Romance at the Belgravia Box as Gladys and Charlie Part
In a Belgravia drawing room Gladys Carew and Charlie Halcombe discuss London society and an upcoming Gibraltar trip while navigating rivals. Di Luga, Beatrix, and Aunt Bab observe as the couple faces separation on the eve of Charlie’s departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
London
Sussex
Bluebell
Ponto
Gladys
Div
Academy
Charles Halcombe
Royal Horse Guards
Gladys Carew
Earl of Belmore
Earl
Jasper Halcombe
Baronet
Charlie Halcombe
Woolwich
Deepdene Manor
Gibraltar
Beatrix
Beverley
Beverly
Bob
Lady Barbara Dormer
Bab
Lady Bab
Lady Barbara
Lady Bob
Patti
Aunt Bob
Colonel Wilton
Captain Campbell
Val Sholto
Duedi
Ghaase
di Tae
Oanh Gince
Ana Gladys
Sholo
Blues
Lady Gladys
Halcombe
Duc di Luga
Duc
Sir Hugh
Lupus
Doc
France
Seville
di Luga
Monsieur
Colonel Colquhoun
Aeenel
Sir Hugh Campbell
Lionel
Paris
Spain
Lawson
Gib
Ly Bob
Seth
Pedro di Luga
Fagging at Rugby Schools Stirrs Old Customs And Leniency
A historical piece from St Nicholas discusses fagging at public schools like Rugby, detailing duties of younger boys to serve sixth formers. It describes harsh tasks such as warming beds, running errands, fielding in cricket, and garden chores, while noting recent leniency and the progression by term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
St. Nicholas
Garden party flirtations stir Galway of Gladys tale
At Mrs Brabazon s garden party Gladys enjoys dancing and charm with Beverly and Charlie while anxious about Beatrix and Gibraltar invites. Beverly woos Gladys with glances and talk of jealousy as tensions rise between the two men and the friend Halcombe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys
Mrs. Brabazon
Beverly
Duc di Luga
Lord Beverley
Charlie
Halcombe
Gibraltar
Beatrix
Lord Beverly
Gib
Bob
Patti
Barbara Dormer
London Clock Shows Minutes On Face With Hidden Hour
A remarkable London clock built for a bank uses a single minute hand to indicate minutes from five to sixty. The hour is read from a sunk dial that rotates under the upper dial, which reveals the next hour only as the minute hand completes its sixty minute cycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Misconceptions About Colds and Pneumonia
The article argues that overheating in railway cars and homes, not wet feet or wraps, triggers colds and respiratory illnesses. Rapid heat to cold shifts irritate vocal cords and may progress to lung tissue damage, potentially leading to consumption through repeated exposure.
Memorial Service for Lafayette and Lincoln in Capitol
The Capitol memorial day drew crowds as Lafayette’s farewell echoed Lincoln’s era. Gen Hitchcock and Grant attended with politicians, diplomats, and the President’s family in a scene of formal tributes and ceremonial procession through the halls. Bancroft delivered the main address to a packed chamber, followed by thanks from Washburne.
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Lincoln
George
Abraham
Joint Committee of
Senate
House
Lafayette
Adams
Congress
Jackson
John Quincy Adams
John
Capitol
Lords of Creation
Gov. Smyth
New Hamshire
William Whiting
J. M. S. Williams
Massachusetts
Storer
Patterson
Cols. Moor
Rives
Daniel Webster
Foster
Speaker Colfax
Diplomatic Corps
Marine Band
Hitchcock
Curtis
Boyce
Meigs
Fry
Shubrick
Davis
Dahlgren
Shubrich
Grant
Frederic Bruce
James Watson Webb
Baron Stoeckel
Ordway
Chaplain Boynton
Seward
Senate of the United States
Brown
Mr. Foster
McDonald
Colfax
Union
Freedom
United States
Foot
Webster
Douglas
McCulloch, Stanton
Wells
Harlan
Dennison
Speed
Bancroft
Supreme Court
Law
Chase
Wayne
Nelson
Clifford
Swayne
Miller
Fields
Grier
Clifford Rose
French
Boynton
Washburne
Memory of faces and names aids leadership and courtesy
A moral on memory from Youth's Companion notes that strong recall of names and faces builds social influence and public regard. It cites examples from President Van Buren and Gen. Grant, who remembered strangers and conversations from distant events, illustrating a nobler flattery of memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jones
Tom Brown
van Buren
Thompson
Syracuse
Gen. Jackson
Gecvnst
Montreal
Grant
Liverpool
Manchester
Convicted thief Jim Webster taunts Col Yerger over stolen chickens
In Austin Jim Webster, tried for stealing chickens from Col Yerger, is convicted and sentenced. Yerger jokingly offers money to learn the total birds, but Webster claims he will not disclose counts. he explains half the hens were taken by the other man watching outside the fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Webster
Austin
Col. Yerger
Webster
Jim
Darkey
Col. Verger
The Franks of American Manners and Domestic Virtues
