Industrial growth and rail production shift westward
The Register notes Mandies traveled 4,200 miles and earned $22,000 this season. Bioory and Sankey moved to Eu-Fone separately. The evangelists firm dissolved. The steel industry expands west of the Alleghenies with Mor iron rails produced near Pittsburgh. Illinois produced 223,353 tons of rails last year, about half of Pennsylvania’s output.
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Bioory and
Sankey
EU- Fone
Evangelists Hag
Alleghanies
Pittsburgh
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Bruce letter supports Nebraska woman suffrage amendment
W R Rrep Srites Reeister B K Bruce endorses the proposed Nebraska woman's suffrage amendment. He states he is persuaded that women's influence in politics and their intelligent expression at the polls will add to the peace happiness and prosperity of all in the state.
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Uwrrrep Srites Reeister
B. K
Bruce Bes
Nebraska
State Capitol to Rise in Minnesota Brick and Stone
Mrxwrsota plans a new State Capitol to replace the one lost to fire about two years ago. Minnesota brick and stone will supply the exterior and interior finish, with lime stone basement walls, Fond du Lac grown stone for the first belt, Red Spring brick walls, and Frontenac sandstone trimmings. The building aims to reflect state pride even if not the most handsome or costly, with natural oak interiors throughout.
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Mrxwrsota
Minnesota
Fond du Lac
Auction of Ouray and Chipeta’s effects shocks readers
The lone widow of Ouray sold household items at auction after his death. Local papers report luxury implied for the Colorado Indians with articles selling at ruinous prices. Items included a $75 dressing case, Ouray’s broadcloth suit, velvet fabrics, and certificates, all fetched tiny sums.
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Ouray
Quray
Chipeta
Methodist Episcopal Church
Whisky hoards and stock markets prompt tax delay
The Chicago Tribune notes a 6,000,000 gallon whisky stock in Kentucky with 90 cents unpaid tax per gallon, extended to three years. Now 58,000,000 gallons remain, fueling speculative rallies from stocks to breadstuffs and cotton, with prospects of a $150,000,000 tax impact. In Philadelphia, St. Mark's faces a strange case of anonymous letters from a mentally unbalanced high society woman, sending 150 letters a week warning spouses and children, before the rector reported it to authorities.
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Chicago Tribune
Kentacky
Congress
Sveetle
Kentucky
Philadelphia
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Post Office
Ladies at Palmer House Take Public Posts in Chicago
A Chicago hotel experiment places women at cashier and bookkeeper desks. Potter Palmer notes high salaries and satisfaction, arguing women perform public roles better than men. The move aims at expanding women's work in trusted hotel positions amid social resistance.
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Chicago
Potter Palmer
Palmer House
Palmer
Twio
Trees With History In A California Grove And Across The World
A 1880s era note catalogs remarkable trees including 1880s California grove with 1 880 trees all at least six feet across a white oak in Salem New Jersey more than two centuries old with branches spanning 112 feet the largest chestnut in Berks Pennsylvania nearly forty feet around tall Australian giants Gippsland and Dunolly districts boast roots to crown heights of 435 and about 400 feet a russet apple tree in Skowhegan Maine planted in 1762 houses a child’s playhouse in its branches and yields apples yearly the top reachable by steps the tree supports a 63 foot diameter ground area and bears about thirty bushels annually a sprout from this apple stands 32 feet from the parent stem forty eight years younger.
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California
Quaker Burying Ground
Salem
N. J
Australia
Gippsland
Dunenong
Victoria
Solomon Merkie
Berks
Skowhegan
The Way of a Serpent on a Rock
A Forest and Stream account details the climbing methods of snakes, noting vermicular motion up vertical surfaces, observed black snakes ascending beech trees and stucco walls, and contrasting venomous species’ limits with non venomous ones. The piece emphasizes atmospheric pressure as aiding grip and records varied ascent behaviors.
Gossip for the Ladies A River Idyl
A humorous London Punch spoof titled Gossip for the Ladies A River Idyl features Lucinus sending a playful ode to Lucinda beneath willows and ash as they share a picnic. The verse parodies courtly romance and bickers over luncheon, mustard, and a disobedient cook with light satire.
Best Career for a Woman Message in Plain Prose
A reflective essay extols a bright modest girl doing duty without vanity. It argues that a woman’s highest use is to be an honest wife and mother, noting that virtue and domestic service surpass worldly learning. The piece cites the London Truth quote on enduring social righteousness.
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Zondon
Women Bank Officers Named in Various Cities
In a listing of financial offices, Mrs M C Williams serves as President of State National Bank in Raleigh North Carolina. Miss Jennie Coombs is cashier at Brown and Coombs Bank Middleville Michigan. Miss Sarah F Dick is cashier of First National Bank Huntington Indiana. Miss Annie M King signs as cashier for Springer and Noyes banking house White Cloud Kansas. Mrs M H Cowden operates a banking business in her own name Forest Hill California. Thompson's Bank-Note reporter.
