A Journey Through Indian City Life and Slaughterhouses
The narrator observes Mumbai and an American Chicago stockyard, contrasting religious preachers and pro business myths with brutal modern industry. He wanders Isser Jang on the Montgomery road, notes factories, railways, and a pig slaughter, and recalls the clash of sacred cows with industrial progress, while reflecting on poverty and colonial tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Isser Jang
Montgomery
Porun Dass
Jowala Sin
Hukm Chuond
Chicago
Stoam
Hukm Chund
Monty Road
Isser Jung
Jowala Singh
Punjab
Param Iass
Israel
West
Adam
Aires
Siksinek
Reputation Built in a Day Promotes Stomach Biter Remedy
An old advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a long trusted tonic. It claims decades of reputation for relieving constipation liver complaints nervousness and rheumatism. The copy likens the product to a perennial rock solid in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Alasta
Great Amazon Railroading Not Likely to Parallel Pan American Plans
A dispatch from Pana Brazil argues against Pan American railways traversing the Amazon region. It contends the Amazon river controls traffic, with rivers and floodplains making east west rail links impractical. It notes Manaos to Paramiribo routes offer faster cargo movement without overland bottlenecks. The piece warns no overland rail would supplant the river’s right of way and highlights ongoing Brazilian rail ambitions elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manaos
Amazon
Paramiribo
Para
Manaus
Rio de Janeiro
Andes
Brazil
Brazil's Pan American dream challenged by rail costs
A Brazilian rail analysis argues that a Pan American Railway is impractical, noting rivers and terrain favor water routes over long land lines. It cites the Madeira and Mamore project failures, dubious Tocantins plans, and a history of political–financial misdeeds that derail large scale railroad ventures in Brazil and neighboring Bolivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazonia
Madeira
Tapajos
Tocantins
Amazon Valley
Braganeca
Para
Brazil
Africa
Amazon Basin
River Plate
Amazon
Plate
Ouro Preto
Minas Geraes
Coyiz
Cuyaba
Tarantins
Tapejoa
Bolivia
Madeira and
Mamore
Madeira River
P. & T. Collins
Philadelphia
Santo Antonio
Rio
Alcobaca
Para Transportation and Trading Company
Wisconsin
Gossip of Gotham Stanford Feels Encouraged Over His Money Lending Project
In a Wisconsin school issue correspondence from New York dated February 7, the Dispatch shares brief interviews and anecdotes about opera figures. Max Maretzek recalls early American seasons, salaries, and travel costs while recounting a humorous misadventure with Christine Nilsson over garlic sausage on a moving train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
New York
Max Maretzek
Patti
Faust
Garralous
London
Prima Donne
Christine Nilsson
Max Strakoech
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Nilsson
Max
Christine
Ex-Congressman Amos Townsend on Senator Sherman’s future
Ex congressman Amos Townsend of Ohio weighs in on Senator John Sherman’s retirement prospects. He believes Sherman will not retire while in strong mental form, still influential in the Senate, and the people of Ohio will not let him exit active politics. Townsend doubts a presidential candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Townsend
Ohio
Jon Sherman
Senate
Onlo
John Sherman
Indiana politics and natural gas drive state growth
Judge CO W Fairbanks notes Indiana blends politics with development as natural gas accelerates growth. He dismisses the notion of Hoosiers treating the state as a political kindergarten, saying focus now is on rapid progress and not presidential speculation a year ahead.
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Indianapolis
Far West
Noted Scholar George Bancroft Remembered By Andrew D White
Andrew D White recalls the late George Bancroft with high praise noting his dignity, memory, linguistic talent, and poetry reading habit. He mentions Bancroft spoke German and French, read Greek, and that Emperor Wilhelm once inquired after him. White confirms Bancroft published poems in his twenties and loved poetry and roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew D. White
Earth
Cornell
George Bancroft
Wilhelm
Mr. Bancroft
Mr.ancroft
George Eliows
Ex-Governor Ballack on race and party realignment in the South
Ex Governor Rufus Ballack of Georgia argues that northern capital matters more than politics for the South and that white Republicans would outnumber Democrats if the negro question were removed from politics. He contends the South benefits from national protection but must shift past racial supremacy to change its political makeup.
