Street Hucksters Move Through New York’s Markets
A detailed portrait of New York street life shows hucksters selling fish vegetables fruit and miscellaneous items from carts and stands. Newsboys, flower sellers, and old clothes traders form a vast, varied, and hardworking street economy with daily battles for survival and occasional windfalls from major news events.
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New York
Sumer
Lower Bradway
Fourteenth Street
Grand Street
Beavery
New York Newsboys
Ward
Jadine
Shaler
Senate Committee
Wich
City Hall Square
Mary the street vendor captivates male passengers
A New York Sun remark notes Mary, a sixteen year old brunette, as a popular street vendor aboard a ship or train. She is described as the favorite among male passengers and selling more papers than any other vendor in the city.
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Mary
New York Sun
Hare in the Moon Legend of Self Sacrifice
The article describes a Hindu legend tied to the moon visible patch resembling a hare. A Brahmin begs alms from four animals including a hare who offers his flesh in a test of faith. The god Sakkha then places the hare’s form in the moon, illustrating the virtue of self sacrifice.
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Sakkha
The Riddle of the Sphinx Unearthed by Egyptian Excavation
The Sphinx, a colossal leonine statue with a human head, is being dug from desert sands after a January start spurred by M Maspero. Scholars date the monument to more than 45 centuries before Christ and consider it the oldest in the world, promising further discoveries as it is revealed.
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M. Maspero
Department of Antiquities
Egypt
Thothmes IV
Land of the Nile
A Terrible Mesmerist and the Hazards of Hypnotism
Londoners resist popular mesmeric shows while Milan reports show Signor Donato causing many susceptible people to end in lunatic asylums. Doctors intervened to halt the profitable performances. The piece cautions that hypnotism is not entirely pleasant and should be avoided.
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Milan
Signor Donato
Donto
Vienna
Investors in New York Property
A New York letter to the Troy Timea claims Louis Philippe heavily invested in New York real estate before 1848. His agent John Lafarge bought Broadway property once known as the old Winter Garden theatre, later the Lafarge house, then Southern hotel, and Grand Central, famed for Colonel James Fisk Jr’s assassination. It notes other foreigners like the Duke of Wellington investing in corner Broadway Canal Street plots, with a building lot funded by the Waterloo hero’s money.
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New York
Troy Timea
Louis Philippe
John Lafarge
Broadway
Winter Garden Theatre
Lafarge House
William E. Burton
Grand Central
James Fisk, Jr
Old Duke of Wellington
Canal Street
Waterloo
A Snake-Hunting Bulldog in Newburg Report
A bulldog in Newburg New York hunted and killed a six foot three inch black snake on Marlborough Mountain near Fostertown. The snake’s stomach yielded three large chipmunks after the dog’s strike. The dog, trained to kill snakes, has reportedly killed other large black snakes and copperheads. The dog’s injuries from rocks were treated with mud and it survived.
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Newburg
N. Y
Marlborough
Fostertown
New York Times
KEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN
Fashion notes describe silk mitts parasols silk gloves and net veils traveling costumes and new dress sleeves. Profiles include Mrs. Rosella Scroggins of Gainesville claims old age and Princess of Wales playful dog ownership.
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Rosella Scroggins
Gainsville
Princesses of Wales
Princess of Wales
Cleveland Galaxinia
White House
Grandia Jordan
Viola
Chicago
Tall Pay Director Causes Hilarious Opera Seating Scene
Pay Director Murray of the United States Navy, towering at six feet six, drew laughter at Paris Grand Opera House when a tiny Frenchman behind him demanded he sit down. Murray calmly observed, then stood upright, prompting the aggressor to retreat in embarrassment.
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Murray
United States Navy
Paris
Grand Opera House
Sair
A Seaside Sketch at Cape May
An old seaside scene at Cape May features a maid and a man who questions her from the shore. The maid offers evasive replies and the man presses for conversation, persists despite being floored by her answers, and maintains an earnest if clumsy attempt to keep chatting.
