George Eliot Wealth and Appearance in Chicago Letter
The Chicago Tribune profile notes George Eliot at fifty nine and childless, famous as Lewes’s wife though not legally married. It cites earnings from Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda, totals around $250 000, and her tenacity in composing quickly yet carefully. It commends her vast learning and travels through languages, sciences, arts, and history, while describing her plain appearance and striking intellect.
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George Eliot
London
Chicago Tribune
Lewes
Adam Bede
Milton
Romolo
Middlemarch
Blackwoods
Daniel Deronda
Silas Mariner
Felix Holt
Great Britain
Shoddy Aristocracy in Churches in Indianapolis Sunday Sentinel
A Sunday Sentinel column attacks shoddy aristocracy in churches, contrasting true aristocracy with pretenders who flaunt wealth and ignorance. It denounces hypocritical elites who degrade church life, warns that public shows of virtue mask conceit, and laments damage to faith and morals.
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Indianapolis
Paul Jones
Trade Emporium Fur and Straw Hats Featured
Advertisement notes Frank A. Hays' Trade Emporium as the town’s premier spot for stylish fur and straw hats. Other items include Buckien's Arnica Salve, cheap hack fare claims, and Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments with trial bottles offered.
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Frank A. Hays
London
Paris
Hall
Taking Favors Gracefully Moral Tales from a Boston Paper
A Boston Herald excerpt contrasts Montesquieu’s paradoxical gratitude with a tale of a boy in a boarding house and a mother who spanks him for disobedience. The narrative asks whether such lessons shape character and if gratitude can be tempered by restraint.
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Boston Herald
Montesquieu
Marseilles
Paris
Peter
Mamima
Mamma
Tam
Mamma Smith
Mami ‘Smith
Maria
Williwilliwilliwilliwilliwilliwill
How Many Apples Riddle From Burlington Hawkeye
A Burlington boy walks toward town eating an apple. A man asks how many apples he has. The boy gives a complex algebraic riddle about apples eaten, to be solved for the current count. The problem involves halves, doubles, subtracts, divisions, and past actions in the orchard.
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Burlington
Nward Town
Agency Road
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