Growing Old Gracefully in Life and Work
A Newark writer reflects on aging, praising buoyant temperaments, unselfish care, and persistent work. He cites David Dudley Field and social figures, arguing that age is best met with good nature, steady effort, and rest, to preserve vitality and dignity in later years.
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David Dudley Field
Washington
House of Representatives
Tin
Judiciary
New Aes
House
Aiven
Ite Ield
New England
Denison
Rip van Winkle
Amillion
Sarrow Ali
Letey
Newark
Field
Mr. Fields
Hs Em
Joy
Cyrus W. Field
Charles A. Dana
Long Island
Howard
Thought Protectors and the Birth of Copyright Law
Washington notes on copyright by Tom Hood and Ainsworth Spofford explain two forms of copyright, common law and statute, and how authors retain rights to letters and works until registered. The piece surveys international approaches, historical limits, and calls for longer U S protection, citing Johnson, Hood, and British precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Congressional Library
Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Librarian of
Congress
Spofford
New Hampshire
Cincinnati
Howells
Mr. Prang
Mr. Harrigan
United States
Tom Hood
Macaulay
Hood
Scott
Carlyle
Dickens
Browning
Henry Clay
New Sheet Music Gems From Oliver Ditson Co
Oliver Ditson & Co offers songs by F L Moir E Meyer Helmund and others priced 26 to 65 cents. Notable titles include The Captain The Last Kiss In a Straw Land Saint Florian Hill Marion Must We Forget Alpine Queen and Idylle Waltzes plus Easy Waltzes Sweet Face Waltzes and a piano method book. A comic piece Go on the Stage appears at 26 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Ditson & Co
F. L. Moir
E. Meyer-Helmund
West
Land
Saint Florian Hill
Marion
Eiver Ditson & Co
Charles Wels
Gautieres
Oliver D. Tson & Co
Smith & Co
C. Cverney
S* Mentary P. Pee Forte
Gurlitt
Manotorte
Reeces
Tela
Lo Nas
Aztec Words for Fun Test Readers Pronunciations
A reader skims a column listing jaw breaking Mexican Aztec terms and phrases. It mocks English attempts at pronouncing Ixtaccihuatl and other Aztec words such as Teteunamiquiliztli and tetlayhicuiltiliztli, noting pronunciation hurdles and playful comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Lakes
Companion
Mexico
Valley of
Retired physician offers free remedy recipe hailing cure
An East India missionary handed a formula for a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous disorders to a retired doctor who vows to share the recipe free of charge. He will mail the instructions in German French or English with directions for preparation from Power's Block Rochester NY upon request and a stamp.
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East India
Power's Block
Rochester
N. Y
l’'Hotel Lieu
Salpetriere
du Midi
Paris
French Academy of Medicine
Marrie
Civiale
Civiace
Damytren
Ofel Dieu
Ie Medical Academy
Legion of Bioners
Aphietons
America
France
le Gazette Des Mopitaus
Jane
New York
Civiate Remedial
W. H. Hace
Washington, D. C
Civale Remedial
Fulton St
Chess and checker club notices and problems from Boston 1888
The Providence and Boston checker rooms publish problem solutions and moves. Readers send solutions, reports, and thanks while noting positions by 7 11 play and position numbers. Acknowledgments for news items and problems appear alongside game analyses and references to Richmond and Bugbee.
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Boston
J. W. Grady
Black
Stephen Terry
H. Z. Wright
Jacob Condo
J. McKenzie Barker
John T. Hennigan
C.F. Bur Lle
John Armour
T. W. Kimley
Whitter
Ohhief
Providence
P. A. Mulcahy
A. J. Heffner
Mulcahy
Mr. Bugbee
Checker
Weekly Globe
New York World
Wyson
Big Run
Penn
King
Hite
Tor Globe
O. H. Richmond
Ee Bey A. Ak
Richmond
New England Chess and Checker Rooms
Messrs
G. D Bugbee
C. F. Burille Bugbee
Il Il
Mr. Burille
Fatfield Players Draw, British Championship Trial Mentioned
The article notes Gayne of Fatfield drawing in a match with a stake of $100 and Reed settling permanently in One Stckelvie while planning to contest conclusions with W Campbell for Britain’s blind folded championship. It also mentions William Kheid of Ayrshire giving an exhibition in Wilson Hall, winning 26 games and drawing four.
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Gayne
Fatfield
Reed
Stckelvie
W. Campbell
Great Britain
William Kheid
Ayrshire
Wilson Hall
Nas
Peg
Aga
Ea Eelson
Eid
R. Feerie
Granger
Hendon
New Charles Perham
New York
Labor items reflect union activity across industries and regions
The report catalogs labor movement actions from 26 International Furniture Workers branches to Boston painters wages and Philadelphia carpenters. It notes co operatives forming, wage scales in Boston and Chicago, strikes at Wakefield Rattan, nine hour proposals in Pittsburg, and legislative push in Paris for city work to go to co ops or trade unions.
