Smugglers Reported Florida Cuba Trade and Alaska Purchase Facts
A collection of historical notes touches on a US chicken farm owned by a woman with large revenue, Cuba smuggling into Florida, the Alaska purchase price of seven million dollars, and a Russian writer's smoking habit. It also mentions Austro-German intrigues, Balkan affairs, Pekin grim realities, and the potential revolution of smokeless powder affecting future battles and the Universal Peace Society.
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United States
Spandau
Germany
Universal Peace Society
Chicago Businessman Returns on La Normandie
Mr. Wilson of Chicago sails home from a business trip aboard the French steamer La Normandie. Mistaken by New York papers for M Wilson son-in-law of a former French president, he is quizzed on politics but claims no interest, stating he sought suspender novelties and left reporters to cover his samples.
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Mr. Wilson
Chicago
New York
M. Wilson
Nelson Dewey
Wisconsin
Evening Wisconsin
Cassville
Mississippi
Catharine
Dunn
Illinois
Dewey
West
Paul Dombey
Ary Scheffer
National Portrait Gallery
Mr. Frith
Calhoun Ky Women Oppose Courtship Rules
In Calhoun Kentucky women form a humorously critical stance against a proposed rule set to govern male courtship. They argue men accompany them to places free of cost yet avoid events requiring spending, urging men to be economical while appreciating free leisure for themselves.
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Calhoun
Remarkable underground canal links Worsley to St Helens
The North of England hosts a sixteen mile subterranean canal from Worsley to St Helens built to move coal from Lancashire mines. Groundwater drainage and mine drainage were addressed simultaneously as Duke of Bridgewater’s managers sought cost savings by moving coal underground. Ordinary boats carry cargo while powered by men. Roof arches bear cross-pieces.
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Worsley
St. Helen’s
England
Lancashire
Duke of Bridgewater
Pro pulsion Workmen Rest on Roof Cross Bars
The workers lie on their backs on the coat and push with their feet against the cross-bars on the roof as part of the propulsion task.
Letter from Saltise warns saloon men in Coeur dAlene nation
A Farmington Register letter from Andrew Saltise head of the Cour d'Alene Indians asks saloon keepers to stop serving alcohol to his people and urges city marshals to arrest drunks. He also complains of stray horses and aims to maintain peace with whites while urging mutual respect.
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Farmington Register
Oregon
Andrew Saltise
Cour d’Alene
Estrays
Saltise
Coeur d’Alene
California Vigilantes and the Jenkins execution in 1851
A historical account describes the rise of the California vigilance committee in 1851. It details the June 9 to June 11 events surrounding a thief named Jenkins, his arrest, trial by the committee, and execution as public action. The piece notes the committee's members were reputable citizens and that the affair influenced public sentiment and further executions.
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California
el Dorado
Jenkins
Lynch
San Francisco
Tom’s Local Paper Question About Adjoining Deaths and Marriages
In a playful exchange, Tom tells Edith his name will appear in the local paper next to advertisements and wonders if it will be listed with deaths or with marriages. Edith flirts back, calling him cute.
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Edith
Tom
Wasp
Temperance in Poverty in Ten-Cent Lodging House
A clerk in a ten cent lodging house quips that a local seller must be a regular prohibitionist while the amazed proprietor notes the guest complains of bugs in the bed and others see only snakes. The exchange, cited from the New York Weekly, reflects satirical social commentary.
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New York Weekly
Why She Didn’t Want a Yankee Husband
A Indiana gentleman recalls Bayless W. Hanna then U S Minister to Argentina telling a Spanish hostess his wife’s age as forty eight. She misheard and exclaimed she had no American husband. Hanna clarified he has four children. The tale circulated and Hanna endured jokes.
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Indiana
Bayless W. Hanna
United States
Buenos Ayres
Gum statement defends safety after Kansas incident
A Kansas incident leads gum makers to issue a public assurance that their product does not paralyze. The statement responds to concerns sparked by a girl’s chewing on the popular Society Quid gum.
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Kansas
Society
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Dixon Sun
W. M. Kennedy
Dixon
Florida
Cuba
Alaska
Russia
Count Toxsto1
Augusta
Church of
Rome
Weimar
Ohio
Jay Good
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Graeff
Alexander
St. Stanislaus
Bucharest
Europe
Pekin
China
Temple of Heaven
Marble Bridge
Dickens
Charles Dickens
Pall Mall
Francis Alexander
Mr. Stodart
Dora
David Copperfield
Samuel Lawrence
Immor
Tal Mr. Macawber
Hablot Brown
White Hart Inn
Tavistock House
Eva M. Niles
Gloucester
Mass
Chicago Inter Ocean
Mother Hubbard
Finlayson
Ronsfield
Temperance
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