Vast 19th century notes on trade, religion, and empire
A wide collection of briefs on global commerce, politics, and culture. It cites US spending on military and sailors, Mormon polygamy claims in Utah, railway trespass cases in England, and French taxation debates. It also covers education campaigns, immigration, agriculture in Peru, and a Finland find of Father Sugar’s steam treatise with early engine parts.
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Paintors
Finland
Rizeff
Father Sugar
Lona
France
Lis
A Southern Lullaby Poem Fragment
A poetic piece reflects on gloom and renewal, promising that pain will yield to brighter days. It imagines dawn breaking after sorrow, with roses’ scent enduring beyond thorns and a future of peace and renewed joy for two dear souls. The source cites the New York World.
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Dsf
New York World
Alice triumphs with mother in law’s help
In a domestic tale of conflict over cooking the young wife Alice wins over her husband by his mother in law stepping in. Joanna the caretaker orchestrates a plan and John admits the wife’s superior cooking after a feast set by his elder mother. The couple reconcile as Alice earns praise.
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Joanna
Mr. Smith
Alice
Joannn
John
Capoann
Joanne
John Smith
Mrs. Smith
Cour
Allie
Alia
Alo
Abe
Swan
Ling
Joanna Johnson
Ciich
Simple Diamond Test and Cape Breton Ponies News Snippets
An early guide explains a simple Mero test to verify diamonds by viewing through the stone or a finger, noting a single if genuine and two holes if fake. The piece also highlights Cape Breton ponies, bred for form and vigor, popular in Canada but not highly priced, shown in Martello Isles trade lanes and island origins.
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New World
Peru
New York
Iferard
Cape Breton
Canada
Sable Taland
St. Lawrence
New York Sun
Fashion notes and social columns mix at tinsel pace
A collage of couture lore and social observations covers Margherita’s pearls and royal jewelry trends, women workers and marriage, glove fashion, neatness tales from Beecher Stowe’s daughters, and the latest dress and hat trims. Variant notes mix journals from New York to Atlanta with cautions on color and form.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hartford
Beecher
Beechers
Stalra
New York News
Grant Monument Cornerstone Laid in Riverside Park
Under a cloudless sky in Riverside Park New York City President Harrison laid the corner stone of the Grant Monument. The ceremony marked the dedication of General Ulysses S Grant’s tomb with remarks by Chauncey Depew and prayer by Dr John Hall. Fans packed Fifth Avenue and crowds paused business as thousands attended this patriotic pageant.
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Harrison
Riverside Park
New York City
Ulysses 8. Grant
John Hall
Chauncay M. Depare
Governor Flower
Este
Loyal Legion
Grand Army
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Lawson N. Fuller
Washington Heights
Fegular Army
Randolph
Tnd
Grand Stand
Milantonomoh
United States
Hart
Mra
Grant Bo
Russ
Noble
Elkins
Wanetanker
Schoveld
Parker
Romero
Mexico
David's Island
Horace Porter
Grant Monument
Todiay
New York
Brooklyn
America
Troopa
National Guard
C. F. Roe
Cornelius Vandertalt
Atreet
Horace Forter
Grant M Monument Fund
Fourth
Sixth Avenue
Noble Bay
Levi P. Morton
F. D. Tappen
Wanamaker
John H. Stalin
H. W. Cannon Cane
Agriculture Rusk
Cornelius N. Bliss
Schofield
Granville Dodge
Chauncey M. Depew
FY. E. Tilford
Jon Hall
E. J. Cragin
J. H. V. Arnold
Grant
Gallup
Department of Public Works
Maddon Square
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Navenue
Syuvant
Theae
Khe
Erben
Navy Yard
General O
Dese
Ulysoon
Coh
Earshot
New Yorke
Vorter
Loral Legion
American Bible Society
Mamoirs
General Grant
Bowers
Ks, Stors
John A. Ade
Congres
Pacific Railway
Lincoln
Portar
Porter
Hall
Harrison Uross
Bose
Alyndes
Higa
Aris
Gress
Belmont
Appomattox
Iabor
Chauncey M. Depow
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Harper's Weekly
John H. Duncan
12 Street
Hudaan
Unclear fragments describe sarcophagus and domed light feature
Fragmentary notes describe a granite sarcophagus set below a main floor under a dome that will receive light from the sky, and mention bass reliefs connected with an associated office.
