An Operative Life and Royal Controversies Explored
A Boston Commonwealth piece follows a mill family in Fall River detailing frugal daily life, childcare costs, and hopes for shared worker philanthropy. It contrasts with royal tales of Sweden's Oscar and England's parsimonious crown, including public scrutiny of Queen Victoria’s lineage and the Prince of Wales’s thrift.
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Alous Street
England
Episcopal Church
Fall River Mills
Boston Commonwealth
Europe
Princess Louise
London
Prince of Wales
Denmark
San Francisco
No Wonder She Smiled in Court Alimony Disposed
An acquaintance prompts a remark about a woman who smiled on Brown. The court allowed her $10,000 alimony. Brown’s attempt to speak about the weather is cut short as he and Green resume a quiet moment after an incident with a banana peel.
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Brown
Green
Detroit Free Press
Small Boys' Games Signal Spring's Return
A Kansas City Times reader notes street urchins switching games with the seasons. He observes tops, marbles, stilts, and kite flying rise with spring while girls’ hoops and skipping rope lag. The piece frames seasonality as instinct, not imitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Times
Graceful Act by Noble Man Aids Dying Neglected Leader
William T. Coleman, head of the vigilance committee, donated 20 toward easing Ned McGowan’s final days in San Francisco. McGowan, once leader of the 1860s lawless element, fled, stood trial, and died destitute at 86 after a controversial career involving politics, gambling, and libel actions.
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San Francisco
William T. Coleman
Ned McGowan
James King
William
Buffalo Police
Casey
McGowan
Buffalo Courier
Ruling Finds Jim Crow Car Law Blocks Officer Transport
New Orleans corresp reports Lafayette Parish sheriff barred from moving a colored prisoner in same car. District court says deputies may not accompany a prisoner in white cars even for asylum transport, requiring separate conveyance and causing court to warn of great inconvenience.
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Lafayette Parish
New Orleans
Philadelphia Press
Edwin Booth's Successor and the Burden of Succession
The New York Herald argues no living American actor has yet filled Edwin Booth's legendary place. It notes Mansfield shows promise but says the heir to Booth's stage dominance has not yet emerged to public awareness.
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Edwin Booth
Booth
Mansfield
New York Herald
Honest Aroostook Judge Recalls Farmer’s Bold Tale
An Aroostook judge told Portland lawyers a story of a farmer who, on 10 acres, reportedly raised 800 bushels last season and sold at the door for 50 cents a bushel, amassing nearly $400 in the bank while valuing the land at $150. The judge appears earnest and ingenuous, and the Port land lawyers find him credible.
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Aroostook
Portland
Lewiston Journal
Fighting Quakers Burial Ground Among City Hay Harvest
The old Fighting Quakers burial ground on Fifth Street South of Locust drew attention as a hay harvest took place nearby. The Society of Free Friends, once active here, is now extinct as the general group expanded its views. No burials have occurred in years, and Civil War Union soldiers buried in city hospitals were laid to rest beside the Revolutionary era Fighters.
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Fifth Street
Society of Free Friends
General Society
Philadelphia
The Tinman Travel Song in St Nicholas
A rhymed children poem by Marian Douglas portrays a traveling tinman who goes from farm to farm trading tin and wooden ware. The verses describe his silver bell cart and the springtime scenes he passes such as fields of clover roses and blue brooks.
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Marian Douglas
St. Nicholas
Gilding Fashion Draws Sharp Critique From New York Times
A New York Times critique denounces gilding in fashion and decor as costly pretense. It notes gilded chairs, rolling pins, and potato mashers decorated for faux art, while praising subdued nets for their natural gray tone. The piece argues gilding inflates costs and spoils simple beauty.
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New England
New York Times
A Young Woman’s Eight Months Abroad on a Small Income
A destitute young woman, earning 600 annually, travels abroad for eight months. She sails first class on a fast steamer for 35 plus 5 for a steward, finds 5 weekly board in Torquay, visits Paris for 23, and returns home in May without overdrawing her funds. She finds the experience delightful and plans to repeat it.
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Torquay
London
Paris
Bright and direct reading advice for poor readers
A district visitor praises Miss Wilkins for accessible stories fit for both literate and invalid readers. She notes the need for cheerful, simple language and confirms Wilkins’ tales satisfy these criteria. The piece also cites Professor Arey on spelling shifts toward a universal chemistry language as chemists drop final e in words ending with de or ne.
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Iil
Wilkins
Arey
Rochester Post-Express
Absentminded but Valuable Butter Weighs Remark
A Chicago Tribune excerpt reports a customer accusing a clerk of misweighing butter, saying he was sold a pound and a half for three pounds. The grocer dismisses it as carelessness and jokes about the clerk’s weigh.
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Chicago Tribune
Spare the Songsters and Slay Only If Needful
The excerpt argues against killing birds during breeding season and jokes about replacing an oyster patty. It notes Wyoming’s dry air requiring irrigation for growth, cites the Kremlin bell’s dimensions, mentions early savings banks in Berne and Basel, recalls Colonel John S Mosby practicing law in San Francisco, and urges English pronunciation of anglicized foreign names.
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John 8. Mosby
San Francisco
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Swedavorite
Prince Os
Marge
Ebba Munk
Miss Munk
Prince Oscar
Bournemouth
Oscar
Carlskrona
Sweden
Torkey
Stockholm
Boston Globe
TYDIA
West Confidence, CO
Lynn, Blass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Pinkham M
Dr. Stetson
Concord
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
H.S. Richardson
H. Maker
Concord Massa
the Tinman
Wyoming
Kremlin
Moscow
Berne
Switzerland
Basel
Vienna
Napoleon
Haynes & Tourtellot
Maynard, Mass
Canada
The
Planet Jr
Maynard
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