Nourishment Promises Hope Against Tubercular Wasting
The article urges aggressive nourishment to combat consumption. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a powerful concentrated aid to check wasting and strengthen the body, suggesting recovery becomes possible when the system is supplied with vigor.
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Scott& Bowne
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Time and Water and Other Goods for Sale in New York
An examination of commodification in urban life details how time signals, water, air, and even human bodies become market items in New York and other cities. It notes telegraph time clocks rented for $15 a year, water supply disruptions, and varied priced curiosities from autographs to relics, with global comparisons and social observations.
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New York World
Charlotte Temple's grave draws devotees at Trinity
Passersby near Trinity churchyard watch a slender girl in a black gown kneel by the Charlotte Temple tomb and reflect on the fame of the doomed lover tale. An elderly caretaker notes the grave as the yard’s most visited, with flowers kept there each summer to mark the resting place and aid visitors seeking the famed monument.
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Broadway
Trinity Churchyard
Charlotte Temple
New York Herald
Beautiful Mountain Peaks and Legendary Watch Tale
A Chicago Record excerpt contrasts the Pacific Northwest’s Mount Tacoma Ranier and other peaks with distant legends. It notes Tacoma’s height, scenic base forest, and rival peaks like Shasta Pike’s Peak and Mt. Hood. The piece transitions to Rossini’s legendary watch, detailing its gifting to Charles X, Paris fire loss, a second replica with counterfeit diamonds, and Rossini’s later wear.
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Mount Whitney
California
Mount Williams
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Portland
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Hudson River
Chicago
Minnie Won't Answer George Proposal in London Sketch
In a London Sketch moment Minnie defies a marriage proposal by declaring she is writing her will of refusals. She tells Agnes what she is drafting and asserts she will respond today, hinting at a firm stance on the offer from George.
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Minnie
George
London
Observations On Men Dresses In New York Style
A young woman of observation discusses men's attire errors in New York. She criticizes improper wear such as silk hats with sack coats, overcoats with straw hats, and mismatched seasonal gear like spats with dark trousers. She urges correct pairing of accessories and seasons and notes public fashions seen on Broadway and Fifth Avenue.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Sin
New York Sun
The Judges Mental Spree And Other Moralities
A New York World article notes a judge using lighter pulp fiction as a harmless mental escape from legal toil. The piece includes anecdotes of Chinese pawnshops described as storage banks and a short joke about a Vassar graduate cook in Harlem life.
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New York
Park Row
Plume
Cap Collier
Madagascar
Frank
Long Island
New York World
Disraeli Encounters Mr Biggar in Commons Tale
A San Francisco Argonaut witty tale recalls the first sighting of Mr Biggar in the house of commons. Disraeli asks what that figure is and is told he is the honorable member for So and so. The retort likens the member to a leprechaun, a small Irish fairy, central to the anecdote.
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Disraeli
Biggar
Mr. Biggar
House of Commons
San Francisco
Morality Play Quip Attributed to Rector
In a brief London Tit Bits note a rector walking his rounds calls a pig “uncommonly fine” drawing a wry contrast with a contemplative villager who muses on dying as someone admired. The exchange signals satirical social commentary in a concise city column.
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Rector
Dibbles
London
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