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M. C. Williams
State National Bank
Raleigh
N. C
Jennie Coombs
Brown & Coombs’ Bank
Middleville
Mich
Sarah F. Dick
First National Bank of Huntington
Ind
Annie M. King
Springer & Noyes
St White Cloud
Kan
M. H. Cowden
Forest Hill
Cal
Thompson
Taste and taste in parlor decoration profits over wealth
A refined lady shows that inexpensive pictures engravings cartoons and simple decorative items can make a parlor charming and homelike, more than expensive but vulgar furnishings. It emphasizes selective arrangement over costly purchase.
Winnipeg Women Skeptical View On City Social Scene
The author notes a severe gender imbalance in Winnipeg with about fifty men to one woman during the day, while evening crowds grow more social. Descriptions contrast elegant upper-class attire with a generally poor female crowd, mentioning few pretty girls and calling some half breed girls bewitching yet wicked, and some hideous.
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Winnipeg
Modern Proposals and Old Style Courtship Compared
A dialogue contrasts modern and old fashioned romance with Evi Perkins and Augustus in one scene and Paula in another. It notes that educated lovers exchange confessions before marriage while old style couples hesitate. The moral warns girls not to promise love before a formal proposal and marriage within three months.
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Julia
Augustus
Pauls
Paula
Consequences Game, Love Triangle Ends in Tension
A tangled romance unfolds as Smith and Missouri Brown, sweethearts for a time, clash over marriage proposals. Missouri flirts with others, demoralizing Joe, who decides to confront the situation with Tom Brown, Missouri’s cousin, amid whispers of a planned dramatic reveal.
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Devil
Tom Brown
Missouri
Comic tale of a cornfield romance and swapped paper
A paper circulated with two stories, first about Joe Smith and Lizzie Simpson in a cornfield ending in gossip. Tom Brown swapped in a risqué version with Missouri Brown, leading to a public uproar and a chaotic chase. Missouri later walks home with Joe, ending the evening with noted changes in behavior.
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Joe Smith
Lizzie Simpson
Tom Brown
Joe
Jove
Missouri
Joseph Smith
Missouri Brown
Joe Hey
Matrimonial clincher ends in wealth and betrayal amid Nevada tales
A fair young woman named Maria rejects George Jones despite his claims of wealth and fame. He recounts a varied, daring past in Storey County and Reno, revealing insider stock gains that made him rich. She demands proof of his fortune and partnership, while a mastodon tooth ties a separate Kentucky river discovery to the item.
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Maria
George Jones
James Smith
John Robinson
George
Hoe
Comstock
Storey County
Reno
Scorpion
Carson Mint
Dayton
Even’s
Genoa
Fourth Ward
Nevada Bank
Goose Creek
Red Canon
Carson
Jim jams described as horrors of delirium tremens
A New York World correspondent details the torment of jim jams and delirium tremens. He describes sleeplessness, exhaustion, electric shocks, trembling, sweating, and overwhelming nerve distress, with sensations of oversized hands and puffed head. The piece contrasts perceptions of symptoms between rich and poor.
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New York World
Zamloch's Assistant The Tribulations of a Magician
The Laramie Boomerang tells of Zamloch the magician in San Francisco failing to find a capable assistant. Higgins, hired last minute, misreads cues causing a botched illusion with a live boy. The show ends in tension and speculation of foul play with Higgins missing from California thereafter.
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Zamloch
San Francisco
Laramie
Standard Theater
Higgins
Zamiloch
Milton
California
Camp Meeting Hostage Politeness Tale From Early Ohio
A Cleveland Leader excerpt recalls a Methodist camp meeting south of Newburg where visiting ministers stayed with local families. A Johnson youth, mockingly defiant, dis one up with beans, prompting his mother to urge politeness while the guests grimace at the rude humor in the rustic dining scene.
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Newburg
William Robinson
Brother Johnson
House of Johnson
Cuyahoga County
Willie
Johnson
Cleveland
Out-Door Exercise Eases Joint Stiffness in Youths
A short, persuasive note on outdoor exercise as a remedy for stiff joints and weak muscles. It argues that perseverance and regular activity, taking the place of excessive study, yields better health benefits than heavy indoor routines. Two key ideas: minimal cost and time, maximal ongoing benefit.
Strengthen Mind and Body for Duties and Beauty
The passage argues to make the girl happier and better fitted for duties, and more attractive, asserting that developing vigorous healthy bodies is as essential as cultivating the mind. It links mental power to bodily strength and urges balanced growth for capability and appearance.
Physicians Loyalty and Courage Through History
The piece honors medical devotion in perilous times from 1665 plague to Napoleonic battles. It recalls Dr Hodges in Ludgate prison for debt, Larrey amid enemy fire, and Dr Salsdorf saving an officer at Wagram, illustrating surgeons risking life with little reward while upholding duty.
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London
Hodges
Ludgate Prison
Moscow
Larrey
Egypt
Salsdorf
Wagram
M. de Kerbourg
Vienna
Bet Over Borrowing Money Sparks Crude Bet
A pair of friends joke about a man named Strassberger, betting he cannot lend $50 to anyone that day, while a note on Connecticus law criticizes jury practices as biased toward admitting murder cases.
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Old Strassberger
Shylock
Strassberger
Feesty Tollar
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Owen Moore
Owin
Montrose
Nettlebed
Oxfordshire
Wimble
John Adams
Newbury
John
Mary
St. Michael's Crooked Lane
William Wray
Hartford Times
Connecticus
Union
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