Negro Hymns and Singers Stir Rural Churchgoers
An Arkansas correspondent for the New York Post describes negro church singing with two to three male and female leaders whose memory for words and tunes is prodigious. The Jubilee Singers’ style is heightened by a nasal male rasp and a high female note, while hymns mix biblical imagery with secular themes. Hymn books are read aloud section by section as most congregants cannot read, and deacons study the hymnals closely despite white employers doubting their literacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Shiloh
Shilon
Zion
Christ
Darling
Babylon
John the Baptist
John We
John de Baptist
Jesus
Holy Bible
Dettona
Moses
Daniel
Elemun
Harris
Harris, the “Uncle Remus” of the Tlanta Constitution, and Entitled “Uncle Rremus
Golden Gate
Sinnah
Satan
Artansas Cor. N. Y. Post
A Dairy Maid’s Disaster at the Prince’s Rustic Fete
In Brighton in the early 20th century Lady Haggerstone sought to win the heir apparent’s heart by dressing as a milk maid at a villa fete. Her mini farm yard with Alderney cows backfired when a stubborn animal toppled stool and pail, sending her fleeing back to the dairy. London Society notes the episode as a comic miscue in royal circle splendor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Brighton
Haggerstone
Florizel
Spa
Pringle Tricks Tin Tacks In Comic Street Tale
A pointed tale features Jack Pringle who helps a stammering stranger ask for tin tacks. Pringle tricks him into sitting on the tacks, escaping the ironmonger's counter as the shopkeeper reacts. The clipping adds quips about a barber and Smyrna grapes, ending with playful notes on new hair removal tricks.
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Jack Pringle
Jack
Simon Pure
Detroit Free Press
The Red Spectre of the Taiferies Haunts Tuileries Palace
A Paris Gazette recounts the legend of the Red Spectre said to haunt the Tuileries and Louvre during revolutions and the Commune. It traces sightings from 1798 to 1871, including Marie Antoinette's women, the Duchesse d Angouleme, and a chimney prank by Gros's studio pupils, ending with the 1871 fire and lingering haunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvre Quartier
Tuileries
Marie Antoinette
Salle Des Gardes
Dauphine
King
Rome
Louis XVIII
Galerie du Louvre
Gros
Louvre
France
Duchesse d’Angouleme
St. Louis
Jos
Paris
Galerie d’Apollon
Grande Galerie
St. James Gazelle
Disciplining a School in Jefferson County
Com mon School Commissioner Abner J. Smith visited a rural Louisville area school where about 15 to 20 shy girls and unruly boys created chaos. The frail female teacher struggled to maintain order as the students fought among themselves. Smith warned he would report the school unfavorably, then left. Shortly after, James Nickolsini, whitties of the First District School, confronted him about the behavior observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Abner J. Smith
Louisville
Mr. Smith
Smith
James
Nickolsini
First District
Trustee Henry Nicholson’s Rods Ignite School Controversy
In Louisville’s Courier Journal a report details Trustee Nicholson storming into a rural school with rods, chastising pupils to restore order. The reform move sparks backlash as indignant parents travel to the city seeking legal action, with indictments likely to arise from the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Smith
Nicholson
Solomon
Tribunal of Justice
Louisrifle Courier Journal
Curious Coincidences And The Providence Habit
A Boston New York travel anecdote describes a traveler who for eight years always boarded the Providence on the Fall River Line between New York and Fall River. He reports at least forty consecutive Providences in a row and keeps a dated log since 1878 or 1879.
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New York
Boston
Fall River
Bristol
Providence
Mr. X
Fall River Line
Line
Hell Gate
Behring
The
Philadelphia Press
Three Democratic Governors Stir Republican Backlash in 1880s
A Chicago era editorial assesses New York Pennsylvania and Massachusetts electing Democratic governors in November, countering Republican shock. It argues Republicans attack Cleveland Pattison and Butler, branding them villains and denouncing their reform efforts while the three governors push steady governance amid hostile press. The piece highlights inaugural receptions, critical editorials, and ongoing partisan mudslinging as the governors work to fulfill promises. It also notes a lassez faire business mood and unrelated notices, from architectural schemes to water and transit topics.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Harrisburg
Boston
Artisan
Butler
Cleveland
Pattison
St. Louis
Living war governors and aging notables in late 19th-century notices
A collection of brief obituaries and social notes lists living war governors Curtin Kirkwood and Blair, plus James Atwood of Sunbury who married his son's wife’s daughter. It mentions Bishop J J Glossbrenner’s golden wedding in Augusta County, Baptist couples in Fore region, a Huntington Pennsylvania wedding, Isaac Hicka with a large family, ex Governor Jewell’s Charter Oak history project, painter Brownell, and octogenarian Mark Alexander, once congressman, now poor and dependent on charity with a long marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtin
Pennsylvania
Kirkwood
Jaws
Blair
Michigan
James Atwood
Sunbury
J. J. Glossbrenner
Augusta County
United Brethern Church
Brown
Huntington, Pa
John Brown
Lizzie Brown
Isaac Hicka
Milan
N.Y. Ledger
Jewell
Connecticut
Charter Oak
Brownell
Con- Iaesine
Jason Post
Mark Alexander
Mecklenburg County
Congress
Chicago Journal
Nonsense and Prose in a Patchwork Echo
A collage of pithy quips and humorous lines from various papers. Jokes about habits, manners, and social foibles appear alongside schoolboy humor and quips about philosophers and printers. The item captures a crosswise snapshot of light entertainment in a late nineteenth or early twentieth century style.
Likeness of Animals and Men
The excerpt discusses human likeness to animals, noting rodenits as a grotesque prototype and likening traits to dogs, terriers, bulldogs, and a Bengal tiger. It cites caricatures from social types such as North resembling a mastiff, Dundreary resembling a terrier, and others with dog and tiger comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher North
Victoria
Bill Sykes
Bels
Chicago Express
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Ealvation
Daniel Simpeen
Cleveland, Pattison and Butler
Transcontinental Gazette
Nice
Pisa
Italy
Austin Savage
Chicago
Vanderbilt
San Francisco
England
St Hightate
A. L
Indiana
Birmingham
Little Johnny
Boston Post
Piscator
Jarvis
Jupiter
Mra. J
Chicago Tribune
Texas
Whitehall
N. Y
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