Eight Savages Die in Blizzard Beside the Missouri
A Detroit Free Press dispatch by M. Quad describes eight Indigenous riders caught in a December blizzard near the Missouri. The sunless, treeless prairie exposed their dead forms and ponies as a severe windstorm swept from the Arctic, freezing the party in place and yielding a stark vigil of death. The narrative blends vivid nature imagery with the tragedy of the loss, ending with a note that May sun will uncover the dead for those left behind.
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Fort Benton
Fort Shaw
Missburi
Strarm
Marias River
Grant Falls
Missouri
Rocky Mountains
Dominion
Arctic Circle
Red Men
Dr Eggleston's simple life and umbrella rowing invention
The Lake George corresp of the New York Tribune notes Dr. Eggleston leading a quiet life with 3 to 4 hours daily on literary work and outdoor rowing. He sails his boat with a clever umbrella device, plans to extend it to others, and enjoys time with his four grandchildren. Twenty newspaper men will occupy seats in the next congress.
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New York
Lake George
New York Tribune
Lace of Eugenie Fashioned for Gould Baby Wardrobe
Edith Gould acquires a rare point d Alencon lace once owned by the Empress Eugenie. The ten yard piece and garniture, costing about 315,000 with duties, is cut up to decorate the wardrobe of the Gould family's newest baby, Clara Belle.
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Eugenie
Edith Gould
Jay Gould
George Gould
Hin
Jace
London
Alencon
Edith
Gould
Clara Belle
Home Conveniences of Jefferson PaleA Century Crafting a Dream House
Frank R. Stockton recounts Jefferson's intricate home plans and minute devices. He details alcove beds, archway partitions, hidden summer winter wardrobe closets, a peculiar high backed writing chair with a pivoting table, rotating reference shelves, and dual globes and telescopes. A glassed conservatory work room housed a carpenter’s bench where many ingenious devices were built.
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Jefferson
France
Mr. Jefferson
Cremona
The Professional Horse Trainer
A trainer manages a horse health diet and condition and must judge illnesses to treat them. Trainers do not break horses. they prepare colts for racing by learning each animal’s traits and developing them for speed. Training starts about March first and continues through the racing season with work adjusted to age, temperament, and condition.
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New York
Chicago Tribune
The Physiology of Pleasure Analysis
The piece divides pleasures into senses, sentiment, and intelligence. It argues happiness depends on imagination will and low prejudice, notes pleasure is a sensation’s mode and cannot be essential, and cites the aim to erase pain for maximal pleasure. It suggests few can control sorrow through will.
Politeness of the Japanese and Isles of Shoals Tale
A travelogue excerpt describes Japanese courtesy with guests bowing on floors and servants earning gratitude through ritual, then shifts to Mr. Arlo Bates noting a joke about Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and James T. Fields observed at the Isles of Shoals. The anecdote ponders whether the punchline belongs to Fields, Phelps, or the teller.
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Oge
Japan
Arlo Bates
Isles of Shoals
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
James T. Fields
Mr. Fields
Miss Phelps
New York Tribune
Humorous Confederate Echoes At Prison Parade
A Confederate prisoner group marching toward Old Capitol prison recalls a carnival of a steamboat wharf procession. An elephant named Hannibal, guided by a rider, draws the boys’ attention and sparks a Richmond comparison to Civil War figures Humphrey Marshall and Alex Stephens.
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Old Capitol
Hannibal
Richmond
Humphrey Marshall
Alex Stephens
Marshal
Mr. Stephens
John P. Hale
Stephens
Ben
Perley Poors
Brazil's New Coffee Districts Rise in Sao Paulo Plantations
Rio de Janeiro coffea planters acquire fields in new Sao Paulo districts signaling a shift from slave labor reliance to free labor. The change suggests Rio’s coffee production falters while Sao Paulo expands with mechanized farming in a growing industry.
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Brazil
Rio Coffesa
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Edward Eggleston
Lowell
Monuticelluea
Simmons
James M. Rollins
M. E.church
Fairfield, Va
Simmons Liver Regulator
Ovid G. Sparks
Macon
Dh. Zeilin & Co
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Dakotay
Mana
Western Railway
Failme
Orem
Charles E
Land Com
N. W. Reiley
Chicago
Ill
Swayne
Elrestorer
Warren
Kies
Uapr T
G. Kederley
M. Mead
Corry
Old Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Wehenseerifts
Boss & Smith
Watter Street
Warren, Pa
P.O
Penn’a
Greenland
Nelson Greenland
Exchange Hotel
D. Shear
David Shafe
Warren, Penna
Meadville Conservatory OF Muss
Allegheny College
A. Reynoles
Parector
Meadville
Rogers
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