The Convent Schools of Canada and a Wrecked Sailor Tale
Joaquin Miller praises Loretto Convent Schools at Guelph Ontario as affordable and strict, noting a girl’s turn toward Catholicism and low medical costs. He recalls a San Francisco meeting with Charles Warren Stoddard, then shifts to a fatal Central Park accident where a baby dies and a fashionable mother seems unmoved, leaving a harsh judgment on neglectful parenting.
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Canada
Loretto
The
Sacred Heart
United States
Oregon
Guelph
Ont
Dness
Niagara Falls
Vera Cruz
Merida
Cape Hatteras
Lanas
Charles Warren Stoddard
Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
Joaquin Maller
Stoddard
Charley Stoddard
Mickey
Lud
Mexico City
Acapulco
Mexico
Montezumas
Labhor
Atlantic
Wealthy ragpicker tale haunts Windsor Hotel crowd
An unnamed narrator relays a whispered postwar story of a former ragpicker who, after striking it rich, built a Fifth Avenue house, sent children abroad, and grew sinister. A night-time ash-barrel confession, garret secrets, and a police capture lead to an insane asylum. The piece questions coincidence with war-era gains and hints at hidden origins of wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Paris
New York City
Mothers in Central Park and the city’s growing selfishness
A writer laments the neglect of mothers in caring for their children in Central Park, condemning carriage living and servant culture. He contrasts modern wealth with humane parenting, hints at a Wall Street land grab, and warns of a potential center shift for commerce to Fifth Avenue.
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Madison Square
Wall Street
New World
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Vanderbilt houses spark harsh debate on beauty and monotony
In New York, critics clash over the Vanderbilt brownstone fronts praising some as graceful while condemning the endless brownstone blocks. The author notes a shift toward lighter, Adriatic-inspired color and form, contrasting with prior dull streetscapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
Tam
New York
Turin
Adriatic
War Story of Generous Bribery and Confederate Cash
Governor Eli Murray recalls Civil War memory of foraging by Shermans troops and bribing a grieving farmer with Confederate money to quell her cries. The tale blends battlefield humor with moral confusion as a carpet sack of notes brings a dubious peace, followed by scattered musings on naval legends and medical quackery.
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Eli Murray
Sherman
Atlanta
England
Der
Graves
Barker's American Checker Player a Practical Opening Book
Boston May 1 1883 advertisement announces Barker's American Checker Player a 17 page cloth bound work with 22 openings 634 variations and 35 critical positions by Charles F Barker Wardwell and Lyman price 75 cents post paid orders to Barker Cambridgeport Massachusetts now ready for chess and checker players.
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Barker
Messrs
Wardwell
Lyman
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Drawn chess problem note from Greenford 1883
Correspondence chess letter from William McCullough Jr. of Black to Greenford Ohio dated April 21 1883 reports a drawn variation in game No 1573 with moves 21 17 23 18 28 10 7 14 14 and 2 19 24 16 80 30 25 26 22, notes a losing move at 25 22 instead of 30 26, signed Theo. W. Kimley editor’s checker column.
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T. Cross
W. Wins. Beet
Greenford
Checker
The
Globe
Wyillie
W. Kimley
Cambridgeport
Mass
Isaiah Barker
Reed Ou S
Bristol
Buffalo
J. A. Mugridge
Mr. Wyllie
Mugridge
Messrs
Wyllie
Martins
Adamson
Turt
J. Wyllie
L. L. Hodge Wyllie
Hodges
J. Smith
Smith
W. Beattie
Beattie
Oo Ads
Atm
Grist Mill Puzzles and Verse From Elkhart to New York
A page of literary puzzles and verse from early 20th century newspapers features compound acrostics and crosswords by Wister and others. Contributors from Newark to Manayunk and Lawrence share entries, solved word games, and a dying comrade poem recalling Jim McCarley’s bar and rounders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McCarley
New York City
Getting Even With the Reverend Joseph Cook
The Baltimore Day quotes Rev Joseph Cook of Boston criticizing American press for excessive praise of Flavius Josephus. Editorials mock his claims and question national reception, noting distant places and figures like Boston, Chicago Herald, and Governor Butler. The piece comments on Boston hospitality and a Rochester Democrat and Chronicle note urging reform in cultured Boston amid disbelief in Joe Cook.
