Notable Authors and Books Mentioned in Literary Notes
A collage of literary references notes Florence Mary Kingsley and Rider Taggart as rapid writers, Hawthorne likeShaker appeal in Mr Howells’ works, and Altrurian themes. It cites Hedda Gabler and Ibsen, and mentions Petrarch correspondence seeking publicity, plus a New York press clipping bureau pushing reviews and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Florence Mirae Kingsley
Ian
Rider Taggard
Fugmate
Haggard
Willitus Dern Lovells
Shaker
Hawthorne
Mr. Howells Lave
Ithaa Bee
Shaker Hfe
Mime
Laura
New York
Petrarch
William Holneman
London
Tznak Walton
Little, Brown & Co
Boston
Com. Piete Angler
A New Side of Lincoln in the Telegraph Office
A Century excerpts reveal Abraham Lincoln spent four years of his waking hours at the War Department telegraph office. Bates notes Lincoln’s daily visits, plain dress, and routine talks with Maj. Eckert, amid open doors and guards, highlighting a private portrait away from official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
War Department
White House
David Homer Bates
Nehlon
Telegraph
Stauten
Maj. Eckert
Stanton
Fragments of a speech misread in a hotel scene
A garbled excerpt cites Henry HK. Dixey recounting a hotel room incident with a neighbor and a wife speaking of an earthbound lecture. The text hints at confusion and a looming unknown fate, with the speaker noting uncertainty about what tomorrow holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry HK. Dixey
Tringelf
Topics of the Times’s Choice Selections on Imperial Affairs
The column surveys global issues from colonialism to imperial policy, noting Portugal’s aging woes, Ireland and India under imperial care, and Canada’s Laurier proposals. It mocks politicians, mentions a Mark Twain dinner, and Skeptically observes economic and social trends, from coal to education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
England
India
Egypt
Insect spread of disease gains new attention
The article notes rising concern over insects as mechanical vectors for pathogens. It highlights malaria and other diseases as traditionally linked to a parasite’s life cycle, while calling for attention to transmission via flies bedbugs roaches and fleas. It cites typhoid transfer by contaminated foods in unscreened settings and mentions widespread old home week announcements along the north Atlantic coast.
Old Home Week Gains Ground Across States
The piece argues for a national embrace of old home week as a return home tradition rooted in New England, noting Rhode Island’s lead with Roger Williams Day and predicting wider adoption from Virginia to the central west. It highlights sentiment, heritage, and the strengthening pull of ancestral towns for former residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Roger William
New England
Virginia
Georgia
Central West
Commonwealth
Far West
New York
Massachusetts
Atlantic States
Whiskers of the Cat Show Hidden Senses in Night Hunts
The article explains how a cat's whiskers are highly sensitive tactile organs aiding nocturnal navigation. Whiskers, located on the muzzle and above the eyes, warn of obstacles and help the animal move silently through dense vegetation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helio
Circue Too Strong for Wieetion Election Report
Goodrich, judge of election in Greenfield township, recounts a failed polling with no voters for six hours. He was alone at the desk in Seignton while the Carbondale circus drew everyone away, leaving the ballot uncast and prompting questions about pay for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wieetion
Alr
Seignton
Goodrich
Greenfield Township
Carbondale
Philadelphia
Dark Outlook for Dogters and Simple Food Needs
A terse news note notes a grim forecast for medical staff and patient needs as basic nutrition and bread-and-butter data trends shift. It mentions American medicine in a broad context without specifics, signaling strain on services and resources ahead.
Fragmented verse on orphans and stubborn resilience
The text ponders caring for orphan children and laments parents who neglect their offspring. It urges perseverance when faced with obstacles, advising to sidestep walls rather than collide with them and to press forward despite fatigue.
All Quiet Along the Potomac Ends in War Time Echoes
Historic poem recounts a lonely picket near the Potomac under moonlit night, the soldier’s vigil, and a memory of loved ones on a mountain cot, framed by a quiet battlefield. The piece contrasts serene night with the toll of war and ends with the line All quiet along the Potomac tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Burglary Warning in Minister’s Household Sparks Alarm
A cryptic exchange notes burglars in the minister’s house and a rebuke about misdirected attention to personal affairs. The dialogue references Christian Registar and a remark on focusing on public duties over private matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Christian Registar
Pribyloy Fur Seals Endangered by Harvest Policies
The Pribyloy Islands in the Bering Sea face near total loss of fur seals due to aggressive hunting. Seal herds have declined from about 5,000,000 to 173,000 in thirty years as Canadian and Japanese poachers raid rookeries and vessels follow the migration. The article urges government action to terminate the herd to stop cruelty and protect the few remaining animals and livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pribyloy
Bering Sea
North Pacific
Seward
Russia
Alaska
Arctic
Uncle Sam
England
Pritgloy Islands
Pribylay
Pribylov Islands
San Francisco
Pribylov
Great Britain
Tokio
Louis Globe-Democrat
Ghastly Helica of the Dead Among the Ucayalt Indians
Describes a brutal ritual of a South American tribe along the Amazon’s upper tributary. Heads are removed while hair remains, trophies hung on trees, and skulls processed in hot water to loosen scalp bones. The result is preserved facial features, ghastly relics of the departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon
Old Country Woman Buys Three Boxes Of Matches
An elderly country woman bought three boxes of matches from a town grocer. On her walk home the damp matches would not light. She returned to complain. the grocer tested dry matches on his trousers and could light them, yet she demanded three boxes that would light at home.
Novel aeroplane idea praised by Edison in playful exchange
Thomas A Edison praises a new aeroplane concept as novel, noting nothing has beaten it since last summer. A young inventor shows a ring-like device claimed to be patentable, while Edison questions its patent potential amid a lighthearted, everyday context about a horse in a funeral procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Whem
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the Times
Portugal
Ambassador Reid
Mark Twain
Alfred Austin
Cortelyou
Treasury
Efaya
Te Fing
Atlantic
Pacific
William
King Edward
Germany
United States
Japan
Wilfeld Laurier
United Kingdom
New Hampshire
Maine
Maasachusetts
Concord
Lexington
Statos
North Atlantic
Fanorites
Potoimue
Mary
Lynn Peers
God’s Angels
Margaret E. Sangster
Muitrena
Roosevelt
John Baylor
Hanama
Conal
Baylor
Hin
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