World of Letters review of Read and Doyle selections
Opie Read's The Jacklins is praised for strong human portraits amid a flawed plot hewing to Southern life. Reviews note Eleanor Stuart's Stone Pastures as a promising yet uneven psi drama. Conan Doyle's Brigadier Gerard exploits are collected with favorable critique, and Housman illustrations enhance Werewolf by Clarence Housman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Stuart
New York
D. Appleton & Co
Pennsylvania
Imma Butte
Jarleen
Misa Stuart
Poetic Careers and New Works Preview
In due season the claim to fame shows through a critic's lampoon of imitators. Bret Harte, Hall Caine, Kipling, Doyle, and Hawthorne inspire new fiction and verse with plans for forthcoming volumes and illustrated editions by Harpers Way & Williams and Stokes. Florence L. Snow publishes The Lump of Gold sequence, with Hawthorne reference and handmade pulp paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bret Hlurte
Mary Anderson Navarro
Harpers
Hall Caine
Windsor
Robert Barr
London
New York
Hurst
Artis
Frederick
A. Stokes
Tan Maclaren
John Watron
Bor
Manningtree
Kegex
England
Rpheal
Scotland
John Hay
Lincoln
Meclure
Hilaworth
Ellsworth Zouaves
Colonel Tay
Elleworth
Cosmopolitan
Jim Laney
Waterloo
Ella W. Peattie
Nebraska
Omaha
Way & Wui- Fama
Chicago
Way & Williams, Chienago
Ponte Molle
Constantine
Mise Florence L. Snow
Kansas Academy of Languages and Literature
Eiimund I. Garrett
Literary Gossip on Stephen Crane in The Sun
The London Sun relays praise for Stephen Crane 23, author of The Red Badge of Courage, noting his prose is striking though not a traditional novel. It compares The Red Badge to The Black Riders, praising truthfulness and vigor and predicting Crane will grow as his work matures. The plagiarist's redemption poem follows, mentioning a diligent writer and muse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Sun
Scranton
Stephen Crane
New York
Mr. Crane
Crogue Igure
Frank Lawler
Chicago
Washington
Lawler
Fett
Brander
Wall Street
Gou
Bera Pierce Pais
Arrowemich
Perel
Piet
Division of the Sexes from 1890 Census Reveals Regional Gaps
The Philadelphia Ledger reports 1890 census figures showing U S females outnumbering males nationally by about 1500000, with the gap varying by region. Immigrant patterns since 1880 explain shifts, while Pennsylvania and its cities present a different balance, with Philadelphia favoring males overall and Allegheny county near parity.
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Europe
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Great Britain and Ireland
Austria
Germany
Spain
Netherlands
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Western Washington coal resources described in detail
A Georgetown Tribune analysis outlines four coal districts in Western Washington, detailing seams, depths, and production figures for Skagit Whatcom, King, Pierce, and Lewis counties. It notes historical mining, transportation limits, and a total 1892 output of 40,965 tons, with further context on geology and regional ore belts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Richmond
T. B. Corey
Seattle
Oregon Improvement Company
Skagit- Whatcom
King County
Pierce County
Lewis County
Skagit-Whatcom
Achiat
Skagit River
Lake Whatcom
Noosgack River
Hamilton
Jennings
Blue Cannon
Hudson Bay Company
Heneptia
Gilman
New Castle
Il. Tan
Black Diamond
Isse
Alao
Pranklin
Alto
Kangley
Denny
Cedar Mountain
Ue Cada
Central
Heart Disease Symptoms Promoted Cure Advertised
A period piece advertises Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart as a remedy for sudden heart distress. It claims the product is a vegetable, milk‑like tonic that has cured desperate cases. Sold by Mathews Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Agnew
Mathews Bros
Frank Hyatt and Broadway Panic Sparks Ambulance Call
Frank Hyatt, long a noted income earner and hook agent for London Thespians, visits New York. In a startled moment at a Broadway hotel he rushed into the street crying for help and urged someone to call an ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hyatt
London
Broadway
Tales of greed and wit in a muddled colonial era
The piece retells fables and quirky verses about avarice and cunning. It references a wealthy man unhappy with his son and a coffin money trick, a deceiver named Hepicting Crees, and a rustic king Coal amid winter taxes.
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Wis
Ds Brand
Crees
Earth
Heaven
Tom
Speer’s Witest and Brandy Endorsed by Health Officials
The article notes that Speer’s Witest and Brandy receive endorsements from health authorities across Amelia and Hupope, highlighting broad support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
Amelia
Hupope
A Dressmaker’s Strange Recovery Told by a Patient
Miss Daisy Musselman, a Lancaster dressmaker, recounts how Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People cured her after months of illness and failed treatments. She describes improved sleep, appetite, strength, and return to work after seven boxes, praising the medicine as a scientific remedy from Dr Williams Medical Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fron
the Examiner
Lancaster
Daisy M. Musselman
Samuel Musselman
North Christian Street
Lincsster
Musselman
Miss Musselman
Ity
Alka
Lis
Mise Musselman
Borane
Williams
Pink Falls
Jenne
Mss
Ares
Mei Medical College
Montreal
Edinburgh University
Scothand
Williaams
Ino
Dr. Williams? Edivine Company
Dr Acker’s English Remedy Promises Rapid Cough Relief
The advertisement proclaims Dr Acker’s English Remedy as the best cough medicine, able to stop a cough in one night and check cold in a day. It claims to prevent croup, relieve asthma, and cure consumption if used promptly, with pure ingredients and no opium or morphine, offered in 50c and 5 per bottle.
