Liberal uprising and party splits in 1872 revealed
A detailed look at the Greeley Liberal movement in Pennsylvania, highlighting ex congressman Darlington and Galusha Grow, McClure’s role in shaping Liberal strategy, Curtin’s defection, and the lasting impact on Pennsylvania politics from Cincinnati to Philadelphia. The piece notes the rise and collapse of Liberal hopes and the shifting loyalties of key figures.
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Partington
4. K. McClure
Galuahs A. Grow
Penn
Philadelphia Bulletin
Smedigy Darlington
St. Louis
Chester County
West Chester
Pennsylvania
Grant
A. K. McClure
Greely
James B. Everhart
Darlington
Republican Party
Galusha A. Grow
Ist
John W. Frazier
Curtin
McClure
Russia
Greeley
Cameron
Sore-Head
Camerons
Cincinnati
North Carolina
Walnut Street
Libera State Committee
McChire
David Davis
Tlanois
Cheeley
Philadelphia
Charles R. Buckalew
Buckalew
Forney
Hartranft
Gheeley
Closing the Book: The World Owes a Chance to Die
A homeless, penniless old man in a Detroit scene contemplates life and death after decades of struggle. He writes a debt credit line on the wall: the world owes a chance to live and a chance to die. He walks to the river and, driven by cold and despair, ends his life as passersby glance on with pity.
Social Settlement Idea Takes Root At Hull House
The Chicago Evening Post notes Hull House, six years old, as the city’s premier social settlement. It began in a vacant mansion in a congested ward, drawing Italians Bohemians and Russian Jews. Two young women started a second Toynbee Hall, with Miss Jane Addams guiding a democracy centered social effort. The institution hosts many self governing clubs including a forty factory girls group, a men’s club, and numerous specialty clubs. It also houses a kindergarten day nursery free dispensary visiting nurses factory inspection street and alley inspection and many services. It is a busy place full of activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening Post
Hull House
Toynbee Hall
Jolly Boys
Mallan
Mandeline Club
Crime Among Insects Reported in Pillsburg Dispatch
The Pillsburg Dispatch notes insect crime with bees stealing from hives in mass robberies. Beez brigand colonies arise from honey and brandy, while Sphecodes bees live on plunder. Marchall and Lombroso are cited on innate criminality in insects and born criminals.
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Buchner
Marchall
Professor Lombroso
William Watkins the Welsh eisteddfod star at four contests
William Wagner Watkins, famed Welsh tenor and eisteddfod veteran from Ebenezer chapel, wins four prizes on New Year’s Day across Aberglasdwr, Cwmcoed, Howar dtown, and Pontgam. He masters stagecraft, navigates rail travel, and earns rosettes, praise from Sir Duncan Macnamara, and a celebratory homecoming before covering travel costs.
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Willam Wagner Watkine
Ebenezer Chapel
Cwimecerd
Watkins
Moat Welshuen
Congress
Aberglusdwr
Cwmeant
Howardtown
Tontgam Wisteddoors
Timotheus
Nelson
Cwymp Llwelyn
Hay of Biscay
Ervr Ararat
Liew Liawen
Asia
Carw Cwrlyn
Llewelyn
Moltke
Wid Watkins
Elsteddfods
Cwmcoeg
Begweges
The Caliph and Other Season Theatre News
Prominent actors including Jefferson D Angeli s and Harry Conor plan new pieces for next season. Robert Mantell debuts in a romantic drama at Cincinnati. Mme Duse contemplates an English speaking company in Shakespeare roles. Scranton notes on Creston Clarke raise questions about rising tragedians and the path to fame. Theatre chatter cites industry plans, tours, and new productions across major cities.
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Jefferson D’ Angelis
Little Trooper
Mr. D'Angelis
Harry B. Smith
Adolph Englander
Broad Way Theater
New York
Harry Conor
Chinatown
Drolleries
Academy
Charles H. Hoyt
Conor
M. Hoyt
Robert Mantell
Cincinnati
Expy Williams
Art
Mr. Mantell
Henri
Margaret
Mme. Duse
America
Juliet
Duse
Bernhardt
Sara
Bidwin Booth
Penn
Philadelphia Bulletin
Young Clarke
Clarke
Edwin Booth
Booth
California
Sandwich Islands
Australia
Hamlet
Winter Garden
Busines
Creston Clarke
Hobe Trotter
Hoss" Hoey
Jerome Anthony
Walter Whiteside
James O'Neill
Europe
Peasan
John Drew
Maud Adama
Garrick Theater
David Henderson
Chicago
Albert Chevalier
Edward Vroom
W. H L. Power
Shannon
Chauncey Olwott
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Texas Statesman
Robert J. Brown
Frank Daniels
Lole Fuller
London
Abbey & Gray
Dorothy Morton
Miss Morton
Maurice Barrymore
William A. Brady
Mr. Barrymore
Dick and Company
Mr. Brady
Epigrams of Alexander Dumas on Stage and Life
A fragmentary collection of Dumas Epigrams discusses celibacy marriage and adultery as women’s tragedy and the stage as a logical pitiless arena. It notes that plays aim to move audiences and readers shape fame and that true dramatists speak from humanity’s blood and nerve.
