World events and economic notes from a late 19th century paper
The article surveys global finance, taxation abroad, and infrastructure, noting U.S. and European trends. It mentions Washington's centennial, taxes on cycles in France, stock exchange revenues, German warhorse policy, Washington hops, and Italy’s financial backing from Germany. It also reports on coal use in U.S. cities, court rulings on savings bank fraud, and salaries of high office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Germany
Europe
France
New York News
French law and justice in a string of notes on women and rumors
The article surveys varied topics from suffrage in France seen as business to a Paris Brentano court damages case, US and immigrant inspection outcomes, Myra Bradwell’s legal trail, Leavenworth politics with a wife running the police board, a China marriage legality ruling, a curious Geary law story, and a showcase of the South’s postwar industrial rise with a table of regional manufacturing values through 1893, all reflecting late 19th century concerns.
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France
Brentano
Paris
New York City
New York
Leavenworth
Kan
Righta
Han
George Blackman
Leavenworth Board of Police Commissioners
Viitosity
Sho
China
United States
New York Mail and Express
Sam Yan
Oregon
Prazy
America
Sam
California grapevine prodigies draw citywide wonder
A San Francisco paper notes a single grapevine seven years old sprawling over seventy five feet square within city limits. The vine yielded four tons of grapes in a single season, illustrating California’s remarkable horticultural prowess and the abundance of tree and vine developments across the state.
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California
San Francisco
Chicago Herald
Connecticut
Treland
Scotland
Thomas Blanket
Bristol
Florida
England
Moscow
Nevar
Countyralls Park
Wales
Doge
Cata
Rous
Alsskana Otton
Lavo
Matchea
Sarth
Arorichigiy
Mneapate
Andes
Aunt Tabby's Umbrella and the Fosdick Summer
Aunt Tabby arrives to help the Fosdick family as farming strains push the parents toward illness. Marie, Abner, and Celinda cope with work, debt, and loyalty. Aunt Tabby’s bequeathed money and a Vermont farm change young hearts, culminating in Marie and Abner planning a future together with the old umbrella kept as a relic.
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Fosdick
Tabitha Eimonds
Tabby
Fosdicks
Celinda
Clara
Marie
Mrs. Fosdick
Aunt Tabby
Mr. Fosdick
Mother
Abner Mason
Abner
Gracef
Henry
Rome
Lsarge Teara
Miss Marie
Dirsick
Celinds
Mario
Moris
Agife
Lero
Sibley
Mammy Giddens
Aunt Labby
Sula
Maric
Meria
Pa’a
Vermont
USA
Chicago News
Oddities and Local Quirks From Long Ago
A miscellany of curious facts spans lifting and farming figures, historical notes on blankets and bells, and peculiar claims about ships, dogs, and linguists. It cites strange statistics, age anecdotes, and a medical tale of a childhood jaw, all presented in a mosaic of retro trivia.
Toboggan Slide Across River Nava At St Petersburg
A new toboggan slide spans the frozen River Nava at St Petersburg, built to ease crossing partly for pleasure and mainly for convenience. High towers rise on both banks with a steep scaffolding supporting a track to the far side.
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St. Petersburg
Chicago Herald
Remarkable Statement by Four Clergymen Quoted
The Chicago Times cites The Rev Dr HL Wayland who wrote in support of clergymen and his wife amid the mineas of eight clergymen. The piece ends with a notable line, But God in good, and they are better.
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United States
European Porta Saya
HL. Wayland Anys
Chicago Times
Ideal and the Material in Humorous Sketches
A collage of jokes and playful vignettes from various sources on humor in daily life. Q&A exchanges, pros and cons of husbanding supplies, comic misunderstandings, and light satirical takes on American humor from periodical snippets. Notable lines feature Puck and New York Weekly humor, with exchanges about rings, rheumatism, and the social mores of the era.
Frat Citizen Squire B In New England Town
Humorous sketches tag Squire B- a revered frater citizen famed for restraint and wit. A New York scene on Fifth Avenue yields a drunken stumble joke, while Mrs. Upjohn’s dinner chatter reveals a tale of public matters and a crowded office building.
