Spain's Glory and Dishonor in Bancroft Book Review
A San Francisco Bulletin review condemns Spanish conquest in the Americas as brutal and enslaving, praising Balboa as a rare noble amid cruelty. It cites Bancroft’s vision of Darion peak, describing Balboa’s discovery as the dawn of wealth and empire for Spain, with mixed praise for his humanity.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Thore
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Columbus
H. H. Bancroft
Darion
Pacific Ocean
Oyes
Vasco Nunez
Spain
Fiddling into Office and the Fiddle as Politics
The piece recalls Robert I. Taylor of Tennessee and Georgia legislators including Thomas Watson and Mr. Bock who credit fiddle playing as a political tool. It cites how Taylor’s violin aided his image, Watson’s boast of an enlightened constituency, and Bock’s grave-toned approach in winning votes through musical performance.
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Robert IL. Taylor
Tennesaco
New Jersey
Taylor
Thomas Watson
Georgia
Mississippi Sawyer
Mr. Bock
The Fascination of Romance Tells a Welsh Blacksmith’s Transformation
S. L. Stevenson narrates a tale showing romance’s power through a Welsh blacksmith aged 25 who could not read. After hearing a chapter of Robinson Crusoe in a farm kitchen he learns Welsh literacy, then English, seeks the book again, and reads with delight despite past loss.
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S. L. Stevenson
Robinson
Editor’s Toast to Contentment After Humble Meal Fable
A Denver Tribune editor, short on bread, pawns a diamond shirt stud for a meal. A hungry dog steals the meal and robbers take his gold watch and eighty in money. He quips that he still has no appetite, teaching that true contentment is the greatest journalistic boon.
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Denver Tribune
Edi Peralogt
Out of Their Sphere in Cincinnati
A local column mocks social climbers in Cincinnati and other large cities who boast wealth and fine taste yet show ignorance in grammar and spelling when challenged, exposing a gulf between wealth and culture.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati
Relaxation in the Far West Gospel of Relaxation
Virginia City Chronicle reports Mr. Spencer advocates a gospel of relaxation. The BEWSR rally to his view while denouncing the high pressure life. The piece argues most die from whisky and indolence, not overwork, claiming overwork is a myth.
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Virginia City Chronicle
Spencer
Ridge
Word Painting in Quy Continent by Richard Blackmore
The article notes Richard Blackmore of Lorna Doone fame creates vivid landscapes through months of study on location. He spends extended periods in moor, forest, and garden to render a place with the artist’s eye and disciplined effort.
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Quy Continent
Richard Blackmore
Lorna Doone
Vassar Misreads Prayer-Book Opens Doomsday Theme
A fragment from a Vassar College prayer-book reading shows a misread passage that twists the phrase to claim bondage of men and a world without men. The text reflects a printer or reader error captured in the issue.
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Vassar’s
Vassar College
Berlin Fire Drill Turns Real Blaze Into Spectacle
An account from the San Francisco Chronicle describes Berlin firemen in orderly drill scenes with wagons, hoses, and hand engines, then a real blaze at the Hygienic Exhibition building. Despite strict discipline, the simulated routine couldnt control the flames as steamers failed and the entire structure burned.
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Berlin
San Francisco Chronicle
Elso
Hintheater
Vienna
Pang
Beas
The Car-Driver's Theory From The New York Sun
A car driver explains his winter footwear strategy to a reporter aboard as the car moves downtown. He describes wearing first cotton socks then woolen socks to trap warmth, claiming warmth remains outside the cotton layer and cold air cannot enter. He ends by contentedly returning to his horses.
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New York Sun
Power of a Preacher's Eloquence at Sea Storm
An excerpt recalls Whitefield addressing sailors in New York as a storm gathers off the horizon. The preacher urges duty while the crew reacts with alarm and a shout to abandon ship by fleeing to the long boat.
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Whitefield
New York
Tara
Jake
The Popular Moral Core
The Boston Post quotes a bank cashier’s father lamenting his son’s theft and dishonesty. He laments the family disgrace and ruin while recalling his investment in his son’s education, then breaks down in tears.
