Market Characters in Pittsburg Food Market satire
Long description of Pittsburg markets and West Diamond Market House bustling with buyers and sellers. It notes meat from abattoirs and dairies from Western Pennsylvania and nearby states, butter varieties, and a colorful scene of shoppers including a sharp exchange over butter quality. Crowds and vendors fill both market floors as farmers sell directly to consumers.
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Tothians
Ohio
West Virginia
el Where
West Diamond Market House
Pennsylvania
New York
Jegheny
Washington
Westmoreland
Beaver
Lawrence
Butler
East Diamond Market House
Pittsburg
Market Life and Revenues at Diamond Markets
The piece describes busy Diamond Market scenes with butchers selling out early and a drink vendor attracting farmers. It notes rent rules for outside stands, per-market collections, and total Southside receipts. It remarks on increased sales under Superintendent William McAdams and observes colorful market characters and social quirks in Pittsburg.
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West Diamond Market
East Diamond Market
Adams Market
Fifth Avenue
Southside
William McAdams
Pittsburg
A. BR. Crum
Diamond Market as Index of Prosperity and Global Food Flows
The article argues the Diamond Market mirrors a community’s health better than banks or real estate, showing how food travels from North South East and West. It details origins of fresh fish, meat, fruits, and vegetables, and notes ethnic buying habits, market days, and the prominence of the Chinese in markets.
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Great Lakes
Missouri
Allegheny
New Jersey
Jersey
Nova Scotia
Kalamazoo
Lake Region
California
The Madras Slave Trade in Burmah
The Civil and Military Gazette of Lahore reports Burmah as a market for Madras women, noting a case where a woman sold by her husband was valued at 90 rupees after being taken to Rangoon. The piece highlights broader slave trade practices including coolies sold like bullocks with no work details agreed, and cites this as part of a growing Madras slave-trade perception.
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Madras
Burmah
Lahore
Fangoon
Rangoon
China
Bombay
Se Senet
Tricks of the Mind How Old Age Affects Memory and Embarrassment
In Detroit Free Press an anecdote by John B. Gough shows forgetfulness in aging as he once forgot his lecture, crying out for cabbage heads. It cites Emerson misplacing an umbrella name and Longfellow's funeral memory gaps, illustrating amentia and age’s memory tricks.
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Detroit Free Press
John B. Gough
Emerson
Longfellow
Fryit
Rails Creep On St Louis Bridge Says Engineer
A St. Louis civil engineer told the Globe-Democrat that bridge rails never stay fixed but steadily creep east toward heavier traffic. He estimates about 260 feet annually if unrestricted, noting parallels to a Southwest Missouri hill where a road degraded unless rebuilt with rough stone blocks.
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St. Louis
Globe- Democrat
St. Louis Bridge
Missouri
Mormon polygamy ends in Utah says delegate Cain
Washington dispatch quotes Utah territorial delegate John T. Caine asserting polygamy has ended, detailing church leadership, income, property, and ethics. He credits Brigham Young for reform, praises Mormon prosperity, and argues the church is aligned with the Bible and American law.
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Washington
John T. Caine
Utah
Woodruff
Hoe
Church
Brigham Young
Young
Moses
Caine
American
Brignhaw
Canaan
Mosca
Salt Lake City
Barbers of Spain Offer Donkey Grooming In Odd Custom
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes Spanish barbers trim donkeys as well as men. Barbers shear donkey backs to smooth pannier rests, leaving fur below a line while offering patterns like star points around the neck. In a country where shaving faces is common among all classes, the tensorial profession remains essential.
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Spain
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Toreros
Ecclesi
Tyrant at Work and the Barbers of Spain
A fragmented description contrasts Spanish barbers with American service. It depicts customers compelled to sit rigidly, balancing sudsy basins and a curved nick at the throat, while one man sits at a dusty road gate with a towel as if at his own degradation under the barber’s sovereign pleasure.
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Mormon Church
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Brigham
Church
America
Spain
Coin Among Savages
The New York Sun reports natives in Dar es Salaam once refused metal coins for work, preferring beads and cloth. A Hamburg steamer carried copper and silver coin for distribution along the coast to ease trade, with German and British East Africa firms promoting coin use inland and on the Congo.
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Dar Es Salaam
Zanzibar
Ees Hamburg
German East African Company
Inner Africa
German East Africa
Imperial East Africa Company
Congo
Peanut famine threat duets with Christmas scare
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes a looming peanut shortage this fall and winter with prices rising until the new crop is roasted after Christmas. It cites nationally low supply, high consumption, and St. Louis as the only market with any stock on hand.
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St. Louis
Jealousy in the Theatrical World of Leading Ladies
A New York dispatch reports veteran managers describe the deadly toll of female jealousy in drama. Rivalries among stars Lotta, Minnie Palmer, Pauline Hall and Isabella Urquhart are cited, with clashes behind the scenes at Casino and Madison Square Theatre.
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Lotta
Minnie Palmer
Pauline Hall
Urquhart
Isabella Urquhart
Ccanleitary
Onan
Ermigie
Marie Halton
Marie Burroughs
Annie Russell
Madison Square
Mr. Presberg
Russell
Fair Burroughs
Ada Rehan
Rehan
Edith Kingdon
Paris
Adam
Henrietta Crosman
Crosman
Fibra Walsh
Charles Hoyt
Flora Moore
Lew Hosen
Mollie Thompson
Flora
New York
Charles T. Murnay
Electric lighted carriages spark travel safety and reading ease
An Eastern physician adapts a French idea by fitting a carriage with external and interval lights. The coachman can drive faster on poor roads while the occupant can read or write en route. A 15 inch by 3 inch accumulator sits under the seat, hidden from view. The cost is modest and electrically lit carriages may soon spread widely.
Cupid's Quick Return in a Brighton Breakwater Scene
Vincent and Maisrie meet on the Marine Parade and breakwater as December sunlight returns. Maisrie reassures Vincent about a distant rival while confessing deep affection, and the pair vow an untroubled union despite social pressures.
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George Bethune
Maisrie
Vincent
Marine Parade
Brighton
German Place
Maishe
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Eade Bridge
John 7. Caine
Beigham
United States Congress
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Mr. Caine
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Methodist Church
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Frans G. Carpenter
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Africa
New York Sun
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Rivals
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Wis
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Los Cate Tonless
Ingenasquin Biz House
Craig Royston
Dispatch
William Black
Thule
Cupid
Mr. Glover
King’s Road
Siernan
Vin Harris
Deak
Vincest
Maisen
Matshe
Maiarie
Vineet
Tahall
MR. Bethune
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