Are We to Have Great Estates in New England
A writer argues early settlers held small plots for living but lacked land richness. Farms near cities get divided into town lots while distant farms merge into large model estates run by wealthier buyers. Many natives lose independent ownership, becoming tenants as single landowners transform vast tracts into show farms like Britain’s estates.
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New England
Europe
Vermont
Bugshis
Soul
Cody
Great Britain
Ulster County
Wallkill Valley
Christian Social Union and Practical Christian Aid Work
A discussion of the Christian Social Union an Episcopalian group meeting in Baltimore to promote Christ’s moral and ethical teachings as universal authority. It notes leaders like Professor Richard Ely and outlines the union’s aim to combine humanitarian efforts with sociological study to improve mankind.
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Christian Social Union
Episcopalian Society
Baltimore
Richard T. Ely
Deling Hopkins University
University of Wisconsin
New Jerusalem
Tadeo
Suniday
Labor and Gompers on American labor roots and future
The piece quotes Samuel Gompers praising the working man in American history while noting workers dominated early American society, with artisans and farmers shaping the nation. It contrasts past conditions with present labor gains and warns against excessive government reliance, framing labor progress as earned by workers and tradesmen across eras.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
New York
Coluanbus
America
Benjanin Franklin
Enamy
Europe
Clacksiith
Mr. Gompers
Gompers
Dahomey
Behanzin
Africa
Pacific Ocean
Reign of the Bicycle and Its Moral Weather
The piece extols bicycles as a national asset with a booming industry valued at 292 million and rising riders. It credits wheelmen with promoting better roads, notes a shift from draft animals to bicycles, and highlights educational and moral benefits. It emphasizes youth adoption, physical and mental growth, and temperance from outdoor, wholesome use.
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Widnaman
America
United States
Greenland
Sylvester Baxter
Baxter
Cadet Discipline Outshines militia in parade critique
An observation on a parade notes West Point cadets outperformed home militia in drill with erect posture and precise steps. It suggests militia should improve drill habits, while acknowledging the militia were still decent and well mannered. The piece extends to a recommendation that training be adopted by everyday workers to improve grace and bearing.
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National Guard
West Point
Militia
Columbus Collar Revival Sparks Fashion Debate
A humorous essay advocates adopting a Columbus era neckwear to flatter a strong, healthy neck and improved air flow. It warns scraggy necks may vanish and praises the noble portrait of Columbus while linking fashion to broader imperial perspectives amid Africa and Dahomey questions.
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Chris
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Four American Girls in Paris Sketch Shows Co operation
A Boston Globe feature paints four American women with modest means who study art music and French in Paris. They shared a furnished flat rented for fifteen dollars monthly and furnished by pooling eighty dollars. They kept meals simple with French dining and a daily helper, spending about twenty five dollars per person per month. Two lessons emerge: cooperation works and knowing when to let others lead.
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Paris
Boston Globe
Hay Fever and Treason Defined in 19th Century Rants
A satirical piece quips about Hay Fever and a mock expert Samuel Lockwood explains pollen and stigma in odd detail. Chief Justice Paxson’s Homestead rioters case is cited, defining treason against a state as arming, organizing, and defying the law to deprive citizens of rights.
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W. T. Stead
Review of Reviews
Muybrick
Woking
Maybrick
Stead
Sir Charles Russell
South Africa
Henry Wilson
Samuel, Lockwood
United States
Hay Fever Association
Paxson
Pennsylvania
Homestead
Carnegie Company
The World's Debt to America and Its Gifts
A historical column praises American innovations and influence including canned fruit and milk can technology, steam propulsion, anesthesia, dentistry, telegraph, telephone, and electric light. It notes the United States as a self governing nation without monarchs and mentions global gratitude, while mis-spelled names hint at a piece celebrating American progress.
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America
Europe
United States
Poles
Equatorial
Africa
Gail Borden
Republic
Robert Fulton
Morton
Columbius
Ialy
Colombo
Weissert Chosen Commander in Chief of Grand Army
A. G. Weissert of Milwaukee and Wisconsin figures prominently as a candidate for the Grand Army of the Republic commander in chief. Born August 7 1843 he served in the Eighth Wisconsin and was wounded at Nashville. He rose to senior vice commander and was a leading contender at the Detroit encampment. Captain Palmer won on the final ballot.
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Eighth
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Nashville
Lincoln
West Point
Weissert
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Detroit
John Palmer
New York
W. P. Smedberg
California
Palmer
Smedberg
Ohio Gubernatorial Edge in Three Congressional Nominations
Three Ohio candidates attract attention as Democrats nominate Louis P. Ohliger of Wooster in the Sixteenth district to succeed the late John G. Warwick. The reapportionment keeps Stark, Wayne, Holmes and Medina counties in the seat, with Ohliger likely to win the unexpired term. Hodge, Republican contender in the Twenty-first district, faces Tom L. Johnson in Cleveland. Dr George P. Skert secures the Eighteenth district nomination, challenging Thomas H. Morgan in Stark Columbiana and Mahoning counties. Columbus contemplates the era with Columbus portraits and a political nod to Columbus’ namesake.
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Ohio
Louis P. Ohliger
Wooster
John G. Warwick
McKinney
House
Sixteenth
Warwick
Stark
Wayne
Holmes
Medina
Obliger
Ohjiger
Bavaria
America
Canton
Hodge
Ikert
Ouliger
Congress
Johnson
Erie County
N. Y
Cleveland
Geauga Seminary
Garfield
George P. Skert
Columbiana
Mahoning
Tkert
Thomas H. Morgan
Alliance
Kert
East Liverpool
Major McKinley
No Place in the World For Women Says Harper's Bazaar
An editorial piece argues women have varied fields of opportunity beyond traditional homemaking. It cites Patience Strong’s detainment, Chautauqua reading courses, and career paths for nurses, teachers, artists, musicians, and needleworkers. The text urges women to seek fulfilling work that matches their abilities, stressing contentment over discontent with Creator’s plan.
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Patience
Harper’s Bazar
Keep the Old Toys and the Spirit of Childhood
Mary E. Spencer argues in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat for keeping old toys and crafting with childhood spirit. She notes how discarded wheels, springs, and scrap rubbish become useful machines through a child’s imagination, and urges contentment with simple, heartfelt work.
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Susie
John
Mary E. Spencer
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Womanly manners and grace in Victorian virtue ideals
The piece quotes Gail Hamilton praising refined conduct and female dignity, arguing women should be poised and courteous, avoiding coarse behavior. It contrasts propriety with immorality and suggests self possession and gentleness as moral duties. It also cites a New York Commercial Advertiser note and then includes data from an Ecuador trade report spanning 1889 to 1891.
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Gail Hamilton
New York Commercial Advertiser
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