Proctor tower at Chicago World Fair debated and Colombia trade grows
The New York World notes doubts about the Proctor tower at the Chicago World’s Fair arguing height offers little view and cost may be wasted. Meanwhile Consul Freund reports Barranquilla port duties rose to nearly seven million pesos in the latest fiscal year, aided by political stability under Dr. Nunez. Exchange rates shift with Paris and London, while gold and other exports rise.
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Republic of Colombia
Herman Freund
Barranquilla
Ab'e
Rafael Nunez
London
Paris
York
Jana Iy
Welsh Disestablishment Vote Surprises Parliament
An unexpectedly large vote favored disestablishment with 233 opposed and 203 for. Gladstone defended the measure arguing shifts since his 1880s stance. He warned future citations from old speeches as nonconformists in Wales grow influential and history may repeat in Parliament.
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Commons
Gladstone
Church of Wales
Church of the Few
Church of the Rich
Wales
Immigration clause proposed to prevent undesirable entrants
The Indianapolis Journal cites a proposed provision requiring proof of mental soundness labor independence and absence of criminal or pauper status for immigrants. The editorial argues the clause would effectively curb undesirable immigration and face no reasonable objection from American citizens.
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Indianapolis Journal
Uninvited Dance Invitation via Egg Toss at Mexican Ball
A Philadelphia Times piece describes a playful Mexican ball custom where a ravenhaired senorita trips to a bench and eggs a visitor on the head. The act signals her interest and invites the male guest to dance, turning a surprise into a social cue.
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Philadelphia Times
Naval Etiquette and Gun Salutes on Warships
Sailors and officers observe strict forms to honor visitors and dignitaries with cap touching and rifle salutes. Great guns shifted to blank cartridges after accidents. odd numbers reserved for luck. Foreign ports, national holidays, and ships in port join in salutes with flags, drums, and cheering ship ceremonies.
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E. Shippen
Sconahsee
The Curse of Debt and the Rogues Gallery Idea
A dramatic critique of debt pressures and social hypocrisy cites a New York Ledger writer and suggests creditors keep portraits of their well dressed debtors. The piece includes a post office inspector's method to trap clerks stealing money via decoy letters as a counterpoint.
Absentminded Lewiston Groom Forgets Bride In Portland Trip
Windham residents laughed at a newly married man who took his bride shopping in Portland and forgot her on the way home. The incident mirrors a similar tale from Lewiston years earlier where a youth forgot his wife until someone at home inquired about her absence.
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Windham
Portland
Lewiston
Judge and Prisoner Clash Over Conscience Remarks
A bald judge taunts the defendant about his conscience, saying it could be as black as his hair. The prisoner retorts that if hair reveals conscience, the judge has none, in a contentious courtroom exchange attributed to Testas Saltings.
Light Hearted Peasantry Among Irish
The Irish peasant is depicted as sociable and eager for sympathy in joy and sorrow. Described as impulsive and improvident yet the kindest hearted, they celebrate with friends, share bread and tea, and keep close ties through births deaths and marriages. The piece notes their desire for companionship and mutual support.
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New York World
Marriage in Ireland Among the Farming Classes
The piece notes that Irish farming marriages are arranged on a grand scale, similar to royalty, with parents handling preliminaries and the couple often not meeting until plans are settled. The system excludes romance, focusing on life happiness and social alignment rather than the couple’s input.
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Ireland
England
N. Y. Sun
Niagara Falls in Harmony of Power and Beauty
The author extols Niagara Falls as sublime rather than terrifying. The Horseshoe and American Falls are described with vivid, musical language, praising the emerald spray, the arching rainbows, and the graceful, tranquil majesty of the waters, which inspire lasting, tranquil memory.
Stranger in New York Faces Barrier to Friendships Says Speaker
A young man in an up-town club room last night argued that New York makes it harder for a stranger to form friends than any other civilized city. He said acquaintances are easy but deep connections are blocked by a social barrier, noting that even close business ties and roommates may not share intimate relations or family ties. Source cites N. Y. Sun.
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N. Y. Ledger
Satan
Rogues
New York
N. Y. Sun
Harakiri A study of traditional Japanese suicide ritual
The article explains harakiri as a dignified, honorable method of death in feudal Japan. It describes the ritual sequence: insult acknowledged, family and priest present, white garments and lotus, the sacramental lamp, and the act of self-inflicted stabbing followed by a kin’s sword decapitation.
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Japan
Albert de Leur
Balloon Arrival Ends With Cherry Tree Ledger
An aging aeronaut recalls a Pekin Illinois balloon ascent ending in a farmhouse yard ten miles away. The farmer, stout and eccentric, demanded payment for alleged damages and disturbances claiming a local justice would issue a warrant. The balloonist paid 2 shillings 25 cents to avoid further trouble.
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Warner's Circus
Pekin
Illinois
Cryptograms by Stamps as Secret Letter Code
Postage stamps on envelopes can be placed in many positions forming a code. About 150 distinct stamp placements allow words or sentences to be encoded for secret correspondence. The system could be used by lovers or as an unbreakable cipher if the code is captured.
Modest Birmingham inventor touts gold-like metal
A Birmingham Connecticut man claims a 60 cent per pound process to produce a metal that looks and weighs like gold, washes easily, can be worked like gold, and has no patent because the secret cannot be deduced by analysis. He suggests using it as a foundation for gold plated goods and warns of conscience issues over its possession, proposing the name devilide.
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Birmingham
Conn
Twenty-Two Die Aboard Moravia From Cholerine Voyage
The Hamburg American steamship Moravia arrived from Hamburg with twenty two deaths during the Atlantic crossing due to Asiatic cholera. Thirteen emigrants were Polish, five Prussian, one Austrian, three Hessians. all buried at sea. Ships health measures followed as passengers were moved to Hoffman Island and the vessel disinfected.
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New Yorks
Moravia
Hamburg-American Lines
Hamburg
Poland
Prussia
Austria
Hesse
Hoffman's Island
Jenkins
Hoffman Island
Talmage
George William Curtis Dead in Staten Island Home
George William Curtis died at his Livingstone Staten Island residence on Wednesday August 31st after a prolonged stomach cancer. Born in Providence Rhode Island in 181?, Curtis pursued letters after a European tour, joined Harper's Weekly as political editor in 1863, and later became a noted lecturer and civil service reform advocate. He authored novels and works on social questions.
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George William Curtis
Livingstone
Staten Island
Mr. Curtis
Providence
R. I
Europe
Egypt
Fremont
Harper's Weekly
Curtis
Yorktown to get a glass factory
Reports say Yorktown will establish a glass factory. Cholera appeared near Jonesboro forty three years ago. A section hand on the P C C and St L A R at Gementville was struck on the leg with a shovel and sues for 2500 dollars. Thirty two tramps claiming to be Tennessee miners passed English on the 31st and were fed and sheltered. A Hazlehurst Miss agent drew a 100 draft on Terre Haute which proved bad. the cashier in Cahoots with him, and Brown was arrested.
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Yorktown
Jonesboro
Jackson County
Gementville
Tennessee
Chicago
W.A. Brown
Hazlehurst
Miss
Hazlehurst Lumber Company
Terre Haute
Brown
The
Terre Hautian
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