Solitude and Silence in South African Scenery
Professor James Bryce notes a peculiar charm in South African landscapes—the primeval solitude and silence. He contrasts untouched wilderness with human-altered scenes, citing Karroo rails, Witwatersrand mines, and Matabeleland high lands as examples of vast, solitary vistas that heighten the sense of humanity’s smallness and nature’s enduring mystery.
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South Africa
Karroo
Witwatersrand
Matabeleland
Zambezi
James Bryce
M. P
Masculine Medicine Chests And Hidden Remedies
A lighthearted collection notes that men habitually carry remedies and pills, with anecdotes from the New York Herald and Chicago Journal about concealed cures and odd fixes. It humorously contrasts male and female attitudes to self care and includes a tale of a diamond recovered with chewing gum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Ways of alligators How the female lays her eggs and cares for her young
A Philadelphia Times piece describes Florida alligators in the wild, their nesting behavior, and maternal care. It notes the female digs sand nests, covers eggs with leaves and mud, guards the nest until hatching, and defends her brood from threats, while hunters profit from eggs and young. It mentions their diet of fish and occasional livestock, and how mothers deter predators to protect offspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Everglades
Helen Harcourt
Philadelphia Times
The Girl in a Problem Story Colors Quietly
A Detroit Tribune fragment notes a girl in an ordinary tale would blush but in a problem story she only colors. It contrasts wit and passion with Hume’s view that affection blocks imagination. Snails once were believed to cure consumption.
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Detroit Tribune
Hume
Free Trade versus Protection in Industrial Growth
A column cites McKinley praising protection as aiding American labor and development. It notes February imports of manufactured woolens reaching 5.35 million dollars, more than double February 1892 under the McKinley tariff, signaling shifting demand despite protection rhetoric.
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William McKinley
Print works closure seen as tariff folly impact
The Lowell Mass Mail notes the print works shutdown harms many residents. It argues tariff reform by the Democrats harms American industry, citing a 25 percent duty cut on print cloths and broader suffering in industrial regions under the Fifty-third Congress.
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Lowell
National Democratic Party
Mass
Rich gold discoveries fuel Cripple Creek boom in 1896
Rich Discoveries of Gold at Cripple Creek and elsewhere grow daily with 1896 production expected to reach two hundred million dollars. Cripple Creek yields over a million dollars monthly and mining stocks rise rapidly with dividends of 35 to 50 percent. Joan I Tallman & Co of Chicago offer free literature on the Cripple Creek District and mining investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Colo
Joan I. Tallman & Co
Pacific Ave
Chicago
Ill
Prudential Gold Mining Co
Big Four to St. Louis for National Republican Convention
The Big Four announce luxurious through Wagner Sleeping Car and Dining Car service from New York and eastern cities to St. Louis for the June 16 1896 National Republican Convention. Trains run from Grand Central and Cincinnati connecting with southern lines and arriving over the Merchants' Bridge, with no tunnel transfers. E O McCormick D B Martin Passenger Traffic Mgr G P and T A Cincinnati Ohio.
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St. Louis
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Washington
Grand Central Station
Central Union Station
Chicago
Sunior
Louisville
Twelfth Street
Lake Front
Auditorium
Hyde Park
Coliseum
Thirty-ninth Street
Twenty-second Street
E. O. McCormick
D. B. Martin
Mgr
G. P
T. A
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Carthage
William G. Allan
Chicago Journal
Africa
Sauhian
Free Trade
E. W
Pike
Michiganee Works
Detroit
Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams Co
O.S. Coffin & CO
Stinger & Stone’s
Henley
Stinger & Stone
the Empire
Dublin
East Side
Main St
M. F. Lovett
Graham & Morton Transportation Co
Benton Harbor
Lake
Chicago Dock
Wabash Ave
J. H. Graham, Pres
Mich
Indiana
The
Dominion Company
Omaha Bldg
Best
Brooklyn
W. M. Edwards
Knightstown
U. S
C.A. Snow &Co
Orr
Patent Office
Wat ‘Ton
D.C
Cyrus Rhoades
Prop
J. M. StevEns
J. A. Titsworth
Stevens & Titsworth
Dr. Sipe
Gates Sexton
Sexton & Watson
James E. Watson
Attorneys -At- Law
Rushville
Butler, Holden & Churchill's Furniture Store
J. A. Sipe
Ind
Henley’s Block
Crown Grocery
F.G. Hackleman
Rushville, Indiana
W. S. Joanson & Son
Corner Mill and
Walnut Streets
Will M. Sparks
Smith & Cambern
W. J. Henley
Lotd
Henley & Guffin
Attorneys- At- Law
Ruth and
Main Streets
J. Radley Bill
N. C
J. H. Binford
Law and Greenfield
Otary
Binford Block
Main Street
the Dominion Company
Omaha
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