Emancipation Controversy at Violet's Meeting
Violet Gray discovers limits of a grand emancipation movement as Odessa Nottingham Smith and others push fashion, gossip, and social climbing. A controversial debutante, Mrs Burton, faces snobbery while Violet questions true purpose and chooses a modest life aligned with duty.
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Violet
Jessie
Ja Ie
Bnt
Guy Mame
Jolet
Odessa Nemith
Odessa Nottingham Smith
Vilet
Ain
Odessa
Nottingham Smith
Mrs. Odessa N
Blanks Hall
Jonas Winters
Brown
Mrs. Winters
Mrs
Odessa Nottinghau Smith
Mrs. Smith
Gordon
Madam Bloomer
Mrs. Gordon
Violet Gray
Demorest S Magazine
Moon worship and its spread through ancient cultures
The text traces lunar reverence from Egyptian astronomy to global rituals, noting moon symbols used in meteorology and warnings. It cites temples and lunar calendars, including Diana of Ephesus and a silver-incrusted pavilion in Cuzco, with depictions of the moon and Peru’s embalmed queens.
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Egypt
Nile
Europe
Mexico
Central
South America
Diana
Ephesus
Asia
Cuzco
Peru
Some One to Love Guide to the Human Soul
The text argues love as essential to happiness beyond basic needs. It contrasts animal contentment with human longing for affection, noting that even health and food are insufficient without tenderness. It reflects on family, friends, children, and pets filling the heart, and ends that love unites humanity in a comforting afterlife.
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England
Styla
Hayti
Irving
Seldon
Mudh Erally Eemel
Burlington Llawheye
Telegraph
Steubenville Herald
Constance
Wheeler
Observation Post
Breas
Cholera Morbus as a Comic Allusion in Quincy Herald
A humorous oped from the Quincy Herald ridicules cholera morbus as the meanest malady, lampooning its reach and miseries while praising resilience and piety. The piece exaggerates warning, nature, and effects, likening the illness to a thief in the night and a foe of temperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ili
Jamaica
Earth
Hannibal
United States
Golden Shore
Quincy Herald
The Fashion Sprint and Industrial Thread History
An essay contrasts fashion fasts across classes with a satire on style while tracing the rise of cotton thread manufacture from Paisley beginnings to modern factories. It notes the economic value of cotton thread and highlights historical language hints and anecdotes about phrases and folklore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paisley
Department of Business
Slaughter Industry in Middletown Converts Cattle Bones
A Middletown Connecticut enterprise processes cattle bone waste into fertilizer, tool hardening granules, and various bone products. Fresh bones yield whiter by products. the firm moved 1.2 million ox shin imports from New York in 1880 and prices rose from 21 to 32 dollars per ton as demand grew.
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Europe
Middletown
Conn
Sitka Ivery
New York
Origin of Familiar Phrases and Durance Vile Etymology
A compact note traces origin of common phrases to Bramhal and Hobbes, cites Bramhall's Vindication of True Liberty, and mentions Dur ance vile with Burns Smollett and Froissart. It discusses Emerald Isle epithet by Dr. William Drennan and Milton Gray poetic lines.
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Bramhall
Hobbes
Burns and Smollett
Johines
Froissart
St. Venanut
Norwich
William de Melle
France
Ireland
William Drennan
Erin
Emerald Isle
Drenlan
Milton
Gray
The Boy Navigator Chapter One
In a quirky narrative, 11 year old Tom Blowgun battles a tyrannical schoolmaster, builds a ship in his yard from scavenged materials, and defends his learning spirit. His mother and sister Ann assist while his father, Secretary of the Navy, weighs in with cautious pride. The tale blends comic invention with social satire and curious digressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thumper
Tom
Mr. Thamper
North Listrict Grammar-School
Tom Blowgun
Ann
Old Sandisugar
Navy
Lima Beans Demand Poling Reform Confuses Growers
The Lima bean industry faces confusion over poling and handling. Experiments suggest poling is unnecessary and harmful. Growers report endrils sprouting, needing pruning, and early maturing plants becoming low and clogged.
Seven Sutherland sisters in St Louis famed for their hair
The seven Sutherland sisters in St Louis attract attention for their extraordinary hair lengths. Eldest Sarah Somerset, Victoria, Abell, Grace, Naomi, Dora, and Mag each boast lengthy tresses described in sensational terms with heights from below waist to six feet and beyond.
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Sutherland Sisteing
St. Louis
Sarah N. Saerland
Miss Victoria
Abelle
Miss Grace
Naomi
Dora
Mag
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Weber
Mr. Sis
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Long Branch
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Charles Harvey Peterson
Henry Avastin, Jr
Evansville
Ind
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Harvard College
Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad
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John T. Anstiett
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Col. Sundekin
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