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Old Cape May
Washington society season opens amid ceremonial life
A Washington letter outlines a social cycle with official, quasi official, and private circles. Returns of officials after summer, card exchanges, and New Year receptions mark a busy season from October through spring amid Court, Cabinet, Senate, and diplomatic corps. A separate Sunset Railway shootout in Texas ends with two lawmen wounded and Mexican suspects killed.
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Capital
Washington
Philadelphia Times
Treasury
War
Navy
Interior
House of Representatives
Army
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Foreign Diplomatic Corps
Department of State
Secretary of State
United States
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court of the
Congress
Struck by a Meteor in St James’s Park
A well known public official walking from St James’s Park to Pall Mall was struck on the right shoulder at 4 45 on Saturday afternoon. He felt a sharp crackling sensation and saw no assailant. His coat showed a long flattened nap as if from a hot wire. The incident is explained as a meteor explosion.
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St. James's Park
Pall Mall
Marlborough House
London Times
Goat flesh praised as occasional delicacy in a London feature
The London Standard humorously reviews goat meat as an occasional change of food. It notes goat skins for gloves, Morocco leather from goats, and calls kid meat “admirable” when properly dressed, though rarely tested outside Italy or Spain. It compares goat to mutton and veal and cites varied global tastes.
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England
London Standard
Morocco
Muley Hassan
Wales
Italy
Spain
The Liver and a Pleasant Patent Remedy Promise
The article extols the liver as the body's largest secreting organ and lauds Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal cure for liver related ailments and many other disorders. It also notes a Texas cattle venture and a Rochester book offer with sample issues and discounts.
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Hostetter
Texas
Red Star Cough Cure and Cod Liver Oil Ad Claim
Prof Chas P Williams says Red Star Cough Cure contains no morphia opium or minerals and costs twenty five cents per bottle. The ad touts Cod Liver Oil as pure sweet and best from Caswell Hazard Co New York. Also promotes Kilmer s Indian Cough Cure at 25 cents with warnings for cough croup and throat issues.
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Chas. P. Williams
Philadelphia
Yale Prize Awarded for English Composition
A Chinaman won the prize for English composition at Yale, as noted in despatches from the university.
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Yale
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Hare In the Moon
the Sphinx
Kentucky
Ludwig
Buckingham
California
Cleveland
Ashton, Dak
Louisville
Society IN
Sunset
Little Way
Cline
Uvalve
Baylor
Nimmo
Oen
Desperado
Jay
Rochester
Law
Poultry Yard
Universal
C. R. Parsons
Rupa. Home Co
Sco III
Scovill
Piso
Abie
Hood
Bond
L. L. Linsey
Bugbee House
Putnam
Asa Erne
South Bend
Ind
Lowall
Masa
Fo Cichanien
Cotta
Hagerstown
George W. Harris
St. Jacobs
Nature
Atlantic
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Ovina Res
Plall
Ayer
Buffalo
America
Tlomewood
Pegn
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Sanford
MaxForo
Sanford’s Cincer
Dragagiste
SaNxrorp
Cincer
Marilin
Baluaid Gallery
Marlin Fire Arms CO
New Haven
Conn
John B. Gough
Mr. Gough
Lyman Abott
Ezra
A. BD
Worthington & CO
Marfferd
Avanos
Bein Bros. 4&Co
Newark
N. J
Kilmer
Caturrich
Kennedy
Kumer
Pistensaky
Binghwitton
N.Y
Lighthooe Hoster
Beeson
Artma
WM. Dreydoppel
North Frontst
Sison
Powcr Mills
Aisolars
Easton
Pas
Saland
A. L. Speirs
North Windham
Maine
Organa
GEO
Patne & WO
W. Meares
Ames Hasley
Madison, Ark
Howe
Saine Norse Book
Feonard
City
Ieee
Stesal Bevin
Froin Ae
Weatien
Breas Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Murphy Bros
A. L. Smith
Drupgise
Mermanderen
Leonard St
Root
Pearl Bt
New Yorks
Ite Merita
Elbel & CO
Canton
Iuman
I. Bohiffman
St. Paw
J. C. Hoffma
Jefferson
Wiscons
Axle Frazer ceeAst
Dr. OP & CO
Louise A
Hurston
Adarom
P. Gerok'ld
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