Woman on the Wheel and the Rise of Outdoor Athletes
A lively essay on women choosing bicycles over horse riding as the emblem of athletic independence. It weighs costumes, public opinion, and the moral stakes, praising graceful strength while urging balance between vigor and gentleness. It cites Annie Oakley, Frances Willard, and Havelock Ellis to argue women may gain agency without losing grace.
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Jeu de Barre
Philippa
England
Neville’s Cross
Jane de Montfort
Froissart
Hennebon
Britomartis
Clarinda
Jeanne d’Arc
Fremier
Madison Avenue
Paris
Colonel Cody
Wild West Fame
Frances Willard
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
Havelock Ellis
Nature
Diana
Moment of Quiet Passion on a Golden Eve
A narrator recalls a ride with a beloved companion on Ferragus and a slim white filly. The path glows with late sun as elms encircle them. They ride in quiet harmony, then kiss, describing a chaste, divine moment of rapture amid birds, bells, and twilight.
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Theophile Gautier
Twelve Women Compose a Serial Novel by New York Society Writers
The Twelfth Night club of New York nears completion of a composite novel written by twelve prominent women authors. Maude James Chilton leads the final chapter as editor and contributor, with chapters by Polly Pry Ella Starr Kate Jordan Maude Banks Martha Morton Minnie Maddern Fiske Emma Sheridan Frye C A Doremus Genie Rosenfeld and Vida Croly Sidney. Each chapter will be illustrated by a different artist. The publication venue remains undecided.
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Twelfth Night Club
New York
Maude James Chilton
Lemuel W. Serrell
American Press Association
E. E. Kidder
Polly Pry
Ella Starr
Kate Jordan
Maude Banks
Martha Morton
John
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Emma Sheridan Frye
Boston
Mansfield
Quay Budget Plan Drives Republican Issue Abroad
The New York Post analyzes Senator Quay’s proposal for colossal internal improvements to spur a 1896 Republican platform. He backs 68 dams on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, a Pittsburg to Lake Erie ship canal, and Delaware River dredging, totaling about 76 million with expectations costs double. He also promotes a Philadelphia–New York canal and Atlantic harbor improvements to justify tariff increases.
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Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Quay
Ohio
Mississippi
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Delaware
Philadelphia
New York
Atlantic
High Protection
McKinley
New York Post
Portraits of power and politics in era of upheaval
Burke condemns rulers without virtue in a letter to Bristol sheriffs. Kansas City Times and St. Louis Republic comment on Democratic gains in Maryland Kentucky Ohio. Republicans mocked by pundits as Democratic strength returns. Campbell cited as decisive win.
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Edmund Burke
Bristol
Maryland
Kentucky
Kansas City Times
Ohio
Campbell
St. Louis Republic
The Most Potential Republican
The Springfield Republican notes Wis is a potent personality in the party and calls for open battle if bosses name the candidate, urging Quay to lead a public fight within the party.
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Springfield Republican
Ind
Quay
Wis
Moving Backward in Boston Globe Election View
The Boston Globe notes that election results align with Nordau's Degeneration theory, framing the general outcome as reflecting social decline. The piece casts the trend as consistent with the degenerative view in Nordau's theory.
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Nordau
Boston Blobe
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