Gossip and Fashion at Church Service In Scribner's July
Narrator notes drama and vanity among churchgoers focusing on fashion, hats, and social scrutiny. The piece sketches characters like Mrs Gray and Miss Lamont, commenting on dresses, lilies, lilacs, and a preacher's talk. It ends with a reference to Geo. A. Baker Jr. in Scribner's for July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalapainé
Boston
Sisto
Gili
Gray
Bessié Lamont
Humbug
Jenny Welles
Fred Tracy
Geo. A. Baker, Jr
Scribner's
Milly's Walting and a Reformed Love Story in Rural New York
Milly Frankfort, a poor but refined young woman, relocates with her grandmother to a quiet village. After enduring poverty, social scrutiny, and a broken engagement, she finds purpose as a companion to invalid Mrs. Wood in New York. A week later she meets Frank, an exiled brother returning home, who proves repentant and worthy. Milly eventually accepts renewal through love as Edith helps unite them in a joyous, hopeful ending.
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Mary D
New-Yorker
Milly
Mrs. Frankfort
Grandmamma
Garely
Darkey
Jersey
Agit Were
Milly Frankfinn
Jaccoudud
Frank Clifford
Hoe
Grandmmama
Child
Grandma
Frank
Starling
Han
Gorhdr
New York
Edith
Mr. Wood
Mrs. Wood
Hugh Manning
Miss Frankfort
Manning
Bithe
Brother Ming
The Street of Hell and the Drunken Army
A sensational 19th century sermon uses a lane of saloons to depict the social wreck of drink. It narrates five armies marching through a hypothetical street: five million moderate drinkers, 580,000 confirmed drunks, 100,000 criminals, 100,000 maniacs, and 200,000 children of drunkards, followed by funeral processions and ruins of families. The piece laments wrecked homes, murders, and suicides, urging abolition of alcohol.
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Hell
United States
Rison
Murder Shocks Quiet Tuscumbia Weary of Rumor
A Memphis Appeal correspondent from Tuscumbia Alabama details the assassination of George F Long by Joseph H Sloss a Democratic member of Congress from Alabama Sixth District The motive traced to Longs romantic interest in Mrs Sloss daughter of the congressman Long had argued with the father and faced social exile before being shot while sitting outside his home in the Alabama town June 28 scattered accounts describe the town as peaceful and devout with residents stunned by the violent act
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Warren
Beeres
Lovig
Slyah
Heath
Long
Tuscumbia
Sloss
Colgy Sloss
Slossi
Ctu
Helderson
Memphis Appeal
Ala
George F. Long
Joseph H. Sloss
Congress
Alabama
Fuscumbia
Salem
Mass
United States
Mrgs. Stoss
Frida
Bismarck's Daughter and the Forbidden Union
A Berlin tale recounts Prince Bismarck’s daughter beloved by many nobles yet steadfast against arranged matches. A Catholic lieutenant, rejected for religious reasons, refuses to renounce his faith, prompting the chancellor’s brief pursuit of a suitable match. The daughter vows loyalty, and the rift drives her into deep sorrow.
Blackwood’s June issue completes Volume Ox i
The June number of Blackwood’s y zine completes Volume OX i with its usual mix of interesting notes and musing content, proving the periodical remains lively rather than degenerating with age.
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Blackwood
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Sarnilyy Circle
Milly’s Walting
Somié
Hamilton, N.Y
Low
Lis
Bismarck’s Daughter
Berlin
Marck
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