Justice Easily Mistaken In Brother Crime Trial
A Louisville lawyer recalls defending a man mistaken for his brother in a street stabbing. The brother admitted guilt and offered to confess to spare the innocent man, who was convicted and fined. The tale includes a later anecdote about Mme Rudersdorff, Duchess Sophia, and a Baden court, with Napoleon involved in earlier years.
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Louisville
Ure
Vailant
Lam
Cass
Louisville Courier-Journal
Mme. Rudersdorff
Richard Mansfield
Sophia
Baden
Micheroux
Clara Novello
Catharine Hayes
Ata
Mirdame
Napoleon
Plon Plon
Baden- Baden
Mile. Rudersdorff
Mme Tuderndorff
Paris
Napoleon II
Soph
Miss Grevile
Wurtemberg
Mile
Rudersdorff
Danie Schon
Deep Breathing For Health And Beauty
A Hall's Journal of Health piece extols deep inhalation as key to health. It instructs standing first, expanding the abdomen, avoiding chest expansion, and repeating five to ten times daily for better circulation and purer blood. It warns corsets and tight waists hinder proper breathing and health.
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Nouither
Hall
Journal of Health
Mrs Leslie’s absurd tip on celluloid collars
An interview in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat mocks Mrs. Frank Leslie for urging a man unable to afford a linen collar to wear celluloid. It notes celluloid collars were long available, unpopular due to uncleanliness, and no savings over linen, which is now cheaper.
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Frank Leslie
St. Louis
Leslie
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Delicate rebuke over music from upstairs neighbor
A refined man, annoyed by a woman's pine music from above, meets her in the hall with her three year old daughter. He compliments the child and feigns praise, saying he hears her practicing daily, revealing a courteous but slyly evasive approach to a painful social truth.
Schenley Park Gift Elevates Pittsburgh City Stature
The Pittsburgh Bulletin lauds Mrs. Schenley for funding a park that enriches the city through revenue and memory. The piece celebrates the gift as noble and timely, as Pittsburgh seeks more green space and contemplates purchasing 300 additional acres at a favorable price to expand the park.
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Pittsburgh
Schenley
Pittsburg
Schenley Park
Thomas Day and His Odd Implementations in Education
Thomas Day author of Sanford and Merton, born 1748 in Wellclose Square, educated at Charterhouse and Oxford, journeyed to France to pursue radical education ideas. He selected two orphan girls Sabrina Sidney and Lucretia to educate and marry off with substantial dowries, then quarreled with them. Sabrina suffered harsh treatment and was sent to a boarding school after failed matches, while Lucretia prospered and Day provided dowry. Day later married Miss Milnes of Wakefield. He died in 1789 from a kick by a horse.
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Thomas Day
Merton
Wellclose Square
Custom House
Tie
Charter House
Oxford
France
Shrewsbury
Sabrina Sidney
Algernon Sidney
Foundling Hospital
London
Lucretia
Sabrina
Ludgate Hill
Day
Mr Day
Milnes
Wakefield
Insomnia Dangers and Brain Care Warned by Dr Chase
New York Mail at Evpress reports Dr Sara B Chase warns insomnia risks mental collapse. She argues brain work demands rest and recreation and cites dangers from sleep deprivation and nervous strain.
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Sara B. Chase
New York Mail
Evpress
Alluring Dress Style Of Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York Letter praises Ella Wheeler Wilcox for her distinctive dress sense, noting an all white home and evening wardrobe, satin sheen and lace film, and a statuesque figure. In street attire she favors soft gray and fawn, with a setting that is unobtrusive yet memorably refined.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York Letter
J Trowbridge the Boy Author Wealthy in Massachusetts
J Trowbridge a renowned author of boys books is over ten years old and lives in Arlington Massachusetts. He has built a fortune through his writing.
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J. T. Trowbridge
Arington, Mass
Evolution of the iron pen from ancient myths to steel innovations
A history of writing implements traces the iron pen from biblical mentions of a bronze chisel to early 17th century iron pens on parchment. It notes 1635 as the first iron pen on paper, the 1803 Wise steel barrel pen, Joseph Gillot’s Birmingham steel pen in the 1620s, and price shifts from $36 per gross to fractions of a dollar as manufacturing advanced, citing the St. Louis Republic.
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Job
Wise
Joseph Gillot
Birmingham
England
St. Louis Republic
Animal Friendship Between Lamb and Pony
A blacksmith Phomnus Rae buys a lamb that forms a deep bond with a pony. The lamb ignores sheep, follows the pony, and seeks safety near it at all times. The pair ride, work, and wander together, with the lamb showing doglike devotion and leaving its species to stay with its friend.
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Phomnus Rae
Letters from Cherry, Mahogany Co. Scam Warns Readers
The piece warns of a deception where a refined letter addressed to a woman ends with a request to order furniture from Cherry, Mahogany & Co. The ruse relies on misaddressed envelopes and a signed signature, with the victim urged to visit the shop. The second portion reflects on tragic courtship narratives and warns youths about premature affections, urging pursuit of true, pure love.
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Chere
Marie
Mal
Cherry, Mahogany & Co
Julie
New York Tribune
Ford
Valeur
Coltere
Mamma at three outwits a puzzling poser
A short anecdote from Babyhood recalls a little girl known for chatter at age three. A kindly man amused by her many answers attempts a riddle, but she boldly refuses to speak for a minute, claiming she cannot talk for that long.
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H. E W
Train schedule begins Monday November 11 with listed stops
Beginning Monday November 11 trains run on Sundays excluded with a north bound mail schedule showing times at 6 30 11 5 Oxford 6 39 12 5 Trappe 6 65 1 40 Easton 7 05 1 53 Chapel 7 10 2 00 Cordova 7 20 2 12 Queen Anne 7 29 2 36 fidgely 7 39 2 40 Greensboro 7 48 2 53 Goldsboro 8 00 3 08 Atarydel 8 08 3 23 Slaughters 8 10 3 26 Hartley 8 21 3 59 Kenton 8 30 3 49 Clayton
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