Washington Gossip on Blaine Jewett and Pension Building
Special correspondence from Washington notes rising interest in pension matters and describes the new pension building as a two acre brick complex with a central court and glass roof. It profiles Commissioner Black, Col. Bayne on Blaine, Hugh J. Jewett, Mrs. Cleveland gossip, Endicott, and cigar-store advertising controversy.
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Col. Bayne
Blaine
Mughc J. Jewett
Washington
Pension Bureau
Jay Gould
America
Interior Department
Athens
Pension
St. Mark's
Venice
St. Mark’s
Merrill
National Museum
Rome
Pension Building
Capitol
Treasury
Washington Monument
Pension Department
Commissioner Black
Congress
James G. Blaine
Sarah E. Blaine
John A. Logan
Abraham Lincoln
Frank Pierce
Grant
William T. Sherman
Jeff
Davis
Abe Lincoln
Jeff Davis
Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E. Lee
West Point
Gen. Scott
Tom Bayne
United States
Hugh J. Jewett
Ohio
Maryland
Webster
Daniel Webster
Society of Friends
Jewett
St. Clairesville
Zanesville
West
Panhandle Road
Pennsylvania Company
United States Senate
Erie Railroad
Muskingum River
George
Europe
Liverpool
Cleveland
Endicott
Vilas
Hubbard
Sixteenth Street
Scott's Circle
White House
Richmond
New Jersey
East
Frank George Carpenter
Build Your Own Heaven Here On Earth Says Helen Wilmans
The author argues that each person must create heaven by using inner tools and present actions. Waiting for a future, imagined heaven wastes the present as heaven must grow with human progress and effort. Helen Wilmans emphasizes self‑reliance and continuous development as the path to a humane, livable heaven.
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Helen Wilmans
Monte Vergine Pilgrimage in Naples District
The article describes the yearly pilgrimage to Monte Vergine near Naples, noting its founding in 1119 on temple ruins, the miraculous Holy Virgin image, and legends. It details superstitions about rain predicting meat offerings, hair washing before ascent, and broom plant omens for marriages and lovers, with units of fate tied to the festival.
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Gine
Monte Vergine
Italy
Cybele
Manfred
Benevento
Charles
Anjou
Catharine of
Valois
Naples
Mercogliano
Saturday Review
Last Visit of Rev Hypes to Harrison Sunday
The last official visit of Rev. W. F. Hypes presiding elder of the west Cincinnati district to Harrison occurred last Sunday. In Sunday school the infant class answered questions about why they attend and what they do there, including learning, praying, singing, reading the Bible, and collecting offerings.
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W. F. Hypes
West Cincinnati
Harrison
Cincinnati Times-Star
Honeymoon Sailors Brace Hartford Welcome on River
A newly married New York couple enjoyed a bold honeymoon by sailing from Fall River to Point Judith in a fourteen foot schooner rowboat. They faced a gale with the bride in a white nautical dress, then were towed by Hartford Canoe Club members down the Connecticut River to their future home.
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New York
Fall River
Point Judith
Hartford
Hartford Canoe Club
Connecticut
Hartford Times
Treatment of Texas convicts sparks reform debate
A Rusk Stand ard letter condemns convict apparel and harsh chaining. It notes convicts wear coarse plaid uniforms with names on backs and are moved in chains to farms or wood camps, often returning pale and sick. Inside the walls treatment is gentler, offering a path to reintegration.
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Texas
Tex
Rae
M. A. McLaughlin & CO
Skinner
Caresses and Wins the Ear in Cambridge Speech
A listener in Cambridge describes Dr. Holmes as having a rich mellow voice with a sensibility that caresses and wins the ear. Separately, the Chinese community in Portland, Oregon forms a large committee of hundreds.
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Dr. Holmes
Cambridge
Chicago Tribune
Portland
Oregon
Peculiarities of the Oyster From a Fulton Market Expert
Mr T W Wilson sole survivor of an old Fulton market oyster firm explains oyster biology and habits. He describes feeding, gills and heart beating once a minute, oysters hearing approaching beds, 60 million eggs, green color cause, and the wholesome nature of oysters though not fat due to mantle deposited nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Wilson
Fulton Market
New York Market Journal
Grant Expected to Die on Vicksburg Anniversary
An eyewitness account from Mount McGregor describes General Grant fearing death on the eve of the Fourth of July and the Vicksburg anniversary. Dr Douglass shared the same dread as Grant grew weaker and awaited midnight, yet Grant survived that night and remained calm.
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Mount McGregor
Grant
Vicksburg
Douglass
Uncle Bill
Chicago Herald
Locomotive Speed and Power Grow Beyond Belief
The article notes slow yet steady advances in locomotive speed and power, from skepticism about 60 mph to engines capable of 76 to 78 mph. It mentions replacing camelback engines with more powerful Moguls as demand grows, and that further improvements are anticipated in speed and durability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleghenies
Acme
Globe-Democrat
Population sustainability across species and humans
An English naturalist notes the need for many eggs to sustain populations in fish and amphibians, while birds and mammals require fewer offspring. He compares these rates to human demographics, citing four and a half children per family in England to maintain population stability, per the Chicago Herald.
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England
Chicago Herald
The Delicate Sense of Smell Revealed
The article notes spectroscopes detect sodium at tiny levels, yet human smell is far more sensitive, with nose nerves reacting to 460 millionth of a milligram of mercaptan. It contrasts this with the dog’s sense, implying even smaller particles could influence canine perception.
Sweet Grass Perfume Description From Indian Use
Sweet grass is described as a long bladed striped plant used by Indians as a perfume. When dried it yields a scent similar to sweet myrrh and resembles timothy in form.
The Late Ned Buntline Dead at Stamford Farm
Ned Buntline figure Edward Z C Judson led a life of sensational exploits from sea to land. Known as a famed author of Munchausen tales and Know Nothing leader, he wrote vast numbers of stories earning about 20000 yearly. He died at his Stamford New York farm leaving a fourth wife and children.
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Judson
Edward Z. C. Judson
Philadelphia
Blackstone
United States
Navy
New York Harbor
Young Judson
Plains
Jack Crawford
Ned Buntline
Buffalo Bill
Texas Jack
Cooper
Fort Lafayette
St. Louis
Ned
Buntline
Stamford
N. Y
A Railroad Club House Gift from Vanderbilt to Workers
The article notes Cornelius Vanderbilt’s donation of a clubhouse to his railroad employees. It describes the gift as a benefit to laborers and highlights the philanthropic gesture within the Vanderbilt enterprise.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Club House To Serve Railroad Employees At Grand Central
Cornelius Vanderbilt plans an 80 by 40 foot building near Grand Central for railroad workers. It will include bathrooms gymnasium bowling reading room library and sleeping rooms for overnighters with rooms for classes and a large hall for meetings. The facility aims to provide rest recreation and shelter away from city temptations for engineers firemen conductors brakemen and others at the terminal.
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Vanderbilt Club
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Grand Central Depot
New York City
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