Long list of world issues and reforms discussed
The itemized survey covers road improvements, stamps printed in New York, Florida swamp land for sugar, immigrant patterns, Texas school funds, and calls to reform appointments to West Point. It notes Mexico's Diaz constitutional amendment effort, Bismarck on socialism, China fire risks, ice prices, name confusion Oswego vs Owego, and varying labor and social policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New-York Tribune
Oswego
Owego
New York Sun
Shadows and the Sunlit Truth Amid Despair
A reflective verse notes that shadows test belief but cannot dim the sun’s truth. It urges recognizing God’s light beyond darkness, despite sorrow, blindness, or doubt, and finds three simple lessons from obstructed sun rays.
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Eva
Reprisal in a Forced German Wedding Tale
Solomon Schonbein rebels at an arranged marriage to Fanny Ehrlich. a church wedding proceeds amid deception and consequences. The couple wed after Fanny exposes his reluctance, and insolvency later tests their union.
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Fanny Ehrlich
Trousseau
Solomon Schonbein
Fanny
Vanny Ehriich
Solomon
Aspen
Peandiees
Henke & Blankett
Rosalie Blankert
Miss Rozalle
Manny
Ehriich
Fanny Sophia Barbara
Himelf
Bridale
Father Ehrlich
Louis Napoleon era rewards and a detective’s fall
An excerpt recalling Louis Napoleon’s past favors to loyalists. It notes the 32 year old Orsini plot, Rossi the detective knocked by the emperor, Rossi’s later reward, and various benefactions including making a washerwoman a noble and appointing a bishop.
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Louis Napoleon
Orsini
Lous Napoleon
Orsin
Rosai
Rossi
Leon Bure
d’Orex
Count de Verbenne
Ham
Napoleon
Palace of
St. Cloud
Badinguet
Arras
Due
He Didn't Know. Wife Challenges Over Marriage Forty Years
Humorous exchange in Epoch about marital harmony. A newlywed asks how long before a wife agrees with her husband in everything, and the reply notes forty years of marriage as the threshold, tongue in cheek.
Courts Martial and Chivalry Origins of Naval Law
A historical overview traces naval court-martial roots to chivalry and English practice, detailing 1649 writings, 1649-1778 developments, disciplinary rules, judge advocates, and the voting order within courts. It notes later reforms, presidential approval for severe sentences, and junior-member voting origin in France.
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Charles II
Macaulay
Congress
Board of Admiralty
Secretary of Marine
Secretary of the Navy
France
New York Times
Onyx to Supplant Marble in New York Decor
A New York decorating expert predicts a shift from Carrara marble to domestic and Mexican onyx and Arizona New Mexico petrified wood for interiors. Onyx is praised as exceptionally hard when polished. petrified wood varies in color, suitable for mantelpieces and furniture veneers, with supply seen as inexhaustible as Southwest rail expansion continues.
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New York
Mexico
Arizquy
New Mexico
Southweat
A Hurried Farewell The First Young Lady at the Station
A brief social scene at a railroad station shows two young ladies rushing to say goodbye as a train nears. One asks the time and the other notes departure is imminent, signaling a hurried parting moment.
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Marcyt
New York Weekly
Fashions for Women Show Bold Men's Wardrobe Trends
The article surveys a fashion era where women adopt many male attire items, from shirts and reefer jackets to topcoats and suits. It notes colors and fabrics, accessories, and the rise of manly styling across journals, with emphasis on London, New York, and English influences.
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London
New York
Producing Sound From Light Science Tale
A beam of sunlight through a prism reveals the solar spectrum and lights a disk with colored silk. Different spectrum colors produce sounds on contact with the materials, while some colors yield silence. Green shines brightest in red light, with variable sound from other colors.
Housewives Recipes From Early American Cookery
A collection of kitchen guidance and recipes including potato pie with beef or mutton, bubble and squeaks using a chafing dish, rusk making steps, boiled sheep head preparation, and compote of peaches and bananas with gelatin and cream. Also includes a humorous exchange about a neighbor’s dog.
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Euphonius
Honst- WwWitie
Scientific snippets and curiosities across science and travel
Observations span physiology staining the gastric glands to typhoid treatment in water. Reports note leprosy rise in India and Africa, Berlin photography with magnesium flash, and rain gauges via copper funnels. Also covered are iceberg feeding grounds, kangaroo acclimatization in England, cocaine cocoa butter pencils, German asphalt pipes, birth rate statistics, sea urchin jaws, rheumatism relief lore, malachite carvings, and a Schulte copper process.
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India
South Africa
Berlin
England
Tring Park
de Schulte
University of Helsingfors
Razor care advice from a Pearl Street barber
An Albany Argus excerpt records a Pearl Street barber advising amateurs on razor upkeep. He notes improper stropping wears steel, suggests letting razors rest, and using light stropping with rain leather after shaving. He also mentions rotating razors and using cold water over hot for sharpening.
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Pearl Street
Crete
Albany Argus
The World's Costliest Gem and Other Crowning Jewels
A report notes the Imperial diamond at Paris exposition valued around one million dollars as the world’s costliest stone owned by a syndicate. It cites other famous gems in London Vienna and private collections with values from fifty thousand to ninety thousand dollars and a large emerald in the imperial jewel office. An owner in Ceylon declines a high offer, planning to cut a mine gem into pieces to sell at about five thousand dollars each.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
London
Duchess of Edinburgh
St. Petersburg
E-Eye
Madame Dostie
Vienna
Noorman-of- Ceylon
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Consumera Sre
Chicago Herald
California
Isaac H. Vincent
Alabama
Pratt Coal Mines
Edward Atkinson
Boston Statistician
M. Rolland
Academy of Sciences
Winch
Tia Iaiste
Sahara
Africa
Tennessee
Detroit Free Press
Marvel
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Estland
Dorpat
Russia
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Jsbor
Herr” Sohontein
Auch
Misa Rosalie Blenkert
Botanical ‘Garden
Washington
East
Botanical Garden
Panama
H. 8. Wood
Limeel
Philadelpha
Mair
Tam
Jean
N. Y
Ping
Times Democrat
Clariasa Potter
World
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Boston
Suisartiso
Sarah
Milan
Ndt
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Figaro
New York Witness
American Agriculturial
Blood
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Yenni
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