George Eliot The True Story Of Her Life And Fortune
Loxpor report 1879 portrays Marian Evans George Eliot as the United Kingdom’s premier living novelist. It details her education from a curate’s daughter to London writer, her lifelong independence, and a controversial spiritual partnership with George Henry Lewes. It notes her earnings near 250 000 dollars, mastery of multiple languages, and a public image of quiet widowhood after Lewes’s death.
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San Francisco
Binge Gevius
Mary Braddon
Henry Wood
Outda
Beecher Stowe
Rebecca Harding Davis
de Sinel
George Band
France
Balzac
Thackeray
Fonz
George Eliot
Theophrastus Buch
Danijel Deronda
Waa
Adam Bede
Mill
Felix Holt
Africa
Marian C. Evans
Warwickshire
Great Britain
Stratford
Warwick Cunstle
Guy’s Clif
Kenilworth
Ald Tower
Coventry
Comutry
Thamara Sha
Loudoun
London
Martian Evans
Ike Fraser
Blackwood
Didinburgh and
Westmnster
West- Intuster
Pte Awiit
Tidus Stoad
Cueh
Stawiss
Jesus
Ashe
George Bot
Qian
Reorze
Herbert Spencer
George Henry Lewes
Dickens
Adolphus Trollope
Matthew Arnold
Wilkie Collins
Leelie Stephen
Charles Reade
Spencer
Lewes
Jewee
Byencer
Elrine
United Kingdom
Regent's Park
Romola
Middlemarch
Blackwoods
Daniel Deronda
Silas Marner
Shle Se
We Ashe
Bruno
A Female Star Chamber in London Society
The death of Wie Gdnyager Countess of Litchfield recalls Almack’s Board of Red Cloth, a feared five‑member fashion tribunal in London. Led by prominent ladies the panel pre-screens applicants, admitting or denying access to high society. rejection could break a woman's heart. Almack’s rooms in London’s William Street, St James, were once opened to Americans for public meetings and socials.
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Philadelphia
Wie
Gdnyager
Litchfield
London
Almack's
Board of Red Cloth
Star Chamber
England
London Society
Almack
William
King Street
St. James
Remarkable Golden Weddings in Adams Family
The Quincey Mass Patriot notes the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Charles Francis Adams. Three generations of Adamses celebrated golden weddings, including John Adams and John Quincy Adams, with intervals of thirty three and thirty two years. Charles Francis Adams is seventy two.
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Quincey
Mass
Charles Francis Adams
Sane
John Adame
John Quincy Adame
John Adams
J. Adams
Mr. Adame
Beecher on Sunday Lawn from the mountains
The Rev Henry Ward Beecher writes from the mountains to the Christian Union arguing the Sabbath is for man not the Sabbath and that modern Pharisees complain when people do good. He cites Jesus work on the Sabbath as example and defends Sunday activity as proper.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Christian Union
Jesus
Eight Days at Sea on a Hatch Aboard a Rising Storm
The brig Cascatelle under Dickison was struck by a cyclone off Calcasien Pass. Two colored sailors went overboard. one clung to a booby hatch and survived eight days at sea. Captain Forbes of the Senator Weber found him insensible but alive in Galveston outer roads. He recovered under Forbes's care and recalls nothing of the mate’s fate.
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Terasi
Cascatelle
Dickison
New York
Calcasien Pass
Forbes
Senator Weber
Galveston
Enrickwan
Con Pond
Ashvelot
Richmond
Bridgeport
Conn
Bottle adrift sparks prayer in river fishing tale
In New Orleans a party of six fishermen on the levee reel in three catfish nine gare and a guapargoo. They spot a bottle floating downstream and drift ashore. They hold a prayer meeting for the fool who signed the bottle with name and address a hundred miles upstream.
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New Orleans
Quinine Price Report and Cinchonidia Duty Debate
The Baltimore Gazette notes cinchonidia substitutes keep quinine prices high under a forty percent duty. When foreign quinine arrives, Philadelphia traders price cinchonidia cheaply and push genuine quinine out. The piece predicts Congress will free cinchonidia next winter.
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Baltimore Gazette
Philadelphia
Congress
Clock Swindlers Target Clock Sale Scam
Lewis A Kendall and Lewis A Slocum of Boston William E Hunt of Rockland and Mrs Wallace Hunt are held on $1000 bail in Boston for mail fraud misusing postal cards to advertise valuable clocks for one dollar each. buyers received a solograph device that shows approximate time when the sky is clear.
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Springfield Republican
Lewis A. Kendall
Lewis A. Slocum
Boston
William E. Hunt
Rockland
Wallace Hunt
Kentucky Rain Reveals Catfish Flood Discovery
In Clarkaville, after heavy rain on Tuesday, Hon. G. A. Henry found a man bent over a ground littered with catfish. The man gathered the fish by the double handful as they lay thick on the ground, indicating an unusual flood-related scene.
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Kentucky
Clarkaville Tobacco
G. A. Henry
Sabbatarian reformers push Sunday newspaper and milk sales ban
The Sabbatarians of Portland advocate extending Sunday restrictions beyond newspapers to ban milk distribution to families, taking a stricter stance than other reformers in the city.
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Boston Globe
Portland
Favorite Sweetmeat Recipe Notes
A compact glimpse of a home canning tip from a Boston Transcript item. The piece describes making a sweet fruit preserve labeled Favorite Sweetmeat, advising mashing apples and squeezing juice, then cooking and packing tightly to last winter if supplies allow.
