Life in Cuba described by Mary B Stacy in From American Jewess
The writer portrays Havana and Cuban life with observations on homes, fashion, social customs, and daily routines. She notes open courtyards, barred windows, cane and willow furniture, infrequent walking due to narrow filthy sidewalks, and the coffee culture. She comments on gender roles, hospitality, and the perceived rigidity of women, closing with reflective poetry.
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Cuba
Mary B. Stacy
New York Recorder
Havana
Adam
States
Cupid
The Poesia of Raphael in Benn Academy Tribute
Alfred W. Benn cites Raphael as a muse unlike Musset an angel who eases sorrow and renews April promises amid autumn’s decay in a measured Academy tribute.
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Musset
Alfred W. Benn
Academy
A Look at Eternity Gladstone on Bible and Infinity
Right Hon. Gladstone in North American Review reflects on eternity as an immeasurable expansion of time and the Bible’s treatment of future life. He notes the difficulty of grasping immense numbers, argues against time as a fixed measure of eternity, and surveys how Scripture uses imagery of reunion with deity and varying depictions of the wicked.
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Diety
Gladstone
North American Review
Fanned by a Snake Shows Tricks and Houseguard Catlike
C T Buckman of Visalia recounts a bullsnake he kept as a pet for five years. He trained the snake to dance coil and wave a fan to repel flies and mice. The animal proved useful around the cabin but died after swallowing a live mouse and choking.
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C. T. Buckman
Visalia
Dirk
San Francisco
Ancient Athenian coins and a Spartan ironage tale
The text compares Attic drachmas with other coinage and recounts Plutarch's tale of Glippus bribery in Sparta. It notes the owl on the Attic reverse and a mythic archaism, then describes Spartan reaction including hot iron coinage to deter forgery and a Solon law from 600 B C on coin forging.
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Athene
Plutarch
Lysander
Glippus
Sparta
Ephors
Solon
B. C
Brooklyn Eagle
Fair Rosamond's Bower and ancient English labyrinths
The article notes Henry III and Woolstock as early sites for a garden and its famed maze the bower of Fair Rosamond. It traces labyrinths to ancient times, cites early forms cut in ground, and mentions Saffron Walden and Dorsetshire as notable historic examples like Troy Town or Julian's Bower.
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Henry III
Woolstock
Henry
Rosamond
England
Saffron Walden
Camden
Dorsetshire
Troy Town
Julian's Bower
Musk Ox Heads Most Expensive Mounted Game Trophy
The musk ox head tops mounted game prices. buffalo heads range 150 to 500 dollars with 250 often good, 500 exceptional. Prices rose over 15 years due to buffalo scarcity. wood buffalo of British North America are smaller, plentiful but declining. Musk ox heads fetch 800 and up, one valued at 750 in New York.
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United States
Great Slave Lake
British North America
New York Sun
Master Tommy and the medicine scene in London Tit
A fragment shows a mother urging her child to take prescribed medicine while the boy resists. The dialogue emphasizes reluctance and determination in a domestic setting, reflecting a child’s resistance to medical treatment.
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Tommy
Aslee
London
Man in Nine Year Sleep Allegedly Awaits Awakening
In Shanokin Pa a farm watchman Michael Fernan has slept for over nine years after a morning return from night duty. Despite electric shocks ice baths and needles no wakefulness occurred. His wife cared for him and farmed while children died. Doctors expect a possible brain water condition and an operation may be performed with risk of madness. The Baltimore American notes the case alongside a brief NY street paving fact from 1858.
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Nickelson Tunnel
Shanokin
Rip van Winkle
Michael Fernan
Mr. Fernan
Nicholson Tunnel
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R
Fernan
Medical Commission
Mike
Baltimore American
Prompt relief for bilious colic with Chamberlain remedy
This notice promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as effective for bilious colic attacks and even preventative use at first symptoms. It notes 25 and 50 cent bottle sizes and lists Wheat Drug Company as the seller.
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Wheat Drug Company
What Becomes of Ships That Sink in the Ocean
The text explains shipwrecks in deep water: wooden vessels sink slowly to the sea bottom, while iron ships sink faster and may smash on impact. Once submerged they become reefs for ocean life, covered in slime and burrowed by corals, sponges, and barnacles. Gold and platinum resist decay. gold remains gold, inspiring treasure hunts.
Irish Observations in a Local Paper and Milieu
A collection of short Irish vignettes and malapropisms highlights a poor Irishman selling a sauce pan for money to buy a tool, an invalid returning from travel claiming renewed self, and a lodging notice warning Patrick O Connor to settle rent or be advertised. A Card of public opinion closes with a cheer for equal regard of men.
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Patrick O'Connor
Irish Hustler Brings Two Horses to Door
An Irish hustler saddled both unfamiliar horses in the traveler’s stalls to avoid seeming ignorant. The traveler identified his horse saying that one was his while noting he did not know which belonged to the other man.
Homemade Fly Paper From Glue And Molasses Mixture
A simple method to trap flies involves boiling equal weights of glue and molasses. Spread the hot mixture on heavy paper with a knife and place sheets in each room to capture flies within a day.
The Weapons Barroom Duel Over Checkers
In a New York Sunday Journal tale a tall rough man with red nose storms into a barroom. He challenges a blue eyed youth, then sizes him up before they sit to a quiet checkers game.
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N. Y
Mirage Rainstorms Over Colorado Desert Described
The Kansas City Star reports on desert rainstorms where rain falls from clouds yet evaporates in hot dry air, leaving no drops on the ground. These spectacles occur under shade temperatures that can reach 128 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Colorado Desert
Kansas City Star
Monticello man touts liver regulator use over six years
J P Hickmann of Monticello Georgia says Simmons Liver Regulator kept his family healthy for six years with no doctor needed. He notes five children are very healthy and attributes this to the product.
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J. P. Hickmann
Monticello
Simmons Liver Regulator
Family chat sparks breach of promise taunt
In a London Tit-Bits fragment Enfant Terrible corners Young Spriggs with a playful interrogative about Sister Annie sitting on his lap. Spriggs denies schemes as the child presses on with a sharp retort about softness and proof in a teasesome domestic scene.
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Enfant Terrible
Annie
Spriggs
London
Times Job Department Prints Quality Stationery
When you need any letter heads bill heads note heads envelopes business cards statements or any ink printing the Times Job Department under an experienced mechanic offers work that compares with the best offices in Virginia Prices are reasonable Give us a call.
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Times
Virginia
Postpone Our Silver Wedding to Celebrate a Golden One
Prof Say suggests delaying the silver wedding and marking a future golden wedding instead. Anna worries about disrupting her work and the timing of their celebrations.
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Anna
Traxs Office Showcases New Printing Type
Nothing but the very best of job printing at the Traxs office. Call and see latest specimens of new type.
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Traxs
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F. E. Chatard
Bek
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W. S
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Macon
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Poesia
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Deadly Fend
H. W. Clowe, Jr
H.W. Clowe, JR
Orrick
Braddock Street
Franck
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Franck Baker
Mitchel Knight
D. D
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Masonic Temple
Taylor Hotel
A.*. Tavenner
Bantz Building
Jas. P. Whitacre
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Cecate F. Nelson
Court House Avenue
Floemes Boyd, JR
Maj
Holmes Conrad
Richard E. Byrd
Frederick Clarke
West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals
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Robert M. Ward
Frederick
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Cameron Hall
Jno
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Kiger Bros
Ikstak
Fannie C. Brown
Virginia State Fire Insurance CO
Richmond
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
West Waterst
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Earth
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