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Joseph
Baltimore
Josep Cook
Boston
Flavius Josephus
Chicago Herald
Lorne and Louise
Dr. Holmes
John L. Sullivan
Butler
Tewksbury
Rochester
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
Lockport
Joe Cook
Great Trotters of New Me Featured in Cincinnati Times-Star
The article cites Calvin M. Priest of New York club Stables and Dan Mace of Excelsior Stables as top double-team drivers praising St Jacobs Oil for horse ailments and human pain. It recounts a stiff trotter cured overnight and includes a curious tale of Joseph Bearclaw, a toothless man with thick nails, from Alder Gulch.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
America
Calvin M. Priest
New York Club
Twenty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Dan Mace
Excelsior
West Twenty-ninth Street
New York
Chamson
United States
St. Jacobs
David Robarge
Priest
Montana
Georgia
Joseph Bearclaw
Alder Gulch
Nature
Mr. Bearclaw
Bearchin
Suse Arontete Nha Mammouth Minetrated Catabrnerea
E. Nason & CO
Fulton «T
Bogus maple syrup sold as country-made in Cleveland
The Cleveland Leader reports fake maple syrup made from glucose liquorice and old maple sugar. Factories bottle it in gallon jugs with corn cob seeds and seed-grain grit, sold by a farmer lookalike to deceive buyers seeking country quality. It urges caution and promotes a goldenseal medicine ad as a complexion remedy.
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Cleveland
To Our Readers Notice in The Boston Weekly Globe
A reader’s plea asks advertisers to mention they saw the notice in The Boston Weekly Globe. The brief appeal invites acknowledgment in the same paper.
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Boston Weekly Globe
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Joaquin Miller
Convent Schools of Canada
Central Park
Broadway
Stewart
Muaid
Manhattan Island
Saratoga
Queen Victoria
Dr. Talmage
Europe
Frank Lestie
Frank
Emperor
Brazil
Don Carlos
Spain
Sam Bowles
Springfield
Duke” Gwin
California
Ine
Canbridgeport
Chess and Checker Players
Pemberton Square
BLACK
William McCullogh, JR. Black
Charles W. Umsted
Checker Club
Ayr
Scotland
D. Kirkwood
A. J. Heffner
Leeds Weekly
Draugs
Mattison
Comucs
W. H. Todd
Lincoln Street
East Somerville
Amt
Friel Maisita L
Jack- Iar Ie Nik RN
Gaped Capone
Elkhard
Wis
A. T. Wister
Reene
Newark
N. J
Will A. Merte
Woodshied
Hall
Charley
Constitution
Penn
Charlie
South Liberty
Jesse Overlock
Franklin
Kane
Voltaire
Paine
Webster
Hayne
Dryden
Swain
Schuyer
Wayne
Conkling
Blaine
Maine
Kearney
Whale
Lake Champlain
George
Hornby
MyYnon W. Eppy
Manayunk
Danby Lyon
Jersey City
N. J. Chasm
Lawrence
Arthur BF. Hout
Weekly Globe
Mabel
Eddie A. Wheelerk
Josie M. Morse
Myrtle
Skeleton
Oscar Wilde
Eddie A. Wheeler
Chess
James C. Smith
A. Reader
Ben
Gyp
Henry
L. E. Water
Korn Kake
A.T. Wistrer
Breene
Vulcan
Postal
Myron W. Evpy
Choice Music
Kendall
Trinity
Kendall & CO
New Me
Aaria
DR. Ward & CO
Louisiana
Bert Kure
Lafieus
Addruss
T. Wi Sax
Warsaw
Ind
U.S
Lee
Union Publishing Co
HOW &2
Chas
Merrin
Urnal
Louisville
J. S. Ogilvie & CO
Rose Street
Sisson
BROAD
Wells Ividge
Pierre
H. Bd
Auburn
National Publishing Co
Philadelphia
wylSt
Moody’s
D.W. Moody &Co
Cincinnati
Pearl Street
Lynn & Co
B. M. Woolley
M.D
Rideout
Pata
Declat
Inger ,& & Conard CO
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Chester Co
Hartford
Capitol City
Elartfora
Esi
Main St
Conn
Gen. Dodge
Gen. Sherman
Res’t Arthur
Grant
A.D. Worthington & CO
New York Herald
Winter Street
Rente Fctan Ibook
NTAG
Ave
Abbard Bros
Federal St
Moss Rose
Sener i
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Aps
Wylst Providence
Uy Cufforer
T. A
Slocum
Pearl &T
J. H. Relyes
Chathamst
South America
Joseph T. Lnman
O. Wylt
HE Wall CO
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Wylt
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Wave
Ialea
Rockaway
Frente
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NYS
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Wren Faire
Peativale
ABEL
Cass
Wells
Gene Means
Alwave
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Chicago
Moses
le Parra
Sommerer
Northford Card CO
Northford
Cone
Canton Printing CO
Kelsey & CO
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Conw
Curie
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Px Keates
O A. Scowler de Son
Don R
HM Castle
Bevel Edge
BE. Fleaton & CO
Bertertiste
Stevens Bros
Cliff Chromd
L. Jonns & CO
Nassau
N.Y
Gem Card Co
East River
Geo
J. Reed&Co
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Franklin Printing Co
New Haven
Saimple Book
Star Printing Co
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Snow & UO
Congress
Berlin & CO
Vox
Washington, D.C
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