Diary of Julia Newberry Reveals Victorian Social History
The article reviews Julia Newberry's Diary a gilt edged 19th century journal found in a Chicago attic detailing a young Victorian woman’s travels across America and Europe. It notes her sharp observations, contradictory moods, and evolving opinions on authors such as Disraeli and Bulwer, plus anecdotes about Dalton, Angela Forbes, and Dulcy in local theater gossip.
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Julia Newberry
Chicago
America
Europe
Viking
Julia
Disraeli
Bulwer
Dulcy
Elizabeth Biedenharn
Angela
Gordon Smith
Benjamin Dawkins, Jr
Jordan
Daley
C. Rogers Forbes
Combine
William Parker
Sidney Selvidge
Angela Forbes
Duley
Willie
Bill
Mr. van Dyke
Wesley Riedel
van Dyke
Junior College
Friday events around Monroe Recreation and VFW dance
The Monroe recreation department hosts a Friday puppet show at St. Matthew's auditorium at 9 a.m. The Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary sponsors a dance at the club rooms on North Second Street at 9 p.m. A Crete road built around 1500 B C remains capable of supporting car traffic at about 60 mph per Prof. John S. Worley of the University of Michigan.
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Florence Ziegler
Hileen MacKinnon
Georgia Tucker School
Monroe Recreation Department
St. Matthew's Auditorium
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
North Second Street
Island of
Crete
B. C
John S. Worley
University of Michigan
Pattern 1579 creates a chic waistline dress for youths
The pattern targets girls in sizes 12 to 20 with a back sash waistline, yoke bodice and puff sleeves. It offers step by step sewing guidance and fabric tips, suitable for new fabrics. Send 15 cents for Pattern 1579 and catalog options totaling 25 cents. Orders go to The Monres News-Star Pattern Department in New York City.
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Monres News-Star Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
New York City
SUB ROSA Advice on Grammar Flaws in Love Letters
A reader asks how to correct a fiancé’s grammar without hurt. The columnist suggests gentle, indirect tactics to improve his speech, then shares a letter advising a wary partner to demand honesty and define the relationship. The piece emphasizes self-respect and clear communication.
Levee Work Low Bids Sent to Gen Ferguson
Low bids for a new levee at Wilman Louisiana near Lake Providence have been sent to General H B Ferguson president of the Mississippi river commission for disposition. A joint low bid of 18.87 cents per cubic yard comes from R T Clark Inc Morrissey Construction and John W Noble Natchez for 1 045 000 cubic yards of levee work.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Wilman
Lake Providence
H. B. Ferguson
Mississippi River Commission
R. T. Clark, Inc
Morrissey Construction Company
John W. Noble
Natchez
Noel Returns as I Stalked Noir into the Night
In this Marriage a Sequel, Mrs. Graham orchestrates a late vigil to test Avis, hoping Noel slips quietly into the house at one o clock. Dicky and the narrator trade quips as the two hours pass in suspense and secrecy.
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Dicky
Noel
Mary
Avis
Battle on the St Lawrence club as Colin vows to confront Lazarre
Colin aims a letter to Jon Lazarre from a river club hangout while Dollaire’s gang ambushes the power house. In a tense river chase, Kenniston and Lazarre fall to gunfire as Christophe and Baptiste spread through the trees. Colin, witnessing Lazarre’s death, senses a grim finish to the pursuit.
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Jon Lazarre
St. Lawrence
Colin
Lasarre
Mask
New York
Dollaire
Germaine Tremblay
Germaine
Bouchard
Delulis
Paul
Christophe
Baptiste
Kenniston
Lazarre
An-Gowil
Lke
Fox
The
Cluabhouse
Ile
Kanniaton
Ife
Captain of Show Boat Now Lives In Shack On Mississippi River Bank
Captain William E. Prather, veteran river pilot and former master of the Cotton Blossom showboat, now resides in a crude riverbank shack near New Orleans. After 52 years on the Mississippi, his last assignment ended with the showboat laid up in New Orleans and missing funds. he earns a meagre living selling shrimp and driftwood while recalling his steamboat days and the Grace Deavers incident in 1931.
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Mississippi River
New Orleans
William E. Prather
Cotton Blossom
Mississippi
Peoria
Ill
Prather
New Orions
Dora Nicholas
Tunica
Burdette Street
H. M. Carter
William Graig
Grace Deavers
Red River
Hee
Shoe Repair Shop Robbery Reported After Night Break In
Rothman of 905 DeSiard Street reported a rear window break in during Wednesday night at his shoe repair shop and several items were stolen including men’s shoes, heels, plates, leather heel, and multiple bottles of black and tan shoe polish. Police, aided by Rothman, cataloged missing items and noted the theft details.
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Morris la Croix
Alf Reid
Monroe
Reid
Virginia
Albert Horuff
Mee Ale Deta Od
William Bendel
Blanch Baird
Rothman
New Cotton Fields Line In Italy's African Colony
Eritrea's ASMARA reports a 3 mile railway extension in the Italian colony center of cotton country. Costing about $3,869,900, more than $51,000 per mile, the incomplete section runs Biscia to Tessenci and will link inland Massaua on the Red Sea. The line, near the Anglo Egyptian Sudan border, requires 14 long bridges over torrential streams.
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Asmara
Eritrea
Biscia
Tessenci
Massaua
Red Sea
Tissenei
Suda
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Margaret Fishback
Baxter Miller
Maracaibo
Venezuela
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Clayton Richmond
Shreveport
T. A. Brown
A. RB. Smelser
Amos Smelser
Annie Benton
Stella May
Pine Bluff
Ark
Betty Jane Smelser
J. W. McComb
Cotton Plant
Walter Dowling
Marzelle Salter
T. C. Salter
Brownville
Eugene Black
Clarice Davis
Jack Davis
Pewee McFarland
Alice Bennett
Florice Lee
Marie Springfield
Billy Tyer
Junior Bennett
May Gagneux
Barney Gillen Malone
Albert Gagneux
Carolyn Gagneux
Mary Alice Steward
Winnie Murl McFarland
Arlen Jackson
Evelyn Malone
Howard Malone
Charles Gagneux
Catherine Springfield
Emma_ Louise Biedenharn
Christian Science Church
Eileen MacKennon
Drolla
D. L. Davidson
Philadelphia
Laura Grace Kendall
E. D. Calvert
St. Louis
Bessie LeBlanc
Mildred Matthews
Nacogdoches
Texas
Joe Hanna
H. H. Baur
J. L. Gibson
J. L. Roberson
Dr. Baur
American Vetinary Association
City
Connie McReynolds
St. Francis Sanitarium
C. E. Wood
A. B. Bennett
West Monroe
M. M. Wood
Albert Gregory
Leigh Russell
Marshal Russell
Mayland
Tenn
Nakanawa Camp
J. W. Womble
Winnsboro
C. E. Ricou
Bennett
Camille’ Kennedy
Los Angeles
We'a. Walker, Jr
Memphis
News-Star Daily
By Obane Adams
Anne Adams
Sub Rosa
Virgin
Miss Vane
Yife
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Gen. H. B. Ferguson
Adele Garrison
Madge
Avia
Ino
Ermainsz
Larocque
Bolduc
Frank L. Packard
Hope
T. Rothman
DeSiard Stref
Italy
A. Caress
Paris
Thrill Marvel
Marlene Dietrich
Genevieve Tobin
Roland Young
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