Ramie Plant to Revolutionize U S Textile Industry
New York business leaders announce a Ramie fiber plant to process ramie with a secret degumming method, cutting costs and potentially replacing flax cotton and silk. The project cites Germany and France outputs, South crop potential, and a New Orleans chemist’s breakthrough enabling cheap yarn ready for spinning.
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New York Tribune
United States
Europe
New Orleans
China
Allison
New York
Germany
Liverpool
Ramie Fiber Prospects Promising Textile Boom Ahead
The ramie plant offers high grade bank note and writing papers potential with deep Chinese, Egyptian and Southern cultivation history. A 1890s U S push led by Parmenter aims to expand decortication and weaving mills, predicting ramie could supplant flax and boost exports, with 4000 acres planned in Arizona and 1200 acres in Texas. Ramie fibers show great strength and luster, suitable for textiles, lace, damasks, and stockings, signaling a major shift in American fiber manufacturing and imports.
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China
Egypt
Samuel B. Allison
New Oreans
Starey
Ramie and Fiber and Paper Company
Arizona
England
Texas
Holland
Belgium
Irish
United States
Czar's Manifesto Aims at Broad Clemency and Reforms
Summary of the czarist manifesto granting tax relief in European Russia and Poland, halving land tax for ten years, remitting fines, and easing exile penalties. It outlines pardons for exiles after years of service, reduced sentences for criminals, and political prisoner clemency. Also notes later imperial honors and a cross for clergy, with miscellaneous local anecdotes on jury duty and plagiarism at Brown University.
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Russia
Poland
Siberia
Czar
Lithunia
Metrocae
St. Petersburg
Kieff
Oscow
A Lady From Cpfenland Describe Greenland Life
A Greenland Esquimaux woman named Krarer, eight years in this country, recounts her people’s life. She describes childhood rules, scarce sickness, simple domestic life, and rigid customs, noting women’s beauty rituals and absence of doctors or rulers.
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Cpfenland
Krarer
Esquimaux
Greenland
Iceland
Iss Krarer
Our
Eton to New Zealand Bishop George Selwyn remembered
A portrait of George Selwyn, first bishop of Lichfield and former bishop of New Zealand, recalling his earthly duties to the pauper, prisoner, and sick poor. Tales from his school days at Eton and Cambridge show his leadership in athletics and rowing and his steadfast care for trifles as acts of mercy. His nurselike care for a dying lad in New Zealand and a farewell line to his widow mark a life devoted to service.
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Litchfield
New Zealand
George Au Tus Selwyn
England
Eton
Selwyn
George Selwyn
Cambridge University
Jairus
Windsor
Garter falls at society reception in 19th century scene
The Pioneer Press describes a ballroom reception where a garter lay on the floor amid a quadrille as ladies curtsied and gentlemen in steel trimmed coats observed. A domestic swept the item away, guests blushed, and the hostess explained the incident reflecting on changing manners.
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Pioneer Press
Chevalier Bayard
Couldn't Break the Set Harmless Bargain Tale
A five year old accompanies his mother to a call and a lady asks to buy him. The boy cites a hundred dollars and asserts his mother would not sell him. He explains they are five siblings and mamma would not break the set. The tale appears in Harpers Young People.
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Harper
Remarkable small deer added to London zoo
A tiny deer, larger than a cat, has been added to the London zoo. It is a mammal with cloven hooves and lacks long canine teeth, marking a curious novelty in the zoological collection.
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London Zoo
Good Form Says It All in Social Advice
A Victorian style meditation on manners covers courtesy to strangers, politeness to elders, modest dress, secrecy about intimate names, and prudent financial behavior. It advocates paying bills, accepting friends as they are, and avoiding envy while valuing the good will found in everyday possessions.
Franklin Tales Of A Poker Heated London Moment
A Franklin story recalls a London scene during the revolutionary era when Britain offered peace if the colonies paid war costs. Franklin uses a cartoonish anecdote about a hot poker and a Frenchman to illustrate credence and payment, as recounted by the New Haven Palladium.
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Franklin
London
New Haven Palladium
Shoe fitting timing in the late day advice
A shoe trade journal advises fitting shoes in the latter part of the day when feet reach their maximum size and sensitivity. This practice helps ensure comfort and proper fit as feet swell with use.
Wit and humor humor snippets from late 19th century press
An anthology of quips and jokes drawn from Philadelphia, Boston, Yonkers and other papers. The compact humor items feature wry lines on money, love, music, politicians, and daily life with frequent references to names, places and newspapers of the era. The tone is brisk and sardonic, reflecting a column of brief witticisms.
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Boston Transcript
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