Youngest in his party General Longstreet recalls Chickamauga
Major General James Longstreet, newly named U S commissioner of railroads, appears the youngest inspector in the party. In a hotel corridor he meets Henry S Foote, the U S district attorney, recognizing each other after 30 years. Longstreet recalls Chickamauga incidents, shocking Foote with his memory.
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James Longstreet
United States
Henry S. Foote
Longstreet
Chickamauga
Foote
Buckner
Henry
San Francisco News Letter
Off With That Ribbon and Africa Rail Dream Progress
Captain Baratier once faced a police officer in Algiers who ordered him to remove his Legion of Honor ribbon, while the British push toward Cape Town inspires a vision of a Cape to delta railroad. The article notes rapid African connectivity and maps of new frontiers transforming the continent.
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Major Marchand
Africa
Algiers
Legion of Honor
Rascal
Fashoda
Albert
Alexandria
Omdurman
Albert Nyanza
Victoria
Nyanza
Lake Tanganyika
Cape Town
Cape
Delta
President McKinley Delighted by Little Rose Favor
A young girl slipped past guards at an Omaha exposition and offered President McKinley a red carnation to wear on his coat. He accepted and swapped flowers with the child, delaying a long procession of officials. Nearby, a report notes French peasants increasingly rely on chestnuts as a staple, prepared in multiple ways and regarded as wholesome and nutritious.
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McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Philadelphia
France
Limoges
State Department
Department of Agriculture
Isaac Newton
Wanted Grocery Seats at Union Square Theater
Leigh Lynch once treasurer in New York's Union Square theater retires in Garden City Michigan. Mrs Lynch and her daughter Marie hear of a record gross from Mr Ueth, an indulgent elder. Marie asks for matinee seats, preferring the so called grocery seats described the day before.
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Union Square Theater
New York
Leigh Lynch
Michigan
Garden City
Ueth
Union Square
Marie
Mamma
Ramie fiber machine hurdle halting global ramie boom
The piece outlines the global push to industrialize ramie, known as China grass, with governments and enterprises funding extensive research since 1869. It notes repeated trials to find an economical stripping machine, including 1872 failures and 1879 trials with ten machines, all failing to meet requirements, halting progress despite widespread interest.
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Orient
India
Europe
America
Ramie
Government of India
Popular Science Monthly
Poe Not Expelled From University of Virginia
Poe never faced faculty censure at the University of Virginia according to records and biographers. Browne cites J H Ingram and William Wertenbak er confirming Poe’s conduct and standing were never censured. The note also discusses a shift to the new riding school in American horse racing with riders like Bergen and Spence gaining prominence.
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William H. Browne
Baltimore News
Edgar A. Poe
Poe
University of Virginia
J. H. Ingram
William Wertenbaker
Sloane
United States
Garrison
Hayward
McLaughlin
China
Bergen
Simms
Village for Epileptics at Maplewood Farm Near Princeton
The Voorhees homestead Maplewood Farm near Princeton passed to a governor appointed board and will become the state village for epileptics. Patients from New Jersey insane asylums will be received to remove them from maniacs. The place aims for self sufficiency and eventual patient led community with limited restraints and potential family visits.
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Maplewood
Princeton
Voorhees
New Jersey
Baltimore Sun
Cycling gains social stamp as ladies embrace wheeling
The Newport Telegram notes cycling accelerated yearly after the safety pattern and adds society’s endorsement made bicycle riding a proper pastime for women, turning wheeling into a fashionable fad.
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Newport Telegram
Cycling as a fad and enduring sport in modern life
The article discusses standards in cycling noting that while unchanging patterns persist riders keep their mounts for two to three seasons. It argues wheels face competition, margins shrink, and demand for new riders declines as cycling becomes a steady, sensible part of daily life rather than a passing craze.
Fatal Gunning Accidents Prompt Licensing Talk
The Maine guides should be required to carry licenses proving fitness to handle firearms. The New York Commercial Advertiser argues for certificates to ensure trusted bearers, noting the rising toll of fatal gun incidents and the underreporting in daily press.
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Daily Press
Maine
New York Commercial Advertiser
Berlin's Bicycle Craze and Race Profits Rise
Berlin’s bicycle craze drives two major races the prize of Germany and the prize of Berlin attracting huge crowds. Admission rivaled opera seats with boxes auctioned up to five dollars and one day revenue around 60 000 marks for about 15 000 dollars. The season total for race track owners nears 200 000 marks, while the prize of Berlin of 18 000 marks was funded by local voluntary subscriptions.
