Quips and quibbles flash in late 19th century columns
A miscellany of social commentary and observations from Myrtle Point includes jokes about bachelors and married men, crime rhetoric, a Rockefeller fine paid privately, religious controversy, Edison on electricity, Aunt Carrie Nation’s arrests, and reflections on recreation and intellectual growth. It notes the abolition of the slave trade and Catholic officers in the British army, plus a Mothers' Club lecture about the female cage.
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England
Greenville
Vacation Talk Turns To Comfort And Discomfort
The piece contrasts luxury and simplicity in summer plans, noting how preferences differ widely in hotels, white flannel, and sporting gear. It cites President Angell on practical political science teaching and describes civic clubs forming in colleges to study government and reform.
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Angell
University of Michigan
College
Stees
Lyman Abbott
Jacob Riis
Willam Kent
Chicago
Lindsay
Federal Child Labor Committee
Department of State
Beett
Wrestling for Exercise and Its Forms in Modern Gymnastics
The article notes wrestling as hard muscular work after work hours and describes catch as catch can as practiced in the United States, comparing it to Swiss wrestling. It recalls switching from Grecko-Roman to catch style about twelve years ago by a man over forty who still enjoys it when matched with similar weight and kept cordial by a gentlemanly spirit.
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New York Medical Journal
Red Tape Tales of a French Rider’s Short Service
A fragmentary note recounts Roger Cavaillien, a young French gentleman rider, who earned a bun but faced military revision. The counsel denied his request citing only one year of service would prevent him from training or riding.
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Roger Cavaillien
Valorization of Coffee Prices Sparks Brazil Policy Debate
The article discusses Brazil’s valorization plan to prop up coffee prices through a 71 million dollar bond issue and government purchases. It notes opposition calling it a corner and defense from supporters, with limited evidence of price movement since implementation, and reflects on broader social issues tied to the era.
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Brazil
Sao Paulo
Minas
Hilo
Coffe
van Nonien
Women and higher education say women can excel
James Bryce argues that colleges are for bright youths, not just Platonic minds. He contends women’s faculties are equal to men’s and they can lead public opinion, master economics, and excel in administration, especially when work benefits children. America
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James Bryce
Platos
Newtons
America
Royal kinship as peace lever in European politics
A Philadelphia Ledger analysis argues royal marriages rarely guarantee peace. It lists extensive European royal ties of King Edward VII and kinship links across Belgium, Portugal, Bulgaria, Russia, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, and France. The piece notes national sentiment outweighs dynastic interests and stresses that political alliances, not marriages alone, preserve peace amid disputes.
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Great Britain
Europe
Philadelphia Ledger
Spain
England
Edward
Yulee
Re Calla
Belgium
Portugal
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Edward V
Culera
Russia
Germany
Greece
Sweden
Maud
Karl
Denmark
Haakon II
Norway
Italy
Servie
Holland
France
Patent System Flaws Draw Protest Over Copyrights
The writer argues the U S patent system is flawed wasting funds on agents and distorted applications. He claims inventors lose refunds due to a flood of unoriginal claims and calls for investigation into the matter.
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Patess
Wan
Iment
Thor
Ventor
United States
Evolution of Horses Mode and Other Fragments
The text discusses horse toe evolution from full toes to a single hoof, likening it to a human hand analogy. It then digresses to a London News note on warfare and kinship, followed by Jacob Riis's story of a boy shining sheds and a gift exchange at a mission Sunday school.
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London News
Jacob Riis
Browning
Jimmie
Thame
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Myrtle Point Enterprise
John D. Rockefeller
Philadelphia
Thomas A . Edison
Carrie Nation
Inquirer
Philander Knox
Q. K. Philander Doesticks
P. B
St. Paul
Pittsburg
Henry G. Davis
Mothers’ Club
New York City
A .Wes
A. W. Atwood
James Seyce
Finship OF Kings
Justice David
Post Office and Crime
Gen
B. Cortestou
United
North American Review
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