Irish Crisis Chronology and O'Brien to Ireland Readied
A dense chronology details Irish politics from February to December, including Parnell’s trials, the Crimes Act readings, and William O’Brien’s movements. It notes double backlashes, mob scenes in Toronto, Kingston and Hamilton, his arrival in Ireland, the Dublin proclamation, police shootings, and his subsequent arrests and trials. The entry captures ongoing unrest, parliamentary actions, and cross Atlantic attention shaping the Irish question.
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Belfast
Fen
Parnell
Manca
Michael Micks Bretaryship
Ireland
Killeen
Dublin
William O'Brien Denmuend
Hamilton
O' Brien
Boston
Jung
O'Brien
Reader
New York
William O'Brien
League
Mitchellstown
House of Commons
Irish Prison Board
Sullivan
United Ireland
O’brien
T. D. Sullivan
Harrington
Sheehy
Seq
Balfour
Anarchy in America January 15 Update
Chronology of Chicago Anarchists with key events. Nina Van Zandt engaged to August Spies under death penalty in Chicago. Illinois Supreme Court upholds execution for Haymarket defendants. Lingg commits suicide. Schwa and Fielden’s sentences reduced to life by Governor Oxley. Engel Fischer Spies Parsons hanged for May 4, 1880 riot. Funeral notices, counsel changes, and burials in Chicago through December.
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Nina van Zandt
Chicago
Supreme Court of Ilinois
Lingg
Schwa and
Fielden
Oxlesby
Illinois
Engel
Fischer
Spies
Parsons
Haymarket
Len Butler
United States Supreme Court
Louis Linge
Coronet Wins Atlantic Yacht Race Across Atlantic
Schooner yachts Coronet and Dauntless began a New York to destination race with Coronet finishing first on September 27. The Volunteer captured the international America's Cup event. Kilrain and Smith dueled 106 rounds to a draw on an island near Rouen in the Seine.
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Coronet
Dauntless
Atlantic
New York
Cholera Reports Across Americas and Shipping Link
Reported cholera cases extend through the Argentine Republic and Chile with spread noted in South America. Yellow fever reaches West and Tampa Florida. Steamship Alesia arrives in New York from Italy carrying cholera aboard. reporter I at Key notes the outbreak and transport link.
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Argentine Republic
Chile
South America
Tampa
Fla
New York
Italy
Key
Scarcity of Young Women for Housework Prompts Plain Talk
An elderly New York Sun reader laments the shortage of young women for domestic labor. She argues factories and offices draw women away, criticizes pride in delicate hands, urges women to value housekeeping, and urges Sewing Girls to switch to housework to reduce poverty and dependence.
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America
Ciles
Liame
Gee
New York Sun
Chicago Belle Practices Daily Exercise Regimen
A San Francisco Post excerpt describes a Chicago belle performing a 13 minute routine before a mirror, with plies and arm movements to strengthen and tone. She ends with a pillowless rest and then resumes activity, with tennis reducing the routine by half. The piece extols benefits for grace, complexion, strength, and health.
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Chicago
San Francisco Post
Recorder McCord on wills and widow support
Cincinnati probate court recorder McCord notes that women are generally less selfish than men after reviewing 100 old wills. He cites husbands often disinheriting widows upon remarriage, yet recalls only one will of a married woman containing similar stipulations toward her husband.
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Recorder McCord
Probate
Cincinnati
New York Sun
Noahs Ark Quilt Designs and Craft Details
A historical note describes fashionable Noahs Ark quilts with animals in pairs around a central ark, crafted on various fabrics and sometimes embroidery or appliques by ladies with skill. It covers design choices, materials, and methods including paper patterns, wool fillings, and stitches, reflecting home crafts of the era.
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Lucia Ludwig
Detroit Free Press
The Era of Woman and the Balance of Beauty
A New Orleans Picayune piece argues that women progress toward physical and intellectual perfection as emancipation grows, likening it to sunlight that will eventually overdo growth and cause deterioration. It predicts Twentieth century American women will be the most beautiful and goddesses in stature and intellect.
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New Orleans Picayune
Remark on Keeping Minds Busy and Cheerful
A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox exhorts maintaining a cheerful mindset to preserve a fresh appearance beyond youth’s spring. It urges mental activity, positive thoughts, and a free spirit as guards against bitterness.
