Master and the Man in Morning Routines and Rival Voices
In a brisk domestic vignette, Young Van Bibber preps for a new day with his valet Williams, who notes Van Bibber’s thinning hair and choreographing his morning. The pair exchange barbed humor about servants, dinner plans on Sixty fifth street, and the idiosyncrasies of American masters, while Williams manages letters, papers, and errands as Van Bibber paces through early hours and reflections on health and status. The scene ends with Van Bibber dismissing a persistent florist and planning a Brooklyn supper, as they surface the tension between master and servant.
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van Bibber
Williams
Tait
van Biuber
van Bibver
William
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Cross Bridge
Demen
Frye
Dow
Sixty-fifth Street
Boston
New York Evening Sun
Electrical Goose Sews through Blue Jean Wrinkles in Minneapolis
An odd device dubbed the electrical goose from Minneapolis smooths wrinkles in blue jean overalls. It uses a live overhead line and a slack insulated wire to feed garments to a bench operator who grip s the cloth and prepares it for the worker, described as a remarkable invention.
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Minneapolis
York Telegram
Loves of the Birds and Human Like Courtship
A Detroit News feature contrasts animal mating rituals with human behavior, detailing tame and wild ducks in New York, a bold migrating drake, and rival suitors. It draws parallels to tribals and European customs, noting male dominance, pursuit, and the bonding finalizing the union.
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New York
Berlin Gardens
Tudiy
Min
Europe
Hill and Dale
Detroit News
Seals and Salt Lake proposals spark debate on fur trade
The Alaska seal catching issue dominates discussion among trade readers. Proposals include preserving St Paul and St John as breeding grounds, banning intrusion, or raising seals near Salt Lake. The debate notes unfamiliarity with the business and contrasts with shad and blue fish knowledge.
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Salt Lake
Alaska
St. Paul
St. John
Hatier and Ferrier
The Mole Eye Debate and Glass Roofs in a 19th Century Voice
An exploration by Carl Hess concludes the mole eye is capable of sight though tiny, matching mammalian vision in refraction. A proposed glass roof garden offers sunlit play space with a rooftop swimming tank, praised for children’s recreation. A Fatherly admonition urges steady work, noting the danger of inactivity and late hours.
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Carl Hess
Radyi
Hess
Foreign Progress in Inventions in France Patents
Foreign progress in inventions shows France granting 5,633 patents in 1854 and 3,660 in 188? The figures appear garbled but indicate a decline in patent grants. The text references Birch and monetary units, mentioning pounds and valuation in dollars, with unclear ties to London and Lisbon contexts.
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France
Belinn
The Quadrille and Waltz Through The Ages
Reader interest spans poetry on sorrow and faith to dance history. Lena Cole laments words and wounds while tracing hope in prayer. Eugene Field promotes the waltz’s revival and contrasts it with the quadrille as a flirtatious, social dance in loss of dialogue.
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Cain
Figaro
Sterr Sunderland
Anon
Phal
Eugene Field
Paris Figaro
Johann Strauss
London
Chicaro News
de Quincey
Oxford
Swift
Carpet firm slashes stock in two week sale
After five weeks of stock taking Carpets Etc offers deep reductions to clear remnants and short lengths across departments. Discounts include forty inch colored silk warp Henrietta at 68 cents a yard and French and Wool serges at 48 cents. One of combination dress robes priced at 6.50, down from 16.00.
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Henrietta
Hamburg
Rather Discouraging Boarding Terms and Old Theatre Notes
A quirky excerpt notes a boarding house inquiry with cash terms of ten to fifteen dollars weekly and a guest list question about reductions for longer stays. It also surveys Old Grecian theatres with an outer wall semicircle and an inner orchestra, plus a Quincey and Swift remark on conversational tendencies and travel aversions.
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Sim
New York Weekly
New York Journal. Se
Railroads in Connecticut and a Duel in Pest
A fragment discusses Connecticut railroads praising its extensive system, claiming travel within the state covers vast distances without crossing borders. It also mentions a duel in Pest with two men facing six shots each, where neither hit the other, noted in Harper's Bazaar.
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Connecticut
Philadelphia
Luda Pesth
Sbandohett
All Remnants at Half Price Cloaks Sale
All remnants offered at half price including thirty two inch printed China Silks 75 cents and Lonsdale Muslin 74 cents. About $8,000 worth of ladies girls and children's cloaks described as best styles. Limited fitting possible with cloaks priced at a third of elsewhere. All wool extra super.
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Lonsdale
Carpet sale announces lowest prices yet on first class carpets
Ingrain Carpets priced at fifty cents, Extra quality Tapestry Brussels at fifty five cents, Best Body Brussels at ninety five cents. The advertisement proclaims these as the lowest prices ever made on strictly first class carpets.
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Diarlond Furniture CO
Mason Emery
Brussels
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Ruskin
Mors Claviga
Wineter'Garden
Charles Kean
Ellen Tree
Henry VIII
Ann Balle
New York Tribune
Bac Menney
Maine
Congress
Jones G. Blaine
Brown
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Plaisted
William . Brown
Bangor
Harris M. Plaisted
Gish
New Age
Augusta
General Pluisted
William H. Brown Brown
Ann Wagren & Co
Dwimpers
Srysodys Business Obgdis Business
W. H. Pickett & Co
Sors
Li A.damieson & Co
Heavy and Shell Vantwaty
GIL Yeu
Sherman
Dowett
Steve
Syracuse
Rate
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Tl Harper's Bazar
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Ingrain
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