Mrs Perkins Remembers Trials With a Difficult Son In Law
Abigail Perkins of Boston writes in a homely tone about church life and family strife. She recounts conflicts with her son in law John Barker over misconduct at Parker’s bar, his harsh replies, and the strained view of relatives and church members. She laments the future burden on her children and contemplates selling her share of the business to outwit Barker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Melvina
Absalom
Moses
Terael
John Barker
Tisdale Dean
Elijah
John Berker
John
Parker's
Joan
Parker
Melvins
Egypt
Jeptha
Dave
Liza
Little Dodd
the Widder
Abigail Perkins
P.S
Reuben
Clematis
Jane Matilda
Artemus Wird
Hope Deferred Involving Madeline Returns To Mystery
Roger Campbell seeks the truth about Madeline Made Mae Harnden after a missed appointment at a hotel and a puzzled manager. A detective is hired as Madeline is hurried to a distant home to meet a dying mother who holds crucial revelations about her past and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Campbell
Made- Mae Harnden
Mrs. Watson
Howard Fawcett
Taily
Roger
Made- Mae
Mrs. Fawcett
Rogers
Lampo
Teapne
Kaye
San Princisco
Madeline
Mr. Carver
Uloess
iLshhall
Isiah
Madehoe Haroden
San Francisco
Micheline
A Theory of Noses From a Quarterly Review
The essay argues that brain growth and jaw development shape the nose over generations, producing a prominent nose in certain populations. It rejects physical coercion, stressing gradual anatomical changes driven by altered growth. A Worcester Spy item notes a Bedford woman drowning a cat after killing her kittens.
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Quarterly Review
Disraeli's Prophecy and American Trade Evidence
A Boston letter to The Globe rebuts Disraeli's views on American competition with Canada. It submits official export data for 1870s United States to Britain, details growth in manufactures, breadstuffs, and cattle exports, and argues Britain cannot outpace U.S. resources. cites Irish land-issues and tea party history as context. The writer signs as M. McFeely, Boston, Sept. 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Globe
Lothair
Buckinghamshire
United States
Canada
Hudson Bay Territory
Great Britain
New York
United Kingdom
Earl Beaconsfield
London Daily News
Ireland
Cromwell
Boston Harbor
M. McFeely
Boston
High priced restaurant ramble in New York humor
A narrator walks from Central Park to Highbridge and dines at an upscale hotel. The exchange with the restaurateur mocks inflated charges and pretentious but unnamed antiquities, ending with a quip about paying extra for empress deathbeds and oak leaves. The piece satirizes luxury dining and inflated heritage claims in New York.
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New York Exchange
Highbridge
Central Park
Washington
Delaware
Andre
William Patterson
Lord Cornwallis
Israel Putnam
Henry Clay
Ike
Fragmentary Story Snippet Hints at Restroom Encounter
A fragment shows a narrator recalling paying a quarter and leaving a proprietor in a bewildering frame, as the party dined elsewhere. The text preserves a moment of odd behavior and social setting without clear names or dates.
Fifty Years a Priest Quevillon Honored in Pittsfield
The Rev. Father Queviellon of St John Baptist French Catholic Church marks his fiftieth year of ordination. A reception filled the Academy of Music with Catholic societies and townspeople, presenting gifts including a gold watch and silver items. Letters from bishops and judges honored his long service across multiple postings in Canada, New York, Vermont, and Prince Edward Island before settling in Pittsfield.
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Father Queviellon
St. John Baptist
Pittsfield
Academy of Music
Louis Blain
Montreal
Burlington
Colt
Mercer
Joseph Quevilion
St. Vincent de Paul
Canada
Joseph
College of
Lerteque
Cawego
Syracuse
N. Y
St. Blaire
Sie Bizzard
Prince Edward Island
Father Quevillon
Prodigy Henry Mueller and His Marvellous Memory Power
A German lad in St Louis named Henry Mueller astonishes observers with extraordinary memory. He recites dictionaries and almanacs, recalls dates and events, identifies capitals and rivers, and performs complex arithmetic rapidly. His abilities arise from sound-based recall, but his reasoning lags. still, his feats include months, battles, and presidential years, while his age remains under ten.
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Henry Mueller
St. Louis
Mueller
Baden
Papa
Mr. Spiegel
Henry
Worcester
Missouri
Mexico
Bates County
Mana
Lookout Mountain
Corinth
Pea Ridge
Gettysburg
Early History of Ship Building in Boston and New England
An exploration of Boston and New England shipyards from 1607 to the late 18th century, tracing the rise of colonial marine industry from the Virginia pinnace to the construction of the frigate Constitution. It covers early harbor works, notable ships, yards at Medford, Salem, Charlestown, and Boston, and key figures like Hartt and Revere.