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Squire
New England
Tlassee
New York
Fifth Avenue
Squire B
Harper's Magazine
Ofice
Kenwood
Chicago
Tribune
Vengeance and vanity among birds in curious tales
A reflective sketch recounts birds displaying vanity and vengeance from mirror gossip to sparrow disputes. Reports include a sparrow taunting a man in go to meeting clothes and swallows failing to evict a resident sparrow, who defends her nest with surprising stubbornness and even “olive” building.
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Indies
Saya
London News
Brenchley
Gavin Inglis
Strathendry
Selborne
Savage wild hogs in marshes of Snisan Col area
The New Orleans Picayune reports colossal feral hogs roaming tule marshes near Snisan County. A boar over six feet long, with fourteen inch tusks and 420 pounds, was killed. Hunters tracked dens of reed erase, where a hunter was fatally charged and a second wounded before the beast was killed.
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Snisan
Col
Germany
Tule
Bay
Household Mattels and Renovation Tips From a Bygone Era
A vintage collection of domestic hints covers cleaning methods, bleaching wood, and renovating rattan and chenille fabrics. It outlines sun drying, lye washes, and sulfur bleaching, plus a professional approach to chenille portieres and cautions about gasoline fumes. Includes simple old time recipes for cakes, soups, and pies.
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New York World
Enormous Leaves From Tropical Palms and Plants
A Yankee Blade excerpt describes the largest leaves in nature. The Inaja palm along the Amazon reaches 30 to 50 feet long and 10 to 12 feet wide, while talopot palm leaves in Ceylon reportedly measure 20 by 18 feet. Cannibal tree leaves in Australia resemble broad planks up to 15 feet long and 20 inches wide, with umbrella-like canopies. Victoria Regia in England’s gardens has seven-foot leaves supporting heavy weights, illustrating extraordinary plant size across species.
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Amazon
Ceylon
Australia
England
Victoria Regia
Royal Botanic Society
No Use In It Keep On Hopin And The Bread Will Rise
An Appalachian style verse urges persistence despite hardship. The poem contrasts sentiment with practical effort, noting no use in grieving for spilled milk and urging sowing and proving crops will grow. It appears in the Atinota Constitution.
Witty Quips and Quotations Across Newspapers
A collage of jokey lines and quips from Atchison Globe Hartford Journal Philadelphia Times Detroit Tribune and other papers. The snippets mix humor about love marriage fortune and social scenes with quick wits on chivalry pride and daily life. Includes exchanges from cartoons and light fiction.
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Bnd
Atchison Globe
Conn
Hartford
Atchizon Globe
Adam
Detroit Tribune
Philadelphia Times
Brassey
Jim
Bender
L. L Company
Philadelphia
Donald
Miss Lester
Vogue
Pliegendo Binetter
Babba
Angeline
Chicago Tribune
Woasehington
Maud
Maude
Boston Transcript
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United 5
Atlantos
National Capital
Washington
Star
William T. Walters
Baltimore
Yakimi Valley
Iseya
Rene Bache
Supreme Court
Boston
Brooklyn
New York Court of Appeals
W. R. Tobin
Manhattan Savings Bank
Tobin
William R. Tobin
Edward Orton
Ohio
Myra Bradwell
Chicago Legal Nova
Bradwell
South
The
Atlanta Journal
Georgia
Kentucky
Touisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Alnbama
Arkansas
C.ces
Gascrtz
John Vance Cheney
Century Magazine
Joen
Muse
George
Bess
Dawson
Smithiers
Jonca
Honry
Jenkins
Mr. Short
Puck
Madson
Tjones
Hudson
Wall Street
NewYork Weekly
Weary Walker
Tired Trotter
Parker
Barker
New York Weekly
Taylor
Mike
Sincera Chraxtian
Presa
Sanantha
Mr. Clugwater
Josiah
Samantha
Mr. Chugwater
Fablic Business
Washington Star
New York Journal
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