The Perorees TY ome Wedding Reception A Dismal Failure
Abigail Perkins writes from Bostos on January 3 1878 lamenting a failed wedding reception for Melvina and Reuben. She rails at relatives including Mrs More and Parson Dodge, recalls funding for the couple, and recounts personal sacrifices caring for her father while detailing family tensions, gossip, and plans to improvise a new wardrobe. The letter exposes strain in the Perkins family and the social pressures of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Eliza
Abigail Perkins
Parson Dodge
Lord Allan's Daughter Across Loch Gyle in Storm
A Highland chief drives a ferryman to cross a dangerous lake for his daughter and her lover. The couple pays two dollars, defies Lord Allan’s pursuit, and sails to safety, promising a future visit while the enraged lord contemplates legal redress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Loch-Gyle
Ulva
Lord Ulvan
Ulian
Allan
Justice of the Peace
Be Sure It's Your Wife Then Go Ahead
In Arkansas Democrat recounting a capital hotel scene two couples ride separate buggies. Misidentification leads to mistaken voices, quarrel threats, and a demand for arrest after a chaotic search for a wife. Police intervene as the buggy switch repeats with another couple aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Democrat
Capital
Africa
Mr. J
Novel Carbon Microphone Described by M Trouve
The Electrician describes a new microphone by M Trouve with carbon disks and a carbon pencil. It is pocketable, highly sensitive, and reproduces clock ticks voices footsteps and insect sounds at distance, especially when suspended, enabling near perfection timbre like two telephones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Trouve
Ower
Cooperative workers in Guoston Va prove self sufficiency in living
A cooperative association of workers in Guoston Virginia provides employment at fair wages and boards members in a large home. They farm, weave, build, and cook for themselves, reducing living costs by about half and showing that organizing work turns needs into self production. The effort, still small but growing, aims to absorb more intelligent workers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guoston
Cis
The Danites Delay at the Howard Atheneum
A Boston audience faced a forty minute delay for The Danites at the Howard Atheneum on Friday. McKee Rankin and Haverly disputed receipts amid claims of a forty thousand dollar salary and box office manipulation. Rankin finally appeared, but the quarrel highlighted tensions between actors, agents, and the theatre management over payment honesty and conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Atheneum
Tryon
Mr. Tryon
Mr. Raokin
Mr. Tron
Mr. Rankin
I'Ryoo
Rookin
Ben
Krunsin
Ligon
Kiaukinbus
Haveriy
McKankie
Wwe
Haverly
Raukin
Tryuulas
Rankin
Tue Glook
Boston
Lim
Ravkin
We & Stinson
Kaukin
Isaac B. Rich
McKee Rankin
Araet Ners
Combina
Laspo
Hito
Women in Journalism Gossip From New York Society
The piece profiles Mrs. Croly of New York and other women in journalism and society. It highlights their roles as editors, hosts, and mentors, noting Demorest's Monthly leadership, Sorosis, and connections with writers like Miss Booth and Mrs. Julia R. Smith. It praises practicality, generosity, and influence among early women editors and authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woman's Jornal
Croly
Jennie June
Sargent
Toston
Sorosis
Tha Eperker
Tor
Lam Tie
Lam
Ora
Mary L. Booth
Booth
Casey
Harper’s
Julia R. Smith
Goldsmith
New Orleans
Mre
Johneson
Mirian
Aook
Sue
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Kasi—Mre
Starr
Cleveland
Park Street
Josephine Pollard
Lealu
Miss Alcott
Joe
Fanchon the Cricket and Maggie Mitchell in Cincinnati
An interview with Maggie Mitchell at the Grand Hotel discusses her long stage career as Fanchon the Cricket, its popularity in Cincinnati, and how she created key features of the role. Mitchell recalls first performing Fanchon in New Orleans in 1861 and notes her enduring appeal and the actor’s craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Maggie Mitchell
Grand Hotel
H. T. Paddock
Grand Opera House
Cincinnati
Fanchon
Lamon
Mr. Paddock
Sun Man
Dir
Mra. P
Vmaggie Mitchell
Sothern
Dundreary
Jeffereon
Kip van Winkle
