Avenue of Cedars and a Japanese Funeral Scene
The piece describes a forty mile avenue of cedars from Tokyo to Nikko, praising its grandeur and symbolic power. It recounts a Japanese funeral procession for the eldest daughter of Otani Kahei, detailing hundreds of floral stands, sacred images, and ceremonial steps, with commentary on its spectacle and cultural richness. It also references the Aragon tree of Tenerife, its decay, and historic notes on the Orotava region and a confluence of explorers.
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Tokio
Nikko
Tokyo
Windsor
Buckingham
Lyayasu
Poward
Otani Kahei
Yokohama
Death of a Tree Aged Vastly Older Than The Pyramids
A dramatic note describes a tree estimated to be between six and ten thousand years old, claimed to surpass the antiquity of the pyramids of Egypt and stands as a remarkable natural marvel with unparalleled age and significance. The fragment hints at further discussion of its origin and status.
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Egypt
Marcely
The Diplomat at Washington a Happy Lot
A satirical look at diplomats in Washington describing their life as idle and luxurious. It notes ministers and staff spend months away from work, attend social events in Long Branch and Newport, and mingle with fashionable crowds. The piece argues the diplomat’s life is one of ease and amusement with ample salary and leisure.
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Washington
New York
Murchison
California
Lilisil
Lord Sackville-West
Legation
Long Branch
Saratoga
Newport
Bar Harbor
Lenox
Congress
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Time to Quit: Sunday School Ambience in Quick Witty Exchange
A Sunday school scene is depicted as Rev. Perkins seeks ideas from children for an evening talk. A back-seat boy breaks the silence with a short, sharp reply to “What shall I say tonight?” saying “Say amen and sit down.”
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Mr. Perkins
Fie
Woman Inventor Drives Soles Cutting Machines In Rubber Trade
A woman at forty has developed a cutting machine for soles used by three large rubber hose factories. Her invention enables 10,000 pairs per day and marks a notable achievement in heavy machinery design. Her prior work in paper manufacture shows wide adoption and substantial earnings.
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Agan
Marble processing and finishes from quarry to polished slabs
The article describes marble production from quarry blocks to slabs and finishes. It covers gang saw cutting, rubbing beds, polishing with emery and pumice, and gilding with gold leaves. It notes variegated marbles, durability, and the use of white marble for gas production and carbonic soda manufacture, with cost notes on marble dust and whiting.
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Munto
New York
Italy
Ipain
Meance
Brigium
Portugal
Mexco
Algeria
Jilinu
Para
Saragossa
Sicuna
Tennessee
Lisbon
Gryotte
France
Gryotte Fleure
Warwick
Altican
Rouge
Knoxville
Manufarturar
Ealy
A Seasoned Book Agent Swindles Townfolk Tale
A New York Press note recounts a crafty book agent selling The Royal Path of Life in a Michigan hamlet. An indignant church member and neighbor chase him as the train departs with the last copy, leaving townsfolk briefly amused and duped by the agent's practiced sales ploy.
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Ike Posts
Wiiista
United States
New York Press
Michigan
Nevallse
Goa-Untu Reilly
Aquara
Same Flace Different Girl
A Boston artist recalls a nascent betrothal that inspired him to paint a secluded rocky shore nook. The patron first balked at the scene, then returned to approve the piece, only to reveal it would feature a different girl and a renewed engagement.
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Boston
Providence Journal
The Twins in a Morning Field Meeting
A mother questions two brothers in a field about who she speaks to. The clever reply from one brother leads the mother to realize one boy is wearing the other's coat, ending with the exclamation Good Leaveru.
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Omaha
What the Matter Was Why Jobs What Is the Matter with Baby
A fragmentary dialogue depicts a tense domestic moment as a woman questions the infant’s distress and an old man calmly responds with terse remarks. The text references a gubernatorial remark between North and South Carolina governors, suggesting a broader political echo beneath a private scene.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Bear tale from the Catskills ends with daring Italian hero
An Italian laborer named Nanni Rocco recounts a dramatic bear wrestling story in the Catskill mountains. While being pursued by a bear and assisted by two hunters near Overlook Mountain, Nanni grapples the bear, they tumble over a precipice, and both vanish into a thicket where Nanni survives badly mangled. More bear lore from locals fills the trip beyond the dramatic incident.
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Catskillar
Overlook Mountain House
Meadea
Big Indian
Catskills
AES
Bia
Nanni
Giovanni
Rocco
Italy
Apennine
Lear
Bear
Amy 4
America
New York
Natini
Catskill Mountains
Ulster and Delaware
Stroggs
Brain
Nanai
Navai
Boar
Moral mischief echoes in a feeble protest
Brain fled leaving Nanni stunned and bleeding as he protests that the other man did not know how to wrestle and should not wrestle fairs. The fragment warns that good behavior is not guaranteed by one’s own notions of conduct when others are ignored.
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Nanni
Henry Tyrrell
Tales From a Detroit Barber on Weddings and Wealth
The Detroit Tribune quotes Griswold Street barber John Thompson lamenting changing wedding customs. He recalls richer times when barbers earned $10 to $15 per wedding, shares memories of Captain Lockwood and Newton Backus, and notes modern grooms pay less and show less enthusiasm, risking the barber’s livelihood.
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Detroit Tribune
John Thompson
Griswold Street
Lockwood
Russel House
Captain Lockwood
Newton Backas T
Detroit
Tragic Bag Aide to Barbour and Roy Banquet Misadventure
In New York city, Tom Barbour famed linen thread maker and John Roy woolen manufacturer of Troy were lifelong friends. On March 17 Barbour, then president of the Friendly Sons of St Patrick, handed Roy a bag containing a spade for a prank at Delmonico’s banquet. The bag was left on a lamp post, Barbour and Roy failed to retrieve it, police intervened, Barbour bribed a boy to carry the bag after attempts to fetch it ended in a fall and failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Barbour
John Roy
New York
Millonaire
Troy
Barbour
Friendly Sons of St Patrick
Roy
Delmenico’s
Tom
John
St. Patrick's Society
Park Avenue
Spade
Hreed
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Vondorful
Taklo
Iudspan
London Globe
Alonzo de Lugo
Toporitte
Orotava
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