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Publc
Lincoln Story of Providence Station Fire and Lincoln Anecdote
A Philadelphia Press account recalls a Providence railroad station built shortly after railroads arrived, designed by Thomas A Tefft in Humanesque style. The 625 foot long structure housed a public hall where Lincolns 1859 campaign speech occurred, and an interrupter’s boast led to a famed anecdote about the future president.
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Providence
R. 1
Ims
Thomas A. Tefft
Brown University
United States
Italy
Spraguendleford
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Superstitions and old wives tales on luck and fate
A fragmented piece reflects on old superstitions about luck and misfortune. It notes that neglecting small rites may bring sorrow, death, or accidents, and mentions beliefs about umbrellas indoors, a white nosed cow, and horseshoes. The tone echoes cautionary folklore and cultural warnings.
Night facial care and home remedies from Vogue hints
A Vogue writer cites a night cream method using a teaspoon of fresh morning milk cream rubbed into the skin for at least 15 minutes, then dusting with fine starch mixed with alum. Also described are onion juice adhesive for paper pasting, corks preserved in vaseling as glass substitutes, and a mahogany polish using linseed oil and alcoholic shellac varnish.
Riches and reach of the Americas in late 19th century
The sixteen republics south of the United States plus Mexico and Central America total over 50 million people. Brazil controls the telegraph. 1.54 million miles of wire exist. Brazil’s trade centers on France, Britain, and the United States, with exports including coffee, hides, tobacco, gold, sugar, and rubber. Venezuela and other nations boast vast, varied mineral wealth, from mines in Mexico to coal, silver, and precious stones yet to be mined.
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United States
Mexico
Central America
Brazil
France
Great Britain
Thenited
Humboldt
Bolivia
Colombia
Having Fun With And in the Court
An anecdotal column from the Chicago Journal reviews a liquor case where officers found bottles and struggle to identify their contents. It contrasts courtroom wit with a sharp jab from judge and police, then pivots to Joseph H Choate’s repartee in probate court. The piece ends with a Georgia case where a lawyer misses the trial and a gatehouse observer mislabels the case as delicious muschuft.
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The
Chicago Journal
Emanuel
Georgia
Darkey
Merthyr Guardians show narrow nurse candidacy
Reports from Glamorganshire Assizes note a harsh outcome in a breach of promise case with 20 damages and a separate indecent assault sentence for a priest. Other items include the Rhymney Halfway company dividend, University College South Wales governance changes, and tinplate industry troubles in Swansea with stopped Beaufort works and plans for a new company pending capital.
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Glamorganshire Assizes
Plainiff
Willams
John Walter Moore
Trealaw
Belief in Pet Omens and Superstitions
A discussion of old superstitions from the New York Tribune. It notes left side garments dressing first, accidental inside out clothing, and dangers of defying ladders. The piece reflects on indignation toward superstition and the irrational behaviors people exhibit from infancy to adulthood.
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The
New York Tribune
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Ike Curtin
Stokley
Presa
Sumner-Schura-Fenton - Trumbul - Tipton Cabal
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Murat Halstead
Whitelaw Heid
Detroit Free Fresh
Miss Adams
Pillsburg Dispatch
William Wagner Watkins
Berglasder
Minotheus
Eryr Ararat
Pontgam
Herbert Travers Badenham
Conor Cwrlyn
Watkine
Bir
Duncan Macnamara
Lsten
Ir Duncan
Sir Duncan
Howandtown
Pha
Isle of Briain
Miltona
Muse
Llewelyn Ein Lion
Kow O Asia
Watkines
Duncan Macnawiura
Stanley
Africa
Cwmeoed
Roderie
Duncan Macnameara
Irving
Hooth
Jon McCullough
Lawrence Harrelit
Davenport
Jefferson
Florence
Raymond
Toole
Owens
Wallack
Sothern
Alexander Dumas
From
Philadelphia Press
Venezuela
Germany
Joseph H. Choate
Aoe
Choate
Merthyr Guardians
Vis
Aaron Davies
Vayhor
Glamorganshire
Richard Morwan
Richard Richards
William Richrds
Edmund Daviee
Sarah Anne Criep
Monday Ash
Rhymney Halfway Company
Cardiff
Court of Governors
University College of South Wales
Monmouthshire
University of Wales
Beaufort Tinplate Works
Swansea
Tinplate Association
Mackworth Arms
Unni
Ladies of Scranton
Die
Academy OF Music
Matthews Brothers
Lackawanna Avenue
Neabington Pont
Washington Star
Madame le Peyre
Chestnut Street
Pitta-Dome
Boston Museum
Madame la Fevre
Beaton Tierald
Madame Josephine LeFevre
Washington
Her
Celnart
Ig Guaran
Manto
Apothecary
Lackawanna Ava
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