Patriotic Echoes and Local Characters From Our Times
A long retrospective recalls Revolutionary era heroes like Andre, Paulding, Willems and Van Wart, the Hudson, and moral courage amid war losses. It links to Civil War era figures and the enduring American spirit, urging unity with Britain as a partner in liberty, while celebrating the Mayflower charter as the seed of equality and freedom.
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New York
Washington
White Plains
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Hudson
Cortlandt Town
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Great Britain
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Westchester
Andre
Paulding
Willems
van Wart
Hudson River Country
Mother Stream
Enoch Crosby
Cooper
Adam Dyckman
Cornelius Oakley
Jon Odell
Cornelia Beekman
Gallows
Eoy Walmer
Clinton
Edmund Palmer
Israel Putnam
Pine’s Bridge
Colonel Green
Dunop
de Lancey
Yorktown
Bedford
Tarleton
Morrisania
Mosher
Col
Aaron Burr
Lancey
E'S Bridge
Hull
Tarrytown
Italy
Rome
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Kossuth
William of Orange
Cromwell
Plymouth Rock
Jefferson
Mmwailie
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Appomattox
Degrump and His Telephone Crusade in Irvington
A sharp eyed troublemaker Degrump uses a shared line to expose eavesdropping and gossip. He ridicules rude callers while defending his right to listen in, calmly guiding conversations and warning would-be snoops. His antics win some allies despite opposition from neighbors and the telegraph office.
The Last Look: A Lament in the Land of Shades
A speaker confronts fading eyesight and unfulfilled tasks, crashing a mirror and seeking a final look with God. The poem recalls a priest and a doctor as absent figures, while Jo and a shared book appear in prayerful tension between life’s duties and eventual mercy.
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Shades
A. P. Martin
the Spectator
London
Rumor of Betrothal to Lord De Broke Circulates
In social chatter, speculation grows that she will marry Lord De Broke. A seasoned accountant reviewing her father's ledgers has reportedly delivered a favorable assessment to his lordship.
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de Broke
Recollections of a Woman Who Knew Charles Lamb
A librarian recalls Elia friend Charles Lamb through Mrs. Coe who knew him as a child. Witty anecdotes cover Lamb’s thrift, kindness, pranks, and close ties with Betsy and Miss Betsy, plus village scenes at Blakesware and interactions with Lamb’s circle.
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Charles Lamb
Ayres Bulletins mail order service in Indianapolis store
One day into July summer, Indianap olis paper suggests following travelers with Ayres Bulletins mail order, prepaid expressage on $5 purchases within 100 miles. Friday July 4 store closed. Saturday Half Holidays begin, closing at 12:30 pm until mid Sept. after that, 6 pm to 5 pm.
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Indianapolis
Ayres
Fourth floor sale winds down with limited choices
The fourth floor show of tub suits and thin dresses will continue but daily selections shrink. Summer suits range from 4.98 to 65.00 with the shirtwaist section brightened by new white Waists. Millinery offers a one third off sale on hats, Belfast Dimities drop from 25c to 19c per yard, fifty styles included and on sale Monday morning.
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Belfast
Southernism and the ghost of civilization in fiction
A survey of recent Southern novels criticizes their scope and depth, arguing they offer cartoonish portraits of eras from colonial to Reconstruction. It laments lack of psychologically rich depictions and praises the enduring cultural vein called Southernism, urging deeper exploration by writers and critics.
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Atlanta Constitution
Notable Figures and Books in Early Modern Notices
Mrs Burnett recovers from a recent indisposition and plans New York residence for two to three years while resuming work on her new play and The Destiny of Bettina. Eustis’s Marion Manning published on the anniversary of her father’s birthday. Ex Vice President Morton birth May 16, 18%, and his career spans statesmanship diplomacy and business with no book published yet. A London paper on copyright books notes a shift to merit over attractive bindings. Frank Harris calls Tolstoy a remarkable old man in worn attire, while critiquing cleanliness and dress as trivial.
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Judge Jobson Jadkins
Miss Angelina
Whittlecomb Judkins
Thomas Orchestra
Anna Held
Whittlecomb Jadkins
Harvard
Jadkins & Jadkins
Whittlecomb
Cornell
Jadkins
Charles Lamb
RE. V. Lucas
New York Tribune
Elia
London Athenaeum
W. J. Craig
Coe
Mr. Lamb
Abigail Ives
Mr. Richard
Betsy
Jane
Lizzie Hunt
Blakesware
Miss Norrises
Widford
Tween
Charles Tween
W. C. Hazlitt
Burnett
Papre
New York
Bettina
Eustis
Marion Manning
Morton
London
Schopenhater
Frank Harris
Tolstoy
Cyrano de Mad
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Gladstone
John Bright
France
Continental Congress
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Abraham Lincoln
Chauncey M. Depew
Jobson Jadkins
Rie
Moses Tyler
Lovely Lane
Brother Tyler
Lovely Lane Church
Degrump
Irvington
Were
Charly
Ethel
Honor Bright
Degramp
Degtump
Mr. Ping Pong
Furbelows
Harper's Weekly
Hugo
de Musget
Homer
Shakspeare
Goethe
Tennyson
Worthington C. Ford
Boston Transcript
L. S. Ayres& Co
Indiana
Cunningham
England
la Maeterlinck
the Southern Novel
Euchrates
Thames
Amestown
Savannah
Saul
New York Times
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