Dress and Society in Modern Fashion Debates
Ampaiia E Barr argues that dress reflects social, religious, and political shifts, noting the loss of national costumes, rising extravagance, and the mutual gaze of class and wealth. She blames both sexes, but stresses that men drive fashion through wealth signs, while women bear social pressure to dress to their partners’ status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Joubert
Phillipses
Mint
Ampaiia E. Barr
Temptation in the Wilderness Inspired Portrait Prank
A grotesquely ugly man named Pellisson is lured by a beautiful woman into a house where a painter offers to sketch a line for line copy of a depiction. The painter explains he was hired to supply the lady with a picture of the Temptation in the Wilderness and the woman chose Pellisson as the model.
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Pellisson
Revue Anecdotique
Amusing exchanges on art and misfits in a city scene
The piece recounts two comic exchanges. Jones visits Brown's studio and mocks a so called art stove while a dealer confesses selling it as art. The second tale has Mr Snyde, an inferior actor, ordering breakfast at an unfamiliar restaurant and declaring his recognition after two bad eggs.
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Indianapolis Journal
Snyde
Texas Siftings
Insane Statistics and Notable Illinois Incidents
State board of charities reports 2 216 insane cases from July 1803 to December 25 1804 with 1 251 males and 965 females. Cool county leads with 662 males and 44 females. Peoria 36 males 25 females. Monroe 1 case. Several counties report no cases. A Jacksonville farm tragedy ends with Harr is dead after a fight over 25 cents. Money burned with old clothes yields possible Alumin gold. A 16 year old colored boy Murphy commits suicide to avoid a whipping after theft. State finances show taxes 2 042 778 and Illinois Central share 1 842 007 55. Health board elects officers in Springfield. Noah Foster confesses to murder of Arthur Binnion in Pana for cigars whisky and clothing.
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State Board of Charities
Cool County
Peoria County
Monroe County
Calhoun
Jefferson
Johnson
Livingston
Marshall
Mercer
Morgan
Pope
Pulaski
Multiple Illinois News Blotter Items From 1890s Dispatch
A collection of brief reports from Illinois towns including theft at Sheik's hardware in Durand, a fatal vehicle incident at Mound City, child burns in Taylorville, a Minonk relief association formation, and the Illinois State Teachers' Association annual meeting in Springfield. Other items note hogs devouring a farmer, a company closure in Virginia, a suicide in Hampshire, a new canning plant planned in Newman, and various crimes, accidents, elections, and crimes resulting in deaths across several towns.
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Sheik
Durand
Bob Wilkerson
Jackson
Tenn
Mound City
Illinois Central
Samuel D. Brown
Taylorville
Minonk
Minonk Western Relief Association
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Springfield
William J. Doughty
Lynn Township
Virginia Coal and Mining Company
G. J. Henniger
Hampshire
Newman
Nicholas Nischwetz
Carlyle
Clarence Brown
Savanna
John Stodgell
Mount Auburn
Fred Bartel
John Joyce
Ogden’s Grove
Chicago
Bartel
F. R. Black
Christopher Brummett
Clay City
Morgan County
Bob Harris
Robert Warwick
Pension Office Criticizes Use of Inspectors in Pension Checks
Congressman Morse of Massachusetts urges curbs on pension office practices criticizing inspectors and postmasters as hunting for fraud. He cites cases of pensioners denied or reduced, the 1800 act pensioners dropped, and predicts a Republican victory bringing changes at the Interior and Pension Departments.
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National House
Congressman Morse
Massachusetts
House
Linderse
New York
Daniels
Congress
Pensions
Commissioner of Pensions
Democratic Party
Lochren
Interior
American Appetites and Agricultural Bulletin Critique
The Albany Journal notes a Democratic Agricultural Department bulletin arguing Americans eat too much and favor animal proteins over vegetables. It suggests policy aims to boost meat demand, hints at political motives targeting President and cabinet members, and questions food guidance amid broader Washington distress.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Department
Department m
Germany
Hoke Smith
Mr. Bissell
Albany Journal
Methods of the Democrats and the Blaine reciprocity policy
The piece criticizes Democratic opposition to Blaine's Pan American reciprocity policy in the 1900 tariff law. It argues the 1900 act boosted trade, but Democratic power reversed reciprocity, provoking retaliatory moves by Spain and Germany. It warns of further trade conflicts and favors reciprocity over retaliation.