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United States
France
England
New World
Couiery
New England
Virginia
Kennebec River
John Smith
Atlantic
Virginia Company
North Colony
Plymouth
Kennebec
Charles River
Boston
Charlestown
Plywouth
London
Charlies River
Charles Towne
Maine
Medford
Cradock
Mystic River
Rebecca
Mystic
Hugh Peters
Salem
Dimensons
Willoughey
Fivehburg
Warren Avenue
Bourne
Azores
Colony
Dorchester
Cambridge
Canaries
Thomas Hawkins
Clark Street
Spain
Joshua Gee
Copp’s Hill
Wro
Fort Hill
General Court
Charlies Town
James Russell
Harris’ Wharf
Navy Yard
Cbhariestown
Hutemnosen
Benjamin Goodwin
Tilley
Batavia
Uanton
Abe
Moll Pitcher
Lyon
Canton
Danish East India Company
Hartt
Edmund Hartt
Constitution
Hartt’s
Harte's Naval Yard
Joshua Humphries
Philadelphia
Paul Revere
Park and
Fremont Streets
Park Street
Isaac Harris
Early history of the Charlestown Navy Yard site
A historical sketch outlines the Charlestown Navy Yard site from Moulton’s Point purchase to the 19th century. It covers fortifications, key figures like Samuel Nicholson and Commodore Bainbridge, the yard’s growth, vessels built and repaired, naval schools, notable visits, and yard statistics including manpower, dry dock progress, and the expansive 60 acre grounds with a premier ropewalk.
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Navy Yard
Charlestown
United States
Moulton
Robert Moulton
Blake
Portsmouth Dock
England
An Ali
Moulton’s Point
Eack
Mistica
Mistick
Winnesemit
Swift’s Wharf
Naval Committee of Congress
Constitution
Samuel Nicholson
Maryland
William Bainbridge
Secretary of the Navy
John Adams
President
Congress
Hornet
Nautilus
Argus
Isaac Hull
Ile Onpey
Marllehead
New England
Abbott Lawrence
Chelsea Bridge
Joseph West
Boston
Algiers
Bainbridge
Mediterranean
B. W. Crowovinshield
Navy
Independence
Journal
James Munroe
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
F. B. White
William Finch
Noddie’s Island
White
Finch
Virginia
Wachusett
Mississippi
Portsmouth
Willam Bainbridge
Teaac Hull
William B. Shubrick
William M. Crane
Joan Gallagher
Charles Morris
Joseph Siwith
Jesse D. Elliott
Jolbn Downer
John B. Nicholson
Fox
A Fruit Dealer's Joke on Market Street
A Louisville fruit dealer fed passersby with cayenne peppers labeled New Zealand cherries to teach a habit of tasting wares. Patrons and bystanders tried the peppers, causing laughter, a fistfight, and a scene that drew policemen away as the crowd roared.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Market Street
Baily
Memphis
New Zealand
Remarkable Champa Street cat and kitten rescue
A Denver Tribune item recounts a Champa Street cat with one kitten named Kit. The mother cat led a passerby to a barrel where the kitten was tangled by a string four times around its neck, threatening strangulation until a grocer cut the cord and freed the distressed kitten. The mother expressed gratitude with contorted gestures.
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The
Denver Tribune
Champa Street
Deacon
Nonsensical excerpts from a lively old column
A sprawling set of humorous vignettes and quotes from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. It blends poetry, anecdotes about Artemus Ward, Rufus Choate, and Throckmorton, with lightweight sketches of social scenes, punning wordplay, and brief notices. The piece showcases playful cultural humor, literary anecdotes, and stray verse among unrelated items.
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Abigail
Mrs. Griggs
Heaven
Barker
Hope
Mass
New Bedford
Topsy
Disraeli
America
Alexander Demar
Chicagay Times
Europe
Russia
Roumania
Australia
India
Dublin Freeman's Journal
Commissariat
Winthrop
Isle of Wight
Boston Bay
Mistick River
Ten Hill Farm
Wessel
Joaquin Miller
Independent
Dickens
Thackeray
Charles F. Browne
Artemus Ward
Boner
Savage Club
Watter
Ademus Ward
Raius Choate
Rufus Choate
Dick Barton
Barton
Mr. Osgood
State Street
Free Press
North Carolina
Griswold Street
Throckmorton
Ed. Bomar
Gainesville
Tgrio
Tate
Syracuse Sunday Times
Moore
Wit
Norristown Herald
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