Labor and labor supply for a foreign project in the era
A Springfield Republican excerpt discusses recruiting West Indian and possibly Japanese labor for a large foreign project. It envisions a commissariat, a sizeable army, and skilled staff from the United States, with ships to transport materials and personnel. The piece notes labor costs, sanitation challenges, and the shift of resources. It also contrasts industrial education and reform school outcomes with potential lifelong disadvantage for the untrained boy.
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Mei Tales
United States
York
Colon
Sible
New Orleans
Springfield Republican
Strikes and Settlements Explain Labor Peace Progress
The Philadelphia Press notes that while strikes grab attention, settlements before and after strikes are now more common and understood. Both capital and labor are more willing to negotiate, wages rise, and peaceful compromises increase, suggesting a just path in labor relations.
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Philadelphia Press
War on Consumption Says Precautions Cure Plague
The Montreal Star notes that consumption is preventable and curable through universal exercise of simple precautions. It argues contagion only spreads via drying sputum and cites Swiss sanatoriums reducing TB rates as evidence that clean, well-managed care limits transmission.
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Europe
Montreal Star
Cheerfulness Under Adversity Praised as Virtue
A Milwaukee Journal piece argues true cheerfulness proves its merit in hardship not ease. It says weathering poverty and failed prospects with steady cheer makes one a hero surpassing even battlefield valor.
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Milwaukee Journal
Taught a Lesson from a Fountain Pen
In a Youth's Companion tale, a cashier thanks a boy named Davis after a pen is returned. The exchange centers on honesty and accountability as Davis avoids excuses and chooses scrupulous conduct over self justification. The scene ends with the cashier acknowledging gratitude while the boy leaves.
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Davis
Ffello
Star of Bethlehem analyzed as a temporary celestial event
The New York Tribune notes a fresh explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, dismissing the idea of a recurring star like Tycho’s suggestion and calling the 1886 reappearance forecast implausible. It contrasts theories of a temporary, brilliant phenomenon with persistent myths of periodicity.
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New York Tribune
Perseus
Bethlehem
Tycho
Halley’s Comet and its Predicted Return
The text notes Halley’s prediction of recurring comets after 1862 and 1835, detailing how Halley connected 1607 and 1531 to one comet. It mentions a 101 birth year as a expectation and Forbes’s attempt to link Halley’s Comet to events at Jerusalem in 75 A.D. and Pompey’s defeat of Mithridates.
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Halley
Mr. Forbes
Josephus
Jerusalem
Pompey
St. Etienne
Francé
Cologne
Fred
Record of the Mouth Reveals Character Through Lips
A Kansas City Journal piece argues mouth expressions reveal mind and temperament. It links lip shape and tooth arrangement to traits such as kindness, trust, and temper, noting full lips and square teeth suggest lovability while downward corners imply ill nature.
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Kansas City Journal
Sure to Wake Up Rollingstone Fragment
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases including rollingstone and names. No coherent event or person details are readable enough to summarize clearly.
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Rollingstone
Soldiers' Stories of Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee War Feuds
A Chicago Inter Ocean piece recounts veterans memories from the Civil War in Eastern Kentucky and East Tennessee. It recalls mountain men joining both sides, early regiments organized in Indiana and Ohio, guerrilla clashes, and the harsh realities faced by Kentuckians and Tennessee volunteers under Nelson and Garfield.
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Kentucky
William Nelson
Indiana
Ohio
East
Tennessee
Dick Robinson
iGeneral
Hantranft
Confederacy
Lincoln
Whitaker
Army of the Potomac
Richmond
Nelson
Thomas
Garfield
East Tennessee
Carter
Schoepf
Wondon
Andrew Johson
Humphrey Marshall
Marshall
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Fragmented 19th Century Clips From Global Briefs
A collage of notes covers diverse topics from 19th century world affairs. It mentions Spain and Cuba trade, Mexico antimonopoly law, a French armament factory, naval gear, and urban railings. It also notes wireless experiments, education enrollment, and cultural tidbits about Mrs. Amy Corbin and the Coopers theater misadventures.
Appomattox Apple Tree Mystery in Historic Notes
The Richmond Times-Dispatch recalls the Appomattox apple tree fading yet blooming anew. An old soldier delivered a wood relic claimed from the tree beneath which Lee surrendered. university scholars question how the apple tree entered the surrender story and recount related Civil War anecdotes and postwar recollections.
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Appomattox
Richmond Times- Dispatch
University of Georgia
Lee
Grant
Gen. Gordon
McLean House
Sylvanus Morris
Athens
Walford
Kentucky
Shiloh
Wolford
Knoxville
Dog Meat in the Civil War Memoir
An old Thirty-fourth Illinois veteran recalls a Fourteenth Army Corps raid after Hood. After foraging, soldiers hid a dog, were arrested, and the dog meat joke spread through the corps. General Morgan teased by misreading the dog as mutton, making the phrase dog meat a running taunt all along the line.
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Thirty-fourth Illinois
Fourteenth Army Corps
Hood
Morgan
Fourteenth Corps
The Opera Theme From Waresty by Heart
A fragment hints at a music feature titled The Opera Theme From Waresty by Heart with a note about two versions and an unclear catalog reference.
Printing Office Precautions Highlight Error Protections
A Washington Star report quotes a government printing office employee explaining strict safeguards against errors in the Congressional Record. The piece recalls era of hand copy, the humor of printers, and the shift to typewriters, noting occasional inevitable errors despite precautions.
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Government Printing Office
Congressional Record
Reverdy Johnson
Pratt
Indiana
Washington Star
Parrot Sells Itself in Quick Exchange
A peddler and Mrs. Brickrow joke about buying a parrot to save time. The peddler offers a parrot to the intellectual woman who wastes time calling neighbors. Mrs. Brickrow agrees to buy the parrot, quipping about efficiency and conversation.
Table Board Eminent Chemist Remarks On Palatable Food
A reader quote from Mrs. Starvem notes an eminent chemist predicting a future in which food becomes palatable. The remark reflects optimism about culinary science improving flavor and nutrition.
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I Poe
ARTES
Llusaea
Anyain
Qudezolimannwa Training
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Rone
Ching
Seri Piitor
Star OF Bethlehem
Iggestion
Spain
Mexico
France
Amy Corbin
Phoenix
R. I
Providence
Thomas Sexton
Sexton
Great Duke of Wellington
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London
Marconi Company
Fulton Street
New York
F. R. Marshall
Iowa
Iowa Agricultural College
Brookmount Farms
Manchester Guardian
Lord Roberts
Honorable Artillery Company
Imperial Volunteer Battery
South Africa
Canada
Boston
Harris
Broughton
Brigg
Lincolnshire
England
Caister
Munich
Germany
Cooper
Coopers
Mrs. Cooper
War Times
James O. Smith
Williamsport
New York Times
J. H. Estes
Savannah News
Sherman
Mr. Smith
20Th Army Corps
Rinters
Smith
Savannah
Ethel
Waresty
Table Board
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