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Senate
James
Blaine
House
United States
South America
Spain
Cubs
Porto Rico
Germany
West Indies
Cuba
Canada
State Department
Madrid
Denmark
France
Gresham
Toledo Blade
Democratic party critique and tariff clashes in 1896 editorials
A compilation of editorials attacks on the Democratic Party from multiple papers. It cites concerns over party influence, currency and silver issues, tariff reform, and the McKinley act, arguing Democratic policies threaten honest money, induce deficits, tax burdens, and harm wages while sparking international trade friction.
Brave and True Motto From Golden Days Poem
A nostalgic verse extols a mother’s praise for a brave and true boy. The speaker recalls lessons from school about virtue and honesty guiding life, praising Willie as model for youth and character.
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Cgeorge B. Griffith
Two Boys Swap Tickets For Mo zart Hall
Kenneth Brooks and Phil, two boys, seek to share a Mozart hall ticket. Kenneth offers his single pass so both can attend, hoping the agent will grant two admissions. The ticket agent jokes about arithmetic by the golden rule as the boys explain their plan.
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Phil
Kenneth
George
Mozart Hall
Ray
The Sea Elephant
W. T. Hornaday writes in St. Nicholas about the California sea elephant, its length up to twenty two feet, and its uncertain relation to Antarctic sea elephants. Once common along California’s coast it was nearly exterminated for oil, with skins and skeletons saved for museums and a few individuals reported south of San Francisco.
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California
W. T. Hornaday
St. Nicholas
Antarctic
Point Reyes
C. H. Townsend
Santa Barbara Island
National Museum
Zoological Museums
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
United States
Townsend
San Francisco
Jefferson
The Alamo Mission and the Texas Defenders
Claire Claxton recounts the 1836 siege of the Alamo led by Travis Bowie Crockett and 145 Texans against Santa Anna’s 4,000, noting the heroic defense, high casualties, and the rallying cry Remember the Alamo as Texas finally wins independence. Also a comic moment from Freddie in Harper's Young People.
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Col. Bowie
Texas
Alamo
San Antonio
Mexico
Santa Anna
Col. Bowle
Travis
Davy Crockett
Mission House
Col. Lamein
Smith
Houston
Claire Claxton
St. Louis Republic
Two Brave Girls Duel Hunting Deaths Reported
A fourteen year old girl at Beecher Bay B C killed a big panther with a Winchester after her dog treed it. Another girl seventeen from Benton Oregon killed a cougar that was fleeing with a young pig.
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Beecher Bay
B. C
Benton
Ore
Chicago
Inter Ocean
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Amelia BE. Barron
Amelia E. Barr
Pellisson's Little Adventure
Jones
Brown
Tsay
Harry
Illinois State News
John Corrington
Jacksonville
Robert Harris
Robert Warrick
Harris
Warrick
Lisetta Groth
Rockford
Will Murphy
Monmouth
Rufus N. Ramsay
Illinois Central Railroad Company
State Board of Health
W. E. Quine
J. W. Scott
B. M. Griffith
Noah Foster
Arthur L. Binnion
Pana
Margaret Lake
Mascoutah
John Herman
Decatur
C. F. Bailey
Millersville
Morris Linn
Piper City
James A. Quick
Shawneetown
Fisher
Gamble Bros
Burgess Hotel
Edward Long
Roadhouse
Clay Sturdevant
Lijah A. Morse, M. D
The
Pension Bureau
Democrats
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Iowa State Register
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
San Francisco Argonaut
Cleveland
Troy Times
Willie
Golden Rule
Kenneth Brooks
Bea
Freddie
Harper's
Edith
Mabel
Mauid
Jaci Dasher
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