Irving Hosts Warm Delmonico Dinner With Notables
The New York Sun reports Henry Irving hosted a Delmonico dinner in which guests like William Dorsheimer Charles A. Dana George Parsons Lothrop Horace Porter Augustus St Gandens J B Gilder and William J Florence attended. May Irving was remembered with affection and the speeches were brief and well received.
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Henry Irving
Delmonico’s
Mr. Irving
William Dorsheimer
Charles A. Dana
George Parsons Lothrop
Horace K. Porter
Augustus St. Gandens
J. B. Gilder
William J. Florence
John I. Raymond
Miss Terry
Irving
New York Sun
Adelaide Neilson and St Louis social life recalled in old column
A dramatic critic previews a life of Adelaide Neilson and recounts her St Louis visits. The piece notes her popularity among top women, commemorations at Tower Grove Park, and a vivid anecdote with Nellie Hazeltine about their eyes and mutual admiration. Also retells a Brignoli tale from the Boston Globe about stage business and balcony climbs.
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Willie Winter
Adelaide Neilson
St. Louis
Shakespeare
Tower Grove Park
Nellie Hazeltine
Neilson
Beauty
Nellie
Brignoli
Minima Abbott
Abbott
Castle
Abbot
Juliet
Dripnell
Romeo
Minstrel Memories and Stage Gossip Across Carnegie Era
Veteran minstrel Billy Birch recalls negro minstrelsy's roots and Bowery era anecdotes from Brower to Prank Grover. He relays tales of old Philadelphia vaults and a public house, plus snippets on Forrest Siddons Garrick and Minnie Mavern's tour plans.
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Billy Birch
Evangeline
Mafflin
Carolina
Grover
Old
Virginia
Brower
Frank
Billy
Philadelphia
Mr. Birch
Fred
Chestnut Street
Market Street
Tvrank
Chicago News
Goethe Bartyon King Learns Kindness in London Hall
A humorous piece in mock German recounts a local Goethe party at the Town Hall of Westminster. Speakers praise Goethe as great and kind, with Herr Henschel and the Camberwell choir performing songs. The event ends with a secular program and a toast to Vaterland.
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Muller
Geist
Goethe
Bart
Secreter
Goethe Barty
von Westminister
Bet
de Strand
Vaterland
St. James Gazette
Love and Faith Across Time in Moral Reflections
A meditation on parental love as the strongest bond and the soul’s sustenance in faith. It recalls examples from Mill and Hadrian, Jenny Lind’s charity, and the call to resist selfishness, urging compassion and devotion to the vulnerable.
The Just King of the East and a Chain of Retribution
A cruel eastern king reforms after a hunting incident inspires justice and gentleness. A dog, a footman, a runaway horse, and a broken leg trigger a chain of retribution guiding the king to rule with kindness. The tale warns that unjust acts bring later suffering and true hope cannot come from mere appearances.
Traps for Americans in Paris Matrimonial Schemes
A Philadelphia Telegraph writer reports on Paris based matrimonial agencies targeting wealthy American women. A dressed female offered a 10 percent dowry share to marry into aristocracy, showing extensive networks with hotel staff and social events. An Austrian agent allegedly aided past schemes, while some promoters act independently.
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Paris
United States
Demi-Monde
Philadelphia Telegraph
Conway Cabal and Washington in Revolutionary Debate
A historical recount of Washington facing opposition from Congress and generals including Conway Mifflin and Gates. The piece notes conspiracies to arrest Washington, the Morris and Duer voting twist, and the failed plan. Included are brief anecdotes and quotations from St. Nicholas and local exchanges. The passage ends with fragments on Calais boiler inspections and Joy as a social rumor.
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Conway Cabal
Washington
Congress
Conway
Mifflin
Gates
Gouverneur Morris
William Duer
New York
Duer
Dyer
Morris
Horace Sh. Scudder
St. Nicholas
German and American housekeepers contrasted in New England taste
A New England observer praises American housekeepers as efficient and industrious while noting German women keep to simpler home life with less cooking variety. A Philadelphia North American item adds a boastful idea for a galvanic device to curb drunkenness, pitched as a patentable invention.
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New England
Germany
Bridesburg
Valerian
Hiladelphia
Pursuit of Justice Duval and Maryland links in early Congress
Fragmentary reminiscence recalls Justice Duval on the Supreme Bench from 1811 to 1836 and as Maryland’s 1st Congress representative. It notes his friendship with William B. Giles of Virginia, their Philadelphia lodging with Mrs. Hibbons, and a Washington reunion during Jefferson’s early years.
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Justice Duval
Judge Duval
Maryland
Congress
M William B. Giles
Virginia
Philadelphia
Hibbons
Giles
Duval
Washington
Jefferson
Senatey
Treasury
Jennie Gibbons
Fox
Thrift of Southern Negroes Shows Economic Rise in Georgia
The analysis argues that Georgia’s Black population has rapidly amassed property and land since emancipation. It cites tax records and acreage, noting Black ownership surpasses earlier eras and far exceeds prior per-capita land. It highlights whites’ grudging or cautious recognition of Black self-sufficiency and law-minded behavior as wealth grows.
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Georgia
Frank Barr
New York World
iIt
Old Dixie
South
State of
Potomac River
Lincoln and Governors Meet at White House in 1863
A reporter recalls a 1863 Washington visit when President Lincoln invited governors Curtin Kirkwood Ramsey Sprague Gregory Smith Stanford Low Berry to the White House. Lincoln told the group he would not keep any public matters secret and urged them to share with the people.
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Gov. Buckingham
White House
Mr. Lincoln
Buckingham
Assembly
Gov. Morton
Guv
Firilies
Fishington
Small College Town Courtship Laments in Old Times
In a Kentucky college town a veteran writer contrasts the social lives of local young women and male students. He notes early dating patterns, engagements, shattered hopes, and mothers shaping marriages, reflecting on limited prospects for town ladies and the social norms of that era.
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Eld Amaids
Cee
Kentucky
Simulculleve
Allanta
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