Suffrage Debate Stirs Senate in New Chapter
Senator Morley Vernon’s push for women’s suffrage wins praise from Miss Maria Greene but faces a strategic hold as Reed party lines shift. Vernon delivers a stirring speech, receives applause, and a new obstruction emerges when Senator Porter moves to postpone debate until the following Wednesday, prompting an objection from Bull Burns.
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Braidwood
Porter
Senate
Cook
Senator Porter
Bull Burns
Yverson
United States
Hones
Miss Greene
A Senate Address Sparks Talk of Women’s Suffrage
Vernon escorts Maria Greene to a hotel after an adjournment as Dr Ames rebukes a speech plan. Ames argues for equal political rights based on justice, detailing laws restricting married mothers and women’s earnings. Greene hints at a broader debt owed by the people to American women.
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Vernon
Maria Greene
Capitol Avenue
Doc" Ames
Senate
Miss Greene
Jersly
Chicago
America
Miss Greene and Vernon Tour Illinois Country Road
In a spring drive, Miss Maria Greene and Vernon discuss politics and future influence as they leave town. The ride toward the countryside reveals mines under the ground and a growing distance between them, hinting at secrets in her past and the coming political maneuvering.
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Marla Greene
Vernon
Ilinois
Miss Greene
Maria
His Kick
Mrs Stiles and her husband exchange pointed remarks about personal appearance and care. The dialogue highlights domestic tension as she urges tidiness while he retorts about his owncare of clothes. The fragment hints at character dynamics without resolving the dispute.
Fighting Apostle and Howe’s War Time Generosity
A historic anecdote links Elias Howe with battlefield duty in the Seventeenth Connecticut regiment and his self funded aid to soldiers. P T Barnum recounts Howe joking about St Peter’s church while noting Howe spent much on saltpeter as national finances faltered.
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Elias Howe
Nolt
Seventeenth Connecticut
P. T. Barnum
St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's
Mr. Howe
St. Peter
Priceless Beads From Ancient Egyptian Tombs At Indianapolis
Indianapolis visitors marvel at a 3500 year old string of pink flesh colored coral beads. Dr. Reisner, Harvard archaeologist, brought them from Egypt with his sisters Hazel and May Reisner. The tale includes scarab jewelry and a Nile dam anecdote about 500 native workers released by Reisner's identity.
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Indianapolia
Rena Reisner
Reisner
Egypt
Indianapolis
Hazel
May Reisner
Harvard
Berlin
Harvard University
Dr. Reisier
Miss May Reisner
Nile
Nilé
Dr. Reisner
Skin fish to cheat common varieties sold to buyers
The Boston piece warns that unscrupulous fish sellers pass off plebeian species at higher prices by mislabeling. It notes color and markings can help shoppers detect fraud, but when skins are removed even experts struggle to tell hake from cod or pollock from bluefish, allowing deliberate deception in markets and hotels.
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Boston
Uncle Tom Vision Spurs Stowes Family Fund
Rev Dr Charles Howe Stowes recounts how his mother wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin after a church vision about rescuing enslaved families. The Fifth Avenue Church of the Ascension members pledged a fund to found a negro educational institution, but income fell short, leaving many plans unrealized.
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New York
Charles Howard Stowes
Church of the Ascension
Dr. Stowe
Uncle Tom
Youngest Railroad President Named Daniel Sortwell
In Boston Daniel A Sortwell a 25 year old broker clerk was elected president at the Barre railroad stockholders meeting making him the youngest railroad president in the world and within ten years of college graduation.
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Boston
Mass
Daniel A. Sortwell
Sortwell
Barre Railroad
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