Washington Letter from parih Conference Gossip and Happenings
A Washington letter mentions the Oak View conference on the revenue question with unclear results and notes about four planners and 396 others. It describes new officials publicizing vacations, hunting congressmen visiting hotels and furnished houses, and social notes including Admiral Quackenbush and Justice Strong arrivals, plus postings about Postmaster Knott and travel to Richfield Springs.
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Oak View
Treasury
Freret
Congress
KR Street
Vermont Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
N Street
Rhode Island Avenue
I Street
Justice Strong
Viulay
Blue Mountain House
Staten Island
Cleveland
Senor
Mime
Romero
Swerthy Lamar
Bethlehem
N. L
Hygera
Fava
Havre
Knott
Richfield Springs
Dakota delegate clash threatens Republican party unity
In Woonsocket the debate over a delegate candidate shows widespread doubt about qualifications and a practice of trading for ticket placement. Voters fear outsiders are pushed into the ticket, weakening party cohesion and signaling a tense, unsettled campaign climate in Dakota.
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Woonsocket News
Dakota
Republican Party
Coming to Dakota aims for fall immigration boom
The Alexandria Herald predicts a rush of settlers to Dakota as crop yields improve and land becomes cheap. It urges potential emigrants to act this fall before sales accelerate and values rise, signaling a looming migration wave.
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Alexandria Herald
Dakota
Kansas
Governor Church Refuses Bottineau Encampment Visit
Governor Church dislikes criticism from appointees and will likely see that justice is done. It seems the commissions of Brown and Webb were not revoked, and the governor is considered steady if he follows his own kindly impulses.
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Fargo
Church
Bottineau
Messrs. Brown and Webb
Mitchell Emerges as Strong Candidate for See City
The Yankton selection as See city for the South Dakota Catholic church is disputed with several aspirants in the running and Mitchell appears to lead.
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Tyndall Yeibune
Yankton
Catholic Church of
South Dakota
Mitchell
The Climate of Chill in Santiago
In Santiago the climate resembles Washington or St Louis but locals reject indoor fires. They wear heavy wraps, shiver six months and perspire the rest, while rooms stay frigid. Women long for manta in the morning and bare heads by afternoon, with foot warmers at table and fur wraps brightening salons.
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Santiago
Washington
St. Louis
Peru
Harper's Magazine
What Salt Is Good for
Spring cleaning hints for the cellar mix water and salt to whitewash, salts deter snails on garden walls, salt water soothes heartburn, salt and lemon remove ink stains, salt for stains on hands, do not soak salt fish skin side down, salt cures many fevers, salt in water or stockings for chills, brine kills weeds, extinguish chimney fires with a blanket and coarse salt in the flue.
Sacred Mount Fujiyama and Japan’s earthquake history
Baltimore Sun correspondent describes Mount Fujiyama as Japan’s revered landmark seen on mass produced fans. The article notes Japan’s earthquakes and recalls the 1707 eruption that devastated Edo and buried thousands, warning the giant may awaken.
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Fujiyama
Japan
United States
Yedo
Tokio
Cor
Baltimore Sun
The Diaphragm and Mood, A Quip from Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant cites an Advancement of Science claim that illness above the diaphragm makes people optimistic while illness below induces pessimism. The piece humorously notes cheerful patients and suggests drastic hints to alter mood, joking about diaphragmatic influence on temperament.
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Hartford Courant
Flea Trainer Seeks 10000 Insects For Public Show
A Truth report describes a flea trainer who advertised for 10000 live fleas in parcels of at least 5000. It costs $25 to acquire fleas from a dog pound, with three months training for a public performance and a typical flea life of about one year. The advertiser has received one package in three days, estimated at 8000 fleas.
Two Irishmen Debate Passes At Saloon
In a Texas Siftings quip two Irishmen discuss railroad work. One claims entitlement to an annual pass after ten years on Texas railroads, while the other remarks a semi annual pass is the proper token of entitlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Pat
Texas Siftings
Mrs Snavely Quips on Real Estate Speculation
Fragmentary lines show Mrs. Snavely from Birmingham Alabama remarking on real estate speculation with a sharp retort. The item reads as casual gossip or social chatter with playful banter and colloquial phrasing.
