Shopping in London by Credit and Bargain Hunt
A San Francisco Argonaut note contrasts American and English retail practices. It explains quarterly accounts in England and how social prominence led to delayed payments, increasing prices to cover losses. It also contrasts American bargain hunting with European pricing and etiquette, calling Bond Street bargains folly.
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London
America
England
Bond Street
San Francisco
Argonaut
Byron opens up in a Murray letter about poems and gifts
John Murray recounts Lord Byron’s deal on new poems, receiving a 1000 guinea draft for printing rights that Byron rejects as too generous. Byron declines to publish separately and jokes about Murray’s “folly” in offering such money.
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Lord Byron
John Murray
Transformation of Wundt observed by Roanoke Collegian
A Roanoke Collegian account describes arriving in Leipsic and mistaking Wilhelm Wundt for a lost village burgher. In Wundt's lecture room the psychologist's dignified bearing transforms perception as he speaks, revealing a great philosopher beyond his quirky exterior.
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Leipsic
Wundt
Roanoke Collegian
Dean Vaughan Hosts Hidden Guests at Temple Dinner
The Toronto Saturday Night recounts Dean Vaughan preparing colored clergy men for mission work and inviting them to dine at the Temple. Mrs Vaughan waits an hour for guests who never arrive, and the butler reveals the guests were Christy Minstrels refused at the door.
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Toronto
Dean Vaughan
Temple
Garlic’s ancient journey across Asia to world kitchens
The article notes garlic originated in Asia and was eaten since early times. It formed part of the Israelite diet in Egypt and was used by Greek and Roman soldiers and African peasants.
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Asia
Egypt
Dawn of a new day in calm early light
Poem excerpt attributed to Clark W. Bryan in Good Housekeeping. It speaks of unbroken silence and eastern skies, incense of celestial chalices, and new beauties guiding reverent praise and prayer. It portrays night giving way to dawn and a sense of renewed life and faith.
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Clark W. Bryan
Good Housekeeping
Free Three Bottles Cure Offer From New York Chemist
A New York chemist T A Slocum promises three free bottles of his new treatment for consumption and lung diseases to readers of The Fairfield Tribune. He claims long trial success and asks sufferers to write to 98 Pine Street New York with address details and note they saw the offer in The Tribune Fairfield Iowa.
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New York
T. A. Slocum
Fairfield Tribune
Science Daily
M. D
Pine Street
Tribune
Fairfield
Owa
The Reporter’s Duty To Truth And Caution
A Philadelphia Times commentary defends reporters as truthful and fair, noting editors enforce accuracy and often withhold harmful details to protect the innocent. It argues that suppression, not sensationalism, protects public welfare despite haste and occasional errors.
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Philadelphia Times
Tobacco Pipes and Hygienic Claims in The Lancet
A Lancet article argues clay pipes may be least injurious while pipes of meerschaum wood and other materials differ in smoke quality. It warns against ebonite stems and amber substitutes and notes tobacco smoke contains few nicotine amounts but tarry oils causing toxicity.
Byron on idiosyncrasies in medical practice
New York Ledger notes Lord Byron’s view that doctors rush to reuse remedies for similar diseases without considering individual temperaments and habits. He warned that temperament and disposition significantly affect illness and treatment outcomes, a nuanced critique of medical uniformity.
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Lord Byron
Countess of Blessington
Byron
New York Ledger
Shakespeare Autographs Ranked Among World’s Rarest
The rarest autographs include seven claimed Shakespeare signatures across his will and property conveyances, plus a doubtful folio and a Montaigne translation in the British Museum acquired for over 300 guineas.
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Shakespeare
Montaigne
British Museum
World’s Largest Gasometer at East Greenwich
The gasometer in East Greenwich is the largest in the world. When full it holds 12 million cubic feet of gas, weighs 2,200 tons, stands 180 feet high and 800 feet in diameter. It requires 1,200 tons of coal to gasify and cost about £40,000.
