Local Notes and Items From The Thor Tribune 1888 Era
A miscellany from the Thor Tribune includes subscription details, sample notices, and varied trivia. It notes import patterns, postwar education spending in the South, Edwin Markham’s remark about lap dogs in San Francisco, rising consumption deaths in New York, and Denver weed policies facing beekeepers. It also reports an Alabama man suing a telegraph company for delaying a message that altered marriage plans.
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Edwin Markham
San Francisco
Alabama
American goods rise in popularity in Russia
American goods and American manufacture are gaining rapid popularity in Russia. This trend is shown by the growing exports to Russia and by warnings from foreign consular officers in Russia to their governments about the success of American merchants and methods.
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Russia
Women teachers lead in U S common schools growth
The 1870 to 1900 shift shown by Dr. Harris reports women now make up 68 percent of nationwide school teachers, up from 41 percent in 1870, with the North Atlantic States above 80 percent. The trend highlights expanding female involvement in education across major regions.
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United States
William J. Harris
North Atlantic
Prince Albert in Congress and Electric Dawn in England
The article contrasts American lead in steam powered railways and electric lighting with England's slower adoption. It notes American-made machinery dominates lighting and railway plant, while Parliament debates attire and yearnings for progress. A young English-speaking woman jokes about Prince Albert uniforms among lawmakers. London employs about half a million clerks.
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United States
England
Three Knaves and a Trump in a Chicago Bank Raid
A veteran detective recalls pursuing Payson Weatherby, a safecracker with a long vendetta. In Indian Territory Weatherby and two accomplices plan an attack on McPherson Investment, but the squad arrives before dawn. A tense vault confrontation ends with Weatherby surrendering as the window fails and exits fatefully.
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Edpar A. Poe
Muanner
Indian Territory
Chicago
McPherson Investment Company
Daily Papers
Payson Weatherby
Washington Brown
Rascal
George Burke
Grayson
Weatherby
James Bigelow
Nelson Green
Shadows and violence in a gloomy room untold tale
A narrator recounts a deadly confrontation in a dark room as six men crouch in silence and flash from lightning reveal their standoff. Revolvers fire, a foe bleeds, and Weatherby spirals into madness. Six weeks later the narrator leaves the force, proud to say he beat Weatherby.
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Green
Weatherby
Paygon Weatherby
Bigelow
Payson Weatherby
Edgar A. Poe
Kankakee
Property Escapes
In Lealin's Weekly the narrator notes a stage prop man in a theater can seize items from every scene. The Chinese property man appears unmovable, except when the property man on stage moves to collect Tybalt’s sword and cape. He would snatch goblets, Macbeth’s chair, Yorick’s skull, and Desdemona’s pillows, mockingly altering famous moments.
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Romeo
Tybalt
Macbeth
Hanuque
Elaine
Juliet
Hemlet
Yorick
Desdemona
Lealin
The Largest Plant in the World
The largest plant in the world is described as a giant seaweed or nereocytis that can grow over 300 feet tall. Its stem is as strong as rope and its dried fibers are used as rope by South Sea Islanders. It grows from 200 to 400 feet deep, forms balloon-like structures, and can create meadowlike islands large enough to impede navigation.
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South Sea Islands
Washington Star
Not Worth While He No
A brief exchange reveals a dismissive stance toward reading books. The characters debate whether to engage with literature, noting the effort needed to explain and persuade.
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Puck
Modes of Dressing and Fashion Notes for Women
The article outlines three daily dress modes for American women from morning wrapper to evening teagown, with variations including shirtwaist, street gown, and dinner gown. It reports Lynn fashion forecasts predicting a shift to higher heel footwear, from an inch to one and three quarters, plus a bon fastener as a novo item to secure boas with jeweled snake forms and adjustable heads.
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Lynn
Masa
Fashions in Perfumes and Sleep Tips in Early 20th Century
The article extols refined perfume use while warning against cheaper varieties, notes on scenting hair with lace caps, and offers sleep guidance to preserve beauty. It lists English wages for various female occupations, discusses trimming with velvet and cloth, and describes ribbon usage and sewing details for garments and garnitures.
