Freight problems spur calls for unified New England railroad control
Essex county manufacturers await a solution to century old transport woes as lawmakers debate reforms. A Lowell shipper faced ten day delays delivering goods to a dealer on the New Haven line, provoking calls for centralized management of New England railroads to restore timely service. A confectioner explains Gibraltar rock candy evolved into rock candy, tracing its names through Hawthorne and English usage.
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Essex
Lowell
New Haven Road
New
Gibraltar Rock
Hawthorne
House of the Seven Gables
Gibraltar Roeck
Gibraltar
Glass vision leads to donkey in London Express tale
A man with a looking glass tells a newsboy to gaze and see a donkey pun. The boy retorts asking how he knew the trick, yielding a sharp exchange in the London Express style.
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London Express
Opposites Often Wed Column Quip Recalled
The Kansas City Journal quotes a playful exchange about marriage where a boisterous girl and a giristerous boy are swapped in a humorous parents and daughter dialogue. It reflects social norms and courting expectations of the era in a brief item.
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Kansas City Journal
Mrs Richard Mansfield Was Beatrice Cameron of Troy N Y
The article notes Beatrice Cameron born Miss Hagerman of Troy married actor Mr Richard Mansfield in 1802. She inherited his estate after his death and, due to a clause in his mother's will, he had to remain a bachelor five years. She once recalled nerves under pressure when a valuable emerald fell during a scene and she recovered it after the curtain.
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Mare Self
Theater
Y Wei
Richard Mahsiéh
Mansfield
Mr. Mansfield
Miss Cameron
Bye P. Shaw
Bertha Fee
May A. Mowry
Regina Powers
Evelyn Howe
Delsarte
Miss Quinlan
Miss Leighton
Master Morse
Miss Davey
Miss Wood
America
Charles W. Coggins
Marion Berry
Gladys Warren
Alice Dwyer
Janet Leighton
Ivy Howe
Anna Quinlan
Irene Lynch
Jennie Leahy
Platonic Salutes Put In Courtroom Spotlight
The article notes Mrs. May Pepper-Vanderbilt describes male friends as platonic salutes while testifying in Brooklyn court over Edward Vanderbilt’s estate. Judge rules Vanderbilt incompetent. J Edward Allen suffers an apoplectic stroke and dies upon learning the verdict.
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Ferdinand Pinney Earle
May Pepper-Vanderbilt
J. Edward Allen
Edward Alle
Vanderbilt
Allen
Gould's Bluff Wins Big Express Pact After Safe Purchase
A Washington Post account recalls Jay Gould pressuring United States Express to share profits. Gould pursued an express venture, bought twenty four safes, sparked rivals to negotiate, and secured a favorable contract while later selling equipment at a small margin.
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Jay Gould
Gould
Railroad
Express Company
Erie
United States
Express
Gould Express Company
Big Express
United States Express
Washington Post
Precedence in New York Society Alphabetical Rule
A New York philanthropic society planned a benefit in a theater. Women would serve as patrons and faced card engraving. The president asked how to order names. an adviser urged alphabetical precedence, noting no other rule applies in New York society.
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New York
Philanthropic Society of
New YorkeSug
Not That I See Any Harm in It
Dorothy Nevill recounts the tale of George Payne who clung to civility amid ruin. When urged to attend church by a stern hostess, he refused with polite bravado saying he did not see any harm in it.
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Dorothy Nevill
George Payne
Mr. Payne
Early bed history from skins to feather pillows
The text outlines ancient beds as skin piles evolving to rush and straw frames. It notes Romans using feathers for bedding, mentions Elaga balus with an air cushion pillow in 218, and records air beds in the sixteenth century along with widespread feather beds in Henry VIII's England.
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Elagabalus
Hellagaalia
Henry VIII
Sngland
Shakespearean misquotation about marriage chaos
A girl explains to George that her father is excited and disturbed by the plan to marry. George asks what is the matter and learns that the father was told of the engagement, causing tension and social friction. The dialogue reflects miscommunication and parental disapproval.
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George
Concord Maynard Hudson Time Table Romance
Concord Maynard and Hudson Time Table lists daily routes from Concord to Hudson Maynard Stow Center Gleasondale and back with hourly and half hour departures and connections to Boston Worcester and Lowell and other towns, noting Sunday service and special car botched formatting.
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Mirther
Concord
Hudson
Maynard
Stow Center
A. m
A. P. m. Gleasondale
P. m. Hudson
Gleasondale
P. m. Maynard
Concord Junction
P. m. Concord
Sudbury St. Maynard
Boston
Worcester St
Lowell Acton & Maynard,st. RY. CO
Lowell, Acton & Maynard
Acton
A Fatal Error in a Humble Exchange
A dialogue snippet shows Borrowes and Mrs. K discussing a lent umbrella during rain. Mr. Sweetfern is involved, with playful quarrel over responsibility and a final remark about correcting oneself as a remedy to censure. The scene ends with a wry note from Demosthenes.
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Nellie
Mrs. K
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Fred M. Hayden
A. B. Leighton
D. W. Powers
Ethel Janet Perry
Grace M. Dorr
Mildred Wiles
Charles E. Woodcock
Earl R. Closson
Harold S. Morse
Robert B. Brig
Mr. Lovett
B. B. Lovett
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Southboro
South Framingham
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Tees
Northboro
Clinton
Fitchburg
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Fayville
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Ingham
Sudbury
South Sudbury
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Wicks
Demosthenes
Central OF & Gas
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A. T. Haynes & CO
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Marlborough Savings ‘Bank
Marlborough, Mass
William D. Burdett
Chrrieg F. Holyoke
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