Reading material boost from joint club terms
By the above arrangement we are enabled to furnish a large additional amount of reading matter at a comparatively trifling increase of expense.
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Inter-Ocean and Observer
Western Rural and Observer
Indianapolis Journal and Observer
Toledo Blade and Observer
New York Times and Observer
Scientific American and Observer
Chimney Corner
Weekly and Observer
Chicago Alliance and Observer
Peters’ Musical Monthly and Observer
Live Stock Journal and Observer
Evening At Home and Observer
Women’s Congress at Brevoort House Draws Noted Leaders
Dear Observer reports on the Woman’s Congress held in October 1874 at Brevoort House. Mary A Livermore’s leadership, the gather’s diverse speakers including Caroline A Soule and Dr Mary Safford Blake, and discussions on temperance dress reform and pre natal influence highlight a landmark event elevating women’s public roles and professional pursuits.
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Brevoort Houser
Curiaco
Congress
Oxsserver
Mary A. Livermore
America
Mrs. Livermore
Mary Safford Blake
Boston
Jane G. Swisshelm
Ellen Mitchell
Dr. Blake
Mitchell
Alice C. Fletcher
New York City
Mark Twain Declines New York Grammar School Invite
Hartford Conn October 5 1874 Mark Twain explains he cannot attend the Grammar School No 29 exhibition in New York City due to a severe cold and other business. He narrates humorous failed remedies including hot water baths cold showers and a quack mix leading to a dramatic sheet bath and surreal misadventures while warning against such cures.
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Mark Twain
Grammar School
New York City
Harttrorp
Conn
K. W. Wuhr
P. G Duffy
New York
Cortlandt Street
Uncle Sam
Twain’s letter recalls illness and a caper with mustard plaster
S L Clemens narrates a scare and a curious accident during illness. He recounts gasps and freezing dread, a friend’s remedy, and a hungry child named Clemens who ate the mustard plaster. He declines a New York invitation, signing as Mark Twain.
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Young Clemens
Clemens
New York
S.L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Public Schools Honor Rolls for October 1874
The list records pupils from High School Grammar and Primary schools honored for perfect punctuality attendance and deportment for October 2 1874. It names numerous students by grade and notes those scoring 95 percent or above on general standing, including Etta Barger Mattie Blythe Stella Burns Kit McKean and James Upp among others.
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Etta Barger
Mattie Blythe
Stella Burns
Minute Cornish
Josie Compton
Mattie Dinehart
Colonel Ellis
Lovilla Lecklitner
Ida Lowrey
Sylvester Mangan
J. S. Mather
Ada Maxon
Kit McKean
Sarah Myers
Eva North
Jennie Schutt
Ida Slanter
James Upp
Delos Weaver
Zelma Weaver
Florence Davenport
Hart Calvert
Zelna Weaver
Nora Swinebart
Edna Hackathorn
Otis Thompson
Maria Fisher
Ellonne Frink
Jno
Oakes
Minnie Cornish
Dewey Stover
Wisconsin hires girls earnt four dollars a week
A historical note explains a why women workers earned four dollars weekly in Wisconsin. The article states they must descend stairs at midnight to check odd noises while the male head of the house hides under the bed.
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Wisconsin
Epior Gosden Tines Replies To Typo Controversy
An editor quotes a self defense of a printed error claiming a New Paris residence was two years instead of five. He dismisses attackers as senseless and shares a Brush anecdote about a large man and his small temperate wife to illustrate that belief in others’ villainy does no harm to him.
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New Paris
Brush
Elkhart
A. E. Maurin
Chiropodist Claims Royal Coin Removal Vanity Card
A chiropodist advertises on his business cards that he has removed coins from several crowned heads of Europe, signaling a bold boast about dental practice and royal interactions in a witty, provocative claim.
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Europe
The Colored Preacher Calls for Seating Order in Richmond
A Richmond preacher urged orderly seating in church to balance visibility, instructing the front rows to sit so the rear can see, warning the front to avoid blocking the back half from view.
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Richmond
Stanin
South Carolina Conservatives Petition for Federal Control
Washington dispatch reports South Carolina Conservatives circulating a petition urging the Federal Government to resume military control of the state. The move reflects postwar tensions and calls for centralized oversight amid political instability.
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New York
Washington Dispatch
the Tribune
South Carolina
Sol Moritz Leaves Indianapolis for Cincinnati
Sol Moritz described as the moral leper of Indianapolis has moved to Cincinnati to reside, reflecting a bold personal relocation amid public notoriety.
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Sol Moritz
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Grand Trunk officials inspect Boston terminal facilities
Transportation dispatch from Boston reports several Grand Trunk Railway officials have spent three days examining Boston port and terminal facilities in relation to Chicago Dominion traffic to the Atlantic seaboard. The group departed for Montreal after the survey.
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Miscellaneous Telegrams on War, Trade and Politics
Multiple brief items: Spanish order to wind up provincial banks within a month. Two steamers arrive in Havana from Cadiz with 1550 soldiers. 1000 landed at Neuvitas. Kingston Board of Trade rejects reciprocity treaty 7 to 6. German government not planning occupation of Navigator's Island. Nebraska Aid Society cites 7000 to 10000 needing winter feeding. Grand Haven shipped 246,490 fruit packages—150,000 peach and grape baskets valued at 50000. Berlin dispatch notes Ultramontane Reichstag members to question Bismarck over Count Von Arnim. Eighty-one French Councils-General elected presidents. conservatives 52, Republicans 49. Boston water supply debate urged by Mayor Cobb. Oshkosh uproar over Maltbie dismissal at Board of Education. Italian minister says reforms financially improved despite party opposition.
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Tennessee excursion party fouled by closed Exposition
About 200 visitors from Memphis and nearby Tennessee towns, led by U.S. Col Collins of Trezevant calling himself a General Excursionist, arrived in Curiaco and stayed at Tremont House. They toured the city and found the Exposition building closed, but other local attractions offered compensation for their visit.
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France Hints Support for Russia Under Conditions
France informs Russia in confidential notes of willingness to back Russia on eastern questions if certain conditions are met. The communiqué notes Paris signals readiness while preserving diplomacy amid tense international alignments with Moscow influencing regional policy.
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BeErin
France
Russia
Madrid government allegedly arms Carlists to end war
A report from Spain claims the Madrid government has sent five million dollars to Carlist chiefs for distribution to end the war. The source is described as authoritative and reliable.
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Spain
Henry Clews & Co. Assigns Assets for Creditors
New York on October 23 Henry Clews and Company filed an assignment to Frederick Taylor of the city, for the benefit of their creditors.
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New York
Henry Clews & Co
Frederick Taylor
Robbers Board Lake Street Car in Chicago Cut Short
In Chicago Oct 23 three robbers rode a westbound Lake street car and attacked the conductor. One thief was beaten off while two others assaulted a lady and a gentleman inside. The lady alerted the driver who stopped and aided the conductor but the bandits escaped as police failed to appear.
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