Chinaman Servants in Domestic Service Tales From New York
In training a Chinese domestic helper, anecdotes describe lessons and mischief in the kitchen. Ting learns bread making and housework while Miss G. navigates cultural distance, with humor about language barriers and cultural stereotypes.
Mrs Bees for Beecher Testimony Spoof at Brooklyn Court
Reporters crowd Judge Troy for Mrs Beecher’s testimony. he delays then rewards their patience with a joke about a fake extract from the Brooklyn Directory. The scene shifts to cosmetic vanity as the judge demonstrates eye lashes brows and other beauty treatments on a young woman.
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Scandal's Moral Reckoning to Reshape Church Life
The editorial argues a broad moral shift from Beech er scandal shaping church relations and limiting pastoral visits. It predicts ministers become more human and accountable, while naval life saving innovator Paul Boyton undertakes a dangerous sea test in a revolutionary life dress.
Beauty tricks of a cosmetic purveyor in New York
Donn Pratt describes a visit to a cosmetic shop in New York City where a vegetable enamel is claimed to be harmless and gives a dazzling complexion. A China pot and sponges are used to apply makeup, including blush and a blue-vein tracer, with the claim that the face and shoulders must be treated alike to create a seamless look.
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Donn Pratt
New York City
A Romance of the Duke and the Dowdy Bride
The Duke of Richmond owes a debt of honor to Lord Cadogan. His fifteen year old son, Earl of March, is to wed Cadogan’s younger daughter. A hasty marriage follows with a post chaise departure and the bride sent to her mother. Lord March returns years later, meets a charming young woman at the opera, and fate intersects as both spouses die within months of each other.
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Locomotive Caprices Describe Engine Personalities
Experienced engineers note engines from the same batch differ in coal and water consumption, start time, and warming needs. Some respond to shovelfalls, others to bucketfalls, and drivers must tailor handling. Damp, foggy weather dampens spirit. crisp frost heightens cheer and vigor.
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Smith
Stokes
Who Owns It A No Man's Land Between States
The piece describes a 125 by 75 mile region east of us not under any state or tribal jurisdiction, treated on maps as a panhandle to Indian Territory. Texas once claimed it, but defined boundaries exclude it. it lies between longitudes 100 and 102 and is under federal control. It is well watered and stocked with buffalo, presenting a potential rancho free from state taxation unless the US seeks to assert privileges. The passage includes a Cimarron News signoff.
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The Decline and Fall of Fences
A Springfield Republican essay argues fences fade as lawn mowers rise. It praises open views, low iron borders, and curb stones while urging removal of old fences and debris to restore beauty. Towns like Willimstown Longmeadow Cheneyville Vineyard Grove show fences unnecessary for charm.
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Woman's future in pulpit heralded by liberal Christian thought
P Putnam argues in the Liberal Christian that women will speak from God’s heart in future pulpits. Eve’s voice will be heard with experiences, hopes, dreams, and triumphs shaping a diviner life. the pulpit must reflect humanity’s full heart to reach its sublimest power. Also included is the reply of the General Post Office on newspaper postage in counties. Letters note that free mailing to actual subscribers within the county is allowed, with delivery only upon postage payment.
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Eve
Kankakee
Congress
James Marr
L. Chas. Flolt, Esq
Runkakee
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