Japanese Siberia of Yezo and American Style in Hokkaido
A travel correspondent describes Yezo as Japanese Siberia with six feet snow in places, cites Hakodate as a growing Americanized port, and notes Yezo’s coal mines, flax and beet sugar factories, and an American-style agricultural college. He observes large Yezo bears with preserved human remains in alcohol, and details convicts and colonists shaping a frontier-like landscape under Japanese and Russian tensions.
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Distatch
Yezo
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Sandwich Islands
Tokio
Nippon
Siberia
Eble
Otani
Poronai
America
Sapporo
Yokohama
Americas
Agricultural College
San Francisco
Sapporo Museum
Vero
Great Britain
Its the tallest story Hicks on at the Eiffel Tower
A New York World report quotes Hicks relating a tale about the Eiffel Tower as the tallest story known. The fragmentary item references a remark on height and fame and the top structure in Paris.
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New York World
Hickson
Eiffel Tower
Adirondack Beauty and the Old-Time Guides
An Adirondack reserve near Keeve Valley and Ausable River is described as a 30 000 acre park opened to visitors. Native guides, now guardians of the land, run camps and boats, charging a close corporation to preserve the wild tract. Guides offer safe access via upper Ausable Lake and a mile carry through forest to the lakes, with rustic camps and communal campfire evenings.
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Dispatch
Keeve Valley
Ausable
Boquet
Ausable Lake
Colvin
Marer
Dix
Basin
Nipple Top
Noonmark
Lake Champlain
Charles Dudley Warner
Johnstown
Keene Valley
The Ausable Forest Reserve and Its Scenic Wonders
The article describes Mount Colvin and other peaks within the Ausable forest reserve, the Upper and Lower Ausable lakes, and the Sable River. It praises forest preservation, notes deer and wildlife, laments logging, and highlights the reserve as a public sanctuary and sanitarium for visitors and workers.
Preservation Effort Creates Adirondack Reserve Park
A Philadelphia group led by William J. Neilson transformed the Tottenham and Crossfield grant into a permanent park. The association funds roads and trails by car tolls and visitor charges and stocks streams with fish after past depletion. Last season yielded notable trout catches and ongoing good sport, with the Reserve praised for healthful recreation and natural beauty.
Progress of the Krupps
The Krupp firm began in 1827 with two workmen and has grown into a large industrial colony. They recently presented Essen with a town hall plot and bricks for a second church and vicarage, underlining the enduring achievements of industrial enterprise and the remarkable expansion from modest beginnings.
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Newcastle
Eng
Krupp
Essen
Herr Krupp
How Many People At The Hotel
A Jersey City girl asks how many people were at a hotel after a summer campaign. The reply notes an estimate of about 260, counting men women and boys. The exchange reflects informal crowd estimates from a local event.
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Jersey City
The Potter Lovell Firm and Henry Potter’s Rise
The piece chronicles Walter Potter’s ascent in finance from clerk to partner in 1875 76, his role in the Potter Lovell firm, and his lavish lifestyle including European tours, Nantasket villa costs and a famed $2500 Boston banquet hosted after Texas land deal success.
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Potter-Lovell
Boston
Walter Potter
W. F. Lawrence & Co
Shaw
Lawrence
Tower
Potter
Boston Traveller
Daniel Pratt
Europe
Nantasket
Mr. Potter
Texas
Germania Orchestra
Ventriloquial Episode At Royal Reception Erks Prince
Lord Norton demonstrated ventriloquial tricks at a reception for the Prince of Wales. The hoax confused the royal party and Lady Henry Bruce, drawing sharp reactions from Albert Edward and Lord Colville who identified the ruse. Norton later departed by yacht.
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Lord Norton
Prince of Wales
Henry Bruce
Royal
Lady Bruce
Lord Colville
Culross
Norton
Henry Byng
Albert Edward
George IV
Europe
Henory Ives Rebounds as Wall Street Bright Hope
A Philadelphia Press correspondent reports Henory Ives, once close to imprisonment, has returning vitality on Wall Street. He exudes confidence, dresses lavishly, and frequents Delmonico's as office doors fill with rivals. He builds fortune rapidly, with the aim to outshine Jay Gould as the street’s top man.
