Portuguese Prince Luiz Filippe Duke of Braganza
The 10 year old heir to the Portuguese throne Luiz Filippe duke of Braganza is highlighted as a real life Little Lord Fauntleroy. Born in Lisbon and kept within Portugal he bears 15 names and is trained by his mother Queen Amelie and a French governess to suit royal duties.
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Lord Fauntleroy
Portugal
Sea Capta
Luiz Filippo
Duke of
Braganza
Lisbon
Amelie
England
France
Orleans
Linen and Shoes
A Godey’s Magazine excerpt contrasts male and female habits in clothing care. It notes men change linen daily and value shoe shine, while women neglect footwear care, focusing on collars and cuffs and neglecting shoes despite fine dresses. The piece emphasizes differing grooming priorities.
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Worth
Paquin
Dear little home in Good Children Street
Poem by Eugene Field recalling a charming street scene with children at play and soldiers on a toy parade. A bedtime angel guards the kids as night falls over river and town, keeping joy amidst hardship and toil.
Height of Courtesy Becomes Lighthearted Washington Visit
Stanley Gary grandson of the post master general visits Washington to spend a day with the Chinese minister's son. He calls Aunt Jessie and says he is learning pigeon English to talk with the boy, sharing his playful plans for the Saturday visit.
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Stanley Gary
Washington
Chicago Tribune
Stanley
Jessie
Jet
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The quote emphasizes effort shaping success, asserting progress aligns with exertion and aiming high avoids achieving nothing. It reflects a motivational viewpoint on personal achievement and ambition.
Word of Failure Reflected in Lord Lytton Richelieu
In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves for a bright manhood there is such word as fail. The line reflects on ambition and disappointment as echoed in Lord Lytton's Richelieu.
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Lord Lytton
Richelieu
Admiral Bunce Praises Women at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Admiral Bunce, commandant, argues women are crucial in war. He says they contribute to civilization and morale, noting their ministering role can lift spirits, ease defeat, and lessen the horrors of battle. The remarks capture wartime optimism about women’s contributions.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Admiral Bunce
New York Tribune
Movement Against Foot Binding Gathers Steam in Shanghai
In Shanghai ten high‑born Chinese women invited officers of the Natural Foot society to a public dinner where the abolition of foot binding was debated. A public meeting followed with the Chinese Anti foot Binding society represented. The group plans to petition the emperor to enforce the ancient law.
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China
Shanghai
Natural Foot Society
Woman Cod Fisher Keeps Montauk Fishing Record
Mrs William Champlin of Montauk has set a cod fishing record by joining her husband’s boat as second man. She swapped into fisherman attire and fished alongside the partner, helping reel in 175 fish together with her husband.
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William Champlin
Montauk
Noted Women and Marriage Through Ages
Noted women show little rush to wed or form homes. George Eliot married late in life, near forty for her first marriage and close to sixty for a second in 1880. Charlotte Bronte declined early offers, waiting until thirty eight after lengthy deliberation. George Sand remained fascinated by men, even as a white haired grandmother, admired by figures like Flaubert and Tourgue neff.
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George Eliot
Charlotte Bronte
George Sand
Flaubert
Tourgueneff
Summer Sleeves Parade Fashion Notes
The article describes summer sleeve styles with trim plain forearm areas and decorative tops. Net organdie mull and similar fabrics show sleeves spiraled around the arm or tucked and lightly puffed over a wet foundation with puffs or flat bands of insertion.
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New York Post
Plaid Belts and Bags Hit Large Stores
Plaid leather belts and matching plaid leather shopping bags appear in large stores with popularity likely to grow. Colors favored include red green blue and yellow. Leather options span alligator calfskin cape goat dongola or seal. The items are stylish durable and reasonably priced for broad appeal.
Mrs Leavitt and Her Connecticut Violet Farm
Mrs Leavitt runs a prominent Connecticut violet farm, an institution in the country and a recent business. Her violets sell for 8 or 4 cents each with steady demand year round. Other women also try violet raising and almost always find success.
Restores crepe with iron and damp cloth method
Instructions describe covering the table with flannel and pinning crepe, then placing a damp cloth over it and applying a hot flat iron just touching the cloth. Repeat until the fabric work is satisfactory.
A Model Wife Wears Mourning For First Wife's Benefit
A Chicago Post tale describes Maggie who agrees to wear mourning not for a death but to please a husband who felt his first wife had no kin. She explains she mourns to honor the poor woman left alone, and the story is told as true.
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Maggie
Chicago Post
Daredevil Grift Leaves Boss Short of Honest Pay
A New York business owner recalls hiring a young solicitor on commission with a $20 weekly guarantee. After a month no orders arrived and suspicions grew. He paid a final $20, totaling $60, only to receive denials and lies in cross examination. He refused to certify the man’s honesty despite the payout.
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Ordes
New York Sun
Green Sashes For Courage A Civil War Practice
The Omaha World Herald notes that green sashes protected army surgeons under war code and enabled cross army care. It explains surgeons’ risky roles in battle, their duty to treat wounded from both sides, and the peril and nobility of their work.
