Empress Ermyntrude Returns to Thornton Remembered Love
Arthur Okill reads a letter from Ermyntrude Southmayd, once his fiancée, revealing Joe Laux’s death and a past flame. In a sunlit office and later a station meeting, they confront youth’s lost romance and unforgotten love as memory and time redraw their lives.
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Sfudge Carrol
Arthur
Artin Okill
Joseph Laux
Ermyntrude
Joe
Thornton
Indy
Jane
Arthur Olill
Joe Laux
Ekymyntrude Southmayd
Arthur Okill
Lince
Love
Seth Okill
Glenwood
Ermyntrade
Jersey City
Dad Ckill
Okill
Em- Press
Cad Okill
Ermytirude
Hairpin Crase craze sweeps youths gathering pins
A quirky fashion craze described in the Milyraukes Journal notes a Seventh ward youth boasting a 300 pin collection. Pins carry wearers’ names and fore and aft variations, with one from a leading society belle valued at five dollars, as collectors admire and hoard hairpins from ladies in public. The trend, said to have started in Boston, may fade after a season.
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Seventh Ward
Smith
Zola
Schmaith and Smyth
West
Boston
Makes Em Respect a Man
Mrs Wigglesworth questions a Scott mystery while Mr Wigglesworth dodges details with a one way explanation about Gen Scott and the Mexican War. The exchange reveals social dynamics and a man’s mindset about keeping explanations simple to maintain respect.
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Rockland Courier-Gazette
Scott
Labor woes cloud cotton farming in southern California
Cotton raising in southern California fails to meet profits due to high labor costs and inefficiency. Planters used Chinese labor but one season shows Chinamen earn similar pay yet harvest one third as much. Negro workers are being sought to replace the Celestials. Among 50,000 U S postmasters, top salary is 8000 dollars and five cents is the lowest, with forty seven receiving one dollar per year.
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California
United States
Advice Against Habitual Swearing From A Moralist
A moral essay argues that frequent profanity is ineffective and corrosive. It urges young men to swear rarely and only sparingly, comparing persistent swearing to a useless habit and urging pursuit of manly, constructive behavior instead. The piece cites Washingtons rare historic oath as a corrective example.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Washington
Aman
New England
Bostonian and the Briton Dr Holmes introduces Matthew Arnold
Dr Holmes recalls a London anecdote about Edmund Dana and a tall man aided by a small man. He then introduces the distinguished speaker Matthew Arnold, praising his lineage and gifts while lamenting Rev Phillips Brooks's absence due to illness. The room reacts with applause as Arnold is welcomed.
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Boston Journal
Dr. Holmes
Washington Allston
Edmund Dana
London
Phillips Brooks
Thomas Arnold
Matthew Arnold
Inproper English Lesson Sparks Family Outburst
A German immigrant father misreads a teacher s note about his backward English. From the porch he sees his son chasing a boy with a torn coat, then hears the boy threaten violence in rough slang. The father decides to write to the teacher to protest the assessment.
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Boston Journal
Grossteufelheimer
Fair Land
Pratzels and
Saarkraut
Grossteyfelheimer
Mit
The English Trades Unions in Demorest's Monthly
The article contrasts English trades unions with American views, noting unions as provident institutions reducing strikes. Frederick Harrison cites that seven unions spent $20,000,000 on members out of work and charity, with only $800,000 used for strikes. It argues unions’ growing power lowers labor disputes and that workers can organize, unlike women workers.
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England
Frederick Harrison
Benner's Prophecies of Future Prices in Iron and Hogs
A Philadelphia Press summary of Samuel Benner's 1879 book on price cycles in pig iron hogs corn and provisions. It details his method of predicting ups and downs using historical price cycles to forecast future high and low years and panics, including 1881 1889 1891 and 1897 1899 as notable periods. The piece notes reactions from traders and the claim that iron prices drive broader commerce.
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New York
Philadelphia
Wall Street
Benner
Exchange Place
Northern Pacific
Mr. Benner
Bonner
United States
Gen. Taylor
Beaner
Bender
Wall Street Brokers Meet Lord Coleridge in Detroit Scene
A Detroit-Free-Press vignette describes a broker misidentifying Lord Coleridge Chief Justice as a colleague. The broker greets him warmly, then withdraws, while the broker exits to cover shorts in New York Central as Vanderbilt squeezes bears in the market.
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Casper
Detroit Free Press
Wall Street
Lord Coleridge
Coleridge
Cole
New York Central
Mr. Vanderbilt
Bears
Spared Man At Family Grave Tells of Kin Lying There
An exchange tale features a Scotchman by a family grave declaring his ancestors and kin lie there. He speaks of his grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, brother Bob, his papa girl Jeannie, his wife, and vows to lie there if spared.
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Bob
Jeannie
The English Themselves London Letter Humorous Observations
A London Letter notes Americans finding English people quaint and odd, fond of relics shown for six pence at the door. The Louisville Courier-Journal mentions Bernhardt seeking another U.S. visit, speculating she awaits Congress to raise the currency volume.
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London
Stangera
Louisville
And Universally Read Carefully Edited
A terse statement praising a publication that studies the real interests of the Territory. It asserts independence in sentiment and rejects sway from any man or group, signaling editorial neutrality and autonomy.
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Bosworth lists comprehensive local, stock and mining items, Western news highlights, and general reports compiled by F EK Bosworth. Readers are briefed on key developments across regions with emphasis on practical updates and notable events.
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