Radical Man Admired for Progress and Patience
The piece extols the radical as a reform-minded yet tempered figure who challenges corruption and injustice. It notes his frustration with old patterns but praises his growing restraint, patience, and ability to balance change with prudence. It references social improvement and quotes from Harper's Weekly and other sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washi @tar
Church
Lodge
Grange
Sling Smale
Tom
Phillipe Brooks
Harper's Weekly
Lady Godiva to the Rescue from Fromerybody's Magazine
Odd fragmentary passage recounts a long speech by Bincon Ford and a Lady Godiva moment noted as she returned from a ride. The text shows garbled dialogue and unclear context with misquoted lines and invented names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Godiva
Fromerybody's
Bincon Ford
Hains’ Action Recalls History of Early Days in Hampton
Long and detailed reminiscence recalls Thornton Jenkins Hains, famed author, his 18 year old naval tragedy with Edward Hannegan, trial, acquittal, and elopement of Lipscomb, amid Old Point and Hampton years. The piece links recent moves to conceal identity with past sensational court action and maritime fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HAINS
Hampton
New York
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Tony” Hains
Old Point
Annis
Peter Hains
Elizabeth City
Virginia
Edward Negan
Fort Monroe
General Hains
Robley D. Evans
Navy
Hannegan
Washington
Nay
Army
St. Evans Gaw
Captain Evans
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
Thornton Hains
Serneeen
As A
Philadelphia
Ed Hannegan
Bouth
East
John Rise
John Head
Virginia Bar
Edgar E. Montague
Captain Wise
Senator Voorhees
Goode
Mr. Lipscomb
Official
Little Court House
Evans
Flo W
Havns
Lipscomb
Attorney Lipscomb
Hygela
Foreman Jones
Old Point Comfort
Hygeia
The Unhonored Prophet from The Independent
A correspondent discusses Wilbur and Orville Wright and the idea that “the prophet is not honored in his own country.” It notes the Wrights found appreciation abroad and recalls a Carlyle anecdote about recognizing cleverness, while a widow shows equal interest in a man as in his ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sournal McManus
Charles Battel Loomis
Donegal
Seumas McManus
America
Mount Charles
McManus
Sinn Fein
Ireland
the Independent
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Wrights
Wilbur Wright
Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Skale
Memory a Peculiar Mental Faculty
A survey of famed memory feats cites Hugo Cuvier and Gray among those with vast vocabularies and rapid recall. It notes that memory is a distinct faculty, not a core higher process, with examples from Magnanbechi Spafford Hicks and others, including a Kentucky revivalist who recites the Bible verbatim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott's
Victor Hugo
Will
Cuvier
Louis Agasalz
Asa Gray
Harvard
Joseph Leidy
Academy of Nat Sciences
Philadelphia
Magnabechi
Spofford
Librarian of
Congress
William Ash
New York
Leibnitz
Duke of
Cermoneta
Dr. Leyden
Daguesan
Belleau
William Cullen Hicks
Kentucky
Adam Clark
Moffatt
Africa
Reflections of a Bachelor Satire From The New York Press
A satirical note on social talk and charity fundraisers shows women enjoying chatter, donors pushed by collectors, and a bachelor’s view of domestic comfort. The piece mocks etiquette and gender roles with terse witticisms.
Plague Eradication in San Francisco 1907 08
From the Springfield Republican an account of San Francisco defeating bubonic plague in 1907 08. The report credits sanitary and medical science, details rat flea transmission, rat extermination efforts, and the city wide health campaigns that reduced rat populations and fortified urban cleanliness for future safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Republican
San Francisco
Citizens’ Health Committee
Jaste Morton Todd
Pacific
America
Board Health
Yersin
Pasteur Intitute
Hong Kong
India
Chinatown
United States Marine Hospital Service
Far
Sureen Blue
Botany for Children Lectures Aid Bronx Students
Bronx school children will receive free illustrated lectures this fall at the New York Botanical Garden lecture hall. Dr. Henry H. Rushley will discuss industries dependent on forests and plant products, followed by a park tour to observe plant growth. Dr. W. A. Murrill will cover woody plants and tree protection in cities, with guided park walks and literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Bronx
New York Botanical Gallens
Henry H. Rushley
W. A. Murrill
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Charles Frederick Holder
Starr Jordan
San Clemente
Ansis
Artiet
Sirl
Bride
Mia. Lipscomb
Texas
Richard Burton
New York Press
Wrodarekae
Washington Star
Sorghum
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