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Omaha- World-Herald
Lady Castleresse Leads New Kilarrney Poor Law Guardians
Lady Castleresse tops the list of Ireland's newly elected poor law guardians at Kil larney in 1618. She was nominated by her father in law the Earl of Kenmare. The election stirred great interest among the poor who hope aristocratic leadership will bring relief efforts and larger measures to aid distress.
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Castleresse
Killarney
Earl of
Kenmare
Bes
Ireland
Speak Well of Others to Earn Good Will
Epictetus counsels that to be well spoken of you must speak well of others and then do good deeds. Mastering kind speech leads to the fruit of reputation for virtue.
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Epictetus
Man’s failed sewin machine ruins wedding plans
A young farmer explains to the justice of the peace that a promised wedding hinges on buying a new sewing machine. After a wagon collision wrecks the machine en route home, he loses the betrothal when Sally Ann refuses to marry without the device, despite his favor with the squire.
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Sally Ann
Justice of the Peace
Gree
Sally Ann Jist
Squire
Jim Walton
Squire’s
Mrs. Walton
Detroit Free Press
Racine and the Empire of Woman in Literature
A Seawanes Review summary noting Racine dominates tragedy with passion over will, especially among women like Iphigenie and Athalie. It contrasts his restrained invention with Corneille and highlights gendered tragedy and naturalistic poetic invention guided by Aristotle.
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Racine
Will
Iphigenie
Ervnhile
Monmes Junie
Drmione
Hike
Athalie
Roxane
Berenice
Phedre
Andromaque
Joad
Hippolytus
Bajazet
Mithridates
Orestes
Pyrrhus
Lawson
France
Corneille
Billy Mason and the Boy Joker Folklore
A New York Journal tale recalls Senator William E. Mason, famed jokester since school days. As a pupil he used cunning to outwit peers, hiding cribbing notes on cuffs and inside a watch. A teacher checking Mason’s timepiece uncovers a cheeky double message: Fooled on the front, Fooled again on the back.
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William E. Mason
Willie Mason
Willie
New York Journal
Colored Journalism in Greenville Talk Prompts Community Reflections
In Greenville Mississippi a colored paper discusses morals and social behavior. The dialogue includes lines about future marriages and parental inquiries. Readers are urged to act kindly and stop avoidance when bills are owed. Mrs Garrette sends warm regards and visits to the newsroom are welcomed.
Inventive Genius of the Romans
The Kansas City Star recounts Virgil joking about his friend Maecenas after a Delphi pilgrimage. He quips that Delphi bored him, and Maecenas asks what bored him. Virgil replies the augurs bored him, noting the Greeks and Romans' early inventiveness with augurs and gimlets.
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Virgil
Macenas
Delphi
Amicus Meus
Kansas City Star
They Never Balked Again Horses Story From Bar Harbor
An Adirondack tale recounted by George Sperry describes Stephen Leland taming balky bay horses during a brutal Mount Desert Island storm. After unhitching the troublesome horse and coaxing her home, both horses survived the icy ordeal and reportedly never balked again.
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George Sperry
Stephen Leland
Steve
Bar Harbor
Linnike
Stephen
Green Mountain
Leland
Sperry
Mount Desert Island
Lewiston Journal
Large Crystal Mass Found By Burton In Calaveras Mine
John E Burton of Lake Geneva Wisconsin leased prospect rights at the old Green Mountain mine near Mokelumne Hill Calaveras County. He unearthed a massive crystal mass measuring 11 ft 7 in in circumference 4 ft 2 in long 3 ft 6 in wide 8 ft 2 in high weighing about 2200 pounds.
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John E. Burton
Lake Geneva
Wis
Green Mountain
Mokelumne Hill
Calaveras County
Cal
Burton
Yes and No About Fashion in a Summer Moment
In a Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt a summer girl weighs skirts and stockings. She holds up two shortened skirts and debates wearing low shoes, unsure if ankles or stockings look best, while the narrator affirms both possibilities.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Honest Town Responds To Fare Fare Dispute
A passenger notes this town feels the most honest on the continent. The conductor missed him this morning and the car scene showed anger not at nonpayment but at others who had paid, reflecting public conduct in Indianapolis Journal coverage.
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Watts
Potts
Indianapolis Journal
His Only Chance
Vintage New York Journal quip captures a man in old ball attire lamenting his failed search for a rasher as he declares he is dressed for the ball and cannot locate it.
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New York Journal
Jimmy
The Forger and His Country Friend Dress Note
A narrator jokes about his government position forcing constant attire in stripes while disliking checks, noting stripes as the only vogue pattern in town. The quip appears in Scribner's.
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Scribner’s
War memories and old time quips in cartoons
A comic exchange notes how war haunts soldiers in uniform with a drawn humor about Lincoln and a cakewalk misunderstanding, reflecting early 20th century cartoon wit.
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