Ladies Corner debate on marriage and old maids endures
A Mithell South Dakota column exhorts girls to seek independence through work rather than marriage, argues against first proposal weakness, and praises old maids for unselfish labor. It cites Varina Davis and Elliot on studying abroad and American training for girls.
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Varina Anne Davis
Jefferson Davis
Ladies’ Home Journal
New Orleans
Washington
Gen. Grant
North America
Women Vote Opinion From The New York Sun
A New York Sun critique notes women at elections, comparing a woman's vote to a rosebud beside a thorny cactus. It imagines women voting in a circle around the tally table while “custodians” pass slips with grace and order. The piece asserts women lobby vigorously, questions shop closings, and taxes influence.
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Sorosis
New York Sun
Making Children Minded: A Mother's Guiding Principles
A Ladies' Home Journal excerpt counsels mothers to set reasonable obedience standards and avoid conflicts over enforceable points. It advises enforcing authority only on actions surely controllable, postponing unholdable issues until obedience habits form, then avoiding discussion.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Millionaire Trades Cigar for Transit Fare
A story from the New York Tribune tells of a wealthy man stranded on a surface car with no money. He offers a cigar as payment to the conductor, who accepts but notes the fare must be two cigars since his is lit. The passenger complies, amused by the humor of the moment.
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New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Washington
William Tell
New York Tribune
Man improves by striving to be good despite motive
A man seeks to improve through acts of goodness regardless of his underlying motive, emphasizing moral effort over intent. The reflection suggests personal growth comes from disciplined behavior and ethical choices.
The Sunday School Lesson on God's House and Praise
Reading reflects on Psalm 84 and the call to value worship in God’s sanctuary. It contrasts empty pews with reverence and invites believers to dwell in the house of the Lord, finding strength and blessing in communal praise and divine presence.
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God
Israel
Douay
Pubernacle
Thoughtful Plea for Persistence and Compassion
The excerpt contrasts a poor man offering flowers to Buddha with rich men failing to fill an alms bowl. It argues externalizing ideals requires persistence and asserts a promise of words prospering. It laments wages and work as two essentials, noting they should not be separated, yet choosing wages if one must be dispensed with.
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Reid
Wits
Wind
Miller O' the Dee
Elliot
Buddha
No Woman Should Travel Alone, Warns Tribunes Warning Story
A New York Tribune account recounts a timid woman forced from a northbound train by a pair of men posing as rescuers. The captors steal her rings, cash, and valuables, and she is taken to a remote house where she nearly collapses. Rescuers later locate the husband. the piece cautions against women traveling alone.
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Acret A. Ketcham
Harriet A. Ketcham
Soldiers
Iowa
General Assembly
Ohio
New York
Washington
Rome
Aone
Altidi
Glen
Lyehtorofiurm
Terso
Sirother
Suel
New York Tribune
Wiroam
Toils of Authors Show the craft behind great works
The passage notes how writers like Pope Goldsmith Johnson and Gibbon labored over editions and revisions. It cites Goldsmith seven years polishing The Deserted Village and Johnson altering copy for press, while Gibbon sent only a single manuscript for Decline and Fall. It highlights Tennyson’s careful editing and Gray's Hymn.
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Generly J
Pope
Dodsley
Goldmith
Munne
Wagland
Robertson
Tham
Burke
Trrirate
Akenside
Gray
Thomson
Johnson
Gibbon
Tennyson
Too Many of Them Married in Edinburgh Garrison
A curious tale from Edinburgh reports 250 Cameron Highlanders married while stationed in the city and left their wives behind on departure. Wives faced hardship as soldiers send only a small weekly sum, prompting a public fund to aid the distressed families.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Cameron Highlanders
Liat City
Vemon Weir
Ely
Untitled Exchange on Sleigh Ride Plans
Fragmented dialogue shows two speakers debating a planned sleigh ride. One warns of delays and the need to separate incompatible participants while the other questions the arrangement and potential self‑credit for handling the situation.
Boo Maidens of France Inspire Apple Tree Folklore
In La Ferte near a French village an apple tree with imperfect blossoms leads maidens to decorate it with ribbons and kiss its imperfect blossoms. They dust pollen from perfect blossoms onto the tree, later harvest a diverse set of apples from that single tree, each girl receiving the type she wished for.
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France
la Ferte
New German Rifle Ranges and Soil Defense Discussed
Col. Lonsdale Hale notes an ordinary soil shield needs thirty inches, brick walls fail after repeated hits, and rifles reach 4,000 yards with penetration into timber and sand. Smokeless powder obscures muzzle origin, ambuscades rise, small cavalry patrols become essential, and only war will reveal true effects of the improvements.
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Lonsdale Hale
Hale
London News
Paris Death Bed Adorned With Jewels In Grieving Parade
Mme Gaston Menier wife of a partner in the Menier chocolate firm died after a dramatic funeral display. She wore strings of pearls a diamond necklace and other stones at her bedside as servants and friends filed past to bid farewell two hours later she died. The New York Recorder reports the extravagant scene.
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Paris
Mme
Gaston Menier
Mme. Menier
New York Recorder
The Harm of Hurry on Character and Judgment
The excerpt argues hurry harms work and character, warning that rushed thinking, eating, or socializing ruins judgment and self control. It cites Omer son on coolness, noting a gentleman is serene and the love of beauty rests on measure, while haste isolates the loud and heated speaker.
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Omerson
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