A Turbulent Evening in the Brooklyn Study Guest
In a turret study of a Brooklyn house a social gathering gathers notable figures including Miss Faithfull, William Makepeace Thackeray style references, and Lord Shaftesbury influenced efforts for women. The piece blends a portrait of a celebrated host and the energetic reception that underscored early feminist advocacy through Victoria Press and Workingwoman’s Protective Union events.
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Thamrelvea
Brooklyn Tiousa
William Pege
National Academy of Devign
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Bovily Feithfoil
Headley Parsonage
Tovern
Misa Faithfull
Miss Faithfull
Lord Shaftesbury
Victoria Regia
Victoria Press
Aldine
Princy Oupsort
Victoria Magasine
Atlantic
England
Steinway Hall
Miss Farthfill
Workingwoman's Protective Union
Association Hall
Mies Faithfull
Coara
Mina Faith
The Tichborne Story and the Claimant's Court Saga
A compact review of the Tichborne case tracing Roger Tichborne's disappearance in 1851, the discovery claims from Australis, recognition by Lady Tichborne, the subsequent trial, and the imposter portrayal after the legal verdict. The tale highlights cadets, tattoos, Newgate detention, and public speeches to raise funds for the defend.
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Tichborne
Arthur Orton
Bouton Post
Roger Tichborne
James Tichborne
France
Stonyhurst
Carabineers
South America
England
Tella
Rio de Janeiro
New York
Australis
Melbourne
Sir Roger
Robert
Uhe
Weber
Lord Bellew
Tager
Newgate
The Foot Beauty of Classical Proportions
The text argues that foot beauty lies in symmetry and graceful outline rather than mere smallness. It cites Venus de Medivia and ancient sculpture, noting a natural six-to-one proportion of foot to body, and explains how boot compression alters the foot’s elliptic shape and elasticity. It also links hand and foot shapes within a person, noting gentle ankles and delicate wrists as related traits.
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Walt
Wade
Vienna Exposition Dome Described Amid Vast Grounds
An archival description details Vienna Exposition architecture with a central dome 353 feet wide and 275 feet high, larger than St Peter’s Rome and the Capitol dome. It notes a long nave, 16 transepts, and 24 courts for parterre light, with grounds spanning nearly GM acres and deer park surroundings.
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Vienna
St. Peter's
Rome
Capitol
Washington
Emperor's Deer Park
Biasekeepers
Shakesperian Library Becomes Boston’s Continental Treasure
The will of the late Thomas P. Tartan of New York bequeaths a vast Shakespearean library of about 12 000 volumes to Boston. It features rare relics, a premier copy of the first plays relic, and works by Ben Jonson with pictures and etchings. scholars are urged to visit, as Boston becomes the center of Shakespeare studies.
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Boston
Thomas P. Tartan
New York
Barton
Stodd
London
Ben Johnson
Boston Post
Duty of Rest: Rest Is a Perennial Spring of Health
The piece argues against delaying rest to the future and warns that neglecting daily refreshment drains strength. It urges embracing leisure and small pleasures at home or by the sea, noting each day renews us and that true rest prevents future regret rather than postponing self care.
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England
America
Pupular Science Monthly
Coseborn
J. C. Zeilin & CO
Masen
Fish as Food Lecture at Crystal Palace
Dr Adwis Lankester spoke on fish as food classifying shell fish and true fish with oysters and razor fish noted for texture and digestibility. He praised fish nutritive value, warned raw oyster safety, and urged proper cooking and supervision of kitchen practices to avoid waste.
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Adwis Lankester
Crystal Palace
London
Naturaliata
Brooke
Sam Weller
Avagsiz
Duke de Raquelaire and the Lyons Bishop Encounter
An inquisitive French bishop stops a hurried Duke de Raquelaire in Lyons and probes his origin. The Duke claims Paris as origin and green pens for Paris, then asks what people call him. The bishop humorously presses, revealing locals call him Hi while gentlemen call him the Duke de Raquelaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke de Raquelaire
Death of Captain Hall and Arctic burial in Polaris Bay
Captain Tynon recounts Captain Hall’s death after the sledge expedition. Hall died November 5 and was buried a short distance from the observatory at Polaris Bay in latitude 81 38, longitude 61 44. Aboard the ship a memorial board marked his name and age. The funeral occurred on a cold, mournful day as the Episcope Church service was read.
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Tynon
Uepie Halls
Shor
Episcope
Bryant
Arctis Sous
Wall
Carlyle and Emerson in England and Concord influence
The London Daily News recalls Carlyle and Emerson during their early English visit, noting their later impact on modern thought. It highlights Concord as a center of influence, parallels with Goethe and Schiller at Weimar, and Hawthorne and Hawtons connections, praising their shared spiritual movement across nations.
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John Stuart Mill
Nestor
House of Commons
Brights
Disraelig
Gladstones
Mr. Bright
Mr. Mill
Mill
Bright
Mal
Sinick
Lis Pen
United States
Chicago Tribune
England
Damaica
Gov Byte
Great Britain
Lindagardant
Joly Seuart Mill
Mnglind
Fur
Pan
Iin
Lang
St Voran
Avignon
France
Ile
York Beering Pest
London Daily News
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Rydal Mowat
Craigenputtock
Carlyle
Emerson
Energon
Concord
Concord Village
Mecca
America
New England
George III
Weimar
Goethe
Schiller
Cogeord
Emarson
Hawthorne
Mogses
Europe
Kaeraon
Mark Twain origin story and early river writings traced
The St. Louis Republic recounts how a river pilots and steamboat memoranda friend sparked the pen name Mark Twain. It notes the classic anecdote of Clemons and the lead line, the Belle Memphis steward, and editor Garrett publishing the river sketches that made Twain famous.
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Clemena
Mark Twain
John 3
Withal
Mark
John Morris
Belle Memphis
Mark ‘Twain
Clemons
Pilot House
St. Louis
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