Engagement and Divorce Foretold in A Victorian Meeting
A man and a woman reunite after a year in a tense scene marked by past vows and a recent divorce. She recalls their failed match as he quietly declares plans of vengeance and control, while she submits to lingering affection and fear.
Grand Gloomy and Peculiar Recall of Stanton
In a Telegraph Office memoir fragment, Lincoln’s pleasant manner contrasts with Stanton’s stern, commanding presence. Visitors were rarely seated. they stood before a high desk as requests or complaints were swiftly handled. The description likens him to Napoleon in grand, gloomy, and peculiar style. Eugenie’s ancestry notes include Fitzpatrick, a Malaga consul, and ties to Scottish lineage and Stuart connections.
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Lincoln
Stanton
Stanton Sellom
Tar
Cone
Tie
Napoleon
Charles Phillips
Trom “Linseln
Birds of a Feather and Witty Asides From 19th Century Wits
Reminiscences recount Frederick v Gower visiting Moscow in 1856 for a coronation. Opposite their house: a regimental likeness of Paul I, with soldiers bearing the czar’s features, a fashion noted as making men resemble one another. The piece ties to anecdotes about stagey facial likeness and a regimental look. The Venus of Milo quips about arms in a witty exchange mirrored from Chicago Tribune. A girl’s idea of a trousseau mocks thrift over three weeks of wear. A Florentine quote defines a true friend as one who aids in needed deeds.
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Frederick v Gower
Moscow
Alexander Ti
Pawlovski
Paul
Clara Morris Studies Insanity and Heart Disease for Stage Roles
The actress Clara Morris is praised for her detailed method acting in stage realism. She visited insane asylums to study signs of insanity for her role as Cora in Article 47 and observed a disfigured woman on a streetcar to shape her portrayal of the scar. For Miss Moulton’s death scene, she consulted a Dialist and witnessed a patient’s heart symptoms, later gifting money to ease distress. a triggered memory of the scar induced a relapse, and Morris left shaken by the experience.
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Clara Morris
Cora
Miss Morris
Rockefeller’s public wig debut timid, church scene recounted
John D. Rockefeller first wore a wig in public with visible timidity. Personal bodyguard H. M. Briggs recalls the moment at a church service, noting the pastor’s light remark, Rockefeller’s mirror check, and his tentative entrance. The anecdote highlights his discomfort and later amusement.
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John D. Rockefeller
H. M. Briggs
Mr. Rockefeller
Dr. Eaton
Pirate's Coins In Circulation In Cuba And West Indies
The New York Press notes the Isabella doubloon valued at eight dollars is still in use in Cuba, and the term doubloon originally meant double pistole. In the West Indies a double doubloon circulated, while pieces of eight or Spanish dollars of eight reals also remain current. A 1787-dated doubled coin, one of about six believed to exist, reportedly sold about six years ago for a certain amount.
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Cuba
West Indies
New York Press
A Condition Not a Theory in Labor Speak
A sociologist discusses the labor problem with a practical middle class interlocutor. The dialogue reveals workers out of work and unemployment as the central issue. A lawyer from New Orleans recounts a case of a jailed old man who defers to the court’s ignorance.
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New Orleans
Bos
We married her for her title
A witty exchange quoted from the Boston Transcript about a marriage tied to ownership of valuable real estate rather than personal affection. The brief comment highlights a humorous view on titles and property in a domestic context.
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Boston Transcript
Pretzel Joke Quips Highlight St Joseph News Brief
A satirical quip from St. Joseph News playfully questions a pretzel’s nature. A parent character delivers a humorous punchline about a cracker with cramps, ending with a bedtime cue.
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St. Joseph
Snubbed by Apia Consul Shocks Stevenson in Samoa
In H J Moors memoirs Stevenson recounts a cold greeting from Colonel De Coetlogon, newly posted British consul at Apia. Stevenson, barefoot in a shirt and trousers, faced a dour clerk who dismissed them with a blunt good morning and ordered them to speak of business only at proper times, prompting a wry reaction from the famed author.
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Robert. Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Vailimia
Stevenson
Apia
Colonel de Ceetlogon
Colonel de Coetlogon
Britain
Matautu
de Coetlogen
Yie
Mr. Moors
Sac
Fraternal and civic meeting notices in Lititz area
Organization Record lights up a schedule of lodge meetings across Lititz with K P groups and other fraternal bodies. Clubs listed include Littz Lodge No 253 K of P and Lititz Lodge No 1050 La with nightly sessions at Rudy's Hall and Garfield Castle in EB.
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Littz Lodge
K. of P
Ore Searadey
Rudy
Flell
Lititz Lodge
Hudy
Garfield Castle
Rudy's Hall
Washington
Rothaville
Swan Hotel
M. Stevens
G. R
Brobst’s Hall
Guile
Aborings Council
Tuite
Council Chamber
Lititz
Lititz Fase Company
East Orange Street
At & P. M. Warwick School Board
Cice
Warwick Lititz Agricultural ‘Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Eititz ¥. M. C. A
the Loyal Temperance Legion
Court Lititz
No. 296
F. of A
Rudy’s Hall
Lancaster Lititz and Manheim area bus schedule fragment
Bus timetable shows limited readable runs between Lancaster Lititz and Manheim with morning departures starting around 5 AM from Lancaster and 6 45 AM from Lititz on weekdays. Saturday and busy-day variations include extra half hour steps and additional end times. Sunday starts vary with first car from Lancaster at 7 AM and Lititz at 8 15 AM. Manheim first at 7 39 AM.
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Lancaster
Lititz
A. M
Manheim
High Grade Goods Offered by Merchant Scripting List
We are bound to satisfy our customers by handling only high grade goods. A large stock includes coal in all sizes Company Coal Hard Medium and Soft. Lumber in broad assortment. A hard fading slate. Victor Wall Plaster Galcium Plaster and Pewter Sand. Granite roofing Peroid roofing Monarch roofing Mutual Rubber Roofing. Ground Alum and common fine salt Ritsoll rock salt and fine table salt. High grade Griffith and Boyd phosphate.
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Victor
Griffith and Boyd
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