Madonna-venus model Margharita Campelli tells of fame
A French born Italian woman Margharita Campelli describes her career as a model for Madonnas and Venuses in Paris and Europe. She recalls earning big sums per pose and the shift to America after her husband died. She notes many works were by prominent artists and critiques affordable but poor quality portraits.
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Greene Street
Margharita Campelli
Margharita
Cross
Paris
Europe
Mother Hubbard
Venus
Rome
France
England
America
New Fock
Proserpine
Helen of Troy
Genone
Hecuba
Rachel
Minerva
Andromeda
Supreme Court Bible Tells of Oath Tradition Since 1803
The small black velvet ovtave has served in every oath administration since 1803. Every chief and associate justice has held it while taking office, and thousands of lawyers have influenced the bench and bar of the United States. Printed in London in 1799, it shows wear and history.
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Supreme Court
United States
London
Pittsbury Dispatch
Fox Hound Tracks Fox Two Days Near Fort Popham
Capt Mark Percy of Cox's lead loses fox after two days chase by his fox hound Thed whose baying echoed as the dog pursued the exhausted fox until a nearby man killed it with a club near Fort Popham Lewiston Journal
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Mark Percy
Cox
Fort Popham
Severa
Lewiston
Duchess of Tweedledur bracelet buyer decision
A jeweller narrates a costly, specially ordered bracelet made for the Duchess of Tweedledur. The piece is described as too small for others to wear, valued at £2,000, and a buyer decides to acquire it after the remark that only she could wear it.
Indian princess teaches own school under Bright Eyes name
Sarsh Winnemucca, Indian princess formerly at Worcester College, writes frontier stories as Bright Eyes and now runs an Indian school. She reports fifteen or sixteen pupils and is progressing well.
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Sarsh Winnemucca
Wellerley College
Champion Eater of Twiggs County Captures Georgia Fame
Ebb Floyd a white tenant on Capt. W. H. Stokes’s plantation in Twiggs County earns the title champion eater of Georgia. He devours fifteen large potato custards at a log rolling supper and wins a bet, then triumphs in sugar cane chewing contests, chewing twenty stalks in one hour and fifteen minutes. The feat spreads through the Twiggs county region as Floyd challenges any man for a $100 prize from the Macon Telegraph.
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W. H. Stokes
Twiggs County
Georgia
Ebb Floyd
Floyd
Macon
Superstitions and Shoe Folk Beliefs in Negro Folklore
A short extract catalogs old beliefs about shoes and luck. Burn old shoes to ward off snakes and bring good fortune, keep shoes for luck, stub right toe signals welcome while left means not wanted, burnt soles cure colds, untied shoes hint lovers talk, drawing stockings right side out brings gifts, spitting on a shoe promises new footwear.
Exchanged Wives for Better or Worse in Washington County
A tale from the Washington County area recalls two marriages where husbands and wives swapped partners after mutual affection grew for each other. The trade occurred with one husband paying five dollars and seven bushels of Quaker peas, and the couples now live with the other spouses while children accompany them. The note ends with a hint that the exchange may be pursued legally in court.
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Washington County
Jey
Atlanta Chronicle
Ancient Circus Tricks Surpass Modern Horse Feats
The Philadelphia Times notes that historic horses performed feats like dancing on hind legs fighting mock battles and balancing on a braided rope a three sided rope walk and shield striking with the hoofs and that elephants trained to walk tight ropes bore men atop their backs, far beyond some modern circus acts.
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Philadelphia Times
Watering in cold weather risks overwatering
Guidance warns against overdoing watering in cold conditions. A slip from under to overwatering matters, as excess moisture damages roots and promotes rot more than sparse grating mistakes.
No Choir Girls Wanted in New York Churches
Readers examine the decline of mixed church choirs and the rise of boy and men only groups in New York and Brooklyn. The piece notes fewer paid chorus roles, the lure of opera, and the impact on women singers who relied on church engagements for earnings, with organists citing English choir traditions and lasting limits.
