Courtesy and charm mark Bermuda streets and homes
In Bermuda manners are friendly and respectful with locals greeting all visitors. Negro women share sights and shelter a stranger, while white and black men lift hats for ladies. Homes use native coral stone, durable for a century, and sparse wealth yields simple, unostentatious living amidst beauty and order.
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Bermuda
Islands
Hearta
Trinity Church
Julia C
Dorr
Atlantic Monthly
Australian Gentlemen and the Australian Character
Archibald Forbes contrasts Australian men and women with English and American traits. He praises industrious labor, outdoor vitality, and adaptability, noting Australians work hard, play hard, and flourish despite fortune’s swings. Women are described as culturally refined, with overall emphasis on vigor and practical ethics.
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Australia
Archibald Forbes
Contemporary Review
Peter Cooper's Sympathy with Women and the Cooper Institute
Mrs. Susan N. Carter heading the Woman's Art School of the Cooper Institute offers an essay to the Century describing Mr. Cooper's aim to help women earn decent livings and avoid unwise marriages. He sought to protect and empower middle class women through education, industry ties, and family stability, driven by chivalry and concern for widows and deserted wives.
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Susan N. Carter
Woman’s Art School
Cooper Institute
Mr. Cooper
Bath
New York
Lenten lectures to women provoke empathy from speaker
Mr Cooper argues that Dr is of the wealth class misunderstands the world. He says if the doctor lived a month among poor and suffering women and read their letters, he would support teaching them to lessen their troubles.
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Cooper
Mud-turtles Featured in Philadelphians Excellent Texrapin Stews
A brief item notes mud-turtles used in a dish described by Philadelphians as excellent texrapin stews. The note is attributed to N. Y. Sse.
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N. Y
Highland humor and stanes in Scottish tales
A collage of Scottish anecdotes and remarks on Highland wit and superstition. Humorous episodes include a shepherd with a heavy bag of stones, a barefoot town girl, and a Falkirk infidel, with brief asides on Aberdeen bluntness and a quip about arsenic prescriptions from medical men.
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Stanes
Iever
Hugh Miller
London
Falkirk
Patton Hood
Lacerated Chinese Boatmen Under Mandarin Punishment
A Japan Mail report describes brutal corporal punishment of Grand Canal boatmen in China. The passage details lacerated buttocks from baton thwacks, widespread thievery by crew, and a mistreated fourteen year old boy battered for cheekiness to a mandarin.
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Grand Canal
China
Tung-Chow
Peking
lung-Chew
Japan Mail
Arsenic Used As Cosmetic Sparks Fashion Debate
A medical journal notes growing use of arsenic in cosmetics among fashion circles both locally and abroad. It claims the poison can clear skin and render it soft and transparent when taken in specific doses, highlighting dangerous trends in pursuit of beauty.
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Medical Journal
Sunday Breakfast Gospel Fellowship in Philadelphia
Philadelphia group gathers each Sunday at morning break fast to provide a hearty meal for outcasts and follow with gospel discussion led by the association members. The effort aims to offer fellowship and spiritual guidance to attendees in the city.
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Philadelphia
Iladelphia Presa
English and French Cider Making Compared Across Regions
The article contrasts English cider practice in Devon Somerset Dorset Cornwall with Hereford Worcestershire Gloucestershire methods, noting denser planting and minimal intervention in England versus wider spacing and more careful French and Norman techniques. It traces cider origins from France to England, cites historical figures and abbey production, and cites large French cider tree counts and production figures with Brittany Normandy and Auge as leading districts for quality.
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Devonshire
Somersetshire
Dorset
Cornwall
Hereford
Worcestershire
Gloucester
Herefordshire
England
France
Rhodegonda
Perry
Africa
Treet-Vilane
Brittany
Normandy
Auge
Caux
Bray
Breton
Botage
Primitive liquor making in western England noted in St James Gazette
The St James Gazette reports on crude English distilling practices with illegal and unsafe methods. It describes transferring liquor between vessels, burning barrels, adding unknown chemicals, and moving contents through vats. It notes France uses sugar and olive oil as preservatives and highlights rustic England traditions.
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Rio
England
St. James Gaselle
Not a Congressman The Westman at the Washington saloon
A Philadelphia Call item recounts a Western born visitor in a Washington saloon who feigns being from Congress yet declares he is not a congressman. He orders beer and lunch, offering a nickel as payment, leaving a puzzled bartender and patrons impressed by the ruse.
