Endianda Progress Fragments On Immigration And Economics
Fragmented notes discuss immigration policy targeting Japanese, Chinese and others, with references to California and a test case. It cites per capita circulation and liabilities figures from 1899 onward, noting economic impact of monetary conditions and suggesting business concerns rise with ample circulation while decline when restricted.
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California
San Francisco
Bose
Mr Beney
Face of a Demon in a Fiery War Tale
A dispatch recounts a Confederate era style cavalry clash with Apaches. The narrator describes steering a wagon train under siege, charging eighty Indians with ten troopers, and a brutal melee ending with a wounded survivor noting the Indian’s demon like glare and thirst for vengeance.
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Hades
Kindness and Charity Across Human Hearts
A poem from Somerville Journal extols kindness as a sheltering rock and spring in drought. It likens sympathy to rain for withered grain and dew for flowers, urging mercy for the weary and a God-like love that warms humanity and spreads peace and good will.
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Tang
Earth
Heaven
Vengeance and Fire in a Late Night Duel
A wounded man in a deadly standoff wields a knife as he drags toward his foe inch by inch. A sudden cavalry arrival stops the attack, and a trooper vows quick justice against the “red imp” with an ounce ball to the heart.
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New York World
Instinct of the Horse and Snake Story Fragments
Curfougs describes horses in the Argentine pampas that come to die at their owner's gate. A native notes this behavior as mystifying, likening it to animals seeking last moments near foes. Frederick W. Prince recounts a snake swallowing its young to protect them from danger after disturbing a stump with bait.
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Argentine
Pampas
Logman’s Magazine
Frederick W. Prince
Gatling Gun Company
Hartford
Conn
New York Journal
Velvet Sponge Cake And Household Hacks From The Era
A collection of kitchen instructions and tips including velvet sponge cake with lemon icing and a classic turbot fish recipe. Also includes beef stew with vegetables guidance and household hints on dentifrice, stain removal, window cleaning, mosquito bites treatment, paint removal, and chocolate preparation techniques.
Moral Ball Fights and the Matadors Arena Plea
A Mexican moralist champions the matadors claiming that banning intoxicants in the arena has often succeeded and that Sunday gatherings of three thousand spectators cannot be easily controlled otherwise. Belford notes the argument hinges on preserving order and sobriety during events.
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Belford
Golden Tea of Ceylon Auction Sets Record Prices
The Boston Transcript reports Ceylon tea, especially Gartmore estate stock, commanding rising prices at London sale rooms. A sample sold around 127.50 per pound after a brief surge from 85. buyers bid fiercely as the commodity trend signals further gains. The tea’s bright golden tips mock gold in value and allure.
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Ceylon
London
Gartmore
Boston Transcript
Smelting Silver Furnace and Pueblo Operations
The article details a tall oblong smelting furnace with water jackets and coal fueled blast, processing lead and silver with ore, fluxes, and roasting prior to refining. It notes 300 workers, continuous shifts, shipments of pig lead and copper bars, and silver bricks, with slag repurposed for levees and reservoirs. It also recounts a Coloma mining sermon during the 1849 gold rush.
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Leadville
Silverton
Ouray
Silver Cliff
Cape Horn
el Moro
Pueblo
Cal
Union
India
China
Jeweler’s
Flora totals in major regions across the world
The flora of Europe includes about ten thousand species while India holds around fifteen thousand. British possessions in North America total roughly five thousand species, with Cape of Good Hope and Natal at about ten thousand. Australia also hosts about ten thousand species.
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Europe
India
North America
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Australia
After the Hunt Baron Luck and a Burieman Joke
The exchange mocks the Baron’s hunting success noting he has rarely hit anything, with Forester questioning and a quip that previous shots yielded buriemans. The humor centers on luck versus skill in a hunting scene from Fliegende Blätter.
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Forester
Fliegende Binetter
Monument to a poetess Elizabeth Barrett Browning Ledbury
A monument for Elizabeth Barrett Browning is planned in Ledbury England near her childhood home. A brick tower about 120 feet tall will feature a bronze bust in a niche below a gold inscribed dedication and a quotation from Aurora Leigh. The monument will stand in the market place.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Ledbury
England
Mrs. Browning
Aurora Leigh
Market Place
One Woman’s Pocket Previews Liberty Over Ballot
A Boston paper argues pockets matter more than the ballot for women today, citing a Broadway dress with a built in pocket that frees hands and spares purse and card cases. It notes fashion trends from undergarments to jeweled accessories and hints at a return to white hosiery.
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Boston
Broadway
Christian Union
Mall service proposal on St Louis street cars
A collection of brief curiosities and notes from the era, including a plan to establish a mall service on St Louis street cars, a six month nap by a Philadelphia Zoo alligator, a blue tailed Fellow hen in an Alabama lawsuit, and assorted scientific and international trivial facts.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia Zoo
Alabama
California Tea Cultivation Hope From Los Angeles Experiment
Minister Denby reports to the state department that Consul Andrews in Hangkow will send tea seed to California as part of a campaign to grow tea near Los Angeles. The piece notes California’s climate and soil could allow tea, cites Bombay’s success, compares U S and British tea imports, and suggests continued search for viable California locations.
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Denby
China
Chamber of Commerce of
Los Angelesa
State Department
Andrews
Hangkow
California
Great Britain
Bombay
London
United States
Los Angeles
San Francisco
The Dervish and the Sufi Poet Parable
A dervish asks a Sufi poet for sustenance and wisdom. The poet replies with a song of sixpence to fill the pocket and attract birds for a pie. The dervish thanks the poet, while the exchange blends humor and moral teaching in archaic prose.
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Alma
The City Main Abroad
Newstealer reports a suburban railway depot scene with a man renting a summer cottage and a small garden, while a lounger questions the man’s identity as he mentions reading about seventeen agricultural papers.
Tempting Invitation Between Hyde Parker Dinner Talk
A playful exchange centers on plans to dine at home with Hyde inviting Parker to join for goose. The dialogue shifts to dinner choices and home life, noting Parker’s question and Hyde’s invitation, with a quiet interruption about what Harry and Barry would say when returning home full.
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Hyde
Parker
Goose
Harry
Barry
Fragmentary verse excerpt from Lougwan's Magazine
A short poem fragment appears in Lougwan's Magazine noting love constrained by truth and time. The lines contemplate love dying in the light and quiet speech as a form of expression, with a somber, reflective tone.
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Lougwan
Parlour Remarks Offer A Fragmented Wit Sketch
A garbled page of quips and anecdotes presents snippets of dialogue and observations. The text riffs on work, health, manners, and miscommunications, with stray lines about a bearded boy, a bulldog contest, and a dramatic medical case involving a boy with a skull fracture.
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Jenny
Kane
Penn
Stockholm
Mica Jenny
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Louis
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Pworth Living
Qualnt
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West Virginia
Japan
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Casper
Wyoming
Salt Creek
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Clemicns
Crnicus
Teall
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Russia
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