Hallowed by Time A Harrisburg Park and Capitol History
The article traces Harrisburg’s evolution from a frontier settlement to state capital, highlighting Harrisburg Park, the Capitol’s red brick facade, and venerable landmarks. It notes John Harris’s early land grants, the Susquehanna River, and the Gate’s preservation of aging structures, with ties to Simon Cameron and local politics.
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Fort Duquesne
Pitteburg
Penos
John Harris
Susquehanna River
Harris
Lancaster
Dauphin
Louisbourg
Louis XVI
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Camerons
Simon Cameron
Front Street
House of Senate
L. E. Stoftel
Simon Snyder
Robert E. Pattison
Capitol Park
Capitol
State Street
Second Street
Dauphin Wesy
Wayne
Old Harrisburg talk and tobacco tales from a bygone era
An archival narrative recalls Harrisburg politics from the early 1800s with references to Findlay and Heister governors, the Capitol, monuments, and a German tobacco symposium noting animals that enjoy smoke. It blends civic landmarks with humorous anecdotes about bears, lions, and snuff.
Walking Is Better Than Getting Over Europe by Walking
Journal of Lillian Spencer recounts a European rail journey from Charleville to Marseilles in third class with harsh comforts. She narrates walking at night, a Corsican-like disdain for third class, and a later sea voyage to Genoa leading to a cliffhanger about meeting the King of Italy.
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Europe
J Gryon
Iray
Charleville
France
Marseilles
Italy
Mimi
America
Republic
Sol
The
Templars
D’bhote
Parie
Philip the Bel
Gascony
Jacques Molay
Browning
John
Jacques Oay
Pape
Kipling
Villefranche
Genoa
Ialy
Lilbian Spencer
Costume description of theater dress and accessories
A New York Sun note details a theater costume in dark steel silk with lighter spots, a white embroidered cuirass, diagonal gold lines forming a V, white sleeves, and a double puff design. Accessories include a tiny white and gold bonnet and white gloves with black trimming.
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New York Sun
Cooperative housekeeping trials at Utica and Evanston NY
Five Utica families form a house share arrangement leasing a house and hiring a cook and servants with a board of governors. About 50 members, monthly assessments under $3, with aim to $2.50, to supply dining and kitchen needs. A similar Evanston club near Chicago has about 50 families and 200 individuals and is newly formed.
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Utica
Utica Co-operative
Utica Association
Evanston
Chicago
Evanston Co-operative Housekeeping Association
William Penn Statue to Crown Philadelphia City Building
The bronze Penn statue for Philadelphia’s City Building rises in sections and will rest on a five foot square base. It is taller and heavier than Liberty’s statue atop the dome, with the hat poised to greet morning sun atop the tower.
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Washington Star
William Penn
Philadelphia
Penn
Liberty
Washington Monument
Almond Eyes and Pork From The Celestial Get Through
A fragmented critique on Chinese cuisine and pork as a staple, describing bones and remains after preparation. The text mocks Chinese diet and uses sensational imagery about carcasses and cures as a grim table display.
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New York World
Dwarfs of Africa and Early Sightings Through History
Dr Oskar Lenz notes in this dispatch on dwarfs adjoining legends from Strabo Herodotus and Plato tracing dwarf tribes across Africa from Madagascar to Lybia. It covers Akka Tikki-Tikki and other tiny groups, with early explorers Schweinfurth Marno Long and Koelle reporting such populations in Africa and along the coast.
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Greece
Madagascar
Central
Africa
Nile
Strabo
Pluntly
India
Aristotle
Pliny
Herodotus
Lybia
Great Desert
Munso
Munsa
Marno
Captain Long
Batako
Koelle
Sierra
Dwarf Tribes of Equatorial Africa Across Regions
The article catalogs dwarfish groups across Western, Central, and Eastern Africa. It notes tribes such as the Kenkob, Bezsan, Mimos, Bakka-Bakka, Matimbo, and the Abongo dwarfs, with explorers De Chailln and Stanley recording sightings. It mentions their distribution from the Ogowe to Congo regions and encounters with armed groups using darts.
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de Chailln
Africa
Ogonee River
Ashira
Ogowee
Stanley
Upper Congo
Congo
Albert Nyanga
Arowimi
Bemliki
Paria
Somenli
Somauli
Equatorial Africa
Sumauli
Lake Tchad
Pygmies of Africa Described by Early Explorers
The account portrays small-statured forest dwellers termed Abongos or pygmies, living as slaves to stronger tribes. It notes hunter skills with primitive weapons, timid behavior under white observers, variable heights from 3 feet 3 inches to 4 feet 8 inches, and links to Batua and Wambuta types. Stanley’s expedition recorded two distinct types and linguistic clues.
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Tse
Herodotus
Stanley
South Africa
Ogowee
The Greatest American Gambler Speaks on Gambling
Pat Sheedy, a famed gambler from New York to San Francisco, argues gamblers are not inherently crooked and criticizes licensed gambling bans. He cites losses by faro banks and notes shifts toward clubs and racing as declines in outright bank play.
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Pat Sheedy
New York
Sheedy
San Francisco
New Orleans
Minneapolis
United States
North America
Faro
Broadway
Cork
Faro Banh
Faro Bank
Rare Bank
England
Australia
Pittsburg
Phil
Kickers
Ricks
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HE Keystone
Whitten
Thaddeus Stevens
Reading
Smithfield Street
State of Pennsylvania
James Mon
United Sates
Department of Internal Affairs
Commonwealth
State Treasurer
Blue Mountains
Farma
Cumberland County
Susquehanna
Ospital
Market Street
Lochner
the House OF Cameron
Capitol Building
Tiladelphia
Benrr Clay
House of Representatives
Allegheny County
James L. Graham
Allegheny City
William Findley
Franklin County
Joseph Heister
Bucks County
Findlay
Pattison
Bob Mackay
Matthew Stanley Quay
James Buchanan
William A. Wallace
Chicago News
Paul Meyerheim
Gusneco
Lillian Spencer
Bea
Uume
Job
Deep Blue Sea
N. Y
New York Herald
Dwares OF
Oskar Lenz
University of Prague
Dispatch
Eimos
Ca Kenia
Krapt
Djub
Kafla
Bagirmi
Schweinfurth
Amboyna
Timor
Lapps
Abongos
Congo River
Faro Banks
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