Dickens Rebuffs Speculators For Fair Play At Reading
The 1867 Dickens reading in New Haven faced a greed rush as speculators lined up for seats. Dickens ordered cancellation of the engagement unless seats could be fairly offered with limits on purchases. Citizens guaranteed a new sale, restoring trust and boosting his public image with about $4,000 net after expenses.
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Dickens
Thackeray
Mr. Robinson
United States
George Dolby
Great Britain
New Haven
Yale
Music Hall
Ing
New York
New
H. J. Edwards
Kindness Brought Disaster in 1890s Political Clash
The piece recounts a letter from David B. Hill to Judge Isaac H. Maynard urging him not to seek the New York Court of Appeals nomination. Maynard declined, and the narrative moves to the 1894 Saratoga Democratic convention where Hill was present as delegates gathered to nominate a governor candidate.
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David B. Hill
New York
United States
Isaac H. Maynard
Maynard
Court of Appeals of
Hill
Democratic Party
Saratoga
Senator Hill
Gum Samples and the Maynard Letter in Hill Campaign
In 1910 Senator David B. Hill faced a governor race tainted by the Maynard letter episode. Judge Maynard returned the contested letter, Hill kept it private, and the outcome saw Hill defeated by Levi P. Morton by about 150000 votes. A later visit from Judge Parker underscored the episode as a political tragedy.
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Hill
Senate
Maynard
David B. Hill
Senator Hill
Albany
Judge Maynard
Levi P. Morton
Alton B. Parker
Parker
Portics
E. J. Edwards
Editor McClure's Remark on Manuscripts and Mrs Wiggs
S S McClure recalls reading a promising unknown writer's manuscript that could have become a serial. He advised expanding the tale into a magazine serial but it was misdirected to Century Magazine and published as Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice O Hegan Rice.
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McClure
S. S. McClure
iMcClure
Nstead
Ivery
Kentucky
Toi
Century Magazine
Mr. McClure
Alice O’hegan Rice
Mrs. Wiggs of
The
Cabbage Patch
E. J. Edwards
Monuments to Heroines in Elmwood Cemetery
In Elmwood cemetery Memphis the main monuments honor Mattiew Stephen son and Emily Sutton who opened their home to homeless yellow fever victims in 1872 and cared for them until they died of the illness.
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Elmwood Cemetery
Memphis
Mattiew Stephenson
Emily Sutton
Prominent citizen objects to hardline candidate policy
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt quotes a prominent citizen reacting to a young candidate’s pledge to jail every law breaker and evader. The exchange highlights public concern over sweeping criminal justice proposals.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Home nursing guidance emphasizes order and care
The article argues one person should lead home nursing when a patient is ill, receiving the physician's orders and ensuring they are followed. It prescribes neat dress, clean hands, quiet talk, adequate sleep, and proper reporting to the doctor, with emphasis on patient comfort and optimism.
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Tient
W. G. Chapman
Renovator for Old Oak
The piece recalls old farmhouse methods for refinishing oak with elbow grease and a homemade polish. A mixture of malt vinegar and raw linseed oil plus butter of antimony was shaken together to polish wood without darkening its color, offering a bright, sparing alternative to warm beer.
FANCIES et TeSTEMORNT FANCIES et TeSTEMORNT
The article surveys spring fashion details including stage toe slippers with modified uppers, teques of brocade trimmed with satin aigrettes, and a coarse Peanut straw mesh. It notes Dresden gold and silver ribbons with satin edging, new beaded blouse designs, French knot beading, and Straw Jack Tar hats for boys with color varied brims and crowns.
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Dresden
Grateful Women Credit Pinkham Remedies for Health
A Waurika Oklahoma woman reports seven years of female troubles and sleeplessness improving after Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and advice from Mrs Pinkham. Another Huntington Massachusetts case credits the compound and Blood Purifier for recovery from a nervous run-down condition. Garfield Tea touted for liver and kidney issues as a noted remedy within the column’s health notes.
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Waurika
Okla
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Mart Janette Bates
Huntington
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Allen's Foot-Base Antiseptic Powder for tired feet
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder for tired, aching and swollen feet. It claims to give rest and comfort, make walking a delight, and is sold everywhere. Contains an address line with formatting errors.
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Allen
Lo Roy
Clearing Kansas of Grasshoppers
A farmer used a bait of greens and bran to kill a grasshopper population. A single insect fed on the bait and died, followed by a chain reaction where 20 grasshoppers died after consuming it. Four hundred ate the 20 and died, then eight thousand ate those 400 and died, and the sequence continued until 160000 grasshoppers perished, ending the farmer’s trouble.
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Kansas
Anthony Bulletin
Dame Nature Hints When the Food Is Not Salted
A reader endorses Postum and Grape-Nuts as a cure for breakfast distress and headaches. The testimonial claims weight gain and improved digestion, credits Battle Creek Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville, and notes new letters appear from time to time.
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Dame Nature
Arizona
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Connecticut
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New England
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T. B. Alford, Jr
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