Smuggling Tales From New England Coast Heat Up Courtroom Echoes
A Chicago Tribune interview recounts Jersey coast smugglers hidden in cottages and secret chests in outhouses. A dramatic Dar Harbor night ends with a smuggler killing his son and taking his own life rather than surrender to revenue officers.
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New England
Will Wateh
Dutle
Jersey
Custom House
Chicago Tribune
Jim Alden
Cassowary Jim
Jim
Dar Flarhor
Adnong
Harry
Bar Harbor
Mount Desert
Sieh
Simgeler
Leaping Salmon of Canada Near Quebec Falls
The Philadelphia Call describes Canadian salmon rivers near Quebec with swift currents and high falls. It notes July crowds viewing salmon leaping the Lovette Falls and recounts old Indian spear fishing legends tied to the rushing water and impaled salmon.
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Canada
Quebec
Lovette
Philadelphia
A Diplomatic Ball Accident Reveals Delicate Shoulders
A social scandal item notes a diplomatic circle beauty at a ball wearing a striking low bodice. Her cameo brooch broke, the owner bent to retrieve fragments, and a portion of her porcelain-like shoulder appeared to fall away, shocking onlookers.
Tableau Scene Sparks Gentlemen and Ladies in Paris Touts
A damaged passage describes a tableau moment with blue and pink touches. Gentlemen stare in blank astonishment as ladies giggle behind handkerchiefs and a husband covers a mishap with a shawl, capturing a playful Parisian street tableau.
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Paris Teller
More Boys Than Girls Say War-Era Trends Shift Marital Prospects
A New York Journal summary notes a three to two birth ratio favoring boys, implying future marriage dynamics. It cites Massachusetts’s 50,000 “hopeless maiden” spinsters as war’s lingering legacy and predicts a brighter marriage market for girls born now, with men outnumbered later by shifting generations and a return to higher marriage rates among the young.
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Massachusetts
New York
Dr. Talmage
New York Journal
The Negro in Transition in South Georgia Race
The Atlanta Constitution notes evolving appearance among Negroes in South Georgia as contact with whites alters features and hair, with flatter noses and thinner lips becoming common, while women maintain long hair braids or curls as they seek to improve looks since emancipation.
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South Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
A Joke on Senator Beck at Senate Finance panel
A knotty point in the Senate Finance Committee pits Mr. Beck against Mr. Vance. Beck refuses to accept Vance's claim, asks for a written version, and Vance retorts that there is nothing there to stop it. Senator Allison presides as others laugh at the exchange. Washington correspondent Chicago Herald.
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Finance Committee
Senate
Beck
Mr. Vance
Vance
Senator Allison
Mr. Beck
Washington
Chicago Herald
Her Kind Offer
Mrs Bluchlood misreads a compliment as a marriage proposal and offers Miss Dave Banker a role as bridesmaid while declining romantic partnership. The exchange, noted in a playful tone, references social etiquette and the idea of friendship or sisterly ties rather than a union.
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Mr. Bluchlood
Dave Banker
Miss Banker
Charlie
Joan
Boston
A Wifely Suggestion in Harper's Bazar
Country editor laments editorial duties and suggests hiring a cheap assistant. Wife proposes a simple plan to share the workload. The couple teases the burden of writing editorials with humorous banter.
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Maria
John
Harper's Bazar
Funeral Feasts and Free Guests Across Alpine Regions Revealed
In Der Grune Heinrich Gottfried Keller portrays wealthy Swiss parents in remote districts holding lavish post funeral feasts. Visitors flood the sickroom before death, and after burial a long table with wine and cold foods opens, inviting all to eat and drink day and night. The main mourner then hosts a grand hot meal to conclude the day.
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Gottfried Kellar
Upper Austria
The Future of the Typewriter Advances in design and speed
A New York Herald item notes the typewriter is evolving from an experimental stage toward greater durability and simplicity. Innovations include multi-letter key combinations to reach around seventy words per minute, price cuts expanding market reach, and an inventor earning about a million dollars from roughly 40 000 machines sold to date.
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New York
Mental Loafing And The Dangers Of Reverie
The piece warns that mental loafing or reverie dulls the mind and wastes time especially in youth. It defines reverie as wandering thoughts and urges a stern, disciplined will to whip the mind into order to prevent intellectual laziness. Joined Presbyterian.
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Presbyterian
Balloon Descent Ends With Friendly Field Landing
After a pleasant voyage the balloon descended into a grassy field then bounded over a hedge. The grapnel caught. the craft landed softly as harriers gathered and locals asked if there was an accident. The balloon was packed up with help and some amusement arose when a boy volunteered to enter the basket.
Curious Balloon Journey to Nearby Gas Station
A humorous fragment recalls a boy inhaling gas and a curious trek eight miles to a gas station. A cart carried three people, the balloon, and equipment with the driver happy to earn five shillings.
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Zeiwile Bear
Mammoths in Siberia and the fossil ivory trade.
