English Statesmen and Their Quirks in the House
The Dispatch examines Gladstone and other British leaders noting Gladstone’s brass bound table hammering and pink rose habit. It describes Smith as steady and honest, Balfour’s genial indifference, Chamberlain's quick, polished debating style, Hartington's cautious mind, and Lord Randolph Churchill’s showy Dizzy-like gestures and bold rhetoric.
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Loxpor
Gladstone
Lord Osfield
Mr. Gladstone
Mr. Smith
Treasury
Pitt
Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Lord Melbourne
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Lord Eandolph Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Random Churchill
Disraeli
Vivian Grey
Lord Randolph
House of Com
Mr. Speaker
Parliamentary Portraits of Gladstone Aides and Commons Tricks
A humorous sketch catalogs MPs and habits in the House of Commons including John Morley Sir William Harcourt Goschen Goschen habits and Lord George Hamilton. It notes Morley’s measured speeches Harcourt’s long harangues and various stage bits that enliven debates in a generally dull assembly.
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Mr. Gladstone
Sir William Harcourt
Vougeens
Sir William
R. Goschen
Home Secretary
George Hamilton
Commons
Blakely
Struck the Right Place A Traveler Finds a Jersey Shore Resort Offer
A traveler in New Jersey seeks summer board and meets an old farmer offering room and board in exchange for chores. The farmer proposes a steady summer stay near a coast resort with fixed terms including upfront payment and shared tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Shore
New York
Jersey
Hull
Induction and Jersey Lightning Raises Curious Alcohol Link
The piece cites Popular Science Monthly describing cases of contagion intoxication where abstainers or non drinkers in social dining settings showed signs of intoxication. A military man, a reformer, and others reportedly became playful or stupid without consuming spirits, suggesting a learned or environmental effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Popular Science Monthly
Ray
Tig
Button Sets Fashion in High Society’s Collecting Craze
New York reports fashion behind the craze for antique button sets. Rich young women abroad and in America seek Florentine mossag, repousse crest, paste Cromwell era, and Louis XV buttons as jewelry like heirlooms. Mrs. Leslie and Princess Eugalitchieff befit this trend with prized buttons, while few Americans have joined the mania.
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New York
Chicago News
London
Cromwell
Frank Leslie
Leslie
Miss Chamberlain
A. M. Palmer
Cleveland
Marthe Eugalitchieff
St. Petersburg
Russia
Eugalitchieff
Countess of Leicester
England poised to start oil boom across empire says London Engineering
London Engineering reports plans to develop imperial oil resources in Burmah Canada Australia and New Zealand with the British Empire Petroleum Company forming to prospect across the empire. It notes United States drilling by small pioneers and separate refining and transport interests and urges government and Indian support to attract British capital for Burmese fields and Mackenzie prospects.
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London Engineering
England
Burmah
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
South Africa
British Empire Petroleum Company
Mackenzie Basin
Canadian Senate
COST OF GOVERNING CANADA FATHERS FORTY-FOUR POLITICAL COSTS
A Boston Journal overview argues Canada with 215 Commons and 80 Senate members pays lavishly for government. It notes high salaries for Speakers and officials, includes the Governor General, lieutenant governors, and aides, and questions the necessity of a large bureaucratic apparatus for a small population.
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Dominion
Canada
Canadian Commons
Senate
Ech
Ontario
Quebecce Council
England
Quebec
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Northwest Territory
Prince Edward Island
Supreme Court of the United States
Minion
The Albany Curfew and Bell That Rules the City Nights
The New York Star describes Albany’s 200 year old curfew ritual. The City Hall bell, linked to Dudley Observatory by telegraph, tolls at 9 with precision and sets all private clocks. The same bell also rings fire alarms and startled theater crowds in past years.
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Albany
City Hall
Dudley Observatory
Tino Bier
John McCullough
Mary Anderson
Ballough
A Traveler's View of Mexican Army and Guadalupe
The narrator describes a Mexican army parade with drums bugles and marching officers, notes police presence and justice procedures, and journeys to Guadalupe by mule train to view a miraculous spring church and shrine sites. He sketches local customs crowds and a curious mix of history and modernity amid vivid, sometimes ironic observations.
