New York City Sees New Fads Across Daily Life
The New York Sun notes a flood of urban fads from private mugs in saloons to private bathing baths and raised push button bells for apartments. It highlights changes in self defense training, purse abandonment, home hat cleaning, paw paw fruit interest, and a shift in hosting guests with guidebooks. The piece also laments subway timing as uptown residents adapt to modern conveniences.
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New York Sun
Jones
Idea
Manhattan
New York
Furace
Twentythird Street
Sixth Avenue
Coney Island
Rockaway Beach
Michigan
South
Imy
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Chicago
Ninety-eixth Street
Women and Ballooning Provide Comic Airborne Scenes
Readable fragments describe balloon ascents with unsteady inexperienced female balloonists. Humorous crashes provoke crowds and nervous passengers as operators lose control and ground personnel observe the ensuing chaos. A hatless, disheveled woman clings to the aviator’s ankles after a rough landing.
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Smart Ladie
Julia Ward Howe at Her Summer Home in Newport
Julia Ward Howe, famed American woman, spends summers at her Newport Rhode Island estate. The article describes her veranda retreat, gardens, art collection, and the cheerful local welcome she receives from nearby villagers. Howe maintains daily Greek study, piano practice, and social visits, attending Channing church on Sundays among old Newport friends.
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Julia Ward Howe
Julian Ward Howe
America
Newport
R. I
Beacon Street
Boston
Dr. Howe
Joseph Bonaparte
Perkina Institute
At &88
Institute
Channing Church
Humble Fruit and the Future of American Agriculture
Secretary Wilson discussed federal aid to farmers in Washington, highlighting benefits from durum wheat, wheat testing machines, and granite potash extraction. He predicted affordable future products and cited a street scene where a bootblack reacts to high fruit prices, illustrating public demand.
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James Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Excuse to Do Good Prompts Aid for Church Building
A clergyman lauds J Y Morgan for opposing Balome production in New York and praising a man who achieves aims. A southern Methodist minister asks Morgan to fund a new church, but Morgan replies he cannot join that subscription, noting plans to tear the old church down first.
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J Yerpont Morgan
New York
South
Mountain Man Volunteers to Save Love Interest from Revenue Raid
Becky pleads with Bill Jennings to spare John Sibley from a revenuers raid in the Blue Ridge NC hills. Jennings defects from violence, fakes John’s capture, then urges him to flee with Becky to safety, saving his rival for Becky’s future.
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Bill Jennings
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Bpottswood
Golden Horseshoe Knights
North Carolina
United States
Beckey
Becky
John Sibley
Sam
Hecky
Lilfe
Bill
Jennings
Mountaineer
Gal
Darlin
Sibley
Bil
Eho
Ibley
Autumn
Bibby
Hii Jennings
Ths Enterprises
Renee
John
Atlll
Vin
Ashley
Stithouse
Tennessee
Ilfe
Happinese
Import boom for peanuts in U S foreign trade
Harper's Weekly notes rising peanut imports in the United States, with exports remaining modest. Domestic production nearing twelve million bushels annually, while imports rise toward six hundred thousand to one million dollars, driven by West Africa and East Indies supplies. Exports reach about three hundred thousand dollars. Prices have surged from 1 cent to 5.4 cents per pound for green peanuts and from 24 to 45 cents for shelled peanuts. Major exporters include Senegal, British India, and Gambia.
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United States
Harper's Weekly
Bureau of Statistica
West Africa
East Indies
Senegal
Africa
British India
Gambia
Dutch East Indies
China
Japan
Argentina
Spain
Bonaparte at Jaffa on Plague Stricken Soldiers
British Medical Journal recounts Desagenettes story of Napoleon Bonaparte ordering opium for plague patients in Jaffa. He argued duty to preserve the army and prevent wounded from falling alive to Turks, noting some patients improved after opium though others vomited it up. The account supports both claims about poisoning and its acceptance by enemies and denial by supporters.
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Forgue
Montpelier
Desgenettes
Deagenetten
Jaffa
Desagenetten
Bonaparte
Iife
Napoleon
Massachusetts New Game Laws Protect Heath Hen on Martha's Vineyard
The heath hen, once widespread, now survives in a small reserve on Martha's Vineyard. The fish and game commission urges immediate action to restore the species, noting its value as a local game bird and its potential role in insect control including gypsy moth reduction. Preservation efforts hinge on preventing further killings and supporting habitat protection and legal measures.
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Martha's Vineyard
Saya
Boston Transcript
Cape, Ann
Virginia
Linnacue
Fish and Game Commission of the
Commonwealth
New England
George W. Field
Dr. Field
Circassian Walnut in New Wood Replaces Mahogany in Furniture
The article notes Circassian Walnut as a new wood replacing mahogany in furniture. It highlights tough scratch resistance, rich color variations from dull brown to amber, and ease of maintenance. The piece claims walnut offers a cheaper, less elaborate finish with lasting appearance, appealing to consumers seeking durable decor.
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New York City
Wulia Ward Howe
Iithan
Massachusetts
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