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American millionaire courts Duchess and Duchess trials in London
Mrs Willatts and Lord George Curtis hatch plans for a grand ball to rival the Duchess of Stratford’s event. An American financier courts nobles including Duke of Stratford promising duchess attendance and aims to profit from social clash, while Mrs Willatts negotiates terms and a potential reunion with her husband.
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Prince and Princes of Wales
London
Grosvenor Place
Mr. Willatts
Lord George
Mrs. Willatts
Duchess of Stratford
Willats
United States
Far West
Nabeth
Willatts
Stratford House
Duke
Mawllatts
Mr.Willatts
George Curtis
Pople
Duchees
Samuel
Sally
Tve
Mrs. Underwood
The Claque and Its Role in Paris Theaters
A London dispatch examines the claque system in Paris and London theaters. It notes ancient origins with large hired cheering crowds, the chief leader earning substantial sums, and current practice of paid applause and staged sobbing. It cites rival claques causing conflicts and the difficulty of concealing a plaque’s presence.
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Paris
London
France
Lords Die Hard in A Long Decline Debate
The Hartford Courant notes that about sixty years after Thomas Babington Macaulay warned the House of Lords seemed near its end, the cry for abolition persists. The piece argues the Lords endure despite changed circumstances, offering historical perspective on the reform debate.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
House of Lords
Rtford Courant
Twain and His Cats in Yonkers States Mab
A brief note recalls Mark Twain loving cats, including a Satan named feline and another named Sin, as a humorous aside from Yonkers States Mab column.
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David
Yonkers
Mab
How a Reverend’s Sermon Moves a Crusty Congregation
An anecdote recalls Dr a famed New York preacher whose fiery Lent sermon offended fashionably worldly parishioners until a child’s innocent entrance softened him. He urges reading the Bible with a simple heart and mind and criticizes creed based study. Also notes Life After Forty praising lifelong learning and growth.
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New York City
Sexton
Heaven
Henry M. Field
D. D
The Hasty Word and the Wisdom of Patience
An essay laments the hasty word that wounds loved ones and betrays friendship. It argues patience should govern speech, noting how stress and fatigue reveal cruel remarks that leave lasting scar tissue on intimate bonds.
Ambition for Health and Christian Influence Across Nations
Ambition for national health is urged alongside Christian duty as a modern ideal. The piece cites Trollope on reading as supreme pleasure, notes religious demographics, and reports on Moravian missionaries, Jewish persecution in Morocco, and the Sisters of Notre Dame of Bon Secours in New York expanding nursing work with 28 sisters and plans for growth.
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San Francisco
Canton
Moravian Church
China
Leeds
England
George D. Wotrr
LL. D
Philadelphia Catholic Standard
German Reformed Church
Titlin
Ohio
Norristown
Maryland
Germany
United States
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Morocco
Hadji Mohammed Widah
New York
Sisters of Notre Dame of Bon Secours
Lexington Avenue
New York House
Curious Bulgarian masons bury reed for solid foundations
Bulgarian masons measure the shadow of the first passer after digging the foundation with a reed to test solidity. When the foundation is commonded the reed is buried under the first rock, usually the corner-stone.
Joseph as a model of forgiveness and faith in Genesis
A Sunday school exposition on Joseph in Genesis 50 14 26 highlights his rise from pit to power as a sign of a risen life. It emphasizes forgiveness over force, mercy over vengeance, and a steadfast devotion that mirrors Christlike grace amid trials.
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Joseph
Jeas
Egypt
God
Jesus
Bethany
Jerusalem
Paul
Christ
Jozeph
Joseph Cook
New York City
America
Tertullus
Josephs
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