
A self styled physician examines a young man with apoplexy and declares it hopeless. Bolus mocks medical terms, then concludes the patient is a gone feller with deranged planetary and bodily parts and no money, predicting death. The wife protests, but the prognosis stands as satire and tragedy mingle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolus
Vox Populi
Molasses as Favorite Beverage in Colombia
From Harper's Monthly a description of Colombia from Cucuta to Bogota, noting abundant bread and meat goods, with molasses based drinks as the favorite in hot valleys. It contrasts the lower value of a corn and molasses based beverage called china in tablelands, claiming it causes stupor and pelambria in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Monthly
Republic of Columbia
Cucuta
Bogota
China
Italy
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General DA Fonseca
WAR Department
Rio Janeiro
Mion
Punch
Republic
Nestor
Joaquin Saldanha Marinha
Ganganelli
Newvernment
San Francisco Chronicle
Mrs. Harrison
Commerce
New Haven Palladium
Herman Harmis
Utica
Minn
Illinois
Boston
Salvation Oil
Dobson
Dr. Bull
South
W. V. Marquis
Ohio
E. L. Lampson
Alleenn
J.P. Allen
St. Paul
Willis
Pierce Morgan
Butler, Mo
Tansill
Wilkesbarre
Oregon
Oregon Immigration Board
Portland
Tutt
Park Place
Sigkhe Carters
Carter Medicine CO
Hayfever
ELY Brothers
Warren St
N. Y
Hood
Wa. Scoon
C. I. Hood &Co
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Castoria
St.jacobs
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Joseph H. Hunter
Washington, D. C
Evans Chemical
G. H.ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
D. KR. Dyche & Co
Chicago
Ill
Lancaster Clothing Co
Lancaster
F. C. Austin Mfg. Co
General Agta
Dak
Rogers & Ordway
W.N.U
E. T. Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
Ion
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