Female Strikers at Cane Chair Factory Stir Poughkeepsie
A New York Times report from Poughkeepsie describes 300 to 400 women caning chair bottoms at Arnold & Co. facing a wage cut from 4 cents to 33 cents per frame. After tense protests and some violence, the superintendent promised protection and a return to work, with many workers resuming at the new rate and expectations of a Monday return.
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Poughkeepsie
New York Times
Arnold & Co
North Water Street
Chicester
Phoenicia
N. Y
Vermont
Water Street
Ohio and the Northwest Rise Through the Northern Pacific
The piece recounts Ohio’s rise from a western frontier to a leading state, with migrations beyond the Mississippi to Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota. It notes St Paul and Minneapolis as emerging dual hubs, and mentions a group seeking to solve the North West question using the Northern Pacific railroad as a key.
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H. A. Boardman
Christain
Ohio
Oregon
United States
Mississippi
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota Territory
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwest
Northern Pacific Railroad
Dr Bull s Baby Syrup for Sale Across Drug Stores
The passage notes crying babies likely in pain may be relieved by Dr Bull s Baby Syrup available at drug stores. It also mentions numerous small strikes occurring in St Louis and Chicago.
Endurance over cleverness urged at university prize event
Prof Huxley addresses prize winners at University College London, praising endurance, industry, and character over mere cleverness. He warns that exam success does not guarantee practical worth, noting some who fail tests may possess formidable force of character and integrity.
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University College, London
Huxley
Wallenstein
Max Piccolomini
Bers
Educate the Girls for Self Reliance and Livelihood
An editorial argues for practical female education, criticizing current liberal schooling that teaches book learning but not trades. It contends girls should learn a trade, business, or profession to avoid lifelong dependence on marriage and to strengthen character and independence.
Old Probabilities: Perhaps Rain Perhaps Not in White Mountains
The piece previews Josh Billings new book to be titled Old Probabilities Perhaps Rain Perhaps Not with humor about dating missteps, riches, dogs, stubbornness, and witty maxims. It notes selections printed by the White Mountain Echo editor and offers a sample of Billings style and sayings.
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Josh Billings
White Mountains
White Mountain
Archaeology at Lacon burial mounds explored by specialists
On August 27 a party led by Drs Evans of Streator Lazier of LaCon and Spencer Ellsworth Senior of Labon Home Journal visited burial mounds south of Lacon. They noted two occupation periods and found silver ornaments some on Absolom Jones. Artifacts include arrows spear heads stone heads battle axes mortars and other Indian antiquities. two mounds yielded little beyond pottery and skeletons.
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Drs. Evans
Streator
Lazier
Lacon
Spencer Ellsworth, Sr
Labon Home Journal
Illinois River
Absolom Jones
Relic hunt traces to Peoria searchers for ancient records
Wightman and Dr Lazier of this city note a rich field from here south to Peoria for searchers after imperishable relics of a people who left no other record of their lives behind them.
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Wightman
Dr. Lazier
Peoria
New Electric Lamp Uses Pair of Carbon Pencils
Summary of a novel electric lamp design with two upright carbon pencils and a surrounding elliptical coil that steadies the arc. It notes Edison era progress on electricity generation and transmission, efficiency of current use, and new gas-like burner costs. Also mentions Serene singing benefits and Etna lava analysis.
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Scribner
Edison
Oswego Times
Menlo Park
A Danish Institution for Daughters of Nobility
A description of a long established Danish house for noble daughters. Fathers pay a small initial sum and a modest annual fee. At twenty one the daughter gains a comfortable income and a furnished apartment in a chateau with gardens. If the father dies the daughter gains an asylum and income starts at majority. If married at twenty, payments go to the association. The institution has prospered at Copenhagen for sixty years.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Copying Process and Jellied Printing Formulas
The article describes copying methods using gelatine, baryta sulfate, dextrine and glycerine to create a jelly surface for transferring aniline ink impressions. It details two formulas and steps to produce forty to fifty impressions, with care instructions for cooling and cleaning.