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Courtness
Gathering News Like Shopping for Information
Frank I. Pope describes the district man’s craft, comparing news gathering to shopping. He stresses building a wide, trusted network of informants, including drivers, barbers, clerks, and railroad workers, and maintaining confidence to ensure timely, accurate reports. A hustler’s work ethic and 24 hour readiness complete the profile.
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I. Pope
New Stamp Series Changes Colors While Preserving Vignettes
The Chicago Times reports a forthcoming stamp series will keep current vignettes and portraits unchanged. Colors will be updated to align with envelope embossing, notably turning the two cent stamp from brown to miloi green.
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Miloi Green
Chicago Times
Tobacco Cultivation in Washington Territory Noted
The Albany Journal warns about and mocks fraud by smelling money in letters after a Troy post office defascation. It cites experts who claim old bills emit a distinct odor that reveals money in envelopes. The piece also mentions safer handling like registered letters or postal notes.
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Troy
Albany Journal
No Use in It Clergyman’s Wry Adage
A clipped, old aphorism from the New York Ledger quotes a fiery clergyman who insists there is no use in anger since the neighbor must bear it anyway. The remark captures flat humor about patience and conflict resolution.
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New York Ledger
Under Ether's Influence on a Patient in Surgery
A patient recounts ether anesthesia experiences during a 19th century operation. He describes the ether apparatus, the sensory fading into darkness, a sense of suspended life, and waking with relief yet pain beneath bandages after a brief procedure. Pall Mall Gazette.
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Pall Mall Gazette
London and Northwestern Railway's vast scale outlined
An address highlights the L&N railway with a capital of 110 million pounds, annual revenue about 50 million dollars, 60 000 employees, 16 000 in locomotive work, and 8 000 engines covering 54 million miles yearly. It carries 60 million passengers and 33 million tons yearly across a vast network, hinting at future electric traction advances.
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London and Northwestern Railroad
England
Great
Southwestern
London and Northwestern
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Philadelphia Ledger
Dr Abbott argues snakes are useful and harmless in tests
The Epoch notes Dr Abbott refutes common myths about snakes. He shows water snakes can live in well aerated water and that hog nose or flathead snakes are not venomous. He dismisses snake charming and hoop varieties as fanciful and jokes about reported sizes.
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Abbott
Superstitious Coastmen Refuse Lifesaving Work
The Brooklyn Citizen notes that North Carolina negro coastmen decline lifeguard duties due to superstitions about sea spirits appearing in storm conditions. They fear the specters of lost sailors riding the breakers, preferring not to patrol the night beaches despite suitability for rescue work.
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North Carolina
Elife Saving Service
Brooklyn
European Royal Weddings Surge Predicted
Chicago News notes 108 princes and 66 princesses of marriageable age across Europe, with only six betrothed, suggesting a wave of royal weddings in coming months.
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Europe
Chicago News
The Enamored Ornithologist Poem Fragment
A playful verse frames a speaker who compares his love to various birds and birds named for traits. The speaker confesses folly and longing as he contemplates the beloved described with avian metaphors and comical self-deprecation.
The Royal Caste and Its Unyielding Prestige Across Europe
The article argues that a narrow royal caste, comprising Catholic and Protestant royalty, holds supreme European precedence. Princes enjoy legal exemption from challenges, strict marriage within their class, and ceremonial rank at state events. Recognition by reigning monarchs sustains their exclusive social position, which may endure as long as great monarchies survive.
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Europe
Lord Lorne
Belgium
Bulgaria
Bernadotte
Milan
Alexander of Battenberg
Battenbergs
Home Journal
Passage to the Beyond Comforts a Beloved Farewell
An eloquent poem by Killa Wheeler reflects on death as a gentle voyage to a familiar afterlife. The speaker envisions heaven as a shore where departed loved ones await, easing the fear of burial and celebrating reunion beyond mortal life.
