Havana as a Winter Escape and Overland Trip to Matanzas
The dispatch correspondent likens Havana to Paris in gaiety and outlines an overland route to Matanzas. It notes the Platt Line cut to under 30 hours from Tampa, the Olivette and Mascotte offering weekly sailings between Boston Bar Harbor Mobile Tampa Havana, with Key West a six hour stop and a lively dock welcome from Cuban dock crowds in Key West.
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Mascarre
West Indies
Europe
Havana
Florida
Platt Steamship Line
Tampa
Old City
Maine Coast
Boston
Bar Harbor
Mobile
Mascotte
Key West
United States
Castillo del Morro
Havana Travel and the Charm of Cuban Life Explored
A brisk tour of Havana highlights the port’s bustling commerce, tropical scenery, and vibrant culture. The piece extols hotels and interpreters, describes volanta rides and cigars, notes festive streets and theatres, and contrasts Cuban bullfights with humane concerns for horses and cruelty.
Cupping in Russian Prisons Described in Moscow Paper
A Moscow newspaper describes a practice where a respected prisoner is kept with criminals and forced to pay for good fellowship. If he resists, guards apply cupping by blistering the chest and body with cups, causing days of pain and possible serious injury. The ritual involves naked restraint, muffled screams, and multiple cups across the torso.
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Moscow
The Angelus Bell and Its Sacred Recital
The Angelus bell marks the three daily recitations of the Ave Maria beginning with Angelus Domini nuntiavit Marie. It traces to Urban II in 1095 and was renewed by Pope John XXIII in 1327, with indulgences granted for each recitation, reflecting the bell’s deep devotional tradition.
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Millet
New England Magazine
Urban II
Marie
Mary
Gabriel
John XXIII
Pension agent recounts unusual multi widow case
A Maine pension agent recalls a curious sequence where he secured a soldier’s pension, then a widow’s pension after the soldier’s death, and now helps the same widow claim another pension as the widow of her late husband’s comrade. He notes the rarity of such a chain and the woman’s frugality.
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New York Tribune
Maine
Mongolian Restaurant Etiquette in Chinese Dining Rooms
Describes dining rituals with tea in Chinese restaurants, noting ritual pouring and rinsing, and speculates on whether the act serves cleanliness or ritual propitiation. Observations reflect cultural customs and language ambiguities in a historical context.
The Memory Vanishes Slowly Like a Grim Joke
A Dispatch correspondent reports on a New York man who loses memory gradually while retaining intellect in other areas. He cannot recall places or names, signs his name instinctively, and wanders with memory only through habit. The piece compares this decline to aging and notes the case began years earlier, with friends playing a cruel bet that ends in confusion and separation.
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New York
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Apears
Rector Street
Broadway
Cortlandt
Flis
Fellows
Washington
Amon
Church Street
Beaver Street
Delmonico
Church
Station House
Usl
Palestine
God
Sorrows of the Juggler and a Vision of Society
The San Francisco Examiner recounts Cinquevalli the French juggler discussing his most difficult feats and the crowd's reactions. A narrator and a woman debate civilization, labor, policing, and communal living, contrasting Western urban control with Indigenous communal norms and a critique of modern society.
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Cinquevalli
San Francisco Examiner
The Northern Pacific Redirected to Tacoma on Puget Sound
A Seattle man recalls how necessity dictated the Northern Pacific to reach salt water by a deadline. Financiers and land grants hinged on coastal access, so engineers were ordered to push toward the nearest Sound point despite original aims.
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Seattle
Tacoma
Puget Sound
Northern Pacific
New York Tribune
Tidewater
Ex-detective cites thieves hiding in plain sight
A Cincinnati ex-detective notes crooks may use neighboring towns as home bases. He says burglars blend in by living ordinary lives, informing the Police of their movements, and relying on a tacit protection to avoid local crimes.
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Havana
Matanzas
Volanta
Life
Cincinnati Enquirer
Desert City Vision of Joaquin Millers Romance
The passage outlines a romance where the suahée meets the Princess in Poland then voyages to holy sites and an oasis city in Mexico. The Princess envisions a model society built with rain fed water, artesian wells, and strict law, where vegetarian living and study of order define daily life. The narrator notes the city’s growth and the Princess’s ideal community, emphasizing devotion to truth and humanity.
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Poland
Siberia
Caan
Soma
Holy Land
Egypt
Mexico
Cairo
Alexander
Quiet grove of venerable elders gathers by palm and fields
A solitary observer meets a serene band of old men and women beneath palms near a fountain and cattle pastures. They welcome him into their circle in silence, contrasting their tranquil world with the noisy city. The narrator recalls aging men’s fears and searches for meaning beyond words.
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Havana
States
BrettcKinley
Columbus
New World
Captain General's Summer Palace
Edeo
Earth
Loys
Mike
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