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Berlin
Germany
Berlinu
Chicago
Salisbury Speech Leaves London Public Uncertain on France Crisis
Lord Salisbury’s remarks at a lord mayor’s banquet failed to outline a clear government line on the France dispute, leaving English readers disappointed by evasions and perceived war preparations while acknowledging his steady grip on policy unseen by the public.
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Lord Salisbury
London
France
England
Egypt
Salisbury
Empress of Germany Visits Westphalia Widow
The Empress leaves her carriage to visit a bedridden widow near the imperial headquarters. The old woman, whose husband was a merchant seaman, wished to see the empress pass by her cottage. The Empress granted the request and brought happiness to the patient with a long hospital visit.
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Germany
Westphalia
Westminster Gazette
Lions of Indianapolis Society Portraits of Harrison and Riley
In Indianapolis today two local icons, ex president Benjamin Harrison and poet James Whitcomb Riley, stroll the streets as friendly presences. Harrison bows and chats little, while Riley moves freely, exchanging words with old friends and sparking quips that mirror his verse in a lively, distinct manner.
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Indianapolis
Benjamin Harrison
James Whitcomb
Riley
Dreyfus Devotion Shaped By Trial Revision Hope
In Washington letters a devoted wife of exiled Alfred Dreyfus shelters with her children near Paris awaiting the court's final decision. She shows no anger and hopes for no disclosures implicating powers, while maintaining quiet dignity amid public scrutiny.
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Mme. Dreyfus
Paris
Mr and Mrs Stanley to visit Rhodesia this winter
The Stanleys, Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Stanley, are to travel to Rhodesia this winter. Mrs. Stanley, an admired artist, will paint and break new ground in her brush and pencil as part of the trip.
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Henry M. Stanley
Rhodesia
Czar and Aid Plot Philippine Conquest Colors
In a sharp exchange cited by the Cleveland Plain Dealer the Czar and his aide discuss actions to curb American expansion in the Philippines and to claim islands while decrying Yankee aggression. They contemplate military moves against Pei-Hei-Wei and Shu-Ki province, with Dewey-koff and Bullykoff figures noted.
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Kantchekoff
China
Pei-Hei- Wei
Shu-Ki
Manilakoff
Deweykoff
Bullykoff
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Another Story of Ally Sloper’s Oil Shopman
In a comic exchange the oil shopman who planned to switch from a firewood trade resists the narrator’s desire to end the wood purchase. The shopman parries with a brusque reply about never seeing it made any longer.
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Sloper
Humorous Snippets and Jests from Early Press
A collage of light quips and quips about graveyards Boston wit and timeless jokes. It references a Wrentham remark about delicious graveyards a tale of an ancient author found and published and a playful poker joke about women’s understanding.
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Wallace
Ferry
Cincinnati Enquirer
College son saves nearly $1.56 from last month
A Chicago Tribune item notes a dialogue about a college student praised for thrift as he saves nearly $1.56 from his prior month's allowance. The brief reflects a light domestic moment and humor about frugality.
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Chicago Tribune
A Possible Remedy for Cyrano’s Nose
A fragmentary remark suggesting Cyrano could have benefited from marriage. The dialogue implies wedlock would have kept his prominent nose in check, comparing domestic life to a metaphorical grindstone.
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Cyrano
Before and After in Brooklyn Life
In a witty exchange from Brooklyn Life, Benedick laments his wife’s now expensive temperament, noting she had been pensive before marriage and remarking on the change after wedlock.
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Singleton
Benedick
Brooklyn
Not Free by a Jugful
A brief Yonkers Statesman quotation shows a speaker asking if a horse was a good free driver and learning it cost $1 an hour, highlighting a light exchange about horse hire.
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Yonkers Statesman
You Don’t Sympathize With Your Husband’s Insomnia
A brief humorous note from the Chicago Record jokes about marital life and sleep disputes. It contrasts sympathy for insomnia with a quip that the husband’s snoring is the issue. The item reflects light domestic humor typical of the period.
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Chicago
Medical practice begins by admiral's son in New York
Scott Schley, eldest son of the admiral, has begun medical practice in New York per the Philadelphia Call. The Somerville Journal notes a passing seasonal change in the literary voice as the summer girl vanishes and the autumn girl takes prominence.
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Scott Schley
New York
Philadelphia
Somerville Journal
The Girl Who Couldn't Golf Wins Prize at Cleveland
A light verse from Cleveland Town Topics extols a woman who could not golf yet drew attention and admiration on Glenville links. Caddies praise her form as she appears prompt and cheerful, and she is foretold to walk off with the prize.
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Glenville Links
Tilbet
Cupid
Cleveland
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