Topics of the Time Inferred Notes and Anecdotes
Dr ScHaBop SToppaRD of Perry Maine has adopted all thirteen children. A proposal to amend Massachusetts constitution would allow women lawyers to serve as Justices of the Peace. A New York marriage altered only a letter in a surname. British Columbia Indians praised as farm laborers after fair government treatment. England debates extending marriage solemnization hours to 6 pm. Sir John Ramsden of Yorkshire noted as England’s wealthiest baronet with a large rent roll and Huddersfield influence. A quip between Ramsden and a Quaker captures old tensions over land and pride.
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England
Sir John Ramsden
Byrim
Yorkshire
Jean
Huddersfield
Ramsden
Hadarsfeld
Hartford Coachmen and Maid Scandal Echo Pattern
Hartford reels over a gossip filled affair as Miss Ann Brooker elopes with her father Gov Hubbard's colored coachman Joseph Bradley. The tale mirrors a longstanding pattern in Hartford society and raises questions about class and propriety.
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Hartford
Conn
Ann Brooker
Gov. Hubbard
Joseph Bradley
Coml Ohio Warns of Declining Kanaka Population
In his final message to the State Department the late Minister to Hawaii Mr. Coml Ohio cites figures showing the Kanaka population of the Sandwich Islands shrinking about 14 percent each year and notes the royal family may become extinct with the next generation.
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State Department
Coml Ohio
Hawaii
Sandwich Islands
Clergymen Confusion Over Marriage Service Phrases
A Glens fats clergyman claimed the marriage rite meant exclusive devotion between spouses. Meanwhile British statesman Mr. John Burnet, replying from Rochdale to a Birmingham association invitation, argued the meeting is desirable on every ground.
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Joan Burent
Birmingham
England
Rochdale
Chicago Board of Trade reports 1883 farm shipments higher in value
The annual Board of Trade report shows Chicago farm shipments by value rose in 1883 despite lower volume. Highlights include flour and grain, livestock, meats, lard, butter, cheese, hides, and miscellaneous products with total value surpassing 1881 and higher than 1880 and earlier years. A New Jersey dog saves a baby from a window sill in Newburg.
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Board of Trade of Chicago
Eee
Board of Trade
Chicago
Melodrama Night Ends in Tragic Birth at Pittsburgh Opera House
A chaotic scene at the Pittsburgh Opera House interrupted a show when a man rushed from the dressing room seeking a room for his ailing wife. He led two women to the ladies' retiring room, one in severe distress, a physician was summoned but the birth occurred before help arrived, adding a new resident to Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh Opera House
Pittsburgh
M. Achille
Paris
Crown Jewels and Cherokee Nation in Early 20th Century Review
The report surveys the czarist crown jewels of St. Petersburg with a six and a half million dollar value, noting the crown's $600,000 price, famed Orloff diamond scepter, and past owners from Catherine the Great to Orloff. It also profiles P. Ross, Cherokee Nation chief, detailing the tribe’s 4,000,000 acre reservation, 20,936 mixed blood members, 107 schools, and a government system akin to a frontier state with common landholding and communal aspects.
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St. Petersburg
Pauzie
Genevese
Catherine the Great
Paul L
Orlofff
Saamet of Lagoren
Amsterdam
Wr P. Ross
Eastern College
Enva Sable
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Curious Calculation on Ancestry and Births in History
A Paris paper muses on how many male and female ancestors are needed to produce a single person. Starting with father and mother, the chain doubles back generations to Jesus Christ, then estimates billions of births across world history, suggesting vast scales when extended to 450000 years.
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Paris
de Mortillet
Fragmented OCR Reflects Fashion Gossip and Wealth Fear
The readable fragments depict a gossip column tone about diamonds and wealth, with references to a wealthy woman and fear of social disruption. The garbled text hints at status symbols and consumer culture, framed as a tepid commentary on luxury and morality.
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InaTarion
Dickens as Micawber and London life features in reminiscences
From a memoir section the writer discusses Charles Dickens, likening him to Micawber in his youth, and recalls encounters with Dickens in London society. Anecdotes cover his wit, retorts, animal spirits, gusts of mischief, and a dinner scene where Dickens joked with a hostess about a rocket and a stick.
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Charles Dicken
Tim Charles Dickens
John Dickens
Dickens
Ed Hunt
Micawber
Thomas Capman
Dombey
Somerset House
Charles Dikens
John Brougham
London
Lockhart
Scott
Mr. Lockhart
Flying lemurs and colonial memories in odd extracts
A curio-filled piece mixes natural history of flying lemurs or colugos with colonial Maryland memories and a tale of a Paris upholsterer theft. It recounts batlike climbers, Pilgrims of Marys, and a tale of a piano-playing French engineer on a New Orleans train.
Fragmentary poem and ad content in scuffed issue
OCR text shows partial poem lines and an ad note about "Farming for Feathers" with a reference to Burnett's theatre piece. The snippet mentions a woman's reason and the editor, implying a local newspaper page with literary content and advertising amid damaged text.
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Erdeh
Mouse in the Editor's Drawer and Munro Seaside Library Rise
A Denver Tribune piece contrasts a tireless editor's drawer mouse with the rise of Mr. Munro the Seaside Library. It recalls the mouse’s unseen labor and the publisher's shift from dime-novel ties to wealth, linking early struggles to later success in publishing.
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Harpers
Orer
Franklin Square
New York
Mr. Monro
Iman
Munro
Gotham
Seaside Library
Beadle
Hot vs Cold Drinks Natural to Man Says Knowledge
A Knowledge correspondent lists disadvantages of hot drinks and favors cold or tepid beverages. Hot drinks can numb the tongue and damage enamel, raise stomach irritation, and worsen digestion while cold drinks help with diarrhea and quench thirst. Water remains the best thirst quencher and temperate tea or coffee may be tolerated if lukewarm. Cocoa is least harmful when prepared with milk and cooled before drinking.
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Hall
Journal of Health
WOW Slate Pencils Manufactured by Complex Hydraulic Process
A detailed description of slate pencil production outlines quarrying, grinding, mixing with steatite, forming in cylinders, pressing under hydraulic force, drying, baking in a kiln, finishing, and packing. Most work is done by machinery and the cost is noted as light.
Noted Quips From Brooklyn Boys
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt recalls two boys on a deck watching a philosopher’s son through a keyhole. One quips about future wealth as a fisherman while the other jokes that, after his father married an actress, he will become a divorce lawyer.
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Brooklyn
Bill
Brooklyn Eagle
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