Vast range of topics from borders to rail safety highlights
Read across a broad 1890s snapshot: jokes about mualé value vs horses, child clothing and illness links, industry blows, an Oakland cheat in horse dealing, wave of Japanese life insurers, irrigation extents in India Egypt and Europe, birth rates in London districts, Mississippi penology reform, a dough newsprint cake idea, Swiss guidebook libel suit, a poor man party proposal, Africa’s Wellington girls seminary, Colville open lands, and 1898 railway casualty totals with safety context.
Gold mining to expand in the South with new reductions methods
The Manufacturers' Record predicts gold mining will become a major industry in the Carolinas and Georgia, possibly Alabama, as innovations in ore reduction unlock southern deposits. Past failures stemmed from ore decline and bad markets. now exploration and honest development are urged to proceed with profit.
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South
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
California
Pacific Coast
Sissie Reed Tale From Lewiston Journal
A Portland memory recalls Thomas B Reed as a boy nicknamed Sissie for helping his mother with chores in a big apron. One day he churned and thrashed a group of local urchins after they teased him, a story preserved by the Lewiston Journal.
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Thomas B. Reed
Portland
Sissie
Hoya
Inet
Lewiston
Journel
Congress
Geo
Bottor
Indi/ Sunpolis Journal
A Hearthside Rhyme of Love and Secrecy at Night
In a dark chimney scene a maid with a rosy apple contemplates love and fate. A whispered riddle unfolds as she counts loves to six and discovers a final happy pair beside the glowing fire. Sacramento Union.
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Sacramento Union
The Mahogany Settle Bargain In A Rural Tale
Miss Penriff sells the old mahogany settle to ease poverty while Dolly resists parting with a family relic. Aunt Rizzy frets over luxury, Dolly weighs love and money, and Johnny Barton returns as the scene hints at a larger collector’s reach.
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Mrs. Oakley
Oakley
Orm
New York
Mrs. Oakly
Keziah Penriff
Red House
Dolly
Dorothy
Kizzy
Penriff
Holland
Miss Penriff
Miss Penritt
Orlando Dailey
Rizzy
Johnny Barton
Misa Penris
Express
Boreel
York
Miss Ponnif
Lolly
Johny Baetou
Double wedding joy for Rodendale lovers at old settle reunion
Dorothy Hall and John Barton announce love and plans to wed, while Miss Keziah Penriff and Henry Hartford reveal a long romance revived. The town buzzes as the aged couple prepare to marry and the younger pair set a hopeful path, all sparked by a carved mahogany settle.
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John Barton
Gray
Dolly
Henry
Misa Poariff
Keziah
Henry Hartford
Keziah Pooriff
Rodendale
Joly Barton
Dorothy Hall
Waail
Miss Ponriff
New York Maillionaire
Uncle Hony
Kizzy
Fountain of Youth
John
Dorothy
Richmond
Letter Shops and a Royal Train Highlight Imperial Transit
The article notes China lacks a public postal system, relying on private letter shops with registered, insured deliveries and dispatch rapidity. It also describes a new imperial train for the Russian czar, with eleven cars and Russian-made components, a high speed brake, and planned trial trips to Copenhagen and Vienna.
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United States
Fu Chau
Empire
Shanghai
Russia
Alexandrowski Wagon Manufactory
St. Petersburg
Krupp
Egsen
Copenhagen
Vienna
Speeds of the Earth's Journey Explain Elliptical Orbit
The Earth travels at varying speeds due to its elliptical orbit. It is closer to the Sun in winter, moving faster, and farther in summer, taking more time to traverse the orbit. On January 1 it is about 3,000,000 miles nearer the Sun than July 1.
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Africa
Argonaut
Wellington
Cape Colony
Shéther
Offe-Holt
Anu
Brooklyn Engl
New York Post
New York Journal
Linden Seed Oil Emerges as Olive Oil Substitute
The article notes the high cost and scarcity of pure olive oil in Germany and reports trials of beechnut oil in southern Germany and Linden seed oil with excellent results. It claims Linden seed oil mimics olive oil in flavor and appearance, resists temperature extremes, and may soon become a regular table oil.
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Germany
New York
Budget of Fun Humorous Sketches in a 1900s Paper Page
A collage of comic morsels and quips from various sources features wordplay sketches like Out of Flack Maiden Meditation Not Quite In and She Had Given Up Expecting. The item collects humorous exchanges on love, proposals, and social foibles with brief snippets from multiple period publications.
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Detroit Free Press
Witty Dispatches On City Life And Politics
A collage of exchanges from Detroit Free Press Lexan Siftings and Indi Sunpolis Journal shows urban chatter on trolley disruption, porch coffee, and credit chases. A congress nomination anecdote ends with a veteran’s wary boast about self restraint.
Lynching described at Deadwood in the seventies vivid account
Beander Richardson recounts a Deadwood lynching of a Missouri murderer. The crowd cheers and jeers as he is tied to a horse, dragged to a limb, and hanged with a running noose. Shots ring out, the body writhes, and the throng disperses after a tense, somber scene.
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Beander Richardson
New York Sun
Deadwood
We’re Getting There The World Grows More Human
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette argues the world is improving as people grow gentler and more worthy. It claims light and purity rise, coarseness fades, and even the savage in humanity diminishes as kindness and sympathy gain respect.
