Lively Year Ahead With Elections Across States
The piece surveys coming political contests as legislatures choose governors in many states and Senate control hangs on those results. It notes social anecdotes from Chicago, charity appeals in Paris, and a wedding licensing misadventure, ending with property deals in New York and rising real estate values compared to 1874.
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Fifth Avenue
Fifty-fourth Street
New York
William H. Vanderbilt
Bridewell birth debate and local letters from Wayne and Cary family lore
A fragmentary mix of 19th century moral commentary and reminiscences. It references Maron Harrison a Chicago magistrate debating a prisoner’s birth in a city prison and hints at a girl child born to the prisoner. It then recalls Anna Louise Cary’s lyric beginnings in Maine and a stressed 13 year old’s glass injury tale from Passaic, with scattered quotes and anecdotes.
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Maron Harrison
Chicago
United States
Bridewell
Harrison
May Harrison
Anna Louise Cary
Wayne
Maine
Dr. Cary
Annie
Miss Cary
Pane in the Body and a Funeral Larceny Tale
A boy supposedly carried glass fragments for years, healing poorly then shedding glass from various body parts. A New York undertaker recalls a funeral bill dispute with a wealthy man whose daughter died, revealing a betrothed lover who paid the bill but vanished. The story ends by asking who must pay for the young man’s alleged misdeed.
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New York
The Plug Hat in Wyoming
Bill Nye mocks Wyoming fashion bias toward the plug hat noting its climate and wind make hats fail quickly and inspire suspicion of wearers. He recalls a day wearing a plug hat that seemed to grow heavy and flee across sagebrush and peaks, and tells of a wind-carried deposit of hats found near the Black Hills as proof of hostile conditions.
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Wyoming
Missouri
Laramie Peak
Black Hills
Rocky Mountain
Bill Nye
Love and vows across long years in autumn wedding
A lyrical fragment recounts a lovers tale of separation and reunion. The speaker recalls vows and a garden gate wedding beneath autumn light, as fate tested their love and gold of wealth fades beside enduring affection. Names and exact places are obscured in the text.
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Garden
The Fashionable Dressmaker and the Conscience
In a Seventh Avenue dress shop Madame Molini berates six sewing girls for delays and coerces with wage cuts. Flora Fay, exposed to deceit about fabric scraps, is dismissed for honesty. Captain Drake learns Flora’s plight, then vows to leave seafaring and propose a life on an old Berkshire farm with her.
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Madame Molini
Miss Fox
Mullens
Cork
Sixth Avenue
Lacey Lisle
Madame
Miss Sedgewick
Flora Fay
Flora
Mrs. Aubrey
Mrs. Ossett
Goosie
Miss Fay
Harry Drake
Fiora
Capt. Drake
Misa Fortescue
Miss Fortescue
Drake
Mrs. Arkwright
Japan
Exchange Bureau
Flora Arkwright Wins A Shipboard Alliance Heart
Capt. Drake consoles his sister and vows to persevere as a farmer with Flora by his side. Flora whispers she feels the happiest girl in the world tonight, reassured by his love and the promise of their partnership.
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Flora
Jeddo
Capt. Drake
Mrs. Arkwright
Capt
Drake
Historical glimpses of age, war, and myth across eras
The document surveys scattered historical notes and curiosities. It cites Montaigne on tree rings in 1581, Louis XIV era troops, ties Byron and Shelley to Sir Philip Sydney, and critiques Charles II treasury patronage. It references Garfield, Bishop Ripury, Marathon speed, Lincoln era politics, Gorton, Lycurgus black broth, Spartan gymnastics, and ancient war carpentry feats.
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Montaigne
Louis XIV
Europe
Byron
Shelley
William Sydney
Sir Philip Sydney
Charles II
Rosecrans
Garfield
Ripury
Greece
Marathon
Athens
Lincoln
House of Congress
House
Senate
Gorton
Troy
Rhine
Ossar
A Beggar Woman With a History
An aged beggar woman known around Courbevoie and Paris died in poverty. Tattoos on her arms bore names Marie Biron and Petit, reviving memory of an 1817 Birou murder case in which a wife and Petit were convicted. The prisoner Birou was executed, but the wife later escaped during the 1848 revolution, living a roving life until death revealed her identity.
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Courbevoie
Paris
Marie Biron
Petit
Newgate
Birou
St. Lazare
Montmatre
Versailles
Marie Birou
Courdevole
Arkansas Peculiarity and Sawdust Use in Hotels
An Arkansas peculiar politeness shows colonel general and captain titles signaling social favors and drinks. In Little Rock people know each other by titles, creating forgetfulness of proper names. A man greets a stranger as Colonel while others recite polite exchanges. Mryxearouis finds sawdust useful for hotel pillows in a noted transformation.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Brown's Iron Bitters touted for spring weakness cure
Brown's Iron Bitters described as a non alcoholic tonic to prevent and cure spring illness. The ad claims it strengthens muscles, enriches blood, improves complexion, and supports the system against seasonal strain. Sold by all druggists as a general tonic for dyspepsia indigestion weakness malaria and related conditions.
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the Hegister
W. Slater
Paxsx
Palmer House
J. W. Macray
Illinois
Galena
Rossi
Edmund Kean
Philadelphia
Plug Hat
Berlin
Asu Javyer Willby
Connecticut
Berkshire
Rose
Lily
Armer
Ace
Historical
Ras Grec Siekooss
A.reed & Sons’ Pianos
A.reed & Sons’ Organs
State St
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