Townsend's Letter Denounces Anglomania and Reforms Hawthorne Talk
Alfred Townsend vents at length against a New York aristocracy, praising free press and literary courage while condemning English-born envy and social pretension. He critiques Hawthorne interview practices, laments declining literary chivalry, and applauds Mrs. Stewart’s virtue amid New York society. He also reflects on editors, circulation, and the role of journalism in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New
Republican
Fort Washington
Alf
George Jones
Hosea Perkins
E. L. Gedkin
Kennett
Mr. Godkin
Dr. Johnson
Paris
Johnson
Massilon
Bennett
Godkin
Parvenu
Clay and
Webster
Philip Freneau
James Madison
Princeton
General Washington
Jefferson
Washington
Frenean Tnally
Perain
Tom Paine
England
Robert Burns
Goldsmith
Edmund Burke
Napoleon
Review Literaure
Beranger
Benjamin Franklin
Godkin & Co
Vache
France
Callender
Richmond
Arunk
Ooper
Oxford
Priestley
Godkins
Blackguard
Brook Farm
Alvert Gallatin
Harvard College
Congress
Senate
Defoe
K. Lowell
Lord Nelson
Westminster Abbey
Jessica
Fifth Avenue
Berlin
James Russell Lowell
Julian Hawthorne
Lowell
Tne
United States
Mr. Hawthorne
America
New England
Boston
Mole-Hill
Franklin Pierce
Hawthorne
Chauncey Depew
John Cockerell
Depew
Stewart
A. T. Stewart
Mrs. Stewart
Judge Hilton
Playing at Royalty A Moroccan student ritual to raise funds
The piece describes a Moroccan festival at Fiez where a wealthy student becomes a Sultan, issuing proclamations and taxing shopkeepers to fund religious instruction. On the last day the real Sultan greets his double, who grants mock sovereignty over vast lands before relinquishing the crown and responsibilities.
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Morocco
Turkey
Bagdad
Fiez
Toiba
Hab-el-Nil
Bab-el-Kebi
Ocean
Mediterranean
Soudan
Relics Rich And Rare At Colonial Exhibition
Nine cases from Mandalay palace are displayed in the Ceylon court. A golden umbrella shaft sixteen inches thick and twenty feet long, a lobster shaped fagon, palm leaf horoscopes, and a central ruby 3944 carats dominate a display of gold reliquaries and jeweled boxes. Questions arise over rightful ownership and returns of loot prior to imperial era, with Britain and France cited in debates on restitution.
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Burmah
Mandalay
Ceylon
Theebow
Brahma
France
Napoleon I
Europe
England
Imperial
Pekin
Orange Free State
Lampe etoile lamp claims near perfect safety from fire
The lamp by French inventor Carte promises near absolute safety by using two separate wicks and air passages to keep flame from oil vapors. A demonstration in London supposedly extinguished a flame instantly, suggesting a breakthrough over dangerous Davy lamps and incendiary risks for homes and mines.
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London News
Marie
Emerald Isle
Biddy
Varied Views of Hamlet in Town Topics
London stage hands debate Hamlet portrayals from Davenport to Wilson Barrett. The old scene-shifter praises Barrett for exiting the stage sooner than others, criticizing Davenport, Vechter, Kean, Hirving for various flaws and preferring Barrett’s quicker finish.
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London
Dane
Davenport
Vechter
Charles Kean
Wilson Barrett
Amlet
Liszt's Private Secretary and a Paris Concert Plan
A dinner in Brussels honors Liszt where his secretary Benoni, likened to an American shop clerk in speak, resists locals urging concerts. Benoni insists he cannot accept and must depart for Paris next morning for engagements there. Liszt, overhearing, calls out to be taken along.
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Liszt
Benoni
Brussels
Luttig
Paris
Bartholdi Statue Dedication Shown To The World
New York crowds witnessed the Bartholdi statue dedication in widely celebratory ceremonies. Rain earlier turned to brilliant illuminations at night as the Liberty enlightening the World statue drew a massive audience, uniting two republics under a shared symbol of union and liberty.
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New York
Howard
New York World
Bartholdi
Liberty
VIVE VENTENTE FRATERNELLE
A grand pageant in New York honors the Statues unveiling with Bartholdi present. The vast cortege, led by General Stone and civic leaders, fills streets as crowds chant and civic pride shines despite damp, chilly rain.
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Bartholdi
Stone
New York
The Head of the Statue Metropolis Parade Tribute
Crowds packed Madison Square and the Hudson shores for a grand celebration of the statue unveiling. Presidents and dignitaries led a vast display of ships, regiments, and fireworks with thousands cheering from City Hall to the Battery. The day impressed locals and foreign guests as a unity of city and nation in festal reverie.
