The Fall of the Second French Empire and Its Aftermath
A historical overview traces the fall of the Second Empire, the Franco Prussian War, and the birth of the Third Republic. It outlines royalist hopes, succession debates, and Napoleon III’s failures, along with Paris siege, German occupation, and the indemnity that funded France’s republican birth.
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Europe
Spain
Leopold
France
Cortez
Prussia
Napoleon III
Berlin
Victor
Napoleon I
Louis Xviiii
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Austria
Belgium
Germany
Duchy of
Luxemburg
Holland
Bismarck
Marshal Mac- Mahon
Sedan
Napoleon Tit
Paris
la Republique
National Defense
Seine
Corps Legislatif
Senate
William
Nisace
Strasbane
Lorraine
Metz
Republic
Daniel Cleverton
Ambiguous remark sparks gossip on a matri monial
In Chicago a colorful remark questions a woman described as a matri monial figure. The speaker notes she has married multiple times, while suggesting none of her husbands were previously married before meeting her. The exchange highlights social gossip and reputational judgments reflected in a New York Times quote.
Would Bring Papa
A brief exchange notes lighting a room invites mosquitoes while a parent figure remains linked to darkness in Atlanta Journal style.
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Papa
Tom
Atlanta Journal
To Save Time Sedge I Expect Tell Truth, Prisoner Says
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt presents a colored prisoner insisting on truth before sentencing. The dialogue shows urgency and a demand for swift judgment. The piece highlights racial context and the immediacy of justice as framed in the period.
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Atlanta Constitution
A Fair Bargain He-Suppose Our Marriage Is a Success
In a humorous exchange a judge presides as a couple quips about fair terms of their union. She suggests dividing gifts while he questions the marriage’s success, highlighting a domestic moment from a courtroom setting.
Hunters for Health and the Global Health Hunt
The Houston Globe notes over a million Americans pursue health abroad seeking sun cures and high altitude benefits. Doctors increasingly travel as geographers of climate to recommend locales, while a restless minority keeps moving in search of happiness and better health despite migration drawbacks.
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United States
Desideratum
Houston Globe
Army of Health
Chinese Gamblers in America and Their Card Games
The piece argues that Chinese Americans are natural gamblers, unfamiliar with why police and courts ignore gambling. It details Chinese card games and terms such as tseen wan che-pae and categories like nine myriads of strings of beads and nine units of cakes, plus other varieties with unique names.
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Bret Harte
Celestial Empire
America
China
Give Babies Solid Food One Cause of Evormons Death
A report of infant mortality in New York highlights solid feeding as a major factor among poor families with mothers in difficult circumstances, noting surprise at parents’ practices and urging changes to child nutrition.
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Ireland
Gilded Youth
Yeoman Cavalry
Board of Trade
Evormons
New York
Peorm
France
Health Department
New York Tribune
Adhiy Nursery
Automnaniae Suggested for New Street Terrors
A discussion of rising street fear cites speed crazed drivers and proposes a new term automnaniae to describe offenders. The piece links urban peril to a broader critique of modern mobility and social decay.
Sunday School Lesson Text from Numbers 21
A historical lesson on Israel's battles, the serpent on the pole, and divine deliverance. It notes Moses and Aaron's roles, Edom's refusal, and the wilderness journey, with reflections linking to John 3 14. The notes discuss korah and the budding of Aaron's rod and apply the passage to Christian faith and obedience.
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Ared
Israel
Hormah
Mount Hor
Red Sea
Edom
God
Moses
Egypt
Snalls
Monson
Korah
Dathan
Abiam
Aaron
Meribah
Kadesh
Korih
Abiram
Kadesh-harnea
Tabernacle
Koreh
Canaan
Kaadesh
Agron
Christ
John
Notes of the royal family and park tree tale
The article recalls royal family notes and mentions King Edwards Oak planted when prince of Whites in Central Park. The tree is now reportedly treated by park authorities and considered healthy enough to live. The piece also notes a diverse set of nationalities among 175 evars in the suite.
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France
Orleans
Henry
Bordeaux
Chambord
Henry V
Don Carlos VII
Don Jaime
House of the
Paris
Prince Robert
Bonaparte
Evars
Kidward
Central Park
Humorous Quotations From Early 20th Century Papers
A collage of quoted witticisms and cartoons from Chicago Daily News Atlanta Constitution Atchison Globe Indianapolis News Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph Philadelphia Press Baltimore News and Chicago Vast. Jests about truth punishment hunger romance envy poetry finance and fashion appear as clipped snippets reflecting press humor and public speech of the era.
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Chicago Daily News
Jedge
Atlanta Constitution
Atchison Globe
Conner
Indianapolis News
Browne
London
Philadelphia
Ike
Baltimore News
Chicago
Harvard Graduate Learns German Lingo Through Blunders
A Harvard graduate recounts traveling in Germany and misreading the language. In a Teidelberg inn he learns that Yah and Neon mean different things to soldiers and hosts. The hotel keeper intervenes, and the American retreats after a comic miscommunication.
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Harvard
New York Tribune
Germany
Goethe
Schiller
Wis
Indheed
Rhine
Teidelberg
United States
Waiters and Eyeglasses Raise Inquisitor Question on Appearance
A New York inquiry questions why waiters should avoid glasses and beards in hotels and cafes. Proponents argue glasses hinder service while hotel owners push a strict dress code. The piece notes rising eyeglasses among children and debates whether restaurants should enforce such eyewear restrictions.
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Neocene
New York
Comercial
Broadway
Simngker
Harlem doctors report recovery after lockjaw case
Physicians at Harlem hospital New York announce recovery and discharge of Joe Joseph son of Silent Mike Tiernam after lockjaw from a hand injury. Antitoxin injections were given between lumbar vertebrae and the case progressed as law relaxed on the fifteenth day. A second note questions why crowds fled from a distressed woman while a man needed aid, prompting a women’s clubs discussion.
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Aasifoxia Cares
Leetijawi
Harlem Hospital
New York
Joeseph, & Son
Mike” Tiernam
What Carnegie Calls Work
The Chicago Record-Herald notes that Andrew Carnegie says giving money away is hard work but suggests several professions may be harder. The remark frames philanthropy as demanding despite public praise.
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Carnegie
London
Chicago Record-Herald
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mrs Haskins
Mrs J I Haskins of Chicago testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her severe post childbearing sickness and kept her healthy. She credits the product and Pills with aiding recovery and urges expectant mothers to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts at no cost.
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Dean Mrs. PincHama
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ms. J. J. Haskins
Lydia E.pinke Jam
Lydia
E.pinkham
Mra
J. I. Haskins
Indiana Ave
Chicago
Ilc
Mra. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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Napoleon II
William Humsle Ward, Earl OF Dudley
Hunters For Health
Lucky Baldwin’s
Tucky Baldwin
California Mountains
Tles
Poachdena
California
Dickens
Charles Dickens
Duckenas
Nhurel
Mem
Vannet
Carr
Hig
Chicago Inter Ocean
J. H. Haskins
Iil
Chicago Arcade Club
Carter
Kievery
A.j.tower CO
Boston
Ard
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