Two Old-Time Statesmen Linger in New York Society
A portrait of Hamilton Fish and John Bigelow, aged and esteemed, still seen in city society. Fish, eighty, former NY governor and secretary of state under Grant, with Hudson River estates and a large family, attends St Mark's. Bigelow, a septuagenarian, ex-minister to France and NY secretary of state, lives near West Point, author of Franklin biographies, with four accomplished daughters and a long journalism career. The writeup notes their dignity and lingering vitality amid urban bustle.
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Ilrefer
Hamilton Fish
John Bigelow
Mr. Fish
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Mr. Bigelow
Seward
New York
Congress
Grant
Washington
Hale
Second Avenue
Seventeenth Street
George Washington
Fish
Hudson
France
Samuel J.tilden
Albany
John Swinton
Effects of Opium Eating Across Races and Regions
The piece argues opium’s harms may vary by race and climate, noting English evidence may overstate universal effects. It compares opium to whisky in its differential impact on Chinese, Assamese, Bengalese, and other groups, and questions the moral case for prohibition versus liberty.
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England
Coleridge
South Sea
India
Delta
Gangetic
Lord G. Hamilton
G. Hamilton
They Wanted Baked Beans. An Instructive Boston Tale
A German immigrant family in Boston moves to Germany with six children to educate them there. At breakfast they ask for beans and discover none. Homesick and Yankees in spirit, they decide to return to Boston after a brief stay. The episode ends with the family returning home all because of missing baked beans on Sunday.
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Boston Transcript
Boston
Germany
Grosswater
Saved by a Woman's Bravery Tid Bits
A dramatic exchange unfolds about a city banker facing ruin after a Chicago investment collapses. The wife vows to countermand a costly dress order, sparking a hopeful tableau ending with their salvation.
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C. B
Chicago
Cc. B
Madame de Polonaise
Picking Up a Coin Incident at Suffolk Insurance Office
A front-office scene on State and Congress streets in Suffolk features a passerby who drops a dime to test a man. The observer says, Here comes L- and watches as the man spots the coin, halts it with his foot, pretends to use a handkerchief, then pockets both items.
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Suffolk Insurance Company
State
Congress Streets
State Street
Boston Transcript
Population of Quakers in America Reported
The article notes that the number of Quakers in the United States does not exceed 150,000, indicating a small and closely knit religious group with limited growth. It discusses demographic trends and regional distribution among existing congregations.
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America
Odd Sights in Japan Described by an Expat
An American visitor's account of Japan details morning sights including aging newsboys with bell chimes, a free postal delivery to rural hamlets, a carpenter using toes, a mobile hair-dresser with dye kettles and a hanging sign, cheap dolls carried on mothers backs, boys playing tops with matting basins, nightly traveling kitchens, and frequent jinrickshas as children wander the streets while porters yield to youngsters.
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Washington
Japan
Advice to a Young Man About Work and Life
A call to relentless effort across trades and crafts. The text argues that hard work protects character, builds appetite, and steadies a man’s future. It warns that those who avoid labor become nameless, social outsiders, while staying busy leads to brighter holidays and a more satisfying world.
Gail and the Lightning Bug from a Child's View
A Boston Globe anecdote recalls a five year old fearing devil's darning needles after a Sabbath school lesson. He asks about an evil spirit and if grandpa left him money, joking the rent would ruin any dollar.
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Grace
Gail
Boston Globe
Lightning rod seen as superstition relic in future
The Electrical Review argues lightning rods are relics of superstition and predicts a day when a rod on a house will be viewed like a horseshoe over a door.
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The
Electrical Review
Treed by a Mad Elephant in a Forest Attack
A hunter recounts a desperate encounter with a wounded elephant in open forest. After a long climb the animal battered a towering tree, then charged and toppled the trunk. The hunter steadies a jammed rifle, fires seven ounce bullets, and the beast finally collapses.
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Joe
Etiquette for the Parlor From Burdette
Quips on social graces in the parlor advise patience in conversations and avoiding topics. It mocks self centered talk and boasting while suggesting loud speaking and snappy gestures to entertain or bore company, ending with a wry note on polite departures.
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Scraggy
Jim
Wild Sal
Sleepy Jane
John
Shorty
Odd Rain Talk Touches Featherly in Texas Siftings
In a short exchange Bobby teases Mr. Featherly about an umbrella and rain, while noting his father claimed Featherly was soaked last night. Featherly dismisses the umbrella remark, insisting it did not rain.
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Bobby
Mr. Featherly
Texas
Humorous Bits From Old Papers In A Patchwork Mockery
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various papers, including jokes about cigarettes, love letters, box offices, anti malaria willows, courtroom jargon, and light flirtations. The items mix small vignettes with witty exchanges, self-deprecating lines, and brief city notes, all in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper humor tone.
Uncle Esek's Wisdom Reflections on Knowledge and Character
A collection of aphorisms on communication and learning. It ponders that genuine ideas travel, literature feeds minds, and unwritten truths fuel genius. It warns against vanity jealousy and overreaching, urging study of the old to improve upon it.
They Were Always Polite Western Manners Highlight Montana Visit
An Eastern woman notes Montana politeness surpassing the Wild West stereotype. A Native observer agrees men here treat each other as delicately as gentlemen, contrasting New York harsher behavior. The Omaha World quotes the exchange as evidence of local civility.
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Montana
Wild West
Allers Perlite
Marm
New York
Omaha
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