Enurope swarms with agents of American gun firms
A fragmented report describes European agents courting arms sales ahead of a potential general war next year. The piece cites diverse curiosities from California trets to socialists in Germany and France, counterfeit notes, and international emigration trends affecting Canada and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enurope
Richard Cartwright
United States
Canada
Dakota
Manitoa
Manitobaa
Michigan
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Northiwestern Territories
Boston
Chicago
Dominion
Toronto
Montreal
Maxoachuusetts
Sthe
Quebec
Awakening Hope Breaks Through Dark Mood
The speaker describes days of fatigue and sorrow, with a melancholy mood and slow pulses. Without warning a flutter returns, bringing gleaming hope that lifts the soul and reawakens vitality despite prior weariness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alugaiol
the Independent
The Widowly Bridegroom and the Silent Sage
A former miner recalls a past proposal to Effie Worth, then follows a perilous journey to California. In California he learns Worth’s finances crumble, funds a rescue, and foils a planned murder and forced marriage. Effie’s true loyalty surfaces as the wedding is stopped and a new union proceeds.
The Coming Jars and the Japanese Question in California
A San Francisco perspective argues the Japanese will outnumber Chinese migrants in California within five years. It claims 5000 Japanese in the city, 4000–5000 more statewide, and predicts 20,000 in five years. The piece contrasts Chinese and Japanese labor, noting Japanese adaptability, and discusses immigration and labor market impacts on American workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Californias
Lyman I. Mowry
Japan
Yokohama
Lina Hordas
Amer
Den
Ilean
Hawanii
Mawali
Honolulu
Draven
Phelps
Ladies Departments and fashionable dress ideas in New York
The text surveys women buying rifles for hunts, fashioning fiches from muslin squares, and the Scientific Dress Association models like Gretchen and milkoroid. It also reports on a Waltham Working Girls Club named the Anterview Club and notes Georgia girl Sue Dismukes, a hunter, pistol shot, and diver from Romeo with notable family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Scientific Dress Association
Sarah
the Tribune
Romeo, Ga
Sue Dismukes
Miss Dismukes
Dismukes
Griffin
Pheraclf
Dis W
Mise Dismirkeada Ateo
Misa Dinmukea
Fashion Notes and Anecdotes From a Bygone Era
A collection of fashion details and social vignettes describes summer wardrobes with practical cloaks and hats, a Southern model in a crowded trade house, and a steel tempered view of women’s roles. The piece shifts to Irish lore about Blarney Stone and its legendary kiss, its history, and the sight of visitors vying for a legendary charm.
Household hints and recipes from various periodicals
Housewife advice on using borax for laundry and woolens, plus cushion making from old kid gloves. Also jelly from fruit skins and cores, removing grease with heat and solvents, and simple receipts for puffs custard hickorynut candy fried chicken and banana flour. Mentions ammonia cautions and England’s proposed public spending.
Sun Observations and Oddities From Around the World
The report notes solar photography and a claim of an eleven year solar revolution, describes the Kaneos salt bed as 350 feet deep and 300 miles long, and recounts various scientific curiosities from Paris and London including animal behavior with lavender and a new physical observatory at Smithsonian. It highlights a Chinese American veteran Tom Sylvanus born in Hong Kong on July 4 who served in Civil War regiments and later settled in Indiana Pennsylvania. A glove mender invention using nickel and press teeth is also described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Laraclita
Efile
Mr Worth
Effla
Worth
Efio
San Francisco
Ani
Hamid
Ohl
John
Effie
Californy
Boones
Ace
Eric
Effio
Eny
the Ledger
Kaneos
Science and Letters
Asia
Paris
Zoological Garden
London
Indiana Post
Indiana
Penn
Thomas Sylvanus
Sylvanus
Hong Kong
Phiadelphia
Tom Chinaman
Tvent
Eighty-first
Pennsylvanna
Forty Second
New York
Richmond
Spottaylvania
Petersburg
Cold Harbor
Tom
Andersonville
Jacksonville
Tom Early
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tie
Pittsburg
Ho Ia
New York Times
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Duke of Clarence
Princess of Wales
Old Country
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Socialista of Germany
Societies For the Protection of
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Tinly
Hancock
Treasury Department
Windom
New Orleans New Delta
Puebla
Col
Umea
Alfe
Busefa
Ubusoe
Russian Empire
Ite
Ita
Jinca
St. Pan Globe-Democrat
Europe
Thefoss
Mr. Worth
Emile
John Worth
Neg
Baccarat
Jaene
A. G. S. Iles
Tahiti
Hawes
Hawea
Conan
Tonanta
Engilah
Brander & Co
Islanda
Societe Commoercial d’ de Yoceanle
Mr. Hawor
San Francisco Chronicle
Pioneer Palace
Concord
Mamma
Salt Lake Iosert
Manafield Parkins
London Spectator
Canevaro
Venice
Spa
Sicilia
London News
Marie Antoinette
New York Recorder
Waltham
Mass
Builying
Georgia
Jacy
Aphrodite
Canal Street
Cloak Review
Blarney
Netley
Cork
McCarthy
Prince of Desmond
John Codman
Walter Sconel
Holland
Belgium
New York Observer
New York Tribune
Fabrica
Scientific American
England
Edinburgh Observatory
A. Stanley Williams
Burgess Hill
Sussex
Batavn
P. Langly
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Physical Observatory
Nayo
Brooklyn
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