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Ture
Destructive Fire Ravages Philadelphia Theatres
Panic broke out as a blaze swept the Walnut Street and Central Theatres along with surrounding blocks on Chestnut Walnut Sansom Eighth and Ninth streets. Two killed and 18 injured as crowds fled the burning venues. Fire department battled flames after a 6 15 PM start, with losses estimated at least 1 000 000 and insurance about 400 000.
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Walnut Street
Central Theatre
Times
Chestnut
Walnut
Sansom
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Palladelphia
Penn
Central Theater
Pennsylvania and Jefferson Medical College Hospital
Se Central Theatre
Audiencs
Gold in Virginia: paning thrives near rich deposits
Reports from Virginia describe a revival of gold paning as mining resumes with Northern capital. Prospectors claim yields from 10 to 100 dollars per pan and even higher in spots near Fluvanna and Goochland counties. Diggers report daily earnings up to 140 dollars, with some farmers offering labor at elevated rates.
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Virginia
Minosa
Naval Porter's Statue Bill Sparks Senate Debate
The Senate spent the day in an animated discussion over the Choctaw award and considered bills on naval pensions, civil service promotion exemptions, and a $50,000 appropriation for a statue of Admiral David B Porter in Washinton. The House worked through diplomatic and consular appropriations, restoring the Danish mission and cutting a Continental survey line, with votes on tariff and silver coinage issues and pensions for veterans of multiple Native American wars.
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Senate
Afr
Quay
David B. Porter
Washerton
Eiatieeay
Turple
Italy
Nikcolino Afileo
United States
Sirz
Chineis
Morrill
Beaste
Canada
Mr. Morgan
Allvor Colnato
My. Kyle
Stra Dar
Henry H
Charlotte K. Bibley
Court of Claims
Venezuela
Yeas
Orn Dar
Cochran
Moses
Paris
Bryan
Burrows
Davis
Kansas
Continena
Bancroft Launched Naval Cadet Practice Vessel
The Bancroft, the United States practice cruiser for the Naval Academy at Annapolis, was launched at Elizabethport New Jersey by Samus Moora Scuy. Built as a small steel warship, she measures 184 feet overall, with a 33 foot beam and 21 foot 4 inch depth, powered by seven foot propellers and capable of 14 knots. Armament includes four rapid fire guns and a secondary battery, with two automobile target tubes and a cost quoted around 934.75 thousand dollars.
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United States
Bancroft
Naval Academy
Acnapolix
Samus ‘ Moora & Scuy’ Company
Elizabethport
N. J
Alrady
Mary Frances Moore
Lefora
Staten Island Sound
National Naval Academy
Cojuta
Constellation
Barzentine Witout
Har
Wreck on Louisville New Albany Railway at Otis Ind Kills Three
A freight train plunged from a trestle near Otis Indiana on the Louisville New Albany and Chicago line. Engineer J C Murray Fireman James Brown and Brakeman Elmer H Brown died when Engine 27 with heavy freight plummeted into the swollen mill stream. The wreck followed a dam breach and a forested trestle collapse as the train, loaded with pig iron and coal, slid into the water below.
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Louisville
New Albany
Chicago
Otis
Ind
J C. Murray
James Brown
Elmer H. Brown
Afonon
Michi City
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Utah
Superior Courts of
England
Edmund de Goncourt
United States Navy
Army
Uid Sam
Australia
Eng- Meh
Egypt
Franco
San Francisco Chronicle
John Good
Bay of Naples
South America
National Guardian
Calcutta
India
Morgi
Moret
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Secretary of Agriculture
Empire
Rifta
Torey
Mnelen Forrest Graves
New England
Allie Alston
Mrs. Alston
Pall Mall
Dea Debats
Chon Pao-Chon
Pheasanta
North
China
Chen
Smurele
Mr. Snuaggle
Sarah
Margherita
Versatile Wosen
Lulu Flower
New Orleany
Miss Dobar
Mies Belle McRoy
Indies
London
Tooll
Chicago Herald
Atlanta Journal
Dinker
Philadelphia
Rich
Liety
Naval Cadets
Joan 0. Bisner
Kansas City
Ted
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Josep Bentand
Pottawattonsles
South Sond
Lnve
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