Emancipation Talk on Women Rights and Fashion Paradox
A May 19 19th century viewpoint argues for women’s rights while lampooning male control and dress burdens. It contrasts women’s independence in clothing production and the excess fittings required for a dress with men’s easier tailoring, ending with a call for women to assume garments making. The piece cites Mrs Livermore and notes shipbuilding advances and growing transatlantic steamship traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livermore
Wweraen
Burlington
Puan
Express
America
Bob Burdette
Hawkeye
Ocean Steamship Size Growth Across Decades
A historical comparison notes that twenty years ago the largest merchant steamers were under 350 feet long and 8,500 tons. By 1860 only a few exceeded 300 feet, mostly from Royal and Peninsular and Oriental lines. Today White Star and Inman liners boast ships near 455 feet, 45 feet beam, and around 5,000 indicated horsepower.
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Orient
New York
London
Victoria
Charm Cross
Bac
Mersey
Clyde
Eaewhere
Cunard
Servia
Messrs. Thompson
Glasgow
Mercantile Marine
Inman Steamship City
Rome
Barrow
Guion
Allen Line
White Star
America
Unite States
Canada
Great Eastern
Southampton
Royal
Peninsular and Oriental
Inman
Berlin
Wat
Gould's Market Manipulation Alleged Rules Wall Street
A Civilian Times report argues J P Gould controls stock moves by exploiting conflicts among Western Union American Union and Wabash. It claims he depresses prices via rate wars and railroad threats while amassing vast wealth for a future surge. The piece references Western Union, American Union, Wabash, and related rail stocks and rumors of market influence.
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New York
Cinemmnaty
Dovgaerer
Wall Street
Gould
Gount
American Union
Western Union
Stock Exchange
Toledo
Buffalo
Lake Shore
Lake Sacre
Michigan Central
New York Central
Hannibal
St. Joe
Kansas
Texas
Iron Mountain
Chicago
Burlington
Quincy
Quincey
Wabash Company
Kamsas
Union Pacific
Lackawanna Railroad
America
Shakspeare Reprobably Recalled in Fragmentary Note
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Shakespeare with unclear wording about a rebab l thinking and a note of a person or event. The readable parts point to a literary reference but lack coherent context or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarapsea
Taena
The Monkey in its Domestic Relations in India
A Light article from the Loudon Telegraph describes Indian monkeys living with humans as playful family members. It depicts dawn routines as the monkeys yawn and line up for grooming and punishment, the mother administering discipline while the father sits for breakfast, and the family sharing morning chores and discarded food scraps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Helf
Loudon Telegraph
A North German Village Examined by Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly paints a North German village Y as picturesque yet repellent in its surroundings. Rough stone cottages nestle among chimneys and dung hills while geese and children wade in puddles near hens and swine. The schoolmaster’s neat cottage, a churchless hamlet, and a remote economy with no shops define daily life in this shaded provincial outpost.
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McRo
New England
Atlantic Monthly
Home Sweet Home Motto From The New Haves
A nostalgic snippet reflects on home life versus travel, noting the comfort of familiar furnishings and simple meals after experiences away. The piece contrasts attic heat, sea breezes, and plain living with a longing for homey pleasures and social warmth.
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Jay Gould
Shakspeare
Monkey
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VVVI
Dr.sanford
Santonno
Broadway
N.Y
Moline, Illinois
Tristrra Allomwn
Firet Nation Bank
Trey
Phretagh
Recon
Besanko
Europe
Paria Exposition
Celesireat
Uae
Voure & Company
Plow Works
Moline
Sevres Vale
Bacer
Deere & Company
Moline, Ill
Rllan
Menasha
Saeetrs
Vos
Russe
Rock
Corneil Bluffs
Joliet
Ottawa
la Salle
Geneseo
Hock Island
Davenbis Wea Liberty
Iowa City
Marengo
Brooklyn
Grinnell
Des Moines
Iowa
Stuart
Atlantia
Avoca
Bureau Junction
Pecrint Wilton Junction
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Eso Belknap
Cantrovite
Princeton
Canton
Lemsenworts
Kansas City
Gakie Loose
Knoxville
Keokukondarin
Bonaparte
Bentonsport
Ota
Eadyville
Peroia Eereen Des Nee
Newton
Monroe
Winterset
Atlant
Saenee Lewis and
Audubon
Peoria
Nas Rey Council Bluffs
Leavenworth
Ator Bon
Milwauskee
Orge Poses City
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Upa EE Gate
Ste Ba
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