A School Girl's Stratage at Geneva Female Seminary
A tale of Nell Thorpe who boosts fellow pupils with witty essays, the plotting to curb copying, and Dr Stone’s corrective ruse. Seven girls are caught passing off borrowed work as originals, read aloud then shamed publicly, ending borrowing of compositions at the Geneva Female Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Geneva Female Seminary
Miss Pincer
Dr. Stone
Nell Thorpe
Thorpe
Nell
Pincer
Lizzie Smith
Cornelia Jones
Jennie Howard
Stone
Miss Blair
Miss Thorpe
Abby Blair
Katie Kearns
Clara Holmes
Clara
Jennie
Socrates
Connie Jones
Able Blair
Angel
Daniel Webster
Abby
Israel
Miss Jones
Miss Howard
Misa Pincer
Kate Kearns
Neil
Kearns
Miss Holmes
Celia Macfarlane
Celia
Patty Spencer
Cornelia
Cornie
Connie
Patty
Watkins
Miss Pinocer
Cling to the Mighty One Poem of Faith and Hope
A devotional verse formed from Bible texts urging readers to cling to divine names for relief, strength, and joy. It repeats calls to cling to the Mighty Gracious Faithful Bleeding Risen Coming and Reigning One, promising hope and steadfastness in adversity.
Hints to Good Health July Advice on Arsenic Vaccination
Seasonal guidance urges moderation in food and drink, warns against cold water and prolonged baths, and cautions about resting in cold places. It discusses arsenic's dual nature as poison and remedy, explains vaccination against smallpox, and outlines Swedish movement therapy for constipation to stimulate abdominal circulation and bowel action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Lee
Philadelphia County Medical Society
Demonstration Planned in Hyde Park on Whitmonday
The Indefatigable Timbornites of the London Daily News report that friends of the claimant organize another Hyde Park demonstration on Whitmonday. Mrs Kenealy widow of Dr Kenealy delivered a special address to the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily News
Friends of
Hyde Park
Whitmonday
Magna Charta Association Marches to Whitmonday Demo
Members of the Magna Charta Association plan a Whitmonday demonstration in London. A year after the death of the late president, Mrs Kenealy urges renewed effort, with two carriages for the Kenealy family, tea for 200, and a procession from Tuyistock square to Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park, followed by a congress of delegates on Whittuesday.
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Maria Charta Association
Sr. Kenealy
Whitmonday
Tuyistock Square
Kenealy
Trafalgar Square
Hyde Park
Polite American Book Exchange apology over Lowell articles
Rev H R Haweis notes repeated American publication of his articles on James Russell Lowell by the American Book Exchange. A sharp reply from J B Lord, manager, mocks rights and promises future literature influence while denying compensation, dated New York April 30 1881 and London correspondence from Regent's Park.
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London
H. R. Haweis
America
James Russell Lowell
American Book Exchange
Drak Simr
Tom
J. B. Alord
Amber House
Lord's
Regent's Park
Eng
Sailor Ah Sing sues captain for bondage on voyage
In Manila a row over fare led to a fight aboard the Anahuac of Boston. Ah Sing alleges the mate beat him and the captain later imprisoned him for seventeen days on hard tack and water. He sues Captain A. M. Lunt for $2000 in the Marine Court, Judge Nehrbas presiding. trial ongoing.
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New York Sun
Ah Sing
Boston
Manila
Sing
A. M. Lunt
Marine Court
Luot
Nehrbas
He Sing
Lunt
Frisco "Billee Taylor" Aiding Ejected Woman Sparks Virtue
A rough stranger on Mission Street steps in to help a poor widow facing eviction. He pays the $22 owed and gives the landlord a $100 bill, then walks away, noting virtue is its own reward as he contemplates better ways to use his funds. The act moves onlookers as a genuine moment of generosity in a rough district.
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San Francisco Post
Mission Street
Henry Watterson on Philadelphia Journalists and McClure
Henry Watterson letters praise Colonel Forney as philanthropist yet calls him a sentimentalist. He lauds McClure’s influence in Philadelphia journalism, contrasts journalism with rhetoric, and defends The Times and the Cincinnati Commercial. Watterson commends discretion, sagacity, and action in the press and notes costs borne by unnamed people to lift McClure and Halstead.
