NEIGHBOR JOHN'S WIFE ON CHINESE WOMEN IN SOCIETY
Special correspondence from San Francisco discusses the status of Chinese women, noting practices like infant betrothal, female infanticide, and binding of feet. It contrasts Chinese social roles with American views, describing marriage as a commercial transaction and the low education of women, while highlighting market drivers and the inevitability of systemic change only through revolution.
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San Francisco
Billingsgate
China
United States
America
England
Republic
The Big Gambling Houses and Their High Stakes
A veteran observer discusses New York eastern gambling houses, noting they seek winnings not losses and cite massive nightly sums at venues like the Pennsylvania club house. He mentions profits near $40,000 over two months, with elites from notable names potentially present, while doubting the permanence of dishonest practices and hinting at tampered roulette.
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New Yorks
Pennsylvania
John Daly
Long Branch
Saratoga
New York
Phil Daly
Vanderbilt
Sea Side
Baron de Pardonnet
Caesar
Dupes
Meteorites formed as cleavage crystals from space rocks
Harvard College researchers conclude many meteoric iron masses are cleavage crystals likely shed from impacts. The crystals show cleavages parallel to planes in all three forms of the isometric system. The theory posits meteoritic masses erupted from a sun among fixed stars and cooled slowly while orbiting in intense heat.
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Harvard College
Scientists' Schemes to Wipe Mosquitoes From Nations Fields
The article discusses scientists promoting natural enemies to curb mosquitoes. It highlights dragonflies as potential mosquito hawks and spiders as another destroyer, naming Dr Lamborn and Dr McCook as proponents, and imagines a future industry breeding dragonflies or spiders to fight tropical pests. The piece uses a satirical tone on the struggle against fever-causing insects.
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Insect Department of Creation
Dr. Lamborn
Dr. Lantborn
Dr. McCook
North American Review
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Population growth rates and space concerns noted
The text cites death and birth rates per minute and hour, totaling about 35 million yearly deaths and 36 million yearly births. It projects a net annual increase near 1.5 million and argues Malthusian overpopulation does notbar marriage from fear of crowded earth, per Hall's Journal of Health.
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Hall
Journal of Health
Omaha Baseball Pennant Winners of the Western Association
Portraits of Omaha Baseball Club players show the pennant winners. Omaha played 120 games, won 83, and lost 2. Featured are Jack Crooks, star second baseman, and Charles Crooks born in St Paul on Nov 9 1866, aged 23, who began with Racine college catching.
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Omaha Baseball Club
Omaha
Jack” Crooks
Western Association
Columbus
Charles Crooks
St. Paul
Omaha Baseball Club Roster and Season Highlights
Profiles of key players in the Western Association including Messis, Nagle, Nichols, and Clarke. Details on their careers from college to Omaha, with stats such as Nichols 36 wins in 44 games, batting averages around .370, and home run counts. Frank Selee noted as the popular manager, with a history in Waltham and Lawrence clubs and early coaching success.
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Sales
Straus
Nagle
Clarke
Walsh
Crooks
Messis
Omaha
Whitcomb
Minneapolis
St. Paul's
Saints
Charles A. Nichols
Western Association
Madison
Wis
Blue Avenue
Kansas City
Memphis
Young Nichols
Kad” Wichels
William H. Clarke
Dad
Oswego
New York State
Oneida
N. Y
Oiahas
American Association
Thomas Nagle
West
Milwaukee
Eau Claire
Oshkosh
Frank G. Selee
Amherst
N. H
Boston
Waltham, Mass
Lawrence
Mass
Waltham
Ivory Soap Use Urged For Facial Care By Doctor
A metropolitan physician advises daily facial washing with Ivory Soap to improve complexion. He argues facial pores clog like those on hands and that regular lathering keeps pores open, reducing blackheads acne and dull skin. The note cites counterfeit white soaps lacking Ivory’s qualities and promotes asking for Ivory Soap.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Procter & Gamble
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John
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Omaha Baseball Players
Cleveland
Andrews
Cooney
Kroeser
Canavan
Nichols
N. Greenlund
Berckey & Gay Furniture
Grand Rapids
Elson Greenland
Exchange Block
Warren
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