Darkies Hustling At Charleston Pier For Dimes And Bills
A Charleston steamer bound for Jacksonville paused at the pier where crowds of Black passengers gathered. A hooded vendor enticed bets for diving for coins, sparking a ten minute pileup of cheering darkey competitors and showering coins, observed by Dr. J. O Neill and other onlookers before the ship sailed. Also noted is a brief mention of the cow tree in Central and South America and its milky sap.
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Charleston
Jacksonville
Old
New York
Old Town
Fort Moultrie
Fort Sumter
Yale
Bellevue Hospital
New York Herald
Americt
Philadelphia Press
The Way Women Do and Do Not Share Fares
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat excerpt notes women in public scenes exchange small favors over fares and meals. The observer contrasts this with imagined male behavior, suggesting men would borrow and assume paying for all, implying greater monetary stakes. The piece uses daily social transactions to comment on character.
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T. B. Rote
Minneapolis
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The True Artist and the Ivory Carver
Henry Norman cites a master ivory carver who values art over material gain. The craftsman, earning only essential living, estimates his tusk work at four months of labor for 3200 dollars worth of ivory. He welcomes selling it, hoping the next piece will surpass the last.
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Henry Norman
A Suggestion About Dinners From New York Taste
A piece argues that simple dinners are preferable to complex and lavish menus and that rich vulgarity drives overdone feasts in New York. It asserts women and men prefer simpler meals and warns that elaborate dishes reveal wealth without intelligence.
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New York
Unnatural Mother Mrs Montagu Critically Manages Death Case
A sensational account centers on Mrs Montagu of Cromore House Portstewart Dublin in 19th century coverage. She was sentenced to a year hard labor for causing her three year old daughter’s death by tying a stocking around the child’s neck and suspending her from a ring on a wall amid alleged further cruelties to her other children. The piece questions maternal crime and notes other alleged abuses toward her sons Walter Gilbert and Austin, suggesting possible mental disturbance.
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Gilbert
Austin
Hair turns white after South American snakes scare man
A New York youth recalls waking at 2 a.m. to find fifteen garden snakes in his bed. He stayed quiet to avoid provoking them, milk was offered, and by daylight the snakes withdrew. Days later brain fever followed, leaving him with snow white hair and a cautionary tale.
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Yves
New York
America
South America
Four Persons Shot by Accidental Gunfire Near Palomas
A hunting party traveling in a schooner near Palomas Mexico faced tragedy when a loaded gun discharged. R. Youn and his son were wounded, the baby died instantly, and Mrs. Roberts and another daughter were lightly or seriously hurt. The incident underscores the deadly reach of firearms in accidents.
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R. Youn
Crime Ring in Southern Italy Under Thirty Members
In southern Italy the Mala Vita investigation reveals about 200 members all under thirty except the leader near sixty. The leader has spent about twenty five years in prison and his associates have all committed some form of crime.
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Italy
Mala Vita
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Lalian
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India
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Philadelphia
Carter
Rae
Weil
Ovidi
Yvastes Gor
Ah Hills
Ackey
iSmail
Radio Hooker & CO
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Mass
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Nemoyer
Water Street
Episcopal civ
Chen
John Finzer
Theel
Germany
England
France
Austria
Atump
Hook
TRUTH
Quouke
A. M
Wodurnday
Suncaya
Otal
Krout
Keue
Boz
Heer
West
JOMN
West Company
Chicago
Ill
Siegfried & Co
Warren, Paely
C.wee
HC. West
Tre Almbert
Sivg- Triva & Co
U.S
C.a.snow&co. Oop
Washington, D
Wyman & Davis
Carver House
Catarah Ream
BR “A. Cure cdl
Hay-Kever
Warren St
Warren Savings Bank
A.J. Hazeltine
O. W. Beaty
M. 8
Dunham
L. B Wood
Chas
J. Noyes
James Clark
L. R. Freewil
Charles W. Stone
FL H. Rockwell
A.J. Havelline
L. D. Wetmore, Res
M. Beecher
Casa
Warren County
Ireland
Europe
National Bank
Myron Waters
Gn, Parmlee
DR. L. Gerould
Cashie
P. Hell
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
P. Johnson
A. Hertzel
W.D. Brown
G.n.parmlee
A. T. Scofield
George Stinson & CO
Hox
Portland
Maine
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