St Michel burned as Firminist forces rout Nord in Haiti
McCrea reports from Haiti that Gen. Jean Jumeau led Firminist troops in Artibonite to attack St Michel on Thursday. After two days of combat Nord’s provisional government army was routed and the town burned before retreat. Fighting near St Raphael likely as reinforcements sail for Cape Haitien.
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Cape Haitien
Jean Jumeau
Department of Artibonite
St. Michel
Alexis Nord
Provisional Government
Grande Rivere
St. Raphael
Geners Jumeau
Crete-a-Pierrot
Cape Hattien
Albert Salmare
Jumeau
Cape Hattien. Ie
Cape Haitien Report From Commander McCrea
Navy dispatch details conditions at Cape Haitien observed July 31 after Machias arrived from Colon. Commander McCrea notes delayed arrival due to a fouled bottom, reports opportune timing amid imminent land and sea attack, discussesGovernor Gen Lord Alexis, arms shipments, and a plan to protect foreigners if needed. Health improves aboard with fifty two total cases, five sick.
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Washington
Navy Department
McCrea
Machias
Cape Haitien
Colon
Haiti
Department
Lord Alexie
Iself
Lord Alexis
The Self Made Man in Morgan and Carnegie
The essay argues over what defines a self made man, comparing J Pierpont Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. It concludes both achieved success through inherent abilities and opportunities, while inheritance played a role but not sole cause. Morgan’s rise from a clerk shows self made traits. education and early chances shaped his trajectory. neither man relied solely on lineage.
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Grooklyn Eagle
J. Pierpont Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Begs
Duncan, Sherman & Co
Morgan Houses
Peabody Houses
Morgan
Carnegie
Ritin
Andrew Mesic
Echoes of the Past in Archaeological Discovery
In the Era W. M. Bunn extols archaeology revealing ancient engineering and design. The author argues that remnants from past civilizations speak to modern engineers and artists, urging further exploration to unlock wealth, beauty, and inspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Bunn
Ling
Makor
Ornamental waterworks praised for health and beauty
The text extols grand water basins and stone reservoirs built by skilled hands. It highlights distant sources supplying mains and pipes that vitalize plants and people, spreading healthful odors from Palestine cisterns to Semiramis’s hanging gardens, as symbols of life and beauty.
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Palestine
Babylon
Optimistic Philosophy of Tobacco Use in Chicago Journal
An spirited defense of moderate tobacco use argues that nicotine brings calm, creativity, and resilience. It cites Edison, Napoleon, Columbus, Browning, and Tennyson as examples, defending nicotine against reformers and noting tobacco's historical influence on culture and thought.
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Chicago Journal
Vanity Fair
Science
Nicotine
Tennyson
Carlyle
Edison
Napoleon the Great
Moscow
St. Helena
Columbus
New World
Anthony Comstock
Omar
Robert Browning
Browning
The Superfluous Man in Census and War Talk
A Harper's Weekly piece by John G. Saxe cites census figures showing millions of bachelors and spinsters in the United States. It argues marriage remains common despite a large unmarried population and notes small divorce rates amid wartime implications for bachelor soldiers.
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Harper's Weekly
John G. Saxe
War Department
United States
Hawaii
Bureau
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
California
Census Bureau
America
History Rewritten in New York Sun Parody
A whimsical piece imitates Cortes and Xerxes in a mock history scene. Cortes muses on his first sight of the Praeific, then jokes about silent peaks and absent-minded thoughts. The satire shifts to Xerxes reacting to a failing sea and a comic lash of irons, ending with a playful misfire.
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New York
Cortes
Darien
Senora Cortes
Navy reports shifted view on Puerto Cabello in Venezuela
Aug 16 dispatches confirm Puerto Cabello remains quiet with Castro forces, while Topeka sails to Curacao for coal and stores and will return. Cincinnati reaches Laguayra, and a blockade is said to be effective only at Ciudad Bolivar with foreign nationals treated courteously.
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Washington
Navy Department
John A. Nickels
Topeka
Puerto Cabello
Darling
Nickels
Curacao
Castro
Cincinnati
Barcelona
Laguayras
McLean
United States
Caracas
Department of State
Carupano
Cano Colorado
Guiria
Ciudad Bolivar
Bowen
Orinoco
Ciudad Bolvar
Asphalt Company
Foreign Warships Agree to Protect Foreign Quarters
A Caracas dispatch says the German cruiser Falke the US gunboat Topeka and the Dutch gunboat Suriname have arranged with Puerto Cabello’s commandant that if the town falls to revolutionists the forts will not fire on areas where foreigners’ property lies, a 24 hour bombardment notice will be given and ships may embark or land guards for protection.
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Berlin
Caracas
Venezuela
Falke
United States
Topeka
Suriname
Puerto Cabello
All Quiet at Puerto Cabello in Venezuela
Puerto Cabello reports no capture or attack after a marauding party looted Ban Estaban and tried to move cattle toward Patanemo. Outposts fired, return fire was desultory from long range. two hours of firing produced no casualties and no damage to the city. Quiet has prevailed since.