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Dr. Blank
Fifth Avenue
New York
Brooklyn
Emma Abbott
Dr. Chapin
Europe
Zion Church
Holy Trinity
Forty-second Street
Calvary
St. James
Madison Avenue
Calvary Church
Joseph Mosenthal
Conlegation
Warrens
St. Thomas’ Church
St. Bartholomew's
George W. Warren
St. Thomas
New York Star
Sailor captain records colossal wave heights off Cape Horn
A mercantile marine captain aboard a long voyage from Cape Horn collected rare wave height data. He climbed the main mast to view a horizon line and measured four waves at 64 61 58 and 65 feet, in seas 750 to 800 feet long, reporting in the New York Times.
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Liverpool Mercury
Mercantile Marine
Cape Horn
New York Lome Journal
Russian chess mistress Lavroffsky rises from defeat to fortune
In Russia a daughter of a once wealthy south Russia owner rose to fame as a professional chess player. Madame Lavroffsky trained under her father and became a master with large winnings. She recently married M Lavroffsky, also a chess enthusiast.
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America
Russia
M. Lavrofisky
Chesa
Dpall Mall Gazette
English con artist robs hotel by bogus railroad checks
A New York hotel keeper recounts a theft by an Englishman who checked in paid with fake railroad checks for two meals and a bed. After the trunks disappeared and the man complained at the station, he vanished, leaving the hotel with the deceitful scheme exposed and the rooms unpaid.
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New York
Lugface
Iun
Light Brigade Survivor Now a Plumber in Indianapolis
A survivor of the Light Brigade is described as a plumber in Indianapolis. It is noted humorously that he learned charging skills in the Crimea, while the electric light brigade charges astonish Boston and may become historic.
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Light Brigade
Indianapolis
Crimea
Electric Light Brigade
Boston
A Toque J Aime Poem Fragment of Enduring Love
A love poem pledges eternal devotion as the heart is a home and the breast a pillow. It envisions shared sleep in the same grave, promising perpetual reunion beyond death. The verse repeats the idea that only the beloved reigns within, rests within, and kisses this heart.
No Respect for Bogeys in Child Rearing
San Francisco Chronicle notes a mother’s failed bluff to scare her son with police and prison imagery. The child resists, insisting the policeman won’t take him in because he received candy yesterday. The piece mocks scare tactics in parenting and emphasizes experience over imagined terrors.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Traffic in Indian Girls Alleges Abduction in Alaska
Bishop Vladimir reports to the Chicago Tribune on alleged exploitation in Alaska where many miners and workers acquire young Indian girls through an office contract system. He describes widespread immorality, with men taking deprived girls for money or liquor, then abandoning them.
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I. B. Voorhees
Alaska
Vladimir
Sitka
Alaskan
San Francisco
Chicago Tribune
Lifelong Love Story Of William Warren And Adelaide Phillips
The Brooklyn Eagle reveals a long hidden romance between comedian William Warren and Adelaide Phillips. Phillip’s father, a stern guardian, opposed marriage. she chose duty over happiness, vowing to love Warren but not wed. They aged apart, both remaining single, until fate or time altered their paths in later years. Adelaide died first, Warren survived to reflect on unfulfilled early dreams.
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William Warren
Boston Museum
Adelaide Phillips
Eccles
Father Phillips
Adelaide
Adelaide Philli
Philip Ray
Brooklyn Eagle
Debate Over Dancing Styles Sparks Church Debate
The Minnesota Tribune reports Rev. C. B. Nickerson endorses dancing as natural and innocent in general but bans the waltz in his church. He favors modest square dancing with gentle finger tip movements and warns hugging to be kept at home.
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Dancin
Rev. C
Nickerson
Minneapolis Tribune
Raising Well Disciplined Children Through Quiet Guidance
The Philadelphia Call quotes a mother advising against public shaming and harsh punishment. She favors private, calm redirection, praise for good behavior, and teaching self respect to prevent humbling, humiliating experiences that can worsen a child’s conduct.
Cincinnati Critics Fooled by Mayor Wax Figure
A St Paul man recalls Powers the sculptor tricking Cincinnati art leaders by mounting a wax mayor in a reception. Critics praised the work until a critic pinched the nose and realized the live mayor was posing as the statue. The prank exposed the critics and showcased Powers' wit.
