Religious and economic snapshot of the Hawaiian Islands and California
The report lists 29685 Protestants 50072 Roman Catholics 3576 Mormons 72 Hebrews and 30521 undesignated in Hawaii. California shows a population near 1.5 million with high per capita wealth and property values doubling since 1880. Gold yields reached 13 million last year and San Francisco is cited as the world leading whaling port.
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Hawaiian Islands
California
Union
San Francisco
New Zealand Seen in Rise of Prosperity and Exports
New Zealand is described as enjoying unprecedented prosperity due to rapid land reclamation and a surge in frozen mutton exports. Dairy industry expansion follows Britain opening markets and population growth driven by these conditions.
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New Zealand
Large Chinese encyclopedia bound in 1000 books for Britain
A monumental set to be installed in the British Museum comprises 1000 bound volumes forming 5020 native entries from a renowned Chinese encyclopedia. It is the only perfect European copy, with China having few copies of this edition.
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British Museum
Europe
China
Bomb Attack Hurts Four In Gamma Prefecture Home
The New York Sun notes an act of revenge by a Gamma prefecture resident who threw a bomb into a politician’s house after failing to secure a desired post. Four inmates were wounded, one killed, in the attack.
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New York Sun
Gamma Prefecture
Magistrates propose birching for youths under sixteen
A resolution sent to the home secretary urges birching as a punishment for all offenses by boys under sixteen, to be applied at magistrates discretion. Proponents claim it would deter crime and spare youths the prison taint and deeper criminal habits.
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Home Secretary
Ward McAllister on Heiresses Marrying Foreigners
Ward McAllister, famed New York society leader, says American heiresses wed foreigners because American youths are too busy to marry. The Atlanta Constitution suggests gilded youths will welcome this view and notes heiresses wisely choose genuine artifice replacing imitation for wealth.
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Ward McAllister
New York
Atlanta Constitution
Global rise in suicides prompts moral concern
The author notes increasing suicide cases worldwide including the United States and Europe. Examples cited span Germany Paris London and Spain Italy with conscription-linked deaths mentioned. From a religious view, life is a divine gift and only the Creator may end it.
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United States
Union
Europe
Germany
France
Paris
England
London
Spain
Italy
Extraordinary cave near Sherburne discovered by two boys
A cave near Sherburne Fleming County was found after a rabbit hunt. Joe Black descended sixty five feet to explore four large chambers with an opening to a lower section. Water roars from deep within the earth, and a full search is planned.
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Maysville
Joe Black
J. H. Winters
Albany
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
New York State
Cherokee County
Alabama
Joe Chaney
Centre
Leesburg
Ala
Wall Street superstitions and Friday fears in trading lore
The piece recalls Wall Street brokers clinging to mascots and rituals amid panic. A banker narrator notes practical minds yet strong superstition about Friday the thirteenth, with anecdotes of mascots, scarves, and a share crash after a Brooklyn elevator fire, illustrating how luck and fear influence trades.
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Lueck
Sperciia
Xihea
Wall Street
Irs
Bcit
Brooklyn
Aunt Rebie Rules White House Nursery in Cleveland Years
A New York World report portrays Aunt Rebie as the dominant figure in the White House nursery under President Cleveland. She oversees clothing care, insists on thorough drying, and manages airings and night watch, while Ruth and Margaret Bissell form a small Cabinet of playmates amid a social clash with Secretary Hoke Smith’s son.
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Aunt Rebie
Miss Ruth
Margaret Bissell
Hoke Smith
Deepest Metal Mine Depths Recounted in Mining Journal
The Mining Journal notes the Maria Sha? mines of Pribram Austria once reached 3 6070 feet deep, then Tamarack Copper Mine in Michigan at 3 640 feet surpassed it. The record shows continued sinking at about four months per foot and marks a peak in metal mine depths.
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United States
Przibram
Aust
Tamarack
Michigan
Belgear
Mining Journal
Dee
Pere
The Tea Habit in 279
Fragmentary text describes tea as an everyday meal item with a tea caddy and chopsticks, noting water boiling and beverage options from hot to cold. It hints at a fitting box and an excursion, mentioning landscapes and inducements.
Iron production estimate from iron sand
The output of iron AGO was estimated at 17 units from iron sand. The note cites an estimate origin and the material source as iron sand.
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Wilson Mirror
Henry Blount, Geo. W. Blount
Portsmouth
N. H
Archibald Dunn
Canton
Toccoa
Ephesus
Auxerre
Fleutelot
Moravia
Cayuga County
N. Y
George Dumore
Cortland
Homer
Genoa
Aurora
Dumore
Nathan Tuthill
Seth R. Webb
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Swailes
Addie Cunningham
Fall River
Kan
Pacific Coast
Pacific Grove
Monterey
Cal
Amos Virgin
Virgin
Solomon Krepps
Taylor's Cemetery
Brownsville
Penn
National Pike
Westminster School
Navy
James McGiven
Tacoma
Wash
Ise
White House Nursery
Bip Irk
Tari
Smit
Ewes
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