Varied 19th Century News Items Highlight Trade and Policy
A mix of brief items notes gilt edged tea sold at auction in London, Russian gold hoarding and looming conflict, labor and health enforcement against underage tobacco workers in Cincinnati, and speculative chatter on Stanley and Native American policy. Curiosities include Italian color therapy in asylums and remarks on oxen versus horses for farming.
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Ceylon
London
New York News
Iussia
United States
A.o
War Department
Homely Counsel Poem Excerpt by Margaret E. Sangster
A reflective verse urges resilience over complaint. The speaker, Margaret E. Sangster, counsels dear to press on through troubles rather than dwell on burdens. It emphasizes quiet strength, hopeful outlook, and steady progress despite gray skies.
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oTin
Theo
Margaret E. Sangster
The Robber in the Kentucky Inn
A 31-year-old traveler in Kentucky hides cash of 1300 dollars in a rural inn. A hidden closet thief waits as the guest sleeps. the robber is killed in the struggle after a knife is drawn. The host is arrested, but acquitted. the town later flogged the landlord and banished him.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Jorge
Laven
New York Weekly
Bishop Crowther life of Africa's Niger mission head
The article chronicles Samuel Crowther born near the Benue, kidnapped as a child, sold into slavery, later educated in Bathurst and England, and becoming a renowned bishop over West Africa on the Niger. It notes his reunion with his mother, royal attention from Queen Victoria, and his advancing age with ongoing mission work.
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Bishop Crowther
England
Guinea Coast
West Africa
Niger
Africa
Benue
Ilo
Adjal
Cuba
Brazil
Afirmidon
Siarra Leone
Bathurst
Selington
Samuel Crowther
Aluve
Alice
Mberty
Abbeokuta
Crowther
Queen Victoria
Jis Son
Goldthwaite
Marke
Nes
Chicago
Jamaics
Sisters
Cow Bay
Greenwood
George Thomas
John Greenwood
Thomas
Hugh
Kingston
Captain Greenwood
Rich Find By a Greenhorn in Idaho Mine Tale
A prospector tale recounts how an old Yankee, guided by a tree, found a rich gold seam after two days of labor. The group initially mocked the claim but later unearthed numerous gold lumps, with the mine proving extraordinarily rich.
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Idaho
Mina
St. Louie
Return of Elizabethan fashions delights New York ladies
The article contrasts current women's fashion with Elizabethan style, noting straight skirts high collars and puffed shoulders. It highlights the Ladies Guide Bureau in Gotham offering hotel like services and chaperones for shopping and theater, and describes a new Grecian coiffure and Eugenie’s limited education with remarks on self improvement and aging.
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Elizabeth
Ladies' Guide Bureau
Gotham
Ladiea’ Guide Bureau
Bureau of Information
Indica
New York
Europe
St. Louis
New York World
The
New York Recorder
Mme
Fashion Notes and Curious Science Tidbits From 19th Century Era
Spoke Engilah to perfection and attracted Napolen III with equitation. Fashion notes cover millinery, gowns, colors, and new shirt styles while scientific scraps discuss electricity in mills, telegraph cables, Alps vegetation, and a Jamaica alligator rescue. A traveling church car in North Dakota demonstrates religious outreach on railways.
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Napoleon III
Chicago Post
Furkestan
North Dakota
Walker
Episcopal Diaccad
Church of the Advent
Aast
Bisbop
Milasionnarien
Vthicy
Counry
Household Hints and Tales From 19th Century Columns
A mix of recipes and domestic tips covers washing and cooking methods for wife’s table fare, cake making, molded rice dishes, and marble cleaning. The item also relays a Chicago fire origin anecdote linking Mrs O Leary to a lamp-kicked cow tale, with period-era storytelling tone.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Ireland
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Elion
Battello Dietrick
Papar
Boston Woman's Barbage Beagnd
Russia
Christendom
Anastasias
Oho
Ohio
McDonald
Italy
Atosanndeia
di Poseo
Sorom
Stanley
Ling
Congo
Senhior Manderson
Sons of the Forest
Jess Horsua
New England
Bia
Apare
Charles.d. Douglas
Cannliff
Rose
South Welea
Savage
Pulton
Merchutt
Gulf of Mexico
Down
New Orleans
Numeronn
Ieading
Fulton Barket
Australia
Scotland
Melbourne
Lonor
Australis
Muuch Paing
Chicago Herald
cAnd J
Goese
Fargher
M. Quad
Eugenie
Eny
Lro
Rego
Tullo
Jace
Aluwina
Shanghai
Mediterranean
Signor Manfredi
Naples
Alps
London Electrical Review
Brinach
Boston
Leo
O'Leary
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