Physical Culture and Reform Debates and Escapes
A long survey discusses public school physical culture led by German influences in Brooklyn and echoes debates over woman suffrage. It traces origins in France England and the United States while noting that reformers like Halsey and Warren face mixed reception amid broader social changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Teutonic
Turnverein
Schieren
France
England
Germany
Bitter Pursuit in the Minories Escape
Taras and a boy flee through a flaming shaft after trapping Drigo and a pursuer. They rise to safety as a fire engulfs the box and gang, then seek refuge with kind tobacconists who tend the boy, offer food, warmth, and a bed. The chapter ends with the boy waking in a dreamlike relief.
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Taras
Sweet Apple Lane
Stone
Patty
Drigo
Ferryboat Alley
Sweet Apple One
London
Minories
Police
Ame
New England farms and political sparks in May
A Century Magazine writer searches for an abandoned New England farm without success while noting many farms sell cheap yet fail to yield fair profits. The piece mocks ideas of easy value in farming and contrasts farmer effort with smarter use of land. May activates state campaigns and tariff debates.
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Jersey City
Guy
America
New Zealand
Century
New England
Specimen of uneven spacing and locust news from Nyack
A New York publication prints without normal spacing for visual flow. The 17 year locust appears in Nyack with dates 1809 1860 1877. Diphtheria and rheumatism trends are noted globally while England and St. Petersburg show higher mortality and disease figures. A San Francisco divorce case involves a brunette wife bleaching her hair.
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Nyack
N.Y
Denmark
Earth
England
St. Petersburg
San Francisco
Blythe Millions Estate Awarded to Florence Blythe Hinckley
The California Supreme Court declares Florence Blythe Hinckley legally entitled to Thomas H. Blythe's estate worth at least 4 million dollars. The holdings include San Francisco real estate generating about 150000 yearly, with extensive lands in Southern California, New Mexico, and Arizona. Florence, born December 1878 in London, is Blythe’s alleged natural daughter.
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Florence Blythe Hinckley
Supreme Court of California
Thomas H. Blythe
San Francisco
California
San Diego
New Mexico
Arizona
Old Mexico
Blythe
Florence Blythe
Williams
Wales
London
Julia Perry
Florence
Miss Perry
America
Ashcroft
Miss Blythe
Frederick M. Hinckley
Oakland
San Rafael
Guarding the Bank of England and Tibetan fasting claim
The Bank of England is watched nightly by about 500 Household troops under an officer, marching from Wellington or St George's barracks. Prince Constantine Wiasemsky, returning from three years in Tibet, claims monks and Hindu fakirs can dispense with food and drink for months.
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Buffrage
France
New Jersey
Seneca Falla
N. Y
Worcester
Mass
Massachusetts
Mary A. Livermore
Lucy Stone
Bank of England
Household Troops
Wellington
St. George’s Barracks
Constantine Wiasemsky
Tibet
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Weekly Review
Alice In Wonderland
Mand
Elliott
Rome
the Eternal City
Ano the Messenger Boys of
New York
Charles J. Warren
Leaguers
Antileaguers
Old Sleuth
Harlan Page Halsey
Board of Education
Mr. Peekaniff
Uriah Heap
Falstaff
Bottom
Becky Sharp
Halsey
Hulsey
Goorness
Jerusalem
Frederick Bliss
Jawin
H.R
Duke
Larry Godkin
New York Evening Post
Larry
Great Britain
New York Herald
Coxey
Kansas City
Comey
Frye
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