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Boston Transcript
Applea
Sea Monster Sinks Norwegian Bark. Crew Rescued by Steamer
Captain Larsen and eleven crew members survived after the Norwegian bark Columbia was struck by a huge sea monster, forcing abandonment of ship. The P Caland rescued the crew in mid Atlantic near longitude 43 54 and latitude 47 32, with the ship sinking an hour and a half after the collision.
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New Fort
P. Caland
Rotterdam
L. C. Larsen
Larsen
Columbia
London
Quebec
Hvebellai
Captain Larsen
Deddes
Karsen
Persona
Lunsbers
Norway
Norwegan
Causes of the agricultural low mood in England and America
A London Tides notice reviews Shaw Lefevre’s British Association speech on the prolonged low farming mood. It explains depressed harvests, rising costs, and foreign grain competition from the United States, and warns that national wealth depends on good English harvests matching global food abundance.
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London
British Association
Shaw- Lefevre
Shaw Lefevre
Great Britain
Shaw-Lefevre
Atlantic
Monster Railways
United States
South Wales
Durham
Pennsylvania
Europe
New England
New York
United Kingdom
Deceased African Explorer Keith Johnston
Keith Johnston, son of renowned geographer Alexander Keith Johnston, died of dysentery on June 28 after reaching Berobero in Wakuutu. Trained at Perthes and under Dr. Petermann, he wrote on Africa and geography and led a Royal Geographical Society expedition toward Lake Nyassa. He died young, leaving a legacy of exploration.
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London Athenaeum
Keith Johnston
Berobero
Wakuutu
Dar-es-Salam
Alexander Keith Jonnneton
Perthes
Geographical Institute
Petermann
Africa
Stanford
Paraguay
Royal Geographical Society
Lake Nyassa
Usambara
Bernhardt Denies Agent Jarrett Handling US Deals
The note from Sarah Bernhardt denies any authorization of a theatrical agent named Jarrett to act on her behalf in America. She rejects any contracts he might seek and asks newspapers to publish this disclaimer.
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Sarah Bernhardt
America
Nomme Jarrett
Amerique
Assurance de
Barah Bernhardt
Societaire de Lan Comedie Francaise
Paris
Avenue de Villiers
Jarrett
Societaire de la Comedie Francaise
General Grant in Enrickwan Palace Tokyo August 1879
John Russell Young describes General Grant's residence Enrickwan, a secluded palace of the Tycoon now owned by the Emperor. The grounds feature artificial lakes, canals, bridges, private boats with imperial crests, and extensive Japanese garden design. Guards, servants, and ceremonial routines pervade daily life.
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John Russell Young
New York Herald
Tokio
Enrickwan
General Grant
Enriokwan
Enrinkwan
Pierced by a sword fish in East River accident
Jobo Doyle a seventeen year old of 63 Columbia Place Brooklyn vanished after a swim in the East River and was found at Chambers Street Hospital with a severe wound to his right leg from a swordfish. He was brought home in a swollen leg the danger of inflammation past according to doctors.
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New York Sun
Doyle
Brooklyn
Jobo
Columbia Place
Lim
East
Chambers Street
East River
Widow and landowner’s widow link to secret wedding
The Centerville Observer reports a social sensation in Queen Anne's County where Mrs. Margaret Taylor widow of Geo W Taylor and Frank Merchant planned a private marriage at the Methodist Protestant Church. An illness of the bride caused cancellation and executor William J Price was called for business consultation.
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Baltimore Sun
Centerville
Margaret Taylor
Geo. W. Taylor
Queen Anne's County
Frank Merchant
Kent
Wm. J. Price
Mr. Taylor
Missing woman at Corsica wharf case stirs suspicions
A woman vanished from her home near Corsica wharf after asking her visitor to wait until morning. A search found a missing carriage and a colored boy who led to Hillsboro and a train for an unknown destination. A note to Mr Price instructs disposal of belongings and burial plans if found.
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Corsica Wharf
Aa Sabe
Parte
Hillsboro
Five Female Forms Swim Race Off Raune Baths
Five young women from New York, Carrie Ryan, Eroma Renner, Clara Friend, Mary Steinberg, and Julia Herman, swam 400 yards near East Sixty Fifth Street under coach Holtz. Despite initial fear, they ventured into the water, with Miss Steinberg winning by about a length in 1 40, earning a gold medal.
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New York
Sun
Raune
East Sixty-fifth Street
Carrie Ryan
Eroma Renner
Clara Friend
Mary Steinberg
Julia Herman
Holtz
Mary
Nos
Mr. Holtz
Outea
Miss Ryan
Miss Steinberg
Miss Herman
Misa Emma Renner
Misa Friend
Voter Majorities in Presidential Years and Maine Politics
The Philadelphia Press notes voting peaks in presidential years, especially 1876, and tracks Maine political trends from 1820 onward. It highlights Democratic dominance through 1856 with one exception, and Maine’s eventual Republican leanings after 1858, influenced by figures like King and Wells.
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Philadelphia
King
Given
Maine
Kent
Anson P. Morri
Wells
Tim
Centipede Death and Odd Notes From the West
Reported near Memphis Creek Utah Territory a man named Velestoro Crucas killed a nine inch centipede with a pistol but later died from its bite and swelling. A mule tethered nearby also died by dawn. The item also rounds up various curious tales including a 10 year old Russian girl Fatinitza weighing 418 pounds and the humor of a five year old in a Connecticut court. The notes include Oliver Wendell Holmes opposing moving King’s Chapel burial grounds in Boston and a remark about Native American respect for ancestors.
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Coniton
Imp
Memphis Creek
Utah Territory
Velestoro Crucas
Crneas
Crucan
Oliver Wendell Holmes
King’s Chapel Burying Ground
Boston
City Council
King's Chapel Cemetery
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