Tolstoi exile at Saratoga store over mail policy
Postmaster General Wanamaker discusses Tolstoi's Kreutzer Sonata, mail exclusions, and the role of books in commerce. He notes department rules, Congressional oversight, and his aims to improve rural delivery, postal telegraph plans, and rural school teachers as mail agents while criticizing New York’s postal facilities.
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Steclal Telegear
Dispatch
Saratoga
Wanamaker
United States
Washington
Tolstoi
Ouida
Post Office Department
Tyner
John Wanamaker
Hisdelpbis
Postal Savings Banks
Postal Savings Bank
Seaks
Kreutzer Sonats
Mosils
Department
Congress
Wenamaker An
Pennsylvania
New York
New Yorkers
Modene
Faromar
Ens
Sepeseiste Pature
Urs Modene Manufacturing CO
Cincinnati
U.S
SAURT
Nun in steerage on City of Berlin stirs Atlantic voyage
New York August 23 Aboard the Inman steamer City of Berlin from Liverpool passengers note one odd interlude on the voyage. Madam Diss Debar a famous soi disant medium is identified as Sister Ignatius a nun seeking a Roman Catholic service for steerage passengers. Captain Land records the identity and the line notes the request as the ship nears quarantine.
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Aquila
New York
Inman Line
Seaoces
Er Uglous
Inman
City of Berlin
Liverpool
Diss Debar
Land
Europe
Sister Ignatius
Church of England
Sister Igentius
Ignatius
Berlin
Rome
Mme
Debar
May
Atius
Toman Line
Landae Sasaea
A Roman in Trouble and Scandal in Rome
Financial trouble in Rome deepens as Prince Schirra cannot redeem mortgaged estate. Bankers pressure payment, threatening collapse of a historic Roman family and the Schirra gallery. In Rome, Crispi faces scandal over Tribune letter, Mme Crispi, and royal tensions. Rome’s cash shortage worsens amid grand public works.
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Lowpox
Rome
Prince Schirra
Schirra
Raphael
Crisipi
The
Tribuna
Crispi
Tribune
Palermo
Naples
Celebrated Submerged Pianos Offered by J M Horrman Co
The firm lists upright pianos in good as new condition priced from 175 to 225 and square pianos from 75 to 175. A rare opportunity to secure a musical instrument at bargain prices. J M Horrman & Co 837 Saltfield street.
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J. M. Horrman & Co
Salthfield Street
Exposition Notes and Drapery Patterns Advertised
Short, fragmented notice listing aversoda oil cloths and carpets, muslins sateens and silk draperies from Horror Bros. Co. at 507 Wood Street. Mentions seven hundred patterns and colorings with bargain pricing implied, typical of late 19th century trade cards.
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Aversoda
Isidom
Ee Horror Bros. & Co
Wood Street
Overcoats for Sale at Eiteatea’s Store
Partial OCR lists coats available at Eiteatea’s shop with orders for overcoats and a note about placing orders. The fragment mentions clothing items and the retailer’s name, implying a brief local ad.
Gladstone Delivers Outdoor Speech In Heavy Rain At Hawarden
In a brisk August downpour, the 80 plus Gladstone spoke 45 minutes to agriculturists at Hawarden's flower and vegetable show. He persisted despite rain, had Mrs. Gladstone help aid his wet umbrella, then went indoors to dry, later choosing a tree he felled that day as the weather cleared.
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Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Hawarden
Mrs. Gladstone
Mackintosh
Gheny
Farmers Plowing Up Potatoes to Plant Cabbages in Cork
From Midleton in county Cork reports by Pall Mall Gazette say farmers following Michael Davitt’s advice are plowing up potato ground and preparing land for crops such as cabbage to avert famine as potato blight devastates crops. Prices in Cork have tripled from last year as tubers fail across the county.
