Thackeray in Boston Seeks Parker's Sermon Company
Thackeray, visiting Boston, heeded advice to skip Theodore Parker and attend church with two friends. He braved an icy morning to reach Music Hall, chose Parker's Amos Lawrence sermon, and later raved about Parker at a literary host’s gathering. The host noted Parker's circle as elite, prompting Thackeray to quip he hadn’t yet met Boston's best company.
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Boston Times
Thackeray
Boston
Germany
Theodore Parker
Music Tall
St. Pauls
Music Wall
Parker
Amos Lawrence
Thackerage
Mr. Parker
Three Grimy Wolves of Hunger Sin and Woe in Verse
The speaker recalls three gaunt wolves that hunt for men named Hunger Sin and Woe. He contemplates punishment and fate as destiny weaves life like a spider’s web, describing how the wolves intrude through fear and memory, with the dream of better days long past. Scribners Monthly.
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Tory
Wrecked Life on Bay of Quinte Shores
Everard Cook, once happy husband of Allie and father of Mary and Walter, loses his wife after a foretold illness and later descends into gloom. He marries Sadie Audrie, faces opposition, and his home becomes tense as conflict with his stepchildren grows. A later act of desperation leaves him wounded but alive, shocking a wide community.
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Bay of Quinte
Forest Hill
Everard Cook
Allie
Mary
Walter
Everard
Déverard
Hind
Christidus
Ble
Tie
Cook
Audre
Sade
Sadie
Katie
Nellie
Lester Brown
Albert
Marion
Sadie Audrie
Lester
Miss Andre
Dear Allce
Mr. Brown
Sadie Andre
Jennie Cook
Miss Giant
Miss Grant
Jennie
Mrs. Cook
Millie
Papa
Walter Tiad
The Alaska Glaciers as Yosemite Like Sculpture
A San Francisco Bulletin writer extols Alaska's Fort Wrangel glaciers. From the fjord mouth pale milk-blue water rises to a bluish white ice barrier 600 to 600 feet high and granite walls 3,000 to 4,000 feet tall. The scene resembles a developing Yosemite Valley with sculpted walls, chasms, spires, and arches, all under shifting ice and light while deep water and glaciated rock reveal ancient flow patterns.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Fort Wrangel
Alaska
Yosemite Valley
Metz Entry Sparks Tense Welcome for Marshal
Marshal and Governor Manteuffel faced cold crowds and silent streets in Metz during the formal entry. A pile of hostile letters awaited him at his hotel and only one banker attended the municipal dinner. He warned Metz officials against any intrigue with the foreigner against Germany.
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Gov Manteutel
Metz
Germany
Lights in a Woman's Eyes Ignite Offense
Poetic line notes how a woman's glare shines bright like lightning and fuels burning anger the moment she is offended.
Feeding Dairy Cows for Winter Profit
The article urges careful regular feeding of high quality hay and meal, proper stable conditions, and avoiding crowded or fattening diets. It warns against long pasture into late fall and winter, noting mild cows respond best to good care, stable warmth, and clean lit spaces, securing better butter and cheese yields. It asks dairymen to exploit the exceptional fall product opportunity.
The Paris Restaurant and Its Changing Paris Eateries
The Parisian restaurant, over a century old, traces its origins to 1779 with Lainy. Dinners were simple on oak tables with oilcloth near the Palais Royal, expanding after 1830 to a thriving cafe scene. The Cate de Paris moved from Boulevard des Italiens to Avenue de Opera, while the Rocher de Cancale site became a tailor's shop. Many spots remain for indulgent suppers.
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Lainy
Palais Royal
Boulevard Des Italiens
Cate de Paris
Avenue de Opera
Rocher de Cancale
Quida's Daughter Rosa de la Rama in Florence Villa
The interview reveals Rosa de la Rama, daughter of a French author, living two miles from Florence in a lovely villa. Surrounded by books and pictures, she prizes dogs above all.
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Quida
Rosa de la Rama
Paris editors and their dual public roles in society
The Paris editor’s duties mix politics and society, with many editors actively involved in politics and attending ministerial receptions. They prefer afternoon papers, rely on personal networks rather than secondhand reports, and delegate most domestic tasks, leaving foreign coverage limited and less supervised aside from Temps.
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Blackwood’s
Paris
London
Temps
Anecdote on Egypt Knowledge Sparks Jerusalem Misconception
Zincke’s humorous tale notes a “50¢” level understanding among the uneducated. A man asks the author if his trip to Egypt touched Jerusalem, then reveals he believed Jerusalem was only a Bible word, illustrating surprising gaps in geographic knowledge.
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Zincke
Egypt
Jerusalem
Silk department showcases photogravure of masters at Lyons
A Lyon silk mill displays a long silk banner featuring photographic impressions. The exhibit, said to extend over more than 131 feet, shows large lions among other images believed to be produced with silver salts.
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Marc Stad
Lyons
Fragmentary Medical Dialogue Reflects Odd Exchange
A garbled OCR style dialogue shows a doctor and patient discussing diet and food preferences. The text is incomplete with misheard phrases and unclear quotes, leaving the core exchange around dietary advice and a request for a chicken dish unclear and fragmentary.
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Wolves
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A. EB. Aylesworth
Kverard
American Register
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Tutt
the Ready Family
Lewis
Rosche
Se OM
G.T. Lewis
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