J C Godwin Co Easton Dry Goods Ad
Year by year we have added to our gates and are the most talked about firm in the Dry Goods Clothing Notion and Carpet Business. We offer over 1000 yds of dark and colored pique and lawns and an assortment in Easton from 10c to 35c per yard. See our mohairs silks and linings for waists and skirts. Hosiery 5 10 15 25c, Corsets 60c 85c 1.00, Cluett collars cuffs readymade suits and all wool suits from 6.00 to 15.00. Spring jackets tailor-made pants department new. Call and see our prices before buying. No. 36 N. Washington St.
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Easton
Washington St
Choptank Hotel Denton Welcomes Guests Under New Manager
J F Cohee announces new management of the Choptank Hotel in Denton Maryland inviting old customers and the public to stop by. He promises to spare no pains to please guests and signaling ongoing hospitality under new proprietorship.
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Choptank
Denton
J. F. COHEE
The Finest Line of Dress Goods Now on My Shelves
The finest line of dress goods is on my shelves this week offering plain silks from 30 to 60 cents per yard, black brocade silk 65 to 75 cents, black satin 1.00, with a wide range of cloths serges brillianteen percales and more. Remnant pieces from one to ten yards sell at 5 cents per yard. White goods laces and embroid eries, Smyrna and Wilton rugs, linoleum and floor coverings also featured with prices from 20 to 95 cents a yard. Window blinds in various colors priced 20 to 50 cents.
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Smyrna
Wilton
Love and Rest Within the City Night
A poem describes rain and wind outside while lovers rest indoors by a bright hearth. The speaker laments that love is best when half confessed, suggesting eternity would be too short to tell more. The verse ends with the couple resting together in quiet intimacy.
Taking the Reins in a Small Town Domestic Strife
Lyford Merritt, a meek husband, faces pressure from his wife and town. Mrs. Blake condemns his submission while Lyford vows to assert himself. He frets over tradition and control, plans to act, and prepares for a village meeting at Perkins house as an extra session looms.
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Lyford Merritt
Mrs. Blake
Lyford
Caroline
Mra Perkins
Vestry Meets and Lyford Rises in Local House Assembly
In a tense gathering at a homestyle venue, Lyford leads a secretive group to a meeting in a closed house. The door sticks, windows are opened, and Mrs Merritt injects warmth with tea and cake as Lyford rises to nominate himself for school committee. The scene shifts to domestic contrast as Lyford’s wife supports his bid, while he contemplates the new role amid social scrutiny. The piece closes with light, period humor about theater and misfired dialogue from Globe-Democrat.
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Lyford
Mrs. Merritt
Caroline
Mra Merritt
ariting
Globe-Democrat
A Reincarnated Dog in St Augustine’s Society
An Indianapolis Journal item notes a traveling observer’s tale of Towser, a stray dog in St Augustine who shifts social allegiances with seasons. He greets the wealthy and nobles while avoiding common folk, attends high society events, and relies on a kind laywoman for meals, illustrating a canine mimicry of human class behavior.
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Florida
St. Augustine
Towser
New York
Indianapolis Journal
Among the Cannibals in West Africa McCann's West Africa Years
P A McCann recounts nineteen years in West Africa with seven years among the Mpongwe. He describes cannibal hospitality and tribe customs, noting their villages with long streets, smoked human flesh storage, and a chief's offer of a cooked thigh. He praises their industrious pottery and ironwork, while quoting the London Globe on their cannibal preferences.
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P. A. McCann
west Africa
Mr McCann
Mr. McCann
McCann
London Globe
Menhaden School Attracts Bay Crabs After Surface Feeding
A New York Sun excerpt notes that a large school of menhaden surfacing draws crabs and other creatures to the bay mud below to feed on crumbs. Tide movement and predators may spread litter as fish move.
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New York
Multitalented Authors Show Varied Career Paths
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution notes Riley's father hoped for a law career, Bret Harte for carpentry, Mr. Gilder for job printing, Hamlin Garland as farmer and writer, and Hopkinson Smith as a versatile creator. Smith alternates between building a house, painting landscapes, and writing novels that sell about 80,000 copies every 80 days.
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Riley
Bret Harte
Mr. Gilder
Hamlin Garland
Hopkinson Smith
Atlanta Constitution
Mystery of a Moscow Marriage Dialogue in Brooklyn Life
A fragment from Brooklyn Life features a mother and daughter in a tense exchange about engagement and marriage with Mrs Chinner instructing Ernestine to press Constant for a proposal. A second excerpt notes Russia’s deadly infectious diseases, while other lines joke about moonlight affecting stammering and a brief chat about waking a husband.
Kleptomania Cases Across New York Society
A Collier's Weekly excerpt describes thefts in elite New York households linked to a young relative of owners. A social journalist baubles guests and returns items from his drawing room thefts, while a prominent American figure loses a ring at a dinner and later a tailor sleeve issue is noted. The piece frames kleptomania as a disease akin to influenza.
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New York
United States
Talboys
Collier’s Weekly
Landseer Buys a Madam Dealer’s Early Landseer
Landseer visits a picture dealer on Bond Street and is shown an early Landseer priced at 2000 guineas. The dealer claims the artist is out of his mind, and Landseer inquires about a Stanfield painting priced the same, joking that the artist may be gone too.
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Landseer
Bond street
Stanfield
Life of Vice Admiral Lord Lyons Excerpt
The memoir recalls Captain Lyons elevating midshipmen to duties, testing nerve before a squall. A young officer, four years in service, defers shortening sail until the weather worsens and safely retrieves canvas. Lyons praises the nerve and awards a certificate to the lieutenant in a modest aside from the biography.
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Lyons
leutenant
Lord Lyons
Wilmot
Popping Stone at Gilsland a Scott romance site
The popping stone in the Irthing valley at Gilsland near Carlisle marks where Sir Walter Scott asked Miss Carpenter to marry him. The site draws thousands in summer, with Muimps Ha and nearby Roman Wall and Lanercost Priory attracting visitors to this inland watering place.
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Walter Scott
Miss Carpenter
Irthing
Gilsland
Carlisle
Scott
Guy Mannering
Insult at the Servants Ball Cited in London Chronicle
A lady's maid returned from a servants ball in distress after a young man insulted her by asking to join supper and then asking if her programme was full. The London Chronicle records the incident as an example of social impropriety.
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London Chronicle
Marriage Motive Recited in Chicago News Quote
The Chicago News quotes gossip about Fannie Perkleigh marrying a wealthy but aging man. The paper suggests parental persuasion and clever hints shaped her belief her parents opposed the match.
Diced Penniless
The Indianapolis Journal notes the cruel irony that after death the poor victim is no worse off than the rich, suggesting the headline loses pathos once life’s fortune is gone.
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Indianapolis Journal
A Consoling Thought From the Boston Transcript
A reflective quip notes that most enter the world crying but few exit weeping, offering a somber meditation on life and departure.
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Boston Transcript
Norwegian dramatist Henrik Sbeen early life notes
The article traces Henrik Sbeen, a Norwegian dramatist, from an initial path toward medicine to studying at Christiania. At sixteen he wore a druggist’s apron while aiming to become a doctor, reading Salustius which inspired a short play featuring Catiline, titled Theen’s fret dramatl work.
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Henrik Sbeen
Christiania
Catiline
Theen
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