Belinda Portman in London Society and Love
Belinda Portman travels to London under Lady Delacour’s protection and faces schemes by Mrs. Stanhope to marry her to Clarence Hervey. Belinda’s wit, fidelity, and courage expose con artists, heal a fractured marriage, and unite lovers, while Edgeworth’s career and influence are noted.
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Belinda Cy Maria Edgeworth
Belinda Portman
London
Lady Delacorr
Gelineéa
Stanhope
Datacourssesre
Belinda
Gayelles
Lady Delacour
Clarence Hervey
Belinde
Hervey
Ney
Palinda
Balinda
Laiy Delacour
Delacour
Tielinda
Tiervey
Lally Delacourt
Subtraction Lesson Turns Grim at Family Dinner
A child answers a math riddle about subtracting a dead number left on a table. The anecdote shifts to a harsh remark about women and their weeping habit, revealing a cruel tone at the table.
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Marjorie
Papa
Ose
The Story of Marguerite Gauthier and Camille Tie In
A compact profile of Marguerite Gauthier from La Dame aux Camelias and the related works Camille and La Traviata. It notes Armand Duval’s destined love, Marguerite’s sacrifice, and the true author Alexandre Dumas junior, who shaped the tale and later joined the French Academy before his 1875 death.
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Alexander Dumas, Jr
Marguerite Gauthier
Paris
Marguerite
Armand Duval
Marsuerlie
Armand
Tim
Jim
Eoarce
Ar Kland
Carfully
Camille
Dumas
Alexandre Dumas the
Alexander Dumas
George Sand
Joseph Balsamo
Academie
Nighttime Kitchen Visit From Grocer’s Delivery Boy
A man hears a noise at the kitchen entrance and sees the grocer's delivery boy with a basket of clozen eggs butter and Roquefort cheese. The bill amounts to $1.87. He notes his wife fears robbers as night falls and the boy remarks she needn't worry about him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Amelia and Booths perilous rise from ruin to fortune
Amelia Harris, beloved daughter of the rich Mrs. Harris, helps husband Captain Booth survive debt, imprisonment, and betrayal. Betty plots to disinherit Amelia via forged wills while Murphy is arrested. Booth rebuilds life as a farmer before wealth returns to the couple at a country home.
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Amelia
Henry Fielding
Amelia Harris
Betty
England
Booth
London
Metropolis
Fortune
Murphy
Mrs. Harris
Whales At Long Beach Provide Unusual Shore Display
A mother bottle-nosed whale and her calf stranded near the Long Beach shore during a high tide. Spectators watched as the pair fought the surf until both were left high and dry, then officials from the American Museum of Natural History collected the specimens for preservation. The mother measured 18 feet 2 inches and the calf 9 feet.
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New York
Wales
Long Beach
New Bedford
Hou
Mother
Babe
American Museum of Natural History
Rockwell
Long Neach
Legless Men Form Club to Aid Workers and Baseball Team
The Willow Tree Club in Oakland organizes for amputees to gain employment and learn self worth, while promoting factory safety laws and accident prevention. It collaborates with California's Industrial Accident Board to study causes. Six thousand eligible on the Pacific Coast. Charles Devlin, an amputee, tours the region organizing the group. A baseball team is being formed, training under coach connections, with Secretary C. S. Hastings seeking training from George Gibson after the season.
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Oakland
Cal
Willow ‘Tree Club
Nba
Industrial Accident Board of California
Pacific Coast
Charles Devlin
C. 8. Hastings
George Gibson
Pittsburg Nationals
Imaginative Street Performer Returns to Chimney Cleaning
Charles Gregory, a former Peoria chimney cleaner, wanders the Veolia city streets imitating a steam calliope without instruments, drawing curious crowds as he resumes his old occupation and music-free act.
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Veolia
Charles Gregory
Gregory
Peoria
German Invents Desk Rod to Force Upright Posture
A German scientist has devised a desk mounted rod ending in a cup to compel children to sit up straight while writing at school desks. The device aims to improve posture and concentration among pupils.
Crusade against tuberculosis attacked by Dr. Mays
The New York Mechanical Journal article quotes Dr. Thomas J. Mays of Philadelphia denouncing education campaigns against tuberculosis. He warns that rigid isolation of consumptives in enclosed institutions would fail and cites historical Italian measures as oppressive. He argues against medico political reformers restricting liberty and compares past and present efforts.
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New York
Thomas J. Mays
Philadelphia
New York Mechanical Journal
Mays
Italy
Tag Day For Bachelors Proposed In New Jersey
Caldwell resident Peter J. Radford urges a state tag system for bachelors to boost marriages. He argues tag days would pair 5000 bachelors with widows, noting women hold tag days for other ventures and suggesting Cupid would guide matches.
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Caldwell
N. J
Peter J. Radford
Peter
New Jersey
Cupid
New York Man Overeats With Laughter and Loses Teeth
Samuel Blank of 311 Pitt Street laughed at a street joke and swallowed his false teeth. An ambulance from Bellevue Hospital arrived after witnesses called police and Dr. Martin retrieved the teeth, helping Blank resume his seat and finish his laugh.
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New York
Samuel Blank
Pitt Street
Blank
Union Market
Bellevue Hospital
Martin
Music Hath Charms To Soothe Savage Snake
William J. Harding of Spring Grove used a mouth organ to charm a six foot black snake that poised to strike him. He played the Miserere from Il Trovatore, the snake swayed and released its grip, falling to the ground before slithering away.
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York
William
J. Harding
Spring Grove
Harding
Brave Girl Guides Searchlight During Bear Shootout
In Spokane Washington Margaret McKenzie held a searchlight as Frank Lee of Hayden Lake shot and killed a 200 pound bear treed by dogs. Lee and James Buchanan armed themselves after dogs drove the bear near Hayden Lake. McKenzie volunteered, faced danger, and directed the light for the fatal shot.
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Spokane
Wash
Margaret McKenzie
Frank Lee
Hayden Lake
Bruin
Miss McKenzie
Lee
Jame Buchane
Will of Mrs Katherine Stilwell Requests Cremation by Water
Probate papers reveal Mrs Katherine Stilwell wills cremation with ashes sunk in deep water and an electric needle in her heart after death. She died by inhaling gas in her Baltimore apartment. The will bans female relatives from transporting her remains and specifies an undertaker wagon and plain receptacle for ashes. Her daughter-in-law Constance W ton breaker is linked to a New York divorce case.
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Baltimore
Katherine W. Stilwell
Harry K. Meyers
City Newsboy to Become a Farmer
Isidore Greenberg a street corner newsboy for thirteen years plans to study scientific agriculture at college. He aims to leave the city hustle for open land as he follows a future in farming, saying wealth comes from the earth and he will work his way through college.
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New York
Isidore Greenberg
Groadway
Fulton Streets
New York City
India
Izzy
Igzy
Accident Leads to Fortunes in Missouri Rich Land Find
In Joplin Henry Weymann and three friends rode a buggy that bogged down. While walking they found a zinc ore outcrop extending over 300 feet. Weymann returned to town and bought 420 acres, now the district’s richest tract and a swift path to wealth.
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Fortune Joplin
Henry Weymann
Weymann
Spuds Grow on Tomato Vines in Garden Wonder
H. B. Benson reports unusual plants where potato roots carry tomato-like tops. The vines show ordinary potato bulbs with large bulbous tops resembling tomatoes in both flesh and seeds, a blend that could earn him a place among garden wizards like Burban.
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Britton
H. B. Benson
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