Beauty Training and the Art of Not Being Ordinary
An 1888 essay argues women can improve looks and charm through diet, care, and grooming. It contrasts natural beauty with the pursuit of fashionable perfection, urging self-knowledge, disciplined routines, open air, and plain foods to achieve healthier skin and a poised bearing.
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Ohio
San
Eveal
Countess Dudley
d’Andrea
Bologna
Caf
New York
Heine
Moliere
Pooner
Townsend's Letter on Lincoln Seward Western Politics
In New York on May 4 Townsend reflects on Indiana politics, the Bright family, Hendricks and McDonald, and the broader Western political rise. He links Lincoln's emergence to Chicago influence, praises Logan and Douglass, critiques Trumbull, and contemplates the Western transformation of government and judgeships, ending with notes on West vs East character and the spread of new institutions.
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New York
Senator McDonald
Indiana
Richard Bright
Thomas A. Hendricks
Henry 8. Lane
Brights
Hendricks
Dick Bright
Gray
McDonald
Bright
New York State
New England
Abraham Lincoln
West
Kentucky
Senate
Jefferson Davis
James Buchanan
Congress
Buchanan
Henearicks
Brightoe
Richard Pright
eDonald
Waslington
Riggs
Ashington
Nom Ters
Lake Car
Seb York
Chang
Pre
Wee Ke Pevic Unter
Vallenia
Per
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Thomas Cooper
Manchester
Columbia
Thomas
Nat Turner
Tomas
West Point
Troy
Capitol City
Virginia
Lee
George
Norfolk
cDonald
Indianapolis
Washington City
Jesse D. Bright
Republican Party
Logan
Robert Lincoln
Lyman Trumbull
Trumbull
Fuler
Cleve
Uni
Democracy
Kansas-Nebraska
Ernor
Ilinois
Springfield
General Palmer
David de
Mi Davis
Sareee
Illinois
Chicago
Mr. Fuller
Mainele
Oliver Ellsworth
Salmon P Pase
Fuller
Ne Ngland
Supreme Court
Abraham Litcoln
Iago
Klmots
East
Lincoln
Seward
Prairie Bottoms
McCormick Reaper
George Harding
Mr. Arnold
Arnold
Eshn Washburn
Douglass
State Senate
Harding
Stanton
Cincinnati
Great East
Cal
Neder
Europe
America
Jesus
Grant
Washington
Dorsey
Garfield
Conkling
Jack
Pene
Trumall
Weed
Olanthrop
Ov Er Williams
George Alfred Townsend
Odd News Fragments From Many Lands And Times
A sweeping collection of short items notes a clergyman in England, a Chicago divorce tale, students at German universities, ice lens experiments, a locomotive smoke cure in Indiana, and a patent in England for a musical rope. It includes oddities about alligator skins, a London electrician’s dog cart, and various curiosities from across the United States and Europe.
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Star
New York Sun
England
Strai Ht
Crooked
Chicago
Herusband
F Orce
Wabash
Ind
Greenville
Zearkress
Xerxes
Jennie Allen
Peru
United States
Xenias
Matthew Arnold
Sears
New York
Brockville
Toronto Globe
Great Britain
France
Isaiah Walton
Vron
Holland
Detroit
E. P. Duplex
Wheatand
Cal
Pacific Coast
Perry County
Omaha
B. J. Saxe
Hutchinson
Kan
Leavenworth
Birmingham
Philadelphia
Florida
Georgia
United States Senate
Pittsburg
Albion
N. Y
Oscar Wilde
Carlyle
Caro
Mich
Berlin
President Patton
Princeton
Patton
Harper’s Weekly
Logan Ubhall
Paris
Brunswick
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Swain, Abell & Simmons
Ranninghpough
August Burkhart
St. Louis
Texas
Indianapolis
Juillac
St. Tie
York
Correct, but Dangerous. Opera Voice and Broken English Query
A New York Tribune piece questions language use in opera with a singer delivering lines in broken English. It ponders whether mispronunciations affect the perception of vocal quality and dramatic instruction.
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New York Tribune
Odd Tales and Quips From A Busy Era
A collage of quirky anecdotes, local curiosities, and social observations. A sleepy Oil City boy wanders at night as a piano solo wakes anxious parents, a Halifax boat mishap ends with a neck-deep tow to shore, and a Gainesville marriage attempt ends when the bride refuses love. Separate vignettes on marital turning points, Southern dialect schoolroom curiosities, and a Vermont clergyman letter mix underline the era’s humor and social quirks.
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Oil City
Daytona
Fla
Blake
Halifax
Savannah
Chattanooga
Gainesville
Omaha
Newark Ledger
Gorgia
Georgia
Cief
America
Vermont
Pblishers
Amerca
Chicago America
How About the Girls School Spelling Policy
A Kansas school ma'am introduces a new spelling feature where a boy who misses a word can kiss the teacher. The method allegedly improves spelling quickly and shifts classroom dynamics.
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Kansas
Ma’am
Rls
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Townsend
Kumbul
Palmer
Sheridan
Sorerpien
Iyons
Housekeeping
Pesan
Weekly Globe
American Agriculturist
Weekly
GLOBE
Times
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Fa 9
Amerikanischer Agriculturist
Dateien Ek
Agriculturist
Boston
Mass
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Orvis
Agus
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Ibe
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Eymour
Toll Board
Jackass
New York Morning Journal
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Henry
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Sue
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