Chit Chat and Domestic Comedy In A Chicago Home
In a Chicago Tribune vignette a tale follows Elfreda Magruder and Callithumpian W Magruder as a playful household crisis unfolds. A hungry street girl seeks food and small items, prompting a neighborly act, while a comic marital confession over onions ends the day in light sentiment. The piece blends social observation with humorous domestic antics.
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Elfreda
Callithampian
Sid
Callithumphan W. Magruder
Husbad
Teannot
Elileda
Norah
Tifleda
Mr. Magruder
Lily
Calithumpian
Calithimpian
Elfielda
Elfreda Erudger
New England
Kate H Pier and Family of Wisconsin Lawyers
The Pier family from Fond du Lac and Milwaukee includes Col K Pier his wife and three daughters all pursuing law. Kate Jr Pier and Mrs Pier graduated from the state university law department in 1887 as two of four women to complete the program, with Miss Pier notably appearing before the state supreme court as the first woman lawyer there. The family shares an office in the Miller block and maintains a thriving practice, earning high regard from contemporaries.
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Pier
K. Pier
Fond du Lac
Milwaukee
Wisconsin State University
Kate Jr. Pier
Law Department
The
State University
la Follette
Congressiman la Follette
Madison
Misa Jesse Hutchinson
Richland Center
Wis
Miller Block
Miss Pier
Supreme Court
Supreme Tribunal of
Women Journalists in Boston and Buffalo Conversation
A Buffalo Courier reporter interviews Katharine Conway of the Boston Pilot on women in journalism. Conway highlights opportunity and pay based on ability, praises respectful treatment, and urges talented women to pursue writing with hard work, patience, and club support in New England. She notes Boston and Chicago as hubs and cites the New England Woman's Press Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Buffalo Courier
Katharine Conway
Boston Pilot
New England Woman's Press Club
Rewa
United States
Chicago
Julia Ward Howe
Making a sofa from a keg in a log cabin style
A rustic guide describes turning a nail keg into a comfy seat with a blue denim cushion and box pleats, plus a portable lid with a rope handle for swing material storage. It suggests variations using cretonne and adds a cautionary aside about lighting candles during adventures.
Beecher's Words Outweigh Ingersoll in Mock Debate
In a vivid anecdote Beecher corrects Ingersoll on the cruelty of mocker and affirms religion as the human aid to mobility. Beecher and Ingersoll spar in a dinner-table exchange while a poor blind man struggles in a mud pool, and Beecher condemns the brute who offends him. The scene ends with Beecher revealing moral authority over the room. The piece then shifts to a Dublin note on Parnell and nationalist governance and its tax burden with calculations on city debt and rates, linking Edinburgh readers to Irish political finance concerns. Also, mentions Parnell’s estate quarry selling stone to Dublin for taxation.
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Beecher
Colonel Ingersoll
Henry Ward Beecher
Holt
Ingersoll
Heecher
Anld
City Eatute
Improvement Fund
Water Fund
Dub UN
Edinburgh
Parnell
Corporation of Dublin
Dublin Tramway Company
Wales
Elixir of Life Draws Mocking Commentary
The Yankee Blade weighs in on Dr Brown-Sequard and his alleged life extending elixir. It humorously notes the risks of immortality including crowded Earth, collapsed professions, and a future with perpetually aging residents. It questions whether the potion will outdo past elixirs and lampoons the fame around nervous diseases.
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Brown-Sequard
Eaidt
Brown-Sequird
Dr. Brown-Sequard
Ayer
Hood
Hostetter
Brown Sequard
Duel of 1902 Between Clinton and Swartwout Ends in Retreat
In a 1902 duel behind Wee Hawken De Witt Clinton fired five times at John Swartwout who, wounded in the arm leg and finger, demanded another shot each time. Swartwout pressed on despite pain, but Clinton, losing patience with his rival's wounded honor, cast his pistol aside and walked away saying he had no patience for a man who could not know when his wounded honor or body was satisfied.
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de Witt Clinton
John Swartwout
Weehawken
Clinton
Swartwout
A Guilty Conscience and a Schoolyard Quarrel
A brief tale notes that a boy who sees a coat fits himself, echoing that a guilty conscience needs no accuser. Two schoolboys quarrel over a missing knife and claim the other stole it, until the teacher untangles the misread accusations and missteps among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Willie
Ateal
Longest uninterrupted debate ends but continues
The New Zealand House of Representatives closed a record sixty six hours plus of continuous debate on August 1 over a representation bill, yet the session was not finished as the debate resumed after a pause.