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Killa Wheeler
New York's Wholesale Fish Market Described in Detail
Edgar L. Wakeman's New York Letter portrays the Fulton Street area as the city’s noisiest busy harbor market. Two story brick building housing 18 firms, fleet of 150 smacks, live wells, rapid unloading, ice packed fish, and frantic operations from 5 AM to 4 PM daily. Daily 250000 pounds of fish pass through, with Boston shipments adding three carloads each night, reflecting a vast, high energy maritime wholesale hub.
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New York Harbor
Fulton Ferry
South Street
Fulton Market
New York
East River
Fishmongers’ Association
Atlantic
Sears
Boston
Edgar L. Wakeman
Boiled Shirts and Corsets in Fashion Debate
A column surveys male attire shifts from boiled shirts to French flannel and linen shirts, noting comfort gains and a New York City trend for daily business wear. It contrasts with corsets for discomfort and cites fashion figures and sources from Globe-Democrat. It also mentions journalism training and wartime uses of the umbrella by figures like Lord Kerr and Osman Pasha.
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New York City
Y. A. Steer
Globe-Democrat
Lord Kerr
Osman Pasha
Plevna
New York
Garfield quote on a tent life over continental university
General Garfield favors a Spartan camp life with Mark Hopkins over a long European university course. The remark underscores preference for practical study and austere conditions over formal grand institution training.
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Garfield
Mark Hopkins
Mystery Dish Confounds Five Gourmands in Bold Bet
A Boston Traveller tale recalls five French gourmands who bet on identifying dish ingredients. The cook, a Frenchman, crafts a savory plate so complex the epicure concludes it is old white kid gloves, exposing how taste can mislead even experts.
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Epicure
Boston
Mitchell Dakota Community Directory and Church Listings
Local directory item lists many public offices, railroad times, county and city officials, secret societies, churches, and fraternal groups in Mitchell Dakota. It shows trains, judiciary, railroad commission, school superintendent, mayor, ward representatives, and numerous lodge and devotional societies with meeting times and locations.
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Mentzer OW
Winslow
Minbal
First
Ware
R. Db. Welch
Geo
W. G. Davison
Mor
J. E. Gilbert
Board OF Education
M. Keith
G.M Wall
J. BE. Wells
James
J. Windie
t—Geo. Anderson
A. Mc Adams
C. Y
H. J. Bingham
Scribe
Resurgim Lodge
A. J
A.M
Mitchell
Suikotu
Masonic Hall
Geo. A. Jolson
W. M
L. Q. Hardesty
Ransom
G. A
Dakota
Jacobs
ST. Mary's Church
Protestant Episcopal
John H. Babcock
T. C. McFarland
Tha. m
C. _B. Clark
J. Winegar
A. A. Brown
Vathullc
Church of the “Holy Family
George Sherhan
C. Wim, Wareschmidt
Mitchell W.C.T. U
Ransom Relief Cons
Odd Fellows Dal
Mitchell Y. W.C.T. A
W. Hunter
Yistad
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Wyna
Mrs. Quackenbush
Montrose, Venn
Washington Territory
Charles Dickens
Ether
Robin
Royal Caste
Noviewa
Lost Ones
New York's
Garfield and
Gottle
Grover New Maurnner
Pond’s Extract CO
Fifth Avenue
Grprice’s
Dr. Price
Vans
Price Baking Powder CO
Chicago
General Directory
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Pissenger
St. Paul
O. M
Seeey
Bfreight Seccess
UTI
Freiehts Ces Eeee
Gifford
Louis K. Church
M. Ll. McCormack
James W. Raymond
James A. Ward
Maris Taylor
Sup
T Public Instruction
Eugene A. Dye
U.S
John &. Carland
Dan Maratta
L. F
Templeton
Com
McClure
Tyler
North Dakota
Bas. Morris
N.n.eearoun
C. I. King
Alloway
Grand Forks
Bartlett Tripp
Cr. Palmer
Sioux Balls
W. H. Francis Telxth
Bismarck
W. B. McConnell
A. M. Thomas
Deadwood
James Spencer
Ifth
Huron
J. 11. Co
Young
Railroad Commission
Abe Boynton
Lenox
Alex. Iggs
J.quin
I. K. Smith
T. Robinson
A. D. Prescott
John Mebride
N. Crow
O. Stituehnel
John Tatman
Teers
Ariola
Pacific
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