Intriguing 1900s News Snippets From Washington and Abroad
A collage of vanished royals and court reshuffles in Europe, bold claims of California fakes, an Indian massacre tale from Yellowstone Park, and social ironies. Notes on Chief Justice Fuller versus Harlan, Bou langer Paris victory timing, St. John the English traveler, and ministerial deadlines spark curiosity alongside White House chatter and a cheeky lie about Christ's pew.
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California
Yellowstone Park
Death Bed Scenes Through War Times and Truth
A veteran narrator reflects on deathbed scenes from battle to cholera, detailing varied fates from a depraved officer who dies unrepentant to noble soldiers, a Quaker's terror of death, a dying girl laughing at a kitten, and finally his own near death and revival after a cholera attack. The piece emphasizes personal observations over sensationalism and ends with a note of truth.
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Union Army
Silas Marple
Manns
Kansas
Colorado
Marple
Society of Friends
Heaven
Hell
Dido
Frank
Thad
Japanese Life as Prof Morse Depicts Urban Wildlife
A vivid portrait of harmonious urban nature in Japan by Prof. Morse. Birds nest in houses and parks host wild fowl while deer roam streets and even nibble rind from a man’s melon. A calm dog rests amid traffic as crowds observe a heron, drawing sketches instead of coins.
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Prof
Morse
Michigan
Conversation with the Grand Lama on Earth's shape
George Kennan recalls a visit to the Grand Lama of Trans-Baikal, debating whether the world is round. The Lama, unfamiliar with America, questions the spherical theory while Kennan explains his circumnavigation by noting sunsets and routes, ending with a cautious nod to Russian belief.
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Sexton B. WW. Williams
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
New York
Sexton
Mr. Williams
Christ
Earth
St. Thomas’ Church
George Kennan
Trans-Baikal
Grand Lama
America
Grand Laraa
Inter Ane
Lema
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Germany
Russia
India
Ofngland
Thibet
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
White Slaves in Turkey Exposed in Constantinople Market
Reports from Constantinople reveal a public market for European girls imported from Germany Austria Italy and Russia to be sold as slaves. Weekly shipments arrive via Verna Odessa Salonica and Adriatic ports. Girls disembark at Kanak quarantine and are taken to a “Casino” exchange where they are sold as human cattle.
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Constantinople
Germany
Austria
Italy
Russia
Verna
Odessa
Salonica
Adriatic
Golden Horn
Kanak
Bujakdere
New York
sSheqield Daily News
Pensions for Postal Clerks and Civil Service Reform
The article argues for depoliticizing postal service appointments and removals, urging pensions and permanent civil service reform. It cites President Cleveland endorsing permanent Railway Mail Service rules to reduce political influence, calling for statutory safeguards to protect clerks from partisan manipulation.
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Postal Service
Cleveland
Civil Service Commission
Railway Mail Service Reform Vision from Gen. Jones
A Gen Thomas L Jones proposal advocates retirement on half pay after twenty years of faithful service or upon injury, with provisions for families if death occurs on duty. He argues Congress should grant these measures to ensure the United States maintains the best and most efficient Railway Mail Service.
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Congress
United States
Thomas L. Jones
Scribner's Magazine
Winkle in the Coat and Trouser Fit Debate
In a Detroit Free Press snippet a tailor Montsat Satinet argues with client Mr Sissybud over a suit's fit. They quarrel over a back wrinkle cuff length and whether trousers are wide enough, reflecting vanity and fashion in everyday dress.
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Satinez
Mr. Sissybud
Sissybud
Gentleman's Magazine
Satinet
Broadway
Detroit Pree Press
Mine Host and Wark Twain. Old Mr. A. was once the landlord of a cozy inn
Old Mr. A ran a small inn on the Boston Hartford road. One Sunday two well dressed men approached. one limped and asked for a room. The host quipped about new shoes, then learned his guest was Marl Twain, prompting surprised humor and a nickname exchange.
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Mr. A
Boston
Hartford
Too Nice to Hiss in a Waltz Debate
A satirical exchange between a Reverend and a young woman from a Washington Critic sketch mocks moralizing about dancing. The cleric claims the waltz excites passions and electricity between fingers, while the woman retorts with playful skepticism, ending with curiosity about the missing experience.
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Jerushy
Sincrasher
Washington Critic
Ventilating Bees in Indian Hives
The St James Gazette notes in India and other tropics that hives employ ventilating bees during hot seasons. Two to three bees perch at the hive entrance, fanning the interior with their wing motion while fresh bees relieve and rotate the duty under a patrol system ensuring constant activity.
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India
St. Janes Gazelle
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the Register
New Harmony, Indiana
Lowpowx
Stock Exchange
Paris
Canard
Philadelphia
Iris
Marquis of Lorne
Ceylon
Princess Louise
ScuuuLze
Presipenr Harrison
Nation
Mrs. Nose
Secretary of the Interior
Northampton
Mass
Jers C. Rores
Cambridg
Napoleon
Arcola
E Sri
Baker
Lafayette
Ind
Mr. Horswey
London Tunes
Pigott
England
Oriental
Wang Shih Yuing
Yane Yan
Tin
Globe
Utica
Columbus
8. C
Thomas B. Clarkson
South
Baltimore
Haiti
West Indies
Western
Republic
Port of
Harrie Carter
Kansas Cowboys
Barnum
Hippodrome
Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Reading
Harrison
Indian Territory
Tur Emperor of
Count Hoyos
Central Africa
Dantey
The
New York Herald
Fuller
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harlan
David and
Goliath
Boulanger
Floquet
Chamber of Deputies
France
St. John
Jons CG
Wurriren
Resk
Proctor
Maj. Bickham
White House
Tunoponn L. CuyLer
Alv. Spurgeon
Joseph Parker
Newman Hall
Dr. Farray
Dr. Storrs
John Hall
William M. Taylor
Alexander Maclaren
Talmadge
Phillipps Brooks
Kitredge
Ms. Moody
Mr. Cuyler
Wenlyss
Semyss
Weems
Knolly
Pollys
Knollis Noles
Belvotr
Uv Ini
Strachan
Brichan
Strawn
London Lines
Alex Duke Bailie
Turkey
Marl ‘Twain
Mark Twain
New Haven
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