Various era items mix in Boston tales and Maine moose
The page surveys eclectic notes from Boston lectures on Shakespeare to a Derby Line tomahawk linked to Hannah Dustin. It mentions Astor family pews in Trinity Church, medical views on tuberculosis, a subterranean Constantinople church, Jay Gould’s father boosting his son, a Maine half breed and moose farm, a Clarendon revival with prayer cures, Worth’s perfume ban in his work, and California fruit expansion with planned rail shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Goorp
Gould
Dead River
Maine
Splendid goblets and a piano priced jewels in a grand room
A San Francisco admirer's splendid goblet and a Vienna Opera House silver casket symbolize lavish tastes. Gold and precious stones adorn a room with a Steinway grand piano and a portrait of Col. Mapleson as part of a wealth display.
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San Francisco
Vienna Opera House
Steinway
Col. Mapleson
Tower Hamlet Corps
Dialogue Fragments Between Mrs. D and Mr. D on Hymns
The text records a brief exchange where Mrs. D asks Mr. D if he sings Forever and For ever, noting he is visiting and has just sung hymns. Mr. D replies that he seldom sings at all, offering a clipped response.
The Elf Child Lures with Gobble-Uns Tale
A fragmentary verse about Little Orphan Annie in a home scene and a warning from a goblin tale. It weaves a motherly scene with chores Annie performs, a ghostly warning of gobble-uns, and a moral urging children to mind parents and help the needy. The text blends dialect and folklore imagery in a nostalgic, ominous tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
The Deadly Timepiece in Welsh Country
A traveler on a Welsh road is saved from a pursuing mad dog by a quick gunshot and seeks shelter with a morose sister Olivia and her murderous husband. The clock in the attic chamber houses a hidden underground passage used by Olivia to lure and murder travelers, and the narrator exposes the plot after a deadly confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Ballenork
Glenwall
Olivia
Atlantic
Sam
London Milliners Create Velvet And Velvet Cap Styles
London milliners are making a specialty of colored caps in velvet and other materials to match autumn costumes. Tax effect on the land described as the owner’s best manure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Women harassment in New York spotlighted in letters
A New York Sun perspective details street nuisances faced by unattended women. Balloon men, flower vendors, and persistent tramps pursue and perilously harass female pedestrians, prompting calls for safer streets and respect for women in public spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Thirteenth Street
Seventeenth Street
Fourteenth Street
Twenty-third Street
New York Sun
Music Notes From Texas Strings
A brief fragment from a Texas Strings column features a mother and Mamie discussing a lullaby scene. Mamie admits the mother’s singing is so off key she pretends to sleep to end the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie
Texas Strings
Legends of the Redbreast in European Folklore
The article surveys beliefs about the redbreast across Britain France Ireland and Germany. It notes the bird’s nest protection, omens of death, and punishments for harming it, including divine favors and misfortunes such as lightning and epilepsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Dartmoor
Henderson
England
Brittany
Redbreast
Cornourville
Scotland
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Bezuet
Europe
Tyrol
Germany
A. Aredbreast
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Register
NEW Harmony
Ind
True Brown
Boston
Shakspeare
R. C. Parsons
Derby Line
Delaware
Hannah Dustin
Deerfield
Mr. Parsons
Dustin
Hannah
Tun Astors
Trinity
New Chapel
Trinity Cemetery
Fifty-sixth Street
Trinity Churchyard
Wall Street
Tur
Florida Medical and Surgical Journal
Constantinople
Rome
John the Baptist
Clarendon
Arkansas
Bredern
California
Parris
Craig-y-Nosts
Plymouth
Vermont
Mother Lodge
New York Tribune
Washington
Mahone
Butler
A. W. Hient
Centralia
Wyoming
Mr. Hight
Vesta
Spheeres
Portland
Stanford
Senator Stanford
Isabella
Spain
Paris
James Whitcomb Riley
Morris Redwing
Gotham
Russia
Switzerland
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Legends of the Redbreast
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