Neighbor Jim and the village talk on a cheerful neighbor
A reflective portrait of Neighbor Jim, a man with a constant cheerful smile who avoids gossip, listens attentively, and helps uplift others. The piece notes his restraint from judgment, kindness to children, respect for opinions, and rare yet meaningful kindnesses despite illness. It closes with a comparison to social segregation in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
New York
Academy of Music
South Africa
John Brice
Century Magazine
White House
Khama
England
Duke of Westminster
America
Prince of Wales wardrobe fascinates royal dressing habits
Odds and Ends notes the Prince of Wales keeps vast wardrobes at Marlborough House with fixed prices for suits and trousers, a dislike of evening dress, and stockpiled discarded clothes. Hats stay at Sandringham, while bowler hats are preferred to silk toppers.
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Prince of Wales
Marlborough House
George IV
Sandringham
Omnibus Passengers Reach Massive London Figures
London omnibuses carried over 79,000,000 riders last year. The record highlights public transport demand and the scale of urban mobility in the capital.
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London Omnibuses
UP IN HIGH SOCIETY DIVORCES AND ELOPMENTS IN 1890s AMERICA
Higginson of Boston records: Arriet Blaine Beale wins custody of infant Walker Blaine Beale in Augusta Maine while her divorce from Truxton Beale is finalized. Mrs Higginson in Paris elopes with J Wheatland Smith after long sensational marriage to banker Francis Higginson. Multiple divorce suits and society names populate the week’s gossipy docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arriet Blaine Beale
Wihite‘house
Supreme Court
Augusta
Truxton Beale
Walker Blaine Beale
Beale
James G. Blaine
Washington
Hattie
San Francisco
Persia
New York City
Julia Borland Higginson
J. Wheatland Smith
Paris
New York
Boston
Doolittle
Dunn
Thurlow Weed B Barnes
John Morris
Miss Morris
Felicity
Barnes
Virginia Harned
Mr. Barnes
Crossic
West Twentysixth Street
Standard Telephone Company
Broadway
the Hardware
Delmonico's
How Paps Said Grace Joke from Buffalo Courier
A Methodist minister visiting a home hears grace at table. A hostess’s 4-year-old daughter interrupts, clarifying her father’s different grace. She says her papa’s grace comes after a hearty supper with the line Good God what a supper.
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Paps
Grace
Buffalo Courier
Statesman questions secretary on mail routing
A Detroit Free Press item mocks a statesman scolding his secretary about mail handling. The secretary replies he is taking letters to the express office to ensure proper and careful expression of the correspondence.
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Statesman
Express Office
Detroit
Free Presa
Jewels in Grave at Greenwood Cemetery
A Brooklyn burial scene reports the largest known grave jewelry, with about $5,000 in diamonds adorning the deceased. The undertaker protested interference by the family, who prevailed. Some families replace real jewelry with imitations in life garments to save money and fear misfortune.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
N.Y
Cross Currents and Civic Curiosities Highlight 19th Century Page
Miss May Angela Dickens plans a serial in All the Year Round titled Cross Currents. Congressman Stewart charters trains to invite local children to circuses near Aurora Illinois. Bierstadt to paint Watling Island for the World's Fair. Gen Sherman's mother’s American fish gifted to the World’s Fair by H C Griner. Julian Hawthorne advancing Oregon history across two volumes. Rev Dr Kittredge aims to clear $20,000 church debt with quick subscriptions. Cowper’s Olney house deemed dilapidated by local sanitary authority.
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May Angela Dickens
Charles Dickens
Aurora
Congressman Stewart
Bierstadt
Columbus
Gen. Sheridan
H. C. Griner
Somerset
C. Julian Hawthorne
Oregon
Kittredge
New York
Olney
England
Cowper
Florida travel rates and South peak campaign notes
A collage of historical ads and notices includes travel agents for the Popular Big Four in Chicago, mentions of women voting in Wyoming Utah and Colorado, products from Megeman and Clark, campaign bets and peculiar anecdotes, medical cures from Piso and Dr Kay, and a note of rising demand for wood burning stoves impacting wood cutters and forests.
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Florida
J. €. Tucker
H. W. Sparks
Clark St
Chicago
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Wales
In Higginson
Cutter
George W. Cutter
Channing Memorial Church
Newport
R. L
Kay Street
Rhode Island
Dr. Cutter
Mrs. Higginson
James Smith
United States
Perry
Kansas City
Kan
Haasas
Cleveland
Kansas
Isanzag City
Mrs. Higginson-Smith
Groomwood
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Megeman
E. C.g.clark & Co
N. Haven
Mrs. Winston
Piso
William B. McClechnan
Chester
Toston
Kay
Aaa
PT Baha Sear
Raceagra
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