A Tropical Market and Blackmail in Porto Rico
From San Juan a correspondent describes Porto Rico as densely populated and fertile with sugar coffee and a thriving market near a statue of Ponce de Leon. The piece details taxes at markets and the practice of official extortion by customs officers impacting steamship companies and importers.
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San Jianx
Porto Rico
Grear Antilles
West Indies
Cuba
Europe
United States
England
France
San Juan
Connor
Usvy
Havana
Mexico
Buenos Dias
Sen Juen
Ponce de Leon
Florida
Francis Drake
Cresar
Jerusalem
Port Rico
Bellenane
Quaker Customs at Theaters in Buffalo Express
A dreamer proposes a plan learned from Quaker meetings to reduce hat nuisance in theaters by seating bareheaded patrons on the balcony or left parquette side. He envisions women in poke bonnets on one side and men on the other, hoping audiences will approve and move between acts. The exchange ends with a joke about unpublished poems and stamps.
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Béfalo Express
Colonel Hamilton
Bill
Mistaken For Her Mother Bonnet Tale From Boston Gazette
A Boston woman defends a simple brown bonnet saved for life by recounting a tale of fashion restraint. She swaps a conventional look for a flashy hat with a bright veil and red gown to honor practicality and personal taste, challenging stricter style rules.
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Boston Gazette
Boston
Young girl asks president for job at White House
A 12 year old girl with long yellow hair visited the White House to request her father be named collector of the port at Suspension Bridge. She spoke with Private Secretary Halford after being directed by Doorkeeper Loeffler and cited her father’s support for General Harrison and the Republican campaign.
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Porto Rico
Tropics
Hee
Gbut
Senor
Beauty
Senorus
Senor la Captain
Washington
White House
Aearenes
Briog Es
Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Elizabeth
Suspension Bridge
Peaceny
Loeffler
The Grumbling Granger and the Weather
An old farmman voice laments weather forecasting and market swings alike. A Scotsman shuns prayer for sun. a Southbound friend reports farming faith in rain and ruin, while the Granger clings to violence as a creed, denying any hope for a dry spell.
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Kirk
Franger
The American Chatterbox Rants About American Girls
A satirical column roasting American girls as shallow and ungodly while contrasting them with foreign peers. The piece mocks music taste, intellect, and romance, then bleeds into a tangential tale of a deathbed and a bulldog, before noting odd neighborhood business signs on Pacific Avenue in Tacoma.
A Time of Trouble and the House-Cleaning Demon
A humorous critique of spring cleaning as the house cleaning demon, describing bachelors happiest, married men miserable. It contrasts husbands hiding from chores with wives compelled to purge and rearrange homes, detailing a cycle of strain, pride, and compromise in domestic life.
Disturbing Hallway Rant From City Landlord
A city hotel landlord paced the corridor all night shouting at an imagined intruder and threats of eviction. Guests laughed at the episode, while the landlord later roared orders in a lionlike voice about quiet hours and discipline. He has not expelled himself from the house by press time.
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New York
Jong
Schod
Alan
Tam
Men Are Monsters and Other Fragments from Aged Columns
A collage of clipped quips and mock headlines: a flirtatious Indianapolis Journal piece railing at men as “monsters” with a streetcar scene, a Norristown Herald note about rushing to press without an editorial, a New York Press jab at Blaine, a farm-era fable about a worm and bird, and a domestic tip urging Marvin’s milk bread for a smoother married life.
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Blaine
Woman's Influence: A Discussion on Power and Family
Mrs Frank Leslie argues that women act as the governor of the social machine guiding men from childhood to adulthood. She traces the woman's quiet shaping of character through motherly and romantic influence, warns against harping or scolding, and praises tactful, restraint in shaping a man's life and works.
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Louis Quatorze
George Washington
Minerva
Altho
Arsene Houssaye
Louis Xtv
Eve
Jad
Goliath
Burns
Dame Nature
Poe Han
Tian
Maes
Frank Lesure
London Girls Club Opens in Fitsroy Square
A Newcastle Chronicle report describes a new girls club for shop and office workers in London. Under Rev Stopford Brooke, the facility will offer study, needlework, reading, games, dancing, musical drill, and singing with a resident superintendent to support the young women after business hours.
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London
Fitsroy Square
Stopford Brooke
Eens
Zee
Sok Hotel Eir
Frien
Watch Magnetism and Demagnetizing Watches
An article explains false beliefs about dynamo magnetism affecting watches. It notes magnetized watches may run fast or slow, that electricity is not magnetism, and that demagnetizing can restore accuracy. Tips warn sightseers to avoid handling watches in dynamo rooms.
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Aga
Cleve
The Wrong Man Was Shot and Deceased’s Last Wishes Carried Out
A Boston born Texan cowboy in the West realizes after shooting a man that the victim intended to offer a drink. The tale reflects Brander Matthews on East influence shaping Western manners as the lone gunman aches over the mistake.
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Washington Post
Brander Matthews
Boston
Rentastel
Sewing Machine Teachers Increase Female Labor Network
The New York Sun describes how sewing machine companies employ women as teachers who earn salaries and commissions. They visit homes with trial machines, showcase advantages, and disparage competitors to steer buyers toward their brand, sometimes leading to tough market competition if a customer tests multiple machines.
Women Love White poem reflection in Atlanta paper
A prose piece traces a woman’s life in white garments from baptism to burial. It highlights ritual colors in a woman’s life as she prays, marries, bears children, and rests, concluding with a peaceful imagery of white shrouds and a pure soul.
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Atlanta Constitution
Which is the Lunatic An Exchange of Compliments
A fragmented satirical piece from a periodical mocks editors and custom in the arid prose of a Nebraska Laborer style column. It ridicules language usage and an imagined department roast, referencing a rabbit hole of editorial quirks and social norms.
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Arizona
Nebraska Space Journal
Nebraska
Topica
Bacteria on Beauty’s Lips Warn Against Kissing
A New York Morning Journal report cites a physician warning of tonsillitis contagion and urges restraint on kissing. The article describes bacteria hitching rides on breath and voice, arguing kissing spreads illness and should be avoided until parties are free of infection.
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New York Morning Journal
New York City
Sperenaes
Sleepy soul kneels to wake at bedtime
A fragment from a New York Tribune piece depicts a sleepy child at bedtime, kneeling to say prayers, pausing with a sigh as she half completes a whispered refrain. The garbled text captures a quiet domestic moment with nostalgic tone.
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New York Tribune
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