Lowell and Marlboro Street Railway Proposed Across 29 Miles
A petition before the current legislature seeks incorporation of the Lowell and Marlboro street railway. The project spans 24 miles between Marlboro and Chelmsford with extensions to Lowell 29 miles total, linking Maynard Concord Junction Carlisle Chelmsford and Worcester connections. An 115000 person service area is anticipated with Labor Day operation targeted.
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Lowell
Maynard
Concord Road
Acton Powder Mills
Westvale
Concord Junction
Central Power
Carlisle
Chemisford
Lowell and Suburban Street Railway
Marlboro
Chewsford
Chelmsford
Boston
Northampton
Central Massachusetts Railroad
Hudson Poor Farm
Mar
Holliston
Milford
South Framingham
Framingham Road
L. P. Howe
W. N. Davenport
H. E. Bradford
J. F. Bigelow
H. M. Chamberlain
Abel Haynes
Loring N. Fowler
J. M. Keyes
Concord
D. W. Robbins
Henry S. Peckham
P. F. Sullivan
T. T. Robinson
Fashion Notes on Dark Coat Fashions and Blouse Styles
The piece describes current black cloth costumes with elaborate braiding and deep plaited linings in tailor gowns. It notes tight short coats and blouse coats, medium to knee length coats, and versatile blouse waists with detachable basques. It ends with a remark on a watermelon juice distillation in southern Russia.
Little Sister Secrets Stirred in a Home Journal Satire
A verse from Harry Romaine in Lafdies Home Journal riffs on a mischievous younger sister and a hidden crush. The speaker envies the sisterly gaze that reveals his courting gambits as his darling waits upstairs.
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Harry Romaine
Lafdies’ Home Journal
Mighty Strange Home Life Riff From Goethe Echoes
A dialogue from the St Louis Post Dispatch features Mrs Naggley chiding her husband Joe for leaving home and chasing clubs and gaol. She cites Goethe and a pledge of love, praising her home and cooking while lamenting his absence and changed attitude after marriage. The piece mocks modern husbands seeking escape from domestic life.
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Naggley
Goethe
Joe Naggley
Mr. Goethe
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Social Position of the Girl Who Works
Ruth Ashmore argues in The Ladies' Home Journal that true society is a circle of pleasant, mutually interested people not the gilded public gaze. Working girls determine their place by choosing respectful company and avoiding noisy, scandalous crowds that harm themselves and others.
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Ruth Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
Women at Princeton oppose Evelyn college decline
Miss Elizabeth D. McIlvaine writes that Princeton Universitys opposition to higher education for women has discouraged Evelyn college supporters. They fear Princeton would lose funds and view the college as detracting from the university, leaving Evelyn isolated after the death of Rev. J. H. McIlvaine.
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Elizabeth D. McIlvaine
Evelyn College
Boston Transcript
Princeton University
Princeton
Evelyn
J. H. McIlvaine
D. D
New Jersey
Concord Free Public Library January 1898 Additions
A catalog summary lists books added to the Concord Free Public Library in January 1898. Entries cover Audubon journals, Berenson Renaissance studies, Bird Korea and her neighbors, Hunt of Greece, Notes and Queries, Hawaii, Napoleon letters, and numerous authors with binding and shelf details.
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Concord Free Public Library
Audubon
Barnes
Berenson
Bird
Korea
Blackmore
Daniel
Bryce
South Africa
Crawford
Corleose
Fields
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Findlater J. H
Alcibiades: Athens’ gifted yet infamous youth
The profile highlights Alcibiades as Athens’ brilliant but contradictory figure. It notes his charm wealth and powerful friends, his lavish lifestyle and scandalous acts including the alleged forced marriage and a fatal death as enemies set fire to his dwelling. The piece cites St. Louis Republic on Athens benefiting from his fortunes.
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Alcibiades
Athens
Hipparete
Hipponicus
Babylon
St. Louis Republic
Post Office Official and Public Stand Off Over a Simple Question
A government office story recounts a passing post office official who finds a man reading a newspaper for four hours. The head of the department confronts him, but the man insists he is simply waiting for an answer to a basic question as a member of the public. The tale, adapted from Strand Magazine, highlights patience and bureaucratic delay.
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Post Office
Strand Maga
Turkish Customs and the Revolving Screw of Books and Maps
The piece recalls old Constantinople baggage checks by Turkish officials who examine books and maps for forbidden content. A traveler’s Asia Minor map triggers a dramatic clue hunt ending in confiscation. It contrasts past laxity with strict modern controls amid Armenian tensions and censorship. It also includes a column excerpt on why not to laugh at others and the value of kindness.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Tchibouk
Ottoman Empire
Armenia
Asia Minor
Effendi
Erzerum
Nia
Mea
Harper’s Round Table
One Woman's Wit at Jersey City Station
A Buenos Aires style smuggling tale unfolds in Jersey City as a nervous man is accused of smuggling opium by a Granger detective. His wife claims the bottles are medicine for consumption and vows to shield him from disgrace as they leave by ferry and elevated rail. The moment exposes human concealment and devotion.
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Montgomery Street
Jersey City
Hamilton
Canada
Granger
United States
Tma
Niagara Falls
Mary
John
New York Commercial
Lippincott’s Magazine
Modern chicken coops and the rise of netting enclosures
The article recalls past use of lath coops and contrasts it with today’s poultry netting structures. It notes netting sizes six feet wide with two inch mesh, methods to extend height or create separate broods, and the use of wire netting on coop floors to deter rats. It observes many large chickenraising establishments now alongside home flocks.
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New York Sun
A Long Headed Youngster
A brief cheeky exchange features Teddy proposing a kiss to Gladys while worrying about Lucy's possible disapproval, as reported by the New York Journal.
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Teddy
Gladys
Lucy
New York Journal
Dumas père and fils compared in style and letter writing
The elder Dumas favored a punctuated, self clear style while the son wrote prolific plays and vivid letters. The father wrote with ease and punctuation while the son labored over drafts rewriting and inserting sharp sentences. Sparks flew when the younger answered letters, a steel and flint reaction of wit and force.
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Dumas
The Dread of Death and Its Meaning
The London Spectator argues that the universal dread of death preserves social order by anchoring humans to life. It contends that without this fear the curious and restless would seek beyond the world, risking disorder and ennui.
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Earth
Bacon
London Spectator
Burke and cavalry comradeship in historical reflections
Burke praised for versatile intellect and moral energy shaping policy with broad knowledge. The cavalry piece describes soldierly bonds with horses, mutual care on long marches, and strict equity in rations, noting loyalty and resentment toward cruelty.
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Russia
Women At
Findlater
Fisher
Fox
Gosse
Erature
Gregorovius
Rome
Holm
Greece
Huntington
Spain
Inman
Santa Fe Trail
Kennedy
Portia’s Gardens
Learned
Lee
Dictionary of National Biography
Eineta
Mason
Morrice Buckler
Miller
Montresor
the Cross Roads
Murfree
Musick
Hawaii
Napoleon I
Ra Phelps
Jesus Christ
Phillips
W.W. Story
Robinson
Ernest Renan
Rollins
GBS
Scott
Kedar
Seawell
Shoemaker
Sienkiewicz
Hanna
Statham
Stevenson
St Ives
Stimson
Knollys
Stockton
Greeat
Wharton
Wyckoff
Athena
Turkish Custom House
Aklur
Collins
Mount Vernon Association
George Washington
National Capital
Potomac River
Mount Vernon
Washington
Detroit Free Press
Edmund Burke
Burke
America
J. O'Connor Power
North American Review
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