Progression and longing in a Proctor poem
Adelaide Anne Proctor writes in Washington Star on how true beauty and worth come from moving toward deeper life and divine love. She contrasts dawn and twilight, childhood innocence, and life’s fulfillment in a higher sweetness beyond present form.
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Adelaide Anne Proctor
Washington Star
Right in the End
Miss Scroggs a Towers seamstress fabricates tale of lover Philip Strong to explain a fake engagement and a fictitious death. Julia Logan learns the truth after a telegram reveals Strong is alive. Scroggs confesses and Julia forgives while preparations for a wedding proceed with hidden treachery resolved.
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Iss Mehitabel Scroggs
Towers
Mrs. Logan
Parsons
Julia
Miss. Scroggs
Tower
Wis
Lieut
Strong
Miss Scroggs
Philip
Mr. Strong
Logan House
Mr. Green
Phil
Miss Seroges
Miss Scriiggs
Tailor Advice Sought on Overwide Coat Back Fit
The caller complains the coat feels tight at the shoulders and asks for a check of the back fit. The assistant offers to inspect and provide opinion, reflecting polite newspaper exchange tone.
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West
Chicago Tribune
Woman attendance at church funerals grows widely
Undertakers report hundreds of women routinely attend multiple church funerals attracted by pomp and music. They travel to Brooklyn and Jersey, often needing admission to crowded services, while clergymen call it a tendency to be seen and amused rather than a genuine interest in worship.
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New York Sun
Mado
Sud
Brooklyn
Jersey
Fifth Avenue
Tol
Do Cows Cry The Calf’s Death Moves Owner and Herd
A correspondent describes a cow mourning a butchered five month old calf. The mother cow shows grief by calling the calf, reducing milk, lowing at night, refusing food, and weeping near the kitchen door, drawing the author to tears.
Martha Washington’s yew tree at Virginia asylum site
A Chicago Record Herald piece notes Martha Washington planted a rare yew tree at Williamsburg within the grounds of the Virginia state insane asylum. The Six Chimney House mansion burned long ago, leaving only a cookhouse now used as a toolhouse. Charred bricks from Martha Washington’s house litter the adjacent pasture, souvenirs for visitors.
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Martha Washington
Williamsburg
United States
Virgina State Insane Asylum
Virginia
William KE. Curtis
Chicago Record Herald
Household Suggestions For Everyday Living And Cooking
Beeswax used with white woolens and silks helps prevent yellowing says the Brooklyn Eagle. Grape juice flavors ice cream. Decor boxes serve as racks for sewing silks and ribbons, easing quick repairs. Rice in muffins or pancakes adds variety. Frosted-silver daisies are new dessert vessels. Soak sponges overnight in cold water then ammonia to remove grime. Dry sponges in air and keep them in a dry spot.
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Brooklyn Eagle
The Family Library and Cheap Literature Influence
A feature discusses how accessible libraries and affordable books lift the poor, with praise from Har yot Half Cahoon and Ned Beans about Mexican bean dishes and simple home meals, highlighting the role of books in enriching life and easy kitchen tips for beans.
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Haryot
Cahoon
Decorative chicken or veal rings with potato centers
Instructions describe shaping cold chicken or veal into rings using a potato ring filled with green peas. A meat filling combines ink flour butter parsley onion juice and seasonings. roll in egg and breadcrumbs and bake. A second recipe tops mashed potato rings with egg and bakes until golden, filling spaces with creamed peas.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Mineral Wax in Austria and Galicia Mining History
The article describes crocerite or mineral wax found in Austria-Hungary and nearby regions, with major deposits in Boryslaw Galicia and Tehelekan Caspian Sea island. It recounts early mining efforts from 1854, a boom to 11,000 pits by 1865, dangers from gas pressure in nests, and a 1898 survey noting 42 mining firms employing 5,413 with 17,068,920 pounds produced that year.
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Austria-Hungary
Russia
Romania
Egypt
Algeria
Canada
Mexico
Boryslaw
Galicia
Tehelekan
Caspian Sea
Frank W. Hossfeld
Trieste
Detroit Free Press
R. Doms
Lemberg
Fight in the Forest Between Caribou Bulls Ends in Vanquished Rival
In Atlantic, Maximilian Foster describes a harsh duel between a slit-eared bull and a larger rival. The contest features roaring, clashing antlers, muddy ground, and a cow rallying the fighters before the victor drives the other to cover at dawn, erasing old losses.
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Maximilian Foster
Atlantic
Tie
Ideal and Reality of Acting Taught by a Young Theorist
A New York Tribune note follows a young actor who preaches that acting blends a high ideal with technical skill. His professional break lands him offstage as a colorfully instructed extra, moving through scenes in Indian, Mexican and bear-suit costumes, learning by quick study and chaos.
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New York Tribune
Lyons
Richard TH
Brooklyn
O. P
Conscientious Child Mary Requests Fair Punishment
A vignette from Current Literature shows Mary visiting her aunts and requesting that Sallie and Lizzie be punished if they misbehave, asserting moral responsibility and urging just action in Tam's absence.
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Mary
Cassie
Sallie
Lizzie
Tam
Notable Quote From Ohio State Journal
A humorous editorial note mocks a speaker’s aim to marry a titled foreigner while suggesting a humorous alternative, reflecting early American attitudes toward class and marriage as seen in the Ohio State Journal text.
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Miss Makeabit
Mr. Dester
Ohio State Journal
A Winning Hound in Quarantine Humor
During Mrs McKinleys illness in the city a police squad guarded quarantined streets to bar nonresidents. A dignified immigrant man on the way home claimed 2222 Blank street and the officer quipped with a sly remark about a good hand, allowing him through.
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McKinley
Blank Street
San Francisco Chronicle
Longest English Word and Inscription Notes
The editor notes that incirenumscriptibleness and honorificabilitudinity both have 22 letters. Quoted authorities include Hyfield the divine and a 1615 Colossians treatise. A recent Bergson biography cites an archbishop diary remark about the Free Kirk in Scotland.
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New English Dictionary
Aie Hyfield
Dr. Bergson
Free Kirk
Scotland
Temple Magazine
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