Fashion notes Lys Paris about a fair sex attire
The article catalogs Paris influenced fashion items including basques, peony red, peacock feather tips, Tur keys satin trim motifs, chenille and lace dresses, round English hats, Sara Bernhardt collars, parasol linings with plaid or bandana, Breton lace overdresses, black chenille shawls, Persian fern leaf carpets, lilac and mauve stockings, silk braids fichus, satin parasols with soutache embroidery, and Moliere style low-button shoes.
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Paris
Moliere
Diphtheria Risk From Neglected Bedding and Home Hygiene
A report urges careful cleaning and sun drying of beds and pillows to prevent illnesses spread by contaminated bedding. It cites a case where a feather bed bought from a peddler carried infection to multiple households, stressing simple measures like sun exposure washing and minimal disinfectant use to avert tragedy.
Words of Wisdom on Family, Character, and Independence
A reflective passage on family virtues and prudent living. It extols the fireside as happiness, links prosperity with adversity, and defines independence as self exertion. It warns against rash speech and notes the balance of truth and love to prevent despotism.
Explosions and Disasters From Historic News Clippings
Chronicle of 1877 Barclay street candy factory blast in New York killing thirteen, plus further reports of fires, accidents, escapes, and murders across the U S. including Tremont Temple fire, Locust Grove hotel burn, and notable court and crime notes.
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Waco
Barclay Street
New York
Greenfield & Son
Fie
Fairview
Edward Ryan
Cassie Laffin
Blackwell’s Island
Alexander T. Stewart
St. Mark’s Churchyard
Garden City
Long Island
New York Herald
Herald
Montreal
Judge Hilton
Stewart
John Allen
Matthew Webb
Thenglish Channel
Sandy Hook Point
Manhattan Beach
Coney Island
Prohibition proposal rejected as debt relief fails
The statewide proposition to compromise the state debt at fifty cents on the dollar with four percent interest was defeated by about fourteen thousand votes. Other items note the hanged man Jacob Humble in San Antonio for murder and robbery, a fatal towboat explosion on the Ohio, and a Kentucky treasury audit circular amid tax and revenue strains.
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Congress
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Lawrinie
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Reynolds
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Count Taaffe
Inteor
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Saratoga
Egham
England
Denmark
Ore Pennessee
Jacob HE
Humble
San Antonio
Powis
Peter Maddox
Iron Vailey
Ohio River
Witkervon
Jules
Marshall
Texas
Sunbush
Sener Kirk Pales En Dawes
British and foreign dispatches span battles and politics
Reports describe the Semiramide sinking after a collision with Corsica near Fastnet with no lives lost. King Cetgwayo and war’s end prospects are debated. France pardons 65 Communists in New Caledonia. Stanley embarks on Congo expedition. Money and politics swirl around Panama canal shares. Riots erupt in Quebec and London mourns Nellie Sartoris. Parliament prorogued as Afghanistan and Turkey issues loom.
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Semiramide
Corsica
Fastnet
Wieliczki
Austrian Poland
Galicia
Ulundi
London Times
Cetgwayo
Grevy
New Galedonia
Stanley
Sierra Leone
Africa
Congo
Austria
Count Teufe
London
M. de Lesseps
Paris
CM. de Lesseps
France
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Quebec
Quebec Ship Laborers’ Association
Nellie Sartoris
Grant
Baltic
England
Manay
Rosl
Court of Chancery
Erie Railroad
Afghanistan
South Africa
Turkey
Sultan Murad
Ice Cream Saloon Teaches Te th Lesson in Pride
A Detroit Free Press tale recounts a young lawyer and his admirer at an Woodward Avenue ice cream parlor. An elderly man’s false teeth, left on a chair, cause a mortifying mix up when the couple prepares to depart. The young man, too embarrassed to explain, lets the misunderstanding linger until the teeth are seen. The affair ends with a silent walk home and a broken invitation.
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Thue
Detroit
Kent
Blackstone
America
Woodward Avenue
Boo Hoo
Detroit Free Press
Medical remedies and household tonics advertised
An advertisement discusses chronic diseases such as liver and stomach disorders and promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets. It touts Dr Hall's Balsam for the Lungs for lung and chest ailments, Brown's Bronchial Troches, and Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs priced from $54, offering various health claims.
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Florida
Pierce
Cotens
Mason & Hamlin
Commodity prices for farm products and grains
A dense listing of farm commodities and prices including beef cattle, hogs, corn, oats, wheat, rye, barley, flour, butter, cheese, eggs, lard and petroleum. Regional notes reference state and city grades and varieties with unit prices, illustrating a market snapshot in a rural agricultural period.
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Crauvseensveseree
Seceeesseres
Western Creamery
Seime
Western
New Western
Penn
New York
Petroleum
Languor Its Cause and Remedy In Hot Climates
The text explains languor arises from a debilitated temperature, common in warm moist climates, with reduced vigor and reluctance for activity. It notes accompanying bowel relaxation and digestive or bilious symptoms, and promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a strengthening and alterative remedy derived from plants with a pure spirituous basis.
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Tropics
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