Swindles on Broadway and Bowery Ring the Glove Scam
The New York Press outlines common con games targeting pedestrians. A glove ring scam lures victims with a valuable ring hidden in a glove then sells it for a low price. Other swindles include bottle and box tricks on the Bowery and a smugglers shawl racket sold by impostors, with fake cigars and counterfeit goods peddled to gullible passersby along Canal Street and Catharine Street.
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New York
Manazures
Cnite
Broadway
Tourteenth
Twenty-third
Bowery
Ile
Shea
Wason
Canal Street
Ale
Sud
Theman
Lords of Creation
France
Timbuetoo
Catharine Street
River Front
New York Press
A Lover's Longing in a Rural Journal
The verse laments unfulfilled love across the coast and distant aisles, contrasting longing with the touch of a beloved not yet attained. Luther G. Riggs writes in Arkansaw Traveler of rare joy, divine bliss, and a passion surpassing all prior loves as eyes meet and hearts seek reunion.
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Luther G. Riggs
Arkansaw Traveler
A Field Battery at War and a Domestic Turbulence
A vivid Civil War era battlefield depiction follows a dramatic artillery assault on a knoll with six guns and caissons. The sequence shows drivers, cannoneers, and horses in perilous motion as shells crash, yields a brutal toll, and ends with a reinforced line repelling the attack. The piece then shifts to a sensational domestic vignette about three wives and their suitors in New York hotels, culminating in a scattered account of elopement threats and a family-discreet intervention.
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Dawn
Willian R. Hamilton
Outing
The Art of Massage History and Techniques
A Cassell's Family Magazine excerpt outlines massage history from ancient China, Greece, and Rome to modern revival in Europe and America. It explains massage as a mechanical treatment requiring anatomy knowledge and dexterity, detailing eflourage petrissage tapotement and rhythmic circular rubs to improve skin, muscles, and joint waste removal.
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America
England
Massige
Almond Eyed Yankees and Their Occupations in America
An interview with Japanese visitors in New York portrays Japanese Americans as law-abiding, industrious, and integrated. It highlights their wealth of culture, business presence in silk, porcelain, and lacquer shops, education habits, and a desire to adopt Western customs while preserving home values.
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Broadway
John Batleycorn
Pacific
Commodore Perry
New York
United States
Cornell
Harvard
Chicago
Andes
Japan
America
San Pracisco
Doshin Silk Company
Nipon Mercantile Company
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
New York Star
Howlings City Mob Rescued by Yament Runners in China
I narrate a perilous journey through Ta-ho and Kin-ngan-foo where two yameni runners saved me from an enraged mob, escorting me through patrols and city gates. The guards wear two large white bull's eyes on their coats, marking district allegiance, a feature mocked by Europeans as bull's eyes.
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Yament
Ta-ho
China
Turkey
Persia
Afghanistan
Niang-tsi
Tachie
Kin-ngan-foo
New Doaxze in Drinking Stirs Detroit Stirs
A trio new to Detroit’s minstrels caused a scene entering mid show with flashy dress and oversized opera glasses. They were intoxicated and disruptive, prompting manager Wright to threaten removal. The elder man mocked performance, and a novel liquor hidden in opera glasses was discussed by a Detroit Tribune source.
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Detroit
E. M. Hall
Wright
Washington
Detroit Tribune
English Car Compare Views on Travel Comforts
Luke Sharp notes in the Detroit Free Press that English carriages and railways force passengers to buy additional comforts like rugs and lamps, while Americans reject such constraints. He argues Americans require brighter lamps and water on demand, preferring comfort to self-reliance in travel.
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Detroit River
Luke Sharp
Detroit Free Press
Darwin's Relaxation Habits and Letter Craft
Charles Darwin used backgammon as mental relief and enjoyed novels for the same purpose. He wrote seated in a horse hair chair by the fire with a board across the arms, dictated long letters from rough copies, kept all received letters, and read novels while smoking or snuffing between finishing his letters.
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Charles Darwin
Harper's Bazar
Hired Help Appears Amid Local Rush for Precedent
In a crowded moment the town notes a surge of hired help arriving to lead and assist. A few months past a local country owner reportedly sent rapid messages to a physician, suggesting evolving arrangements and responses to the growing demand for service.
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M. D
Ant Gandane
Living Minerals and the Pulse of Crystals
The piece argues minerals act alive with energy, comparable to plants and animals. Crystals grow when given opportunity, can be killed by strong shocks, and decompose in reverse growth order, illustrating a spectrum of life from minerals to animals.
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Linnaens
Mrs Cleveland Appears Stronger and More Vivid in Appearance
A New York World excerpt notes Mrs Cleveland’s enhanced strength and vitality. The observer praises her physical fitness, especially her well developed yet balanced arm muscles, her unusually fair complexion in white attire, and her lively conversation. The piece highlights her mastery of current literature despite numerous duties.
The Afghan Mezzan’s Call and Osman’s Calm
The Afghan meezan at Herat valley sings Allah il Allah in the summer evenings, moving Afghans to prayer while Osman remains unmoved. Osman, reckless in life and prayer, seems untouched by religous fervor as others sigh aloud in devotion.
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Osman
Christedom
Herat
A Peculiar Antipathy On The Bridge
A Brooklyn woman travels by train with her four year old son who fears bridges. The mother explains the boy was born after a fatal bridge crush on opening day in 1883 and witnessed no discussion of the incident. The child inherits fear from his father died in the disaster while the writer recalls the event.
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New York
Rembler
Brooklyn Eagle
Odd and Old Buttons For Five Cents At Street Sale
A bachelor recalls a street vendor offering a pint of odd and old buttons for five cents. He and others bought them, suggesting a lesson about prizing small, quirky bargains and the public appetite for curiosities in everyday commerce.
High Prices for Parrots Spark Financial Sensation
A Philadelphia Record item reports a brisk parrot market driven by scarce supply and eager buyers. Cuban parrots fetch 5 to 15 pounds and Brazilian birds 20 to 125, with memories of famous birds and a history of price surges and market plays.
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West India
Ninth Street
New York
New York Harbor
Blaine
Biaing
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Progressive Eucher Parties at Vent City Social Event
The New York World describes Progressive euchre parties as a social craze in the vent city where players move through a circuit, winning games to advance tables, with prizes for the most successful and a social goal of acquainting all attendees.
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Lucier
New York World
Real estate counts draw line at renting fine house
Boston Gazette notes a dispute over leasing a fine house for a few weeks during which a daughter marries and departs, highlighting the tension between property use and personal life events.
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Cnts
Boston Gazette
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