A Fly by Night: From Counter to Stage and Back Again
In New York a former dry goods counter salesgirl recalls leaving for the stage to escape poverty, the brutal travel economy of traveling companies, and the deceitful allure of theater life. She details pay, equipment, trunks, and the snag of theatrical fakirs before returning to her old counter job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lydia
Sixth Avenue
India
United States
Pany
Mr. B
Jack Chawscone
Jack
Celia Logan
Peonage Tale From Mexico The Rose of Paso del Norte
Special Correspondent recalls peonage in Mexico through the story of Rose a once beautiful fiancée of ranchero Ninoo. After a trumped up theft fine she is peoned to repay debts for over twenty years cooking cleaning and hauling water while enduring abuse and neglect culminating in possible death or insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso
Tex
Mexico
Paso del Norte
Rose
Senor
Ninoo
E. D. Vance
Red Jacket and Iroquois Lore From Buffalo’s Indian Burial Ground
Special correspondence recalls Red Jacket and Mary Jemison at Buffalo’s Indian burying ground four miles from the city. It covers reinterment ceremonies at Forest Lawn in 1884, the famed tomahawk, portraits, and Red Jacket's speeches and counsel in land disputes with the Holland Land Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrato
N. Y
Buffalo
Nicholas Jemison
Jemison
Red Jacket
Mary Jemison
Tom Jemison
Niagara Frontier
Chauncey
Hamilton College
Criminal Court
Chief Strong
King
Pollard
Yonder
Council of the Six Nations of the Iroquois
Forest Lawn
Capt
Young King
Little Billy
Fall Peter
Thomas Hicks
R. W. Wier
Buffalo Historical Society
Isaac Sherman
George Washington
The
Historical Society
Sa-go-ye-wat-ha
Henry Placide
President
Placide
F. H. Furness
Waterloo
Canoga
Seneca County
Red Jaucket
Eli 8. Parker
Mulberry Street
New York
Grant
Lee
Richmond
Horatio Sesmour
North Carolina
Mississippi River
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Canada
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Blackmith
Joseph Ellicott
Holland Land Company
Little
Buffalo Creek
Lafayette
Main Street
Tomy Jimny
Oyer and Terminer
Court of Errors
Samuel A. Talcott
Salem
Long House
Old Smoke
Brant
Logan
Charles HI. Thomas
England's Sovereigns special correspondence note
Philadelphia readers are reminded of Queen Victoria's nearing fortieth year on the throne. Carlyle’s 1850 piece compares reign lengths, noting Victoria's progress toward Elizabeth I and other long-reigning monarchs, and contrasts English with French royal spans from Louis XIV to Louis XV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thomas Carlyle
London News
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria Tod
Izabeth
Edward
Henry
George
Ethelred
Elizabeth
Mary
Victoria
Edward III
Henry II
George II
Louis XIV
France
Louis XV
Aniline for Phthisis Promising Hope for Tuberculosis
A Russian pathologist Professor Kramianski reports that inhaling aniline may kill tuberculosis germs in the lungs and bloodstream. He notes the substance is only slightly poisonous to humans and cites striking successes in a few cases, though more evidence is needed. Shared by the Arkansaw Traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Kramianski
Arkansaw Traveler
Stephen Girard Estate and City Improvements Highlight 1830 Will
Special correspondence recalls Stephen Girard’s will and Philadelphia acts binding his fortune to Girard College, Delaware Avenue improvements, and long term estate plans. The article describes the college’s growth, funds, and staff, city projects funded by the estate, and the grand scale of the residuary bequest, totaling over 14 million in 19th century values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bf Pmtapocrata
Philadelphia
Stephen Girard
France
Girard
Republic
Water Street
Fetterolf Down
Anna M. Shreeve
Girard College
Secretary of the Navy
Twelfth
Market
Market Street
Twelfth Street
Girard Street
Delaware Avenue
River Front
Vine
Duane
Schuylkill
Columbia Counties
Groun Ildi “ Banking Genees
Bia
Masonic Grand Lodge
Pennsylvania
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Peon
RED Jackets Medat
RED Jackets
England
Vyae Girard Estate
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