The article traces Siberian fossil ivory exports to China since the Middle Ages, noting Arab traders and Liachot’s 18th century discovery of tusks near the Lena River. It highlights large tusks and mammoth carcasses found in permafrost, including the 1806 Adams discovery now in St. Petersburg, with rhinoceros remains also found in similar conditions.
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Siberia
China
Liachot
Lena
Wrangell
Africa
New
Esquimaux
Adams
St. Petersburg
Saturday Review
Allcock’s Porous Plasters Endorsement and Claim
The advert claims ALU COCKS Porous Plasters have twenty five years of global use and endorsements from medical and chemical authorities. It states the plasters are purely vegetable, mild yet effective, quick in action, and harmless. Warns against inflated prices and substitutes, urging customers to ask for Allcock’s.
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Allcock
Funerals Do Not Pay The Man In The Box Joke
The Pittsburg Dispatch quotes a bantering exchange between the sporting editor and telegraph editor. They recall a baseball scare and joke that funerals don t pay because funerals do not pay the man in the box, highlighting a humorous take on sports and news.
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Sporting
Telegraph
Yuzale
Sporting Editor
Pittsburg Dispatch
Give Him $2 and Let Him Guess Satire on Doctors
A humorous quip mocks doctors who guess remedies. The ad notes issues from poor digestion to head pain and fatigue and promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a remedy, emphasizing small sugar coated pills available from druggists.
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Pierce
Quirky Notes From A Breezy Press Page
A jumble of quirky snippets includes a breezy aside about Corn Aramina and Richelieu, odd speech about three-toed youngsters, and a tongue in cheek quip from Delrust Bree Press. Earthquake sounds are linked to Professor Milne of Tokyo, with varying rumbles and toadlike rattles. explanations compare old and new wire heat treatments. Sipnky DiLlon recalls earning money delivering water on the Albany to Schenectady railroad. Musicians in brass bands are noted as toot ers, not masters. A dogma about canine barks giving chills closes the page with a hotel gag.
From Hirth to the Grave We Carry Traits and Temperaments
The article discusses how physical and mental traits link to temperaments such as bilious and nervous. It mentions signs like saffron skin hue and tongue fur, then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for bilious complaints and a tonic for fever rheumatism and kidney and bladder issues.
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Hirth
The Manufacture of French Brandy In 19th Century Report
Vice Consul Warburton notes a sharp decline in French brandy output from 1875 figures of 20 million cations to 1 contract in 1880 due to phylloxera. He warns of scarce pure brandy in the department with much sold as beet root or German spirit blends and many spirits sold unmixed.
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Warburton
Mar. Warburton
Iss
Ma. Warburton
A Sale and a Sell by Black-How is Gay
The dialogue notes the young literary figure Gay selling a book to raise cash for a washerwoman. A second-hand dictionary is sold to obtain money, indicating he is doing well enough to earn income. The exchange is reported in a Boston Courier style.
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Wong
Boston
A Tremendous Sensation and Cures for Consumption
A Washington Critic note contrasts a 60 mph train sight with medical marvels. It touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the sole cure for consumption when used early, claiming dramatic effects and urging timely use over late stages. It mentions Russell Sage’s wealth and a saying about Miss with money.
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Pierce
Notable Health Ads and Remedies Spark Street Talk
A Burlington Press item notes business blocks jammed with talk of health remedies. It cites Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women and Scott’s Emulsion for debility and consumption. Orange New Jersey mosquitos and Moxie beverage are also mentioned as crowd pleasers, with claims of energy and cure-like effects. A New Haven News mention references a wire bustle garment.
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Senator Beck
Aramina
Richelieu
Delrust
Bree Press
Milne
Tokio
Sipnky DiLlon
Albany
Schenectady
Russell Sage
Burlington Ree Press
Scott
Joan Sullivan
Morganza
New Jersey
Moxie
New Haven
Hood
Ros
Pettit
Moody
Moody & CO
Cincinnati
Addresa
Thue & Co
Augusta
Maine
Bryant's Business College
Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
Shre
Kidder
Sinwsusen Town
Mass
Alamazoo Collec
Lonsos A. Wellcox
Peceldemt
Kalamamzue
Mich
Glek Co
Halsted St
B. F. John— Sun &Co
Main St
Richmond
Northwestern Military Academy
Aishland Park
Burtis
Crandall & Co
Chicumen
Price Soc
D. Tgor Bs Il
eSeer
Winghell
Wll Dropuiste
Emmer Propietary Ccoo
Eoaruin
Ballard Gallery
Marlin Firearms CO
WEW Haver
West
Electric Cure CO
Washington Street
Ill
Spencer
Hradway
Radway
Br. A. C. Middlebrook
Doraville, Ga
Caroline Monteith
Deer Creek
Ind
H. A. Carr
Escambia
Ala
E. Hummel
Boonville
Alice FE. Chayer
Mt. Storm
W. V.a
Yepeysia
Merced
Vor
Frazer
Wizard Oil Company Chicags
CNU
Gailingraitam
M. Bo
Amsterdam
DE. Dyche & CO
Chiesage
LOL
Pra
Drugeteta
Bryant & Stratton
Chicago Business College
Bryant
Ooit & CO
Mim
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