Miracula the Spirit Writ by Bartley Campbell
The Buffalo Express recounts a drama titled Miracula produced at Lily Dale New York. The author describes spiritist seances auto writing and channeling by a living medium claiming Bartley Campbell authored the play in eight to ten days and named it Miracula. The piece traces the author’s path from planchette experiments to automatic writing and eventual adaptation of a popular occult novel into a stage work.
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Fort Edward
Hudson
Michigan
Planchette
Annie
Ralph Waldo
Bartley Campbell
Buffalo Express
Pioneer New Woman The first to demand naturalization papers
Elizabeth Cryer became the first American woman to demand naturalization papers, presenting a certificate dated February 14 1857 in Omaha Nebraska territory. She is also believed to be the first woman to pre empt government land in her own name, with sport records at Omaha and land office records supporting these claims.
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America
Elizabeth Cryer
Omaha
Nebraska Territory
Land Office
Chicago Times-Herald
Cantaloupes Offered With Risky Pricing At Local Eatery
A Sixth street restaurant offers cantaloupes with two price points 15 and 25 cents. Patrons paying the higher price can sample the fruit and request more portions if flavors are lacking. The Pittsburg Dispatch notes notable food providers in the area.
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Sixth Street
Pittsburg
Mrs Helen S Stewart Appointed Sheriff of Green County
Mrs Helen Stewart, formerly of New Jersey, is appointed sheriff of Green county Missouri. The New York World notes she is the only woman in the United States to have held the office of sheriff.
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Helen
The Rise of Women in Professions Since 1868
The article details dramatic growth in women's professional roles from 1868 to the early 20th century. It cites increases in women as architects artists physicians clergy authors musicians lawyers dentists teachers stage workers stenographers bookkeepers saleswomen and other fields, with projections toward parity in some professions.
Little Gertie Anderson Saves Train Passengers
In a Duluth area incident nine year old Gertie Anderson signaled a passenger train as a sink hole swallowed track near Grand Rapids. Her cool actions averted disaster and earned her family a new job and move to Duluth with funding and applause from local officials.
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Duluth
Gertie Anderson
Hermann Anderson
Mississippi
Grand Rapids
Anderson
Duluth, Mississippi and
Northern Road
Gertie
Hermann
Grand Rapids Telegram
Not Taught How to Stand Alone Before Marriage
A young woman writes she will marry a widower with one child but lacks a trade and money. She seeks advice on independence and a livelihood, lamenting that many women face the same dilemma when not prepared to earn a living. She notes she would prefer home duties and modest wages, while blaming fathers who raise daughters without marketable skills.
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Atchison Globe
Placket hole as summer feature in feminine attire
The New York World notes the placket hole in ladies clothing as a summer feature causing discipline and conflict among belt, waist band, and skirt bands. A silver safety pin is sometimes used to reconcile these forces though it may fail.
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New York World
London professor praises argon discoverer class of women
Professor Ramsay of London, famed for argon discovery, leads a chemistry class with around a dozen women. He speaks highly of their ability and contributes to a progressive view in a field once dominated by men.
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Ramsay
London
How the cucumber grew in a glass bottle
A father tells his son Willie how a cucumber grew inside a glass bottle with a tiny neck. The father explains he placed the baby cucumber in the bottle to let it grow there, careful not to harm the stem, and Willie wonders if he can try the same next year.
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Willie
Papa
Youth
Price of Candy Cited in Philadelphia Times Exchange
In a short exchange, Annie’s father asks the clerk for the price of candy. The clerk answers fifty cents. Annie replies that if the money were hers she would offer to buy the candy for her little girl.
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Annie
Philadelphia Times
The Secret of May Poem Fragment
A fragmentary verse contemplates the meaning and mood of May. The speaker asks what the world and a tender gray light and trembling leaves signify and why the heart trembles before a delicate green leaf. A stray line about Hades and cats appears amid the text.
Cromwell Statue Provokes Quaker Outcry in London
Edward Burrough recounts crowds at Charing Cross on the 22d of the ninth month 1658 gathered to view a dead wooden wax image of Oliver Cromwell. He calls the display an insult to Cromwell and to the Lord’s persecuted servants, linking it to popish idolatry and urging rejection of such images.
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Edward Burrough
London
George Fox
Charing Cross
Somerset House
Westminster
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver
Cromwell
Sam
Burrough
Westminster Gazette
Heat value loss in coal engines noted by scientists
The article cites the New York Sun explaining that only about 6 to 8 percent of coal’s heat is converted to engine power. It details that 1202 heat units raise water to steam, with 212 degrees remaining unchanged on the thermometer while 990 degrees are latent and unindicated, wasted in the process.
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New York Sun
Restoring Damaged Book Plates With Lime Oxalic Mix
Instructions for cleaning aged damp book plates involve laying a print on white paper, dampening both sides with a soft sponge, and applying a magenta turning solution of chloride of lime and oxalic acid in cold water. Repeat until stains vanish, then rinse with clean cold water.
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Art American
Population theories and poetic reflections blur in prose
The text blends population optimism with a quoted dislike of twinkling eyes and Longfellow musings. It notes Americans could fit in Texas, comments on luminous appearances, and reflects on happiness and miserliness across life phases. It also mentions rainfall patterns near the equator and a Native American name variant for Miami.
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