The Lively Gambler Mike Kelly’s Final Big Night
The New York Sun recounts Mike Kelly’s gambling spree at Guttenberg and on the city’s streets. With a fiver on each Play or Pay horse he won and lost, lending and giving away small sums to friends and strangers. He ended the night with five dollars and later died penniless.
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Mike
Kel
Thompson
Ike
Meadows
Hoey
Kelly
Caldwell
Ike Thompson
Mr. Kelly
Duke John
Forty-second Street
Tenth Avenue
Guttenberg
New York Sun
Fragment from Miss Tartlett's sketch ends with a social quip
A brief stage sketch line depicts a man and a bored woman at Miss Tartlett's parlor with a joking complaint about solitude and a suggestion to return home to mother.
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Miss Tartlett
Victorian names across royal families prompt confusion
The royal family uses multiple Victorias across generations including Victoria of Prussia Wales Edinburgh Hesse Sleswick-Holstein Connaught Battenberg Teck and others. An exception is Victoria Albany, noted by London University.
Broad club leadership opens paths for community improvement
The Denver Woman's Club president Mrs. Sarah S. Platt advocates club training in finances, library development, lecture series, and charitable boards. She says a responsible women's body can spark public movement toward improvement, with patient, reasoned work leading to wide opportunities in any community.
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Denver Woman’s Club
Sarahs. Platt
New York Times
Mrs Seddon Sees Woman Suffrage Success in New Zealand
In London, Mrs Seddon wife of New Zealand's premier, comments on the impact of woman suffrage in her colony. She had opposed it but changed her mind after experience. She notes peaceful polls with no family discord or priestly manipulation, and reports women voting, asking questions, and attending meetings as temperance advocates.
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Seddon
New Zealand
London
Wedding Gown Told In Classic White Satin And Veil
Isabel A. Mallon describes a bride in white satin with a full plain skirt and a tulle veil fastened to a high coiffure beneath orange blossoms. Sleeves are long and pointed with lace frills, and a soft crush belt hides its side fastening. The piece cautions against orange blossoms on the gown.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Isabel A. Mallon
Questioning Mary Walkers views on trousers reveals gendered fashion clash
A lively exchange recalls Mary Walkers remark on trouser comfort and masculine clothing. The dialogue contrasts long wore skirts and lace with wind and rain in a debate over freedom of dress.
Milton Life and Works Highlights Through 1674
Milton born 1608 died 1674. His notable early poem On the Morning of Christ's Nativity appeared in 1629. Paradise Regained was completed shortly before his death. His literary career spanned about 45 years. His greatest poem was dictated by an amanuensis and his daughters often refused to write when he was composing.
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Milton
The Etruscans and Their Legacy in Rome
The Etruscans were an advanced ancient people in the region of Etruria or modern Tuscany. Herodotus says Etruria was founded by Lydian colonists, and Etruscan vases and tombs reflect a high civilization. Romans are believed to have borrowed many institutions and laws from Etruria.
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Rome
Herodotus
Etruria
Tuscany
Eteuria
Seattle Fire of 1889 Destroys Huge Property Value
In 1889 the great Seattle fire consumed property valued at about 20 million dollars, reshaping the cityscape and its records.
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Seattle, Ince
Christian Living From Romans Thirteen Verses Exhortations
A Sunday School commentary on Romans thirteen 9 through 21 by Rev. D M Stearns. It details love without hypocrisy deeds over words and a living sacrifice to reflect Christ’s life. The sermon covers patience hospitality blessing enemies peace unity humility and transforming renewal through beholding Christ.
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R. V
John
Jesus
Christ
Rom
Stephen
Jesus Christ
Sailor and Sail-Powered Cow Win Special Prize at Cape Fair
A Cape Cod captain famed for 40 years at sea retired to Barnstaple. He roped his stubborn cow to a sail, rigged a dory mast, and sailed her to the fair, drawing cheers but no blooded-stock prize. He earned a special prize for best advice to market chalky cattle.
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Cape
Patterson
Fair Ground
Fair Commissioners
Honest Yankee farmer crosses line for cheap feed
In Arizona near the Mexico border, Amasa Barrow builds a split line hencoop with half in each country. He feeds in Mexico and grazes back into the United States to digest grain, saving about 50 percent on feed and earning similar gains from his chickens while avoiding smuggling accusations.
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Arizona
Mexico
Amasa
Dainty Patrician Bets on Races Ends in Tragedy
At the races a dainty woman sits alone as a horse falls and the jockey is knocked unconscious. A man reassures her, and she admits with cold resolve that she hopes the rider is seriously hurt after she reveals a $20 bet on the horse.
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New York Sun
A Queer Combination in The New York Journal
A brief squib notes disbelief over a man receiving a raise after being fired, highlighting the unusual compensation sequence reported by The New York Journal.
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Cholly
New York Journal
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Maynard, Mass
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W. Henderson
South Acton, Mass
Chas E. Boyce
Church Street
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Barrett’ S Mill Road,Concord Junction
Mass
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Concord Junction
Jeremiah Sheehan
Westerly
Quincy
Scotch
U. S. Fowle
Maynad
Geo. S. Whitney
Concord Junction, Mass
H. P. N. Dahl
Richardson
Maynard’s Block
Maynard
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
Concord Mass
J. C. Friend
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