Candle's Soliloquies on a Mother-in-Law Dilemma
A Victorian style fragment portrays Job Candie and his wife Margaret debating whether to invite her widowed mother to live with them. Candie muses on the dangers of mother-in-law presence, recalling cases of spoiled grandchildren and strained households, while Mrs. Candie pleads for family unity and support. He finally resolves against permanent residence despite social pressure, reflecting on prudence and family dynamics.
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Candie
Job
Cyndie
Avda
Mr. Candle
Mrs. Candle
Mrs. Candie
Crate
Mr. Candie
Bnsiness
Jady
Margaret
Mrs. Caudleball
Mrs. Caudle
Mrs. Caudie
de Prele
Goodenough
Timnes
Simpkinsons
Simpkinson
Mrs. Simpkinson
Jim Simpkinson
Mrs. Caulie
Audas
Forsooth
Job Caudle
Caudie
Perenne
Mr. Caudie
Mr Caudie
Saving an Hour's Sleep by a New York Man
A Bloomfield New Jersey resident devised a morning alarm powered fire setup to cook breakfast and light a stove. The device uses an alarm clock with weights a wire sandpaper and matches to ignite paper and fuel then whistles when ready. He praises it for saving sleep preventing domestic friction and possibly divorces by fixing who rises first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Bloomfield
N. J
The Inevitable Company of Tuolumne Mines
An 1860s tale by A D Mulford recounts the Inevitable Gold Silver and Copper Mining and Prospecting Company formed in Tuolumne county. The prospector narrates misadventures in galling optimism, scattered shareholders, costly assessments, and a dog and a mare as unlikely survivors amid wandering expeditions from Walker's River to Bodie country.
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Tuolumne County
Rob Jones
Montezuma
Gewia
Tuolumne
Walker's
Sierras
Mono Counties
Walker's River
Cooper's
Stanislaus County
Niso
Stanislaus
Knicht’s Ferry
Bridgeport
Mano County
Counersville
Pinelog
Bob Love
Walker River
Jamestown
Ex Justice Leonard Retained in Million-Dollar Heir Case
Ex Justice H. W. Leonard of Jersey City says he is retained in a case involving more than $1,000,000. In 1805 Antonio Grodecky a Polish Jew of New York residence died leaving 880,000. He had no known relatives and a Polish heir in Europe seeks the fortune through a power of attorney. Justice Leonard will request proofs of birth and kinship from Poland before acting further.
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H. W. Leonard
Jersey City
Antonio Grodecky
Third Avenue
New York
Freign
Jacob Grenwaldt
Chicago
Europe
Poland
Grodecky
Bed Grodecky
Leonard
Youne Grodecky
Per
Fifth Avenue
French Viscount of Jewelry Theft Identified
A French viscount, 68, with eight prior condemnations and twenty four years in prison, is profiled as a habitual jewelry thief. He allegedly uses a bracelet contraption to swipe rings and diamonds, slipping them up his sleeve, while another case describes a bareheaded impostor deceiving a clerk with a fake bank-note packet.
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Mr. Bouncer
Bouncer
Rue de Maubeuge
Thunderbolt Fireball Strikes Nashville Spire
A Nashville despatch reports a sudden warm spell to 44 F followed by two explosive fireball events that lit the city and rattled the ground. The unfinished spire of the McKendree church was struck, filling the structure with smoke and drawing out the Fire Department, though no damage occurred and no rain fell before the first explosion.
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California
Nashville
Tenn
McKendree Church
The Nun of Kenmare and Her Irish Convent
A New York Tribune feature profiles Sister Frances Clare of Kenmare Kerry, detailing her life as a famed nun and author, the Kenmare convent, its charitable work, daily routine, and views on vocation. The piece highlights her influence, the convent's support from donors, and the nuns dedication to education and the poor.
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Javies Redpath
New York Tribune
St. Bridget
Mary Frances Clare
Kenmare
County Kerry
Sister Frances
Cusack
Wople
Up Down
Ireland
Cork
Kerry
O'Connell
Father Mathew
St. Patrick
St. Gridcet
St. Columba
England
United States
Australia
Convent of
Thannn
Queen Elizabeth
Italy
Miss Cusack
Hfe
O'Sullivan
Rand
Frances
Li Alady
Noar
Hamlet
Ophelia
Agai
Paris Child Wonder Berthe Guillemand at age three
A Paris exhibit features Berthe Guillemand born October 1877, age three, who reads, does arithmetic beyond four rules, memorizes first act of Athalie, sings arias from Rigoletto and Faust, and plays piano after one hearing. Showman Pessaro signs five year, 300 per month contract aiming for UK and US tours.
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New York World
Paris
Pessaro
Berthe Guillemand
Peripnex
Berthe
M. Pessaro
Athalie
Samuel Didier
England
United States
Daggett’s Free Freight Warboarded Railroads in Campaign
In a prelude to a political fight, Congressman Daggett complained about a $1650 baggage charge in Omaha. He vowed to burden Union Pacific and Central Pacific, shipping massive amounts of Congressional records free of charge. He sent seventeen tons of “Pub. Docs” to Washington and back home, boasting that the speeches were valuable. Voters in the Utah division rallied in Nevada on election day, defeating Daggett. Afterward railroad workers celebrated with heavy drinking, leaving crews demoralized for days.
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Varson
Daggett
Washington
Omaha
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Sam
Big Frank
Gongressman
Utah
Nevada
BRIC-A-BRAC AND AN APOLOGY TO HONOR
A collage of humorous and railing paragraphs features romance fragments from The Sunday Globe, a tale of an obstreperous prisoner at the Detroit House of Correction, a comic yarn about a perspiring dyeing man, a tale of Nat the bigamist, and a New Haven boarding house anecdote. The clippings mix light fiction with caricature and courtroom anecdotes, preserving the era’s sharp humorous tone.
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Candle
Job Candle
Martel Marmont
Pacific
Prentice Mulford
San Francisco Chronicle
San Joaquin
Mono
Bodie
Redpath
Sister Mary Frances Clare
Kehmare
Kenmara
Ams
Eaisen
Sunday Globe
O. Merence
A. G. Noyes
Free Press
Detroit House of Correction
Dee
John
Ren
Little Rock Gazette
Nat
Jedge
Gunter
Ginny
Lindy
Oman Oberdar
Oman
Cassis
New Haven
Rosina
Beau
London
Dean and Chapter of
Windsor
St. George's Chapel
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