Pocahontas England Visit and Its Lasting Impact
Pocahontas born 1595 Powhatan ruler of Virginia. in England she was treated as royalty, attended court and theater, but longed for her forest home. She died at Gravesend on the voyage back, bridging two hemispheres and civilizations. Also notes on old violins and their revived histories by Partridge and Lehman.
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Pocahontnas
Powhatan
Virginia
Elizabeth
England
Pocahontas
Queen Anne’s Court
London
Globe Theater
George
Gravesend
William Ordway Partridge
Circle Magazine
At Cross Purposes with Ole Pengborn and His Son
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a tense family predicament as Ole Pengborn struggles to keep his son in college while the son makes efforts to get expelled. The piece hinges on university life, parental concern, and youthful rebellion in a single, pointed snapshot.
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Ole Pengborn
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mercenary Quips on Fame and Advertising
A Washington Star quote frames fame as a modern synonym for successful advertising. The active man argues that public renown serves pragmatic business aims, equating visibility with commercial success.
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Washington Star
Empress Eugenie Recounts Fiery Cabinet Entry
In Frederic Lolice's tale Empress Eugenie defies a secret cabinet order. A sentry blocks the doorway but she leaps the bayonet and bursts into the chamber. She strikes the emperor, sheds his hat with a backhand blow, then departs as ministers stare in shock.
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Frederic Lolice
Eugenie
France
M. Lolice
Silver Weddings Fashion From Hugues Capet Era
The piece recounts a kingly tale from the reign of Hugues Capet where a dowry and silver wedding were granted to a devoted old farm couple. The story origins sparked a French fashion for silver weddings after twenty five years of marriage and a ceremonial welding ring from the king.
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Hugues Capet
France
Hugues
Calcutta's Jungle Villages and a Quiet Child
A Calcutta observer describes the riverbank dwellings as a vast, low, and mean congeries of huts forming jungle villages along the city. The piece contrasts this sprawling urban texture with Calcutta's commercial and political heft and notes a child’s playful interruption during a dinner anecdote.
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Calcutta
Puzzle Lovers and Publishers in a Wry Exchange
A humorous Victorian snippet contrasts a novelist’s page turn with publishers on the title page. The dialog wittily pivots on meaning and publication, while a Scots anecdote and a light quip about a wife’s exercise conclude the compilation of jokes and verse from periodicals.
A Different Matter. Innocence and police power questioned
The Washington Herald questions the law's presumption of innocence against police practice. It contrasts the standard innocent until proven guilty with how police may act in investigations. The piece weighs civil liberties and enforcement realities in contemporary justice.
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Washington Herald
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Frank A. Munsey
New York
Buster Brown
Sgoming Bus
HONE
Freeport Railway, Light & Power CO
George Lehman
Guarerius
New York World
Empress Eugenie
Cabln Het Council
Sea of Okhotsk
Tommy
Papa
Homer
Chicago News
People’s Column
King’s Daughters’ Employment Bureau
Stephenson
Kaste
Stephenson St
Hanover
Irl
South Walnut Street
Giris
Sandmeter’s
Adams St
Wantek
Cnall
H. Dreyer
Onice Boy
C. B. Kling
Stearns & Zipf
Galena Ave
Union S1
C. G. Schoeffel
Galena St
Aig
Miss Boals
Clark Avenus
Wm. O.wright & Co
City Water and Gas
John Hea
Chicago
Columbia Phonograph
Johna
Lancaster Township
Addreas
John F
Rezner
Lancaster
Care Journal
Ringold
Hardin
John Ff
Bamberger
Santiago Add
Rieger
Oigar
Douglas Avenue
Edna Porter
C.C. Wolf
Rent—&E Stephenson
Chippewa St
Bokemeter & Lapp
Brown
Buxby Avenue
Logan &J
West Freeport
M. Mick
O Reny
van Buren St
Luather
O. A. McNamarg
D. M.corbin
Pearl
Kingsford
Oswego
Cross
Tse
T. Kingsford & Bon
Dawago
N.Y
National Starch Co
Freeport Loan Company
Burrell Brothers
Ceresota
Minnesota
BBC
Fancy Santos
Schoeffel & Brokhausen
Galena
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