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Madison Square
President Centre
World
City Hall Park
World Buildings
Hattery
Dedicatory Ceremony On Bedloe's Island Recalled In Lofty Oration
A vivid account of a Bedloe's Island dedication with prominent speakers and dignitaries, praising liberty, universal benevolence, and the symbolic statue. Howard and Le Faivre spoke for America and France as the crowd, press, and band celebrated a gift symbolizing enlightenment over oppression.
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Badilooe's
Senate
BedJoe’s Island
de Lesséps
Stuarts
Levaivre
Depew
Lyartholdi
World
Howard
Cleveland's Address At France Gift Inaugural Speech
In New York on October 28 the United States accepts with gratitude the grand work of art from the French Republic. The gift symbolizes Franco American kinship and the shared belief that government rests on the will of the people.
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New York
United States
French Republic
France
Autumn Reflections at Minniwicks Pond
A vivid landscape opens with Ernest M Gaffey’s minutely observed scene from Chicago Inter Ocean. The poem guides the eye to Minniwicksee Pond, hidden from humanity, where red and gold maples blaze along shores and a tranquil pool mirrors a shadow forest. The autumnal light washes the scene in ruby and purple hues, with a pale sand bed and silent, clear water inviting contemplation.
Labouchere Attacks War Policy and Foreign Office
Mow Leong argues against British tax payer burden and criticizes the foreign office as a volatile English temple. He denounces Russia’s Central Asia actions and notes Britain has fought costly wars for two centuries while taxpayers bear the burden.
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Labouchere
England
Foreign Office
Russia
Central Asia
Burmah
Mingland
Losing and finding in Cassell’s Magazine tale
A clergyman narrates two seeking and finding anecdotes. In Bristol a man buys gloves and discovers a lost ring in his finger, leaving his name as a potential finder. In St Helena a ring eludes search until a drawer is emptied uncovering the ring in a kid glove. The stories illustrate finding after seeking.
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Cassell'é Magazine
Ho Vser’s
Bristol
Ian
Slopman
Jones
St. Helena
Batman
Kid Grove
Hamlet's Skull Tale Ties Booth to Louisville Pranks
Edwin Booth once used a skull in Dublin style theater joke lore tied to Louisville. A horse theft mix up led to Booth riding with supposed thief Fontaine to the jail, and lifelong mischief ending with Fontaine bequeathing his skull to Junius Brutus Booth for a Hamlet prop. The skull later passed to Edwin Booth during a Louisville engagement, enriching theater lore.
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Edwin Booth
Louisville
Booth
Bargetown
Kentucky
Fontaine
Thomas
Colonel Thomas
Mr. Booth
Hamlet
Junius Brutus Booth
End
Morris
Boston Cooking School Croquettes and Oyster Dishes Demonstration
A Boston Cooking School session at 174 Tremont Street showcased croquettes, veal croquettes, fish balls, corn oysters, fried oysters, and a trifle dessert. Miss Ida A. Maynard led the class with practical guidance on shaping, breading, frying, and sauce techniques, while noting alternate topics and forthcoming soups for the next lesson.
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Boston Cooking School
Tremont Street
Ida A. Maynard
Daniels
Lincoln
Parlon
Odd items from a bustling era puzzle readers
A fragmented compendium of quirky notes and local curiosities from a 19th century paper. Items include pensions claimed by hourly totals, a Chester man digging his own grave, a Brooklyn horse chewing tobacco, a New York bridesmaid engaged to the bridegroom, and strangers reporting whimsical or curious incidents across small towns and cities.
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Chester
Penn
Brooklyn
New York
St. Cilda
Detroit Free Press
Ann
Stephens
Cleveland
Racine
Wis
Metamora
Reading
Delaware & Hudsom
Allegheny
Marshall
Queen Victoria
Eliot
Quincy
Ill
Bismarck
Texas
Zionville
New County Rotary
Council Bluffs
Albany
Mvidual
Jimmy
Watkins Trenton
Pi Knob
Pacific Roads
Coitus
Dis
Hevek’s
Cinnati
Humboldt
Virginia
Virginia City
Andrew Jackson
Nan
Avery
South Carolina
Bacon
Tonewall Jackson
Artificia
Startling Licht tale from Madison paper tale of a cat and head
A Madison Wisconsin Democrat item recounts a startling Irish anecdote about a son of Erin who describes killing a mule and a cat in a ritual tale. The narrator claims the cat returns alive the next day with its head in its mouth, delivering a macabre punchline.
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Erin
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Froissart
Iynay
Wowan
Byes
Royalty
Hurmah
M. Darte
la Lampe Etvile
Grover Cleveland
Ventente Fraternelle
Wenaars
Hudson
Auguste Bartholdi
Alsibee
Bedlor
American
Fieras
Republic
Albert le Faivre
Republic of France
Minniwicksee Pond
Cernest M'Gaffey
Chicago
Denis
Erie
Madison
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