Salt River canal to Phoenix Arizona nearly complete
The Register reports a Salt River canal project about finished to carry water from Salt River to Agua Fria. It will be forty miles long with a twenty six foot bottom and seven and a half foot banks at a cost near five hundred thousand dollars. The note also surveys diverse 1880s global items and anecdotes from travel, art, and society.
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Arizona
Salt River
Phoenix
Agua Fria
Washington
New Orleans
Embonpoint and the Advantages of Adipose Tissue
A satirical piece extols fat as a virtue for women, arguing fat hides flaws, delays aging, and improves appearance. It lists dietary tips including meats and rich dairy, cautions against overexertion, and endorses lounging, warm baths, and light open-air activity. It mocks extreme dieting and cites a Dio Lewis quote on fattening tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Bernhardt
Dio Lewis
American esteem cited by visiting English writer
Mn. Robert Buchanan, on a visit, praises American achievements and names Walt Whitman as the most original poet, Sherman as a noble soldier, Draper as a profound physiologist, and Twain for quaint humor, with further remarks incomplete regarding Joseph.
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Robert Buchanan
Walt Whitman
Sherman
Draper
Twain
Joseph
Happy All Around And Free Trade Romance
In moonlit dialogue Algernon and Maud discuss money and politics in a playful scene. Maud jokes about protection and free trade of her hand for business skill while Palias money is referenced. A stentorian voice interrupts from the back piazza.
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Algernon
Maud
Piazza
Boston
If He Had Asked Us A Subscriber Letter On A Dilemma
A reader describes a marriage two years ago to a young woman who was badly injured when a horse threw her from a carriage. She is partially paralyzed, walks only with crutches, and social activities like dancing and boating are difficult. The writer seeks guidance on money saving and future plans.
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Green
James
Giorgia
The
American Review
Don Pratt
London
Louisville Courier-Journal
Dover
England
Ouida
Sally Brass
Jane
Heaven
Bloomington
Man urged to care for ailing wife over own pleasures
A Bloomington Through Mail letter blast rebukes a husband who plans to abandon his crippled wife for dancing and boating. The writer argues he must buy an invalid chair, share quiet evenings outdoors, and rekindle love, warning his pleasure-seeking stance risks social judgment and deeper loss.
Domestic virtues and the art of good housekeeping
The article urges mothers to teach daughters practical household skills from cooking and bread making to economizing and caring for a husband’s clothes. It stresses that strong domestic knowledge empowers a wife, even with servants, while noting that refinement and education can coexist with excellent housekeeping. It ends with a quotation on incidental forces segregating alike and unlike units.
Peter the Great as Monster and Man in Critic's Lens
A critical survey compares Peter the Great to Voltaire and Macauley's depictions, detailing brutal acts and scandals, including flogging and executions, and contrasts them with the label Peter the Great. The piece cites mistreatment at courts, torture of nobles, and sensational tales to question the heroic image while presenting vivid, conflicting portraits. It also includes a later unrelated fitness column praising chest expansion exercises for women and men, detailing routines and claimed health benefits.
Uses of Artic Exploration Valued For Knowledge And Courage
The article argues that Arctic voyages, including the Greely expedition, expanded Earth's magnetic knowledge and tested human endurance. It lauds the moral benefits of northern exploration, noting patient courage and self-denial, and compares its heroism to conquest and crusades, ending with a tribute to George W. Curlis of Harper's Magazine.
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Greely
Polar Circle
May
Brooke Horford
Irthy
Mr. Herschl
George Wii Curlis
Harper
Magiueere
Darkness in the Parlor Brings a Questionable Brilliance
In a Yorks Statesman excerpt Crimsonbeak faces Miss Pussenfeather’s father on a train after the father accuses him of sitting in darkness due to no gas light. Crimsonbeak retorts that they were not in the dark because the daughter is brilliant, and he stays out late without disturbance.
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Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Buchanan
Kansas
Bayney Heeney
Union Township
Miss Pussenfeather
Crimsonbeak
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Eugene Schuyler
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Czar
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Schuyler
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Jerusalem
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Tor
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Prins
Sina
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