Madam Miriam Betrothed to Sir James as Scottish Gift Opens
Miriam hesitates while Sir James discusses gratitude and future ties with Lady Mark Kennon. Mrs Circle arrives radiant to invite him to dinner and praises Lady Mark Kennon's gift as Tam longs to meet the benefactor. Miriam hopes her future mother will visit Scotland and accept the welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacKennon
Kintore
Miriam
Sir James
Tam
Mark Kennon
Scotland
Mrs. Clrcle
Night Storm Seals Daring Meeting For Hidden Lovers
Miriam defies danger to meet Hugh Ferrars in a storm to deliver money and a farewell token. Ford suspects the affair as Sir James nears a planned wedding, and the couple parts amid gunfire signals and shipboard alarm.
A Pittsburg Woman Teaches Children to Read
A profile of Mrs Rebecca Smith Pollard recounts her life in Pittsburg as a devoted educator who teaches local children to read amid challenges and community support. The piece highlights her resilience, dedication, and impact on early literacy.
Rival Pittsburg Woman Promotes Reading Method
Mrs Rebecca Smith Pollard, a Pittsburg native now living in Chicago, emerges as a rival to Colonel Parker in promoting a reading-teaching system. Born near North Diamond street in Allegheny nearly 69 years ago, Pollard credits a vigorous early life and a lineage of educators, including her father Dr Nathaniel Ruggles Smith founder of Hesperus.
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Fritter
Pittsburg
Colonel Parker
Quincy
Rebecca Smith Pollard
North Diamond Street
Allegheny
Chicago
Nathaniel Ruggles Smith
Hesperus
Allegheny Mountains
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Saturday Evening Visitor
St Clair
Sixth Street
Kirkham
Dr. Smith
Este
United States
Longfellow
Barnesville
Ohio
Town Academy
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Kentucky
Taylor
Fort Madison
Iows
Pollard
Jnst
Mrs Rebecca Smith Pollard and the Synthetic Reading Method
A reformer in Chicago and Des Moines, Mrs. Pollard developed a reading method that teaches from elementary sounds, making pupils independent of teachers. She trained teachers across the West and gained support from Dr. Edward Everett Hale and Mother Katherine Drexel, with ties to notable figures in Boston and Chicago.
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Pollard
Des Moines
Iowa
Pacific Coast
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsby
Mra A. H Aie
Edward Everett Hale
Mra Pollard
Dr. Hale
Edward Hale
Sears
de Hale
Pop J. Sup
Pees
Katherine Drexel
Mrs Pollard
Mother Katherine Drexel
Mother Katherine
Sarah Winter Kellogg
New York Magazine
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Chicago
Mia
John Hover
Buena Vista Street
Allegheny
Tar
Diet for the Summer Advice From an English Physician
An article cites Dr. N. E. Yorke Davis of London arguing hot weather requires balanced meals and exercise. He prescribes fish and vegetables, small starches, fruit for sweetness, tea as a safe drink, and three meals daily with portions to satisfy appetite. He warns against excess and favors soup to start dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gentleman's Magazine
N. E. Yorke Davis
London
Sara
Chamberlain's remedy praised by Wellsville man
Mr. C H Shawen of Wellsville Kansas extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for fourteen years of use in his family. He says it conquers stubborn summer diarrhea in children without needing a physician and calls it unmatched based on yearly experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.H. Shawen
Wellsville
Kat
Immigrant Woodmen Camp Near Port Allegany Explored
Immigration Inspector Layton investigates alleged illegal French Canadian labor in McKean County woods. He and interpreter tour Skinner’s Creek camps, question Lennert and workers, find no law violations, note bark peeling season, and share a rural dinner with Campbell camp Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skinner's Creek
Boniface
Robert D. Layton
Port Allegany
McKean County
Layton
Immigration Department
Franklin
Ben
Sam
George H. Welshons
Lennert
Canada
United States
Quebec
McKean
P Bell
Taspeotr Layton
Campbell
Prisons and Penal Arts Highlighted at 1890 Exhibit
The Wardens' Association led by Major R W McClaughry released The Criminal Statistics of the United States and Canada for 1890. It notes prisoner demographics, crimes, literacy, and sentences with insights from cards filled by wardens, and previews the Columbian Exposition penological hall showcasing historic and modern devices and famous prisons.
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Wardens’ Association
Major R. W. McClaughry
United States
Canada
Major McClaughry
St. Lawrence
Texas
Mason and Dixon
South
Billy
Nevada
Carson City
Dakota
New England
Association
Chicago
Chateau d'If
Dumas
Byron
Bonnivard
Chi
Bastile
Marie Antoinette
Charles Reade
King’s Bench
Richard Steele
Fielding
Amelia
Dickens
Marshalsea
Marshalsea Jail
Little Dorritt
Sweat-Shop Labor Described by Joseph Kirkland
In Scribner's Magazine Joseph Kirkland details a sweat shop where a middleman or sweater coordinates journeymen tailors and needlewomen outside the central district. Workers, including many women and children, finish garments at home to cut costs, earning meager wages. The process employs about 5,000 men and 20,000 to 23,000 women and children, with 800 of the men listed as Hebrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kirkland
Scriimer's
An Echo of the War President Morrison Assumes Care
A New York Tribune account recalls President Harrison during New Hope Church fighting as a colonel who could not promptly find surgeons. He rolled up his sleeves to stop bleeding and dress wounds, directed tents to become bandages, and worked for hours on wounded soldiers before surgeons arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Harrison
Eare
New Hope Church
Peruna touted as preventive against summer stomach diseases
An urging note claims summer illnesses like diarrhoea cholera morbus and dysentery are deadly and asserts Peruna cures them if used promptly. It promises three lectures by Dr Hartman of Columbus on acute abdominal diseases and mentions related Peruna manufacturing details.
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B. Hartman
Columbus
Clarke proposes steam cut off for piston mean pressure
D KE Clarke outlines an effective method for high pressure engine work. With steam cut off at quarter stroke the mean pressure reaches 1235 part of the maximum pressure.
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Engineera
D. KE. Clarke
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Mra Clyde
MecKennen
Hugh Ferrars
England
Huch Ferrars
Lord
Ford
Mother
Reed
Escourt
Ing
James
Mr. Clyde
Jon
Mrs. Clyde
Mirian
Hugh Ferras
Dr. Reed
James Ford
Sir Juana
Sues
Jams
Rose Ford
James MacKennon
Hugh
Banks
Rose
Johnson
Jane
Swain
Colonel Clyde
Toolonel Clyde
Dave
Miss Ford
Ferrars
Hugh Ferrara
Erin
Sir James MacKennon
Ferrara
Life Brigade
Goodby
Ferrari
Ord
Banka
Colonel
Dom
Crystal Brooks
Beauty
Skinner’s Creek
Mr. Layton
Jim
Noah
Austin
Fred
Lurida
Johns
Literatura
Morrison
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