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New Zealand
House of Representatives
A Little Ressoner In A Curious Train Car Scene
A little girl with her mother sits beside a horse-car. A man affiliated with a bunion sits opposite, exposing his shoe for comfort. The girl asks, Mumma, I know what made that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mumma
Corsicana Men Win Lottery Prize of 15 Dollars Each
In Corsicana Texas August 27 1833 two men Mears John W O Neal and O P Wimberly won 15 each in the Louisiana State Lottery drawing held on the 13th instant They held one twentieth of ticket No 87835 which drew the capital prize 300000 Each deposited tickets with First National Bank for collection and received receipts The prize money 30000 was collected in New Orleans after exchange O Neal plans to buy a small farm near Corsicana and live quietly Wimberly intends a pleasure trip and then invest part of his winnings The News Boston Aug 30 Galveston Tex
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Fortune
Corsicana
Tex
Texas
Mears
John W. O'Neal
O. P. Wimberly
Louisiana
O'Neal
John
First National Bank
Bondhalder
C. P. Wimberly
New Orleans
Wimberly
Galveston
Old Stone House, Guilford's Ancient Dwelling, Highlighted in Quar-Centennial
The Old Stone House in Guilford Connecticut is celebrated as the oldest dwelling in the United States, built in 1640 for Rev. Henry Whitfield. Occupied by Mr. Mall since April, it once sheltered Connecticut’s charter in a hidden cellar and features 19th century patriotic bunting and flags during the celebration.
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Guilford, Conn
Poe
Mall
Canaan
N. Y
Cone
Stockbridge
Mass
Connecticut
Henry Whitfield
Church of England
England
Guilford
Notoriety Craze Ahead at Niagara Falls Barrel Jumpers
The piece notes a windup to the season as cranks plan drama at Niagara Falls. It discusses Graham and Stephen Brodie's alleged falls efforts, skepticism about survival, and a suggestion that barrel actors and rubber-suit jumpers converge to determine if such a plunge can be survived.
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Niagara Falls
Graham
Stephen Brodie
New York
Brodie
Mr. Brodie
Genesee Falls
Essex man Samuel Morse and the hungry mystery
Samuel Morse of Essex Massachusetts suffers a chronic unexplainable appetite driving near continuous eating day and night for two years. Despite examinations by prominent physicians no diagnosis or medicine offers relief. He consumes beans lamb and broth in large quantities with rapid hunger returning each morning and night.
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Essex
Mass
Samuel Morse
Fashion notes on uniforms with white watered oilcloth and ribbons
English Urideamaire wear dire pedis coptaines of white watered oilk with Pedingoter whi have deep rolling collars srepe de Unie featoures at the belt with long tw oops and ends of yellow moire ribbon.
Silver Jewelry And Fashion Narratives In An Antique Tale
The passage blends ornate fashion details with a roaming tale of a prince and woodland journey. It describes brave maids, princess designed garments, and jeweled circlets as the era’s sartorial centerpiece. Amid fashion, a dubious medical claim surfaces offering a miracle cure for numerous ailments, marketed with sensational rhetoric and odd puns.
Reward Offered For Item Seized By Hulls Catarch Chive
A reward is announced for any case involving items seized by Hulls Catarch Chive. Details are unclear due to damaged text but involve a sale or test imals and a possible patent or firm name Dyntelts.
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Cheney
Totede
Mroors
Hall'y Caturrl
Itarel
Hull
Catarch Chive
Dyntelts, Fie
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Beecher and Ingersoll
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Tames
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Mami
Woodeman
Mehae
Che Gouneit
Pirree
Theoieli
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Dr. Sage
Driggters
Paris
London
Turin
Wiung
Castor
Thei Castoria
Beathor Lis
Isle of Wight
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Kline
Wiratchy
Hilzaberh Ratty
Ubis
Witter
Atranger
Pansil
Axp Dealens
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore, Md
All Druggiste
Dean
M.A. Sremnens
Grad Rapids
Carter
Raint
Sepp
Bradfiely Regal
Loomis & Kyman
Tiffin
Ohio
Warren Shon
Andy
Lea
Oifling
Chichester
Chadwick
Theodore Holand
Mariitinliegs
Tinhli
PIUM
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