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International Furniture Workers’ Union
Maine
Crowley
State Court of Appeals
Worcester
A. A. Carlton
R. of L
Massachusetts
Providence
D. A
New Hampshire
Dover
cRienetane
Laurence Gronlund
Co-operative Commonwealth
Codman Hall
Great Britain
H. J. Skettington
National Trade Assembly
Boston
L. A
State Assembly
United Carpenters’ Council of
Pittsburg
Wakefield Rattan Company
Whitelaw Reid
Rat Tribune
Reid
Tribune
Cople
National
Bakers’ Union
Bnckmakers’ Union
Carpenters’ Union
Cambridge
Master Builders’ Association of
Lynn
Knights of Labor
Wey
Knights of Labor D. A
National District Assembly
New York
Kings
Suffolk Counties
Philadelphia
Chicago
Municipal Council of
Paris
Paul Brousse
Digging Out the Compositors at Presque Isle Newsroom
In Northern Maine the editor must dig for local facts and even shovel snow drifts to free compositors. After an hour's work Friday morning, one compositor was rescued while the other remains snowed under awaiting help to prepare the next issue.
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Maine
Curious San Francisco Case Of Dual Skin Phenomena
Pittsburg Post reports Henry Stavab exhibits a striking color change. For weeks his skin lightens to a Spaniard tone then abruptly turns Ethiopian black, altering personality from sociable to morose. Doctors puzzled by this peculiar condition as friends struggle to recognize him across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Dr. Jeykil
Mr. Hyde
San Francisco
Henry Stavab
Renan Pays Tribute to French in Eternal Conversation
In a whimsical remark reported by the New York Tribune, M Renan muses that if he may speak to the devil in French, perhaps the language will endure for eternity. He jokes that without French, he would be lost in the afterlife.
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New York Tribune
M. Renan
To Those Who Like Sarcasm Journal of Education
A fragment from a wartime era column presents a young woman's candid opinion about another woman her husband might marry, reflecting social sniping and humor in a constrained public discourse.
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Journal of Education
Positive remedy offer for consumption from T A Stocum
A letter to the editor from T A Stocum proposes a “positive remedy” for consumption. He claims timely use cures thousands and offers to send two bottles of his FRexK remedy to readers who provide their express and P O address, identifying his New York address at 181 Pearl Street.
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P. O
T. A. Stocum
M. C
Pearl St
N. Y
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Emerald Isle
Emerson
Holmes
Tennyson
Beecher
Ponce de Leon
Far West
Lord Chesterfield
Act of Congress
Conress
Germany
Leipsig
Interior
Victoria
Stationers’ Hall
London
Mark ‘Twain
Montreal
Librarian of Congress
Treasury
Shakespeare
Anthony Comstock
Walter Scott
Glenallan
Roland Cheyne
Spear
Spur
Lord Deas
Lord Camden
Bacon
Newton
Milton
Locke
Johnson
Juvenal
Entleman'’S
Jord
New Boston Music
Washington Street
Groton
Mass
C. M. Ider
G. D. Bugbee
Kelso
Paisley
Denny
Wo Ricage
Messrs, J. P
J. T . Denvir
Checker News
Sandusky Register
Huntington
Miles
Merry
Lonsdale
A. B. Snow
Pawtucket
Rhode Island
I C
Barker
Glasgow
Robert Arting
Scotland
WyLife
New Zealand
Trades Unionists
Presque Isle North Star
Jekyll and Hyde
C. H. Arre
Gen. Pass. Agt
St. Paul
Minn
Wylt
Tor
Starr Agorator A
Cost
Smith Mle. Co
Palutine. Is
Cowlst Nlé
Clinton Bron
Clintonville
Wees
Nasire Ani Waray
Peter Hexversox
Ling
Peter Henderson & CO
The
Ballet
Cosmopolitan
White Zone
Frederick Schwatka
Snyder
Canada
J. Macdonald Oxley
Edwards
Crown Prince
H. H. Boyesen
Tennessee
Lee Meriwether
Junius Henri Browne
International
Ly Kk. M. Johnson
Octave Feuillet
Alexander L. Kinkead
the Cosmopolitan
Park Row
Teck
BSO
Connecticut
Conn
Agents’ Journal
Bromtel Street
Wytf Myll
Ohio
Chestersp
Hove
BR CO
Cleveland
J. J. Vincet
Cassell & CO. (Limited
Broadway
New York City
Dearborn St
Widren
F.C
Farrington
Epps
Enos
Civil Service
James Epps & CO
Homeopathic Chemists
Nion
England
Frink
Sen
H. G. Koot
Pearl
Housenolds& Office
Eggleston Truss CO
Dr. Syk
C. J Mason
Marston
Park Plage
York- ThSiwgly
Soper
Ted
Anvassing
Standard Silver Wane Co
Brewster
Holly
Mid
J. F. Hill & CO
Augusta
Moody’s
Dreas
Moody &Co
Chicago Scale Co
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