Sunflower drawn as beacon in Wilde raid critique
A column reviews Oscar Wilde’s American visit as a sunflower metaphor, praising its spectacle while urging attention to sunflowers. It lists the plant’s practical uses from fuel to oil and food, arguing sunflowers offer real value beyond fashion. The piece cites Iowa State Register and Detroit Free Press as sources.
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Oscar Wilde
Beau Brummel
Portugal
United States
Sweden
Oscar
Iowa State Register
President of Lime-Kiln Club Scolds Young Man in Slang
The club president berates Bradder Grant for adopting bad habits and using odd phrases. He warns that starting wrong could land him in state prison by age ten, while beginning right might lead to a Governor's chair in the future.
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Lime-Kiln Club
Brudher Pizarro Grant
Samuel Shin
Brother Pizarro
Bradder Grant
Pizarro
Brother Gardner
Pickles Smith
Capital Punishment in the Seventeenth Century
A vivid 17th century critique describes brutal public executions in Tyburn and Newgate, detailing mob spectacle, church rituals, hangman disputes, and dying speeches. The piece notes lingering entertainment value and social complicity in the era's capital punishment system.
Quotations on Newton Wilde Beecher and charity
A mosaic of 19th century notices cites praise for Isaac Newton and Oscar Wilde's remark on Miss Alsatia Allen of Montgomery. It recalls Henry Giles lectures for the poor, a Parisian inventor's endowment for euthanasia, and gifts from Mrs. Russell and others. Beecher anecdote features a charity driving children in a phaeton.
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Oscar Wilde
Alsatia Allen
Montgomery
Ala
United States
Henry Giles
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Mr. Giffard
Suicidaria
Samuel Russell
Middletown
Conn
Russell Free Library
Domestic Missionary Society
The
American Bible Society
American Tract Society
State Industrial School For Girls
Middletown Charitable Society
St. Luke’s Home
Indian Hill Cemetery Association
New Haven Register
Henry Ward Beecher
Phaeton
Chicago Journal
Humorous Snippets From Nineteenth Century Newspapers
A collage of light jokes and quips from New Haven Regis ter Brooklyn Eagle Boston Star and other papers. Amusing exchanges about parties hats lovers and a Hawaiian parliament mishearing showcase the era’s wit and social foibles.
Matrimonial Complication In Jones County Ga
A curious case in Jones County Georgia shows a young lady engaged to two suitors. Both fathers and mothers received discreet notices while the couple planned a single marriage date. In the end No 2 learned of the other match and withdrew, No 1 then pursued the match but also stepped back, leaving the couple to the eventual reconciliation.
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Jones County
Macon
Get wealth if you can but if you cant get an education
A long quoted piece argues education expands the mind and yields power, citing Daniel Webster and various historical figures. It contrasts educated individuals with ignorants, praising perseverance in schooling and warning against neglecting learning while recalling anecdotes of a boy who earned a diploma and a man who gained riches through study.
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Haleakala
Norristown Herald
Daniel Webster
Colledge
Oace
Congress
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Adams & Jefferson
Forepaugh
Alexander the Great
Jesse James
Queen Victoria
Nye
Boy Lured by Stranger Behind Gospel Tent
A 14 year old boy after leaving a gospel tent on Michigan Avenue and Fourth Street was lured by a man who offered to pay to see a side show. The stranger tricked him into going behind the tent and later asked a bootblack for a taller youth, offering half a dollar for the chance to see him. The incident was reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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Michigan Avenue
Fourth Street
Bob
Detroit Free Press
Mrs Emerson of Concord Remains Sharp at 83
Mrs Emerson of Concord widow of Ralph Waldo Emerson is eighty three and retains her powers. She was Miss Lidian Jackson and lived in Plymouth, MA before marriage.
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Emerson
Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lidian Jackson
Plymouth
Boston
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Silas
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Jack Ketch
Newgate
George Selwyn
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Baal
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New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle
N. Y. Tribune
Boston Star
Pasha
Khedive
Boston Transcript
Pittsburgh
West Indies
Jamaica
Peter L. Collins
Collins
Geo. Wyerchant
Lockport
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N.Y
U.S.A
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Sec’y
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Smithis Towle Syn
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