Archibald Forbes discusses American women as self possessed and forthright while British men struggle to interpret flirtation and social signals. He argues domestic virtue exists in American families despite hotel life critiques and notes silk fiber lengths from silkworm cocoons, including a 1,300 yard reel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Checkie Grocer
Archibald Forbes
Cure claims from Bright's disease discussed in Rochester paper
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle coverage recounts Dr J B Henson and others detailing kidney disease and Brights disease treatments. Interview excerpts describe symptoms, misdiagnoses, and a claimed remedy Warner's Safe Cure as life saving, with cautions about early detection and the dangers of neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos Bething
H. G. Root
Pearl
Yor
Pithy Puzzles and a Portrait of Jenny Lip
A collection of witty lines mentioning dampers, liens, notes, stamps, monuments, pens, pistols, shoe lasts, a pious printer, a new book, fate’s finger, a cocky husband, and jokes. Jenny Lip is described as 63 with an officer son in the British army and two happily married daughters. her voice is soft and melodic despite a plain look. Little girls’ brown and red frocks demand black stockings this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Jenny Lip
Pleasant Pur gative Pellets touted as modern cure
The piece promotes Dr. Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a sugar coated, compact vegetable extract laxative. It contrasts them with bulkier earlier remedies and mentions druggists labeling it the silver moon. It also references cures for eye cancer and blood disorders, and endorses Taylor's Cherokee Remedy for coughs and colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Yorkshire Cow Receives Wooden Leg After Leg Amputation
Veterinarians in Yorkshire England saved a valuable cow with a broken leg by amputating the limb and fitting a wooden prosthetic. The stump healed fully and the cow adapts well, suggesting a precedent for preserving injured domestic animals amid evolving breeding improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkshire
England
No title found in fragment
A fragment discusses detection of a large ship sinking and a cough that could develop into consumption if untreated. It then extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for lung scrofula and blood and skin diseases, claiming it has no equal and is sold by druggists. A passerby asks a sportsman on horseback what he killed, and the reply is Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abernethy
WM. Hall
Pierce
Jackson
Jeffersonville
Ind
Jay van Veeeuten
M. D
New London
Ohio
H. McDonald Drug Co
Washington St
N.Y
Pullman Palace Car Co
Mason & Hamlin Organ & Piano Co
New Orleans
London
Russia Cement CO
Gloucester
Mass
A. P. Lacey
Washington, D. C
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the Opera
Zi’lot-Am
Perley
Charm of
Donadolo
Evesreet
Rochester
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
J. B. Henson
Ica
Henson
Andrews Street
Bright
Warner
North St Paul Street
New Orleans Medical College
Lee
H. H. Warner
A. Lattimore
State Board of Health
Lattimore
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Alta California
Ayer’s
New York World
Mensman
We Hazzard & Co
New York
New Orleans Picayune
Hall
Gelow
Holy Land
Addes
C. I. Warner
Chicago
Boston Bulletin
Taylor
H. H. Fairall
D.D
The
Iowa Methodist
Hhis
Ely
Ansas
Florida
Laughlin & Rushton
East Main Street
Lebanon
Ely Bros
Owego
Hi Bitters
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Aarverets
ERA
Atlanta
H. Smith & CO
Props
Michigan St
Bum Affalo
Dr. Ward & CO
Louisiana
Murray Hill Pub. Co
E. 25Th St
Chester
Cho
Suverware
Boston
Mass. D
Joan L. Ransey
Coldwater, Mich
Kesa
Brown Chemical Co
Baltimore
H. H. Green & Sons
H. H. Green & Sons, M. Ds
Jones Avenue
Ualy
M. WW. Duneam Wayne
Wayne, Ills
Chicago & North-Western
C.h.nortos
Toledo, O
Wipe
C. E. Norton
Toledo
Obie
Brn
Cower
Rogue Free
A. J. Tower
Beste
Vison
Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Atlantic
Pacific
Rock Island
Joliet
Ottawa
la Salle
Peoria
Geneseo
Moline
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
West Liberty
Iowa City
Des Moines
Indianola
Winterset
Knoxville
Audubon
Guthrie Centre
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gall
Trenton
Cameron
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Albert Lea
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Dakota
Ne CS Seceng
Newport News
Richmond
Cincinnati
Canada
R. R. Cable
E. ST. John
Foutz
Ashlee Phoros
Athlophoros Rosco
Wall St. Wana
Colorado
W.terrill&co
Denver
Col
Wien
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