How She Got Ready
A Baltimore American poem describes a wife preparing for an evening out. She flits between mirrors on multiple floors adjusting hat and gown while her husband waits by a large pier glass. She finally declares readiness as he exits, then collapses in shock at her latest reflection.
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Ana
Baltimore American
Wigg
Miss Woodly
Miss Newitt
Pallette
Pellette
Scribbler
Scrawler
Andrew Carnegie
Homer
Andy
Barnes
Denbeigh Hall Altruism and Romantic Ties in Old New York
In Denbeigh Hall a social settlement, residents endure an evening of entertainment as Miss Cavendish and Schuyler Trent navigate budding romance amid reform era activism. Eleanor Cavendish, Trent, and other residents clash with Auntie Meredith over class and city life while Denbeigh Hall becomes a stage for personal growth and civic-minded motives.
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Denbeigh Hall
London
East Side
New York
New Democracy
Miss Reod
Oberammergau
Eleanor Cavendish
Schuyler Trent
Denbergh Hall
Meredith
Trent
Mrs. Meredith
Eleanor
Broadway
Marrow Hall
Marston
University Settlement
Eléanor
Miss Rood
Miss Drummond
Miss Cavendish
Miss, Cavendish
Marston House
Saul
Stanley Meredith
Frelic
Sherwood Studios
Schuyler Treut
Visit to the Jews of Russia and Romania Reveals Suffering
A royal commission member reports on Jewish immigration, visiting Dyinsk in the Russian pale. He describes overcrowded towns, high Jewish populations, poverty, crowded markets, and deteriorating living conditions amid laws and discrimination. He contrasts Galician and Romanian Jews, noting harsher conditions in some areas yet mentions exceptions of industrious, robust workers.
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Whitechapel
England
Pinsk
Pale
Messrs
Laurie and
Halpern
Pingsk
Russia
Galicia
Roumania
Royal Commission On
Dyinsk
Pala
Riga
Libau
Poland
Holf
Warsaw
Lodz
Europe
London
Bukovina
Jan
Captains of Industry and the Everyday Chorus
A jumble of quips and sketches contrasts "captains of industry" with housewives and townsfolk. The Chicago Record-Herald style bits touch on wealth, marriage, art, and humor, pairing remarks about profiteers with social scenes and wry jokes about fortune and fame.
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Chicago Record-Herald
York House to Be Sold in Twickenham Exile Tale
The York house in Twickenham long home to the exiled Orleans family will be sold. Anecdotes recount kings in exile with Lovia Phillippe exchanging wit with the Crown nostlery landlord. Louis Philippe jokes that keeping the Crown is beyond him as European royal families employ American dentists.
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Louis
York House
Twickenham
Orleans
Lovia Phillippe
Crown
Louis Phillippe
New York Tribune
Pat's Capability and Ashes for a Load Price
A village garbage cart owner named Pat quotes ash removal prices in slang. He asks for one and a half dollars per load, then confirms seventy five cents per load, offering to pile up to ten loads for the customer.
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Pat
Do Be
New York Times
Barred Out in Flat as Janitor Bans Vats
A Philadelphia Press remark notes a cramped flat where a resident complains there is no room to swing a cat while the janitor retorts that vats are not allowed, reflecting a humorous domestic clash over space and rules.
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Philadelphia Press
Where the Trouble Lies Simkins
A brief exchange quotes Chicago News denying a report that Slank's wife has kleptomania. Timkins says there is no truth and that shopkeepers are the ones affected by the issue.
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Simkins
Slank
Timkins
Chicago News
Belief in Horse Colic Challenged by Veterinary Evidence
The article argues that horse owners overestimate colic as an incurable condition and cites repeated proof that modern methods can treat colic. It emphasizes that colic is not an inevitable fate for horses and outlines advances in diagnosis and treatment.
Size and Proportion of the Government Standards
The arrangement of the state and the union under the American flag has not been fixed by Congress leading to notable irregularity. The text notes no federal act prescribes flag display, resulting in varied practices across states and institutions.
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Army
Navy
War
Infantry
Artillery
Battalion of Engineers
Pain and imagination in perceiving hurt
Grif Alexander argues in the Pittsburgh Dispatch that pain depends on imagination and mental focus. He notes both distractive strategies and vivid fears can heighten or dull pain, suggesting a delicate balance between courage and foreboding when facing danger.
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Frick
Court House
Grif Alexander
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Finding a strong spot in ourselves to grow
The text argues each man has many weak spots but should seek a single strong area to develop. By cultivating that strength, it can influence the broader immoral structure and guide personal growth.
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Alt
Reform
Harmon
North Atlantic
den Beigh Hall
Mr. Trent
Schuyler
Mabel Warren Sanford
India
Millau
Aveyron
France
Japan
Aconcagua
Royal Geographical Society
Mascagni
Holland
Bavaria
Monaco
Old City
New York Post
Cirinit
Assurant Societies
Assurang
Tommy
Arthur
Millie
Harry
Tessie Thistledown
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Indianapolis News
London Law Times
Germany
Captains OF Industry
Doandors
G. P. Cobb, Johnston, S. C
W. J. Rutherford
B. Morrin
W. J. Rutherford & Co
Reynolds and
Washington Streets
Augusta
Georgia
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