Oh dose children and their mischief says Faden Adams
Harper's magazine prints a humorous monologue from Charles Foilen Adams about children causing noise and chaos at home. The speaker imagines Gretchen his wife and two sons Otto and Shonny Schwartz as disruptive yet endearing, noting the burdens and joys of fatherhood.
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Gretchen
Herman
Otto
Schwartz
Rashkells
Santa Klaus
Charles Foilen Adams
Harper's
Strange Fatality Reveals Hidden Will and Heiress
Philip Devlin receives news of his uncle Reuel’s death and a will dispute unfolds at a Cincinnati funeral. A tramp’s death exposes a secret 1883 will, making Lulu the Tracy heiress and overturning expectations of Alice and her brothers. The burglarized will is recovered, and Philip worries over the accidental death’s tie to his actions.
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Philip Devlin
Philip
Gresham
Phil
Gram
Renel
Alice
Lulu
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Tracy
Lula
Reuel Tracy
Reuel OP Po
Reuel
Lwula
Mr. Tracy
Uncle Reuel
Tracys
Noted Moral Contrast Between Duty and Enjoyment
A reflective line contrasts pitiable dim notions of duty with equally pitiful vulgar ideas of pleasure, suggesting a critique of corrupted values in pursuit of gratification.
The Well-Dressed Woman and The Tale of Engagement
A verse sketch of courtship and social rituals focusing on engagement status. The piece traces a woman's choices from choosing gowns and attending social events to engagements, re-engagements, and the emotional tides of love, longing, and social expectations. It names scenes of weddings, church, theater, and courting rituals within a reflective narrative voice.
First Love Confession Sparks Honest Truth
A husband and wife volley in a witty exchange about marriages to first loves. The husband presses for disclosure while the wife offers a blunt self admission: if you married your first love, I did. if not, I did not.
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Scott
How did his money come from oil land
A dialogue from the Pittsburgh Chronicle shows a woman asking how a husband made his fortune in oil. The reply reveals wealth came from owning and avoiding oil speculation, keeping out of it, while they note they now own their home and are faring well.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle
Virginia
Boston
Philadelphia
Thad
Capitol
Washington
The Well Dressed Woman in 19th Century Style
A detailed look at social norms for how women dress across seasons from summer cottons to winter silks and lace. It contrasts the openly stylish evenings with everyday modest attire and notes a shift toward refined yet restrained display. Also included is a portrait of a young Hebrew girl’s etiquette and social activities.
The War's Vast Human and Monetary Toll
S. L. Powers notes that in four years of Civil War fighting nearly 4 million men from 23 to 32 million residents served, with over 1 million Union and Confederate soldiers. he compares costs to Napoleonic wars, ranking Gettysburg as the greatest modern battle and highlighting the Pickett charge and the Gettysburg defense.
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North
Union
Confederacy
Germany
Appomattox
Roman Empire
Waterloo
Wellington
the Wilderness
Europe
Gettysburg
France
England
Great Britain
Pickett
Old Guard
S. L. Powers
Quotable Jests and Jabs From A Century Past
A mosaic of humorous quips and verse from various papers lampooning vanity, drama, manners, and social foibles. Snippets joke about a club, nighs, marriages, mischief in Boston society, and a playful poem on immortality.
Umpire Wanted Based on Daring Past
A dialogue from the keeper of intelligence offers a risky job path to a wary applicant who shifts from dynamite work to umpiring. The exchange highlights fearlessness and willingness to endure rough treatment, culminating in a baseball umpire placement.
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Keeper of Intelligence Office
Boston Courier
Block Off the Young Chip in Texas Siftings
A Texas youth seeks renewal of a note and asks Mose Schaumburg to indorse. The youth proclaims his father will indorse but questions his father’s judgment and security. The quirky exchange highlights a family dispute over credit and responsibility.
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Texas
Schaumburg
Texas Siftings
Women should fight as well as men say Mrs Partington
Mrs Partington asserts that with the needle gun now in use there is no reason for women to be barred from fighting as men.
Lincoln interview helps a Pennsylvania officer's wife
In 1863 a Philadelphia bride sought President Lincoln's aid after her husband, a Pennsylvania lieutenant, was dismissed for missing an army rejoin deadline on their hurried honeymoon. She pleaded with simple eloquence, and Lincoln listened with sympathy, asking about Fred and the wedding.
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War Department
Washington
Lincoln
Fred
National Flowers Through History and Royal Emblems
The article lists national flowers by country and historic houses. England cherishes the rose, Germany favors the blue corn flower, Wales points to the leek, Scotland to the thistle, Italy adopts the Marguerite in honor of Queen Margherita, and Switzerland honors the Edelweiss. It notes related daisies, chrysanthemums, and other royal symbols across nations.
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England
York
Lancaster
Germany
William
Berlin
Wales
Scotland
Paris
Marguerite
Italy
Margherita
France
Spain
Portugal
Water on the chest tale from a shipwreck
A sailor recounts surviving a shipwreck after a hurricane. He explains the weighty twist that his chest with twenty pounds in money and clothes sank into two hundred fathoms of water leaving him troubled by the phrase water on the chest.
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Mike
Begorra
Whisper
Boston Courier
Remarkable memories of astonishing recall across ages
The article recounts feats of memory from a Corsican boy who recited 40,000 dictated words in reverse order, to a physician who could repeat Paradise Lost after twenty years without reading it, and Euler who remembered Virgil's text after losing sight. It also notes a beggar named Blind Alick who knew the Bible by heart and could detect verbal errors, plus Gassendi who daily recited 600 Latin verses for exercise.
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Euler
Sterling
Alick
Gassendi
Firewater Bottles in Coffin Vow Mocked by Attendant
A Pais Morning News snip recalls a Drury Lane corridor gag where a visitor mistakes glass grenades for fire extinguishers and jokes about stocking his coffin with water bottles to quell any blaze. The exchange highlights period stagehouse humor and crowd reactions.
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Drury Lane
Pais Morning News
Parson Damaged in Bicycle Collision with a Dog
A Cleveland minister rode to church on a bicycle and collided with a Newfoundland dog owned by the senior deacon. The wreck left the parson with a split coat and torn trousers, while the dog attracted a crowd of about 300 as the sermon began.
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Cleveland
Rome
Kings County
What an M. C. Will Stand
An unnamed speaker asks for advice on pleasing his Congressman father in law while visiting Brooklyn. He wonders whether to favor the Young Men's Christian Association or the theater, prompting a humorous exchange with Jenkins and Smith in a Brooklyn setting.
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M. C
Smith
Brooklyn
Young Men’s Christian Association
Jenkins
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