Forthcoming American and World Markets From Speculation to Science
Historic notes report bullfighting losses in Mexico City and rising oil and fruit canning in California. It cites Rothschilds potentially securing new American deposits and a Census Bureau led China population projection. Weather signals, a Nebraska widow romance, New England timber reserves, and a Rocky Mountains tunneling project to connect Atlantic and Pacific valleys are also described.
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Lake Marapaybo
Venezuela
Rothschilds
Boston Bulletin
New England
Northwestern
Atlantic
Gulf States
Mississippi
Mississippi Basin
Michigan
Peninsula
Pacific’ Coast
Tapis
Rocky Mountains
Troy
Utah
Missouri River
Louis
San Francisco
Missouri
Rockies
Denver
The Brute Who Finds Redemption in a Stormy Night
A drunken Jack returns home to confront a broken marriage and a weary wife. After a harsh confrontation and a sobering moment with his loyal dog, he vows reform and asks for another chance. The couple reconcile as a memory of Vermont returns.
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Jack
Jock
Heo
Phere
Vermont
Washington
Tom
Conla
Rover
Roger
Luther
A New York Yachtsman Funds Backward Steam Engine
A prominent New York yachtsman funds a novel four cylinder engine that exhausts steam back into the boiler instead of a condenser or the air. The design uses paired horizontal cylinders and a linkage to momentarily balance pistons then reengage to keep the shaft turning. The inventor claims 70 to 80 percent fuel savings if proven practical, though details remain unverified.
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New York
Opposed to a Third Term Negotiation Courtroom Showdown
A courtroom exchange unfolds as a prisoner resists a third term claim while the judge contemplates a brief punishment and a playful vow to avoid future appearances. The dialogue echoes a Tid-Bits style quip about term limits and repeated appearances.
MEXICAN BURIALS WRITINGS ON FUNERALS ACROSS THE BORDER
Fannin B Ward writes from Mexico about funeral customs. Rich ride in carriages while the middle class use streetcars coffin and all and the poor walk. Hearses vary in price and practice. Coffins are rented and graves opened for months. Death is treated with ritual rather than fear.
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Mexico
Fannin B. Ward
New York Times
Buill
Eye position method aids sleep say writer
A writer to Chamber's Journal describes a nightly technique to fall asleep. By keeping eyes directed downward and resisting upward gaze, the mind ceases obsessive thoughts and sleep comes quickly. After two years of practice, the method consistently works unless something truly worrying occurs.
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Chamber
How to Preserve Flowers and Etiquette Notes
Instructional tips on preserving fresh-cut flowers with a glass shade and chloroform in a non porous stand, followed by London society etiquette observations from a London Letter. The piece contrasts royal courtesy with women’s waist measurements and a profile of Mrs. Mary Jane Morgan’s diamond necklace.
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Princess of Wales
London
Mary Jane Morgan
Riviera
Tiffany’s
Messia
Tiffany
Jewelry News
Indian Washerwoman In Mexico Described as Burden on Employers
A historical account portrays an Indian washerwoman in Mexico as delaying work and extorting meals and food during washing. The piece claims her routine interrupts wash days by demanding breakfast and other edibles, causing delays and reduced linen cleanliness.
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Mexico
Mica
Fashions and social codes surface in brief observations
The text critiques private admonitions and public decorum in the East, then surveys fashion trends. It notes leather belts, parasols, colors blue and green, four leaf clover brooches, and silk fabrics. It highlights dress details, hats, belts, ribbons, laces, and long cloaks, with a nod to millinery and evening fabrics.
Oldest Vermont telegrapher retires from Burlington post
The St Johnsbury Republica n reports HW N Drury Esq of Burlington has retired after nearly 20 years in charge of Burlington telegraph office. A printer by trade, he once lived in the south publishing papers amid tense editor battles before seeking a milder climate and taking the Burlington post.
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Vermont
St. Johnsbury
HW. N. Drury
Burlington
Mer. Drury
South
Biggo
Cotton Field Life and Inventors in Harper's Weekly
The article describes cotton cultivation from seeding in March to harvest in September and emphasizes field labor, picking methods, and the role of enslaved laborers. It notes Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin and its global impact, then shifts to progress in telegraphy and science. It reports J. Pender's London dinner remarks and Edison’s pyromagnetic generator concept, predicting practical electric lighting from heat. The American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in New York is summarized with Edison’s ideas and a future Cleveland meeting in 1888.
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Harper's Weekly
Horace Bradley
Georgia
Atlanta
Eli Whitney
Westborough
Mass
Savannah
General Greene
Whitney
Harper’s Weekly
J. Pender
London
Mr. Edison
Edison
Cleveland
A Matter of Form. Citizen and Editor in Question
The Omaha Herald quotes a citizen declaring honor vindicated after a dispute with an editor. The citizen reports thrashing the editor as a regular means to settle matters and refuses to leave any word behind.
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Citizen
Omahe Herald
New York Tenements and Child Mortality Highlight Health Crisis
The piece argues that tenement life wounds children with constant measles and scarlet fever outbreaks. It cites mortality figures of 15,000 to 14,000 under five dying yearly in the metropolis and calls for radical health measures to improve tenement housing and sanitation.
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New York
Joursnake
How Fatigue Operates
Prof Mosso of Turin shows fatigue beyond the moderate beneficial stage poisons the blood by substances infiltrating it. In healthy animals injected with these poisons cause uneasiness and exhaustion. Fatigue within resisting power brings pleasure as tissue loss is balanced by reconstruction. Mosso’s experiments used Italian soldiers and compared modern soldiers to ancient Romans.
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Mosso
Turin
Italian Lime Pits And Garter Snakes In A Comic Sketch
An old article excerpt describes Italian masons using lime pits to create durable mortar and notes a brief comic exchange. Miss Penelope Waldo from Boston shares a walking incident where a young man with her killed a snake, prompting a gentle flirtation as Uncle James demurs about garter snakes.
Curious Water Plant Lives On Turtles Shells
A water plant described by Mr MC Potter of the Linnean Society grows on turtle backs. It enters shell cracks but draws nourishment from water, not the animal. Norwegian fishermen poison harpoons from gangrened wounds of a small whale, notes M Armauer Hansen. Vosmner posits that sponges originated from a free swimming larval form, later becoming deeper sea and later developing a siliceous skeleton. The best conductors of electricity are iron and tin. best insulators include dry air, gutta percha, paraffin, resin, and glass. Some notes on vision, astronomy, and extreme cold experiments conclude with recent oxygen solidification reporting temperatures around 230 degrees F above absolute zero.
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MC ©. Potter
Linnean Society of London
M. Armauer Hansen
Bedard
Four Centuries of History and Evolution of Fashion
The piece traces how Columbus judged native dress and behavior across four centuries, noting shifts from simple garb to elaborate adornment and perfidy of foreign raiders. It references Oscar Wilde and other figures, then shifts to social change and language, ending with a comic medieval scene and a courtroom line about money.
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C. Columbus
Lydia Thompson
Hatful
Oscar Wilde
Goodby Patti
Wilson
Tug
Canon Farrar
Donkey
Song Bird
Tough
Parson
Reap
Columbus
Cortez
Burdette
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House of Fairfax
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House of Lords
Sam
China
Signal Service Bureau
Gulf
Great Lakes
Nebraska
Wyman
The
Boston Pilot
Fashion Journal
Indy
Cara
Cairo
Saturday Review
Stewart
M. Vert
Royal Observatory of
Brussels
Rastus
Stastus
Harper's Wookly
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