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Ana
Ella Wheeler Wilcos
Animals Laugh and Weep Across the Animal Kingdom
In a sweeping survey the author cites Darwin and Livingstone to show many animals exhibit laughter and tears. Dogs, parrots, monkeys, bulls, geese, and a laughing hyena are among those noted, with stories of tricks, playful mirth, and sorrow. The piece contrasts human and animal emotion while refraining from definitive claims.
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Hobbes
Romanes
London Zoological Gardens
Wood
White
Bourne
Lay
Selbourne
Miss Cobbe
Baker Pasha
Australia
Livingstone
Java
Gordon Ching
Animal Kingdom
Philadelphia
Women’s influence blamed for male egotism and tyranny
Cornhill Magazine argues women bear blame for men’s viciousness and arrogance. It contends laws favor male power and that family affection enables male egotism, from childhood flattery by mothers and sisters to later tyranny by wives, framing men as naturally self-centered.
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Miet
Cornhill Magazine
Education divide in gender roles quoted by a businessman
A prominent college graduate argues that a girl needs education to earn a living while a boy should work early. he notes women physicians and teachers face easier entry but stresses men have more profession options. The Detroit News adds kitchen science advice to prevent pie juice loss by inserting brown paper in the upper crust.
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Detroit News
Prompting boys to think for themselves in learning
The quote urges testing boys' knowledge to reveal gaps and encourage independent reasoning. It advocates guiding them to think, acquire more knowledge, and apply it intelligently for the teacher's benefit.
Moth deterrent advice with tansy around closets
A short home tip advises using green tansy to deter moths. Place around carpet edges and hang near woolen clothes in closets to prevent infestations before seeds form. The guidance emphasizes early use and widespread protection in storage areas.
Made Dishes vs Hardened Tastes in Household Meals
A housekeepers council debate recalls a wife defending made dishes against her husband’s insistence on solid meat. The piece cites Christine Terhune Herrick noting tasty seemingly scraps can cost under forty cents and still please both palate and purse.
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Christine Terhune Herrick
Harper's Bazar
Fat Woman Journal and fashion node to fund a wider audience
A New York Evening Sun quote laments the neglect of plus size fashion, arguing a fortune awaits a magazine titled A la Jolie Embonpoint or Fat Woman's Journal. The speaker notes American women are larger, calls for inclusive designs and a prospectus to rally broad support from readers nationwide.
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la Jolie Embonpointe
la Jolie Cabonpointe
New York Evening Sun
Admonitions for Composure and Skin Care Techniques
In closing advice urges facial composure and avoiding grimacing. Emphasizes open air exercise and a diet with oils and fruit. Recommends simple herb teas for cleansing, limiting face washing to once daily and using creams at least twice daily.
Practical Household Tips From An Old Publication
A compilation of home remedies and cheap tricks ranging from bunion care with saltpeter and oil to making flour starch for fabric, avoiding mold in canned fruit by agitating contents, critiquing Kate Greenaway in children's dress, frying apples with butter and water, removing grease stains with ammonia, preserving bread scraps for puddings, avoiding zinc oxide in galvanized pails, organizing spice boxes, grinding dried corn for soup, observed opinions about Joaquin Miller, dedicating utensils to onions, and noting broom durability on carpets.
Regular walking would boost health for working-class women
A retired physician quoted in the Philadelphia Call urges poor women and mothers to take regular daily walks. He notes they stay indoors, then suffer health issues and doctor bills, and says a short daily walk could markedly improve their well-being.
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Philadelphia
Newly Arrived Englishman Chafes at NYC Newspaper Prices
In a brief vignette from Texas Siftings, a newly arrived Englishman remarks on the marvelously cheap newspapers in New York, while a newsboy jokes that one must pay double the London price to feel at home, highlighting local humor about cost of living.
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Newsboy
New York
London
Texas
German clergyman Hoffmann claims photography discovery in 1833
In his autobiography Rev. Philip Hoffmann, a German clergyman who died near Cassel, asserts he discovered photography in 1833, six years before Daguerre, but could not apply it due to limited chemistry knowledge.
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Philip Hoffman
Cassel
Daguerre
Chicago News
Making a decorative wall fan from wallpaper scraps
A young woman explains how to craft a fashionable wall fan using mismatched wallpaper pieces pasted onto newspaper. Reds are highlighted for a genuine look, with folds, weights, and a ribbon bow finishing edges. The finished fan decorates doors mantels fireplaces or bare walls.
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New York Mail and Express
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