Raleigh Divorce Case Reveals Mormon Household Harshness
A Salt Lake Tribune report details Elizabeth Raleigh’s suit against Raleigh, tracing her arranged marriage under Heber C. Kimball, years of polygamy with eight wives, strict control over finances, and harsh treatment. The piece notes a potential broader series of divorces as cases unfold.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Raleigh
Mr. Raleigh
Heber C. Kimball
Young
Tach
Jock
England
Are you esthetic in New York social slang tale
A New Haven girl grills a Brooklyn girl about esthetic culture in a Fulton street restaurant. The dialogue humorously twists pretentious jargon into mock etiquette, detailing exaggerated steps and odd rituals as young women discuss the fad.
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Bracklyn Eagle
New Haven
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
Boruttee Nytig
Esther
Plant Good Seeds in Prairie Farmer View on Seed Quality
The article urges careful seed selection for spring crops, stressing seed corn quality after frost damage. It notes kernels damaged by early frosts will underperform, recommends testing saved seed in earth boxes, and warns against using poor seed regardless of price.
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Central Western States
Illinois
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkiam
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Thes Harris Remedy Co.mf'e.chemists
Sta Sts
ST. Louis
Frivolous Social Quips and Odd Observations from a 19th Century Page
A collection of coy social vignettes and jokes on marriage fashion and manners. The quips touch on aging spouses in Salt Lake flats, a tombstone for a deceased musician, jokes about girls growth and elephants, race and beauty, romantic misunderstandings, theater laughter, nunneries, and garter prices in New York society.
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Salt Lake City
Laura
Saratoga
Miss Crabapple
Rosalind May
New York
Out of the City
Ladies Blushing Bonnet and Post Office Growth
The London Telegraph reports on a mechanical blush bonnet with springs to redden cheeks instantly and jokes about its use before proposals. It also notes postal service growth with July 1 projections: 45 000 post offices, 65 000 staff, 10 years to 100 000 staff, and expenses rising from 38 to 50 million.
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London Telegraph
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Myra Brown
New Havag
Hardware Floadquarters
J. F. Sores
South Side
Sullivan
Indiana
WeIss
Oliver
Richmond, Hamilton
Pittsburg
Grand
Brown Cultivators
Champion
Reaper & Mower
Studebaker
Gilpin Suley Plows
Suleky
Climax Corn Planter
Eindher Suley Bay
Rabe
Rand
Selly Dump
Hoke
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
Fr. McEneney
Bow Sullivan, Ind
J.P. Watson
Christian Church
Troy
Main Street
ST. Louie
Cor. Ist and
Walnut &Ts
Terre Haute, Ind
Castings
J. A. Parker & Bros
Commercial Row
Sullivan Or
Terre Haute
J. P. Stratton
Prof
Harris
Tmdo
Mare
John
Ogden
Cedar St
N. X
Oni
Butts
N. St. Street
North St. St. St. Louis, Mo
Ben Vandelt & Co
Beckman St
N.Y
M. L. Byrn
Nassau St
E. & Wilson
Henn St
Williamsburgh
Florence Stachine CO
Florence
GHO. P. Bey't
Jackson St
Chicago
Battle Greek
Michigan
Iséds
Ledex Jhanevement
Cvom
Chetlara
Hithols, Shepard & Co
Battie Creek
Michizane
DAVIS
John Davis & Sons
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