Immigrant Wine Growers Reported to Southern California
The Immigration Commissioners report a large flow of French immigrants to Southern California via New Orleans, mostly seasoned wine growers. Weekly arrivals total around 700 to 800 from all sources, with notes on Witkie Collins's literary letter to Lotta in England and a glimpse at Philadelphia city directory entries.
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France
California
New Orleans
Witkie Collins
Lotta
England
Notes on China Women describe harem selection details
The traveler Maa. Ly Pasunovy says imperial harem selections avoid the cruel foot binding. He notes the women are daughters of Tartar officers and prefer avoiding Pekin palace life, which is described as dull.
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Maa
Ly Pasunovy
China
Pekin
Inasuch
Fragmentary 19th Century Dissidents and Discoveries in One Tale
The excerpt recounts various dated remarks and curiosities. It notes TrnRArIN and Wormley aiding English access to American riches, mentions Minister Schenck introducing poker, and criticizes indulgence and interracial marriage. It quotes Gen Toombs on Johnston Davis and critiques Toombs. It reports silica bricks from Paris, a Deadwood notice threats, a warning from P Smith, and a 900 year old Samos tune discovery with Herodotus context.
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Trnrarin
England
Wormley
Washington
Reryerdy Johnson
Schenck
Samos
Herodotus
Schoolmaster and pupil marriage suit in Iowa
A Iowa schoolmaster asks his prettiest pupil to marry him and she refuses citing age and mockery. He sues for damages. The Mudir of Doogola in Sun day is described as a gentle yet powerful Muslim ruler whose piety shapes local life. Paris housing rules limit flat height and street widths in a municipal ordinance.
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Iowa
Mudir
Doogola
Temperance Statistics and Curious London Observations
A London temperance lecturer offers striking figures on liquor expenditures over the past decade, totaling about 720 million dollars annually. He notes monthly and weekly sums, absurdly small per-second figures, Bible letter value, and brewer grain use, along with quirky remarks on bells and charity kisses in towns.
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London
United Kingdom
Riots in Rio de Sul as Civic Marriages Challenge Law
A large number of German Protestant couples in Rio de Sul learned their marriages were illegal after civic ceremonies conducted by city officers due to absence of denominational clerics. Catholic clerics and the government offer no relief, prompting calls for missionary societies to send a parson to assist.
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Rio de Sul
Brazil
Black Foulard Elegance and a Sticky River Discovery
The Countess of Walewska recalls Whistler style in a black gown to accent her neck and cheeks. An American traveler near River Diamanta finds a hot metamorphic stream resembling petroleum, freeing two birds stuck in the sticky liquid and ending their suffering.
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Tur
Walewska
Eugenie
San Francisco
Diamanta
California quail season opens as birds flood roads
The San Francisco Bulletin notes quail are abundant in California with farmers offering rewards for killing them in southern counties. Alameda and Contra Costa growers find quail beneficial, feeding on insects and curbing ants, while the wildcat remains their main foe. Nesting yields 15 to 20 eggs per season and the male defends the brood aggressively.
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California
San Francisco
Alameda
Contra Costa
Bride-to-be Clara Faces Daunting Trousseau Cheer
A wedding party gathers to admire Clara's bridal trousseau while friends gush over its beauty and charm. Clara expresses doubt that her father will attend as a newspaper reporter to view the items, drawing amused chorus from the group.
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Clara
Pops
New York Sun
Death Sentences for Mignonette Captain and Mate
Cable dispatch from London reports Captain Dudley and Mate Stephens of the wrecked yacht Mignonette convicted of murder for killing a boy named Parker to conserve life. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge sentenced them to be hanged, with mercy due to the crown. The voyage sank May 19 1884 and June 11 in the Indian Ocean.
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Cable Disputch
London
Dudley
Mate Stephens
Parker
Coleridge
Capt
Lord Coleridge
Secretary of State For the Home Department
Maté Stephens
Southampton
Australia
Indian Ocean
Young Parker
Train Robbery Confession Tells Of Arkansas Valley Heist
Joseph Cook, ringleader of the Arkansas Valley Railroad train robbery on the city outskirts, describes a four-man team including Clifford, Parker, and Frank Kline. They hid loot, later found by officers. $520 and twelve watches recovered. Bail set at $10,000 each. penalties reach seventy seven years.
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Little Rock
Joseph Cook
Arkansas Valley
Clifford
Parker
Frank Kline
Kline
Centre Street
Cook
Austin
Tex
Clifford Ia
Chicago
Nashville
Tenn
Logansport
Ind
Six Persons Cremated In Park Place Fire
Fire swept through Frank Barlows house in Park Place a coal mining village. Neighbors tried to rescue the sleeping family but were repelled by heat. Barlow hurled his 9 year old son from a second story window then perished with the child and others as the building collapsed.
