Sixtieth Anniversary Set for Seneca Falls Women’s Meeting
Mrs Elizabeth Smith Miller of Geneva N Y will attend the sixtieth anniversary of the 1848 Seneca Falls gathering in Seneca Falls N Y on May 27 She helped organize the first world historic women convention and remains active in the cause The event will feature readings from the original 1848 report and commemorations at Wesleyan chapel Masonic temple and Presbyterian church with civic leaders and women’s groups participate
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Elizabeth Smith Miller
Seneca Falls
Geneva
N. Y
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Miller
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Stanton
Susan FB
Anthony
Miss Anthony
Doulter
Vivor
Blatek
Henry Villard
Wesleyan Chapel
Masonic Temple
Presbyterian Church
The
Seneca Falls Historical Society
J. J. Chambers
Jacob P. Chambers
Ansel Bascom
Bascom
Historical Society of the Place
Repre Club
Pen and Ink Theft in Literature Across the Ages
The piece argues that literary theft is common among great writers. It cites Shakespeare, Goethe, Dumas, Pope, Sheridan, and others, claiming they borrowed from predecessors and contemporaries. The author asserts that modern writers also steal, concluding that only history can speak freely.
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Promos
Cassandra
Hamilet
George Kyd
Ftaty
Walter Scott
Goethe
Sheridan
Charles Reade
Alexandre Dumas
Alexander Pope
Houser
Pope
Lord Bolingbroke
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Charles Surface
Joseph Surface
School For Scandal
Ton Jones
Basil
Fielding
Tabitha Bramble
Sir Hubert Mackilligut
Mrs. Malaprop
Sir Lucius O'Trigger
Word Painting by Mrs Bradley in Pullman Car
A mother Mrs Bradley paints her home on a Pullman journey. Grace, the reader, listens with interest then asks which place it is. The mother replies it is their own home, prompting Grace to note it sounds better in description than in appearance.
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Grace
Need and Needs in English grammar
The Chicago News explains that in sentences expressing requirement or obligation with negative meaning the verb need acts as an auxiliary and remains in the base form for he. Hence he need not do that rather than he needs not do that.
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Chicago News
The Iron Crown of Lombardy History
The iron crown once worn by Agiluph at his coronation in 59, famed through Charlemagne Henry of Luxemburg and Napoleon, was given to Victor Emmanuel in 1866 and is now preserved with care at Monza near Milan.
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Agiluph
Charlemagne
Henry of Luxemburg
Frederick IV
Charles V
Napoleon
Victor Emmanuel
Monza
Milan
Realism in Love Stories Questioned by St Louis Republic
A quotation from the St Louis Republic argues that in fiction a man may rave about a beloved heroine through forty chapters while in real life he never mentions her by name. The piece challenges true realism in romance narratives.
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St. Louis Republic
Still Faithful. A Quaint Exchange in Snowbound Banter
The dialogue features Mile and a maid discussing a young man who runs in the snow to stay warm, shaped like a heart. Bon Vivant and Chinese Pi offer commentary on manners and town life with whimsy and wit.
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Suzanne
Mademoiselle
Dr Johnson and the Lilliput Senate in Colonial Reports
Boston Globe outlines how Dr Johnson circumvented British press bans by reporting Westminster debates without naming the body. He created a fictitious Senate of Lilliput with coded names, turning sparse notes into vivid parliamentary prose for England’s readers.
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Mouse of Commons
Franklin
Provincral Assembly of
Pennsylvania
Continental Congress
Johnson
House of Commons
Senate
Lilliput
England
Westminster
Senate of
Duke of Newcastle
Pitt
Exeter Street
Boston
A Smart Englishman and the States Humorous Misunderstanding
A London Englishman visiting a village inn calls the maid a servant. The landlord corrects him, saying they call staff helps. He then shouts Help Water, prompting a flood of water to his room. He explains he meant water to shave, not fire, and the lesson endures.
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States
London
Loudon
Not Very Flattering Irish Sketch Scene
An artist finishes a woodland scene along a suburban road and asks a stern Irishman nearby if he could paint such a picture. The man, wiping his brow, replies that anyone can do anything if they’re driven to it, expressing quiet resolve.
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Don
Stove
Young MacCracken
Remarkable Anagrams List and Quotation
A selection of notable anagrams includes Astronomers no more stars, catalogues got as a crew, elegant neat leg, impatient Tim is a pet, matrimony into my arm, melodrama made moral, midshipman mind his map, old England, golden land, parishioners I hire parsons, parliament partial men, pen itentiary nay I repeat it, Presbyterian best In prayer, revolution to love ruin, sweetheart there we sat, tele graphs, great helps. Also a conversational quip about a fancy umbrella from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Tim
Parsons
Parliament
Humorous Exchange About Husband’s Appetite
A Baltimore American item reports a witty exchange where a woman dodges a doctor’s question about her husband’s voracity. She replies he will eat anything and everything as long as there is something to eat, highlighting comic domestic banter.
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Baltimore
Waually the Way. Uncle Eben on Conversation Turns
A fragmentary Washington Star quip shows Uncle Eben musing that a man enjoys hearing his own talk while two people wait to speak. The odd phrasing hints at race era dialogue and regional dialect without full context.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
The Spy and the Confed Spy Girl
A Civil War veteran recalls a mission where he spotted a Confederate spy girl signaling the enemy from a tree. He reported her, she was captured but later used to expose a larger spy ring. He reflects on duty, punishment, and the long arc of his life since.
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Virginia
Hin
How It Feels To Be Shot By Edgar Van Etten And War Reminiscences
Edgar Van Etten, once a captain at eighteen and later a New York Central official, recalls Spottsylvania injuries, hospital treatment, and battlefield grit. The story shifts to Civil War bravery, including a small unit from a northern state at Wilderness and heroic actions aboard the Montauk with James Horton and John Rougtry.
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Edgar van Etten
New New York Central
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Spottsylvania
Leslie's Weekly
Medal for Bravery Awarded to John Davis of Valley City
Navy records list John Davis aboard the U S steamer Valley City as a Civil War hero for acts during the attack on enemy vessels and a fort near Hilzabeth City on February 10 1862. Davis reportedly remained at the magazine and helped manage burning powder aboard the ship.
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Navy Department
John Davis
United States
Valley City
Hilzabath City
Historic Patrick Henry home to be burned over bat infestation
Montville Virginia near Richmond the colonial home of Patrick Henry will be burned by its great grandchildren owners because bats have overrun the mansion since warm weather began. Thousands of bats fill grand parlors bedrooms and hang in curtains from furniture ceilings and walls rendering the house uninhabitable.
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Montville
Patrick Henry
Richmond
Virginia
Getting Even at the Bank Saysings
A bank asks new depositors to sign an identification form. A recent depositor resisted, answering with independence, citing husband Peter Jones. The exchange highlights tension over banking rules and privacy. Mills County news coverage continues in The Tribune.
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Peter Jones
London
The Tribune R A Time Table Burlington
timetable snippet from The Tribune Burlington shows rail or transit schedule details dated May. readable items include station names and arrival or departure cues, with entries likely listing times and destinations for R A line services.
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