Howard's Letter on Youth and Modern Times
A columnist replies to reader letters debating if today’s youth are different from the past. He contrasts boys and girls with images of seaside resorts and boarding school, recalling Sunday routines, reading, and early journalism in New England. He argues for examining root causes of perceived changes.
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Robinson Crusoe
Peter Parley
Aries
New England
John Todd
Hafed
Kingdom
Senone
York
Reading Habits and The Press Life Lessons From a Century Ago
In a reflective piece, the author contrasts the New York Times and local papers with earlier era journalism, noting how daily and afternoon papers shaped readers and memory. He questions the impact of sensational content on youths and compares media diet to physical nourishment, drawing on personal experiences and journalistic shifts.
Affection's Dearest Joys and the Globe Pictures
The piece extols a touching mother child scene titled Wide Awake and Fast Asleep with Brown Eyes and Blue Eyes watercolors. It blends art critique with social commentary on youth, media sensationalism, and the pulpit, urging reform through Beecher Brooks and Talmage, and promoting Globe subscriptions and illustrated watercolors for mothers.
The News in Briefs From Across the Nation
A whirlwind of items reports vast cattle losses in the Texan Panhandle due to water scarcity, Manitoba wheat yields, political shifts in Kentucky, international travel and diplomacy, and numerous local incidents. Highlights include shipwrecks, accidents, court actions, and weather events with names and places such as Indianapolis, Hartford, Columbia, and Albany.
National Conference Opens Amid Outlook for Charities Colors
The fourteenth annual National Conference of Charities began in Omaha on Friday as discussions focus on reform and welfare issues. A Grand Army veterans parade including ex President Hayes and Governor Foraker passed without demanding a portrait ban in Keeling West Virginia. News from streams across the continent notes New York socialist stock shifts, Eastport fishing boats released after a fine, and large bank deposits in New York State amounting to nearly 496 million with over 1.3 million open accounts. A Pierre South Dakota dispatch reports Douglass Carlin's wedding to Madien Dupreet before 1000 Indian witnesses, while in Burlington Colorado authorities face bank embezzlement charges. A British Army discharge case reaches a Conn. resident, and a Montreal Herald fire devastates a five-story building injuring workers and destroying firms with a $140,000 loss.
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St. Peter's
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Sharp
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Henry J. Ayers
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Deaths of Prominent Navy Officer and Fall River Leader
Rear-Admiral Thomas T. Craven died suddenly at the Boston Navy Yard on the 23rd, aged nearly 80, after a long career from midshipman in 1822 to the Mississippi engagements and Vicksburg. Jefferson Borden of Fall River, aged 86, longtime agent of American Print Works, headed multiple companies, led the Fall River bleachery, and presided over the Metacomet National Bank until 1879.
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Vicksburg
Jefferson Borden
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Borden
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Troy Cotton and Woollen
Anawan
Fall River Iron Works Company
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Fall River Gas Company
Theetacomet Manufacturing Company
Fall River Steamboat Company
Metacomet National Bank
Notable Deaths Across Nations Mark End of Era
Aaron J. Vanderpoel famed New York lawyer dies aged 62, senior partner at Vanderpoel Green Cuming and counsel to Western Union. Also, Mrs. Sarah Jackson widow of Andrew Jackson Jr dies at the Hermitage aged 81. Viscount Doneraille dies in Dublin from hydrophobia after a fox bite. he sat in the House of Lords since 1886. Judge Daniel Goodwin of Michigan bench passes away in Detroit. Rev. Moses Rogers, descendant of John Rogers, dies at Fresh Pond aged near 94. Dr Edward W. Germer dies in Erie. Eliza Howard Powers dies in Washington at 85 for wartime service.
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Doane
Potter
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John Rogers
England
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Geechee
Edward W. Germer
Erie
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Germer
Baden
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Berlin
Eliza Howard Powers
Washington, D.C
Florence Nightingale Association
United States Sanitary Commission of
New Jersey
Congress
The Muses Were a Baseball Team in Their Day
Report notes that the Muses, once a local group, belonged to a baseball lineage with ties to B. B. Nine Amuses, a club mentioned in Burlington Free Press discussions. This brief recalls a historical sports lineage and local culture surrounding early teams.
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Brown Eyes and Blue Eyes Water Color Offer
A colorful advertisement promotes a water color set titled Brown Eyes and Blue Eyes. Sunshine highlights a one year subscription to The Weekly Clothe for $1.30, inviting readers to choose and read the advertisement for details.
Traced burners aimed to burn town in scheme by night watchmen
Plainstrip NJ August 28 a gang of night watchmen paid by private parties attempted to burn the town for over a year and a half to justify their pay. Seven were arrested after a midnight stakeout at a Lee Brothers house. The plan involved terrorizing police and police protection was cited as weak. Names include John Jackson and several alleged conspirators among workers.
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George Reed
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William H. Penny
Robert Skinner
Jackson
Water color pictures to popularize art nationwide
OUR REW PICTURES claim to resemble water colors and convey refined beauty. They boast lithic-like watercolor and etching tones, appealing to taste and modern deco parlor standards, and promise affordability for widespread private ownership to drive subscriptions.
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