Spirit faces and mystic images in a soaring show
A review of a psychic force act in which faces and figures float or rise behind an altar as part of a show by Gordon and Slade. The piece notes the use of strings, masks, and hidden mechanisms to create the illusion, with critics questioning the spiritual explanation and citing debunking in the New York Sun and Scientific American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crookes
Gordon
Slade
Tischelea
New York Sun
Scientific American
The Oyster Trade of New York City
The oyster trade uses about 150 sailing vessels and 700 seamen, with lay boats at New York wharves yielding $27,000 yearly in wharfage. Oysters move from beds around York River, Prince's Bay, City Island, Rockaway and more to be shipped to cities by rail, while prices stay stable. The business is weather dependent and exposed to drum fish devastation. docks plans to clear lay boat slips threaten the trade.
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New York
New York City
New York Journal of Commerce
York River
Prince's Bay
Keyport
City Island
Cow Bay
Rockaway
Oyster Bay
Glen Cove
Line Point
Norwalk
Stamford
Greenwich
Boston
Providence
Portland
Chicago
Omaha
San Francisco
Baltimore
York Rivers
Rockaways
Long Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Virginia
Prince’s Bay
Drum
Commissioner of Docks
Department of Docks
The Royal Palace of Siam Described in Vivid Detail
The Siamese palace in Bangkok is a vast walled complex with marble and granite floors, gilded interiors, and the Mahaprasat tower. It houses the king’s audience halls, a queen’s residence, concubines, and gardens, with grand carvings and paintings. Bangkok is a modern capital famed as the great royal city of angels yet plagued by poverty and filth amid splendor.
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King of Siam
Bangkok
Ayuthia
Nopbabury
Angels
Damages for Single Men in Old Legal Ruling
Judge Emmons in Kentucky reduced a $6,000 award to $3,000 for Rev. Englebert Bachman after an explosion injury on the steamboat General Lytle in 1866. The appellate court blamed Bachman’s single priest status and lack of dependents, deeming full compensation unnecessary. The piece notes the first organ in America, imported for King’s Chapel in 1714, was seen as an offensive novelty by Puritans.
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Emmons
Kentuckys
Englebert Bachman
General Lytle
Bachman
Yain
District Court
America
King’s Chapel
Boston
Oystermen Seek Wharfage Remedy Amid Property Drive
In a Scientific American summary, Oyster dealers urge retaining wharfage rights, warning that relocating the space would push business to New Jersey and Long Island. They claim Jersey City offers cheaper wharfage, deeper water, and improving rail access, while existing slips could not match current revenue from the octopus boats, risking higher costs for oysters in the city.
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New Jersey
Long Island
Jersey City
Scientific American
Gilmore's Jubilee Preparations For World Peace Festival
Boston Times reports push to ready the Coliseum site for the Jubilee amid growing chorus participation. Massachusett s leads with 88 societies, while New Hampshire and other states add groups and soloists from across the country and even Britain offer services. The second Boston Chorus section forms at Bumstead Hall, with 825 voices per part. demand for tickets is high as sopranos fill seats. The Anvil Chorus from Trovatore remains a festival favorite, with firemen and Moseley Hodgman providing anvils for repeated performances.
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Boston
Boston Times
Coliseum
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Connecticut
Vermont
New York
Rhode Island
Ilinois
Maryland
California
New Brunswick
British Dominions
Paul Liptay
Hungary
Gilmore
Boston Chorus
Bumstead Hall
Trovetore
Sitven
Messrs
Moseley
Tiger Rampage in Benaras Ends with Hunt and Death
An Indian city reports a tiger attack after night sightings. A police inspector fired, wounding the beast in the forearm. the tiger fled, mauling a constable before being cornered and killed after hours of chaos. Twelve people were injured, one elderly woman not expected to recover. In a separate note, an English court ruled clowns are exempt from jury service after a theatre clown sought excusal with a bond.
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India
Benares
Influence of Music on Animals in Observation and Legend
The article surveys how music affects animals across species. It cites circuses, birds, beavers, rats, lizards, spiders, and elephants in Paris, noting delight, fear, or indifference. The Paris elephants respond with curiosity and emotion to tunes, yet reject poorly played pieces.
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Tyrol
Germany
Paris
A Dry Goods Warning for Merchants in U Receivables
The U and Economist warn merchants to scrutinize bills receivable as the dry goods trade shows prosperity in most manufacturing, except woolen goods, with rising values and demand. Foreseen risks include a flooded market with low price goods and potential cholera disruption, plus trade cautions amid a heated presidential election and frosty delays.
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U. & Economist
Traveling Stones of Nevada Roll Toward a Common Center
Readers learn of mysterious rolling stones in Nevada that cluster together when on bare rock surfaces. The stones, ranging from pea to six inches, travel toward a central point due to magnetic iron ore in their composition. A single stone moves to rejoin its group, while others left at distance stay still.
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Australia
Nevada
The Faded Violet in a Shadowed Evening
A lyric memory of a long-ago romance centered on a faded violet. The speaker recalls a shared night, a vow of lasting love, and a later, separate love that rose and fell. The poem juxtaposes distant happiness with a single, lasting symbol and enduring longing.
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Ali
Varieties and quips from a busy era of jokes and tales
A long assortment of humorous anecdotes and curiosities from unexpected sources. Includes word riddles and puns about numbers weather and domestic scenes, a tale of a monkey detective in Bombay, sayings about crime and punishment, and a London club tale about tigers and hunting.
Hoar backs International Labor Commission aims
The Hon. Geo F Hoar of Massachusetts endorses the International on four grounds: it links all workers beyond national ties, opposes rulers using labor to wage war, gathers data on workers, and demands universal public education. The New York Standard notes his reasoned view calms fears and underscores justice and progress toward universal brotherhood.
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Geo. F. Hoar
Massachusetts
Congress
International
Hoar
Oar
New York Standard
Queer Case and a Libel in a German Wardrobe
Dr H Vogel writes from Germany to a Philadelphia journalist about two brothers whose portraits were deemed not likenesses by a judge. The photographer displayed the rejected pictures with a label naming them murderers of Mrs X. The brothers sued for libel, and the case proceeds to a new twist as they confront the artist over the placard.
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H. Vogel
Germany
Philadelphia
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Indy
Jesse Meyers
Muncy
Ind
Massachusetts Commissioners of Prisons
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Toronto
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Christian Union
New School
Boswell
Johnson
Hartford Conn
Saturday Review
Bombay
Madras
In-Aida
the International
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