Turbulent World Notes From New York To Turkey
Reports from the Black Hills quartz mills yield large returns while New York City hosts President Hayes reception plans. Turkish and French affairs surface with war memories, plague in Baghdad, Turkish fires, and a critique of the Manhattan Club.
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Manhattan
New York
Blackwood
France
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Constantinople
Hayes
New York City
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
Last Twenty Five Cents Drives Judge to Ruin at Bar
An elderly judge, once respected, pleads for one more drink at a hotel bar then descends into poverty and alcohol. He refuses a doctor’s liquor cure, leaves, seeks more liquor in a dingy saloon, and sinks further after hours of drinking with a corrupt clientele.
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Bagdad
Tigris
Syria
Mesopotamia
Jake
Jane
Mott Street
Trials of Mrs Rogers and a Distressed Family Tale
The narrative narrates Mrs. Rogers recovering with poise as doctors' potions fail, a young sick girl in a Baxter Street tenement dies with her brother at her side, and a sobering court scene follows. A dramatic theft expose and temperance exhortations for mothers conclude the piece with moral warnings.
Effie Deans and her Lover sold for twelve thousand five hundred
Mr. Millais has sold his new picture Effie Deans and her Lover for 12500 dollars apiece to a London buyer. The Athenaeum describes a sorrowful scene by a moss clad wall with Effie leaning over it and a sympathetic dog watching, while the lover stands behind the wall, dressed in a blue coat and white cravat.
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Effie
Underwood
Never touch liquor plan for youths in St Nicholas May
A St Nicholas piece promotes total abstinence for youths, warning of peer pressure to drink. It argues temptation will come and urges a simple plan to avoid alcohol, urging readers to refuse any alcoholic beverage under all circumstances. It also reflects on England's 1873 depression and general caution against hasty speech.
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Temperance Ensign
Backus
England
East
Lawyer and minister wed widow to settle debts
In Boston the impecunious lawyer and the impoverished minister boarded with a widow in the South End. Neither could pay board, so the lawyer married the widow and the minister conducted the ceremony to settle the accounts.
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Boston
Onida fever and a tale of Uncle Zeke in Detroit
A Detroit Free Press fragment recalls Boston culture pretense around the Onida books and a darker tale of Uncle Zeke and Mr Smith at Bellevue. It mixes literary snobbery with a parable about theft, magic handles on a corn crib, and a comic misadventure at night.
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Boston
Nations
Loring
Particul
Longfellow
Onida
Marster
Zeke Neber
Zeke
Ezekiel
Uncle Zeke
Mr. Smith
Bellevue
Mis’ Smith
Smith
Ebery
New York
Simith
Jim Oakly
Gemmen
Pete Lee
Goozleum
Cow Boss Cow Rises Above Herd in Gentle Ruling
A Galaxy excerpt on cow physiognomy likens herd dynamics to human traits. It highlights a dominant boss cow who, despite quiet demeanor, rules through force of will, defending her place against younger rivals and guiding the herd in feeding and movement.
List of social faults to avoid in polite company
A dated catalog lists behaviors considered disrespectful or rude in social settings. Items warn against boisterous laughter, talking while others read, reading aloud unasked, spitting or smoking in doors, nail cutting in company, leaving worship early, whispering in church, staring at strangers, denying seats, showing lack of respect to elders, correcting parents, accepting gifts without gratitude, self glorification, laughing at others, teasing, interrupting, eating first, and failing to listen.
Inverness farmers burn Bismarck effigy in protest
In Strathglass Invernesshire farmers gathered after news of Prince Bismarck’s retirement they burned an effigy of the German chancellor. They dragged a straw filled figure through the mud beat it with sticks and set it ablaze in a large communal fire as onlookers gestured.
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Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Inverness
Highlands
Strathglass
Invernesshire
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