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East Greenwich
Gunpowder Invention Debate Ties to Bacon and German Claims
Historical note shows Roger Bacon, an English friar, associated with early gunpowder. Claims from Germany attribute the invention to several figures who emerged about eighty years after Bacon's death.
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Roger Bacon
Germany
Bacon
Night Message in a Vaudeville Sketch
The New York Commercial Advertiser recounts a dainty French performer drawing a ship at sea with an oriental town in the background. A woman in front fails to perceive the scene at first, misreading the moonlit night as cheese, until she finally sees the full image. The couple leaves the theater apart in spirit but together in body.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Gravedigger Returns Home Joke Sparks Coincidence Tale
A Connecticut pension examiner and a helper in a sleigh are stranded when a grave-digger emerges from a grave. The gravedigger directs them to the nearest house and confirms the resident is at home, setting up a macabre punchline in this Washington Star anecdote.
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Felix Mahoney
Connecticut
Mahoney
Jim Smith
Mr. Mahoney
Fortissimo
Washington Star
A Tough Route and a Bright Colored Boy
Congressmen recount a scene at the civil service commission where a Black applicant is tested for a letter carrier post. The first question asks the distance to the moon and the applicant imitates the askers, then declines the job, leaving in frustration.
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Sulloway
Civil Service Commission
Japanese match factories rely on young girls for box and label work
The article notes boxes and labels in Japanese match factories are produced by young girls who are highly dexterous. They earn from 1 to 5 cents for 12 hours of labor, highlighting harsh low wages and labor conditions.
Dream Revealed Fossil Fish By Agassiz In Sleep
A London Spectator reference recalls Louis Agassiz’s anecdote from his American fishes work. While studying a fossil fish at Jardin des Plantes he failed to identify the species. He dreamt it. upon waking he forgot the key detail. The third dream yielded a drawing with three bones not visible in the fossil, which led him to the correct identification after confirming with a chipped stone sample.
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Spectator
Agassiz
Jardin Des Plantes
London Spectator
Grandfather and Humorist Plan Afternoon Visit
A humorous dialogue is recounted where a young man asks his grandfather to spend the afternoon together to gather jokes from his boyhood days. The grandfather questions the purpose while the son explains he writes humorous articles and has been asked to contribute to a magazine.
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Funny Man
Chicago News
Vanilla bean price cited by London Globe
The vanilla bean is described as the costliest bean. It grows wild in Rapantla and Misantla Mexico and is gathered by natives. Fresh beans fetch £2 5s per 1 000, while dried and cured beans cost about £2 5s per pound. Used mainly by druggists.
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Rapantla
Misantla
Mexico
London Globe
Japanese Economy and Fuel Innovation Echo
A brief note links Japan's prosperity to its economy and energy practices. The text mentions saving coal dust and molding it with chaff or straw into fuel balls as part of rural energy techniques.
Explosion at US Smokeless Powder works kills two
Brief item reports an explosion at the United States Smokeless Powder company works near San Rafael California killing C A Jenks and Jenson.
Passenger train held up near Crosscreek bridge report
Two men stopped a passenger train at Crosscreek bridge four miles south of Traver California and robbed the express car of an unknown amount. Guinness & Co announces eight hour day adoption. Veazey former Interstate Commerce Commissioner dies in Washington. China landslide uncovers money worth about 7 million coppers. El Oro mine Mexico praised as top gold producer. Gold Creek properties Nevada sunk about 600000. Independent Order of Railway Men organized in St. Louis.
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Crosscreek Bridge
Traver
Cal
Guinness & Co
Dublin
General Wheelock G. Veazey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
China
el Oro
Mexico
Gold Creek
Nevada
Independent Order of Railway Men
St. Louis
Corean adviser released and notable 19th century events
C R Greathouse, adviser to the Corean cabinet and counsel to the Corean foreign office, has been released from his engagement. Prussian novelist Hans Wachenhusen is dead, born December 31 1827. Mrs Amelia Summerville divorced in New York. Train robbers near Goshen Colorado believed to have gained at least $50 000. Samuel Hagey and wife drowned returning home north of New Hagerstown Ohio. Boone Iowa mass meeting aids Cuban sufferers raising about $200. Cholock cascade Yosemite California is the world’s highest waterfall at 2635 feet. Montana copper output grows from 9 058 284 pounds to 250 000 000 pounds in fifteen years.
