The Early Career of Mrs Emma Southworth
Washington story recounts Emma D. E. N. Southworth, born 1813 in Washington, whose early life as a mysterious woman in black led to the 1843 publication of Retribution. Jon Shillington, Baltimore Sun agent, traces how editors urged printing in The Nation Era and Petersan & Bro. The author resides in Georgetown at Prospect Cottage and remains active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsadell
Philadelphia Press
Washington
Jon Shillington
Wwonina
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Mr. Shillington
Isdy
Baltimore Sun
Sun
Philadelphia
Dr. Snodgrass
Baltimore
Shoe
A Costly and Appropriate Funeral
In Lowell a stern man named White calculates funeral costs for the poor, arguing overburdened workers cannot afford lavish deaths. His friend quips that White himself will have the most expensive Lowell funeral because mourners must be hired.
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Lowell
White
Combining Telephone Wires and Underground Prospects
A Cincinnati Enquirer article discusses future wire management as urban growth thickens lines. It notes underground solutions in Paris and a plan to bundle fifty to a hundred wires in a single cable, with a long chained example from Cincinnati to Newport and a compact lead enclosed form. Nearby calls will mainly be for branches as business expands.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Paris
Courge
Cincinnati
Newport
Butler Street
Stix
Branchea
Nature is Med in Tooth and Claw
In Demorest's Monthly John Stuart Mill argues nature inflicts severe cruelty on sentient life. He notes malaria fever and defective organs kill most, earthquakes and cyclones maim thousands, and humans suffer wars pestilences and crimes, painting nature as feeding on tooth and claw.
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Demorest’s Monthly
John Stuart Mill
Nature
Mystery药muse? Backward name unlocks medicines
In Philadelphia a doctor's shop jar bears the inscription Ysnat. A reporter uncovers it is Tansy spelled backward, and the clue leads to other mysterious medicine labels, reshaping understanding of the shop’s wares.
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Philadelphia
Patti Kellogg at her best in Chicago operatic season
The article lauds Patti Kellogg as unrivaled in two thirds of the great operatic roles. It notes her voice, stage presence, and youthfulness despite age, with nostalgia for past performances and a vivid image of flowers, diamonds, and theater life in Chicago, including references to Nora, Nilsson, Wallack's, and Union Square theatre.
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Mor Careey
Kier Pamily
kKlowers
Flowers
Joe Howard
Chicago News
Patti
Kay & Word
Noor
Miss Kellogg
Parepa
Linguoli
Churayels
Gerster
Solomon
Sheba
Virth Avenue
Nilsson
Wallack's
Quion Square Theatre
Union Square Theatre
Iever
Nevada in Decline Prompts Constitutional Talks
The Nevada situation is described as a fading of the Comstock era with salaries once high now seen as excessive. The piece notes wealth drained, residents leaving to Arizona and California, and debates over salaries, potential territorial status, or division to neighbors. It includes a Denver Tribune fable and a Paris street-naming curiosity.
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St. Louis
Nevada
Eupreme Court
Legislacure
Comstock Lode
San Francisco
New York
Paris
Opuone
Arizona
Virginia City
Tyre
Sidon
California
Utah
Old Question Fragment from Harper's Magazine
Fragmentary verse vignette notes a departed soul lingering on earth and reflecting on farewell. It evokes friends and kin weeping and questions whether they showed sufficient affection at parting. The archaic style and misspellings mirror historical text.
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Margaret Etynge
Harper's Magazine
Earth
Anthracite supply fears and prison tales in 19th century notes
A Pennsylvanian coal field estimate warns the anthracite supply could exhaust within a century if current mining wastes continue. The piece notes US reliance on anthracite for iron and engines, compares mining methods, and cites a youth's prison life anecdote from Mis Better Days. It closes with a plantation era negro exaggeration tale.
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New York Mail and Express
Pennsylvania
Engine Gra
Rhode Island
Virginia
United States
England
Ohio
Dancing Customs Stir Mexico Amid Foreign Observers
The piece notes Mexicans keeping dancing within ballrooms where couples meet in private, while foreigners observe dances like the waltz and danza. It mentions social norms, fear of visiting Mexican homes, and perceptions of young men by locals as wolves in sheep's clothing.
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Amun
Recognized Her at Once in a Telephony Tale
A skeptic old man bets he cannot hear his wife five miles away by telephone. His wife is in a country store with a telephone while he stands elsewhere with a working instrument. He shouts Hello Sarah and a lightning strike severs the wire, knocking him down. He exclaims that is Sarah indeed.
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Ats Place
Sarah
Lincoln on Bloodletting and Deserter Policy
Leader Supplement recounts an 1860s Lincoln interview. McDonald of Indiana recalls Lincoln supporting harsh penalties for desertion, resisting executions for some, and hoping for a future grand jubilation as Civil War papers arrive.
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Joseph KN. McDonald
Indiana
Lincoln
Brenia
Potomac
Fire signals via theater flag system in New York
Col Sinn of the Park theatre described a flag signaling system used from the stage to patrons. A flag reading No Danger signaled calm, a black flag meant Clear the house quietly, and a yellow flag urged Clear it as quickly as possible. He valued his property at $14 000 and held no insurance.
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New York Tribune
Col. Sinn
Park Theatre
Curious blots and old stock brands in scattered notices
A muddled OCR fragment mixes a 1405 date blotting claim with a Mobile Register jab at Masan chusetta and a lengthy catalog of cattle brands. It mentions a concert with Handel’s aria and a snide misquotation, followed by a string of P O addresses and extensive horse and cattle branding details across Wyoming, Nebraska, and Montana, with various ear marks and brands.
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Wantiel
Handel
Maria
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Mrs, Southworth
Peerleqs
Denver Tribune
Impressario
Vail
Pixilam I
Demorest
Paria
Haynes
Old
Massachusetts Penitentiary
Yellow House
Sumer
Boston
Charlestown
Aroan
J. J. Geer
Georgia
Sam
Rascal
Dare
Kase
Sambo
Thrusday
New York Theatre
Hale
H. A
Blair
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tunge
Powder River
Alav
Teschemacher & de Biller
Chamberlin & Doty
P.O
Fort Laramie
Range
Deer and
Uberry Creeks
Creighton & Co.p. Ou
Omaha, Neb
Pine Bluffs
W. 2
Horse Creek
Wye
Pumpekin Creek
Neb
M. E. PO
Range Pole
Horse Creeks
North Park
H. C. Chandler
P. O
Hat Creek
Cheyenne River
Lodge Creek
Lance
Old Woman Creeks
ST. Joseph
Stoddard, Lapham & Sidward
P. O. Address
Buffalo
Johnson Up
Clear Creek
Crazy Woman
Lemuel Smith
Jn. P
Fetterman
Wyoming
Dry Creek
Lower Box
Lightning Creeks
North Side
North Platte River
Wark
Bae
D.H.& J. W. Snyder & CO
P. OQ
And
Sturgis & Goodell P. O
Cheyenne, Wyo. Range
Fox Creek
Lower Horse Creek
Goshen's Vale
Laramie County
Wyv
Enne, Wyo
Creek, Wyo
E. R. Thayer
Greeley, Colo
D. H.and
Ranger Jones
John F.coad
Mark Coad
Camp Clark
Sidney Bridge
Scott’s Bluff
Denver
Gunnisond
Irwin, Whic
Coleman Are
Chicago
Brooklyn
Flamin
Howson
Nas Libel
Gitrict
Attortager McCaul
Alloy
Wille
Direc Academy
Bill Boards
Caroline
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