The Wedding of Shon Maclean and Jean
The poem recounts Shon Maclean and Jean's wedding with twenty pipers, the duke toasting the couple, and lively revelry. The scene features Farah Dougal Dhu Sandy of Isla, crimson-clad guests, piping revelry, dancing, and the couple’s joyful entrance amid festive chaos.
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Shon
Sandy
Isla
Minetrelsis
Jean
Duke
Dougal Dhu
Kilflannan Shore
Shon Maclean
Shamus
Snow Maclean
Jim the Brave Black Boy and the Hateful Town
A dialect tale recounts how Jim dives to save a northern child from drowning off a pier. Though praised for courage by the crowd and mothers, the town later shuns him for his color, calling him “dat’s de blame’des’ No ’count little Black person in town.”
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Bent
Chile
Bat Jim
Jess
Jim
Bonnet Proposal in a Wharfedale Rose Dialect Ballad
Edwin Waugh presents a rustic dialogue as Mally contemplates marriage to Jamie. The narrator trembles with anticipation while resisting pride and social restraint, arguing that wedlock would forge happiness before departure from the scene. Jamie’s suit appears imminent as the bonnet becomes a symbol of union.
Exhortation at a Colored Camp Meeting Dialect Poem
A Mississippi plantation dialect exhortation warns backsliders at a colored camp meeting. The speaker uses vivid imagery of stumps, ruts, storms, and the devil to urge prayer and repentance, promising divine guidance if the listener seeks God.
Western Yankee Speech And The Dialect Debate
A Cincinnati Commercial letter writer describes Western Yankee speech as slow and nasal with sparse r sounds from northern New England. He notes broad vowels and pronunciations like warm storim deestrict obse ege and bans teeing of cannot while accusing Westerners of Kentuckian like forms and mispronunciations such as caff and mam.
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Cincinnati Commercial
West
New England
New
Ohio
Language and education vary by region in the Union
The speaker mocks university trained Ohio men for flat speech while praising New England Yankees who stayed local and maintain better grammar. He suggests limited schooling among New England natives leads to clearer speech than educated peers from other regions.
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Ohio
New England
Hills
Flower Garden Invitation and Correspondence from Ladies
A Ladies Department note from South Saginaw Michigan invites readers to write about seeds flowers and flowers care. Correspondents share garden tips, plant varieties including castor beans, and exchange ideas. Jennie Joslin signs off inviting further letters for publication.
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Weekly Globe
H. B. Ninn
Carniz C
Saginaw
Lapy
Jennie Joslin
South Saginaw
Michigan
Vines for porches walls and screens in vivid garden tone
A guide to vigorous climbers Virginia creeper akebia quinatas clematis and more for hiding unsightly areas. Describes growth habits ornamental blossoms and fall color plus suitable supports and practical planting tips for verandas and fences. Includes Dutchman's pipe honeysuckle and wistaria and tips on arranging lattice and screens.
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Virginia
New York
Clematis
Virgin’s Bower
Old-fashioned garden notes on phlox pansies and bulbs
The piece discusses phlox varieties and planting for bouquets, suggesting rose geranium leaves for freshness, plus pansies for fall blooms. It covers phlox forms, bedding use, and new varieties, then details pansy seed, careful sowing, and sweet scented annuals for fragrance. It also covers tuberose and gladiolus planting windows, spacing, staking, and ongoing bloom.
Amateur Mounting of Fans Requires Skill and Practice
The article explains that mounting a fan, especially with silk or textile mounts, demands great nicety and judgment and warns amateurs against attempting valuable mounts without experience. It outlines a detailed method using a ten inch frame, folding patterns, gum arabic paste, and careful lining, then advises professional mounting for valuable or handmade fans.
White House Canines
The Hampton Monitor notes a sequence of presidential dogs: a lean gray watchdog during Hayes era, a yellow terrier at Garfield's inauguration and tenure, then a large brindle mongrel at Arthur's White House. Attendants insist the tale is entirely true and fully factual.
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Hampton Monitor
White House
Hayes
Gartiela
Garfield
Capitol
Arthur
What the Queen Does With Her Beds
An elaborate imaginary description of the Queen of Britain’s bed at Mentone appears in papers. The Queen travels with a simple maple bed, green hangings, muslin curtains, and a hair mattress. Beds are kept as souvenirs at Windsor Castle and elsewhere including Dun Robin Dunkeld Baden and Coburg.
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London
Mentone
Windsor Castle
Dunrobin
Dunkeld
Baden
Coburg
Brown's Iron Bitters Offers Iron Benefits Without Headache
The advertisement touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a superior iron tonic that delivers the benefits of iron without common side effects such as headaches. It frames the product as a safer, more tolerable option for iron supplementation.
Ladies' Bazaar Highlights Cookery School and Fashion Notes
A Chicago piece outlines Mrs. Emma P. Ewing’s Cookery School and its economy focused teaching. It covers a recent dinner for Chicago press showing a twenty cent per person menu with varied courses and emphasizes nationwide need for training schools to improve health and reduce waste.
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Chicago
Emma P. Ewing
Chicago School of Cookery
Knitting patterns and dress fashions from an old periodical
The article provides detailed knitting instructions for a variety of garments, including a long ribbed pattern, decorative blocks, and infant jerseys using wool and cotton with sizes and needle numbers. It then shifts to fashion notes on traveling suits, wraps, lace, leather, and silk trimmings, recommending materials, colors, and practical styling tips for spring and street wear.
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Ulster
Owever
Paris Journal of Hygiene
Getting Time Down Fine
London Graphic reports photographers struggle with fog and night but show progress with artificial light. At Society of Arts demo several pictures were taken indoors using artificial illumination. Captain Abner lectures on photography and produced an image on a gelatine plate using sparks from a Leyden battery. The light duration achieved was seven five millionth of a second.
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London Graphic
Society of Arts
Abner
Signature of Francis Spinner T: Origin of Spinner signature in 1830 Herkimer County court case anecdote
General Francis Spinner recounts adopting his distinctive signature while practicing law in Herkimer County in 1830 after a challenge from law partner Judge Osborn. He describes writing his name in that style at his desk and continuing to use it ever since. The text also mentions a notice seeking girls for general housework at the Y.E.A. office on 19 Winthe Street.
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Chile
Francis B. Spinner
Herkimer County
Osborn
Y.E A
Winthe Street
Fancy small tables and decorative table covers ideas
A long practical guide outlines making and accessorizing diverse compact tables from packing cases to trefoil cretonne covered pieces. It details not only construction and finishing steps but also hairline touches like fringe, linings, silk borders, scarf covers, and color harmonies for room cohesion.
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John Gilpin
Rey
Liverpool
Charles Dyalle
Walker Gallery
Mr. Fildes
Polly
Graphic
Dyall
Paris
Brown's Iron Bitters Esteemed Cure for Dyspepsia and Debility
An 1882 testimonial from Walker St Bebermane notes Brown's Iron Bitters improves digestion and appetite, cures general debility, restores strength, and dispels nervous mood. A patient Mrs L F Graven from Walker St reports six years of blood disease and constipation improved after using three bottles.
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Walker St., Bebermane
Hope
Brown
Theaper
Ornate Wreath and Velvet Border Embellish Display Piece
A detailed fragment describes a centerpiece with a wreath of roses and lea in natural colors. It notes a border six inches wide made of garnet velvet, adorned with arabesque designs in gold colored silk.
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Lea
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