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C. R. Greathouse
Corean
Corean Foreign Office
Hans Wachenhusen
Frederick Russell Runnells
Amelia Summerville
New York
Goshen
Col
Market
Samuel Hagey
New Hagerstown
Boone
Yosemite
Cal
Montana
Land lines Restored and Island Communications Reopened
Communications across the Philippine islands are fully restored including Bolinao and Manila. John Leonard was executed by hanging in Colfax Washington before about a thousand spectators. Violent Denmark coast gales and heavy snow caused shipping casualties. Lightning damaged Fiune docks with losses around 400000 dollars. Adrian C Anson holds an option on the Chicago club with about five weeks left. Prince Luigi of Italy backs an Alaska expedition leaving Seattle in May. Oxford and Cambridge sports postponed indefinitely due to bad English weather.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
John Leonard
Colfax
Wash
Denmark
Fiune
Austria
Adrian C. Anson
Chicago
Prince Luigi
Italy
Alaska
Seattle
Oxford
Cambridge
England
Uprising and clashes reported in Tocunto Venezuela
Reports claim an uprising in Tocunto Lara state Venezuela with several engagements all won by government troops. In Duluth two women remain hospitalized after a hand to hand fight with pocket knives. Hazleton fears a broad coal miners strike across Pennsylvania. Paris Matin predicts Zola conviction quashed and a new trial ordered. Commander Eugene Heald dies at Annapolis from Brights disease. Mexico City to Manzanillo rail link planned. Germany bans American fruit waste hurting jelly industry.
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Tocunto
Lara
Venezuela
Duluth
Hazleton
Pennsylvania
Paris Matin
M. Emile Zola
Eugene D. F. Heald
U. Ss. N
Annapolis Naval Academy
Bright
Mexico
Manzanillo
Pacific
Rhine
Connecticut Ministers Relief Fund Reaches Seventeen Thousand
The relief fund for aged, disabled and destitute Connecticut ministers stands at 17 000 dollars. Forty eight families are currently being cared for. A telegram from Fairfield California reports Frank Belew plans to plead guilty to murdering his brother and sister. The Salem Connecticut wire nail company joins a price cartel set to take effect April 3. Architect Augustus Lavek, designer of major government buildings, dies in Alameda California. A 16 year old near Dayton Iowa last year raised 200 ducks 400 chickens and 100 turkeys.
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Chicago
Klondike
Fairfield
Cal
Frank Belew
Wire
Salem
Augustus Lavek
New York
Capitol
Alameda
Dayton
Bureau of Associated Charities
Plaudit
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Northwestern
Beloit
Wis
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Ada Monks Hewitt
Ada Monks
New York City
Robert Reitzel
The
Arme Teufel
Detroit
Countess of Warwick
Brooke
J. W. Bean, M.D
Iowa
B. N. Gantz, M.D
Harrison & Ball’s
Calvin Snook
D. G. Higley
W. Fordyce, M.D
Fairfield, Iowa
Risk & Hufstedler’s
Railroad
Court Street
R. C. Sayers, D.V.M
Dentistry
Gordon's
E. G. Grove, M.D
Monfort Building
Savings Bank
Frank Fourt
South Side Drug Store
J. B. Monfort
Harris & Cuddy
South Side Square
T. L. James
ES “PLC
Over Held & Kerrick’s
E. R. Smith
North Side Park
M. A. McCorp
I. H. Tomlinson
Southeast Corner Park
Jefferson County
Postoffice
H. C. Raney
E. F. Simmons
Raney & Simmons
Bell
Rocery
Northwest Corner Square
First National Bank
Mgelhinny
John A. Spielman
Frank LiGut
Park
Parsons College
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