Constantinople Scenes and Peddlers of All Sorts Observed
In Constantinople the fez and baggy trousers mark locals as Turkish law requires wear. Streets and bazaars are crooked and crowded with dogs that roam districts, while peddlers carry fruit and water on trays and old-style scales balance weights. Carpenters use bow-driven lathes, and sellers haggle over high prices as shoppers inspect goods.
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America
Constantinople
Carpenter Shop
Detroit Free Press
Independent Career Guidance and Power of Preparation
Secreter of Power-Webster stresses two guides for any independent career ambition natural ambition and ability. He warns against attempting a line without drill and daily practice, citing Roscoe Conkling and Dickens on steady hard work. The piece argues success comes from preparation, continuous study, and disciplined editing rather than spontaneity.
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Webster
Roscoe Conkling
Seville
de Bete
Tayue
Dickens
M. Maurice, M. D
Globe-Democrat
Persian wine jars age with the wine and hold court in Teheran
Thomas Stevens notes in the New York Sun that in Teheran a house hosts three large ancient wine jars, each about 35 gallons, used for centuries. Persians believe older jars improve wine, and vice versa. The scene contrasts public prohibition with secret drinking among the upper class and clerics, who vote for quiet wine diplomacy during season.
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Persia
Teeran
Persian Telegraph Department
Flo
Thomas Stevens
New York Sun
Flour dust dangers in mills warned by editor
The Milling World cautions millers that flour dust is explosively dangerous and urges care with lights in dust filled bins or rooms. A recent incident shows a curious youth bringing an uncovered light into a dusty area, nearly causing a dust explosion.
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Scientific American
Superstition Among Sporting Men in Chicago
A Chicago Tribune item recalls a gambler riding a street car alone. He hands the conductor a dime and asks to take two fares, claiming a lone ride brings bad luck. The conductor explains the superstition that a traveler cannot gamble with a lone hand, preferring company to avoid misfortune.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Formidable Dog Salmon of California Streams
The dog or bull salmon of California streams is described as having formidable teeth with a backward curve on the lower jaw. These teeth can tear flesh and inflict severe wounds. Reportedly they attack horses fording streams, causing ugly leg injuries.
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California
Boston
Busiget
Life in libraries and Cooper Institute visitors
In New York public libraries the Astor and Cooper Institute reveal a human side of study as a solitary man pours over mechanical volumes while visitors browse fashion plates. At Cooper Institute crowds of unemployed and workers fill the reading room seeking work and knowledge, with a separate women’s alcove and a New York Historical Library nearby emphasizing genealogy and history.
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Astor Library
Cooper Institute
Astor
Bohemia
Jostie
Academy of the Immortals
Uospival
Te Sun
Academy
Phillis
New York
Boston
Chicago
Cooper Library
God
New York Historical Library
Smith
Joneses
F. A. Duncka
New York World
W H Foster of the Boston Ideals Reveals Sentiment
W H Foster, manager of the Boston Ideals, expresses surprising sentimentality saying you learn who truly likes you after your mother dies. The remark shows a gentler side behind his public persona.
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W. H. Foster
Boston
Eaters of Indian Hemp Debauch in Methodical Form
A St James Gazette summary describes seasoned hemp eaters fasting before indulgence, then using charged pipes to inhale hashish and partake in a prolonged revel with music, dancing, and coffee. The scene extends for hours or days, followed by fatigue and a return craving weeks later, with hemp houses operating in some regions despite bans.
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Hempcake
Mairie
Syria
St. James
Gazatte
Snake Charmer Ida Jeffreys Recalls Her Start In Show
Ida Jeffreys describes becoming a snake charmer in New York, noting early fascination with snakes from Central Park, a circus background, and her method of calm, gentle handling. She dismisses drugging snakes and recounts buying four six foot anacondas in 1878 and practicing with them.
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Ida Jeffreys
New York
Luse
Central Park
Daina Ajanta
New York World
Prevailing Public Sumptuctuens and Luxuries of Travel
A critique from the Pittsburg Bulletin on lavish public splendor in hotels, cars, and trains. It argues upscale furnishings create social disparity, making homes seem shabby by comparison, and notes the cultural pull toward wealth as a social force.
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Fara
Pittsburg
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