Harper's Weekly announces enhanced 1886 lineup
Harper's Weekly celebrates twenty years as America's lead illustrated weekly and previews a new volume with richer literary and artistic resources. It promises a capital serial by W E Norris, illustrated articles focused on the West and South, coverage of the New Orleans World's Exposition, entertaining short stories, and notable papers by authorities on current affairs.
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Harper’s Weekly
America
W. E. Norris
New Orleans
Flarper
Harper's Periodicals Subscriptions and Offers
Harper & Brothers advertises yearly subscriptions for Harper's Periodicals including Young People and Weekly volumes. It notes prices per year, postage terms to the United States or Canada, start dates, and options for cloth binding at added cost. Remittance by post-office money order or draft is advised, with address in New York.
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Josph A. Craig
A. M. Craig
Moulton
James Little
Mary Ann Little
Gauze
Milam County
Exas
Joseph Layton
Elizabeth Layton
Georgetown
Williamson County
Tennessee
H. Foster
J. P. Cc
Harper’s
Franklin Square
United States
Canada
Harper’'s Weekly
Harper & Brothers
New York
Harper's Thazar
Seatock's Masumon
Harper’s Weekly
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Harper's
Fraklin Square
Harper’s Bazar
Harper's Bazar 1285 A World of Fashion and Art
Harper's Bazar is presented as the premier weekly combining literature and art with Paris and New York fashion, dressmaking patterns, and household guidance. It emphasizes cooking, servant management, etiquette, needlework, and high literary merit, earning the nickname American Punch for its humorous illustrations.
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Flarper
American Punch
Dream of a Lost Love Portrait
Poetic verse recalling a slender youth with blue eyes and golden hair. An angelic vision haunts the speaker with memories of a vanished hope and lingering tenderness, contrasting gentle beauty with cruel recollections.
Lincoln and Davis court room humor in a seven year sentence
Judge David Davis once sentenced a highway robber Lindsay to seven years in the Illinois Legislature, prompting Lincoln to remind that cruel and unusual punishment is not permitted. The judge relented to the law, imposing the penitentiary term, while all others laughed.
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David Davis
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Davis
Lincoln
Lindsay
Phillippie
Tronor
District Meeting of Muscle Shoals Association Agenda
The Muscle Shoals Association district meeting will assemble in Moulton on the Friday before the fifth Sunday in May 1885. Subjects include living godly in Christ, origin and duties of Baptists, church dealings with ardent spirits, and scriptural guidance on tithing. Committee members R T Wear J Jones G W Jackson announce speakers J R Nesmith and J C Roberts.
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Court House
Moulton
Lawrence County
Alabama
Muscle Shoals Association
Jesus
R C, Adams
O. D. Gibson
J. D. McClanahan
Baptist of the
J. I. Stockton
M. Finey
Peter Clay
W. A. Agee
John C. Orr
A. J. Ashburn
A. H. Stanley
J. Shackelford
Wm, East
J. Gunn
J. S Gibson
J. E. Weaver
Warper's Periodicals Pricing and Volumes Ad
Harper's Thazar and Harper's Weekly listings with per year rates for Warper's Periodicals. Franklin Square Library one year access. last five volumes of Harper's Bazar offered in cloth binding at 160 dollars for the set. New York advertisement dated April 19.
Harper's Young People Illustration and Content Review
A praise filled summary notes Harper's Young People as a wholesome juvenile periodical offering dramatic serials and short stories, accurate natural history and science papers, travel notes, life facts, athletic features, and rich pictures. It highlights innocence, value, and affordable price with endorsements from Boston Courier Brooklyn Union and Christian Advocate.
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Boston Courier
Brooklyn Union
Christian Advocate
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Terms: Postage Prepaid 260 Per Year Ad Rates
Postage prepaid 260 per year. Single numbers five cents each. Office money order or draft to avoid advertisement without express order of Har per Brothers. New York.
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Harper & Brothers
New York
Notable Democratic Crowing Driven by Spurlength Debate
The Philadelphia Press notes an unprecedented length of Democratic spurs this year and suggests the party has strong cause to crow. The quote emphasizes a record-long display and heightened confidence among party supporters.
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Philadelphia Press
Hulda Brown the Quiet Angel of a Farm Village
A portrait of Hulda Brown portrayed as a calm, selfless spinster whose life centers on caring for others. She comforts a sick baby, tends wounds, and remains unruffled as tragedy strikes. Her hidden heartache over a forbidden romance with a dead soldier is hinted as she preserves a soldier’s knapsack and a lost love.
Dust rolls up to the brown rafters in simple tale
Hulda sits and weeps as she recalls a lost loved one in a quiet, personal moment. The scene centers on faith and memory, portraying a fragile, intimate reflection of grief and hope as a knapsack story unfolds.
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Hulda
President Arthur's Modest Year End Message
The Pulaski Citizen reports President Arthur's Monday message praising national calm in a pivotal election and urging a Batfor voting, stopping silver coinage, and abolition of excise taxes except on spirits. It covers foreign policy, defense funding, postal rate savings, and civil service praise with calls for Utah political reform and a pension for Gen. Grant.
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Arthur
Seaboard
Congress
Utah
Ife
Nfo
Pulaski
Free Ballot at THS South and Kellogg Claim
The Philadelphia Times reports Kellogg alleges intimidation by colored voters cost him Congress but Blaina carries the district by about 5000 votes, proving the ballot is free in the South despite Republican rule causing voter drift amid theft and starvation claims.
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William Pitt Kellogg
Congress
Blaina
Kellogg
South
North
Philadelphia Times
Best Prophet Blaine Presages Gop Loss in May Interview
Mr Blaine, in a May interview with Washington correspondents of the New York Herald, predicted that the Republicans could not win that year. The remark reflects his view of the political horizon and party prospects.
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Blaine
Washington
New York Herald
Roscoe Conkling in Dramatic Campaign Seat Tiling Scene
Roscoe Conkling figures prominently in the late campaign with a dramatic seat tilting act that defined the era’s heated political theater. The scene captures intense partisan energy as Republicans maneuver for control and visibility ahead of critical votes.
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Roscoe Conkling
Blaines Letter Burning and Cotton Crop Figures
The text notes Blaine should burn letters himself and mentions Grant not voting for Blaine. It cites a cotton crop projection of 6,000,000 bales and claims 7,668,000 women in England. It reports Boston Spiritualists planning a $250,000 temple and criticizes the expense. It states average liquor consumption is twelve gallons per man annually.
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Grant
Blaine
England
Boston
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