Publication Continuity and Notable Literary Notes
John W. Forney Jr will continue his father's Progress. Mrs FE A Freeman revises her husband’s manuscripts. The Princess Beatrice donates 2000 to a children's hospital. The Royal Museum of Brussels paid £6800 for Rubens The Miracles of St Benedict. Colonel Forney anticipated twenty more years of life. Lord Ebrington, age 27, to be a young MP. Mark Twain failed to secure Canadian copyright via Montreal domicile. The son of the Paris Consul General honored as Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Saunt Thompson works on a Bayard Taylor medallion for his monument. Taylor praised as the handsomest American author since Irving. The Century serial character inspired by Prof Simon Newcomb. Charlotte Bronte argued against heroine glamor. Jane Eyre emerged. Castelar, Spain’s ex president, age 50, wrote two novels before 18. He published journalism at Madrid University and spoke at a 1847- revolution meeting. He later gave an oration at twenty-two that earned him early honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. A. Freeman
Beatrice
Royal Museum of Brussels
Rubens
Benedict
George Walker
Paris
Saunt Thompson
Bayard Taylor
Taylor
Irving
Simon Newcomb
The
Naval Observatory
Charlotte Bronte
Vilain
Castelar
Spain
Madrid
Tribune
Humorous Clippings and Quips From Various Papers
A collage of jokes and wry observations from newspapers including the Louisville Courier Journal Boston Transcript Yonkers Gazette and Chicago Tribune. Bits cover wordplay fashion etiquette and a tale of a butcher’s honesty paired with a dated, humorous tone.
Home and Garden Tips From Old Publications
Practical notes on worm control with weak ammonia solutions for pots, manure preservation, simple desserts and cakes, cream and fruit desserts, wheat sowing guidance, poultry handling and slaughter, packing fowls, winter manure spreading, Charlotte Russe recipe, and balanced feeding for cows with straw and meal mixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
A. E. Blount
Gas works purifying chamber used to treat whooping cough
Report describes London style treatment where children with whooping cough sit near large purifying chambers in which inhaled vapors mix with ammonium sulphide carbolic acid and tarry products. Doctors note varying results from failure to cure to improvement and potential targeting of catarrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Church Teatur Draws Foreign Delegates in Washington
At a recent tea held for St. Matthew's Church in Washington, Madame Zamacona, wife of the Mexican minister, issued invitations and offered hospitality. She invited guests to a tea at Villard Hall priced at twenty five cents a cup.
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Washington
St. Matthew's Church
Zamacona
Villard Hall
1881 State by State Women’s Suffrage Progress
The Cleveland Leader surveys 1881 moves on women’s suffrage across states and territories. Maine grants married women property rights and school committees. Vermont expands to town clerks and business rights. Rhode Island and Connecticut see school suffrage debates. New York shows limited gains. Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas and Arizona enact or advance school or full suffrage. Some states like Michigan Missouri and Iowa stall.
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Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
Old Bay
Rhode Island
House
Senate
Connecticut
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Ilinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Oregon
Arizona
Cleveland
Blind man weds fourteen year old girl in Philadelphia
A fifty year old blind man marries a fourteen year old Philadelphia girl with parental consent as a Unitarian minister conducts the ceremony. The bride seeks to roam with her beggar husband who will guide her on his travels. Another fourteen year old girl wed to a traveling magician in Springfield for similar worldly aims, though her parents oppose and seek to recover her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Springfield
Mass
Barnum Seeks Curiosities for Great Show
P T Barnum announces he will employ all curious specimens of the human race including giants dwarfs fat people and freaks of nature for his big show. Parties interested should write with photographs to Barnum Bailey Hatline ten 40 Bond St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Barnum
Barnum, Bailey & Hatelineten
Bond St
New York
Mexico the world’s greatest flower market and love of blooms
The passage extolls Mexico as the premier flower market with year round gardens producing brilliant blossoms. It credits Mexicans with an enduring passion for flowers, a trait spanning from pre Conquest times through eras of Spanish rule, described as innate and persistent.
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Mexico
Hartford Fund Receives 114 for Pistol Gift to Reverend
A Hartford Connecticut fund raised 114 dollars to purchase a pistol for the Rev. Dr. Gage in gratitude for his courage during a midnight burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Dr. Gage
Enthusiastic Endorsements For St Jacobs Oil In Delawares Press
Dr J F Speck connects with Wilmington Every Evening endorsing St Jacobs Oil as a universal remedy. He cites quick sore throat cures and scarlet fever related tendon restoration in his child, plus relief for toothache and rheumatic pains. The Nebraska City Press also touts its broad benefits.
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Wilmington
Del
Daily Republican
J. F. Speck
St. Jacobs
Speck
Nebraska City
Neb
St. Jacobs Oil
Infant Crying Programme Delights Amusement Hall Audience
An infant begins a crying programme in an amusement hall and the crowd enjoys watching it. The scene captures the lighthearted mood as spectators respond with amusement and affection.
Do Likewise and Cure Claims in Early Health Ads
A collage of testimonials touts Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription and Mrs. E F Morgan letters. Promotes Dr Pierce pills and Golden Medical Discovery for complexion and health. Advertises a Northern Ohio newspaper and job office, and a Cleveland sale of business with net income claims.
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R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
E. F. Morgan
New Castle
Ohio
St. Clair Street
Cleveland
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John W. Forney, Jr
Progress
Forney
Lord Ebrington
House of Commons
Mark Twain
Montreal
France
Louisville Courier- Journal
Boston Transcript
Yonker's Gazette
Denver Tribune Primer
Verkoyansk
Siberia
New York Fifth Avenue
Norristown Herald
Newark
New Haven Register
Boston
Chicago Tribune
West End
Boston Post
Chicago
East Liberty
Carrie
Longfeller
Grandpa
L. F. Towne
Morrison, Plummer & Co
Gien
Rangom Baker
Imade
Circular Free
United States
Manl'g Co
Washington, D. C
H. Fitzgerald
Ind. Banking Co
Pres’t Central Bank
Indianapolis
A.W Morgan & CO
Ndianapolis
Sena
Norway
Elegar
Franz
Olivette
Mascot
Patience
Lyon & Healy
Oliver Ditson & CO
C.wakefield & Co
Bloomington
Lydia Nash
SS Broadstreet
Elizabeth
N. J
FR . G. Thomson
Michigan Avenue
Johnson & Co
Maas
Bangor, Me
James A. Garfield
Congress
Long Branch
McCurdy & CO
Frazer
Fraser's
Cieima
General Land Office
Department of the Interior
Supreme Court
N. W. Fitzgerald& Co
Pension and Patent Lawyers
Washington, D.C
Egypt
M. Thle Winter
Redding Co. Masonic Publishers and Manufacturers
Broadway
Charles E. Hikis
Delaware Ay
Phila
Dru. J. StarKnens
Lebanon
Obie
Wepcoms
Bronson
Mick
H. Hallett &Co
Portland
Moses
de Dodge, Leghorn
Kan
Stinson & Co
R. Dodge
St. Louis
Dickson Se
Addr's True & Co
Augusta
Weiticq
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