The Question of Life in the Eighteenth Century
Alfred Henry Lewis critiques notions of progress and morality as illusory. He contrasts material advancements with the loss of humane thinking, arguing that medicine, railways, and wealth do not guarantee true happiness or nobler thought. He warns the nineteenth century failed to match earlier writers in beauty of language.
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Iverybody
Tropics
Arctics
Third Avenue
Chicago
Calcutta
Weiklinga
Houka
Alfred Henry Lewis
Cosmopolitan
Witty spectator notes fragile marriages and rings
A New York Press reader humorously argues that wedding rings reveal marriage duration. The remark cites a six month marriage ending as one example, noting faint ring impressions and the ritual of checking rings, while other attendees react with mixed satisfaction or disappointment.
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Hal
New York Press
Julia Marlowe Stages Julia in Pittsburg Surprise
A doctor praised Julia Marlowe for a convincing impersonation of Juliet in Pittsburg, noting a minor onstage error during a death scene. The exchange prompted a witty retort about audiences waiting six hours for a stiff corpse.
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Julia Marlowe
Julet
Pittsburg
Miss Marlowe
Foley cites losses from errors in handmade goods
A market scene shows Foley explaining his boss blamed the products for losses. Young Poley appears downcast as the market man probes the reason. Foley answers concisely that the boss said he was losing money on what he was making because of mistakes.
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Poley
Foley
Mystery Dress Paid By Blood Volley Sparks Gore Claim
A quoted exchange hints at a dress worn by a millionaire's wife being funded by violence and bloodshed. The dialogue contrasts excitement and calm as it references gore tied to a white fabric in a sensational context.
Instinct of Natural Death Cited by Metchnikoff
The text discusses an anecdote from Brillat Savarin via Toxarsky and Metchnikoff about an elderly well-educated aunt who, on the eve of death, remarks that death becomes a need like sleep. It asserts this as an early instance of the instinct of natural death observed in a person retaining faculties.
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Toxarsky
Brillat-Savarin
Elie Metchnikoff
Harper’s
Quotation Fragments Highlight Social Auto Focus and Mystery
Newspaper fragment presents satirical lines on honesty pride and fate with brief anecdotes from public life and a tiger story tied to a thief. Narrative threads include politics Cooper Institute scenes and a tigress guarding a thief, illustrating moral contrasts and peril in bold clipped prose.
Reeves Praised as Leading English Tenor of His Day
The London Mail lauds Sims Reeves for wide range and natural beauty of voice, calling him the finest English tenor of his era. It highlights his oratorio strengths and notes operatic success as well. It adds Reeves captivated audiences with exquisite renditions, especially in Sally in Our Alley.
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Sims
Reeves
Tie
Lins Reeves
London Mall
Visiting Britisher Finds No Grand Old Things in Gotham
A visiting Britisher is told there is nothing much to see in Gotham, with a local mockingly promising to show city ordinances as the sole noteworthy item. The remark blends satire on neglect and civic box overlooked heritage.
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Ratan
Comparing Notes in Morning Argument Sparks Witty Exchange
Bleeker recalls a past moment when his wife outwitted him once, Meeker notes she has seldom bested him, and he says the only time was when she worried him. Chicago News shows.
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Bleeker
Meeker
Chicago News
Dean's Ointment Promoted as Universal Skin Remedy
An advertisement proclaims Dounsk Ointment Dean’s Ointment as a universal cure for skin ailments including eczema itching eruptions and piles. Testimony from Mrs Mary York of Wichita Kansas claims long relief and repeated satisfaction after use, with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY cited as sole US agents and price at 30 cents.
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Mary York
North Topeka Avenue
Wichita
Kan
Vaya
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
United States
Doan
Prosperous Church Reports Excellent Finances and Growth
The Christ Apostolic Catholic church closes its fiscal year with Easter and releases its annual report showing excellent financial and overall condition. Membership remains modest due to western relocations, with $600 allocated for parish purposes and $78 raised for altar items. Plans for a church hall are seriously considered as several new members are being prepared for membership.
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Christ Apostolic Catholic Church
Change in Game Law Opens Seasons and Prohibits Sale
A battered notice outlines changes to game law. It abolishes sales of game, sets no season for deer antelope or beaver, moves open season to start earlier, and adjusts the closing dates for prairie chickens water fowl and quail.
Guanaco instinct leads to river bed death refuges
Lendon Spectator reports on Darwin and Hudson observations that southern Patagonian guanacos retreat to a river bed mausoleum as death nears, a behavior rooted in inherited survival instincts rather than fear. The piece compares this to rattlesnakes gathering for winter hibernation in caves and notes the broader question of instinct guiding animal refuges.
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Darwin
W. H.‘Hudson
Patagonia
Hudson
Guanaco
Lendon
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