Marriage Out of Fashion in Scotland and America
The Glenelg registrar notes no marriages in the past year, Laggan cites only three in two years, and Nairn says the marriage notice act has not been used. The piece links low finances in Britain and Ireland to a shrinking marriage market and reflects on impractical expectations and the dollars and cents barrier to wedlock.
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Glenelg
Laggan
Nairn Registar
Scotland
England
Ireland
America
William J.coughlin
Somerville
Mass
City Hospital
WM. Hall
Lys
Guilford
Coe
G. H. Richardson
Paducah
Libby
F. T. Gillaland
Detroit
Mich
Eowlys
Queer Story of Jackson and a Robbery Commutation
Atlantic Mail robberies were common and a coach near Philadelphia was stopped by three armed men who robbed nine passengers. They were captured, tried, and sentenced, with one to ten years in prison after Daniel Webster style commutation by Gen. Jackson for a critical warning about a horse race in Tennessee.
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Reeside
Philadelphia
Wilson
Nashville
Tenn
Gen
Jackson
W. A. Wilson
Penn Street Williamsburgh
N. Y
M.L. Byrn
Nasenist
New York
Jon B. Ogden
Cedar &T
New York Hat Model Earns Fortune From Photos
A millinery firm uses a plain featured model for frequent hat photography. Her face appears in fashion plates across major weeklies and catalogs, becoming the face of the season. Her steady photos supply hats for many leading shops, yielding about 102 dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maude Branscombe
Mary Anderson
America
United States
Seaboard Men Brave Ocean’s Harsh Tests
The article portrays Seaboard men as hardy and fearless sailors shaped by relentless sea warfare. It notes their self reliance and willingness to risk danger for family, while acknowledging they fear the sea’s power and confess weakness before their master, the Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean
If He Only Would
A little old woman in black, with a mufflered neck, is denied transit at a depot gate until a kind stranger opens passage. She explains her son died in Cleveland last week and is being brought home in a coffin, a moment of shared sympathy in the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochbster Democrat
St. Louis Express
Central Depot
Cleveland
Frugality as Virtue: Self Denial Beats Debt and Deception
A Victorian style argument extols strict economy and living within means to escape poverty. It condemns pretending to wealth and debt, praising the courage and safety of a debt free life, where one says I owe no man anything and avoids unnecessary purchases until able to pay.
The Assassin Turned Guardian Angel of a Widow
A Detroit observer recalls judging a stranger by appearance until a single act of kindness revealed the man, a railroad porter discharged for aiding the poor, as a quiet benefactor who fed and warmed a widow and her children. The speaker repents for mislabeling him The Assassin and honors his unseen struggle.
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Detroit Free Press
Etiquette and table manners mix with humor in a column
A Rockland Courier etiquette writer mocks biting food with a hand and advocates tossing bits to guests for liveliness. The piece pivots to a tale of a mischievous child and, briefly, a Whee California crime note about a man skinning nuts for resale to a restaurant.
Remarkable Cow Calves and Alley Health Remedies Featured
An East Windsor Hill cow born to Frastus Ellsworth’s herd produced twins in 1878 and later triplets, totaling ten calves in three years. Murmured notes praise Malt Bitters and Druggists cures, while health ads tout Scovill’s Hoof and Liver Syrup and Rogers Worm Syrup as remedies across local markets.
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Mwhartford
Times
Frastus Ellsworth
East Windsor Hill
Durham
Nealth
Scovill
Baker
Dr. Rogers
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Wahistek
Sanges
Excelsior Man
ST. Louis
Ih. S.renick & CO
Liurtrate Ates
Mureay St. N.Y
Murray St
Macele
Lydia Pinkham
Lynn
Lydia E. Pinkham
The
Rex
Western Avenue
Lynn Maw
Park & Sons
Cincinnati
Ohio
Phat
Thinlpdon & OU
Dasswu Mt
Atlantic
Ifer
Seaboard Men
Boston Transcript
Conrad Cook
West Side Public Square
DR. J
Jordan
Lung Renovator
Dr. Jordan
Spencer House
Indianapolis
Logansport
Murdock
LaFayette
Brandle
Terre Haute
Ind
Tostetter
Earth
J. A. Goldsberry
Indiana and
Poplar Streets
Rockland Courier
Albany
Physicians and Surgeons
Oee
Taylor's
Offich
Poplar Street
G. W. Bence
Green Castle
Mulhorn
Lewis & Newent
Over Landes’ Drug Store
East Washington Street
Creeneastlee
Jatras J. Swanky
Willas G. Nev
Smiley
Krecora
Matt Bitters
Rhode Island
Parker
Chicago Historical Society
Lincoln Park
A. Wood Merryweather
Scranton
Brown
Avrer
Ayer
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Battle Greek
Michigan
Nue
Addrera Nichols, Shepard & CO
Battle Creak
Morris , Davis
Cloverdale
Indiana
Chea
Coilden
Kansas
Unnion Pac
Kansas City
Missouri
Vandels & Co
Beekman Street
Milligan
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