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St. Paul
Cincinnati
Powers
St. Pau
Duchess of Galliera Dies in Paris Riches and Royalist Philanthropy
One of the world's wealthiest women, the Duchess of Galliera, died in Paris. She was the daughter and heiress of Marquis de Brignole Sale of Genoa. Her husband Duke de Galliera gave Genoa a million pounds and she funded a 2 million pound hospital and urban works.
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Duchess of Galliera
Paris
Marquis de Brignole Sale
Duke de Galliera
Genoa
Europe
Rosso
Duc de Montpensier
Signor Ferrari
London Court Journal
Gauss Telegraph Invention and 1888 New York Trade Figures
Gauss describes a primitive telegraph setup using a galvanic circuit between Göttingen and Hanover with a commutator and 8 000 feet of wire. The article also reports 1888 New York port commerce, noting imports and exports across ports and carrying trade figures with domestic and foreign vessel shares.
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New York
George Wilson
New York Produce Exchange
United States
Immense Libau Church Organ Described by La Science en Famille
A Libau Russia Protestant church houses a single organ spanning the full width of the nave about 60 feet. It has 131 registers, 8 000 pipes, 14 large bells, 4 harpsichords and 1 pedal. The largest pipe is 31 feet long, 3 inches thick, with a 7 square inch cross section and weighs 1 540 pounds. In addition to 31 registers, 21 accessories allow varied combinations without direct use of registers. A pneumatic coupling can link the harpsichords for surprising effects. Comparative large organs are listed: Riga cathedral 125 registers, Garden City cathedral 120, St Albert Hall London 100, Ulm cathedral 100, St George Liverpool 100, Notre Dame Paris 90, Boston cathedral 86, Schwerin cathedral 85, St Nicholas Leipzig 55, Cologne cathedral 42.
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la Science En Famille
Libau
Russia
Cathedral of
Riga
Garden City
St. Albert Hall
London
Cathedral of Ulm
St. George's Hall
Liverpool
Notre Dame
Paris
Boston Cathedral
Schwerin
St. Nicholas Church
Leipsic
Cologne
Scientific American
Gen Harrisons Holiday in Indianapolis Christmas Day at the White House
Christmas at President elect Harrison's residence differed little from usual with staff on holiday. Ben Harrison McKee's stocking was emptied by his grandfather, a toy cabinetmakers tool set arrived with a cryptic note, and a 34 pound turkey from a friend fed the family at noon. Several friends stopped by to wish them well.
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Indianapolis
Ben Harrison McKee
Magnetic oxide coating explains slow oxidation of rails
The study notes that rails oxidize slower when in use due to a magnetic oxide iron coating formed by humidity and pressure. Experiments by Mr Bring used moistened rust and a cleaned iron plate at 1000 to 1200 atmospheres, showing rust powder penetrates and forms the magnetic oxide layer.
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W. Spring
The
Royal Belgian Academy
Bring
Philadelphia Doctor Faces Loss Over Family Musician Role
In a despondent aside from Philadelphia, a doctor laments becoming the regular family musician for the Westends while the family moves to cut his medical role. The wife questions the change as the family claims they have bought a filter, signaling reduced need for his services.
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Philadelphia
The Way to Wash Windows Advice from the Pittsburg Reporter
A practical guide from the Pittsburg Reporter on cleaning windows. Choose a dull day to avoid streaks, wash inside woodwork first, use warm ammonia diluted water for the glass, dust corners with a pointed stick, avoid linen, and polish with tissue or old newspaper for faster brighter results.
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Pittsburg
Lost Arts of Leeching and Cupping in Barber Trade
The piece recalls a bygone era when leeching and cupping were key barber skills, noting German practice and apprentices mastering these crafts as common as shaving, with tooth jerking once common but now rare due to dental progress. The Grand Forks fire report follows, detailing a furniture store blaze and linked losses.
