The Fashioning of Wealth and Fancy in Public Life
A long discourse on fashion, wealth, and social status contrasts the powerful pull of trending attire with the dignity of merit. It argues that fashion enthralls all people, from the Anglo to the cannibal, and that true worth is hidden beneath superficial dress, citing Mrs Kate Ever and Mrs Modesty as symbols, while noting the author’s softened stance on stylish dress and urging mutual admiration over envy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Kate
George W. Simpson
Aphrodite McGuire
Cook County
Aphrodite
Milwaukee
George
Fragmentary Reflection on Truth and Time
A reflective aside questions whether merit and fashion share meaning and muses on future insight that may illuminate human minds with truth, hinting at a hopeful change that may come.
Robbers cave discovery linked to Jesse James case near Gallatin
Colonel James A. Alexander reported a mysterious letter from Frank James alias F J Howard after the Jesse James killing. Questing a visit to a local cave with friends revealed skeletons of four horses, bedding and abandoned robbers loot. A half bushel measure held jewelry and valuables later placed in the Summer Deposit Bank vault in Gallatin for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Alexander
Gallatin
F. J. Howard
Howard
Jesse James
Frank James
Alexander
Summer Deposit Bank
Gallatin Tennesseean
Guiteau Weeps At Salvation Army Serenade In Courtroom
Amid seasonal luxuries a Salvation Army delegation in Washington held a religious serenade for Guiteau. They sang revival hymns including Bring in the Sheaves and Walk in the Light. Accounts differ on whether Guiteau wept bitterly or like a child as his savage breast found some solace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teller
Colorado
Sam
Arthur
Seventeenth Street
St. Lawrence
Mr. Ardur
Pointnto
Garfield
Mr. Arthur
Great Falls
Covernor Facheco
Paul
Tierbert
Herbert
Pres
Guitean
Salvation Army
Washington
Guiteau
Shakespeare
Signs of Character Seen in Eye Movements and Wrinkles
The piece links eye shapes and facial wrinkles to moral traits and dispositions. It outlines how upper eyelid droop signals confession or penitence, inner versus outer eyelid droop signals repentance or works, and various facial muscles relate to prayerfulness humility truth justice honesty prudence and authority. The quotation closes with a note about a Chinaman who left after a Texan girl incident.
Snooks Mistaken Twins Remark Stirs Local Laughs
A quaint moment from a recent gathering shows Snooks returning home with double vision and later remarking to Mrs Snook that two women present did not look enough like twins. The lighthearted exchange reflects the homey humor of ordinary neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snooks
Ile
Mra. Snook
Calves and Hairs Parlay Into Quick Math Puzzle
A barrage of arithmetic brainteasers asks about calves, alders salaries, change from a fifty cent piece, coal shortages, cloth trades, fowl counts, a boy's earnings, marble thefts, and a puzzling profit after a dime drop. The Detroit Free Press feature closes with a note on early storage battery experiments and electric light deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Albert
Aaron
Detroit Free Press
Portentous Weather Fears Prompt Comic Quip on Comets
In a column weaving Hamlet and science into weather fears, the piece lampoons public panic over floods, storms, and a looming comet. It notes deaths by climate and cites jokes about a celestial collision, invoking George Stephenson’s quip about trains hitting cows to mock dire predictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Polonius
Ophelia
Old Egypt
George Stephenson
Entertaining the Girls Sparks Editorial Tone
A religious exchange questions a man’s suitability to edit a religious paper for advising on how to entertain girls. The suggestion is to pair each girl with separate outings and critique the other, ending with the two girls entertaining each other without the editor’s interference.
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Ing
United States
America
A.C. Yates & CO. Ledger
Chestnut and
Sixth Sts
Philadelphia
Ghof, Sloan & Bro
Light Street Wharf
Greensborough
Greensboro
Maryland
W. H. Cohee
Willis
R. I
Carrollton Hotel
Baltimore, Light and German Sts
Baltimore
F. W Coleman
the “Clarendon
Hanover and
Pratt Sts
Baltimore, MD
European Hotel
Corner Railroad Ave
Washington St
G. W. W. Haddaway
Touil
I. Albertson
Frooms
N. W. Cor
St. Paul and Fayette Streets
Haston, MD
J.C. Norris, Propri'tor
J.C. Smiti & Bro
Kent County, del
J.C. Smith & Bro
W. Balto
Pearl, St. Baltimore, Mo
Noyele
Paragon
GEO. S. Clogg & Son
West
Baltimore Street
Carrollton Mote
Baltimore, Mp
Eastey Organ
Talbot, Caroline and
Queen Anne’s
Iee
G. W. Minnick & Son
Alex. D. Watson
Averill Chemical
New York
Watson
Masuru
Japan
Valentines
Bigelow
Murphy and
Parrot
Noble & Hoare
Berry Bros
Alex
D. Watson’s
West Pratt
Charles Street
Ford’s Bazar
Baltimore ST
Gay Street
J W. Naltimone
Farmers & Planters
ROBT
Turner & Son
Frederick Street
Desron Journal
Woppleton
Timothy Woppleton
TUL
Dent
White House
Pacheco
Sam Sane
Chicago
Butler
Benjamin F. Butler
Ben. Butler
General Butler
Massachusetts
Cave of the Robbers
Labrador
Havre
Paris
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