What Shall We Read Several Good Stories Suggested for Highland G Girls
A brief note lists readings and stories recommended for the Highland G Girls club. It mentions varied selections and hints at lively tales likely to appeal to the group.
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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1891
Page
8
Reader tastes in novels from Tolstoi to Dickens
A Boston editor defends modern girls reading habits against the charge they shoulder Tolstoi and Zola. The piece argues American girls of all classes prefer authors like Burney Austen Edgeworth and Scott to grim modern crime tales, urging balanced, wholesome classics by Dickens Thackeray Eliot and others as better choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Globe
Boston
Bertha Clay
Rudyard Kipling
Italy
Ouida
Tolstoi
Zola
Black
Kingsley
Edna Lyall
Rosa Carey
Mrs. Burnett
Mary Cecil Hay
Macaulay
Mme D’arblay
Fanny Burney
Evelina
Observaton
Dr. Johnson
Boswell
Daddy Risp
George III
Cecelia
Cam
Aries
Lord Macaulay
Miss Edgeworth
Miss Austen
Jane Austen
Ene Tases
Mansfield Park
Fanny
Catherine
Northanger Abbey
Shakespeare
Imogen
Portia
Miranda
Maria Edgeworth
Belinda
Helen
Mrs. Radcliffe
Jerome K. Jerome
Carlyle
Emerson
Ruskin
Pelsmith
Defoe
Goldsmith
Herrick
Prince
Scott
Bulwer Lytton
Thackeray
Cooper
Velina
Bookland
Adam Bede
Millon
Henry Esmon Encomes
Vanity Fair
John Halifax
Lorna
Ori
Dickens
George Eliot
Silas Marner
Mill Floss
Strange
Jalter Scott
Oon
Scotland
Pier
Lochs Katrine
Lochs
Ivanhoe
Sack
Girl Fife
Helen’ Anne Asbury
Alcott Craal
Owever
Mrs. Alcott
Miss Alcott
Giles Pee
Pickwick Papers
Cotch
Rob Roy
Dam Ede
Ane Scarletter
Henry Esmon
Confederate pensions and state homes across the South
The Georgia Confederates pension plan pays 2 to 26 dollars monthly based on disability while other Southern states support ex Confederates with homes or pensions. Virginia leads with a Richmond home costing 350 thousand dollars annually. Louisiana funds a New Orleans area home at ten thousand dollars yearly. Kentucky has no provision. several states have homes built or aided by private sub structure and state funds.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Virginia
Richmond
Bonn
Alabama
Arkansas
Little Rock
Florida
Mississippi
Missouri
Mar Wipad
Baltimore
Louisiens
New Orleans
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Ennesseé
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage
Wich
Kentucky
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Logan
Schofield
Howard
Meade
Thomas
Hancock
Harrison
Garfield
Burnside
Warren
Butler
Granger
Sigel
Custer
Kilpatrick
Wilson
Kearny
McPherson
Lew Wallace
Fairchild
Ord
Blair
Slocum
Hooker
United State
United States
Globe
Weekly
Weekly Globe
Boston
Mass
Framing a Polite Note to Bessie Smith Party
The scene in Harper's Bazar shows Mrs. Carhart advising Robby to draft a polite note declining Bessie Smith's party. Robby hesitantly composes a long, imperfectly written message, seeking his mother's approval and guidance on phrasing.
Emerson in Concord and the Smile That Shaped Memory
A reader recollects Emerson in Concord, describing his smiling presence and the impact on observers. The essay contrasts the eagle likeness, enduring strength, and the warm, questioning sunshine of his features, noting memory loss with age and the effect on his Concord Lyceum lectures.
Poetic Fragment Reflects on Grief and Memory
A prose-poem fragment recalls a grave shrouded in lowly mosses trodden by men, contrasted with velvet and silver on a beloved name. Emerson then bursts into tears as each breath lines the world, revealing deep sorrow and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Phillips Brooks Bishop in Massachusetts Draws Mixed Views
Howard’s letter argues Phillips Brooks will face strict episcopal discipline yet remain a practical preacher. It lauds Brooks as independent and effective, while questioning the impact on Satterlee’s Calvary church and the balance of individualism within ministry.
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New York
Massachusetts
Phillips Brooks
Henry Y. Satterlee
Calvary Church
Old Bay State
Michigan
Ohio
Brookses
Bishop Brooks
Brooks
Episcopalians of
Beecher
Chapin
Theodore Parker
Tyng
Parker
Dr. Satterlee
A. T. Stewart
Hilton
Satterlee
Episcopalians
Potter
Massachusetts Episcopalians
Emerson in His Final Moments Toward the Next World
A reverent portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson nearing death, his stoic dignity and stubborn lucidity on display as he struggles with memory and handwriting. Observers recall his calm, magnetic eloquence, the pain of fading sight, and the disciplined resolve that marked his farewell to public life.
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Republic
Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Socrates
Alcibiades
Esculapius
Ungentle Plea Over Grant Drinking Pact Revealed
Minneapolis note details a harsh letter from N A Rawlins urging Gen Grant to abstain from alcohol. The missive, written during the Vicksburg campaign, warns of weakness if the pledge is broken and cites concern for soldiers and duty. An endorsement confirms the letter’s authenticity and impact.
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Minneapolis
Gen. Grant
Gen. Rawlins
Judge Shaw
The
Globe-Democrat
Lester
Rawlins
Gen
Grant
Vicksburg, Miss
Spention
Vicksburg
N. A. Rawlins
Saar Ct Vicksburg
The Thames Embankment A Roman Engineering Marvel
Eugene Lawrence notes in May Harper's that the Thames embankment, a monumental Roman work, transformed London’s river into a controlled commercial artery. The piece traces its uncertain origins, the labor of engineers, and the flood of trade that followed, with ships from Gaul to Italy using the river for vast commerce and military supply.
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Harper's
London
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Richmond
Mr. Smiles
England
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Cuba
Strabo
Loire
Garonne
Seine
Rhine
Italy
Greece
Gaul
Spain
Julian
Britain
Germany
Ardennes
Umbrias
Etrurias
Argosses
Plating Business Prospects Year Round According to Miss Smith
Miss Smith asks if one can earn $25 per week in plating. The answer is yes. A plater can make $4 to $8 per day fixing tableware and jewelry and selling platers. H F Delno & Co of Columban, C provide full formation. The business is presented as light and honest with steady year round potential.
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P. O
Augusta
Maine
Golden Specific CO
Cincinnati
Eowkyly Dso
Ladies Free a Horse from Harness in Street Scene
In New York on a bright afternoon a team and a stumbling horse caused a crowd to gather on Fifth Avenue. Two elegantly dressed women intervened, one handing her muff to a companion, freeing the traces and letting the horse rise while the driver faced criticism for his handling.
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New York Tribune
Clara
Horace
Baldness and whiskers tease a Pittsburg couple
In a reflective exchange from the Pittsburg Bulletin, a wife asks why men grow bald and women do not while wondering about facial whiskers. The husband humorously attributes baldness to brain activity and notes gender differences in facial hair.
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Pittsburg Bulletin
The Marquis Gave Flowers And His Last Chance
In a private exchange Maud recalls the marquis offering flowers and declaring life without her would be meaningless. The line underscores a charged claim that she is his final stake in happiness.
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