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Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
Likenesses Taken in Staateously at Local Studio
An artist studio corner displays a screen with a face sized aperture labeled Likenesses taken in staateously. A hidden life size jailer painting reflects the visitor’s face in a mirror to create a humorous double. The idea echoes a Wiertz Belgian studio novelty.
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Wiertz
Philadelphia Record
Deeg Ear Denotes Generosity in Mughal Texts
An overlong article excerpt discusses indigenous terms for virtue and vice, noting Deeg ear as generosity while criticizing a Mughal writer for fifteen years. It references a poorly legible debate in a historical periodical about criminal character and political labels.
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St. Duis Republi
Household hints and recipes from New York papers
Practical kitchen and home tips from New York publications cover safe lighting with alcohol lamps, moth prevention for garments, closet lining ideas with chintz and crotonne fabrics, and simple recipes for eggs, fritter batter, fried chicken with cream sauce, eggs with cream bake, and deviled tomatoes.
Three Shot Down in Kosciusko Mississippi Tragic Affray
In Kosciusko Mississippi Rev W P Hatcliffe editor of the Alliances Vindicator shot and killed five A Jackson a leading town businessman and former legislator was slain Sam Tassel was killed and Wil Sanders wounded. The incident arose from political tensions involving a Populist for United States Senator.
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Mississippi
W. P.hatcliffe
Alliances
A. Jackson
Kosciusko
Miss
Sam Tassel
Wil Sanders
Jackson
Atta
Janksa Co
Eckson
Piers Denganeing
Ravel
Epi
United States
Violence at Wyant as West Virginia mine strike erupts
About 400 armed strikers from New River and Montgomery clash with miners and troops near Armstrong Branch, thirty miles from Charleston. Reports say one man killed and eleven wounded, with later tallies indicating up to three killed. Governor McCorkle orders state troops ready after dispatches from Wyant.
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Virginia
New River
Montgomery
Armstrong Branch
Charleston
W. Va
Eagle
McCorkle
Thescene
John Baker White
Wyant
Captain Wilsons Fate and the Thirty Three Bones
A trader from the Shangan River District in South Africa reports finding thirty three men’s bones within fifty feet of the alleged last stand of Captain Wilson before a Matabele massacre near Bulawayo. The bones were buried by the trader’s party. King Lobengola reportedly died January 23 and his followers seek guidance on loyalties and support for the king’s wives and children.
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Shangan River
South Africas
Bulewayo
Captat Wilson
Lo Bengola
Sai
Bulawayo
Six Laborers Killed in Railway Track Collision
A gang of six laborers repairing tracks near Charlotteburg, Germany, were interrupted by an approaching train. They moved to the opposite track but were struck as trains passed, instantly killing six and injuring all others, with more than a dozen hurt as steam enveloped them.
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Charlotteburg
Gerpany
Late Wholesale Prices of Country Produce in New York
Market reports detailed wholesale prices for milk cream cheese beans peas and fruits in New York. It lists platform surpluses milk recalls condensed milk and creameries with figures for Western and State varieties and assorted fresh produce including oranges cranberries and strawberries.
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New York
Bouyter É ‘ Creamery
Penn
Gommer
Deans
Lima
Cal
Florida
Cape Cod
Jersey
Indian River
Itlmo
Caceevesnereenen
Pale
Sersey
Western
West
Rib
Bmw
Wal
L. J
Cress Mich Cown
Taunby
Voxs
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San Francisco Examiner
Oakland
India
Egypt
Europe
Canon Farrar
Kensington
London
Fulham
Torna
New York Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Olinois Govius
Poor Man’s Party
Colville Reservation
Washington
British Columbia Boundary
Okanogan River
Columbia River
British Columbia
New Orleans Picayune
American Railways
Chicago
Treland
John Morley
South Pole
South America
Madagazecar
Australia
Cyrus Edson
Board of Health of
Chicago Herald
BL. Gaulp
Paris
Zarafshon
United States Senate
Colquitt
Gordon
Harris
Bate
Hawley
Vance
Coke
Perkins
Shoup
Proctor
Hill
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
New York Independent
Reed
Lyo
BY Welen Forrest Graves
Johnny
Miss Pontiff
Squire Peregrine Penriff
Pwell
Miss "Penriff
Johnnie Barton
Misa Ponriff
Elder Johnson
Silas Wiggins
Miss Penrith
Tenra
Mr. Oakley
John Burton
Settle
Tenry Hartford
Anmi
Leo
Happy Dolly
Mins Penriff
Letter Shop
Lindenseed OH
Konsna Cityg Journal
OUT OF Flack
Pipers
Amusements
Maude
Sue
Charley
Reneansal
Anthor
Binks
Obadiah
Boston Home Journal
Mr. Blinking
Sundersland
Noblesse Oblige
Cynicus
Canis
Bernard
Brown
Jones
Puck
Miny Flightie
New York Weekly
Missa Jinglegill
Washington Star
Smythd 2& Brown
Lexan Siftings
Tousehold Mlacers
Eley
John Roebling
Savonbury
Thho
Jolustown
Captain Wilson
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