George Sand
Mme. Bush-Pfeiffer
Germany
Mme. Gossamer
New Orleans
Desar
Charles Pope
City
Navy Barreans
New York
Chicago
Braut
St Pommaeiians
Marie Prescott
Hadet
California
Felina
Sills
Anna Boyle
Kaie Jones
Tramen
Lorie
World’s Largest Orchard Owned by Mr McKinstry in New York
The Hudson Valley orchard on the east bank of the Hudson River near Hudson, New York, bred by Robert McKinstry, covers vast acreage with 24 000 apple trees and hundreds of other fruit trees. It employs 24 men and 14 horses, expects a 30 000 barrel apple crop this year, much of which will be exported to Liverpool and Glasgow, with six miles of wagon roads and a protective belt of trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McKinstry
Hudson
Columbia County
N.Y
Mg. McKkinstry
Hudson River
Rhode Island Greepings
Baldwins
King of Jompkins
Astracians
Northern Spy
Wegener
Gravenstein
Ben Luvis
Dugress
Oldenburg
Jonathans
Hubbardstons
Vayages
Vanderveers
Belldowers
Perimains
Peck
Laitiett
B. d’Aujou
Sheldon
Seckel
Lawrence
Tucre
Liverpool
Glasgow
Political speculation on Grant 1880 nomination and support networks
Washington Letter argues Grant dominates GOP prospects with support from Blaine and Conkling factions, rings, and influential financiers while many Democrats endorse him. The writer foresees a triumphant homecoming and potent fundraising to secure nomination and election, with death noted as the sole obstacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Blaine
Conkling
Donkling
Syndicate
Sam Murphys
McDonalds
Joyces
Belknaps
Marringtons
Pattersons
Moores
Shepverds
America
Drexels
Childses
Seligmans
Joneses
O'Briens
Flooda
Tus
Washington
Springfield Republican
How to Go to Sleep from City Journal
Sit in an easy position and relax all muscles letting the head drop forward toward the chest. Remain still for a few minutes to calm willpower, then sleep may follow. If sleep is delayed, sit up slightly and avoid tension, bending forward after lying down to ease rest. The writer, once tormented by pain and nervousness, learned this method from a physician and found it effective.
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Lever
Mia
Are
Melvina
Father
Massachusetts
Hagar
Annanias
God
Red Sea
Lim
Joseph
Bain
More
Emilin
Eliza
Parton Docze
Jezisi
Alfred
Tome
Sepphira
Herod
Corimilian Mall
Rochester
Ninjo’s
New York
Mme
Buyimir Doweson
Madame Gossamer
America
Ranchou
Adawe Burehrreiffer
Susae City Journal
Cremation gaining ground in Europe across nations
The Springfield Republics note Cremation advances in Europe with Italy permitting in provinces and Milan performing about seventy five cents per corpse. Germany shows high costs and twenty seven Milan burnings last year with a foreign prince among the deceased. England debates the practice while Switzerland and Holland organize societies. new rites emerge as cremation spreads.
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Ben Pivman
Cincinnati
le Moyne
Uns
Europe
Italy
Milan
Germany
Timnduo
Nadsey Kadittiay
Gona
St. Albans
Englis
London
Switzerland
Holland
Springfield Republican
Embezzling Femme de Chambre Anna Martineau Sentenced
Paris correctional court finds Mile Anna Martineau guilty of stealing ostrich feathers, old brocades, and adornments from Mile Moisset after forging a character certificate. She admitted forging the document to hide faults, claiming kindness to Mile de Marconnex. Four months imprisonment awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile
Anna Martineau
Paris
Moisset
de Marcounex
Anna
Mlie
Motrset
Mir. de Marconnex
Grant’s Indian Travel Receives Grand Welcome
The general was hosted by native princes in Hulbullygat and Windiguviay, receiving a gold casket, an elephant, and splendid gifts. The Najab and Ameer praised him with a retinue, horse procession, and a bowdale. Grant responded with a speech and a ceremonial gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Graphic
Ameer
Curripowdab
Grant
Florida fugitive lad facing North Alabama murder case
Sheriff Henderson holds the boy in custody after a telegram from Eufania Alabama claimed the youth could be found there. The captive, now reported to be from extreme southern Florida, lies bedridden with a hopeless illness. If cured, he faces a stern legal penalty for a grave crime.
