Diamonds Rule Hotel Clerks in 1889 Boston Talk
A Boston Globe excerpt recalls hotel clerks who wear diamonds as a sign of prosperity and asks whether the practice reflects the trade. The piece notes clerks face constant questions, long shifts, and pressure to appear well dressed to sustain business. It also mentions the era's editorial discussion on title pages in publishing.
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Pointer
Boston
Hotel
Worcester
Bath
DAVIS
Champagne Trade Across Nations Exposed In Exchange Quotation
The piece debunks myths about champagne consumption and smuggling, noting Russia’s frontier customs record keeping and high Russian tax. It states England and America lead consumption, France ahead in supply, and Rheims exporting two million bottles yearly while France’s entire champagne district sent twenty million bottles last year, eight million to America.
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Rheims
Sperring
Wrahec
Russia
France
America
England
Que House
Trance
Electric Waves On Conductors And Space
H A Rowland explains Maxwell theory applied to electric waves along wires. When distant from conductors the propagation speed equals light, about 183000 miles per second, but near conductors or submerged in seawater the speed drops. The waves travel mainly at the surface of the conductor, with amplitude diminishing away from the wire under high frequencies.
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Maxwel
Earth
H. A. Rowland
Foolish Preaching and a Strange Underground Canal
A St Louis Republic clergyman complains of excessive preaching and mockery of church strategy. An English Globe-Democrat excerpt describes an underground canal near Worsley and St Helens where coal is moved by men crawling on the tunnel roof, six to eight workers guiding boats through a two division system.
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Land of God
St. Louis Republic
Worsley
St Helens
England
Lancashire
Duke of Bridgewater
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
New Algiers Remedy Claimed For Felon Abortions
A Boston Herald report cites a physician from Algiers endorsing a new abortive treatment for felons. It involves applying a nitrate of silver to the affected skin, turning it black to relieve pain, then healing in six days. The writer notes variable results and warns against overconfidence.
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Algiers
Ifo
Boston Herald
Tragedy as Cavaliers Charge Falls Into Gaping Ravine
In a sunken road on the ridge a deep ditch known as the Obain swallowed a French cuirassier column. Horses and riders toppled, tumbled, and mangled as momentum crushed the English lines, leaving almost a third of Dubois brigade lost to the abyss.
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Dubois
Adventre
Moccasin Bite Fells Child in Hawkinsville Area
Curtis McBurrows eight year old son of William McBurrows colored was bitten by an unseen water moccasin in a muddy pool near Hawkinsville. After his left hand was bitten he tore away the snake but it bit again on the left arm. Amputation at the shoulder was performed by Dr Gus Taylor. The child initially improved but bowel inflammation followed and he died.
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William McBurrows
Hawkinsville
Tio Hawkinsville
Taylor
Gus Taylor
Famine and peasant bondage in Russia amid land debt
In Novgorod district 1897 saw 1,500 peasants condemned to flogging for unpaid land taxes and state dues. Usurers and koulaks foreclose, forcing bondage labor while small holdings consolidate. Free labor collapses as landowners fail to repay bank loans. Upper classes ruined, peasants bear the burden, per Nineteenth Century.
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Russi
Novgorod
Actress Lemoine Discusses Stage as a Business for Women
A famed actress known as Miss Lemoine argues the stage should be treated as a business for women. She recounts her three years in the profession, criticizing how moral questions affect young aspirants and noting that success often favors notoriety or advertisement over competence.
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New York
Texas
Oshkosh
Lemoine
Eceson
Lama Great Deel
Cnd
York Star
Apparition Reveals Brother’s Frightful Testimony
A clergyman recounts a friend’s tale of a late night vision claiming his mother’s death. The brother, stationed in the army at Westminster, learned of her passing only after rushing to the town, discovering she had died the previous evening. The incident occurred as they prepared to retire.
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Church of England
Westmnineir
Fattoway
Cality
Frontier Worker and Watch Recall in Public Speech
A frontier worker type is described as silent and rugged, shaping legends on historic trails as railroads encroach. The text notes the overland traveler’s enduring yet unsung presence, followed by a brief anecdote about Congressman Billy Mason’s first speech and a gag watch he used to impress the jury.
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Anota
Overland Trail
Avery
Mary Lallock Foote
Billy” Mason
Chicago Herald
Diamonds spark more interest than Koh-i-nor in window
A Broadway jeweler notes that two diamonds in his window attract more attention than the fictional Koh-i-nor. He recalls two fashionable young men arguing over which stone is real sealed by a five dollar wager. Both enter the shop seeking verdicts on the genuine diamonds.
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Jewelry News
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