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Loxpor
Pall Mall Gazette
Midleton
County Cork
Michael Davitt
Daily News
Ireland
County Meyo
They Demand Repeal of New Customs Administration Bill
English merchants and manufacturers exporting goods to America on consignment oppose the new customs administration bill that began August 1. It requires sworn declarations of original cost and manufacturing expenses, revealing prices to rivals. Since its start, several shippers refused to declare and seek repeal or repeal of the oppressive measure.
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Customs Administration
America
Costly Navy Manuevers Spark British Taxpayer Grumble
London dispatch reports that British naval maneuvers cost about 200000, with taxpayers denouncing the expense as excessive. The exercise failed to keep ships within close range, left many ironclads outdated, and revealed inadequate bulkheads and obsolete armaments on dozens of vessels, with estimates later rising toward 500000.
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Loypoy
England
Britain
Britannia
Thomas Symonds
Brother of Torrington seeks confirmation on NY suicide report
Loxpon August 23 William Torrington brother of Henry C Torrington requests confirmation of a New York suicide report after telegraphing police and mayor without response He portrays Henry as healthy prosperous and not distressed by financial troubles and notes residence near Piccadilly and wealth.
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Loxpon
William Torrington
Henry C. Torrington
Cable
New York
High Bridge
Terrington
Chambers
Piccadilly
Precocious Homicide Case Shocks Stoke-on-Trent
An inquest in Stoke-on-Trent reveals four year old John Noakes pushed a playmate into a canal leading to the child’s drowning. The coroner notes punishment is inappropriate for a child of that age but seeks a Home Office order to place the case under precocious homicide control.
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Lexpor
John Noakes
Stoke-on-Trent
Mr. Noakes
Castoria Through Generations Echoes in Medicine
A nostalgic verse traces Castoria as a constant through a girl’s life from infancy to motherhood. It highlights the product as a reliable remedy appealing across stages, reflecting early 20th century child care norms and brand familiarity.
Elimination of facial hair claimed by Philadelphia surgeon
An advertisement touts a permanent facial hair removal method by Dr. J van Dyck, Electro Surgeon, claiming unmatched efficacy for upper lip, chin, cheeks, throat, nose, ears, scars, birthmarks, and skin blemishes. It cites extensive experience, promises reasonable terms, free consultation, and offices at 502 Penn Ave Pittsburg and 602 Penn Ave with various cosmetic improvements described.
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Jan Dyck
Philadelphia
Peon Avenue
Pittsburg
An Pee
J. van Dyck
Penn Ave
Pitts
Woman Suffers Grave Illness Cured by Local Specialists
A resident of Colwell Street Mrs Henry Hunziker from the Eleventh ward of the city is cited as a patient cured by catarrh and dyspepsia specialists at 223 Penn Avenue after exhausting other remedies. Neighbors feared she might die, but the article presents her case as proof of successful treatment.
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Penn Avenue
Mra
Henry Hunziker
Colwell Street
Ck City
Peno Avenue
Henry Sanzier
Zoent
Pittspure
Fashionable garments offered by merchant tailors
The notice promotes a wide range of woolen garments made to order by skilled tailors. It highlights nobby full weight overcoats and pantaloons with prices from ten to twenty dollars for overcoats and a broad range for pants, asserting quality workmanship and value.
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Mr. Wanamaker
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Postal Telegraph and Banking
Bebome
Frank G. Carpenter
Prince Shirra
Eiteatea’s
Tee Dtsfator
Johnny Noakes
Castoria
Miss
Dr. Byers
H. A. Thompson
Bidwell Street, Alle
New Cumberland
W.V
Cee
Lie Avenue
J. Diamond
Optician
Fees En Aisbaie Ee
Henry Huneiker
Ruben
Duquesne
Smithfield S&t
City Hall
Kornblum
Optical Establishment
Fifth Ave
Dela
Beocs
St. Boldtomig
Herbert Walker Art Eye & Ninth Ar
Mbii-Su
Myo
Liberty
Kaufmanns
Wall Street
Ufmawn Ns, Taveh and Smith Jeld Ssi
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