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Boston Post
Intellectual Triumph Quips Between Mme Dec and Husband
A humorous exchange has Mme Dec question her husband about his arrival time, noting he came home about four o'clock in the morning. He replies with a wry, precise time indicating he arrived around midnight, possibly a few minutes after, and she quips she counted 240 minutes.
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Mme
One of the Evicted Fogg Says He Always Moves
A boy asks Fogg which is cheaper between moving or paying rent, and Fogg replies that he has always moved, indicating a life of continual relocation.
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Fogg
New York Girl Nets 150000 in Oil Transaction
A New York girl earned 150000 from an oil deal while an aunt, heir to her fortune, plans to hasten a fire and is expected to arrive later in the winter for a possible dispute over the estate.
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New York
Criminal worship and the legend of outlaw hero Jack Sheppard
The New York Truth argues that societies idolize infamous thieves like Robin Hood Dick Turpin and Boss Tweed. It notes Frank James in jail at Independence Missouri enjoys luxury due to admirers while condemning the glory given to such criminals. It contrasts public fascination with lesser crimes and laments Jack Sheppard’s born-too-early fame.
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New York
England
Robin Hood
America
James Boys
Dick Turpin
London
Jim Figk
Boss Tweed
Regen
Frank James
Independence
Vanderbilt
Jim Fisk
Boss ‘Wood
Peale
Missouri
Warae
R A. Hull
Jack Bhoppard
Russian engineer studies American transport systems
A Russian engineer, Bezkrovoff, in this city says his government sent him to study American transport. He notes vast Russian canals and railroads yet asserts their costs, compares coal and kerosene prices abroad, and suggests Russia privatize railroads while reforming canal management to avoid autocratic interference.
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Y. Sun
Bezkrovoff
Russia
St Petersburg
Moscow
Photographic Horse Pictures in Continent Depict Derby Finish
The article discusses Muybridge photographs in Punch and notes the images capture true positions at motion change, yet artistically they fail. It explains the eye’s brief image retention contrasts with the sensitize plate, making legs appear flexible or extended and argues neither image is artistically faithful to natural movement.
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Muybridge
James Parton on soil, health, and factory life
The author argues that access to soil and gardens keeps workers healthy and content. He notes New England factories with family gardens show less destitution during mill closures, while urban industries away from soil produce squalor and despair.
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James Parton
New England
Antes
Bi centennial word debate prompts a popular vote
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports debate over the term bi centennial with substitutes such as Penntennial Ten pennial Pencennial and Billpennial. A popular vote is urged to choose the best option and the matter is referred to the committee of one hundred for consideration.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
A Saw for the Times About Lying Beyond Creditors
A quip laments debt pressure with a warning that men should not lie idle while creditors moan, reflecting harsh financial strains in a historical era.
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Times
The Ideal Woman as a Newspaper Parody
A satirical piece mocks the modern ideal woman as an overblown, flawless creature. It contrasts a New York city conception with a Western counterimage, listing absurd talents and virtues while critiquing the cult of perfection and gender expectations.
Modern New York houses attract art lovers and critics
A contemporary writer notes beauty in New York homes yet warns that only the wealthy can maintain such luxury. Ordinary families mimic museum tastes with bric a brac and old pottery, while some collectors dream of a dedicated museum to store relics, as trends may fade and items drift to the barn loft.
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M. H
Lippincott’s
New York
A House-Cleaning Device Sought by Western Rural Readers
In Western Rural a reader signs as M. L. C. and asks for a mechanical method to ease house cleaning. He questions why inventors cannot provide a hands free or crank driven device to replace rag and broom, noting the routine tremor of twice yearly cleanups.
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Publis
Remark on Cushman’s Backfall Prowess by Celia Logan
Celia Logan praises Charlotte Cushman as the sole actress she saw who could perform a flawless back-fall on stage. Cushman would leap clear of the boards and land on her back in death scenes with precise, flat falls.
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Chicago News
Celia Logan
Charlotte Cushman
Florist Comments on Oscar Wilde in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati florist remarked that Oscar Wilde did not significantly influence American art or culture, quipping that Wilde’s impact on lysines was negligible. The remark reflects local dialogue on Wilde in the arts scene.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Oscar Wilde
Epigrams and plots linger in a London literary note
A discussion of fashionable fads in flowers and attire contrasts with sketch ideas for stories by a seaside writer. It mentions a young man seeking a will, a dramatic marriage plot, and echoes of Shakespeare, Southworth, and Daly's Theater, focusing on Matilda Heron and the Stopels.
