Mabel Moore and Edith Moore Yield to Love in Stratagem
In a Bayswater conservatory a staged romance unfolds as Mabel Moore resists Ernest Beckford while planning a future with him. Edith Moore, revealed as Mabel, woos Mrs Beckford with a ruse to gain consent, and the mother’s blessing greets the lovers, sealing a prudent ending in a sentimental twist.
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Mabel
Bayswater
Mabel Moore
Twilight Conservatory
Ernest Beckford
Jessamine
Australia
Ernest
Will
Edith
Mrs. Beckford
Mother
Edith Moore
Thomas
The Old Sweet Song Rendered by a Mother's Voice
A reflective poem recalls a simple tune that lingers through memory and distance. The speaker travels under sun and star, hearing music from gondolas to sacred chimes, yet the enduring refrain remains the mother’s lullaby shaping fear, sleep, and longing. The old song is gathered like a golden chain, linking life and rest beyond.
Dream of Cuba and a Lost Love in Smoke Laced Verse
A poetic fragment follows a narrator dreaming of Cuba and a bygone romance with Inez as he smokes a cigar. The scene shifts to a Scotch seaport sermon on repentance where an old salt urges a mariner to bear up, and a comic exchange about descending from Trinity Church spire on a goose ends with a quip about simply “picking it off the goose.”
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Inez
Mr. Dorkins
Trinity Church
Miss Weber and Mr Davidson Engage Then Sue for Breach
London couple Miss Weber and Mr Davidson met at a ball and agreed to marry. Davidson later withdrew, but Weber pursued breach of promise and won £1,250. The report also claims Hayes will toe party lines, urged by leaders that money is needed to win Indiana.
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Virginia
Platt
Wells
W.S. Holman
Indiana
House
Grant
Sherman
Congress
Army
Miss Weber
Mr. Davidson
London
Davidson
Hayes
People call for reform and Tilden leadership
The public voices disgust with Republican governance and demands a Democratic House and President. They predict good times with Tilden and a new era, denouncing corruption, rings, and public thieves. The piece urges trustworthy, patriotic leaders to replace the Grant administration's legacy.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
Samuel J. Tilden
House of Representatives
Congress
Tilden
Grant
M. Y. Star
Burlesque Written in Suffering by John Brougham
The piece Po-ca-hon-tas was dictated by illness in 1865 and promised for Wal lace's Theater. Brougham performed the principal role despite invalid status, carried to the theater and kept on stage until showtime. A sharp aside compares Arbaces and a vinegar faced housewife seeking a broom with unusually strong handle.
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John Brougham
Po-ca-hon-tas
Wallack
Sardanapalya
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Thames
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Illinois
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Pennsylvania
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Ohio
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Foster
Jimmy
Abraham Lincoln
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Bernard G. Caulfield
Ilinois
Davenport
Custom House
J.S. C. Blackburn
Kentucky
Blackburn
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Texas
E. R. Meade
Internal Revenue Service
Milton Sayler
Public Lands Committee
Gilbert C. Walker
Education
Luabor
Conway
the Order of the Army
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