Vast Global Trade Notes From 1892 Era Indiana Progress
The item surveys taxation in France, Japanese reception of American goods, and Jamaica Bermuda vegetable competition. It reports a large melon farm plan near Macon Georgia, a vegetarian club in Calago Illinois, and anecdotes about Afghanistan’s Ameer and Russian maneuvers. A dealer in bonds discusses Atlantic coupon bond costs and shipping rates for large sums.
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Jamaica
Bermuda
Dana
Philadelphia
Cocoa Making Across the World Described by Fannie Ward
Fannie B Ward explains cocoa origin and production from sun drying to grinding. She notes long green pods on scraggly bushes and nibs inside. The piece contrasts traditional methods with commercial brands and mentions sun drying by barefoot workers and processing in West India camps.
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Fannie B. Ward
West India
Only a Woman Forsaken by the Bronze Church Door
A weathered poem segment portrays a destitute woman shivering at a bronze church door. It laments cold indifference from rich passersby and recalls better days when she was revered, ending with her death beneath the church’s cold glow.
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Sims
Portrait Studio of a Desperate Photographer
Marcellus Mirza, a young photographer, nearly dies by charcoal fumes after failed business and despair. Louise runs to Madame Versepuy, an elderly benefactor living upstairs, to arrange a life saving plan: have the old lady sit for a portrait of her valuable dog Mirza so the photographer can earn money and eat. The scene ends as the plan unfolds with urgency and charity.
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Marcellus
Barbazange
Louise
Lource
Ele
Madame Versepuy
Mirza
Madame Vernepuy
Fes
Cecelia
Hunker
Miss Flypp
Mires Flypp
Mr. Hunker
Papa
Droptin
Frangness
Foresite
Bingo
Willie Wilkins
Harry Thomas
Harry
The Photographer and the Bride in Epoch Tales
A photographer’s studio becomes the scene of a strange tale as a rich old woman arranges a marriage dowry for Louise to wed the young photographer. They adopt a dog and marry, with a bustling neighborhood and growing business noted as Louise aids her husband in his craft. The piece also reports on a New York Jewish abattoir, its efficient slaughtering process, a vigilant shochet, and the ritual acts of shechita and bedipah, detailing the careful inspection of the knife and carcass.
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Mirza
Louise
Madame Vereepay
Merchat
Marcellus
Frances
New York
Shochet
Withal
Jacob
Metropolia
Avouches
Practice Makes Perfect Cats and the hunting instinct
A Washington Star excerpt discusses why cats torture prey before killing, noting St George Mivart’s theory that such play is practice for a difficult skill. It also mentions kittens reacting fearfully to dogs, illustrating inherited wariness through a humorous example.
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St. George Mivart
Washington Star
Lost Temper Tale Ends With Contempt Fine
A turbulent defendant is tried for assault with intent to murder after terrorizing townsfolk with a small tree trunk. The defense asks if the judge ever loses temper, leading to a contempt fine of twenty five dollars. The judge fumes, then the attorney jests that the client may have found the temper. Source: San Francisco Fix.
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San Francisco
The Wild Stag A Childs Tale And A Circus Visit
A children’s column blends verse about a free Highland stag with a prose tale of Tommy and his partner, a cast iron lion. Tommy’s imagination charms his family though the circus tempts him to fear for Lion and his bond with the toy. The piece mixes rustic lore with a gentle domestic vignette of imagination and loyalty.
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Tommy
Robert
Mamma
Lion
Papa
Noah's Ark
Jim
Harper
Ink for Glass Writing Yet White Powder Adds Body
A note on diamond ink made from fuoric acid and barium used with a rubber stamp. The barium acts only as a body until the ink is applied, then it is brushed off after 15 minutes to leave the design on the glass.
Two Souls With Bat and a Cold Distant Exchange
A terse literary fragment shows a character reflecting on mutual dislike. He muses that she hates him if she is cold and distant, while she thinks he does not care for her, evidenced by her own cold reaction. The exchange hints at unresolved tension and miscommunication between two individuals.
Pearls of Thought and Machinery in Harper’s Young
A fragment from Harper’s Young includes maxims on gender, virtue, and diligence, followed by a detailed, step by step description of loading and firing a naval gun on a ship of war. The piece blends moral aphorisms with technical illustration of breech loading, training, and gunnery sequence aboard a fighting vessel.
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Harper’s
Maelstrom debate and new torpedo test in Newport
A reader questions the existence of the famed Norwegian maelstrom, citing a Swedish–German commission that failed to locate it and noting modern geographers barely reference it. Separately, Newport, R. I. tests a rocket torpedo of fourteen feet length and four hundred pounds, designed to accelerate underwater propulsion with gas exhaust, including safety features if no target is hit.
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Norway
St. Louisa Republic
Newport
Humorous anecdotes tickle a high society crowd
A witty collage of light dialogue from a social scene features a self important singer off key with fatherly mischief and shop talk from tailors. Jokes about fashion fashionistas and sly one liners populate a lively page of humorous quips and character sketches.
Superstitions of German Miners and Hidden Gnomes
German miners cherish superstitions of good and bad underground gods Nickel and Kobold. They believe these gnomes shape ore flow, extinguish lamps by blowing, and threaten miners with curses, falls, or entrapment. Mines carry provisions for these goblin figures and offerings such as bread, cake, and bits of mouse.
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Saxony
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Louis Boissevain
Yokohama
Japan
China
New Years Post
Adem’s Park
East Tennessee
Macon
C1ergo,Ill
Elia Lubaschey
Lubsaschey
National Vegetarian Association
H. C. Garner
Ameer
Afghanistan
Turkestan
Aldurrahman
Atlantic
St. Louis
Gable
Glasgow
Avolia
Bes Seney
Christian Inte
New York Advertiser
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Aman Mar
Tie
F. de Shermon
Jayson
Dudeson
Jenks
Maud
Mademoiselle
Jack
James
Cara
Brown—S
Jones
Ae Sa Renee
Toria
Castoris
Samuel Pitcher
Castoria
C. C. Ossoon
Lowell
Mass
de. J. F. Ericexroe
Conway, Ark
Cassosteg
Regalig
Casvoria
Artes
C. Surra
Prez
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
Cit
Missouri
University of Kentucky
PITT
Elgin Creamery Fancy Creamery
Wisconsin
Limburgey
Eaeye
Ohio
West
Giao Dawess
Cincinnati
Betzer—Creamery
East Liberty
Pittsburg
Wattile
Northwestern
Fry
Deuggial
Nita
Pennsylvania
Johnny Bull
Querade
Tain
A. Whitt
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