Upon the Riviera Italian Resorts and Winter Capitals
The article tours the Riviera di Levante and reports Sta Margherita and Rapallo as prime coastal bases with strong vegetation, boating, and good hotels. It notes Pisa’s past charm but present dullness, and calls Florence, Rome, and Naples the three winter capitals with Milan and Bologna for arts, Venice for dampness, and Luxuries of libraries and book culture in Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Genoa
Riviera di Levante
Riviera di Ponente
San Remo
Nice
Sta Margherita
Rapallo
Porto Kino
Spezia
Brownings
Figa
Pisa
Italy
Florence
Tuscany
Horace Mann
Smollett
Humphrey Clinker
Shelley
Landor
Byron
Lady Blessington
Baths
Lucca
Leghorn
Viareggio
Vieussieux
Rome
Naples
Turin
Milan
Bologna
Venice
Ouida
Botticelli
Masaccio
Newman
Egypt
Vieuwssieux
England
Philadelphia Times
The Lunatic Cat of Boston Commonwealth
A humorous sketch from the Boston Commonwealth describes a household cat nicknamed the Lunatic. The animal disrupts nights with ear piercing meows and nightly serenades, slipping into the reception room and parlor to claim attention. The piece notes her cleverness, boldness, and habit of calling to wake the household, ending with the cat offered for sale at a bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Kitty
Gabriel
Portiere
Boston Commonwealth
Dangerous Vegetables and the Potatoes That Hurt
A Louis Globe-Democrat piece argues green vegetables and unripe potatoes can be dangerous due to solanine. Cooking may fix fruit but not vegetables, with poisoning cases among soldiers linked to unripe tubers. Potatoes dug early or light-exposed after digging pose health risks and should be stored in darkness.
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Bt Lous Globe- Democrat
An Old Fashioned Gun From Sikkim Described In Calcutta
A primitive yet clever matchlock musket from Sikkim has traveled to Calcutta via battle loot. The device features a long narrow stock, a dual pronged ground rest, and a belt of 512 hollow powder plugs with priming horn. The weapon, though simple, shows ingenuity and usefulness. The article also notes Chinese ghost lore about Yenlo the judge releasing criminals from hades and a ritual burning to honor release.
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Sikkim
Calcutta
Philadelphia Ledger
China
Yenlo
Hem
Cincinnati Enquirer
Dancing as an Art How to dance properly and gracefully says Brady
An early columnist outlines essential dance etiquette and technique. He urges dancers to keep movements from the hips, lead gently in square dances, and maintain rhythm with music. The piece emphasizes grace, practice, confidence for youth, and the healthful benefits of dancing for social ease and self assurance.
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Wall Flower
Teo
Jobe R. Brady
New York Mail and Express
Farmer Plucked by Potatoes Sale at Head River
A Head River farmer shipped sixty sacks of potatoes weighing about 100 pounds to this city. Potatoes sold for forty cents per 100 pounds. freight thirty cents per 109. drayage two cents. commission two cents. six cents for sacks. All proceeds, leaving the farmer with nothing for seed and labor, highlights the harsh realities of rural shipping.
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Head River
Portland Oregonian
Meikong River Journey Described by Ganthier and Pavie
An account read before the Paris Society of Commercial Geography details M. Ganthier and M. Pavie exploring the Meikong from Luang-Prabang toward its mouth. The voyage notes river width, malaria forests, rapids, and towns like Sieng-Cang Nong-Kai and Paklays with Laos trade via Bangkok.
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Meikong River
M. Ganthier
Indo-China
Paris Society of Commercial Geography
M. Pavie
Luang Prabang
Laos
Meikong
M. Paiie
Hanoi
Red River
Tonquin
Luang-Prabang
M. Gauthier
Paklays
Sieng-Cang
Nong-Bai
Nong-Kai
Bangkok
London Times
Eating with the fingers in cultural practice
A Popular Science Monthly note contrasts fingers and forks in dining. It cites a Malay gentleman who views forks similarly to a used teothick and worries about cleanliness from others. He trusts his own hands are clean and unused by anyone else’s mouth.
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Fulton County
Iris
Atlanta Journal
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Riviera
Bobby
Cassar
Rubicon
Harvard Lampest
Bridget
Chicago Tribune
Charles H. Ball
New York
Jack
Paine
Jung
Frans Cano
Eureka
Nevada
Mammoth Testimonia
Well, Richardson &Co
Props
Burlington
Chai Lewis
Uvicanson
Cornish
HOP Plaster Co
Western
Penn'a RR
Pittsbore
Pittsburg
Parker
Tidtonie
Sinpsan
Vineton
Vorgta
Bradford
Kerere Beal Fats. Sammanty
Outh
Carraltan Peuth Yaodalia Jalleghany
AMA MM
Iss. Ard
Passengser
NeSt Exchange
Sueet
Buffal
J. AL
Lefford
Warren
Philadelphia & Erter
Jabtwaid
Westwar Sheffeld
Erie
St. Marya
Erie Mall
Erie Mail
Kane
Erie Nail
Pennsylvania Railroad
Warren Eaatward
Sheffled Express
Shefield
Marya Express
St. Marys
Old Express
Shemlre
Sunbury
Starrisburs
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
I Sham
Philadelpia
Oexm
Bundas
Pidelphia
Williminsport
Warren Express
Sheffield
Ol! Express
Sheffeld
Erie Express
Ohas
F. Pcgti
J. KR. Woo
Fara. Agt
Binder & Johnson
Water Street
Diamond Block
Penn’a
Peter Greenland’s
Episcopal Church
High Street
Hazel
Laural
Peter Greenlund
W. H. Pickett & Co
H. A. Jamieson & Co
Sherman
Dewett
Steve Ranges
Syracuse
Gale
American Saw Co’s
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburgh
Tiankirk
Vredonia
Laona
Chasilua
Sinclairville -Rosa
Falconer
Wood Baclon
Wlatekbon Irving
Youngsville -Pilisbeld
Garland, Ewton
Grand Valley
Titneville
L. 8. & M. Reilrandt
Lake Shore and
Erie Railways
Jamestown
Cradford
Wy Abres
Farndworth
Garfaid
Ridgway
Vanderarift
Garfield
Dunham's Mill
Clarendon
A.D. Wood
Ger
al M
Anager
Tionesta Valley
R. R. Co
North
Tionesta Valley Coaches
Fransworth
Tiona
Markham
Garfold
Jerry Crary
Ayer & Son
Burcoing Philadelp
Chestnut
Highth
Stu
AVE & Son
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