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Rufus &. Ballack
Georgia
Union Pacific
South
Atlanta
New England
Ex-Congressman Whitney criticizes elections bill
Ex-Congressman William Whitney of Holyoke denounces the elections bill as short-sighted and harmful. He argues for laissez faire relations with the South and notes past opponents such as Evarts Blaine and Hearst would oppose drastic measures, urging to let well enough alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whitney
Holyoke
Mase
Dungas
South
Evarts
Blaine
Hear
Nave Chan
Catching Up a Manager from a playwright’s reminiscence
David Belasen recalls testing a wary manager with blank rolls of paper, then reveals the gag. A Hoffman House wire artist, F. Frank Harris, markets personalized copper rolled gold name jewelry and hairpieces. He advertises feminine names Daisy Maggy Charlotte Marguerite Cora and similar trinkets, made to order and priced for quick delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Belasen
Wavi
F. Frank Harris
Hoffman House
Daisy
Maggy
Charlotte
Marguerite
Cora
Deneaiess
Noted Figures and Fads Echo in 19th Century Tastes
A clipped miscellany recalls jurors who refuse newspapers to avoid bias, and a Smithsonian associate Scrivener famed for jury service. It notes shifts in rare book collecting from Aldines to first imprints, boxing talk with Corbett and Fitzsimmons, bartenders who chase races, and collectors who prize real estate deeds, armor, and old china.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duprat
Vookseller
Fifth Avenue
Eleanr
Aldus
Thack
Foes Eray
Barna
Keats
Alfred Trimble
Gotham
Inspector Byrnes
Brayton Ives
Aster
Morosini
Dickens
Thomas J. McKee
John Taylor Johnson
Charles A. Danate
Daly's stage chat with Miss Rehan and Lackaye
Wilton Lackaye recalls chatting with Miss Rehan on stage at Daly's theater during a rehearsal. He asks if she is a quick study and she replies yes. He tests her by asking for the meaning of absent, and she answers present, which astonishes him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Lackaye
Daly's
Miss Rehan
Absen
Creole novelist notes Southern speech accents
Massachusetts writer George W. Cabie discusses distinguishing Southern regional dialects by pronunciation. He identifies the Virginian, South Carolinian, and Louisianian accents and praises Creole intonation. He recalls matching a Northwest Louisiana parish accent from a brief encounter, calling ethnological study of the South most interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cabie
Massachusetts
South
Louisiana
Parish
Bossier
Iretaia
Wisconsin’s Educational Issue and the Red Schoolhouse
Senator Philetus Sawyer discusses the election debate in Wisconsin over public schools and compulsory education. He argues Republicans support public schooling while Democrats misrepresented them to foreign voters. He mentions a German critic and the Kennett law in tone of a political column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Philetus Sawyer
Wiscomin
Grand Old Party of Freedom and Education
Kennett
New York State
Stanford Land Scheme and Senator Stanford’s Loan Bill
Senator Leland Stanford reports receiving about 200 letters daily supporting a Senate bill to allow government land loans at 2 percent interest. He argues the measure would aid farmers and any land buyer, while noting insolvency risks could be mitigated by active borrowers. He dismisses critics as the plan would provide a lasting financial solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Conti
Senator Ingalls
Ingalls
Tugalls
Tagalls
Washington
Don Cameron
Aldrich
Senate
Senator Cameron
Rhode Island
David Littler
New York
Mr. Littler
Leland Stanford
California
Farmers’ Alliance
The Negro Dialect in Virginia Dialect Stories
Thomas Nelson Page, Virginia author of many negro dialect pieces, argues dialect tales are overdone yet notes value when true to natural speech. He praises the old Virginia darkey as a model but fears the old type will fade as a younger generation loses melodic vowel usage and clings to vowel dropping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Virginia Darkey
Aga
I Darkey
Stage fashion tips and anecdotes from Gude era actors
A caustic column notes well made clothes matter for juvenile fashion. It mocks actors Theodore Thomas and Lester Wallack and Mond Tearle for coat tails and seating postures, offering sly witticisms about trousers, coats, and stage decorum.
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Hubert Hilliard
Theodore Thomas
Prince Albert
Lester Wallack
Osmond Tearle
Tearle
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Teralls
George Kennan
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Post Office Department
Cleveland
Virgil
John Spooner
George Eliot
Charles Dickens
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Ares Vilas
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Army of Tennessee
White House
Dan Lamont
Mr. Vilas
Billie
Denver
Pacific Railroad Commission
Silver
Littler
Capitol
Roscoe Conkling
Committee of Congress
Apollinaris Water Company
Secretary of the Treasury
Jenks
the Interior
Bell
Bell Company
Lamar
Muldrow
Secret Windom
Harrison
Frank G. Carpenter
Dreamland
Pana
Beazil
Bazil
Mayne Reid
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Cisantino
Rapidas
Europe
United States
Amagran
Paramirido
Goians
Buenos Ayres
J. C. Kemper
Charleston
Uttic
Porter
Gossip OF
Mat Maretzek
Wells
Dixie
Indiana
Bancroft
Que
Frank M. Reynolds
Eden Musee
Otero Sgured
Caniel Leach
Custom House
Smithsonian
Scrivener
McAuliffe
Jim Corbett
Dom
Fitzsimmons
Frisco
Fitz
Jerry Fitzpatrick
Pickwick
Bowie
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