Hill nomination stirs NY politics and national plans
The Washington letter notes opposition and support around Senator Hill as New York governor nominee. Democrats fear a clash with Cleveland while Republicans see Hill as a vote getter and a path to Morton’s election in 1896. The piece mentions Carlisle, tariff debates, silver coinage stunts, and Wilson’s controversial speech in London.
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Word Against Suffrage
A critique argues that most U S suffrage advocates are women detached from daily life and lacking practical contact with the world. Local suffrage clubs skew toward physicians, single women seeking intellect, or those disappointed in marriage, whose fervor may prove hollow.
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United States
Compass to vanish from sea says Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record notes the compass may disappear as a reliable sea guide due to its erratic needle on iron ships. Lt. William H Beecher of the US Navy unveils a solarometer with a floated telescope and quicksilver layers, claimed to accurately determine ship courses. The Weimar trial by the government will decide the compass's fate.
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Wm. H. Beecher
United States Navy
Weimar
Odd sleeve bodice and Parisian fashion novelty
The item describes a chic sleeved bodice born in France made of black chiffon over black lace with sheer matching sleeve sets in white chiffon or scarlet. A New York World note calls the Parisian modiste unique and links the trend to coordinating sleeves with skirts.
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France
New York World
Desert
St Louis Boys Run A Mini Bank For Fun
Three young siblings in St Louis start a toy bank with W C Lindsay Sr as president and boys Louis H Robert T Richard W and W C Lindsay Jr as officers. They capitalize at 100 then 500 dollars, lend at five percent monthly, with stock held by siblings across several states. A puzzle activity follows about guiding a marble through a disk trick.
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W. C. Lindsay, Sr
St. Louis
Louis H
Robert T
Richard W
W. C. Lindsay, Jr
Lindsay
Oklahoma
Kansas
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Tennessee
Mississippi
Mabel Meeks
New York Commercial
Arithmetic Tale From Uncle Rastus Teaches Counting
An 8 year old boy in a barber chair recites arithmetic from Uncle Rastus in a St. Nicholas style tale. A barber jokes about how the child will keep adding and learning. The piece blends playful dialect with classroom math scenes.
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Rastus
St. Nicholas
Mud Roads and Public Need Ride Through City Pages
A mosaic of 19th century musings and editorials calls for better roads and lower taxes to ease rural and urban burdens. It condemns heavy clothing in heat as harmful to children's health and cites a physician’s advice for summer comfort.
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New York World
Mrs Southworth of Prospect Cottage a famed hostess
A St. Louis Republic writer portrays Mrs B D H N Southworth as a blonde elderly beauty at 74, still living at Prospect Cottage where she has resided for nearly forty years. Her notable hospitality, Virginia family recipes, and celebrated social life place her among Washingtons most distinguished hostesses, second only to the White House in visits.
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B. D. BH
N. Southworth
Frank
Prospect Cottage
White House
Washington
Southworth
Storytelling in a Mother and Child Conversation
A fragment from Youth's Companion presents a mother telling her child a bedtime tale. The story recalls a father carrying the narrator home on a moonlit night and leaving her at grandmother's door for the night. The passage ends with the child mentioning a newborn brother.
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