A Melancholy Tale of Mistaken Fate and Love
Alison Reece schemes to have her lover bypass the willow walk by delivery note and a mist shrouded route. He falls over a cliff while en route, dying. she and her lover Thomas Watkyn reunite later after his miraculous recovery and await a shared future.
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Alison Reece
Reginald Vavasour
Willow Walk
Thomas Watkyn
Thomas
Alison
Reece
Mr. Watkyn
Mrs. Bennett
Mrs. Reece
Vavasour
Mr. Vavasour
Thought of His Mother and a Mother's Burden
A fall from a city car fatally injures a newsboy who, with his last breath, asks for his mother and notes the four papers he sold. The piece couples sentiment with an ad urging Ayer's Sarsaparilla to eradiate scrofula, and ends with a reflection on love across a woman's life.
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Sumner
Greeley
Charles Sumner
Horace Greeley
New York
Mr. Sumner
Astor House
Broadway
Boston
Thackeray
Becky Sharp
Marquis of Steyne
Congress Debates Private Secretaries and Seed Requests
In Washington on February 9 1884 the Senate rejects a private secretary plan for House members despite support arguing it aids public servants. A Southern member mocks idle clerks and seeds dominate letters from constituents. Porter’s bill advances as Dorsey testifies on the Star route case and Native leaders meet Interior officials over Flathead relocation to Montana’s Jocko reservation.
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Wasatxnton
D.C
Senate
House
Ben Butler
Congress
Johnson
Springer
Fitz John Porter
Porter
Garfield
Dorsey
Brady
Bliss
Charles
Secretary of the Interior
Jocko
Montana
Teller
Jocko Reservation
PHONO
Senator Voorhees Proposes Law Banning Political Contributions
Senator Dan Voorhees introduces a bill to penalize any United States officer or employee who makes or accepts political contributions. He argues current practices threaten government integrity and civil service reform. The bill is referred to the Judiciary Committee. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer ad ends the passage.
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Dan Voorhees
United States
Voorhees
Mr. Voorhees
Committee of Judiciary
Scarcity of Newspapers Worldwide Highlighted
A foreign paper notes global newspaper scarcity with world circulation at 10.0 billion yearly yet only six and a half copies per person. It cites regional outputs: Europe 19 537, North America 12 400, Asia 775, South America 699, Africa 182, Australia 661, and language totals 16 500 English 7 360 German 3 850 French 1 000 Spanish. U S leads with 3 000 000 000 copies, Britain and Ireland 2 260 600 000.
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Europe
North America
Asia
South America
Africa
Australia
United States
Great Brittain
Ireland
Tariff basics and a Maine bride’s sleighing stance
The article quotes a Democratic aligned tariff view calling for revenue focused duties that avoid monopolies and support domestic industry. It then notes a Maine girl delaying marriage for April sleighing and a social figure attending a fancy dress ball as a donkey, seen as an unusual display.
Quotes on marriage and character from a campus editorials
A collection of sayings and anecdotes on marriage wealth and virtue. A college president warns students to marry only when able to support a wife while playful exchanges between George and Amelia mix humor with social advice.
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George
Amelia
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Miller & Son's
Conwell
Miller & Son
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Zera
Michigan
Tony
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United States Patent Office
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Lincoln Club
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Fred Douglass
Braddock
Richard Shucking
England
Cromwell
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Bunnel
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Victron
Athlophoros CO
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