Empress Ermyntrude Returns to Thornton in Old Love
In a Thornton office, executor Arthur Okill reads a letter from Ermyntrude Southward to Joe Laux revealing past debts and a lingering heartbreak. Ermyntrude visits Joe’s old home, renews a charged, waning connection with Arthur, and recalls love that once was, amid red tape and memories of years gone by.
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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 Captures City Fanciers
A new craze called the hairpin craze has seized a Seventh Ward youth who has collected 300 hairpins bearing owners names. Ladies’ pins are labeled and stored as curios while collectors admire them. Originating among Boston dandies, the fad likely will fade after a season.
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Seventh Ward
Smith
Zola
Schmaith and Smyth
West
Boston
Dread Scott, Dead Scott, and a Man’s Respect
In the Rockland Chronicle dialogue Mrs. Wigglesworth questions the meaning of Dread Scott. Mr. Wigglesworth humorously clarifies it as a mistaken reference to Gen. Scott and a Mexican War battle. He muses that giving explanations is easier than answering questions, and notes the value of making women feel informed.
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Rockland Courier-Gazette
Scott
Cotton labor troubles hit Southern California planters
Cotton raising in southern California yields poor profits due to high labor costs and inefficiency. Planters used Chinese workers who proved far less productive, prompting reliance on black labor to replace them. Also notes U S postmaster salaries: top $8000 yearly, low 5 cents, with forty seven earning $1 annually.
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California
Gentle admonition against habitual swearing in youth
A Burlington Hawkeye editorial argues that constant profanity lacks impact and harms the user. It urges rare, deliberate swearing, noting Washington swore only once and changed outcomes, while urging young men to abandon swearing as a sign of immaturity and foolishness.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Washington
Aman
New England
Welcome to Mr Matthew Arnold Speech at Boston
Dr Holmes opens remarks with a tale of Edmund Dana and a London street scene. He introduces Rev Phillips Brooks unable to attend and then presents the distinguished guest Matthew Arnold with praise for his noble verse and honest critique. Crowd responds with applause.
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Boston Journal
Dr. Holmes
Washington Allston
Edmund Dana
London
Phillips Brooks
Thomas Arnold
Matthew Arnold
Grossteufelheimer Struggles With English Tongue Tale
A German father misreads a teacher’s note about his son’s difficulty with English. Hearing him scold a classmate, the boy shouts in the street, prompting the father to decide to write the teacher to correct the perceived misjudgment of his son’s language skills.
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Boston Journal
Grossteufelheimer
Fair Land
Pratzels and
Saarkraut
Grossteyfelheimer
Mit
The English Trades Unions in England and America
In Demorest's Monthly an analysis praises English trades unions as provident institutions that reduce strikes. Seven unions spent $20 million in six years on members out of work and charitable needs, with only $800,000 used for labor disputes. The piece argues unions grow, strikes fall, and workers gain leverage, unlike women workers. It notes a contrast with earlier harsh opinions on union activity and cites David Swing on changing views toward opinions and people.
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England
Frederick Harrison
Benner Prophecies of Future Prices in 19th Century Trade
A New York Letter reviews Samuel Benner’s 1879 book forecasting price cycles for pig iron, hogs, corn, and provisions. It outlines his claim that past price cycles repeat every few years, with predicted highs in 1889 1891 and others, plus a looming 1891 panic and global financial impact.
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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 a Foiled Greeting
A Detroit Free Press report recounts a personal introduction gaffe where a broker mistook a party as Lord Coleridge Chief Justice while noting Wall Street's free and easy manners. The broker quickly fled to cover shorts in New York Central as Vanderbilt was squeezing bears.
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Casper
Detroit Free Press
Wall Street
Lord Coleridge
Coleridge
Cole
New York Central
Mr. Vanderbilt
Bears
Grim Scots tale of family graveyard vow
An exchange within a Scots setting recalls a man by a family grave declaring the line of kin buried there and his own hoped survival. He names his grandparents, parents, brother, sister, wife, and pledges to lie beside them if spared.
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Bob
Jeannie
The English Themselves London Letter
An American notes amusing London habits and English people, praising their quaint relics shown for sixpence. The Louisville paper reports Bernhardt may return to America, waiting perhaps for Congress to raise currency volume.
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London
Stangera
Louisville
And Universally Read Carefully Edited in the Territory
The excerpt presents a publication that claims independence in sentiment and edits with a focus on real territorial interests. It asserts no sway from any man or faction, emphasizing impartial scrutiny and broad, universal readership.
Bosworth F EK Bosworth Local News Digest
F EK Bosworth reports the day’s telegraphic dispatches covering local affairs stock and mining updates and general Western news. The item aggregates important regional notices and market movements with concise summaries for quick reader access.
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Milyraukes
Chicago Herald
The
Bostonian
Demorest's Monthly
David Swing
Wyoming
Cheyenne
All the Stock and Mining News
F. EK. Bosworth
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