A Little Furniture at a Time
A Philadelphia Times guide advises buying furniture gradually to build taste and lasting value. Start with a solid sofa, have it upholstered well, then add a sturdy table and thrifted rich coverings, assembling items one by one as you drift toward better style.
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Philadelphia Times
Second Street
Furnishings of Modern Homes Rise With Rich Woodwork
Joseph Howard Jr notes that furnishing a moderate home now demands substantial money. Carpets give way to inlaid wood floors, grand mahogany fireplaces with brass fittings are common, and walls house mirrors and built in frames. Electric bells and gas-lit colored glass windows add a striking, ornate ambiance.
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Joseph Howard
Rio
The Cost and Quality of Furs in a Seasoned Wardrobe
The article argues furs seem costly but last four or five seasons when from a first class house. It warns against cheap furs flooding the market and warns buyers that bargains often turn to poor quality trash by season’s end.
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New York
Debates on Interior Décor and Mrs Washington’s Garden
A vintage critique contrasts antique home decor with modern tastes, noting marble mantels and wax flower displays as cold yet easy to keep. It recalls Mrs. Washington at New Windsor tending the poor and cultivating her garden, with legacy of long, brick-edged walkways.
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M. H
Lippincott's
Martha Wishington
Tippincott's Magazine
New Windsor
Newburgh
Washington
Curtain Lecture Ends Night of Dance With General
Report describes Mrs Knox entertaining her husband with a curtain lecture after a ball at her house. General was present, possibly amused by the scene, and Maria Colden named among local belles. A crooning sleeper overheard the exchange and Grae was summoned to explain. The general's reply was simply to tell her to go to sleep.
A Fortune for Workers in Embroidery and Marriage Reform
An 1880s period piece contrasts opportunity for women designers in embroidery with satire on marriage vows. It urges original designs to earn substantial incomes from decorators and textile firms while joking about modern matrimonial language and a comical wedding certificate device.
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Harper's Bazar
Decline of Mocha Coffee Tales in Our Continent
In Our Continent Helen Campbell reports Mocha coffee faces near extinction amid shrinking imports. A recent Italian consular note describes Mocha once a thriving center reduced to sixty huts and about 400 residents with decayed plantations and a deserted harbor as European merchants flee.
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Helen Campbell
Dress Should Represent Womanly Reserve
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe urges dress as a measure of womanly reserve. She critiques exposure of skin and flashy coloring, arguing that harmony and modesty suit young women. Howe warns against fashion pulled from unfortunate classes becoming society standard.
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Julia Ward Howe
Candy coated meat cake method from San Francisco Chronicle
The article describes removing reddish skin from meats, placing them in a tin pan about an inch deep, pouring hot candy over to just cover and fuse the pieces into a cake. The cake should set, then be divided with a sharp knife. Almonds or other nut meats may be prepared the same way.
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San Francisco Chronicle
A Home Health Resort Promoting Domestic Labor Fitness
The passage asserts that healthy domestic workers gain strength through hard work and vigorous exercise in a home setting. It contrasts ill-clad and underfed girls with those who engage in swooping, dusting, and bud-making exercises to develop stronger arms and broader chests as they mature.
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Philadelphia Times
Yarly
Hearts Grow by Exercise in Education Message
The Boston public schools superintendent calls for more education of the heart stressing kindness. An eminent teacher echoes that hearts grow by exercise like muscles and notes seven thousand English pupils taught kindness to animals showed no criminal charges.
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Boston Public Schools
Gaya
The Last of Horaces Greeley’s Family Member Profile
Miss Gabriella Greeley, once linked to Horace Greeley’s family, is described as a beautiful and accomplished woman. Since her sister Col. Nichols Smith died, she has been living quietly in Chappaqua.
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Horaces Greeley
Gabriella Greeley
Horace Greeley
Col. Nichols Smith
Chappaqua
Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer Marvels Ape Nerve Ease
Copy describes a device titled Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer claimed to treat nerve diseases in apes with fits said to stop. Advertises sending to 981 Arch Street Philadelphia PA for more information.
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