A Tangle of Quotes and Artifacts Across Time
A collage of historical notes covers Carnegie libraries, New York ping pong, oceanic commerce, Major Buttwick’s musket donation to Massachusetts, gender claims about abusive letters, debates on wedding rings, a Western professor’s critique, and a Mount St. Mary’s geologist’s discovery of fossil footprints in Emmitsburg.
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John Buttwick
North Bridge
Concord
Massachusetts
State House
Boston
J. A. Mitchell
Mount St. Mary's College
Emmittsburg
Thespesius
Vienna women’s dress reform debated by artists and critics
A Viennese women’s paper edited by a woman gathered views from artists physicians and art critics on reform in women’s dress. Professor Roller president of the Society of Artists urged more truthfulness in women’s attire objecting to misfitting buttons clasps bows that do nothing and sham waistcoats and sleeves.
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Vienna
Roller
Society of Artists
England Sees Delayed Marrying Age In Social Change
The article notes mothers advise daughters to marry later, now often twenty five or older, contrasting with earlier practice of marriage before twenty. It mentions thirty two as a now uncommon age to wed, once deemed old. It also describes a Washington land map from 1763 in the Library of Congress with DC handwritten notes on boundary marks and features.
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England
George Washington
Nabewha River
West Virginia
Library of Congress
National Geographic Magazine
Washington
Salt Lake City’s old Brigham Young school to be torn down
Salt Lake City plans to demolish the 1860 primary school where Brigham Young’s children studied. In its first five years the slate-worn benches served about twenty five Young offspring and later some Mormon leaders’ children. The original schoolmaster, now in his eighties, remains alive.
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Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Hal Clayton and the deer hunt in Adirondacks
In a lakeside Adirondack episode Hal Clayton waits for a buck while his doe and fawn drink and swim. A buck appears, he photographs the scene, but the deer vanish as danger nears. Hal misses nothing, learns restraint, and later earns a framed deer photo for his wall.
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AL Clayton
Henry Clayton
New York
Adirondack Woods
Hal
Adirondack
Clayton
Mr. Clayton
Flo
Notable deer photograph draws praise from observers
The group of deer is described as unusually lively and uniquely captured in a candid shot. Hal is referenced as absent, while Mr. Clayton shares the tale with friends, highlighting the photo’s charm and rarity.
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Hal
Gold From Cold Fish Yarn Triggers London Skepticism
The New York Sun reports a London yarn about Kansas farmers paying $100 each to a pretender claiming to extract gold from goldfish. The tale, denied as a hoax, reflects English suspicion of American business methods and credulity in the press.
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London
New York
Kansas
Aquarium
Boston
New York Sun
Military crimes and discipline amid hardship in war
Major Arthur Grifiths notes that hardship and fatigue breed transgression in armies. Insobriety, sleep deprivation on sentry duty, and cowardice occur despite good intentions. He warns lapses threaten safety of thousands and calls for frank acknowledgement of occasional misconduct.
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Arthur Grifiths
The Dark Lantern A Lantern for Light and Lightness
The dark lantern, or bull's eye lantern, once linked to burglars, serves peaceful uses such as tinware shops and carriage lamps. It casts bright light to about twenty feet, with a four to six foot radius, and remains common though sales wane as newer lighting appears.
Prayer Evasion Tale of Miss Brooks Niece
A Philadelphia Times amusing anecdote tells how Phillips Brooks’s niece faced a late caller in the parlor. The girl, tucked in bed, said she prayed and did not, explaining she was sleepy and asked God to excuse her tonight. God replied, Don't mention it Miss Brooks.
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Phillips Brooks
Clvnne
Philadelphia Times
Mamma
Miss ‘ Brooks
Pulp and Paper Mills Grow Across the United States
There are now more than 1100 pulp and paper mills in the United States. They use about a billion feet of lumber in a year. The sawmills consume twenty times as much.
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Pup and Paper
United States
The Common Plodding Bill Passes From the World
An obituary in simple verse honors Bill, a constant worker who avoided schemes and kept a quiet busy life. He rose each day through good and bad, never complaining, and his death is noted as the world moves on without him. He is remembered for being the common plodding sort.
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Bill
Death
The Kitchen Goddess and Society Snippets
A collage of humorous exchanges from periodicals including New York Weekly Life and Tit-Bits. Jabs at domestic life, romance, and social performance mix with light quips about self defense, weddings, philosophy, and a dog show remark, reflecting urban wit and cultural foibles.
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Carnegie
Pyron
Helind
Shelving
Doe
Fawn
Fat Clayton
Teilo
Sam Curtis
Little Company
Sam
Hal Clayton
Old Perkins
Philadelphia Record
Baltimore Herald
Johnny
Jabez
Puck
Washington Star
Chicago News
Goops
Pittsburg
North
New York Herald
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