One Way to Become Beautiful and Well Bred Women
A disparate collection of domestic tips and social essays, starting with laundry science on starching with rice water alum and lard, then a Boston Common beauty tale about a plain girl who smiles into charm. It continues with reflections on well bred women, their calm, and a single bachelor girl’s weekly cleaning routine for perpetual freshness.
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Boston Common
Boston Journal
Philadelphia Telegraph
Wilkins recounts debut campaign tale and vows to speak
Washington Post owner Wilkins recalls his first campaign speech after no spellbinders arrived at a ratification meeting in his district. He spoke for about 15 minutes, drew no applause, and the chair urged others to speak. A separate anecdote recounts Judge Bartlett fined $50 for carrying a weapon during a courtroom charge.
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Wilkins
Bernab Wilkins
Washington Post
Congress
Ohio
Bartlett
Representative Roberts
Massachusetts
Georgia
Judge Bartlett
Pat's Poultry Tale at Liverpool Water Failure
Patrick O Con nor told a Liverpool magistrate that drowned hens were caused by burst water pipes in his cellar. The official reply urged him to seek help from the water company. Days later he returned with the same claim and was told to keep ducks after reporting the water company’s advice.
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Queen Victoria
Italy
Winchester
Windsor
Assisi
Pat
Patrick O'Connor
Liverpool
Unpopular Lord Castlemayne Pauses for Alms in Ireland
While traveling in Ireland the unpopular statesman Lord Castlemayne refused alms from sharp witted mendicants who retorted with a joke about tossing one tin penny from the coach. The quip claimed it would replace all his friends in Athlone.
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Lord Castlemayne
Ireland
Athlone
His Sister's Keeper in a Broadway Dressing Room Scene
Elizabeth Dyke Lewis portrays Miss Kennedy in a comic opera, tempted by a manager's offer of a star part as she debates career moves and a secret romance with a theater-goer who sends flowers. She ultimately refuses the manager, returns to the stage, and finds quiet happiness with a distant admirer in the box.
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West Twenty-fifth Street
Tie
Kennedy
Helen
Stevens
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago
Ife
Jack
Clara
Strephon
Historical Windows in Legend and History
A column noting windows a motif in history and literature. It cites Mary Queen of Scots at Leven Castle, Elizabeth at Greenwich, Strafford’s benediction, Charles I at Carisbrook, Charles II at the Louvre, Bothwellhaugh’s Linlithgow shot, and Argyll in Edinburgh. The piece from the Loudon Standard reflects on how windows framed pivotal moments and fates across nations.
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Leven Castle
Mary
Queen of Scots
Greenwich Palace
Elizabeth
Cathay
Strafford
Carisbrook
Charles
Louvre
St. Bartholomew
Linlithgow Street
Bothwellhaugh
Earl of Murray
Edinburgh
Argyll
Montrose
Loudon
Poverty and Poetry on Grub Street with Boyse and Johnson
Dr Johnson befriended poet Samuel Boyse who suffered cold and hunger on Grub Street. Boyse begged for clothes, then stayed in bed writing while starved and penniless. Johnson later funded clothing again as Boyse endured further hardship and hunger.
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Johnson
Grub Street
Samuel Boyse
Boyse
Ancient Gold Sources in History and Legend
Ancient rivers and legends trace gold to Asia with tales from Pactolus to Ophir. Alexander the Great reportedly brought about 500 million dollars in gold from Persia, while other sources came via Arabia and the Nile. All these famous gold supplies are now exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Pactolus
Ophir
Midas
Alexander the Great
Persia
Arabia
Africa
Nile
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Freeland Tribune
THE
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Main Street
Anove Centre
Lona Disrasce
Freeland
Tainan
Freehind
Tritone Printing Company, Limited
Elizabeth Dyke Lewis
Madras
Percale
Chevroti
McMenamin
Hat and Shoe Store
South Centre Street
Natures
TOY
Walter D. Davis
High Valley Railroad
Weatherly
Mauch Chunk
Allentown
Hethlehem
Easton
Philadelphia
New York
Sandy Run
White Haven
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Scranton
Hazleton
Mauchentown
Bethlehem
Kia
Delano
Portagille
Mahanoy City
Shenandoah
Mt. Carmel
Est. Y
Euston
Philadelpe
Alanoy
Delano and
Hagle
Kite Haven
Rollin H.wilbur
Cortlandt Street
New York City
Chas
Lee
G. J. Gildroy
Deawanks
Susquenanna
Scavylkiln
Drifton
Jeddo
Hokley
Hastebrook
Stockton
Beaver Meadow Road
Roan
Hazleton Junction
Oneida Junction
Harwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Sheppton
Oneita Junction
TaTam
Deringer
Tomhicken
Cranberry
Harwood
Roun
Skeppton
Hazle Brook
Kekley
Eckley
Jeanesville
Audenried
Lother ©Querer
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