Mesmerism as Anesthetic and Moral Question Explored
A Victorian essay extols mesmerism as a perfect anesthetic rivaling ether and describes its effects on responsive subjects. It discusses risks to invalids, potential for crime, and includes anecdotal demonstrations with a seven headed cow, schooling roles, and moral limits. The piece also shifts to a Chicago book agent story illustrating politeness and persistence.
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Paris
Annie Laurie
Africa
Japan
Socrates
Moses
Confucius
Buffalo Bill
W. A. Croffut
North American Review
Reading sign and the two classes of US Army scouts
The article explains two classes of United States army scouts white men and Indian scouts. White scouts work with reservations and Indian agencies gaining knowledge of Apache habits and language. A skilled reader of sign can infer horses tracks numbers riders and whether trails are Indian or Mexican. Such scouts find work in the southwest amid frequent Apache outbreaks.
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United States Army
San Carlos
Mescalerose
Southwest
A. Mahony
Profanity Among the English In Social Responses
A New York Sun clipping notes English restraint in speech. It says Englishmen swear less among their class than Americans, and English women avoid violent words, preferring vexed. Young Americans imitate gentler manners, aiming for self restraint.
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New York Sun
Prepared for All Emergencies Picnic Scene
A city cousin arrives with cane umbrella ribboned hat and field glass joining a farm picnic. Banter about mus terpos smudge corking tea rope ladder pemmican and emergency gear adds humorous tension amid preparations and lunch talk.
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Kate
Presence of Mind in a Family Scene
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows Irene reacting with presence of mind as Willie Hankinson presses for marriage. Mrs Hankinson rebukes him to leave the room while Irene contemplates the unexpected proposal.
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Willie
Mr. Hankinson
Irene
Hankined
Chicago Tribune
Age of a Hog and the Family Bible Controversy
A light editorial quip reflects a dispute among agricultural writers over the best method to tell a hog’s age. The remark notes a railroad passenger who takes two seats could deduce a hog’s age from his family Bible, as cited by the Boston Courier.
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Boston Courier
Whiteley’s Place described as world of trade and universal provider
The article extols Whiteley’s in London as a vast congeries of specialized stores under one proprietor. It notes a jewelry house, furniture, china, sewing machines, costumes, an extensive provision store with a restaurant, aviary, conservatory, livestock, a piano hall, a picture gallery, banking on premises, and services from passage by steamer to auctioning belongings. It praises universal coverage and warns of occasional fires.
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Whiteley
Langham Hotel
Metropole
William Whiteley
Louvre
Paris
Whiteley’s
Europe
Gillow’s
Lewis & Allenby
London
America
France
What is Literary Merit at the Bon Marche
In a Belford's Magazine excerpt Juniata Stafford questions the meaning of literary merit. She contrasts Paris Bon Marche shopping contrasts with American perception and recounts how simple humble writings can attain lasting value beyond elite critique.
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Browning
Virginia
Juniata Stafford
Belford’s Magazine
Market Scene with Beads and Maguey Roasting
A traveler describes a bustling market in Mexico with children selling clay images and bead strands as buyers, then observes pits where maguey plants are roasted and pulque juice is drawn. The scene notes locals under the influence of maguey and laments their apparent enslavement to its power.
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St. Louis Republic
Fads in Men’s Fashion Polemics and Teasing Club Talks
A coastal paper notes a rising masculine fad of wearing distinctive flowers with examples from history and society. Emperors wore violets. Weney society figures favor ivy leaves. a rising fall trend hints at military style and la romance La Vanche influence. A playful club exchange follows about a fiancé letter.
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Frederick
Weney
Visitors Observe Swedish Influence In Mormon Sunday School
A Salt Lake Letter notes large foreign presence in Utah with about 44 000 natives and 13 000 Mormon immigrants since 1880 largely English and Scandinavian. A Swedish class is taught in Swedish, and teaching focuses on visitors with a lesson about Book of Mormon origins and golden plates.
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Utah
American
America
New York
Salt Lake
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