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Washington
Congress
Amn &T
Louis Editos
Pauladelphia Call
Man Comes to Life Twice in Calamity at Bennettville
A dying Chinese laundryman Ah Wee dies but revives after burial when his body is placed in a pack mule box. He is taken toward Mount Warren Divide where he groans again during transport. He is revived briefly in town, then dies permanently after a later medical examination. Burial follows with Chinese ceremonies.
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Sanu
tIricna
Wee
Bennettville
Jim
Ah Wee
Flaundrymans
Louis Amout
Mount Warren Divide
Louis
Anh Woo
Bartley Hart Benefit Ends With Toy Horse Surprise
A New York charity raffle for blind ex-Assemblyman Bartley Hart drew politicians and spectators to McManus Third Avenue Hotel. Dr. Richards won with a 53 roll, earning a stall promise and a six inch wooden toy horse, prompting a victory procession past Yorkville police court.
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Bartley Hart
New York
McManus Third Avenue Hotel
Steinert
Nesbit
Bart
Thomas Carroll
Patrick McManus
William Hebbard
Carroll
Michael Goode
Schuyler White
Custom House
Mr. Finn
Chairman Steinert
Dr. Richards
Mr. Steinert
Amnant
Stabioa
Yorkville Police Court
Fifty‘seventh Street
Mr. Mehrer
Fifty-seventh Street
McManus
N. X. Journal
Dying Three Times. Last Week Jim Toy Res taurateur Lundy
Dying three times in a dramatic display last week, Jim Toy, renowned Celestial restaurant proprietor in Lundy, received intelligence regarding a pivotal event. The report notes his reaction and the broader implications for the local dining scene.
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Jim Toy
Lundy
Fannie Zimmeraan Engaged to Two Suitors in Maltimore
The Philadelphia record reports Fannie Zimmeraan, daughter of a Maltimore clergyman, engaged to two men and set a wedding date. One suitor from Pennsylvania arrived with a license to take her to a minister when a rival from Virginia appeared. A chase through the streets ended with the Virginia suitor’s arrest and detention until the ceremony.
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Fannie Zimmeraan
Maltimore
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Philedalphia [Eoord
Fashion notes on hats gowns and accessories from Paris trends
The piece catalogs current fashion items such as feather fans with flower centers and jewelled handles, jockey shaped sealskin styles, satin strapped Paris gowns, winter hats with high crowns and narrow brims, shoulder capes with fur edges, Chenille embroidery on house robes, lace corsages on gowns, and machine bound felt hats. It notes low necklines for opera wear and explains a masher hat as soft brown felt with feathers and velvet bands. It also mentions silver-thistle inspired party accessories and woolens with softer textures and draped serges and velours.
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Biarritz
Early Lambs Need Careful Housing and Feeding
The Massachusetts Ploughman notes that ewes with January or February lambs require constant warmth and good flesh to ensure healthy milk and rapid lamb growth. Keep under cover until cold spells pass, use good sweet hay as main forage, and tailor rations to each sheep. An experienced keeper, not rigid rules, governs profitable early lamb production.
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Massachusetts
Sheep in Pastures With Other Stock
Farmers may profit from keeping a certain number of sheep even with other stock. Sheep can share with cattle in pastures and winter yards, though caution is advised with young horses and predatory dogs. Sheep often follow cattle and benefit from their protection, but large flocks fare best when kept separate, especially in winter.
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Gazette
Early Lambs and Proper Housing for Profit
The article advises that early lambs yield profit only for those with understanding and suitable buildings. It warns against cold winds and cramped quarters and emphasizes ample air, sunshine, and outdoor access when weather permits. In cold or stormy weather, sheep need spacious, covered areas to stay dry.
Elopement Mania Draws Attention to Fashionable Courtships
The periodical notes a spike in elopements with hired men as sixteen year old daughters of wealthy families seek romance with professional suitors. It warns parents to restrain dress and social ambitions that encourage such matches.
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Chicago
Glass flooring shifts in Parisian business houses
In Paris many Disiness houses used as offices adopt glass flooring instead of traditional boards. The trend appears widespread, with collars repurposed for office use and glass replacing timber in multiple buildings.
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Paris
Home Garden and Orchard Tips From a Century Ago
An acre of lawn and garden can support a cow while manure and crop practices are debated. Articles cover sunflower oil in Europe, powdered zinc for paint, fruit tree care, thrashing waste, sick plants revived by hot water, baked apples with cream, and a blackbird’s potential horn for corn-worm control. Also notes on pickled grapes, table wines, and theater etiquette.
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Russia
Italy
Chicago
Oston Post
N. ¥. Post
Ohio
Ms. Tf
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