Russian Autocracy in History and Modern Russia
Madame Sofia Iuona Friedland argues that autocracy enabled major Russian reforms and preserved the nation through wars. She cites Peter the Great and Alexander II praising absolute power as a force for modernization while noting the need for strong leadership to educate hundreds of millions and to drive long term progress.
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Henry VIII
Ivan the Terrible
Alexander II
Russias
Peter the Great
Russia
Europe
Louis Melekoff
St. Petersburg
Alexander Ila
Desrees
Napoleon
Madame Sofia Iuouna Friedland
Chicago
Women Inebriety Across Classes Cited by Bailey
Joshua L. Bailey of Philadelphia, president of the National Temperance Society of Friends, warns of a sharp rise in inebriety among women. He cites a fashionable seminary principal counseling pills, and a social leader in New York noting high‑society drinking. Reports from Chicago WCTU and British sources corroborate growing female drinking, epidemic among the upper class.
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Joshua L. Bailey
Philadelphi
National Temperance Society of Friends
Lalies
Mr. Bailey
Philadelphia
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Great Britain
Haywood Smith
Swapped Cotton for Baston Trade Fails In Georgia Row
A thrifty farmer offered to swap pounds of bacon for cotton with a Georgia merchant, delivering meat this year and cotton next fall. The grocer declined, recalling a prior year trade when 8 cent cotton covered pork. As cotton fell to eight cents now, the merchant balks at 10 cent meat.
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Baston
Americas
Georgia
High heel fashion for display not walking purposes
The era sees high heels regaining popularity as a style statement rather than practical footwear. Designers emphasize form over function with elevated silhouettes and decorative details.
Long Prayers Split Braddock Congregation in Allegheny Case
A Braddock Pennsylvania church faced a division after a leading member known for long prayers clashed with the pastor Rev Clarence Greeley who left the ministry and the church plans to hire a hall and form a new congregation with short prayers as a creed element The State Mother in Law notes describe Countess Marie von Buelow as a powerful diplomatic figure at the Berlin Reichstag and link a similar term to other European political circles.
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First Congregational Church
Braddock
Clarence Greeley
Horace Greeley
Mr. Greeley
Marie von Buelow
Berlin
Reichstag
I N Law
Minghetti
Count Buelow
Italy
Rotterdam
Nieuwe Courant
Last Duels Across Nations Aimed At Honor's Field
A 19th century panorama shows dueling as a widespread practice in Britain Ireland and America with famed figures like Wellington O Connell and Decatur noted. Balloons for a famed 1808 Paris duel ended in tragedy while Bladensburg and Weldon grounds mark lethal encounters.
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America
England
British Islands
George III
House of Lords
Duke of Wellington
Great Britain
Earl of Winchelsea
Southsea
Lieut
Hawkey
Lieut. Seton
Hussars
Sheehan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Far Rockaway
New York
Knox
R. R. Beirne
W. C. Elam
Richmond
Waynesboro
Elam
Europe
Bladensburg
Gov. Bladen
Maryland
J. W. Campbell
Kentucky
H. B. Gardinier
Edward Hopkins
Navy
Armistead Thomson Mason
John Mason McCarty
Stephen Decatur
James Barron
Graves
Cilley
Daniel Johnson
Thomas F. Jones
North Carolina
Johnson
Weldon
N. C
Daniel Dugger
George C. Dromgoole
Congress
Petersburg
France
Germany
M. de Grandpre
M. de Bisque
Tuileries
Grandpre
Bisque
Utica
Oak Tree in Athens Receives Self Ownership Deed
In Athens Georgia a historic oak was recorded as owning itself and land within eight feet of its trunk. The tree once belonged to Colonel W H Jackson who cherished it and feared future destruction. He deeded entire possession of the tree and surrounding land to the tree itself during his lifetime.
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Athens
W. H. Jackson
Fred
How To Remove Glass Stoppers Safely
Instructions for loosening glass stoppers. Wrap the bottle neck with a hot rag, then remove the stopper before heat expands the neck. If the stopper sticks, apply camphene between the neck and stopper to loosen it.
Fruit as a Food and Its Role in Health
The article argues morning fruit aids digestion and provides nourishment with light labor to the stomach. It suggests pairing fruit with bread and notes meat supplies albuminoid material essential for tissue growth, while recognizing vegetables and fruit in summer as part of a balanced diet.
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Foneh
M. Dagin
Testelin
Senate
M. Wilfrid de Fonvielle
Dr. Gastier
National Assembly
M. de Lalande
Quatremere d'Isjonvalle
Madame d'Isjonvalle
Morocco
Madagascar
Cambou
Europe
Amicis
Niebuhr
London
Daily News
Too Kind-Hearted Foolishness Unravels at Church
In L'Anse Michigan a generous young woman amused herself by tugging a stranger’s clothing during a church hymn. Her curiosity escalated from a mere thread to unraveling the man’s underwear, provoking embarrassing, cringing laughter as the mystery clothed man turned to inquire what tickled his neck.
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L’anse
Mich
Tiler
Improvised Furniture From an Old Walnut Dresser
A clever woman repurposed an antique walnut dresser into a shelving unit. She removed the marble top and a swing glass, used drawer slides for shelves, and created a partition from the bottom drawer at half the bureau depth.
Deathlike chrysalis and the dawn of wings
The fragment depicts a figure bound by a shroud under trees as light and life return. A transformation follows as pain subsides and the subject awakens to a sublime rebirth, gaining metaphorical wings and royal splendor in a new being.
Mislaid Proposal to Miss Martindale by Phonograph
Hartwell, a diffident suitor, hires two phonographs to record a marriage proposal for Helen Martindale. His plan backfires as the device plays a cheeky song about love and deception, revealing the missing declaration.
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Elliott Flower
Daily Story Pub. Co
George Henry Hartwell
Helen Martindale
Hartwell
Miss Martindale
Helen
Martindale
Kenilworth Sets Atlantic Record From Liverpool to Philadelphia
The four mast Kenilworth completed the crossing from Liverpool to Philadelphia in eighteen and a half days, passing the Delaware capes on the forenoon of the twelfth, surpassing all records for its class. The prior best for such a voyage was the A. J. Ropes from Liverpool to New York in nineteen days in March 1898.
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Atlantic
Kenilworth
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Delaware Capes
Mersey
New York
A. J. Ropes
Financiers Discuss Street Operations and Profits
In a Detroit Free Press cartoon style exchange, one financier claims he gave his boy ten thousand dollars to operate in the street and the boy earned two thousand. The other replies with a terse confirmation, noting that is what remained.
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Detroit Free Press
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