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Méridian
Miss
Mercury
T. Vestal
Lockard S
Kelly
Leo Brank Brown
Ben Frank Brown
Indietreat
Henderson
Eufania
Ala
Captain Henderson
Florida
Andy
Book notices in Appleton's Art Journal year 1878
A review of Appleton's Art Journal 1878 highlights three full page engravings The Death Warrant Mary Queen of Scots Wearing the May Voronet and Reverie plus Weaving the May Coronet. It notes forthcoming Land scape in American Poetry sketches by Lucy Larcom and Browne illustrates. It mentions Littell's Living Age 140th volume and various new serials and literary notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Queen of Scots
Observer
Chester
Chester Cathedral
Norway
Mies Lucy Larcom
J. Appleton Browne
Littell
George MacDovald
Sir Gibbe
Calcott
Katharine
Muncquoid
Sarah Tytler
Dean Stanley
Wick
Gladstone
Froude
Goldwin Smith
Proctor
Huxley
Matthew Arnold
Max Muller
William Black
Mrs. Oliphant
Anthony Trollope
London
Tennyson
Lynch, Cole & Meehan
John Ruskin
Andrew Sheuriet
Gustave Droz
Emile Zola
Grenville Murray
Russia
Berlin
Perkins
Eid
George William Ours
William Cullen Bryant
Charles Scribuers Sons
Bibliographie de la France
Hayasone
Philadelphia
Ace
Lee & Shepard
Connecticut
J. W
Renel
Rrench
Claries Scrioner
Sons of
New York
Reitzion
India
Hibbert
Bampton
Messrs, Longmans
George Rawiuson
Egypt
France
Browning
M. A
J. V. Manaffy
G. A. Simcox
American Law Review
J.T. Hoorne
Kice Kimpton
England
Paul Hevere
Signal Lanterns
D. Wiliam W. Wheldon
Lee & Suepar
Petereous
Hampton Mead
Bayard Taylor
Strawberry Hill Reflections and Oddities From A Rural Page
A brook of memories and odd vignettes flows through this page. Skits, doggerel, and rustic humor mingle with travel jokes and a comic mule tale on the levee. A tale of German lessons, a young romance twist, and recollections of summer nights and yachting parties finish with classical poetry nods.
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Abigail
Bostos
Dean Mrs.Orna
Reuben
Guliah
Hal
Mrs. More
Feiner
Re. Griggs
Laven
Ledont
Jon
Apostle Ananias
Lord Allan’s
The
Howard Athenaeum
Erie
Hincostanee
Fred Grant
Women IN Journalism
Cricket
Cincinnati Sun
Ibis
Bowie
Appleton’s Art Journal
Madeleine
Jansen, McClurg & Co
Jules Landeau
Sandewu
French Academy
Francis Chariot
Gulignavi
Societe Francaise de Physique
M. Weyler
M. Taylor
Brig-A-Brac
Strawberry Hill
Dyemie
Bessie
Mude
Loniseille
Silence
Darkey
Almays
Sam
George William Curtis
George
U. 5
Fenton
Reuben —Nain
U. S
Nein
U.s
Reuben -Nein
U. 8
Neip
Rube
Pach
Bob
Himmel
U.5
Ingersoll
Boker
Hartranft
Thornton
East Lydia Service
Helen
Shorpon
Leried
Snotter
Captain Thornton
Sir Jobo
Atlanta Constitution
Jess
Wall
Ole Turee
Marie Hemfil
Greenbacks
Webber
Doller
Treemaie Minghela
Detroit Free Press
Woodward Avenue
Clara
Lowe
Horace
St. Louis
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Pollo
Diana's
Pollio
Islervain
Pramnian
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