Locust Plague Strikes Algeria Amid Cyclones
Paris correspondent reports Algeria faces a locust plague and cyclones. About 100 Zouaves with dry straw attack insects at Aumale, 795 soldiers at Setif battle swarms, while colonists and workers assist. Fires line Sed rata to curb invasion. winds push locust cloud toward Dunkirk. Governor General tours Massawah and Ben Mustapha to coordinate defense. France recalls no similar invasion since 1825.
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Algeria
Paris
London Daily News
Aumale
Setif
Sedrata
Massawah
Ben Mustapha
Dunkirk
France
Europe
Africa
A Fierce Turtle's Head Causes Narrow Escape at Sea
John Heitlinger, a Deep Creek Valley farmer, fishing near Philadelphia, faced a 46 pound snapping turtle that lunged from its shell and lashed him with its neck. His helper grabbed a rope to try to subdue the animal as the struggle continued aboard the drifting boat.
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Philadelphia
John Heitlinger
Deep Creek Valley
Heitlinger
How a Wife Was Won Then Comes Love at First Sight
reminiscences of noted actors recount Bob Mantell and Fanny Davenport with a dramatic romance set in England and a country affair that ends in a dramatic rescue. The piece honors actors John Gilbert William Warren and their legacies, noting Gilbert's wealth and stern stage rules and praising Warren as nature's nobleman and a master artist.
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Dispatch
Bob Mantell
Loris
Fanny Davenport
Robert
England
Bob
William Warren
Boston
Boston Museum
A Good Way to Buy Sponges
A man in Perry's drug store tests sponge prices by squeezing a single sponge to appear as three sizes. The clerk quotes 75, 60, and 45 cents for each appearance. Laughter erupts as the trick is revealed and the effort to lower the price is foiled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Law
Perry
Patented Oddities From the Patent Office
Louisville Courier Journal reviews curious patents including a lord's prayer device for stammering cure, chicken hopples, bee moth excluder, tapeworm fish-hook, educational balloon, side hill annihilators, a nest egg drop device, and an automatic bath tub that wakes a sleeper and starts the day with timed water and pillow drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patent Office
Louisville Courier—Journal
His Fatal Blemish
A Chicago Tribune vignette about a young man trying to impress a young woman on a train. After a misstep with a quarter and caramels, the blush on the woman's face signals a doomed romance as she recalls a prior remark about his bow legs and marriage prospects.
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Ohicago Tribune
Mde
Tess
John Bull Proposes Umpire Role in Samoan Dispute
In a dialogue with Uncle Sam and Bismarck, John Bull offers to act as umpire in the Samoan matter if both sides desire it and their peoples consent to his decision. Uncle Sam expresses tentative agreement but says he cannot commit for his people or for Captain.
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Niy
Santa Ana
Alamo
Chicago Tribune
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Bismarck
Girls in the River Bath Hometown Swim Schools Open
A Dispatch reporter describes riverfront swimming schools in Pittsburg and nearby cities. The piece notes attitudes toward mixed bathing, the spread of ladies classes, and methods used to teach girls to swim quickly with rope and pole guidance. It compares practices in St Louis Washington Cincinnati and Pittsburg and discusses health benefits and upcoming season changes.
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C Whittes
THE
Dispatch
St Louis
Washington
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Mississippi
Pittsboro
Ohio
Odlum
Brooklyn Bridge
Garfield
Gleviter Wie Cohally Mare
Filegande Blactter Waiter Nervous Over Steak
A fragment from a historic page shows dialogue with a nervous waiter describing a best steak and his anxious reaction, capturing a moment of dining room tension and character humor.
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Chamberlain
Orchid
Chamberlain and Hartington
Joe” Chamberlain
House of Commons
Miss Endicott
Joe
Marquis of Hartington
Vale Carnage
Self
MR. Morley
John Morley
Barmah
Boston Journal
New York Star
Mexico
Viga
Pethere
Republic
Guadalupe
Rene
Cima
Hamlet
Lan
the Deacon
Cameron
Sterling
John Gilbert
Wallack
Gilbert
East
Peta
New England
Oliver Wendel Holmes
Mort Tox
Potomas
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