Benner's Prophecies for 1888 Foretells Investment Window
Ohio farmer Samuel Benner, famed for his annual forecasts, declares 1888 the final year of a price cycle and a golden opportunity to start new ventures. He urges young entrepreneurs to begin now, noting depressions mark the best times for investments in mines, mills, ships, railroads, and factories. George Peabody is cited as a precedent.
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Samuel Benner
Ohio
George Peabody
New York Real Estate Journal
Nature and the Sisterly Muse Will Foster
A poem by Will Foster portrays Nature as a sisterly, playful muse. The speaker admires her concealed meanings, compares her to a maiden, and describes moments of reverent solitude, prayer, and a mingling of fear and joy in her presence.
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Will Foster
Diamondback rattlesnake praised and feared in prose
St Nicholas contemplates the crotalus horridus of Florida and crotalus adamanteus of the north. The piece muses on common names, fear, and the diamond pattern that lends the species its striking appearance while noting societal ambivalence toward the reptile.
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Florida
North
New York
Crotelng Horridus
Crotalus
St. Nicholas
Volapuk criticism and proposals for a universal language
The Globe-Democrat reports on Volapuk facing deeper critique. Alexander M. Bell argues it fails to solve universal language needs. An international English speaking committee is urged to craft a simpler, universal form. The American Philosophical Society notes Volapuk is synthetic and complex, suggesting a future unity of Aryan speech.
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Science
Alexander M. Bell
Hie
American Philosophical Society
Lr. D. G. Brinton
Globe-Democrat
Pickpocket Plot Sparks Odd Night In Cincinnati
A dialogue from the Cincinnati Enquirer describes a man hiring a lookout to watch his wife and home, planning a staged shopping trip so he can rob her and himself, with the unusual scheme hinging on a late return and a promised lifelong friendship.
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Divice
Cincinnati Enquirer
Manuscript habits at Birmingham and Midland Institute
Letters to the Birmingham and Midland Institute ahead of its annual Versazione exhibition reveal Andrew Lang does not keep his manuscript. Justin Mc Carthy uses a typewriter. Mr Shorthouse author of John Inglesant makes scrappy drafts. Marion Crawford adds improvements to his draft. Mr Besant has kept none of the manuscripts of the Nice partnership. Bret Harte lacks sheets of his earliest stories. The copy of many famous books has already been secured.
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Birmingham and Midland Institute
Andrew Lang
Justin McCarthy
Mr. Shorthouse
John Inglesant
Marion Crawford
Mr. Besant
Nice
Bret Harte
New York Sun
Near Sighted Artist sketches sunset over a field
In the Springfield Union a playful note compares a sunset sketch to a red headed sister and a grazing horse on a rock, with the white cloud moving right as if part of a canvas scene. The speaker laments the potential value of the painting.
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B'Joye
Springfield Union
Opportune Silence Rouses Interest Among Ladies
A Pittsburg Commercial Gazette quip suggests a young man need not speak to attract female attention. His friend says ladies will talk for themselves if given the chance, making the favorite among them.
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Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
Quite a Difference in Whisky Charges at the Bar
Dumley asks the bartender why he pays fifteen cents for whisky while another patron pays ten for the same drink. The bartender whispers that the other man is a bum, while Dumley is a gent, revealing a snide class joke from Phil Welch in The Epoch.
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Dumley
Mr. Dumley
Phil Welch
People who know too much for their own good
The remark notes a tendency among many individuals to outpace expectations by possessing extensive knowledge, challenging typical averages and prompting scrutiny of how such intellect impacts performance, judgment, and social dynamics.
The Diseases of Monkeys and a Chimpanzee Care Guide
New York animal dealer Frank J. Thompson explains that chimpanzees are delicate and difficult to keep, while other monkeys are hardier but still require careful handling. He cites cases of pneumonia, seasickness, toothache, and pugnacity, noting the dangers of cold and the limited market for chimps due to care needs. He recalls Mr Crowley, the oldest chimpanzee at the park since 1884, and describes a bonnet monkey recovering from pneumonia and a disfigured grayish female nicknamed Miss Slugger.
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Frank J. Thompson
New York City
Conklin
Liberia
Congo River
Africa
Berlin Zoological Gardens
Mr. Thompson
Slugger
New York Evening Sun
Precautions Against Diphtheria Sanitation Message
The diphtheria germ is a respiratory threat linked to air quality and hygiene. Impure air, contaminated water or milk, sewer air, and dirty surfaces spread the germ. Cleanliness and thorough disinfection of suspect places and objects are our best defense against diphtheria, per The Sanitarian.
Wall Street Stagnation Feels Sharp in Street Vendors
The Pittsburgh Bulletin notes Wall Street stagnation shows most in the absence of peddlers around the exchanges in Wall Street and nearby streets. Stand sellers of porpoise shoelaces, cheap boards, and dogs to diamonds vanish as heavyweights of the craft disappear. Delmonico's lunch crowd thins while jewelers and auction rooms suffer. exchanges rely on cash to fling away to stay afloat.
