Let the angel blow and the tale of Lady Talbot
A dramatic tale unfolds with Lady Kate Talbot and her forgotten husband Lord Richard Talbot. She recalls a forced betrothal, a distant marriage, and a late but ardent reconciliation that reshapes their lives. The conversation reveals scandal, class, and romance amid London society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ique
London
Talbot
Lord Talbot
Marquis of Stair
Simmons
Lord Richard
Kate
Richard
Esher
Selina
Four Irish keeners in town attract demand
The Springfield Republican notes four professional Irish keeners who, for pay, attend funerals and cry in the presence of relatives and friends. These women make a business of lamenting the dead.
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Springfield Republican
Steamer Arrives in Halifax With Refrigerators for Atlantic Cold Trade
A steamer tied up in Halifax from Bordeaux carrying refriger ators for freezing salmon codfish and lobsters. The vessel will pick up further stock along the Newfoundland coast and transport them to France.
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Halifax
Bordeau
Newfoundland
France
Inheritance and crime across realms and Montana gold
The essay notes noble titles pass to all descendants in Russia Germany Austria and Galicia with village-wide prince rights. It warns of child theft by youths in New York and describes rugged urban criminals. It then reports Montana’s gold output of 153 million dollars since its settlement with 20 000 quartz mines and cattle ranching economics including six cents per head costs and rising cattle exports to $240 000 value in 1873–1878.
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Russia
Germany
Austria
Zichys
Hungary
Galicia
Montana
California
New Khedive Tewfik Shaping Egypt’s Future Leader
Prince Tewfik, heir to the late Khedive, is described as dignified and charming with strong Egyptian roots. He lived in Egypt most of his life, briefly toured Europe before a Vienna recall, and reads papers about Egypt with interest. He speaks French, understands English, and raises English‑educated children. He is devout without intolerance and abstains from forbidden beverages.
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Han
Kate
England
Lord Talbot
Khedive
Tewkfi
Egypt
Vienna
Tewfik
Mohammedani
Distant Writer Seeks Return as Arizona Marriage Views Stir
Daniel McArthur from the Pacific slope declares he is dying of solitude and urges a return to civilization. He claims thousands in Arizona face marriage odds with squaws and Greasers, while wealthy miners and farmers attractEastern women. The Baltimore Gazette counters by noting solitude and the women’s preference for singledom, while presenting McArthur’s claim to readers.
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Daniel McArthur
Chicago Times
Pacific
Arizona
New Mexico
The
Baltimore Gazette
Italian Professor Finds Flowers Boost Air Quality with Ozone
A Germanic sounding report claims an Italian professor discovered scented flowers emit ozone, increasing atmospheric oxidation. The strongest ozone sources are cherry laurel clover lavender mint juniper lemon fennel and bergamot with weaker results from anise nutmeg and thyme.
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Moarshy
Novelist Reynolds Earned Vast Fortunes From Cheap Novels
The late G. W. M. Reynolds reputedly made far more money from sixty to seventy sensational works than many British writers, with earnings speculated up to 2300,000. Comparisons are drawn with Tyndall, Darwin, Huxley, Carpenter, Arnold, Carlyle, Browning, and Eliot, noting Reynolds’ extraordinary pecuniary success relative to literary merit.
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G. W. M. Reynolds
Great Britain
Tyndall
Darwin
Huxley
Carpenter
Matthew Arnold
Carlyle
Robert Browning
Creorge Eliot
Reynolds
Tennyson
Dickens
Thos
Zulu Wedding Observed by Mrs Hutchinson in Transvaal
In A Trip to the Transvaal Mrs Hutchinson recounts a Zulu kraal wedding two miles from camp. She describes the driving, the wedding party in full regalia, feather plumes, cowhide shields, and warlike sticks, the dance, chants, and the bride’s beads and elaborate hair, ending with the distinctive bride’s conceited expression.
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Mrs. Hutchinson
Transvaal
Drowning an Injun at the Cloud River Fishing Ground
A San Francisco party on the Cloud River near Shasta uses an Indian guide for a salmon outing. Offered bribes fail, the guide dives for a distant point and drowns after being swept against rocks as the torrent roars. The tale ends with the cruel punchline that the Indian cost nothing.
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San Francisco
Cloud River
Shasta
Bend of the Cloud
Sisson
Shasta Stage Road
Bend
Somebody Rose
England
Scotland
Dolla
Dear Abby style column on reader questions and sarcasm
A Burlington Hawk Rye reader column mirrors advice tone with frayed humor. Letters from Gentle Annie Marguerite Baby Mine Saltee Mary Ann and others discuss marriage money ice cream without a freezer loneliness and moral advice while the columnist answers with sharp wit.
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Gerald
Little Saltee
Mary Ann
Gentle Annie
Marguerite
Croesus
Baby Mine
America
Sociable
Burlington Hawkrye
Look Out for Counterfeits
Secret Service officers report rising counterfeiting activity with silver coinage. Congress funded 860000 this year, thirty five agents operate nationwide, rewards of about 30 dollars for convicting offenders. A new counterfeit five dollar note lacks scroll work near Series 1875, with other design flaws. Erie arrests two men found with fake money. they refuse to talk.
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Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
Washington
Congress
Canada
Secret Service
Erie
Blue Perspiration At Kohn's Barber Shop
A barber named Peter Bauer at Kohn's shop near Viele Hall exudes bright blue perspiration, staining his handkerchief and towels cerulean blue. Bauer, from Uniontown, has been employed about two weeks, and doctors are urged to investigate the cause. Mr. Kohl confirms no hoax, with blue droplets visible on the barber's face.
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Kohn
Viele Hall
Peter Bauer
Mr. Kohn
Uniontown
Mr. Kohl
West Wind Rides In To Seek Refreshed Morn
Poem note from Susan Coolidge in Independent contrasts the fierce sun with the gentle west wind. The sun’s heat and arrows give way to the cool wind that softens the day, calms dew drops, and comforts flowers and people alike. The speaker imagines the wind delivering soothing melodies and urging calm.
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Clematis
Susan Coolidge
Independent
Items of Interest and Quips From various papers
A collage of short items including a baby rubber doll, a tailor, and a cane wielded by Emperor William. Also notes on Congressman Blackburn, labors, pickled foods, paint and gossip items, medical curiosities, and a tale of John Slate claiming to have raised the American flag in California.
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Erie Herald
William
Congressman Blackburn
Kentucky
New York Mail
Steubenville Herald
New Orleans Picayune
California
Yonkers Gazette
United States
Felow
Steubenville Chronile
New York
Chicago
Buffalo Express
Cincinnati
Prince Louis Napoleon
South Africa
Thomas Walley
Barney Hughes
Deadwood
Barney
H. T Bucklin
Elopement Plot Foiled By Loyal Mother In Peoria Tale
A commercial traveler helps a young Peoria woman with a restive horse, they exchange names and vows, and plan an elopement after later meetings. The father travels to Chicago, learns of a divorce, disrupts the scheme, the mother intercepts a letter, and the plan collapses as the traveler resumes his work rather than pursuing the match.
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Peoria
Chicago
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Gabriel
Bayard Taylor
Levtoner
Helen Faucit
Selina Dorset
Kate Talbot
Lulu
Lady Talbor
Lord Richard Talbot
Tristine
Africa
Asia
Europe
Richard Talbot
Talbot Castle
Central Asia
Cightons
Zululand
Burdette
George
John Slate
Bea
Rascal
Slate
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