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Puerto Cabello
Venezuela
Ban Estaban
Patanemo
Marietta Heads to Cumana After Leave from Laguayra
Willemstad dated Aug 16 reports the U S gunboat Marietta leaving Laguayra for Cumana in Bermudez Venezuela to protect American interests amid regional tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willemstad
Island of Curacao
United States
Marietta
Laguayra
Cumana
Why They Felope A Social Fad In Modern Weddings
New York Evening Post notes a rising trend of runaway marriages propelled by decisive brides and grooms seeking to escape parental interference. It contrasts the lavish, chaotic wedding ritual with romantic possibilities, arguing the modern ceremony could be simplified while a groom acts as a ceremonial figurehead.
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New York Evening Post
Jenkins
Papa
Portrait of Rudyard Kipling Featured in Washington Post
The Burne-Jones painting The Vampire drew keen attention as Rudyard Kipling inspired his rag and bone poem. The artist sent two other works including Kipling’s portrait and a Trilby type engineer girl portrait linked to Du Maurier, with Kipling’s image seen as a defining feature.
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Washington Post
Burne-Jones
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
du Maurier
Rudyardling
The Vampire painting captures a famed author at work
A striking portrait titled The Vampire portrays a renowned author in profile at a writing table in a library surrounded by books and papers. A wall portrait of a modern battleship decorates the scene, with shelves showing highly readable book titles despite sparse brushwork that reveals crosswarp on the canvas.
Elia W. Potter on the Lummis Desert Colony in Arroyo
The Chicago Tribune profile describes Charles Fletcher Lummis and his Mojave household at Arroyo with a sister colony of three families. The long redwood hall, Indian servants, and a Spanish dinner create a vivid, ceremonial atmosphere. Lummis’s unconventional life, love of science, art, and culture, and his plan for a highway reflect his defiance of modern speed and conformity.
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Elia W. Potter
Chicago Tribune
Ike
Sycamore Court
Amercan
New York
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
John Muir
Henry Reardon
Lummis
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Eru
Cows and Their Likes Distract Summer Boarder on Farm
In a New York Tribune tale a milkmaid explains cow behavior to a curious summer boarder. She notes cows admire horses, tolerate hogs, hate sheep, dislike dogs, and feel confident with a cow and calf. The boarder ponders human nature as he reflects on ranch life.
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New York Tribune
Uncle Russell’s Example in New York Youth Tale
Philadelphia Times notes Uncle Russell Sage told New York young men the life of a man who refused many worldly perks despite having wealth. The piece casts him as a cautionary figure rather than a model, warning that readers may see him as a horrible example.
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Philadelphia Times
Russell Sage
New York
Uncle Russ
Express agent robbed and held while $28,000 conspiracy alleged
Owensboro dispatch reports J W Boatner, Memphis native, arrested in Irvington after a $28,000 shipment to Fordsville vanished. J C Schutzbaum, Fordsville agent, held at Falls of Rough. Boatner claims robbery and kidnaping by three men, while authorities suspect a planned fraud involving American Express money and shipper Beamer.
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Louisville
the Times
Owensboro
American Express Company
Fordsville
J. W. Boatner
Irvington
J. C. Schutzbaum
Falls of Rough
Memphis
Memphis, Tenn
Deathfield
Boatner
Express
Beamer
J. H. Boatner
Danville
Burch
Express Office
Illinois Central
Boamer
Mr. Hogins
St. Louis
South America
Funeral of Li Hung Chang in Peking to Anhui tomb
Thousands gather as Li Hung Chang's coffin is laid in state at his private residence in Peking. A pagoda of silk, a white cock, hawks and camels accompany the procession to Tang-Chou. Emperial gifts, umbrellas, religious detachments, and the Li family mourners follow as Yuan Shih Kai soldiers guard the bier. The body will rest in Anhui before burial next year due to an unlucky south-facing grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Anhhul
Nowers
Tang-Chou
Sun Chung Tang
Anhui
China
Yuan Shih Kai
Li Ching Fang
Li Ching Mai Hoth
Li Ching Mai
Prince Chun
Belt with St Swithin attachment Draws Umbrella Joke
A Philadelphia haberdasher demonstrates a belt with a loop to hold an umbrella through a St Swithin day joke. The salesman explains you can thread the curved handle through the loop to have the umbrella hang at your side, a comic tip for rainy weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
George
St. Swithin’s
Chestnut Street
Pie as the chief blessing of civilization
A satirical defense of dried apple pie and the lunch habits of the era. Letters to the Sun praise pie as a moral and civilizing force, quelling critiques like Mr. Goodwin’s crackers and milk lunch. The discourse extols pie’s virtues and mocks pie detractors.
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New York Sun
Judas Priest
the Sun
Goodwin
New York
Murray
Massachusetts
Persis
Brownrigg
Seo
Mr. Goodwin
Spartanburg Spartan
Simon
Cedarhurst
Books for Children in the Library Field
Chicago Evening Post notes many women entering library work and the unique role of the children's librarian. It emphasizes need for broad learning and child psychology, plus Egyptology knowledge for engaging older youths with themed programs using maps, photos, and artifacts to stimulate discussion.
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Carnegie
Egypt
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Dardanelles
Chicago
Comana
For Protection of
Comena
Charles F. Lummis
Uncle Russell
North China Herald
Mrs. Austin
DR. Lipes
Lipes
Lug Lipes
Stevenson Building
Indianapolis
Chicago Evening Post
Paul Fl. Krauss
East Washington St
Sewners
You Geez
John Burroughs
Rhine
Baltimore Herald
Enija
Wulschmer
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