Government vows. baggage checks praised amid criticism
Assistant Secretary Spaulding defended New York baggage examinations, saying no official dissatisfaction exists though press and correspondents complain rules block friends from docks. He cited revenue protection and smuggling halts, approving steps to ease traveler discomfort while promising remedies if faults are found. A separate anecdote follows of a man’s boorish pursuit of a woman, interrupted by a swift street confrontation.
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Washington
Port of
New York
Spaulding
How Mrs. Stowe Worked
Boston Transcript reviews Mrs. Stowe life and letters edited by Mrs. Fields. It highlights her courage in defending fugitive slave rights, her struggle against Northern apathy, and her belief that writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin aimed to awaken moral action.
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Boston Transcript
Brunswick
Boston
New England
Canada
Tolstoi
Berny
Speel
The Mashing Plague in Broadway Street Life
A March article laments vile street harassment by men toward women in metropolitan avenues. It condemns the practice as a national disgrace, urging swift action and public shaming to curb the persistent behavior by all ages and appearances.
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Mer
Ainslee
S. Ing
Broadway
America
Birds Must Come Off in New Jersey Hats Under New Law
New Jersey considers Senate bill No. 7 to ban wearing or possessing bird plumage on hats. The Audubon Society backs the act, which would imprison violators or fine them for each bird or plumage portion worn or kept. It targets decorative hat plumage from species such as bobolink, dove, robin, jay, and others.
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New York
Agaun
New Jersey
Senator Cross
Union County
Audubon Society
State Game and Fish Commission
Game Commission
Cross
Whic
Pennsylvania
Jersey
Gna
Senate Committee On Fish and Game
Ree
P. S
Bella
Paper Collectors and the Curious World of Paper
A New York Evening Post piece surveys eccentric paper collecting and the global paper trade. It notes materials from rags to hemp, Chinese bamboo papers used for official documents, fireproof papers of asbestos or vegetable fiber, and Manila hemp sheets that bear 300 pounds. It highlights a Jersey City editor with hundreds of Chinese samples and a US oddity book printed with varied inks and textures, now a literary curiosity.
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New York Evening Post
Korea
China
Burmah
Siam
India
Egypt
Nanking
Jersey City
England
United States
Fragmented meditation on faith and silence in democracy
A fragmentary meditation asks why God remains silent and distant while addressing the themes of faith, nirvana, and the meaning of life. The text questions whether life aims to dissolve back into a cosmic unity and escape earthly existence.
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God
Selfridges in the Navy Four generations in service rise in 19th century lineage
Atlanta Constitution notes the Selfridge family extending naval service with four members across generations. It traces Rear Admiral T O Selfridge Sr born 1800s, his son Thomas O Selfridge Jr, and grandson adding another cadet from Annapolis, highlighting Civil War actions at the Cumberland and Conestoga, plus later duties and a lighthouse inspector.
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Atlanta Constitution
McKinley
Naval Academy
Selfridge
Navy
Victoria
Thomas Oliver Selfridge
Jefferson
Washington
John Adams
Decatur
Perry
Bainbridge
Preble
Napoleon
Nelson
Lord Pitt
St. Helena
Trafalgar
Mexico
Charlestown
Mare Island
Providence
Army
T. O. Selfridge, Jr
Thomas ©. Selfridge, Jr
A. O. Selfridge, Jr
Annapolis
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Cumberland
Selfrtge
Cairo
Yazoo
Osage
Red River
Vindicator
Huron
Fort Fisher
Darien
Japan
Conestoga
J. R. Selfridge
Boston
Massachusetts
Cold storage cats of Pittsburg aim for Manila shipments
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph reports a unique breed of cold storage cats developed to control rats in Manila's new depot. Through gradual exposure to subfreezing temperatures, these white, long furred felines adapted to cold rooms, thriving where ordinary cats fail. Union Storage Company maintains fifteen to thirty cats across five warehouses, feeding them milk and meat weekly and shipping them in boxes between sites.
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Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
Pittsburg
Philippines
Manila
Union Storage Company
Books and the Queen in London Mail account
Mrs. Oliphant and other writers note that the Queen gave literature little formal recognition while enjoying novels by Dickens Austen Trollope and Kipling. Early favorites included The Dairyman's Daughter and Nelson biographies. She met Carlyle Browning and Tennyson, praised In Memoriam, and honored literateurs like Lord Tennyson Besant and Martin. Macaulay and Morcater Milies were peers, Beaconsfield eclipsed Disraeli.
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London Mail
Darwin
Ike Darwin
Legh Richmond
Southey
Nelson
Duke of Northumberland
Macaulay
Sir Walter Scott
Her
Antiquary
Talisman
Peveril
the Peak
Highlands
Jane Austen
Charles Kingsley
Anthony Trollope
Thackeray
Dickens
the Brontes
Edna Lyall
X. L. Stevenson
Rudyard Kipling
Rider
Lord Tennyson
Lady Tennyson
Lewis Morris
Walter Besant
Theodore Martin
Literatore
Morcater Milies
Lord Beaconsfield
Statesman
Benjamin Disraeli
The Decay of Manners in American Life
John Gilmer Speed reviews social etiquette in America. He notes the East fashioning rude manners spreading to the West and South, while praising plain people for their honesty and kindness despite lacking courtly social arts. The piece contrasts regional behavior and laments vulgarity spreading from urban centers.
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John Gilmer Speed
Ainslee
America
The Pom-Pom in the South African War
Capt E L Zolinski explains the one pounder automatic gun known as the pom-pom. It uses a looped belt to fire one pound shells with internal recoil, enabling extended firing without moving the carriage. Boers avoided open combat and gas clouds limited exposure. experts soon called the weapon a major surprise and troublesome to British artillery.
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E. L. Zolinski
Cassier
To the would-be singer Home Magazine advice for voice care
This passage offers practical guidance for aspiring vocalists, stressing daily practice, breathing technique, and vocal hygiene. It critiques common faults like nanny-goat tremolo, recommends imitating great artists, and warns against overreliance on costly coaches. It emphasizes discipline, proper lifestyle, and sensible training as keys to developing a strong, lasting voice.
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Home Magazine
Leo Kofler
New York
Moses
New York’s star woman lawyer Lavinia Lally profiled
Lavinia Lally, a New York lawyer, is described as the city’s most luxurious, highly visible female attorney. The piece quotes male peers who doubt women can hold court, noting her looks, briefs, and civil practice while doubting long-term courtroom respect from the bar and Criminal Courts building officers.
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New York Evening Sun
Lavinia Lally
New York
Sawyer
Criminal Courts
Expansion or Death in Brooks Adams’s Atlantic essay
In Brooks Adams’s Atlantic Monthly piece the United States expands its administrative mass as it consolidates power. The author argues that growth must simplify and cheapen governance to a limit where mass economy halts, akin to how the Roman Empire stalled despite ceaseless expansion and cultural strain.
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Brooks Adams
Atlantic Monthly
United States
Husley's Vast Reading
John Fiske notes in the Atlantic that Huxley read broadly across history, politics, metaphysics, poetry, novels, and science, yet argues that no great scientist gains knowledge from books alone. Huxley’s vast grasp of the animal kingdom was not built on the work of earlier naturalists, and his reading reflects a wide, nontechnical breadth.
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John Fiske
Atlantic
Huxley
Ae Baer
Dorty
Clertyman
Kinxley
Meesty
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