Remarkable Clippings From The Register Polished Opinions
The Register notes Denver’s population at 60000 based on a school census and recounts a Dodge City trial where a judge supplied a pistol for protection. It also highlights President Arthur’s memory, Proctor Knott’s animal drawings for Metropolitan Hotel children, a large Feather river trout, and a brutal mule endurance wager in Centerville Arkansas. End with Maine’s pivotal upcoming election, Benton’s centennial, and brake man fatalities.
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Centerville
Ark
Woman in Hoboken Addresses Guiteau with Devotion
A young woman signing as Clara Augusta Davis of Hoboken N Y writes thirteen pages to the assassin Guiteau pledging loyalty to his cause and declares she will try to secure his release with money if possible.
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Yourg
Clara Augusta Davis
Hoboken
N. Y
Guiteau
Pris
Portrait and letter in a Guiteau case reveal a mystery
A prisoner receives a series of letters and a dropped photograph from a woman who calls herself a persecuted friend. Scoville seeks the writer in New York but finds only lodging, not the author. Guiteau also gets a second letter accusing him of indifference. The article then surveys a year of pivotal political elections across states, noting key dates and offices.
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Mr. Scoville
House of Representatives
Rhode Island
Oregon
Grover
Kentucky
Court of Appeals
Tennessee
Alabama
Maine
Supreme Court
Vermont
Arkansas
Ohio
Iowa
Colorado
West Virginia
Indiana
David Davis
New York
A Chicago Girl s Love and a Boy s Tender Question
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, Ethelbert Dooley asks Rosalind Mahaffy if her father keeps a dog during a matinee. Rosalind muses that Ethelbert does not love her, laments small losses like chewing gum, and finds solace in peanuts as the curtain falls. The scene blends affection and doubt in a tender, bittersweet moment.
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Ethelbert Dooley
Rosalind Mahaffy
Ethelbert
Rosalind
Darling
Chicago Tribune
Hills of Cursing Echo Test in Holy Land Visit
The Rev H Jones describes a day on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal from a new book The Past and Present in the East. He and a companion climbed Gerizim and later separated to call to each other. From a distant dot on the hillside the other read aloud the twenty third psalm and both heard clearly despite Turkish soldiers nearby.
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Ebal
Gerizim
Rev
H. Jones
House of Commons
Lambeth Palace
The Aesthetic Boom Leans To Ostentatious Art
A fragment from the New York Star presents a satirical monologue on style, fame, and the public gaze. The speaker parades extravagant images of attire, theater, and artifice while acknowledging ridicule. The piece critiques pretension in modern culture with self-aware braggadocio.
The Godfather Death in a French Village Folktale
A prosperous farmer in Quesne-Raoult seeks a godfather for his thirteenth son and meets Death, who agrees to the role. They tour Death’s vast lamps, revealing how each lamp marks a life. As the lamp for Jean Philippe’s lamp nears extinction, he cheats fate with a bribe, while Death condemns the act.
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Jean Philippe
Quesne-Raoult
Conde-sur l'Escant
Conde
Justice of the Peace
Macon
Granther Jacob
Dagobert
Godfather
Baudour
Death
Earth
Godpapa
Feeding Horses Straw Hats in a Fire Debris Scene
A St Louis incident reports straw hats damaged by water and fire being tossed from windows and confiscated by bystanders. An elderly man asserts he will feed the hats to his horse, arguing straw remains straw and hay and feed are costly, as hats drift from upper stories and he catches them.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Republican
Boys and Thimbles Advice From the American Agriculturist
The writer urges boys to learn sewing with a thimble before growing up. He notes his own many failed attempts to push a needle without one after traveling widely. The piece argues that using a thimble is practical, not feminine, and saves trouble at hotels and friends’ homes.
An Oriental Beauty. Mad Yoshida in Washington society
The Milwaukee Republican notes Yoshida wife of the Japanese Minister as a dainty figure in Washington society. She appears small and elegant, with French styled dress and accessories, her face described as perfect and cream colored, hair black and arranged, seated in an ebony brocade chair, her presence considered one of the prettiest sights in the capital. She brings rare silks and embroideries from Japan, highlighting her refined, ceremonial image.
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Yoshida
Washington
Milwauk Republican
Mispronounced names and family origins in early American lore
A Boston Transcript reader explains a long standing mystery of the Enroughty family of Virginia whose name is pronounced Darby. He traces it to Irish Enright emigrants and the Darbyites nickname from a chant Go along, you old Darby, suggesting the nickname became confused with the name.
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Virginia Taliaferroz
Kentucky Vallandighams
Tollivers
Flanagans
Virginis
Darby
Cincinnnai Gasetts
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