English Girls Read and Nomenclature in America
A London Chronicle excerpt discusses popular reading among English girls and a seaside lending library. It also praises United States state names as musical and poetic, noting Delaware Ohio Ladinna Florida Dakota Iowa Wyoming Minnesota and the Carolinas as rich, resonant terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Club
Henry Wood
Frederick Harrison
United States
Delaware
Ohio
Ladinna
Florida
Dakota
Iowa
Wyoming
Minnesota
Carolinas
L London Chronicle
Didn't Half Try. Harold's Plea After Bad Day
A brief Chicago News item quotes a tense exchange with a father and son. Harold protests gossip claiming he behaved poorly, saying he could have been worse, while the father presses for an explanation. The dialogue captures a domestic moment reflecting rumor and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
Harold
Papa
Chicago News
What a Woman Says
A brief exchange quoted from a Chicago newspaper gag panel about courtship and marriage noting that a wife may not always speak plainly during courtship but tends to after marriage. The dialogue contrasts old fashioned restraint with post marriage candor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singleton
Chicago New
Untitled Proposal Question Between Two Speakers
Dialog shows Tleary asking if she would accept a proposal and Tthel replying she has accepted worse looking chaps, indicating doubt and humor about romantic acceptance.
Livingstone Centenary Celebrations Across Nations
Memorial plans move forward as the London Missionary Society seeks 850000 to honor Dr. David Livingstone. The centenary week features sermons and honors in Britain, the United States, and worldwide, highlighting his explorer's impact on opening Dark Africa and ending the transatlantic slave trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United
Stites
David Livingstone
London Missionary Society
Livingstone
Africa
Attica
Ufi
Stratey
Tye
Hiaven
Loudoun Missionary Society
Wis Bern
Aftica
Wellington
Spain
Jor
David
Glasgow
Lemon Missionary Society
Henton
Flo
Unta
Massive New York Pawnshop Safe Robbery Shocks City
The Simons pawnshop on Fourth Street in New York suffered a daring break in with a vault packed with bonds notes and gems worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Detectives describe the thieves as expert cracksmen who avoided all electric alarms and left few fingerprints and no eyewitnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Deafy
Dave
New York City
Plester Street
Sineus
Pawhalwoler
Detective Bureau
Nan
Tout
Simons
Fim
Minbrokers
Conbin
Solaney
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
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Mr. Wilton Lackaye
H. B. Warner
the Wonder
Venus
Bacchus
Act
Rex Beach
Frank M. Chambers
Front St
Red Bank
Gos Vinent
Explorer
Britain
New York Mall
King Solomon
Simons Joys
Bochor
Stinty
Stu
Phe Sin
Broodliye
Walter Critchard Eaton
Brutus Bassa
Caesar
Velor
Cassius
Chew
Willie
Puppy Johnson
Jelanen
Piguie Davis
Kenworth
Monmouth County
Mir
Walter Rosenberg
Easte Greetings
Hick’ss Jewelry
Broadway
Waterman's Fountain
Roger Bros
Albert
Broad Street
Miss
George Fy
Broa Red Bank
Mrs. H. Gorey
Broad St
Model Gloak & Suit Co
Was, Cooper
Rexal Store
New Jersey
Cooper
Lyric Theatre
Globe
Red Bank, N. J
Thomas Williams
Mgr
Country Store
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