Country Cousin Lassie Vassall Captures English Baronets Favor
A farm family fears adopting Lassie Vassall, a penniless cousin. A clergyman’s wife cites need, but Lassie seeks work and independence. At a Delmonico ball in New York, Sir Reve Kennet notices Lassie after a Loch Lomond meeting, and the couple wed on a wedding tour, lifting Lassie from obscurity to social prominence as Lady Kennet.
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Mike Farmworth
Colonel Farmworth
Meadow Hill
Edith Farmworth
Farmworths
Lassie Vassall
Blanche
Vera
Edith
Vern
Miss Critchett
Reye Kennet
Delmonico
Farmworth
Miss Farmworth
Mad Uu Petherique
Cornélia Critchett
Cornelia Critchett
Mrs. de Saintin
Lady Kennet
Reve
Artous
Mandie
Sam Lassie
Vansall
Tam
Windsor Hotel
Sir Reve
Laswi
Scotland
Mra Hall
Loch Lomond
Sir Rove
Lassie
Blanche Farmworth
Sir Reve Kennet
Bowie's Gambler Jim Evans Lauded In Eulogistic Tribute
A Bowie Arizona correspondent shares a heartfelt obituary for gambler Jim Evans. The letter extols his character as a fair, teaching, square man who treated others with respect, enjoyed games openly, and faced death without complaint. The piece frames his life as a noble card player who now rests beyond the stars.
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Bowie
Ariz
Jim Evans
Jim
Tenderfoot
Gabriel
Court
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly highlights socialistic schemes and arts
The May issue surveys ideal schemes for equal enjoyment with minimal labor, discusses Poetic Dancing and Louis XIV, follows Griffis through old Yeddo life, notes vast foreign fruits entering New York, and profiles The Old Oaken Bucket by McCann as a key American poem.
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England
United States
Frank Leslie
Ballet
Louis XIV
William Elliot Griffis
New York
Walter Edgar McCann
Electric Magazine highlights and author notes
The May issue features Treland Under Her Own Parliament by J. H. Derwent, Rosettis, Bryce on history geography, and Lady Dilke on France Under Richelieu. Published by EF. R. Pelton New York with yearly and single-issue prices. Jacob Joeller resumes acting in Washington after a Louisiana plantation vacation, focusing on landscape painting and health.
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Electic
Treland
J. H. Derwent
James Bryce
M. P.t
Lady
Jacos Joeller
Louisiana
Washeee City
President urges labor arbitration commission plan
President proposes a federal Commission of Labor of three government officers to study and settle disputes between labor and capital. The plan favors voluntary arbitration over ad hoc hearings, expands the Labor Bureau, and could curb disturbances affecting commerce. It references constitutional authority to regulate commerce and protect states from domestic violence. The notice also notes public interest in the President's upcoming marriage to Miss Rose Cleveland.
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Congress
T Ho Hut
Leas
Arenant
Bureau of Tabor
Gover Coxvenann
Rose Cleveland
White House
Lebanon
White Horse
Crawford Dilke Divorce Case Reopens Amid New Witnesses
The Queen's Proctor has intervened in the Crawford vs Dilke divorce, with subpoenas issued for numerous new witnesses including Dilke's former servant and footman. Mrs Crawford plans to testify to her confession. Sir Charles Dilke will deny. May 4 set for a new trial. Also notes Harvard College founder's anniversary oration and a Boston mind cure promoter. sensational claims warned.
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Crawford
Dilke
Sir Chaus
Fanny
Chas. Dilke
Chas
Henry James
James Russell Lowell
Harvard College
Bennett
Boston
Gossip of the Capitol and civic musings mix in the page
The piece blends political chatter on 19th century Democratic ticket hopes with a reflective, public‑minded meditation on death and being missed. It notes Mill, Wheeler, Carlisle, and Lee as possible figures, then shifts to a sermon on remembrance and the meaning of being missed after death, ending with Col Bob Ingersoll invited to a hotel banquet on May 11.
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Boumes
New York
Mill
Whitney
Gen
Wheeler
Capitol
Fils
Robert E. Lee
Indiana
Ohio
Pacific Coast
California
Carlisle
Ohio River
Yeaer
Pittsburg
Kas
Democrat
Col
Bob Ingersoll
Metropolitian Hotel
Whitthorne Vies for National Post and Political Feud
Washington items describe Senator Whitthorne of Tennessee as a former congressman and key investigator who sought the Fourth Auditor post and clashed with Assistant Secretary Porter. The piece notes his honesty and sharp mind, plus his impact on local politics and a sharp quote about hell and scholars.
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Washyerox
Whitthorn
Tenmeases
Washington
Tie
Congress
House
Roberon
Whitthorne
The
Treasury
Navy Department
Navy
United States
Porter
Senate
Memphis
My. Whitthorne
Mr. Porter
Mr. Whitthorne
West
Corceas
Dreas
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Lilistie Vausell
Popular Monthly
Electic Magazine
Cleveland
LABOR
Commission
Miss Cleveland
Senator Whitthorne
Jackson
Ingeroll
Shelley
Galileo
Darwin
Washington Hatchet
Alexander H. Stephens
Lamar Cobb
Athens
Stephens
Victoria
John Brown
Windsor
Wales
Mat
Honext
Rutherford Stuyvesant
Patrick
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