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New Serial Novels Planned for The Weekly Globe
A set of popular American authors are preparing several engaging stories for The Weekly Globe. They will unfold across four issues, totaling 12 complete novels yearly. If published as books, the novels would cost at least $3.00 each.
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Laura Bridgman a Landmark in Human Awakening
Laura Bridgman’s death marks the passing of a unique figure once confined to touch alone after eight years of life in darkness and silence. Her education under Dr. Howe opened channels of communication and refined thought, becoming a symbol of awakening beyond death and a testament to inherent conscience and human potential.
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From Our Fleshly Prison to Sight and Sound
The fragment contemplates Lavna Brrpaman finally gaining senses long deprived and suggests a pleasant possibility that the blind and deaf may perceive what others cannot, a reflection on perception and awareness.
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Bustle Decline Marked in Fashion Circles
Opinion notes the bustle's rapid fall from grace as new gowns discard the wire bolster. Despite continued use by some, trends favor bustless, graceful attire. Historic fashions like Grecian bend and hoop skirts are fading as Mrs. Cleveland is credited with sparing the nation from bustle tyranny.
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Rain renews hope for record harvest across the region
The region enjoyed a heavy two inch rain after a warm dry spell raising farmers optimism for a bountiful year. Indications from both east and west point to an exceptionally fruitful crop year for wheat corn oats potatoes fruit hay cotton tobacco and other staples. The piece emphasizes natural bounty and labor as keys to prosperity over tariffs.
Treatment of the Insane in Asylums Sparks Controversy
A chastening examination of insane asylum practices in Chicago and Auburn New York prompts alarm over brutality and care standards. The piece discusses the vague legal concept of sanity, noting expert disagreement on Franch Train and the rarity of objective measures, while warning that such revelations may spread to other locales.
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Inhuman abuses in insane asylums exposed by Chicago Times
Relatives seek commitment based on alleged unsound mind risking guardianship and loss of testimony. The piece warns of conspiracies by heirs and abusive keepers who could torment or kill patients in the name of discipline. It commends brave journalism in exposing chronic cruelty and urges public vigilance against such abuses.
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International copyright debate argues for fair pay across borders
The Boston Journal argues for international copyright to ensure authors are paid and to prevent overreaching pirates. It notes foreign reprints widen access to literature, oppose monopolies, and compare copyright to tariffs, urging reciprocity so American authors earn when their works are republished in Europe.
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France Faces Debt Barrier in Panama Canal Funding
France faces a political and financial impasse as funds to finish the Panama canal are blocked by U S opposition and a swollen national debt. Public enthusiasm wanes after costly overruns. Alternative schemes include Nicaragua and Tehuantepec projects, while a radical six rail platform concept by Captain Eaps is proposed.
Ship railway idea reemerges as Panama alternative
The article notes a ship railway concept proposed by Captain Fane to haul vessels across an isthmus for under 75 million dollars, claiming strong traffic potential. It cites historical precedents from Athens and later Turkish and Swedish attempts, and argues such routes may outlast the Panama canal in delivering value.
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Fly casting evolves as Red and Reel Association convenes in New York
An annual National Red and Reel Association tournament draws expert anglers from across the country in New York last Thursday. The piece contrasts old time bait fishing with modern fly casting, noting the patience of the traditional method versus flashy fly innovations while affirming enduring value of the old approach.
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The Little Graves Poem Reproduced From Long Ago
A reprinted Reading-Book poem titled The Little Graves portrays autumn in a graveyard with a mourner and a four year old boy. The child questions death and burial, while the mother answers with faith that the sister dwells in heaven. An anonymous note credits Ola Medal Scholar as source.
No Collection Complete in Cincinnati Stamp Hobby
A Cincinnati collector boasts a vast postage stamp trove built over 12 years. He notes a complete set would cost about 100000, with around 1000000 descriptions existing in total. Berlin's museum alone holds 4000 to 6000 stamps from multiple regions, featuring emblems, portraits, and rare issues unattainable for many sums.
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Simonds Praises Tribune Memoir and a Cook’s Pearl
Congressman Simonds lauds the Minneapolis Tribune and cites a story about his wife and a former slave cook, who sings plantation songs and quotes scripture. The cook remarks that casting pearls before swine was a lesson she learned from life and faith.
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India Poverty and Opulence Through an English Eye
Frank G. Carpenter paints India’s stark poverty with shanty huts and mud floors where families endure 50 cents a week, contrasts imperial wealth at Agra Taj Mahal and Akbar’s fort with famine risk, opium habit, and chitties money lenders, while noting Ceylon tea plans to advertise in American newspapers to boost trade.
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Proper Things to Do and Manners for Gentlefolk
A reader questions etiquette on greeting elders and seating in churches and theatres, with guidance that the man precedes the woman to clear passages. It discusses child replies yes and no, wearing hats, linen collars, and spitting in public. It ends urging mothers to teach sons courtesy at home.
Laura Bridgman Life and Lessons from Darkness to Knowledge
Boston remembers Laura Bridgman born in Hanover New Hampshire fifty years ago her early illness left her blind deaf and reliant on touch motion and teaching at the Perkins Institution where Dr Howe cultivated language with raised-letter labels finger spelling and tactile alphabets Bridgman learned words verbs adjectives and math forming a remarkable childhood arc from isolation to literacy and self expression.
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Out of Darkness Laura Bridgman Dies at Arkins Institute
Laura Bridgman, famed blind deaf and mute scholar at the Arkins Institute in South Boston, died yesterday from congestion of the lungs and heart failure as described by Charles Dickens.
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Legal curiosity from a Philadelphia boy
A twelve year old son of a Philadelphia bar member borrows 20 cents and presents a handwritten note pledging repayment by his mother. The document claims it is for all to know that he borrowed from his father and that his mother will repay him. Witnessed by C. I.
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