Vege table diet praised as cure for thirst and social ills
A New York Sun piece surveys vegetarianism's claims from Professor Mayor to Dr. Foster, arguing abstaining from meat could curb thirst, reduce war, and improve temperance, economy, and morality. It links aestheticism to vegetarian ideals and questions male political behavior.
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St. John’s College, Cambridge
Asia
Africa
Professor Mayor
Thomas Atkins
Mayor
Paul Foster
Berlin
Europe
Foster
Ezzelino
Jeffreys
Oscar Wilde
United States
Emerson
New York Sun
Avoiding Wrinkles by Controlling Expression
Advice from Harper's Bazar on facial habits to prevent wrinkles. It suggests women can reduce lines by keeping a relaxed expression when alone and while at work, avoiding knitted brows and tight lips with little effort.
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Harper’s Bazar
Anglomaniacs on the Fashionable Street
The piece mocks cheap imitations on the fashionable thoroughfare describing parsonages in long trousers no topcoats castoff overcoats russet shoes and oversized boutonnieres with cone shaped wide brimmed derby hats. It compares them to English Johnnies from the Gaiety skirt dancers and predicts they may disappear.
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Boston
Kentucky Distillery Opens a Log Cabin Stillhouse at World's Fair
Louisville Courier Journal reports a Louisville distillery will build a Kentucky style log cabin stillhouse at the world fair grounds. The 40 by 85 by 40 foot structure includes a log warehouse and an observation tower with polished brass stills producing five barrels daily. Three Virginia mountain men aged 86 will operate the still on the old time plan, with glass tubes watching the process from start to finish. The project, begun already, is expected to cost about 40000 dollars.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Virginia
Louisville Courier-Journal
Mummies at Gheezeh Draw Looting Interest From World Museums
The Egyptian museum at Gheezeh reports a glut of mummified priests of Ammon found in upper Egypt. Museums in London Paris Berlin Vienna St Petersburg and Rome are being asked to bid, but all are reluctant to take them. The priests may follow the sacred cats whose remains were shipped to Liverpool as fertilizer.
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Gheezeh
Upper
Egypt
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Rome
Liverpool
Curious note on czar and world republics relation
A New York Sun excerpt remarks that Russia admires the United States and France, while the czar distrusts some European rulers. It notes Russia’s friendship with Cleveland and Carnot and their nations, both of which use a tricolor flag, highlighting diplomatic curiosities of the era.
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Russia
France
United States
Mr. Cleveland
M. Cargot
New York Sun
Chicago called city of the deadhead by London Globe
Chicago boasted 80,000 paying visitors and 425,000 total with free admissions. the London Globe dubbed it the city of the deadhead. Longstride, an Irish hunter, set a 34 foot leap record at Hollywood New Jersey. Aristide Mary, Louisiana's wealthy man who died by his own hand, allegedly bragged he never worked. Australian college talks in Rome with Catholic funding.
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Chicago
City
London Globe
Longstride
Monmouth County Hunt
Hollywood
N. J
John Hoey
Aristide Mary
Louisiana
New Orleans
Haviing
Vallejo and Fremont Bear Flag Tale in California
Emily B. Powell recounts General Vallejo’s choice for the Stars and Stripes over the Bear Flag during a conflict over California’s future. Fremont imprisoned him briefly, then freed him, amid a scene at Sonoma where a spy officer offered flags to Vallejo’s wife.
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General Vallejo
Fremont
England
Russia
United States
Sonoma
Tasmanian Ores Show High Silver Yields in Tests
Black Wood's Magazine reports Tasmanian ore samples with extraordinary silver contents. Zeehan chloride tests near 20 000 ounces per ton, confirmed over 20 000 by government analysis. Other mines yield 3 000, 1 800, and 367 ounces per ton with varying lead contents. Additional Whyte river samples include galena slugs with 451 to 521 ounces per ton and notable lead percentages.
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Tasmania
Fahlerz
Whyte River
Black Wood
Queen Victoria Receives City Lamprey Pie
The mayor of Gloucester Mr Matthews presents to Queen Victoria a lamprey pie in an elaborate ceremony. The queen signals acceptance through the lord high steward. The pie is accompanied by two silver skewers bearing the city arms and the mayor’s name.
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Matthews
Gloucester
London
Ruskin’s Finances Reported by Biographer
W G Collingwood says John Ruskin is not a rich man anymore. His £200,000 inheritance disappeared mainly through gifts and charitable acts. Book sales provide income, but much goes to pensioners he once pledged aid for. still, he has enough for his needs and need not fear poverty in old age.
Lydia E Pinkham remedy ad urges women to seek help
A 19th century advertisement targets women with symptoms of womb displacement and related ailments. It claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills offer a safe remedy. The testimonial cites Sallie Palmer of Nicetown Pa and urges purchase at druggists with address in Lynn Mass.
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Lake
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mass
Sallie Palmer
Juniata St
Nicetown
Yota E. Pinkham
Tetchy Points and Uncle Isaac’s Weakness
A dialogue from a Youth’s Companion excerpt explores tetchy points in people. Mr Griggs complains about Uncle Isaac’s story of farm days in Idaho where an animal near a sugar maple puzzle him. Mrs Griggs adds humor about keeping people’s quirks in mind.
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Ezzy
Mr. Griggs
Idaho
Isaac
Napoleon's Wrath Over Lucien's Senlis Marriage
In a gory exchange from Chaptal's Memories of Napoleon, Bonaparte confronts a Paris notary over Lucien's marriage to a widow, demanding consent and the marriage register. The sovereign’s decree to annul is met with the notary’s calm defiance and eventual departure.
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Bonaparte
Lucien
Senlis
Jouberthon
Paris
St. Cloud
Chaptals
Napoleon
A Case for Open Postal Cards Sparks Debate
An English MP proposed allowing any regulation size card with an adhesive stamp to be mailed. The New York Sun questions legality, notes possible postage savings and rural convenience, and cites a local case of a card stamped with a 1 cent stamp that was mailed without issue.
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Post Office Department
New York Sun
A Word For the Cat Deserves Summer Shelter
The Boston Herald laments house cats left behind as families depart town. It calls for a summer home for felines or, if needed, humane euthanasia to spare slow starvation and sorrow in Back Bay.
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Animal Society
Boston Herald
A Clever Sparrow and the Elm Nest Tale
A tree sparrow built a nest in a tall elm beneath a crow's bulky nest. The crow's nest was robbed while the sparrow's nest remained intact, offering shelter from weather and a protective screen for the smaller bird.
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London
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Mr. Ruskin
Dr. Stetson
Concord
H. 8. Richardson
E. H. Maker
Concord Mass
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Maynard, Mass
Canada
Lmg
Planet Jr
Maynard
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