European Royal Gossip and Notable Figures of the Era
A compilation of European aristocracy notes mentions the Emperor of Germany traveling to Ems in June, Langtry’s house sold for creditors, Emile de Girardin’s yellow carriage, the Duchess of Marlborough’s charity efforts, Louis of Bavaria’s still noted handsome portrait, Paris Easter fashion via Longchamps, Grand Duke Constantine’s inquiry about St Petersburg, and the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot as a young premier with Alton Towers estate and a large income.
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Germany
Ems
Langtry
Prince of Wales
London
Emile de Girardin
Duchess of
Europe
Paris
Longchampe
St. Petersburg
England
Earl of Shrewabery
Talbot
Earl
Alton Towers
Mexican Social Customs in a Detached Society
Observers describe Mexican society as reserved and solitary with a narrow social circle centered on family. Women are portrayed as prominent yet constrained, with daily mass, closed carriages, and formal evening routines shaping public life while societal norms hinder intellectual interchange and female education.
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Mexico
Gtate
Alameda
Pasco
Denver
Deadwood
Calzado Dela Reforma
Erie
Barridges
Chicago Ballo
Mexican Lady Defends Dining Customs at Social Table
A Mexican woman told a correspondent why outsiders accuse Mexicans of eating with knives. Later at her dinner party eight fellow-countrymen used forks while eight did not, sparking discussion about dining habits.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A Case of Self-Control in a Bodie Mining Camp
A Bodie man recalls how Bill Gridley kept calm after a fatal fight. The tale centers on Gridley’s generous act of helping remove a body and cleaning the scene at Lone Skull near the Feather River, highlighting his reputed big heart and restraint.
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Bill Gridley
Bodie
Phil McGovern
Bill
Gridley
Lone Skull
Feather River
Pedro
Frisco
Tom
Bil Gridley
Laver Ro
San Francisco Post
Philanthropist Fitch funds Buffalo charity hall project
Benjamin Fitch, a New York philanthropist in his 81st year, donates 200000 for a Buffalo charity institution. The plan includes free lectures, a reading room, coffee and soup room, medical dispensary, a domestic training school, a temporary hospital, and a small savings deposit, with the building estimated at 870000 and a July four cornerstone.
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Benjamin Fitch
New York
Buffalo
Mr. Fitch
Peter Cooper
Thurlow Weal
Charity Organization Society of Buffalo
Cooper Institute
Fitch
Fitch Creche
Darion
Conn
Invention and Industry Updates From The Sci Tech World
Professor Helmholtz credits an accident for the ophthalmoscope now widely used in surgery. England saves about six million tons of coal yearly in pig iron and steel rail production. An exhibition at the Royal Institution shows a selenium cell telegraph apparatus. Tidy defends river purification after limited pollution. Dry plate photography improves rapid exposures. Ball of Philadelphia patents a soldering iron using a heated tip and special handle to control current.
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Helmholtz
England
Royal Institution
London
Tidy
London Chemical Society
Frankland
Ball
Philadelphia
Witty quips and quibbles from a newspaper spree
A collage of light verse and silly observations from various papers. Jokes on bonnets, proposals, private secretaries, billiards, and a comical robberies tally. Pithy lines reflect playful social satire and humorous wordplay.
The Unteachable Genius and Self Deception
An essay on gifted individuals who resist learning from others. It contrasts obstinate self superiority with the open, disciplelike mindset of those who seek guidance to improve. The piece cites Alger's School of Life as a reference for humility and active use of advice.
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Fae
Alger
Deadwood Printer Trades Jabs With Rival Editors
A brash editor from Deadwood visits the Eagle and riffs on rival papers the Snorter and Vermillion Repeater. He boasts about savage cartoons, satirical poems, and bold editorials, offering exchanges and a critique of local press culture in a vivid, roving portrait.
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Journallym
Deadwood
Adicash
Rapid City Enterprise
Jim McFadden
Fatty Madden
Eagle
Vermillion Repeater
The
Speater
Whitney
Gambetta
Patsy Maginnis
Shang Johnson
Per
Hern
Stara
Wars of the Humming Birds and Mexican War Generals
A fragment describes hummingbirds as combative and quarrelsome, warring over flowers and even attacking hawks. It quotes Sara A. Hubbard in Harper's Magazine. The piece also notes Joe Lane’s death leaving Generals Patterson and Harney as the last surviving Mexican War generals.
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Bellona
Mr. Bates
Sara A. Hubbard
Harper's Aagazine
Joe Lane
General Patterson
Philadelphia
Harney
The King of Hearts Poem in Our Young Folks
A children’s poem by Mary D Brine shared in Our Young Folks describes a beloved infant king with blue eyes and golden hair. The speaker imagines tender moments and royal imagery as a motherly voice cherishes the baby.
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Mary D. Brine
Lizzie Learns About School and the World
Lizzie excitedly plans to attend school with Cady and wear a new apron. She fears the turning earth in geography, falls asleep in a bureau drawer after imagining the world upside down, and is reassured by Papa who explains God governs the world and that growth comes with time.
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Lizzie
Soeui Mamma
Cady
Fred
Mamma
Grandma
Freddy
Fab
Momma
Papa
Lizzie Berant
Muméa
Kitty
Sam
An Appeal to the Iliad of the Family
The essay critiques middle class women’s need for allowances and calls fathers to decide fair spending with their wives and daughters. It notes women’s economy and pleasure in thrift, while addressing gendered spending expectations and shared financial responsibility. The text then mentions a German central pigeon station at Cologne linked to wartime logistics and a quip about military engagement from the Boston Transcript, ending with a note on a mink killing trout in West Cumberland Maine.
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Cologne
Mayence
Strasburg
Metz
Berlin
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Science and Industry
Chicago Tribune
Josh Billinga
Boston
Pendleton
Carom
Boston Transcript
Lowell
Jella
New Haven Register
Duluth
Harry
Dad
Brooklyn Chronicle
John
Yankton Vindicator
Yankton
Brooklyn Eagle
the King OF Hearts
Willie Wes
Walt
Wonderland
Moe
Lizzie Gaid
Ucady
Schol
West
Cumberland
W L. Fsigon
Prince
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