Miller on Asiatic proselytism in Nagasaki letter
The San Francisco Examiner correspondent quotes a Nagasaki letter from July 30 on Asiatic proselytism. He notes missionaries leaving for Northern Japan and America amid weariness and hostility, praises perseverance despite opposition, cites Chinese and Japanese religious dynamics, and argues Christianity grew through hardship while stressing of the unchanging Chinese character in California observers.
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Joaquin Miller
Asia
San Francisco Examiner
Nagasaki
Japan
America
The Decline of the Bike at Asbury Park
A vintage clip notes fewer bicycles at Asbury Park’s famed bicycle boulevard, with hotels reporting only about twenty wheels versus hundreds last year. Authors ponder whether golf or auto shifts, plus local business changes, explain the decline as they cite firm managers and renovations in Cottage Grove and nearby regions.
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Asbury Park
Fashionable set sparks fall of taste makers impact
On the ground that it had become too common the fashionable set faces disuse by the larger number who imitate the fashion makers leading to a shift in style influence and social signaling.
Log Cabins Built to Order in New York City
The Sun reports cedar log cabins made in New York City in various sizes and styles. The common 12x12 foot cabin comes stock, shipped knocked down with setup instructions, with optional on-site assembly by a crew. Cabins suit estates and country properties, placed on hillsides or glades for watchmen or workers.
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New York City
Sun
Religion and Hypocrisy in a Global Crusade
A Berlin flag ceremony included Chinese regiments paraded as part of a holy war rhetoric. The passage condemns religious justification for conquest, notes crimes done in liberty's name in Crimea, and derides ongoing royal flattery that repeats hypocritical Pharisaic behavior from scripture.
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Berlin
Crimea
Christ
The Cottage Grove Nuggett Urges Delinquent Subscribers Pay
The Cottage Grove Nuggett appeals to delinquent subscribers to pay by September 30. The editor remains cautious, hoping for funds to cover overdue debts and perhaps to secure needed office supplies.
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Cottage Grove Nuggett
Nuggett
Lolla
Ballyhoo Bey Wins Futurity at Sheepshead Bay Race
William C Whitney’s Ballyhoo Bey won the Futurity stakes at Sheepshead Bay New York on Thursday. Whitney bought the yearling for $12,000. After the canter to weigh in, spectators cheered and rushed into the ring to claim winnings. The racing scene carried festive energy despite a dull card.
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Sheepshead Bay
New York
William C Whitney
Ballyhoo Bey
Whitney
The Time We Lost in Wooing
A romantic poem by Thomas Moore exploring folly of pursuing love over wisdom. The speaker contrasts books and wisdom with beauty and charm, noting how desires outpace prudence. Refrains question if steadfast heart can resist a dazzling gaze and if past follies endure.
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Insoman
Lecurne
Blakey the housekeeper and the signal kitchen plan
A comic tale shows Blakey devising a coded electric bell system to command Nora the maid at meal times. He argues masculine brains will run housekeeping, while Nora and Mrs Blakey resist the scheme and struggle with the unfamiliar code and its narration of signals.
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David
Nora
Mrs. Blakey
Enoug
Lora
Mia Blakey
Dinner Signals and a Code of Passion in a Small Town
A humorous tale from a Chicago Record column recounts Mr. Blakey obsessed with a signaling code at a dinner for eight, his wife nervous as Nora the maid dances in, finger bowls and coffee signals spiraling into farce, ending with an ironic moral about masculine brains and methods. In a second sketch, two injured strangers, a sailor named John and a young boy Joe, bond in a country hospital. They share gentleness and hope, with Joe's cheerful questions and John's quiet care, until death comes at night as the river lights fade.
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Blakey
Akey
Lere
David
Lie
Nora
Mrs. Blakey
Mr. Blakey
Eleanor
Chicago
Tle
John
Joe
Mr. Smith
Vanderbilt
Lame general and the history of the country
A sagely old colonel who proclaims his battle scar as glory reacts with stern fury when a visiting youth asks if he is lame. He solemnly declares he has not been riding and, after lifting his leg, orders the youth to read the history of the country.
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California
New York Press
Odd Oil Wells Sparkled in Indian Shrine and Azerbaijani Fields
In Totatri near Tinnevelly India a sacred Narayan temple hosts a legendary oil well rich in squid but described as inexhaustible. At Baku in Caucasia a fountain of petroleum spouted high for days, with 11000 tons output, and another fountain in 1887 rose 350 feet, forming a vast lake.
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Totatri
Tinnevelly
India
Narayan
Baku
Caucasia
Nature’s miracle to me a noble tree poem
It speaks of summer joy and winter strength, birds finding shelter in its arms. The tree bows to south winds yet remains unscarred by fierce blasts, depicting nature’s miracle and beauty through Ninette M. Lowater’s line from the New York Sun.
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Ninette M. Lowater
New York Sun
Chinese Dressmakers Copy Button From Pearl Garment
A tale from Shanghai telling how male Chinese tailors copied an American garment’s button exactly. A foreign lady’s button was replaced after a lost button on a shipboard dress. The tailor produced lace and tucked muslin gowns, but failed to match the bead, exclaiming “Like a missy” while seeking proper kept kee buttons.
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China
Shanghai
Alice Hamilton Rich
Woman
Aphorisms on Poetry and a Fire's Aftermath
A fragment recalls a witty remark directed at Colonel John Hay after a great fire. A woman jokes about memorial verse and the lasting tribute to the disaster, reflecting 19th century literary attitudes and social humor.
More Fit Sharp TM Mention From Detroit Free Press
Fragmentary quotes reference Jayemith described as a sharper TM per, with a suggestion to use a harsher term for emphasis. The garbled OCR implies commentary on phrasing and comparison of a person’s sharpness in a media piece.
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Jayemith
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