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Wall Street
Wall
Exchange Place
Delmonico
Pittsburg Bulletin
Knot Makers Tie Cravats In Paris Social Season
The New York Tribune notes Parisians earning up to $10 nightly as knot makers or ivery of cravats. During the social season the skilled worker hops into a cab around 6 PM and whirls to clients to tie cravats per current fashion. For about two minutes of work the rate ranges from forty cents to one dollar.
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Paris
New York Tribune
Englishman offers journalism lessons outside papers
L David Anderson, an Englishman, says he runs a school of journalism begun in England a year ago. He claims to have instructed Oxford and Cambridge men and at least one peer's son, with five of six pupils securing good posts.
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L. David Anderson
England
Oxford
Cambridge
New York Sun
AntiGossip Club Resolution Promotes Direct Confrontation
A speaker urges a private reform by founding an AntiGossip club. The plan requires anyone who slanders someone to face that person within a week in the speaker’s presence and recount the gossip, giving the accuser a chance to defend or reform. The text is fragmented with stray characters.
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AntiGossip Club
A Tartary Tea Party and Camel Meat Breakfast
David Ker recounts a Tartar hospitality scene with a khan, a Persian-tinged host son, and a breakfast of brick tea made Mogul fashion, a bread slab feast, and camel meat, capped by kumyss. The narrator notes the feasting customs, the dirtied wooden spoon ritual, and the vivid mix of fatigue and curiosity in a remote Central Asian tent.
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Russia
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The
Cosmopolitan
Illuminated watch dial by electric charm trigger
A Swiss watchmaker applies electricity to create an illuminator for watch dials. A tiny electric lamp in the case lights the dial when the wearer touches the case and connects through a chain to a small battery carrier in the pocket, enabling easy time reading in darkness.
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Chicago Times
Mud splashed trousers become cherished relic at Fifth and Main
A Kansas City citizen at Fifth and Main yesterday afternoon proudly displayed mud stained trousers. Passersby laughed at his joy as he vowed to keep the splashes as a family keepsake, claiming the mud marks came from a messenger boy’s dash.
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Main Streets
Kansas City Times
Gavel Used by Senate Officers Ends Fifty Six Years of Use
The presiding officers gavel of the United States Senate has served for over fifty six years. Crafted from fine wood, it embodies long standing parliamentary tradition and ceremonial duties within the Senate chamber.
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United States Senate
Havana Streets Narrow and Courteous Sidewalks
Edgar L. Wakeman describes Havana's narrow calles from twelve to twenty feet wide with raised two foot sidewalks, where courtesy governs foot traffic. He notes the right of way, polite apologies, and how ladies receive special exception, plus the guaguas with drivers and ponies, all forming a vivid picture of city life and transit.
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Prado
Tropics
Havana
Con Perdon
Edgar L. Wakeman
Pug Skin Trick Shapes Crowd During Storm Scene
A young couple at a stormy ice fortress event used a tan pug hide as a makeshift cushion and carried it like a living dog to deter elbows. The accompanying ventriloquist produced snarls from the faux pup to ward off crowding, prompting bystanders to fear hydrophobia and give the couple extra space.
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Albany Journal
Ballet Behind the Scenes Reveals Dancer’s Strain
A danseuse, radiant on stage with swift leaps and a winning salute, collapses into fatigue offstage. The Cosmopolitan notes she exits breathless, perspiring, and worn, needing care like an exhausted horse after performance.
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Theodore Child
The
Cosmopolitan
Gondola Life on Venice Waterways Through a Fog
The narrator describes Black gondolas and slouch hat gondoliers moving through Venice's canals. Steam-like gondolas, two cent fares, funeral processions, and a mix of passengers paint a vivid waterborne scene. A sudden fog rolls in, turning palaces and water to ghosts as the party heads home in hushed night.
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Venice
American Press as Detective Force Across a Continent
J. D. Bell argues in Edinburgh Leader that the American press, shaped by diverse origins and bold reporters, relentlessly exposes crime and fraud. It trains readers, makes criminals vulnerable, and elevates journalism to a public service, contrasting sharply with British reporting.
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Preller
Atlantic
America
New York
American shoe factory centers and pegging machines rise
The article notes Lynn and Haver hill Mass factories dominate New England shoe production with female and children's footwear. Boston residents own most New England plants. Over 2000 pegging machines operate nationwide capable of two pairs per minute, using white birch pegs cut on site. Joseph Walker of Hopkinton Mass invented the wooden peg in 1818. sewing machines are also American-made.
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Lynn
Haverhill
Massachusetts
New England
Boston
United States
Josep Walker
Hopkinton
Mass
bUadelphia Times
Night watchmen life in summer mansions on Fifth Avenue
Night watchmen endure harsher hours in winter while summer brings access to closed mansions on Fifth Avenue. They roam quiet halls, rest on lounges, peruse expensive books, and glean knowledge from prewar masterworks in the picture galleries, as reported by the New York Sun.
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Fifth Avenue
New York Sun
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