Irish Exile Patrick Melody Promotes Land League Viewpoints
In Boston, Irish exile Patrick Melody discusses his 11 years in British prisons, the Manchester rescue, and his support for the Land League. He traces Ireland's land history, urges unity, cites American fundraising, and envisions armed resistance if constitutional means fail. He praises Celtic Monthly and Fannie Parnell, plans further tours through Massachusetts.
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Patrick Melody
Melody
Fanny Parnell
Tur
Land League
Mr. Melody
Dublin
Meredy
Colonel Kelly
Deasy
City of
Manchester
Eng
London
St. Patrick's Day
Allen
Larkin
O’brien
Edward O’ Meagher Condon
Recase
Southampton
Celtic Monthly
Ireland
Henry
England
Europe
Bess
Faithful Founder of Orphan Homes Spoke in New York
Rev George Muller of Bristol told an Association Hall audience about his life work and training. Born in Prussia in 1805 he renounced salary to rely on offerings. He recounted frequent prayers for daily bread and marvels at promised petitions. He noted averaging about sixty prayers daily with occasional rises to seventy.
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George Muller
Bristol
England
Association Hall
New York
Young Men's Christian Association
Muller
Prussia
Fifth Avenue Belle Provokes With Bare Shoulders Protest
In New York Kate Miller, dubbed a fast society figure, wore a white satin dress with bare neck and arms at a Fifth Avenue reception. A gentleman wagered she could walk home without wraps. police intervened, forcing them to wrap up. The incident stirred parlor debate on fashion and propriety.
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Kate Miller
New York
Kate
Fifth Avenue
The Life Savers An Outline of Beach Patrol Duties
An atmospheric portrait of a Fire Island life-saving station at dusk. Lieutenant McClellan inspects the crew as eight sailors, hungry and ready, gather for clam chowder and tea before two patrols head along the beach. The piece then details practice drills with a lifeboat line and a crossing line setup to rescue wrecked mariners.
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Oakley
McClellan
United States Navy
Fire Island
Sapper
Uncle Jesse
Ooukley
Life Patrol
P Numb
Great South Bay
MacLiechlan
Jeffrey
Gro
Repeer
Oakiey
New York City
Maine
Captain Jeffrey
Awkward mix up over Rubinstein burial in Moscow
London readers learned of a strange error when thousands mourned a young unknown woman as Professor Nicholas Rubinstein. The Moscow conservatoire director died in Paris and wished to be buried in Moscow. His coffin was sent there and received by dignitaries for burial, only to be revealed three days later by telegram from Vilna that the deceased was not Rubinstein, but an unknown young lady.
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Essex
Fort Pillow
Ireland
Janes L
As Stuart
Christendom
Cromwell
Kildare
Westmeath
Kilkenny
Leinster
Connaught
Hell
Mcleay
Iriah
William of Pious
Memery
James
England
Elizabeth Villiers
Orkney
Kappell
Albemarle
Ginckeil
Baron of
Anghren
Henri de Massue
Bentick
Earl of Portland
North
Boyne Water
Land League
Michael Davitt
Chicago
The
Parnell
Melody
West
Land Leagues
League
Fannie Parnell
St. Louis
St. Patrick's Night
Anna Parnell
Boston
Tur
Lobe
Mr. Melody
London Telegraph
Nicholas Rubinstein
Moscow
Paris
Anton Rubinstein
Vilna
Atlantic
Liverpool
Campbell
Southern Illinois Conference
Thomas F. Houts
John Leeper
Andrews
Theological Institute of
Evanston
M. BE
Jesus
Phillips
Olney
Lir
Lonswood
William Wallis
Cause of Women's Rights
Jeremiah Phillips
Universaist
Unitarian Theological Schools
van Cott
Amanda Smith
Willing
Sarah Smiley
Vincent
Phabre Hanaford
Ellen Gustin
Massachusetts
Garfield
Mary Phillips
Detroit Free Press
Wisconsin
Michigan
Wolverine
Detroit
Weill
Derrick Dodd
St. Petersburg
Flolloway
Melikoff
Blaine
Nebraska
Lincoln
Jim
Coffin Mixup At Paris Leads To Moscow Interment Mix-up
A coffin said to hold a young Parisian relative’s body contained a man near the prime of life. Investigations traced the error to Nicholas Ralinstein, who had been secretly buried as the missing young woman in Moscow. Families face pain and a private exchange to correct the misidentification.
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Paris
Nicholas Ralinstein
Moscow
Simon Pure
The Art Preservative and Boston Journalism Compared
A Somerville Franklin Association paper traces Boston journalism from 1704 News Letter beginnings to modern papers. It notes rising paper costs and circulation, rapid typesetting, multiple editions daily, extensive newsboy activity, and widespread correspondents across New England and abroad.
