Right Man After All and a Wealth-Tainted Choice
Viola, daughter of Mrs Mornington, flirts with Frank Thorpe and declines Mr Nicolson’s offer, while John Ellsworth courts her. money, social ambitions, and love collide as Viola returns home to unexpected ruin and a marriage with Ellsworth is put to the test.
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Jones
Viola
John
Beank Thorpe
John Ellsworth
Havng
Frank Thorpe
Mra Mornington
Lndy
Mrs. Mornington
Thorpe
Frank
Nicolson
Mr. Thorpe
Mr. Nicholson
Mr. Nicolson
Miss Rawdon
Johnsworth
Satisfying His Patient Through Unusual Means
An amused tale contrasts common sense with rare fixes as Hoosiers cheer General Jackson after Latin phrases. A sick man clings to a doctor who bravely names his tonsillar condition synanche tonsillartis, prompting the patient to press for the exact term. The exchange ends with the man seeking a cure.
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Jackson
A Fashion World of Lace Gloves and Silks
A London Society notes fashion shifts with longer bonnets and unveiled faces. Silk hosiery with embroidery threads, Lisle gloves in vivid colors, and clocked boots set the spring style. The tale closes with a merchant's daughter wedding party and a powder cellar scare that ends in a dangerous near-disaster.
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Bordeaux
Philadelphia women reveal talents across professions
Forney's Progress notes about Philadelphia in fall practice lists about forty female physicians, at least ten women as painters, one sculptor Blanche Nevin chosen by the State for Muhlenberg statue, many lady clerks and attendants, editors, correspondents, novelists, historians and scientists. It highlights Lucretia Mott, Hannah Whitall Smith and Anna Dickinson among lecturers, and widespread female presence in stage opera art flowers wax lace costumes and decorations. Opportunity could attract thousands of women to various occupations.
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Philadelphia
Blanche Nevin
Muhlenberg
Lucretia Mott
Hannah Whital Smith
Anna Dickinson
Forney
Mexican Manners and the Gentlepoliteness of Mexicans
A Mexico letter praises the politeness of Mexican society toward visiting American journalists while describing a brutal bull fight as repulsive. It notes poor travel accommodations yet that several train cars are reserved for ladies and gentlemen, and recalls a grim humorous surface of courtesy.
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Mexico
Tut
Senor
Unfinished Swiss Model Reproduced in New York Church
An architecture scandal emerges as Dr Cheever’s Church of the Puritans in Union Square reveals it was modeled after a Swiss Berne church. Two towers, once of unequal height, were rebuilt identically after a move to Fifty third Street, showing the original plans left unfinished due to Swiss funds and copied precisely in New York.
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New York
Cheever
Fifty-third Street
Berne
Temperance reformers turn to nonalcoholic substitutes
The medical record notes reformers shifting from direct attacks to promoting aerated waters and nonalcoholic drinks as substitutes for alcohol. It suggests alcohol alternatives like nonfermented wines and beers with trace alcohol, and outlines foods and beverages that may ease cravings while stressing medical guidance.
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Liebeg
Long Nights and Courtship in Distant Lands
A nostalgic piece notes northern nights lasting six months. It humorously considers the abundance of peanuts and gumdrops a courting youth would carry to while away time and impress a sweetheart. The chatter ends with a tentative plan to meet tomorrow night.
Miscellaneous Oddities and Short Notes From Archive
A garbled collage notes quips and curiosities from various topics. Entries include remarks on brooks buttons electricity bird canaries a druggist statue in Arena Idaho town naming a girlie due to a single girl and humorous phrases about marriage and fashion. The fragmentary text mentions a Mongolian wash-house fire and insect research.
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Brooks
Canaries
Arena
Idaho
Chicago
Furnace
Detroit
John
Rome
J. D. Cox
Tale of a Humble Doggerel Poet
A playful verse from Yonkers Gazette explodes with rhymes and wordplay. The narrator claims honesty while presenting a collage of similar sounding words and muddled plot to mock low grade verse.
Pith and Point Reflections From The New York News
A quoted New York News editorial style piece muses on sediment as debt that never settles, the United States pressrooms as American print works, clock timing, an elephant’s impracticality, affliction revealing insignificance, Carthor’s ugly mouth spouting truths, and a lament on duty versus leisure in the pursuit of worldly treasure and beauty.
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Luken
United States
Carthor
New York News
Wife Sheds Tears as Miner’s Wife Sells Yellow Hair
The miner’s wife in Hopewell Pennsylvania keeps a long yellow hair tress, the couple faces debt on their home, a stranger offers 200 for the hair, and the husband reluctantly agrees to sell it to raise funds before default.
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Ip Hopewell
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Deacon Thrush
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Evldar
Ayery
Thrush
Hardy
Arisin
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Pogor Parson Edwards
Deacon Thrash
Deacon
Job
Father
Bandon Thrush
Father Gald
Bain
Harper's Bazar
Man
Violas
Ellsworth
Gay Greaney
Ema
Frank Thorne
Morsington
Betheaijeed
Nate
Mertons
Lod
Ory
Robert
London
Ragusa
Breton
Jeanne d’Arc
Felicity
Ming
Werner
Woman’s Sphere
Samncory
Drew
Guy
Staid
Yonkers Gazette
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