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Barr
Louis Globe-Democrat
Grand Forks
D. T
Fire devastates Murphy's hotel at West Salem
A fire began Friday in Murphy's hotel at West Salem Wisconsin twelve miles east of La Crosse causing reported losses from 12 to 5009 dollars. Telegraph and telephone lines are destroyed hampering details and the town has no fire protection.
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West Salem
Wis
Minneapolis
Minn
The
Journal’s
LaCrosse
Murphy’s Hotel
Four Indians slain in Gros Ventre River Crow duel
A four Corners duel on Cottonwood creek near the foothills left three Gros Ventres and River Crow men dead and one dying. Tension rises as Gros Ventres buy ammunition and Blackfeet officials brace for possible further trouble.
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Blackfeet
Sweet Grass Hills
Cottonwood Creek
Gros Ventres
Piegan Po
Allen
Lincoln
Gros Ventre
The Burlington Strikers Patched Peace Pact with Rail Line
In Curiaco on January 8 the terms of a deal between the Chicago Burlington Quincy Railroad and the engineers conference committee were released. The company will not blacklist or otherwise proscribe strikers who acted lawfully and will issue employment letters of introduction to those with clean records. Vice President Stone said the agreement includes all demands the men raised.
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Curiaco
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Stone
Burlington
Presbyterians oppose Sunday papers in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on January 7 the citys eleven Presbyterian ministers read a joint appeal from pulpits urging congregations to abstain from buying or reading Sunday papers as a violation of divine law. The note reflects strong church opposition to Sunday advertising.
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Minneapolis
A Wife Murderer Hanged in Winnipeg Special
Webb Brandon, accused of killing his wife while drunk, was hanged Friday morning. He showed fortitude on the scaffold as he parted from his three children, in a case reported by the Journal's Winnipeg special.
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Minneapolis
Minn
The
Journal
Winnipeg
Webb Brandon
Brandon
Roanoke girl attempts suicide after street insult
Amelia Lovelle an 18 year old girl from Roanoke Virginia tried to kill herself with a pistol on Sunday saying she was insulted by women in the street. She may recover. Other items report fires at Ocean Beach New Jersey destroying eight buildings with a 20000 dollar loss and insurance coverage half, lodge furniture losses, a receivership in New York for James H. Ingersoll, the International Copyright association meeting in Boston with Charles W. Eliot and plans for readings to raise funds, astronomers observing the solar eclipse across a wide belt of totality from California to the British possessions.
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Amelia Lovelle
Roanoke
Ocean Beach
New Jersey
Free Masons
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows’ Lodges
New York
James H. Ingersoll
International Copyright Association
Young’s Hotel
Boston
Charles W. Eliot
Totality
California
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
Dakota
Barry to Form New Brotherhood of United Labor
In Philadelphia on December 26 labor circles said Thomas B. Barry will visit soon to finalize creation of the Brotherhood of United Labor. The city is likely to host headquarters due to many dissatisfied Knights and proximity to coal regions. Former Knights of Labor are expected to provide most officers.
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Philadelphia
Thomas B. Barry
Brotherhood of United Labor
Order
Barry
Knights of Labor
Express Trains Run Daily Between Major Midwest Cities
The line operates superbly equipped express trains daily each way linking Chicago Rock Island Atchison St Joseph Leavenworth Kansas City Minneapolis St Paul. The Favorite Tourist Line serves Northwest resorts and hunting grounds. The Watertown Branch traverses Northern Iowa Southwestern Minnesota and East Southern Dakota. The Short Line via Seneca and Kankabere connects Cincinnati Indianapolis Lafayette Council Bluffs St Joseph Atchison Leavenworth Kansas City Minneapolis St Paul. For tickets maps and info contact coupon ticket offices or E St John and E A Holbrook General Manager.
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Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Gallatin
Trenton
Cameron
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Missouri
Beatrice
Fairbury
Nelson
Nebska
Horton
Topeks
Hutchinson
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Belleville
Norton
Abilene
Caldwell
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Colorado
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Legant
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Portland
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Diego
San Francisco
Union
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Atchison
Leavenworth
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St. Paul
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Iowa
Minnesota
Seneca
Kankabere
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Lafayette
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