Valentine Poem and Long Short Story of Jed Brown
A romantic lyric about spring and Valentine promises opens a narrative set in Lenzington. Jedediah Brown, heir to uncle Hiram Brown, loves Miss Helen Davis and faces an inheritance dispute spurred by his uncle’s stubborn pride. Jed’s wit and a sly plan with telegrams and valentines drive the intrigue, leading to comic twists as romantic plans collide with family intrigue.
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Jed
Jed Brown
Helen Davis
Lenzington
Browns
Davises
Hiram Brown
Davis
Mr. Crown
Tommy
Tommy Davis
Jedas
Helen Dav—Davis
Mr. Brown
Helen
Jedediah Brown
Valentine Mix Up Drives Davis Family to a Match
In a tale from Yankee Blade, Tommy Davis receives a wry valentine and triggers a comic chain of misread letters. Miss Robins confronts the prank, Jed composes a rescue, and Helen marries Jed with Uncle Brown easing into acceptance of “those Davis.”
Valentine Wish Sparks Old Fashioned Courtship Tale
A rustic youth in Philadelphia browsed fifty valentines and left heartbroken when a half mourning card for a girl was unavailable. A prior British army commission price list, abolished after July 1871, lists Cornet or ensign at £470 and up to lieutenant colonel at £4,500.
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Apter
Philadelphia
Debate on democracy and party discipline in the 1890s
The piece critiques Democratic splits between Cleveland and Hill factions over tariff and silver, arguing for firm platform adherence. It warns that divergence weakens the party and elevates competing movements like the Columbian party, urging unity behind Cleveland or risk of electoral defeat.
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Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Democratic Party
Crisp
Mills
New York
Congress
Springer
Hill
Hill- Springer
Boston Reform Club
Columbian Party
Democratic Congress
Grover Cleveland
Chicago Graphic
Tariff debate and convention outlook on protection
The piece argues Mr. Springer's plan to repeal wool duties does not attack protection as a whole. It praises the McKinley tariff of 1890, notes the likelihood of amendments over time, and discusses party strategies and convention sites, with focus on Chicago neutrality, and potential boosts for Cleveland Hill Campbell Gray and Boies.
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Democratic Party
Congress
Springer
House
Senate
Chicago Inter Ocean
Mr. Springer
North American Review
House of Representatives
Chicago
Tilmois
Gen. Palmer
Mills
Antitariff
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Des Moines
Kansas City
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Illinois
New York
National Committee
Cleveland
Hill
Tammany
Cleveland and
Campbell
Gray
Boies
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
CURRENT PRESS COMMENTS and political quips
A compilation of remarks from Chicago Journal Memphis Appeal Minneapolis Tribune and Toledo Blade featuring views on Illinois politics the Republican outlook and the Cleveland Democratic question. It notes the McKinley tariff remaining vindicated by strong bank clearings totaling 1 290 100 822 and a 12 1 2 percent rise from last year amid January dullness in business.
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Illinois
Chicago Journal
David B. Hill
Memphis Appeal
Minneapolis Tribune
Springer
Ways and Means Committee
Lirer Springer
Toledo Blade
Democratic Party
Cleveland
United States
Iowa State Register
The Mare That Said Money Makes the Mare Go
A temperance tale explains two sayings through a Dutch distiller Jake Sneider and his drunken son. A lecturer taunts Sneider by equating money with a mare, then exposes the dangers of alcohol by riding his own horse to ruin. The narrator recalls this moral illustration from Sunday Afternoon.
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Jake Sneider
Mr. Sneider
Jack Sneider
Father
Old Tom Signs Pledge Behind Final Drink
A fading drunkard, Old Tom, agrees to sign a temperance pledge after a boy named Hugh Evans urges him. The pledge promises health, stability, and steady work, with the signed pledge helping him return home sober and restore his family’s happiness. The tale highlights temperance triumph and moral renewal.
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Tom
Hugh Evans
Hugh
Hughie
Old Tom
The Nervous Belt and Addiction in the Temperate Zone
A Chicago Mail excerpt argues the temperate zone hosts the highest nervous disease prevalence and stimulant use. It links dense contact via press, steam travel, and telegraph to heightened modern living, claiming alcohol and narcotics rise with nervousness and civilization. It cites England and European nations in the belt as showing rising alcohol use.
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Spain
Italy
Europe
Canada
Stock Exchange
New York
Exchange
London
England
Belgium
Ielland
Germany
Chicago Mail
Rules for Drinking By Dutchmen Manners at Table
A vignette from Scribner's outlines old Dutch rules for wine rounds at table. It covers offering red wine to guests, hosting salutations, toasts by groups in large crowds, who to toast, and kissing etiquette between ladies. It notes washing lips before kissing a lady and avoiding disturbance by leaving chairs. It advises not requiring every guest to finish a glass and to refill considerately.
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Scribner's
Alcohol and liquor trade notes from a historic Chicago context
The article cites New York's beer consumption at thirty million barrels yearly with a three million yearly increase. It notes saloon price cuts due to English brewery competition, a hospital planned by Dr. Leslie E. Kertey near Chicago, and a 30 acre Glencoe site for alcohol treatment quarters. It discusses kidney irritation from alcohol, a German finding on a single beer's 36 hour effect, and Chicago Citizens' League actions against minors' access, plus global temperance quotes from Benson and Wesley. It provides liquor dealer licensing data across states, highlighting disparities and per-capita figures, ending with notes from the Herald and Presbyter.
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Chicago
Leslie E. Kertey
Glencoe
Citizens’ League of
Benson
Gloucester
John Wesley
United States
Vermont
Kansas
Maine
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Indiana
Ohio
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
California
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Annt
Frank Dempster Sherman
Demarcat's Monthly
Miss Robins
Hikam Bintown
Brown
Rown
Grown
Abigail Robins
Thomas Davis
Center Street
Segelena
Machee
Rascal
Unk
Uncle Brown
Mattie O. Campbell
Yankee Blade
Cupid
Indy Fair
Belle
Beasie
Temperance Notes
Saxony
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