Theorizing Speculation As An Alluring Path To Wealth
Henry Clews argues speculation is a universal lure driven by wealth desire. He warns most cannot succeed, outlines traits of a disciplined bettor, and contrasts prudent brokers with unreliable tips. He advises patience, caution, and following gilt edged stocks at prudent times.
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Distatch
Charles James Fox
Wall Street
Jay Gould
Vanderbilts
Wizards of Finance
Delmonico’s
Henry Clews
The Fighting Bullul in Indian Street Fights
Travel notes describe Delhi crowds gathering at a morgue gateway to witness a public spectacle of bulbul birds in mortal combat. Spectators from street urchins to merchants watched as the birds battled with keen interest, amid a scene resembling a Judgment Day setting.
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Harper's Magazine
India
Delhi
Hafiz
Vale of
Cashmere
Martin
Mosquito Exterminator Uses Electric Trap
An American resident of Paris patents an electric insect trap. The device features a cage with alternating positive and negative bars and an internal incandescent lamp that lures mosquitoes to the metal network where they are killed by the current, drawing them away from the sleeper.
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Paris
Not Hle Better Bail Customer
Fragmentary text shows a plea or apology with a damaged line. The readable parts include a customer thanking a person, suggesting a transactional or formal interaction. No clear event, place, or proper names are established.
Coca Cultivation in Bolivia Peru and Ecuador
A Bolivian Peruvians and Ecuadorians coca industry drives a major part of rural life. The piece describes coca plant cultivation from Yungas terraces to curing, packaging, and export, plus tax farming and royal revenue. It notes high altitude growth, multiple harvests yearly, and traditional use by indigenous workers for endurance and hunger suppression.
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Bolivia
Peru
Ecuador
Chile
Argentine Republic
Europe
United States
South Americas
India
Yungas
Cuzio
St. John's
Woodcock Adventures in Middle Jersey Marshes
In Hunterdon and Somerset counties of New Jersey I hunt woodcock with three companions. A steady pointer, a boastful cocker spaniel, and a rough terrier accompany us as we hunt a five acre swamp. The terrier's sharp bark flushes birds while the others work, and we bag all we can carry as dawn breaks.
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Ohio
Virginia
Middle Jersey
Hunterdon
Somerset
First American Whippings and Early Colonial Punishments
The article recounts the first public whippings in America, noting Mary Clark the Quakeress flogged 20 times in Boston in 1657 for preaching, followed by Christopher Holder and John Copeland for religious beliefs. It describes broader Puritan and Dutch colonial responses, including Hodshone's whipping in New Amsterdam and a 600 guilder fine, with subsequent flogging for inability to pay.
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Atlantic
New-Amsterdam
America
Mary Clark
Boston
New Asterdam
Pianos in the Schools Debate at London Board
The London School Board debated supplying pianofortes in schools. A motion to rescind failed 22 to 18, confirming a limit of 150 pianos. The School Management Committee was tasked to propose a swimming scheme for schools.
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London School Board
Helby
Pennsylvania girl on Broadway charts life of a soubrette
A Philadelphia born actress recalls early stage life with the Coleman sisters, touring on the road, and Cuban experiences. She describes her ambition to stay on the road, her father's influence, and the chaotic system of agents and engagements that govern a soubrette's career. She laughs at managers while noting she seeks fitting parts, preferably a boyish role.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Broadway
Australia
San Francisco
J. A. Coleman
Alice
Louie
Clara
Coleman Sisters
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Baltimore
Carlisle
Iowa
Iatuer
Harry Miner
Miner
Miner's
Father
California
Berger
New Orleans
Cuba
Texas
County Mayo
Monkey City of Mathura Sorcery and Safehousing
The article describes Mathura as a holy city where monkeys roam freely and are protected as sacred beings. Monkeys inhabit every window and dome, moving along ledges and trees, entering homes for milk bowls, and evading or provoking human efforts to drive them away. Citizens shield themselves and their property from monkey depredations, while fruit sellers in the bazaar become the monkeys’ informal shelter and playground.
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Nature
Joan of Arc
Queen Elizabeth
Catherine of Russin
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
George Elliott
George Sand
Ouida
Harper's Magazine
Mattra
Mathura
Benares
Jomna
Hindooland
An Oriental City Scene in Ahmedabad Morning
A dawn tableau shows residents opening doors and toilets in full view while neighbors gossip from doorways. Children, cattle, and brown babies occupy doorways and gutters as a jewel boxed house with a heavy ornate door opens to a cow parade through the portico.
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Ahmedabad
Mysterious Prospectors Unearth Heavy Gold Nugget
A quiet return from the Cour d'Alene Reservation carried an oddly shaped bacon bag that broke to reveal a heavy gold nugget about six inches in diameter worth roughly 750 dollars. The Virginia Chronicle notes California’s Carson Hill yielded the largest nugget of 1854, weighing 195 pounds troy with several others around six to seven pounds in Calaveras County.
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Spokane Falls
Cour d’Alene
California
Virginia
Carson Hill
Calaveras County
Gloves While You Wait
Jugia of London offers to deliver a pair of kid gloves an hour and a quarter after order if the correct shade skin is available. A local firm makes gloves to order and can deliver in two days unless dyeing is needed. Early morning orders can get tomorrow’s pair for the evening. An ordered pair costs 50 cents more than a ready made pair.
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la Pez
Adriano de Coca
Coca
Tanacachi
Drygoods
Jugia
London
Learning a Dangerous Thing on the Town Gossip
Weary Wiggins and Lasy Leary discuss a local tale about Magsey learning to write and a bank check signed today. The exchanges reveal concern over a possible three year sentence or term mentioned by Lasy Leary.
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Weary Wiggins
Magsey
Lasy Leary
Will o the Wisps and the Philosophy of Life
A column surveys optimistic and pessimistic views on life’s misery and meaning. It contrasts Voltaire and ancient sages with modern thinkers like Tolstoy, Schopenhauer, Bellamy, George, and Socrates, debating happiness, pain, education, and celibacy as paths to or from fulfillment.
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Whitten
Voltaire
Job
Jeremiah
David
Thomas S’ Kempis
Sophocles
Socrates
Henry George
George
Edward Bellamy
Bellamy
Tolstoi
Schopenhauer
Christ
High Priest of Pessimism and the Celibacy Debate
A fragment discusses extreme views on marriage and celibacy, referencing Dr. Johnson. It contrasts life without marriage with the pleasures of singleness, mentioning the motives of prudence and the overall sentiment among those who favor traditional views.
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Johnson
Congress Inferior Yet Poised for Major Legislation
New Mexico delegate B Elkins, visiting Washington from Elkins West Virginia, argues Congress has no great men today but may pass landmark bills. He cites the McKinley bill Frye shipping bill and silver bill as potentially the era’s best legislation. He stresses the shipping bill to reduce the $150 million paid to English vessels annually and protect American shipping.
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B. Elkins
Elkins
W. Va
Washington
White House
Congress
New Mexico
Frye Shipping
An Elephant's Dinner Hyder's Cakes Baked in Earthen Oven
A story of Hyder the elephant who baked cakes in a simple earthen jar oven. The mahout left, Hyder lifted the stones, removed the lid and ate the cakes, then replaced the lid and stones without being seen. Mr. Boyd observed the delicate maneuver.
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Hyder
Mr. Boyd
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Philadelphia Press
New York Times
London Illustrated News
ABC
Mel
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Dramatic
Dramatic Agenta
Roral J
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Oriental City
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Mme. A. Roppert
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Cail
Pittberg
Ovletniey
Fifth Avenue
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jyll-Tisso
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