Centennial Anxieties and Fancy Fashions From Philadelphia Show
A traveler’s lively account of the Philadelphia Centennial with notes on jewelry, silks, and lace, plus social chatter about the era’s amusements. The piece then shifts to labor tensions, bank embezzlement, a walking match at Central Park Garden, and a split in a local humor paper. It closes with a travel diary from SINGAPORE to HONG KONG, remarking on monsoon voyages and cheap curiosities.
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Flip
New York City
Philadelphia
Nero
Nobby
Fine Art Gallery
Japan
Madame Speers
Trois Freres
Mr. F
Harry B
Times
Central Park Garden
Park National Bank
Thomas Ellis
the Figaro
Figaro’s
Allman
Leone
Singapone
Hoxa Kona
Hong Kong
China
Ah Sin
America
Franklin misidentified as war vessel sighted off Sandy Hook
A chaotic NY chatter over a false bulletin claimed the U S war vessel Franklin was seen near Sandy Hook. Reporters tracked Tweed’s arrival and a rail strike near the New Jersey Central line caused engines to stop, train wrecks, and injuries before a wage settlement. Lieut Norton’s letters from the steamer Alert describe Gibraltar Malta and Suez transit with vivid naval life notes.
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Franklin
Sandy Hook
Sam Tilden
Tweed
Death Angel
Vanderbilt
U.S
Cowl
Indy
New Jersey Central Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers
Atlantic magazine notes and plans for 1858 issues
A prose piece advocates simpler domestic living over modern mechanical comforts and praises cleaner, healthier home life. It discusses the rise of service as a profession, upcoming features in The Atlantic, and new portraits of Longfellow and Bryant by the same artist, available to subscribers.
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Lhare
Ilowever
Clarence Cook
Scribner
Atlantic
Mr. Longfellow
Bryant
Longfellow
The
Atlantic Monthly Prospectus Promises Star-Studded Year
The Atlantic Monthly issues a strong prospectus for its twentieth year. Longfellow Whittier Holmes and Lowell will contribute, with Aldrich Llowell and Twain among other names. The baron Bela Olanyi tale and Kemble chapters promise notable serials. Henry James and John Fiske also feature.
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Atlantic Monthly
Longfellow
Whittier
Holmes
Lowell
Stedman
Aldrich
Atlantic
Llowell
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Kemble
Chiarles Ale
Egypt
John Fiske
Adrartic
How to Keep Bouquets Fresh in a Cold Water Cure
S.C. shares tips from St. Nicholas November issue on extending bouquet life. Cooling flowers overnight by floating stems in a marble basin of very cold water restores crispness by morning. Not all varieties tolerate this. heliotrope azaleas and mignonette need dry cold air and ice-chest storage.
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Flowers
Keep
S.C
St. Nicholas
Sober Seance in Indiana Sparks Washington Gag
A fragmented report from an Indiana seance recounts spirits conjuring George Washington who responds with a joking line about being a “kind of Man” in a humorous exchange. The odd scene reflects a lighthearted, whimsical moment in local newspaper lore.
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George Washington
Indiana
Hatcheter
A Hidden Church in Iznatoras Spain
A colporteur sold Bibles and New Testaments in Iznatoras on a Spanish mountain. A prayerful reader bought Matthew for 6d and taught himself to read, spreading faith among peasants who left the Roman church. After the founder Lopez died praying, authorities denied burial, prompting a Protestant grave in an open field later walled as a church site.
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Royal Tobacco Factory
Spain
Iznatoras
Nan
Rey
Church of
Rome
S. Paul Lopez
Lopez
Corp of
Iznatoraf- L’englise Libro
The Deacon and Old Saying in a Schoolroom Tale
An elderly parable unfolds as a zealous woman argues for coercive moral influence, insisting a bird that can sing must be made to sing. The deacon questions how to compel talent, noting the danger of forcing the smallest canaries. The exchange highlights tension between doctrine and humane guidance.
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Tr Finin
Phitang
Phia
Germany
Onyx
Selentio
Deacon Green
Solomon
Atlantic December preview features Twain and varied sketches
The December Atlantic promises strong numbers with excerpts and sketches by Mark Twain and J. W. DeForest among others. It highlights Colorado Life, The American, Francis Parkman, Municipal Indebtedness by Chast Slate, a Howells recess criticism, and Mrs. Kemble's Woman's Gossip in a lively historical issue.
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Mark Twain
Colorado Life
ILIL
Amerian
Francis Parkman
J. W. DeForest
Chast Slate
Howells
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Harper's Bazaar
Tipod
New-York
New York
Fred. Norton
Alert
Lieut. Norton
East
Freeport
Lona
Gibraltar
Malta
Mediterranean
England
Algiers
Moraevo
Sues Canal
Tsmuilia
Aden
the Insurance Record
London
Perth
Baron Bela Olnyi
Irma Pyi
Bela
Baron Bela
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