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Henory
Ives
Napoleans
Finance
Wall Street
Philadelphia Press
Delmonico’s
Jay Gould
Plain man who sparked the duplex telegraph idea
Dr Gantley recalls Edison as unpretentious and practical. A trivial wire problem in a Boston New Haven setting sparked Edison to imagine sending two messages on one wire. This spark led to the duplex telegraph and later the quadruplex, saving telegraph companies millions.
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Edison
Gould's Hidden Library Surprises Moneyed Critics
The Philadelphia Press notes that Mr. Jay Gould has no library, yet reveals he owns an extraordinarily rare and wisely chosen collection. It rivals celebrated private libraries in the country with many unique and valuable specimens.
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Jay Gould
Philadelphia Press
Dion Boucicault's Storied Career and Pecuniary Ups and Downs
The article recounts Dion Boucicault's extraordinary theatrical impact and wealth fluctuations. It notes his Colleen Bawn success saving Laura Keen, The Shaughraun profits and Wallack's rise, and Led Astray's American triumph. Despite producing hundreds of works and amassing famous roles, Boucicault died poor, yet maintained a striking public image.
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Dion Boucicault
Blakely Hall
Brooklyn Eagle
Laura Keen
Boucicault
Colleen Bawn
Miss Keen
Nion Square Theater
United States
Victoria
Grady and His Mies Jose
A friend recounts the Grady marriage revealing Mrs. Grady prefers home life over public ambition. He finds her in their library immersed in a French lesson for a class in Atlanta but urges her to dress for dinner. He insists a genius wife can be daunting, and she abandons the lesson.
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Grady
Jule
Atlanta
Georgia
Mason and Dixon
The Pot that Forged the Armour Millions
Phil Armour, a short stocky man, nearly lost $100 found in a burned coffee pot during the Pacific coast gold rush. He hid the money in the pot, saved it from a campfire, and that $100 became the foundation of the Armour fortune and later wealth.
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Phil Armour
Pacifico
Armour
Justice Harlan Seen Riding Streetcar In Friendly Scene
The Washington Post reports Justice John Marshall Harlan riding a Fourteenth Street car with a pretty companion. A burly negro man pressed too close and was repelled by the jurist, who maintained dignity while remaining approachable and jovial.
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Fourteenth Street
Washington Post
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Harlan
Mount Pleasant
Real Cause Reported for Blaine Family Tensions
An Eastside woman near the Blaine family recounts in St. Louis Republic that James G Blaine Sr favored his daughter in law Mrs. James G Blaine Jr, even kissing her affectionately, a bond the elder Blaine valued but Mrs Blaine resented for jealousy. The neighbor says this affection sparked the long standing rift and mistreatment of the ill Mrs Blaine Jr.
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Blaine
St. Louis Republic
James G. Blaine, Jr
Blaines
Ex-President Cleveland Returns to New York in Ill Health
Ex-President Cleveland coming back to New York after a quiet summer outing is reported by the Philadelphia Press to be in a health threatened state. Friends fear the condition worsens though he remains cautious about medical advice and lifestyle. He confesses a summer of lethargy and loss of will to engage in prior active pursuits. Doctors advise careful treatment to prevent a more serious decline.
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Hokkaido
America
Oregon
Japan
Cleveland
New York
Philadelphia
Che Wi
Love Your Enemies and Neighbors in a Quaker City
A Philadelphia column reflects on the conflict between Christian doctrine and social behavior. It argues that loving enemies and neighbors requires practice over preaching, cites past church abuses, and critiques local gossip, class snobbery, and anti foreign sentiment as barriers to true neighborly love.
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Johnnie
Carlyle
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Legend Explains White Man Origin Among Seminoles
A Seminole tale recounts how three fair skinned men emerged from a lake. The black man chooses first, copper man next, white man last, receiving tools of labor, hunting gear, and the engines of the mind, ink and paper, symbolizing white supremacy.
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Ong
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