Rough Jack and the Little Lad in the English Collieries
A long excerpt recounts Rough Jack a fierce collier who guards his son Jim. When threats and a planned attack on noble Forrester surface, Jack's gang backs off after Forrester saves Jim from a cart accident. The scene ends with mutual respect and a pledge to mend relations, the boy unhurt and all three forming unlikely friends.
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Blackpool
Jack
Rough Jack
Jim
Susan
Carly
Colliers
Little Jim
Collery
Ness
Warry Forrester
Amd
Ind
England
É Po
London
Harry
Forrester
Rough
Gianta
Tory Forester
David
Women Clubs In New York Grow Fast And Diverse
More than fifty women clubs thrive in New York City covering social literary religious musical sewing charitable athletic industrial cooking art and more. Notables include Sorosis the oldest club as well as Pot Luck Athletic Club Kindly Mizpah Emma Lazarus and Atlantic Club with plans for a gym and club home.
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New York
Borosis
QO Museum
Sorosis
D. G. Croly
Sorosi
Boston Woman’s Club
Pat Luckers
Jennie June
Richard
Henry Stoddad
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Joaquin Miler
Edmund Clarence Stedman
John Bigelow
Montague Marks
Athletic Club
Murray Will
Staten
Recreation Club
Central Park
Harlem
Washington Neights
New Jersey
Knickerbockers
Atlantic Club
Mizpah
Emma Lazarus
Cho
New York Sun
Silk Threads In Bank Notes
The paper used for government bonds and current notes comes from Gen Falls Pennsylvania. An agent of the Treasury Department supervises the process to prevent loss. Red and blue silk threads are embedded in the pulp and fixed in the note backing. Each sheet is registered as soon as made.
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Governam
Gen Falls
Chester County
Treasury Department
Piedmont Cattle of Pinnura Breed Described
The Pinnura cattle of Piedmont are reputed for five years to maturity and yielding about sixty percent meat at slaughter. Mountain varieties range in brown, black, and white spots and provide good meat. Piedmont holds 861,053 head of Urese cattle with 93,000 head exported to France in 1883. Bull prices run around $160 and cows about $100 with oxen averaging $120.
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Piedmont
France
Elixir Salesman Arrested in Boston Provocation Case
A man in Boston linked to a scheme selling an Elixir of Life was arrested after allegedly provoking his wife and injuring her with a reported potion. Police say the incident occurred amid claims of life extending properties and a contested purchase.
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Aumarengnget
Boston
Wentingg
Sho Anya
Fashion Notes on Mourning and Bustle Trends
A roundup of 19th century fashion chatter covering mourning dress variations for children and new dull shades, the decline of the bustle, the emergence of a maid in livery as a modern butler, exotic interior fashions, and a glimpse of European hairwork and cosmetics practices alongside social satire.
Purity A Housewife Guides Water and Cleaning Hints
Household tips cover purifying room air with water absorption of gases, keeping water fresh for tea and coffee, and thorough cleaning steps. Advice includes whitewashing cellars, attic clearance, moth control, closet flooring with oilcloth, cedar storage, and dye recipes for fabric rags.
Scientific Scraps and Odds in a London Notice Board
A survey of curiosities and discoveries ranges from London moves to restrict building height and new compressed air lights to Brindensville zinc mines. It notes automatic railway timing, horse dental care, lens coatings, and the Owego steamboat record on lakes. It cites Potash limits in French naval wine, Montana temperature records, and antique theories about ancient settlements. It then covers coal sugar condemnation, Ferraris electrical progress, oxygen in the sun, memory feats, and canned sea delicacies including Finnan Haddocks and Sardines Francaises huile d olive, ending with clam chowder manufacture and coastal fishing details.
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London
Brindensville
Penn
Owego
Ste
Alexander—Graham—Bell
French Ministry of Marine
Naval Service
Fort Keogh
Montana
Theodore Upham
Columbia
Paris
Ferratis
Fithe Hiflelower
Jansson
Boston
New England
Berlin
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New-Folk—Herald
Parla Exposition
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Capitol
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Germany
Austria
Vienna
Bays
New Orleana Times-Democrat
Mike
Victoria
Rusk
Proctor
New York City
Metropolia
Ewchether
Eus
Frank Lestie
and I
Sol T
Tt News
Teeland
Reykjavik
Iceland
Griffin
Bristol
Effie
Harney
Mexico
Frederick the “Great
Hercules
Billy Bowlega
Fort Snelling
Torney
Tio
Faomons
Constantinople
Gasta
S‘omboul
Boaphorus
Scutari
Far East
New York Tribune
Esquimaux
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Trarvey
Dew
Alabama
Mississippi
Carolinas
Sun
Wiles
Spain
A. M. Albert
Chicago
Neics
Mediterraneian
Sophie Cruvelli
Vigiers
Countess de Canmbrun
Goethe
Gretchen
Shakespare
Ophelia
Withal
Marniette
Nice
Worth
Hitemstone
Jane
Yanny
Fabion
Chantilly
Directoire
Sarah
Queen Margharita
Italy
Bonanza McKay
Crnza
Ancient
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Jerusan
Callud
Dimocrat
Washington Star
Gar
Ao Hundred
W. Martindale
Maretus
Padua
Wiley Tin
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