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Scribner
Violet de Paris
Hoop Snakes Rolling Up Hill In Arkansas Tale
A hunting party including Dr. Alvord County Clerk Masterson and Mr. Leahy reports hoop snakes rolling uphill at Yokum Blue Lick on Saline Fork Arkansas. They describe snakes forming a heavier front and revolving uphill, initially doubted but explained by Col Stark as a balance effect.
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Dr. Alvord
Masterson
Mr. Leahy
Saline Fork
Ark
Yokum Blue Lick
Col. Stark
Secretary Swank Sees Record Iron and Steel Output
Secretary Swank of the American Iron and Steel Association predicts this year’s iron and steel production will surpass all prior years in the nation's history.
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Swank
American Iron and Steel Association
Is This the Place Where a Water Rescue Led to Marriage
A narrator recalls a scene with a young woman wandering barren sands asking if this is the spot where a woman once fell into the water last season and was rescued by a brave man who later married her. An observer, sizing her at a square forty seven with false teeth, admits he cannot swim.
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Snaik
Hansum
A Theory for Noses in The New Quarterly Review
The essay argues that nasal evolution results from outward frontal brain growth and backward jaw retreat over millennia. It links nose size to brain and jaw changes, comparing races and suggesting the nose is a byproduct of broader skeletal shifts rather than a separate adaptation.
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New Quarterly Review
A Nihilist Romance and the Mesenzoff Assassination
A Russian journal recounts a nihilist plot after the Mesenzoff killing last spring. Three convicts sought wives from their political circle, obtained permission to marry, then faced banishment altered to solitary confinement. The women appealed to Nabokov and the Chief of Secret Police, who refused. The verdict sparked condemnations and the minister’s stance.
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Mesenzoff
Siberian
Russia
St. Petersburg
Nabokov
Siberia
Secret Police
A County Without a Dramshop Prohibition in Edwards County
The Baptist Weekly cites Edwards County Illinois as abstaining from liquor for 25 years with only one prison term for a crime committed outside the county. It notes low taxes, short court terms, and a sparse jail population while drawing families seeking a wholesome environment. It also includes recipes and a pro prohibition aphorism. It then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestive ills and general health.
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the Baptist Weekly
Edwards County
Ilinois
Paracelsus
Cure for Drinking Touted by Railroad Official
A Chicago railroad official touts Hop Bitters as a cure for liquor addiction. He claims his acquaintance was cured of insatiable thirst, regained steadiness, and stayed sober over two years, noting others cured as well.
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Mle
R. R
Chicago
Ils
McAffee
Davenport
Perry St
St. Louis
St. Charles Street
Hulbert Brob
Marshalltown
Iowa
Iowa Printing CO
Des Moines
Scorpion and Tarantula Bite Report From Nevada
Lew Walker and Pierre Humbert encountered dangerous arachnids during a southward journey in Nevada. Walker was stung by a scorpion while lifting a water keg and quickly treated the wound with suction ammonia wound care and whisky. Humbert sat on a tarantula and received a bite. timely remedies averted serious effects.
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Lew Walker
Pierre Humbert
Walker
Humbert
Allan's Anti Fat Promises Rapid Weight Reduction
A historical medical patent claim credits J. C. Allan as the chemist behind Allan's Anti Fat. The remedy reportedly reduces a corpulent person by three to six pounds per week in hundreds of cases and is sold by druggists.
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Wochenschrift
St. Petersburg
Monassein
J. C. Allan
Allan
Advice and products for dairymen and personal care
Practical dairy guidance praises Wells butter color from Vermont as pure and uniform in strength. It also touts Cepar Rapids Insurance for value and Carter's Smartweed for women's health, plus Carboline deodorized petroleum extract for bald heads and dandruff.
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Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Kidney-Wort Promoted as Cure for Kidney Diseases
The advertisement extols Kidney-Wort as a cure for kidney diseases and urges readers to try it, claiming rapid relief and cures. It touts cooperative insurance and praises Centennial Mutual Life Association of Burlington Iowa as a safe model, urging support for sick friends.
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Centennial Mutual Life Association
Burlington
Iowa
Northwest
Kipney-Wort
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Pennsylvania Street
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Pinby! Bros
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Steve
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