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Pottsville
Frank Barlow
Park Place
Barlow
Missouri Delegation Delays on Attorney General Nominee
A Missouri congressional delegation meeting sought Broadhead for Attorney General under Cleveland but failed to reach consensus. Senator Cockrill opposed the push, aligning with fellow Democrats who supported Garland, so Broadhead and any alternative could not be endorsed. Action was postponed for several weeks.
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Washington
Missouri
Congress
Broadhead
Cleveland
Cockrall
Garland
Curious and Scientific: A World From Ota 19th Century Pages
In Viatka Russia annual tar pits birch oil and turpentine are produced with large demand for birch oil reaching 144 million pounds. Elm age 335 years, palms 600 700 olive 700 plane 720 cedar 900 oak 1500 yew 280 olive and other ages listed. Ocean depths cited 2 580 fathoms average. Insect cuticle structure described with two layers and pigment markings. Gun velocity and earth rotation effects discussed. Ammonia fumes linked to deafness and catarrh, acetic acid remedy proposed. Germ theory revised by Carpenter suggesting a single germ can cause different diseases. A composite pulley made of cast iron hub paper web and reinforced rim described. Malaria theory attributes fever to carbonic acid accumulation in atmosphere. Soil carbon measurements noted as 200 to 1 compared to normal air.
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Viatka
Russia
de Candolle
Berryman
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Pacific
Gazelle
Carpenter
Paris Crime Stats Reveal Juvenile Trend And Arrest Patterns
A Paris report on 1483 crime shows 16 298 arrests, with 40 401 in suburbs and 13 232 male youths among offenders. Nearly 50% had previous arrests, and charges ranged from conspiracy to burglary, murder, and swindling, with idleness linked to higher crime among the unemployed.
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Paris
Banheux
Amon Oxiyans
Lquor
Tynes
Monumental Apex Placed On Washington Monument
Cannon booms and whistles announce the capstone laying atop the Washington monument as an aluminum apex is set. Col Carey and aides supervise mortar amid a storm while a flag waves above the 655 foot structure and a formal ceremony is planned for Washington’s birth anniversary.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Col. Carey
Casey Hag
Senate
House of Reproventatives
Sherman
Morrill
Allison
Bayard
Lamar
Dorsheimer
Tucker
Reagan
Collins
Eldredge
Bingham
Cannon
Laird
Polk
Robert
Winthrop
House of Repreventatives
Monument Society
Congrana
Oboliak
Postal Service Surplus in 1883 Drops to 10 States in 1884
The Washington Dispatch notes the postal service posted a surplus in seventeen states and Alaska in the year ending June 30, 1883 but only ten states and no territories in the year ending June 30, 1884. Maine Vermont Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Dakota Territory and Alaska District show changes. The report includes a table detailing which states paid for themselves in 1883 but not in 1884 and the excess expenditures.
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Washington Dispatch
Alaska
Maine
Vermont
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota Territory
District of
New Hampshire
Apt
Ormont Peestvetsrtanen
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Ecvewseneenere Qenaee
Conncothout
Virginia
North Carolina
Baereaee
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Anne Sowsiangs
West
California
Oregon
Kansas
Aesweenee
Nebras
Nevada
Renee
Font Ee
Rhea Pere
Eases
New Mexico
Repesente Es
Washington
Dakota
Idaho
Wwe
Montana
Alanka
District of Columbia
Ohio
Ilinvis
Diverse Clippings Span Business, Society and History
Clippings note Lorillard earned 84000 on turf that year and commercial travelers push the South as prime for operations. A Paria divorce celebration suggests a future woman president. Russian railways mostly shed wood though forests surround lines. William Vandermila spends over 10000 aiding Staten Island homes facing mortgage foreclosures. Walter Raleigh’s pipe anecdote with Elizabeth I ends in her ordering his head. A German histologist claims a man’s brain can newly form within sixty days.
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Lorillard
Paria
Lucy Stone
United States
Russia
Winliam H. Vandermila
Staten Island
Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Illinois Affairs highlights from Eureka to Chicago
A survey of Illinois items notes hog cholera at Eureka and Vandalia, a Chicago military panorama battle of Shiloh, Bradley & Co. in Moncton facing $40,000 liabilities, a Chicago dustiller license fee dispute, and a death in Quincy among veterans. Separate items include Pullman Co. sleeping cars stock and a Lincoln funeral escort. Local elections show Gallatin County township results and Chicago water-use estimates.
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Eureka
Chicago
Shiloh
8. H. Bradley & Co
Moncton
Adams County
Thellinois Supreme Court
Dustillers
Frank Stewart
Cornell
Millie A. Rood
Lemont
Loominator
Masas
Asahele Baffuin
Lincoln
Pullman Valnco
Quincy
New York Central
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
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