Rise and fall of a Dolores editor in love and scandal
A Dolores newspaper leader, Colonel Ried, faces editorials, alleged affairs, and a public collapse as Miss Nolan and rival reporters spark scandal. Advertising decline, court appearances, and a sensational murder plot threaten the paper, ending with Ried’s downfall and a distant, reflective reunion.
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Iss Nolan
Berritte
Athens
Kied
Goldenberg
Charley
Goll Nherself
Dolores
Miss Nolan
Ried
State
Colorado
Sherif
Bond
Denver
Ce Nolan
PITHS AND POINTS ON WEALTH AND WEATHER JOKES
A collage of late 19th century snippets mocks wealth, weather, and charity while threading in humorous maxims. It cites stories from Philadelphia and New York papers, notes on a poetical temperament, and a tale of a farmer and a subscription bill, ending with a serialized verse about John Harleyeren.
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Boston
Wentryman
Ralo
New York
Philadelphia Chronicle
Rum as a Menace to Family Life and Society
A polemic warning against alcohol abuse argues that rum destroys homes, drains finances, and brutalizes husbands while causing hunger and cold for wives and children. It cites women as primary victims and calls for organized opposition to breweries, distillers, and liquor laws to curb the drink’s power.
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Ram
Nina
Irisband
Rum
Kum
Jack
Ati Gree Barn
Outlook of the Temperance Cause Gains in Public Support
A Springfield Observer summary reports the Temperance movement gaining speed as public and political sentiment shifts toward abstinence. It notes fewer drink citations among candidates for Speaker and many lawmakers now abstaining or limiting alcohol. Garland the Arkansas lawyer quotes grave consequences of whisky as a turning point.
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Washington
Springfield Minepublic
Congress
Senate
Willard
Garland
Arkansas
New York Times
Fashionable Necklaces and Ornamental Pendants Described
A Brooklyn Eagle piece notes necklaces shrinking from fashion except for full dress, with velvet bands and delicate gold chains. It describes gold pendants studded with jewels such as roses, stars, crosses, beetles, and butterflies, plus pins and lapel adornments with pearls, rubies, and diamonds. It highlights Marguerites, jointed diamond bands, and pink enamel Apple blossoms as elegant options for wealthy ladies.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Woman power to curb rum menace, Toledo Daily Blate
A Toledo Daily Blate piece argues women hold influence to reform drinking culture. It claims women can influence public morality, close saloons in slums, and press for respectable venues. The essay urges organized female leadership to crush the rum power and save youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledy Biaile
Temperance Movements Grow Amid Clergy Sobriety Push
The London Christian World reports more than ten thousand clergymen as total abstainers forming branches of Temperance work across England. The Daughters of Temperance unite temperance and benevolent societies, crossing denominational lines. Father Nugent of the Roman Catholic Church condemns drunkenness as an outrage against God and nature.
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Church of
London Christian World
England
Temperance
Daughters of Temperance
Farnee Burks
Sena
Father Nugent
Cardinal Manning
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B. T. Hobbs
Aberin Journal
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Amel
Lange
Salon
Missouri
Free Indies
Cross Club
Lalwaes
Pichon
Peat Society
Eliquette
Tex
Everbody
Nelan
Lal
Urerin
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Wae
Wale
Miss Ried
Thremor
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India
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Eistumme
Giepel Tx
Cimmington
Hampshire County
Cummingto
Maswarhieels
William Cullen Bryant
Bryant
Hinsdale
Glenham
Chinmington
Miles
Heacher
Broks
Whalen
Seay Yors
Dr Weems
Armitane
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Neghboring
Mainfield
Ecogremlin
Young Whalen
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White
Commington
Boston Herald
Indianapolis
Lemon
Millersburg
Ohio
Miss Lemon
Congressman Belford
Weston Star
V. J. Ann
Germany
Chicago
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Meng
I Harlem
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Leal
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Tevlin
Joan Tivertor
Acm
West Virginia
Enland
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New Zealand
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Moltke
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Jobin
Nile
Heer
Finn
John Harleyerry
Lohan
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John
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Brookhaven Zender
Rae
Tune
Wise
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