From Cleopatra to corsets in fashion history
A survey of corset origins in Cleopatra's era through Catherine de Medici and beyond, tracing evolutions from the gora to corps to leather and the modern form. The piece also summarizes how Stevenson and Dickens drew inspiration for Jekyll and Hyde and Oliver Twist from real people and moments.
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Cleopatra
Nile
Mark Antony
Catherine de Medici
Catherine
New York American
Stevensor
Jekyll and Hyde
Dickens
Oliver Twist
Nicholas Nickleby
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
St. Louis Glebe-Democrat
Stevenson
Samuel Creggan
Samuel
Creggan
Reggan
Mr. Osbourne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island
Charles Dickens
Pickwick Papers
George Cruikshank
London
Fagin
Melbourne
Gaborian
Fergus Hume
A Memory of Lee at Williamsport on the March
The narrator recalls meeting General Lee near Elizabethown on the Williamsport pike as Lee rode a small sorrel mare. The scene contrasts Lee’s dignified, calm bearing with aging, white hair and the distant hope of conquering the north. Rev Dr Leighton Park in Century.
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Elizabethown
Doyle
Lee
Dr. Doyle
Williamsport Pike
Auntietam
Washington
North
Europe
Leighton Park
Ice Age Floods Transform Delaware Valley Landscape
The article describes a great melt at the end of the ice age, with rising rivers flooding valleys and depositing gravel and boulders. Ice rafts carried rocks from northern lands and terraces form in the Delaware Valley around Stroudsburg and the Water Gap. Indigenous legends reference Minisink in the wake of the flood.
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Pennylvania
Delaware
Sus- Mehanna
Delaware Valley
Stroudsburg
Minisink
Matrimony and Theology in The Bishop's Niece
Excerpt argues that marriage should resolve doctrinal quarrels by compromise and shared faith. If spouses differ in religion, they should seek common ground and, if needed, cast lots to decide. The piece frames matrimony as a path to unify belief within a couple.
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George H. Picard
Boy Hears Hockey Lick Day At Parson Well
In a small scene at Parson Well a boy hurries to school claiming Bill Jones will be whipped for playing hockey. The exchange shows local discipline and a tense morning as townsfolk anticipate punishment.
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Bill Jones
Puck
Doff and Don Verbs as Contractions in Shakespearean Speech
The note explains that doff and don derive from do off and do on, while dup means to open a decor in Shakespeare by lifting the latch, and that do up carries the sense of fastening or arranging.
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National Biscuit Company
Don
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Beautifier Ad
Advertising copy for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promotes a beauty product claiming to improve complexion. It markets a smooth clear skin effect, rosy cheeks, and laughing eyes with a price of five cents, attributed to L. M. Bosworth.
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Hollister
L. M. Bosworth
There Will Be No Pie Says Keen Pastor
A pastor preparing to build a new church faced varied advice from parishioners, especially from those who gave the least. At next Sunday's service he warned he would handle the matter personally and declared there would be no pie.
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Harper's Weekly
The Way of It Amusing Exchange at Theatricals
A sprightly girl is identified as Miss Jones who performed in the amateur theatricals last night. Nearby nineteen tired looking women are her relatives who helped her get ready for the event.
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Miss Jones
Bold vow quoted over wedding gift request
A bold girl warns her mother that marriage will end visits. The daughter asks to have the warning written to give Fred as a wedding present. The exchange plays on family tension and future plans.
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Fred
Force of Habit Poetic Exchange at Night
A poetical young man tells a girl a line about a thousand stars looking down on her as she idly adjusts her hat, capturing a quiet, intimate moment.
Mystery Authors and A Contested Publication
The piece discusses authorship confusion over Mercy bhlbrick's Choice from the No Name series. Critics doubted Victor Hughes or Helen Homi Jackson authored it due to style and floral detail, but later evidence claimed the true writer was Helen Homi Jackson, resolving the dispute.
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Sherlock Hales
Victor Ilugo
Iugot
Holmes
Mercy Bhlbrick
Felen Homi Jackson
Burt
The Resourceful Mole Looks for Escape
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reader describes the mole as a quick, ridge-making burrower with keen senses. He notes how the animal disappears instantly when cornered and can evade even careful pursuers, resembling a ghost in its elusive behavior.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Alligator Jaws and Escape Tactics Told by Australian Hunter
An Australian hunter recounts methods to escape alligators by sticking fingers in their eyes to provoke a bite and notes natives warding off a gator with sticks. He cites events at Port Essington where a buffalo was killed and a horse dragged an alligator before it released, with a fifteen foot specimen later shot by Mr. Robinson.
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Port Eesington
Not There Yet. Claude Dont You Think My Task Is Becoming
Dialogue excerpt from a New York Times piece featuring Matude and Claude debating progress on a task. Metered wordplay hints at a forthcoming achievement not yet reached.
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Claude
Matude
New York Times
Making a Life Beyond Making a Living
A reflection on the balance between wealth and character. It argues that earning a living well does not guarantee a good life, noting that many have prospered financially yet failed in moral or personal fulfillment.
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