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Office of Publication
Newsboy
Boston
New England
Time am not money in Uncle Jake tale
A rural African American father discourages his son from debating work and pay, teaching the maxim time is not money through a tale of labor, hierarchy, and old attitudes. Uncle Jake narrates a clash over labor, wages, and dignity, culminating in the son learning to harvest corn and respect his father’s guidance.
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Pappy
Jake
Jacob
Chile
Raul
Jess
Kunnel
Tom Hart
Young Women Preachers Struggle for Ordination Rights
A New York Sun report outlines the battles of Mary A. Phillips and other young women seeking Methodist Episcopal ordination. Bishops resist, while supporters argue gender equality. stories detail trials, faith, and voices from Olney, Evanston, Brooklyn, and Cape Cod with figures like Miss Lent and Miss Oliver highlighted.
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New York Sun
College of Bishops
M. E. Church
Mary A. Phillips
Lionde Tyne
Jeremiah Phillips
Olney
Garrett Biblical Institute
Holy Ghost
Philips
Girls as Barometers Weather Discovery Scandal
A sensational 19th century tale credits Professor Macgregor of the Royal Society with discovering that brown haired girls’ bangs reliably signal wet or dry weather. The piece details experiments with hundreds of girls, age 12 to 45, and even suggests sailors and sailors’ wives be chosen for their hair color to predict storms, while red hair supposedly reacts to electricity.
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Macgregor
Fragmented cultural miscellany and society notes
A jumbled page from a Detroit Free Press style periodical blends verse about a beloved girl with sketches, anecdotes, and brief social observations. It weaves poetry, drinking customs in Detroit, parrot humor, a charity rumor, a Nebraska physician in politics, and scattered vignettes on court life, manners, and curious headlines.
The Philosophy of Hugging in Young Minds
A cautionary commentary warns young men to avoid forceful hugging of girls. It urges gentleness, respect, and consent, noting too much pressure harms health and dignity. The piece jokes about a made up professorship to test appropriate hugging levels, advocating prudent, considerate contact.
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Iowa
Mutinous Nubian Regiments Rally Around Cairo
An Egyptian rebel group formed by Nubian soldiers in the Cairo area is described as well grown and stalwart in light blue uniforms with white facings. They drill, guard, and polish arms, obey officers who themselves answer to no one, posing a threat to Egypt’s stability amid disputed demands and weakened discipline from the Khedive's government.
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Cairo
Egypt
Jay Gould and Major Selover on Fifth Avenue
The New York Star reports Jay Gould and Major Selover walking arm in arm on Fifth Avenue. It recalls a past clash, notes Gould’s remembered grudges, and humorously warns of a potential explosive stock move as they pretend friendship.
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Jay Gould
Major Selover
New York Star
Fifth Avenue
Selover
Gould
Ido
Russia
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Pngland
Wiliam
Normandy
William
Hastings
Belgium
France
Father Walsh
Irish National Land League of America
New York Herald
Poten of Landlorde
Duchess of
George Washington
Grattan
Dillon
MR. Muler
Fifth Avenue Belle
Life Savers
Jack
Franklin Literary Association
Somerville
News Letter
Nowber
John Campbell
News Association
Union
Sunday Globe
Hahn
Earth
Globe
Hungary
Comets
Young Women Preachers
Miss Kate Lent
Methodist Episcopal School of Theology
Boston University
Copake
Columbia County
Marvin R. Lent
J. W. Hawxturst
Poughkeepsie
de Los Lull
Keatley
Lent
Theological Seminary
Biss
Anna H. Soan
Boston School of Theolgy
Miss Anna Oliver
Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn
Miss Oliver
Miss Shaw
M. ES
Methodist Church
East Dennis
Cape Cod
Miss Lent
Willoughby Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Anna Snowdene
Anna Oliver
Robert Bogardus
Murray Hill
Oliver
St. Mark's Episcopal
Rugers College
Sue
Stgers College
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Anna
General Conference
Misa Oliver
Royal Society
Maccaregor
Ming
Nahville
Poll
Galveston News
San Antonio
Galveston Avenue
Alveston
California
Jenkins
Jones
Mr. Jenkins
Roscoe Conkling
White House
Washington
Susan Edson
Executive Mansion
Basil Norris
Army
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Thomas’ Corners
Fulton County
Good Templars
Wyant
Lodge of
Martin Luther
Joan of Arc
James Parton
Harper’s Fortune
Philosopher Spaulding
Morrisville
George Eliot
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