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Henry Watterson
Philadelphia
Louisville Courier-Journal
Colonel Forney
America
McClure
cClare
Times
Cincinnati Commercial
Halstead
Mr. Childs
London newspaper opens New York bureau for daily cables
The Standard newspaper of London opens a New York bureau for daily cables. The move signals a new era in transatlantic news, with English papers previously avoiding U S coverage to protect republican institutions. More journals are expected to follow.
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Chicago Times
Standard Newspaper
London
New York
Enterprise
Standard
United States
Tenants Scorn Dinner Of Poor Tinned Meat
At a half yearly rent day dinner, the ten ants of a peer were intensely disgusted by being served tinned beef and mutton. One farmer said such meanness would upset the old lord in his grave.
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Clentton
Brazos Pete Warns Band in a Rowdy Saloon Scene
A rough speaking voice in a saloon warns the dancers to quiet down or risk losing the orchestra. He boasts of his own authority, mentions a fevered patient in the house, and threatens to reveal himself as the source of a famous local figure if the room does not settle.
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Jenner
Virginia
Albany S. Payne
Payne
Ti Hey
The Automatic Undershirt Invention Emerges In New York Times
A New York Times piece extols Johnsons Automatic Undershirt as a self adjusting garment that thickens in cold and loosens with heat. It claims the device will reduce pneumonia and rheumatism from premature flannel changes and could halve the citys undershirt related deaths. It notes the garment uses secret fabric that expands with heat and contracts in cold and can be shortened as needed. It praises Professor Johnson and compares the invention to steam engines and telegraphs.
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New York Times
Mr. Tennyson
Professor Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
Liss
Kelly
Gamgee
Mazeppa in Chicago Theatre Draws Quick, Noisy Case
The Chicago Herald reports Mazeppa or The Wild Horse of Tartary presented last evening starring Miss Fanny Buckingham in the Tightie role and James Melville as the Wild Horse. The plot loosely follows Lora Byron’s poem with zealous scenery, Polish caricatures, and a wild horse scene culminating in Cassimer being tied to the steed and taken to Tartary followed by suspects slain and a dramatic revival of the Polish feud.
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Chicago Herald
Mazeppa
Tartary
Fanny Louise Buckingham
Bronco
James Melville
Lora Byron
Cassimer
Olinsko
Castillan
Laurenski
Poland
Olinska
Premisiaus
Rudzeloff
Drolinska
Premislaus
Khan
Thamar
Zemba
Miss Buckingham
Veiled Alliance Faces Premisiaus in Dramatic Duel
A vivid scene unfolds as a masked vow to wed Premisiaus sets off a brutal clash among rivals. The old Khan targets Castillan while Mazeppa grips Fremisiaus, ending as the curtain falls on a bloody, red-toned tableau.
Mrs Iliff and her cattle empire on the Colorado range
On the City of Berlin to London Mrs Elizabeth Iliff widow of I W Iliff, founder of a vast Colorado cattle range, is traveling. His 46,000 head herds, 13 ranches, and 200000 cattle shipped east reflect fortunes built from a $250 acre grant, with Herefords and short horns, and a famed monogram brand.
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Berlin
London
Elizabeth Liff
I. W. Liff
United States
Colorado
Iff
Zanesville
Ohio
Greeley
Col
Julesburg
Union Pacific
Riverside
Vawnee
Crow Creek
Little Crow
Iliff
Chalk Bluff
Paterson
Wild Cat
Union Pacific Road
Lift
Platte River
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Mr. Tiff
Diff
J. W. Lynder
John Fraser
Sterling
Free public libraries urged in Montreal letters
The Star of Montreal publishes letters from Henry W. Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes supporting free public libraries. Longfellow cites education access and supervision of selections, while Holmes praises libraries and reading rooms for silent study, censorship standards, and aiding scholars regardless of means, comparing growth to a rolling snowball.
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Montreal
Star
Henry W. Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sam
Holmes
Lybrary
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Olin
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Hanaford
Cottage Earth
Liebig
Captain Lunt
A ’Frisco
Billee Taylor
Philadelphia Journalism
Brazos Pete
Bishop Gimpson
Europe
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O. W. Holmes
Winter ST
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Warner
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N.J
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