Fashion Notes on Furs, Lace, and Queenly Stationery Trends
An earnest survey of late Victorian fashion and social roles highlights edging ruffles with satin trim, elaborate note paper favored by Queen Victoria and the Netherlands royal family, and a growing presence of women physicians, notaries, and scientists. It surveys accessories from velvet waistcoats to ermine and fur capes, suggesting evolving tastes in jewelry, hats, lace, and mysterious new pierced-ear earrings.
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Great Britain
Windsor
The
Netherlands
Balmoral
Highlands
Victoria
Balmoral Castle
V. R. and I
Beatrice
Louise of
Lorne
Hungary
Oddities and Natural Wonders From Popular Science
A Windbird tears at a hanging wasp nest to reach the swarm. The Mawa visits Matty and Davour islands near New Guinea, echoing Japanese likenesses. Frances Galton on fingerprints proves infant prints identify only experts. Nansen describes a polar ocean ridge trapping salt layers behind Arctic ice. A large Transvaal spider nests in leaf-coated galleries at the London Zoo. 19th century astronomy gains photography and spectroscopy, reshaping ideas about the universe. A tale of a drowning cat ends with the cat surviving after escaping a bag and bricks, as recounted by a New York Sun reader.
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Arctic Ocean
Nansen
Atlantic
Spitzbergen
Greenland
Arctic
Siberian
Bering Strait
Transvaal
Distant
London Zoological Garden
New York Sun
Superstitions About Tonils in Indian Lore
A compact history of American Indian beliefs about tonils and natural phenomena. It recounts a council of gods creating night light, a whip-poor-will shaping the moon from a frog, and the frog’s coldness. It also describes savage legends of the toad and woodpecker, a flood caused by the toad’s dance, and the belief Maryland that toad bites are poisonous and that touching toads causes warts.
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Indiana
Jo Maryland
Pearl of Czars Glows in Kremlin Exhibition
An exquisite pearl, claimed as the most beautiful in existence, sits in a former Russian czar’s crown on display at the Moscow Kremlin. The spherical gem appears perfectly pure and nearly transparent, weighing ninety grains.
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Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
New York Son Poem On Farm Struggles And Town Dreams
A rustic verse from New York documents a farmer and wife weary of ploughing. They consider quitting farming due to hardship, plan selling the land, and turning to the city and Wall Street for a fresh start amid ruin and fatigue. The piece blends rural struggle with urban aspiration through rough orthography and playful rhymes.
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New York
PITH AND POINT Jests and quips circulate in quick bites
A collage of witty exchanges from popular papers shows snippets about dating dogs family weddings and daily foibles. Jokes range from seashore romances to misunderstandings about gifts and work with punchlines highlighting social quirks and pointed humor.
Holders of the Victoria Cross to gain new members
The Victoria Cross roll grows as Boer War veterans join the list. Seven years ago the count was 196, dropping to 155 before the Transvaal war. The Indian Mutiny has 42 names, Crimean War and South Africa 25 each, Afghanistan 11, Egypt and London 25 combined, with other names scattered worldwide.
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Transvaal
South Africa
Afghanistan
Egypt
London
Right Kind of Sportsman Says Birds and Schools
Quote from Jonathan Swift on productive work ties to a sportsman who can grow two ears of corn where one grew. Pleasant Valley hatchery reports Mongolian pheasant breeding well with a ring-necked bird praised as excellent and deserving support to multiply. Victor Smith in New York Press cites the remark.
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Jonathan Swift
Pleasant Valley
Victor Smith
New York Press
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Tribune Printing Company, Limited
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New York State
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Col
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Congress
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House of Representatives
Arkansas
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Ere
Aero News and Notes
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Europe
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Popular Science
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Davour
New Guinea
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Maude
Jack
Clara
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Detroit Journal
Indianapolis
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Tadianapolis Journal
Johnny
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