Azalea Face Powder and Thrixogene Ad Offerings
Azalea Face Powder praised as superior and widely used by society and professionals for smooth skin. Thrixogene described as a vegetable hair grower and scalp tonic, claimed to cure blemishes and promote vigor, with price and order details listed. M Hetzel's Parlors in Lackawanna Avenue Wilkes Barre advertise hair dressing and manicure services with mail orders promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price & Conte
Thrixogene
Nature
M. Hetzel
Lackawanna
Wilkes Barre
Directory of Wholesale and Retail City and Suburban Firms
A historical listing of wholesale and retail businesses in Scranton and surroundings. Entries include banks such as Dershante Trust. merchants in bedding, china, toys, flour, dairy, engines, dry goods, fruits, cement, plumbing, groceries, hardware, furniture, hotels, and more with street locations and principal partners or managers.
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Lundsford
Lim Jacklin
T. M. Hamilton
Dr. Appleton & Co
Alec
Clarence Housman
John Lane
The
Bodley Head
Cutengo
Way & Williams
Sweyn
Christian
White Fell
Hilarother
Chriatian
Lawrence Housman
Girard
A. Conan Doyle
Redcloth
D. Appleton
Dr. Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes
Doyle
Thegreader
Prench
the Tribune
March Cosmopolitan
Jameson
Transvaal
Albert Shaw
Hmpire
South Africa
Shaw
Boer Republic
Cecil Rhodes
Joseph Chamberlain
Voneress
Catter
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Max Beerbohm
A. G. Wells
Anthony Leland
John Davidson
Clinton Scollard
Charles FE
Lummis
John H. Boney
Gairdner & Teall
Paul Berthon
Raymond M. Crosby
Andere Des Gachons
Gachons
Gelett Burnees
Austin Dobson
Ike Andrew Lang
Lowell
Thoreaus
Disraeli
Poe
Anthony Hope
Pope
Lamb
Addison
Swift
Sterne
Loggard
du Maurier
Kipling
Guy Wetmore Carryl
Mungey
Wellene
Ani
Philadelphia Ledger
State of
West
South Prairie
Pittsboro
Wilkeson
Acme
Cascade Range
Mount Ranter
Pacific Coast
Mr. Evatt
Chicago Times-Herald
Chicago Times-Herall
BO Bal
Times-Herald
Chile
Billy
Washington Post
Speer's
Gail Borden
Eagle Brand
Coxe
Acker Medicine CO
Chambers Street
Sa Piaelety Matthews Bro
Eva M. Hetzel
Pe Chichester
Morea
Peternite Mall
All Loco Bengigists
BANKS
Dershante
Trust and Safe Dit
Hants
Goranton Bedding Co
Lacka
China
J. Louis
Si Penn
Wiliams, J. D. & Bro
C.F. Bons & Co
Easton Mill Co
Lacks
Thasky & Mose
Scranton Dairy Co
Penn and Linden
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lackawanna Avenue
Dale & Stevens
Cleveland, A. 8
Kelly & Os
Keust
Luther
T. H. Watts Ae
Babcock, G. J. & Co
Franklin
Scranton Supply and Mach. Co
Howsley, P. F
M. T
Wyoming
Grocers
Megataei
Geotail Rectin
Mnayen Porter
John Tr
Rice, Levy & Co
Harness & Saddlery
Frita G. W
Keller & Harris
Penn
Walsh, Edward J
Hill & Connell
Blume, Wm. & Son
Spruce
Cowles
W. C
MT N. Main
Rogers, A. E
Boots and Shoes
Goodman's Shoe Store
Barbour
Home Credit House
Samuel
Scranton House
Depot
Inglis
J. Scott
Goldsmith Bros
Brown's
Wall Paper
ETG
Ford, W. M
Scranton Candy Co
Athletic Goods
Florey
C. M
Gunster & Forsyth
Fenn
General Merchandise
Snook
8. M
Olyphant
Winke
J. C
Clark, G. R. & Co
Caterer
Huntington
D. C
Pirie
J. J
Raub
A. N
McQarrah & Thomas
Lorentz, C
Linden & Wash
Davis
G W
Main and Market
Blows
Peckville
Davies
John J
Simwell, V. A
Linden
Green, Joseph
Crockery
Harding, J. L
Broker and Jeweler
Radio Bros
Crheamery Stone Bros
ETO Parker, E. R
Caryl's
ISSEB
Benjamin & Benjamin, Franklin & Spripow
Merchant Tailor
Roberts
J. W
N. Main
Stelle
J. Lawrence
Mulley, Ambrose
Triple Stores
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