Vast array of world news and oddities reported abroad
A long collage notes global stories from Indian hunger to South American brigandage, volcanic Awe eruptions, telegraph errors in Georgia, Pittsburgh steel barges, and English syndicate fever in Argentina. It discusses travel, technology, and finance with brisk, era-typical commentary.
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South
London
Hoagland
Barings
Pewing
Sys
New York News
South America
Argentina
The Light Will Break Tomorrow Poem Note
A verse fragment reflects on hope amid clouds and trials. It urges resilience as the light will break tomorrow, citing sunrise beyond night and joy after sorrow. Attributions point to Ielen Whitney Clark and Saturday Night in a poetic, period voice.
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Dover
Ielen Whitney Clark
Use of a Woman's Perseverance in a Family Crisis
A strained household in Myrtle Farm faces ruin after John's risky stock speculation. Bessie Hunt, once dismissed as the family "use less one," supports her father and helps rescue the family fortunes through skilled needlework and teaching. Her engagement to Ralph Deane changes their fortunes, while Jess and Minerva remain reliant, unable to lift the situation.
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Mrs. Hunt
Bessie
Jessica
Minerva
Abram Alvey
Emily
Jess
Min
Bessie Hunt
Cam
Alvey Verisinly
Jessie
Minnie
Myrtle Farm
John Hunt
John
Ani
Bess
Willy
Hunt
Abram Aivey
Hin
Emily Hunt
Abram
Father
Papa
Ralph Deane
Johm Hunt
Boston Globe
Beginning of Our Understanding of Storms
In 1821 a severe storm swept the Eastern coast and was long called the Great September gale. It kept that title until September 1869 when another, more remarkable storm occurred, altering its claim to the honor. It was a little time after this first storm that Red.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Middletown
Newton
James Watt
Redfield
Popular Science Monthly
In Praise of Celery A Guide to Cultivation and Blanching
The article extols celery as a top garden vegetable noting its healthful qualities and growing popularity. It contrasts old tall varieties with modern dwarfs, discusses earthing up for early harvests and storage strategies, and cites Kalamazoo as a major celery center where the Boston Market variety dominates with large acreages and blanching aided by boards per Boston Transcript.
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Kalamazoo
Boston
Boston Transcript
How to Make an Egg Dance Trick Revealed
A boy performs a magic trick with a hard boiled egg set on a dull tray. By rapidly moving the tray in horizontal circles the egg spins upright, rises on end, and appears to dance like a top. A step by step method and tips on spinning, grip, and timing are described.
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New York Advertiser
Began Alike Braggs and Shoeless Poverty Pupil Electives
A New York Herald snippet quotes Braggs declaring a self made man start as a barefoot boy. Cowley replies he was not born with shoes. The item notes Boston high schools third and fourth year students may elect shorthand courses as an elective option.
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Braggs
Cowley
New. York Herald
Boston High Schools
Curing a Cold and Forest Fire Scenes Combined
A 19th century style health piece urges early cold care with a mustard footbath and hot milk to induce perspiration, while advising light clothing, ventilation, and cautious remedies like sassafras, boneset, and senna teas. The excerpt shifts to a travelogue describing vast forest fires, insect swarms, and scarce wildlife as the party treks through a dry, resinous landscape and endures mosquitos and heat with brief respite after a southern breeze.
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Cours
New York World
Primitive Navajo and Sioux tepees described in a 19th century account
An 1877 military expedition notes Sioux tepee construction with green cottonwood boughs forming a semi cylindrical shelter. Navajo hogans and conical mud plaster houses are described as more durable, with summer camps and garrison proximity influencing designs.
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Wyoming
New Mexico
Popular Science Monthly
Marvelous Indian automaton praised by Shahabad officials
Prayag Ram, a sunar and goldsmith from Dumaron in Shahabad, India, crafted an intricate two inch high clockwork scene of Indian household labor. The display shows women spinning, grinding, churning, and other domestic tasks, housed in a glass case. Queen Victoria has accepted the piece, and it is en route to Osborne.
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Sunar
Prayag Ram
Dumaron
Shahabad
India
Queen Victoria
Oasborne
Chicago Times
Janak
Beromise
Lanai
Bao
Nin
Endell Phillips
The Realm of Fashion
The article critiques capes in fashion, highlighting a gray cloth double cape with black velvet trims and a scalloped ruche edge. It notes a preference for minimal dangling ribbons and bead ropes, arguing such adornments can look awkward when the train gathers or escapes in wind.
Fashion notes on fall styles and empire gowns
The article surveys fall fashion with French influences, highlighting empire gowns for young girls and gowns for adults featuring Henry I collarette plastron and upper sleeves. It mentions beige dinner gowns, lace bertha accents, and coordinated luncheons to display table linen, plus lace garniture and broad collars. It notes gold embroidery belts, wide empire belts, and indoor gowns with lace and ode to delicate femininity.
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Bertha
Morere
Temperance Tale of King Alcohol and the Crowning Cider
A verse narrative declares King Alcohol offering a crown to the one who harms most, praising whiskey brandy rum and wine while cider boasts power to inflame the thirst for more. The poem warns of the dangers of drink and the peril to youth, ending with a stark plea from Mrs. Richmond in the National Advocate.
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Tam
Deat
Mrs. Richmond
National Advocate
Antiquity of the Umbrella Revealed in History and Art
The essay surveys the long history of the umbrella from ancient China and biblical references to its symbolic use in Nineveh sculptures. It notes debates on origin, links to royal emblem traditions, and describes the umbrella as depicted open with tassels and top ornaments in reliefs and carvings.
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Nineveh
Layard
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Hague
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Ohio
Qor
Dad
Alaska
Maine
Boston Courier
Realm OF Fashion
Dinser Gowx
Temperance
Bondor
Brecold
Alvin the
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