Foreign brokers buy silver trade dollars at discount
Foreign brokers are purchasing the silver trade dollars in the country at a discount of 10 percent or more. About 7,000,000 trade dollars exist in circulation, with merchants holding a large majority. Charles Dickens visited Africa and dined at a Harper brothers table where a Harper child accompanied him. Dickens joked naming the boy the son of the greatest pirate on earth.
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Charles Dickens
Avesica
Harper Brothers
Harper
Dickens
Horse and rider trek to town for provisions in Cowboy Kan
An unnamed Chenworth resident from Cowboy Kansas sends a horse with a note listing needed provisions to a store three miles away. The horse travels at a brisk trot without grazing, while Rostov Russia is noted as having a society for the murder of children led by a fanatical woman urging women to spare children from life.
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Chenworth
Cowboy
Kan
Rostov
Russia
Prince Albert Epwarp aids inquiry with sound judgment
Albert Epwarp, Prince of Wales, shows good sense by accepting a commission of inquiry into the condition of the poor and adjusting to fine circumstances, a move that should boost his popularity.
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Albert Epwarp
Prince of Wales
Guelph
Fish stories and quirky fashion of the era and travel notes
Portland Maine’s fish harvest figures are reported with vast barrels of mackerel and herring and codfish catches, while Paris milliners trim hats with stuffed kittens. A travel note observes M. De Lessseps’s sleepy railway habit and long sea voyages with sleeping time counts.
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Herr
Portland
Paris
Hall Returns Home After Twenty Years In Penal Service
At a Birmingham station a large crowd greeted Hall on his home-coming from twenty years in penal servitude for wife murder. The crowd cheered as he left in a cab with relatives, a scene that surprised him given the severity once attached to the crime.
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Birmingham
England
Hall
Officials Find Widespread Adulteration in Butter Samples
Thirty butter samples from New York and Brooklyn sold as pure were mostly adulterated. Dr. E G Love, who analyzed the samples, urged that each package declare its constituent elements to root out spurious butter.
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New York State
West
Chicago
Senate
New York
E. W. Martin
Chester
Orange County
Brooklyn
E. G. Love
Dangerous country romance and London gambling at Crockford's
A Scottish country tale recalls a farmer's daughter driven to attempt suicide after a girlhood romance with a young city boy. The note then shifts to 19th century high stakes at Crockford's in London with $750000 season profits, $5000 weekly expenses, and a costly setup. It also covers surgical quackery, crowded urban rail etiquette, Columbus anniversaries, and a Pennsylvania village tragedy where three men die after a long shared life at tavern and mill.
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London
Duke of Wellington
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Waller’s
Brookes
White's
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Lord Granville
Hazard
Miller
Dorr
Mr. Merritt
Pennsylvania
Merritt
Statue inscriptions chosen for late Senator Hill
Atlanta Constitution notes the committee selecting inscriptions for Senator Hill’s statue. Front reads a vow to save the country and bless it, and a line about the Constitution knowing no section but all states. A third side quotes family ties and permanence, with a brief life record on the reverse. The statue nears completion.
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Atlanta Constitution
Hill
Doctor links gambling to health harm in British Medical Journal
Dr. Savory argues prolonged mental strain from self-control during gambling causes health injury. He cites a woman recently returned from Monte Carlo who grew severely weakened by exhaustion after brief play sessions, her endurance tied to maintaining an indifferent appearance before onlookers.
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Savory
British Medical Journal
Monte Carlo
Annamites Praised in Paris Book on Cochin China
A Paris publication by Bouinais and Paulus analyzes Cochin China population of about 1.5 million in 1880, noting 1 525 French, 1 366 139 Annamites, and 06 000 Chinese. It portrays Annamites as gentle and apt to learn, cites opium and brandy among the rich, and mentions French communal schools while blaming governance brutality for their weaknesses.
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Cochin China
Paris
Messrs. Bouinais
Paulus
France
Sabbath Reading and The Cross in Faithful Reflections
A collage of religious verse and essay from an old paper contrasts a devotional meditation on endurance and divine guidance with a critique of science rooted religion. The cross is praised as true spiritual power, while a radical call rejects a modern cultured Christ and champions the first century gospel. A wartime relic tale links Hebe’s statue to Confederate lead bullets.
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Christ
Paul
Corinth
Garpenter
Revr
Henry Bonal
Sevral
Hebe
Beame
The Eumorists and Related Jests Across Papers
A collage of quips and verses from Newman Independent Texas Siftings New York Journal New York World Fall River Advance Carl Pretzel's Weekly and other papers. It includes witticisms about youth and age, satire on lawyers and editors, poem fragments about lovers and a haunted beach scene.
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Congress
Fall River
Carl Pretzel
Weekly
Princess Victoria Childhood Anecdote From Anglesey
A Christian Week anecdote recounts Princess Victoria’s girlhood in Anglesey. She wore a sugar loaf hat and riding habit among Druids on Mona and later refused to answer a palace summons on the Sabbath, citing she would not work on the day. An old tailor preacher, John Jones, stayed away from royal tasks for preaching that Sabbath, until finally obeying and being scolded for not coming earlier.
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Britain
John
Tranfair
Johnie
Ohn
Yowell
Christian Week
Mona's Isle
Caledonia
New Palace
Mona
Duchess of Kent
John Jones
Victoria
Traethoch
Gorswe
Traetheoch
Delmonico’s Hot Water Cure Recipe Story
The account recalls Charles Delmonico praising hot water with lemon as an appetite aid. He touts serving hot water with lemon juice to guests, calling it wiser than alcohol and stressing proper boiling and immediate use to avoid bitterness and spoilage.
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Charles Delmonico
Delmonicos
Charles
New York
Leiter
Inside the Vatican Library Reveals Hidden Treasures
The Vatican Library houses 100000 bound volumes and 25000 manuscripts in gilded locked cabinets. It is the world’s oldest library begun in 1447. Rare items include a Bible 1000 years old a Virgil copy from the fourth or fifth century and royal love letters by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn.
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Vatican
Treasurs
Henry VIII
Annie Bom
Glasgow Times
Rock salt mined in Louisiana sent to Northwest stockpile
A considerable quantity of rock salt is mined in Louisiana and transported to the Northwest to bolster storage. The move supports regional salt reserves and future needs.
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Louisiana
Northwest
Investigating a Railroad Inquiry Sparks Odd Legend
A note from Hall Street News recalls a Wisconsin Legislature session moment when a member proposed a railroad investigation. An officer warned him the road would probe the aim, asking if the inquiry would help pass a personal travel scheme for Oshkosh. The bill was never pursued.
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Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Hall Street
Appetite Defined and Vinegar Industry Report
A Chicago teacher tests meaning of appetite with a pupil’s answer about happiness and fullness. Mary Lane notes a curious piece on a news industry in watermelon vinegar, reflecting playful schoolroom and local quirks.
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Mary Lane
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