Genoa in Winter: Beauty, Damp Streets, and Price Tricks
Special Correspondence from Genoa describes the city as a winter ruin of marble palaces, rain, and damp streets. Four American girls tour shaded courtyards, admire ancient rooms, and note cold fireless rooms and stiff hospitality while warning travelers to count their change in a seaport famed for price tricks and wary merchants.
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Genoa
Christopher Columbus
Superb
Italy
Napoleon
Geno
Femme de Chambre
Brignole Palace
Biarcas
Beatrices
Tishan
London
Byron
Kate Jordan
A Famous Southern Sight at New Orleans French Market
New Orleans April 29. The French Market in New Orleans, once a bustling row of stalls selling garlic, vegetables, bread and meat, has faded from glory. Traders cite competition from modern groceries, changing tastes, and aging buildings needing sanitation upgrades. Visitors—local women, children, and curious northerners—still linger, but the market’s charm wanes as real estate and railway encroachment threaten its future.
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New Orleans
New
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Kansas City Ghosts and the Santa Fe Spook Tales
A Kansas City Times piece recounts local ghost legends from the levee murders to the Santa Fe Stage Office ruin hauntings. It documents the 12 year levee shooting ghost, a 1886 stage office specter, a 1887 cable car phantom, the Conway murder aftermath, and the Clark Jones jail ghosts amid Belvidere Hollow fears.
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Rick’s Hollow
Main Street
Broadway
Santa Fe
Second and Main Streets
Walnut
Main Streets
Conway
East Eighteenth Street
Oak and Locust
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Mme. Wright
Independence
Belvidere Hollow
Why Poetry Is Plentiful in America
London critic in the Sunday Review savages recent American verse, arguing US poetry swells because population is larger and culture highly valued. He notes many aspiring poets publish to signal taste, with publishers and readers fueling a market of minor poets and self-importance.
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America
London Sunday
United States
Too Late To Marry The Curate And The Manufacturer
A London Answers tale recalls two marriage disasters. A curate of meager means pursued a rich manufacturer’s daughter, was forbidden, then rose to a baronetcy with £3,000 yearly. The father objected, and a telegram read Too late. The widow’s sharp remark followed.
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London
Postman Delayed Letter Sparks Domestic Tension
Marion Harland in North American Review argues that chronic nagging by a wife can drive men to madness and murder, warning husbands to act swiftly before petty scolding becomes a fatal torment. The piece examines temper, tolerance, and the danger of habitual nagging in marital life.
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Cyrus Edison
Marion Harland
North American Review
Woman elected school director in Winona ward one
Mary E. Dryer of Winona Minnesota was elected school director from the First ward after securing the Republican nomination. The town’s women supported her strongly and cast a large vote making this the first time a woman held such a post in Winona. Ignatius J. Loyola is described with an ascetic face and sharp features. Lord Baen is noted for a smooth oily voice.
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Mary E. Dryer
Mary B. Dyer
Winona
Minn
Ignatius J. Loyola
Baen
Tionesta Valley Railroad Time Table Jan 5 1894
Train schedules show departures from Sheffield and Howland with stops at Barnes Brookston and Gilgon, morning and evening runs, connections at Sheffield with P R R and at Sheffield Junction with P W. Jerry Crary notes this timetable as of September.
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Qutzward Tains
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Martin
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Brookston
Howland
Sheffield Junction
Jerry Crary
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