Various Global Anecdotes and Economic Tidbits From the Era
The item outlines diverse notes including rail freight congestion in Pierre Dakota, Winnipeg’s expanded municipal limits and $250000 street works, 25 cent sales of Jesse James relics, Jay Gould’s purchase of a watch charm fragment, a jealous assault in Pittsfield, South Africa’s ostrich boom collapse with bank bill losses, downfall of Mme Charlemont from noble to pauper, Rothschild brothers tax returns in Frankfort with Willy’s 13120 mark daily income, and an anti Semitic print mocking hourly rates.
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Rothschild
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Wilhelm
Willy
Meyer Karl
Baron Willy Rothschild
A Judge’s Death Bed Wedding in Montgomery County
Judge William Bowie of Montgomery County Maryland lay dying of typho malarial fever when he urged his betrothed daughter Ella to wed Dr White at once. Surrounded by family friends, Ella wore a white satin dress as the minister joined them, and the dying father sighed with relief as his last wish was fulfilled.
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William Bowie
Montgomery County
Ella
White
London Truth editor to visit this country again
Henry LaBouchere editor of the London Truth has visited Boston before. In a past trip he ate a square meal in a dining saloon, was assumed to be an Irish patriot, and left without paying while the proprietor refused payment. He later repaid the deficit after replenishing his purse.
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Henry LaBouchere
London Truth
Boston
Providence
Labouchere
Mandine
Washington
New York
Bloody Three Hundred and Weather Lore Exhibited
A South Bend editor mocked 300 volunteers during the Black Hawk era and was challenged at his home but stood his ground. A German swindled by a pretended magistrate recounted a failed claim. The Tur Signal Service Bureau seeks to expand storm forecasts by collecting proverbs from all groups and nations, mapping sun, rain, winds, animals, plants, and everyday signs for seasonal weather insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Defrées
South Bend
Ind
Tur Signal Service Bureau
Bureau
Gilhooly Demands Service at Mose Schaum Burg Store
Gilhooly visits Mose Schaum burg on Austin Avenue asks for beer fried beefsteak onions fried potatoes and boiled cabbage. Mose replies the store is not a restaurant and points to the sign offering help if something is wanted. Gilhooly challenges the sign to remove it as he seeks food.
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Gilhooly
Mose Schaumburg
Austin Avenue
Mose
Texas
Fountain Design Contest Draws Post Office Jest
Mrs Jones suggests Jeptha enter a drinking fountain design contest offering a hundred dollars. Jones doubts winning, claiming women are more designing than men as he leaves to smoke. Detroit Post.
Two children paint in schoolbooks amid fashion notes
Two youngsters color a cow blue in a schoolbook scene as the companion suggests the blue cow is cold. The article notes blue as a current favorite for children's frocks rivaling white dresses seen in many outfits of the season.
HER TOUR BY WILL CARLETON
A playful travel verse from Harper's Magazine recounts a couple's grand yet comically chaotic tour of Europe and Asia. The narrator praises highlights from Queenstown to Killarney and Paris while lampooning guides and crowds, ending with plans to travel again if finances permit.
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Rome
Venice
Naples
The
Rhine
Asia
Harper's Magazine
A Ghostly Irish Detachment Visit
An officer recalls marching with a subaltern in Ireland and visiting Innishberry Hall in Moonetown after a late detour. The journey through bleak countryside leads to a moonlit bay and a grand house where later events unfold with a lingering sense of mystery.
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Ireland
Innishberry Hall
A Mysterious South African Host And His Captivating Wife
The narrator attends a formal visit to a Baronet and his wife Mrs M at a country estate. A distractingly enigmatic hostess captivates attention with striking eyes and beauty, while guest A. is oddly distant and later stares at Mrs M. The dining room portraits reveal parallels to the hostess, hinting at a hidden likeness and possible motive.
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South Africa
Mrs. M
Mr. M
Paronet
Baronet
The Devil Behind Her at Moynetown Hall
A narrator recalls a moonlit dinner at Moynetown Hall where A. fixates on Mrs M. and proclaims in awe that the devil stood behind her. After a sudden departure and a servant’s rumor mill, news arrives that the housewoman took poison and died, with A. later exchanging posts and avoiding further discussion.
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Moynetown
Jarvie
Innishderry Hall
County
Dublin
Scotland
Blackwoop
Avoid the Cigarette Protest in Health Etiquette Note
A London Lancet warning urges stopping constant cigarette smoking among youths and young men. It notes rapid intake of eight to twelve cigarettes per hour for several hours daily harms nervous systems and overall health, unlike cigars or pipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Lancet
British officials host Marquis of Lorne in San Francisco
British Consul Booker in San Francisco introduces city society representatives to the Marquis of Lorne. An address of welcome is read as Princess Louise cites fatigue for her absence. The party accepts General McDowell’s invitation to tour the bay aboard the Government steamer.
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Booker
San Francisco
Marquis of Lorne
Louise
General McDowell
Bay
Tenderness Toward the Harsh Cools a Hard World
A reflective line cites tenderness toward the hard resisted souls as humanity’s late but finest bloom. It notes forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth for the cold, and charity toward the midanthropic as true virtue.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dakota
Pierre
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Jesse James
Jay Gould
Hemainway
Miss Stevenson
Pittsfield
Mass
Steele
Mme. Charlemont
Restaurateur
Will Carleton
Queenstown
Blarney
Killarney
Glasgow
London
Paria
Paris
Victor Hugo
Switzerland
Mr. A
Meelady
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