Industrial epoch reshapes nations amid eager debate
A sprawling article argues a new industrial era grips the world, highlighting Russia’s push to build at home while Turkey stagnates. It notes Germany’s financial strain, Austria’s debt woes, and France’s labor efficiency as key to future competition, with England and America steering by intellect and invention.
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Ito
America
Russia
Turkey
Rial
Europe
Constantinople
Germany
Berlin
Roxain
France
Italy
Spain
Austria
Vienna
United States
England
Switzerland
St. Lauia
Centennial decision tale tied to Chico massacre story
A San Prancieto Chronicle excerpt recounts the March 14 1877 Chico massacre where five men entered a shanty on Chris Lamm’s ranch and shot four Chinese laborers after dousing the cabin with coal oil. Confessions from the Slaughter and Roberts families detail planned robbery and multiple arson and murder acts, with arrests and inquest notes shaping a broad criminal mystery.
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San Prancieto Chronicle
Chris Lamm
Chico
Humboldt Road
Lemm
Laresner Eenweiler
Daniels
Col. Bee
R. B. Mall
Hall & Co
James Hamilton
Ban Ranecisco
Hall
California
F. C. Radcliffe
John Bidwell
Slaughter
Fred Conway
Conway
K. J. Hall
Charles Slaughter
John Slaughter
Thomas W. Teinbrook
Eugene Roberta
Supreme Court
Sam
Roberta
National
Philadelphia
Circuit Court of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Court
Stook
Laudation
Roberts
Charley Slaughter
Roberto
Chinatown
Henry C. Wright
A. M. Ames
Labor
Wright
Jones
Bidwell
Taan Wright
Charlen
Carpenter Jones
Thomas Steinbrook
A. Hallett
Justice of the Peace
Ofcera
Steinbrook
Atelnrook
Alea
Slaughter’s
G. M. White
Eighth Atreat
Charles Blaughter
Chinere
Largisha
Spangler
Marve
Holdenbaum
H. T. Jones
Pleasant
John Mahoney
Will
Jim Fay
Chico Creek
Fay
Pleasant Slaughter
Bayard Taylor Critiques Train-Boy Food Satire
The article presents Bayard Taylor disparaging the popcorn and withered fare offered to an American traveler by a train-boy. It notes that reading romances like Red-headed Mike or The Hunter's Bride might have occupied his thoughts, reducing his fault-finding of the train-boy and his victuals.
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Bayard Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Mike
Sore Noses and Catarrh Cure Trial Offer
Sore noses catarrh sore throat addressed by Dr J H Mcfena ds Citarrh Soup with antiseptic principle claims never fails trial boxes by mail 60 cents. Send to Droit H Moe Lean 314 Chestnut St Louis Mo.
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J. HH
H. Moe Lean
St, Louis, Mo
Quotable Jumbles of Wit and Whimsy from a 19th Century Page
A compilation of quips and proverbs touching marriage manners and society, pairing literary quotations with humorous jests. It surveys ideas on virtue, marriage, manners, and social satire, citing authors and editors as it riffs through proverbs and witticisms from a bygone era.
Ghostly prank scares boy to near death in Astoria Illinois
In Mulbon county Illinois on a Thursday, sixteen year old Rowland was walking alone when Dr. William Toler's son, dressed as a ghost, sprang from a yard startling him. The boy collapsed twice, first frightened then as if dead, on the street in Astoria.
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Mycena
Milton
Dacier
Dowtty
Oubert
Harriet Martineau
William Penn
Tate Araur
Astoria
Multon County
Ilinoia
Rowland
William Toler
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Aleep
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