Birthday of Harriet Beecher Stowe to be celebrated nationwide
A centennial tribute to Harriet Beecher Stowe marks her birth year amid plans for a new biography by Charles Edward Stowe and Lyman Beecher Stowe. The piece recalls her nuanced views on slavery, her portrayal in Uncle Tom's Cabin, and her life in Cincinnati Brunswick and abroad, noting financial strains despite fame.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lincoln
Charles Edward Stowe
Lyman Beecher Stowe
South
Uncle Tom
Garrison
Georgia
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Tion
Tom
Eliza
Topsy
Louisiana
Theodore Weld
Lane Theological Seminary
Henry Ward Beecher
Stowe
Galmly
Stones
Brunswick
Joshua Hoosen
Mrs. Stowe
England
Mussentouchit the mysterious word in a baby's world
A young child imprints on the word Mussentouchit heard everywhere from a glass globe to the sewing basket. While nudging a goldfish globe, she topples it and causes a crash. her mother scolds and declares it’s time to wake from Mussentouchit.
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Baby
Mamma
In Praise of Ice Cream Family Dinner Delight
A light note praising ice cream as the centerpiece of Sunday dinner. The piece humorously describes children’s faces when ice cream and canned peaches arrive and suggests vanilla ice cream with hot chocolate as a mood lifter.
Six Carloads of Chickens Routed Through Western Cities
Thirty thousand chickens moved from Nebraska to San Francisco in a series of shipments passing through western cities, illustrating vast poultry transport by rail.
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Nebraska
San Francisco
Quite a Novelty in Society Drama
A brief theater note describes a society drama deemed Quite a Novelty. The piece jokes about lack of a dramatic fireside treachery and notes the heroine stayed unmarried for nearly six months after her divorce.
Post Office Letters Opened On General Principles
A Yonkers Statesman quoted exchange notes concerns over mail handling where a tenth of letters are opened at Russian post offices on general principles. The brief dialog highlights skepticism about money playing a role in mail inspection.
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Bill
Jill
Yonkers Statesman
Poultry Shipment Delayed by Snow Across Nebraska
J. G. Greschlin, owner of several Nebraska poultry houses, shipped six car loads of fowls viewed by many. Each car carried about five thousand birds with a keeper for feeding and watering. The trip, typically eight days, took fifteen days due to snow and delays.
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J. G. Greschlin
Nebraska
Woman Mayor Leads Change in Hunnewell Kansas
Ella Wilson wins Hunnewell Kansas mayoralty promising a two year women led administration. She names Rosie Osbourne as police chief and E Hilton as city clerk, vows to end graft liquor traffic and jury perches, and to enforce curfew while cleaning up town finances and services.
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Hunnewell
Kan
Ella Wilson
Wilson
United States
S. M. Salter
Argonia
Elim
Osbourne
Hilton
Contaminated Water Costs US Over Half a Billion
New Haven Conn. The contamination of water supplies by sewage costs the United States an economic waste of more than 500 million dollars yearly, per figures of the national sewage commission. Without action to curb pollution, the nation may face a future with no pure water from natural sources.
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New Haven
Conn
United States
National Sewage Commission
Statue of Hercules Restored for London Exhibition
The famed Guarnacci Hercules, a twenty two century old marble statue, buried in a city warehouse for over fifteen years, is moved to Earl's Court for the ancient art exhibition this summer. Its misadventures include damage during passage from Paris to London after 1878.
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London
Guarnacci Hercules
Earl’s Court
I Lysippus
Lycione
Clement XI
Aventine
Palatine
Regent Street
Hercules
Rome
Paris
Walk 3,000 Miles on Three Dollars
H E Bucket aged 23 of 132 East Twenty third Street and John Arthur Johnson aged 20 of 121 West One Hundred and Twenty third Street begin a 3000 mile walk from City Hall to San Francisco. They plan 100 days along the Union Pacific line with three dollars each and a change of underclothes.
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New York
H. E. Bucket
East Twenty Third Street
John Arthur Johnson
West One Hundred and Twenty-third Street
City Hall
San Francisco
Union Pacific Railroad
Tight Collar Kills Girl in New York
Rose Degeran was found dead in New York after a nap with a tight collar constricting the neck. Police described the case as a fatal incident with the collar causing the strangulation.
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New York
Rose Degeran
Farewell and Welcome Sentiments Adorn English Home
In Winchester an English home displays a door plaque reading Farewell goes out sighing, welcome ever smiles. A hall panel adds The Lord keep thee in thy going out and coming in. The piece notes salve means welcome and is common in hotel lobbies. A country man wrongly calls it an ad for salve.
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Winchester
Silly Premonitions and Courage Against Calamity
The text argues that premonitions are useless even if true, weakening resolve and effort. It advises meeting trouble with a stout heart and a brain unfogged by dread rather than relying on anxiety or foreboding.
A Child and Father Debate Global Knowledge
A boy boasts of knowing everything in the world and challenges a friend with Asia. The friend replies that Asia is one of the questions his father knows, highlighting a humorous exchange about parental wisdom.
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Asia
Literal Feeling Exchange Sparks Steep Stair Recall
A quoted exchange contrasts a boss’s rebuke with a worker’s plea for higher pay. The response admits the kick but pivots to a memory of stairs being near and steep, implying hardship and immediate environment shaped the sentiment. It reads like a concise vignette.
The Tested Proverb on Silence and Golden Weddings
A boarding house philosopher quips that speech is silver yet silence properly used makes golden weddings possible, underscoring the value of quiet restraint in matrimony and social gatherings.
Juvenile Smoking Spread Reported Across Europe
A European trend shows rapid increases in juvenile smoking over recent years. Officials warn of growing health risks as youths increasingly take up tobacco products abroad.
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Europe
The Diner's Viewpoint Chicken Variety
The diner notes a listed chicken variety with eleven necks five backs and thirteen wings, describing a culinary oddity in a restaurant menu item.
London Man Cuts Hair to Fool Barber
A London man admits he cuts his own hair to deceive the barber, claiming it foolproof yet acknowledges that it cannot fool anyone else. The report notes the humor and the public reaction to his self trimming tactic.
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London
Elea
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Lindwip
Ceninenaril
Hittie Harry
State of
Kansas
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