Centennial arrival and voyage details of the boat Pumpernickel
The Sidney Telegraph reports the Timboat Centennial arrived at Liverpool Aug 21 after crossing the Atlantic from Gloucester Mass. Alfred Johnson captained the craft, suffered fatigue and stiffness from the voyage, and faced fogs, gales, and a capsizing near Cape Clear. He survived a shark encounter, lost gear, and reached Holyhead then Liverpool. He indicated he had had enough of such sailing.
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Liverpool
Alfred Johnson
Dane
Gloucester
Mass
Johnson
New Brighton
Huck Hivern Hotel
Amerigea
Johnson Jeft
Shake
Aly
Mexico
Johnsen
Boand
Cape Clear
Breeze
Maggie Gander
New York
Swansea
Baltimore
Prince Lombardo
Wexford Head
Milford
Abercastle
Holyhead
Johawn
London Daily. News
There Was a Balm in Gilead in Silent Parlor
A melodramatic scene unfolds with Mrs Pimpernickel and Mr Painerves reacting to a sergeant's absence and a looming Sioux threat. A mix of sighs, tears, and comic mishaps follows as the couple navigates duty, fear, and domestic chaos. The room fills with exaggerated emotion and anxious speculation about military orders.
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Che
Nortan
Himmel
Automatic Pianista A Novel Mechanical Musical Assistant
An exhibit in the French court showcases a device called the pianista by M. Jerome Thibouville-Lamy of Paris. It mechanically plays piano or organ by a lever and perforated music book system, with a bellows and crank powering moving fingers to produce music and expression. The setup includes a wheeled case, adjustable crank feet, and a frame guiding cardboard score leaves through a roller.
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M. Jerome Thibouville-Lamy
Paris
Usis Nieans
Umigi
Philadelphia
Pris
Trappiness and the pursuit of happiness in daily life
The essay argues happiness lies beyond material gains and is often latent in our present state. It traces how children, youth, middle age, and elders pursue ideals like wealth, love, or fame, only to find true contentment emerges from ordinary moments, kindness, work, and inner balance rather than grand events or possessions.
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Pam
Pernicke
Alexander the’ Great
Horace Greeley
Pompey
Gilead
Leavenworth
Kan
ourZhold
Love
Adolphus
Lucretia
Alphonse Karr
Tere
Diogenes
Harper’s
Washions In Mens Dress Styles For General Wear
Fashion notes describe prevailing menswear with coats and waistcoats in single breasted or frock styles. Diagonal wool cloth suits trousers in check or striped patterns, pockets placed behind plaits, high buttoning, and tailored fits. Plaids remain fashionable for everyday, traveling, and business attire with brown red and purple color pairings.
Fashionable men’s coats and waistcoats from old guide
Plain neat diagonals replace faced cloths in dress frocks and waistcoats. Double breasted white waistcoats pair with frock coats and smart striped trousers. Black dominates full dress while collars, lapels, and silk facings vary. Overcoats favor dark elysian beaver and Chesterfield styles with knee length or longer cuts.
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Chesterfield
A Memoir of the Cliff House Coast Drive Peril
A San Francisco coastal reminiscence recalls a sea side drive beyond the Cliff House. A beautiful young woman and narrator contend with rising tides and a storm as trained horses struggle along a perilous beach path. The scene ends with the buggy nearly swamped and the pair surviving the dramatic high surf.
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Golden Gate
Ming
San Francisco
New York
Panama
Cean
Cliff House
Newport
Ariga
Pacific Coast
N. Y
Inside the San Francisco Chinese Gambling Den
A Detroit Free Press correspondent visits a Chinese gambling den in San Francisco’s streets. Wing Hong runs a tea shop next to the den as patrons gamble on a banked game with coins and odds recorded by a clerk, drawing hundreds of Celestials nightly. A banker and staff manage bets while a performer plays on a jasmine flower song. The narrator and companion gamble briefly before leaving.
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Wing Hong
John
Dupont Street
Chinaman
Mellenas
Tie
United States
Ucor
Detroit
Drea
Supposed Lovers Clash in Fragmented Letter Scene
A garbled dialogue fragment shows Supposer and Fadette exchanging accusations of affection and disillusion. The overheard snippets mention reading plain prose, gifts, and a quarrel about love and flirtation, ending with a note about Robertaon in September.
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Sidney. Telegraph
Jos
W. Cossack
Kulture and Prepeietors
Sidney
Atlantic
San Fran
Fadette
Turion
Ferewsil
Eptember
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