Ladies' Department Rules for Polite Croquet Play
A detailed set of croquet rules covering four players per game, ball and mallet standards, color coding for sides, wicket spacing, ball positioning, striking methods, roquet and splitting, advancing wickets, and rover rules, concluding that a side wins when all wickets in course are run and the starting post is struck.
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Mayers
Nore
Norres
Requet
Rovers
Harper’s Bazar
Barbara and Eben Amid Hidden Desires and Fate
In a rural town Barbara Leighton longs for city life while Eben Hexford, devoted farmhand and inventor, secretly loves her. A new suitor from New Haven sparks tension as Barbara survives a dangerous ride with a reckless colt. Eben saves her at the tracks, is gravely wounded, and they confess love, planning marriage at once.
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Eben
Barbara
Coeey
Leightons
Miss Leighton
Larborough
Lee
Leighton
Mr. Hexford
Pure Ra Begets Right Action in Youths Companion Verse
A poetic admonition urges purity of thought to guide daily conduct. The speaker foresees beauty and pain as life unfolds and recalls a quiet voice: purity leads to right actions, while impurity yields ash and thorn. The verse emphasizes self-control and virtuous mindset from dawn.
Mathematics in College Studying Affects Genius and Learning
A column argues that neglect of mathematics in colleges harms intellectual growth, citing Macaulay and Charles Sumner who regretted ignorance later. It notes widespread anti math sentiment and a northern college with many students avoiding math, calling this attitude a sign of incapacity. The piece cites Carlyle on math aptitude and urges valuing science for reason and discipline.
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Macaulay
Charles Sumner
University of Cambridge
Snowledge
Sumner
Harvard University
Carlyle
Nimblewit Redeems Rose Bush Through Nightly Care
A wayward elf Nimblewit is banished for mischief yet redeems himself by diligently guarding a stunted rose-bush. He dew-waters it daily, chases away pests, and eventually watches it bloom with large pink blossoms just in time for midsummer.
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Nimblewit
Nimlewit
Dimpling
Nimbiewit
Fairy-Land
Fairyland
Chucklehead
Molecricket
Prodigal Tom Returns in Springtime Promise
Lucy recalls a troubled marriage marked by temper and a violent night after Tom’s bachelor party. When Tom is jailed for an altercation, guilt drives her to endure isolation with their child. Years pass until Tom reappears near death, seeking forgiveness, and Lucy welcomes him back gently, embracing springtime reconciliation.
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Lucy
Tom
Lacy
Beemance
Dumberry Wood
Baby
Larose
Lyvcoy
Viner
Hastings
Effie
Pappy
Mamuiny
Creed of Christian grace and compassionate love
A fragmentary verse excerpt asserts that true holiness comes from charity and love for others. It rejects self centered schemes, noting grace rests not in outward rituals but in kindness, shared joy, and honest human connection referencing a devotional mindset.
Peculiar baronet seeks bride with unique virtue
Violet Fortescue attracts Sir Archie Stokinham at the Sumner ball after he reveals a vow to wed only a woman who rejects fashion’s barbarous trimming. He declares he will woo Vi if she possesses one peculiarity and proves she can resist vanity, unsettling the Bendelpool clan and catching Vi’s wary interest.
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Africa
Moon
Gainesborough
Mrs. Benderpool
Amadis de
Gaul
Shallowtown
Archibal Stokinham
Livingstone
Nora
Violet
George Sumner
Mrs. Bendelpool
Sir Archie
Bendelpool
Clare
Archie
Macbeth
Sumner Abbey
Archie Stokinham
Bendelpools
Prn
Colonel Hanley
Hakeradme
South Africa
The Widow Stewart Rich in New York Life
New York correspondent reports Mrs. Stewart as an aging widow living alone in a marble Fifth Avenue mansion. She discarded mourning, wears garnet velvet and diamonds, and travels with a small staff, maintaining a youthful image. Her late husband’s remains reportedly still unfound, shadowing her quiet residence and routines.
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New York
Pittsburg
Stewart
Jud Hilton
Saratoga
Mrs. Stewart
Mrs. Smith
Long Island
Windsor Hotel
Grand Union
Garfield in Undress Rehearsing Speech After Bath
Columbus correspondent recalls a Maine campaign incident from 1878 showing General Garfield naked to the waist in his room. He stood with manuscript in hand and delivered a mock stump speech to an imagined audience while a Bangor mosquito met an abrupt end.
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Chicago Times
Garfield
Maine
Columbus
Hannibal Hamlin
Mr. Nichols
General Garfield
Artield
Nichols
Rise in Pig Iron Market Tops London Trade
A substantial rise in the pig iron market is reported in London as a large speculator covers short sales from prior declines. The gain is driven by reduced export demand and a need to rebalance positions in the open market, with Boston Datty Globe noting the development.
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London
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Vl—Rognet
Poe
E. F. Barker
Mr. Leighton
Hexford
Mrs. Leighton
Theo
Rulof
Isabels
Mamma
Bob
Nanson
New Haven
Lar Osetae
Dr. Ormsby
Mr. Ney
Dr. Orms
Ereat Ney
Ney
Miss Barbara
Sue
Tom O'Shanter
Falls
Sam
Tam
New England
Boston Daily Globe
Boston
Mass
Fairy Records
Helen M. Duncan
MY Creed
Alice Cary
By H. KF. M
Clare Bendelpool
Carfield
Tan Boston Datty Globe
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