Tillman of South Carolina Provokes Senate Revolt
A long critical study portrays Ben Tillman as a demagogic reformer who upended South Carolina’s old oligarchic order. It recalls his maiden Senate speech of January 23, 1896, his pitchfork gesture, and compares him to historic figures, arguing he led a bloodless revolution that reshaped the state’s power structure.
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Indianapolis
Washington
Abraham
Lazarus
Rome
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Hannibal
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American Congress
Barren County
Kentucky
John Lambirth
Angelica
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Ocean
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Thad
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Ben Butler
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Calhoun
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Thomas Carlyle
Tillman
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Martin Schenk
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Nicias
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England
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John C. Breckinridge
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Richelieu
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South
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John M. Harlan
Harlan
Hercules
Napoleon
Troy
Tom Marshall
Napoleon Bonaparte
Julius Caesar
Isles
Mediterranean
Madame Mere
Belisarius
Welsh rabbit and catchup debated by Rochester Post-Express
At a post theater luncheon a heated discussion over catchup versus catsup and Welsh rabbit versus Welsh rarbit reveals debates among educated readers. Authorities favor catchup spelling and Welsh rabbit as the proper form, noting origins, dictionaries, and common usage while praising tradition and clarity in language.
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Rochester
Grose
Webster
Seaweed in a Room Inspires Oceanic Dream Tale
A Boston Herald note recounts a tale of a young woman who collected seaweed at a Marshfield seaside home. A dream of a stormy mariner leads to a mysterious seaweed specimen found in her room. A professor friend identifies it as a rare British Museum find from the Indian Ocean.
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Boston Herald
Boston
Indian Ocean
British Museum
Life of a Book Today Compared With Twenty Years Ago
A London publisher argues the life of a book now is half that of twenty years ago due to rapid production and distribution. Despite emptying shelves quickly, genuine book lovers rise, with English and American publishers clashing over printing taste and the prestige of authors. Andrew Lang’s title as “Prince of Literary Hacks” shifts to Eustace Miles, famed Cambridge instructor and author, while Andrew Carnegie contemplates a new volume on business.
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New Prince of Literary Hacks
Andrew Carnegie
Indianapolis Journal
New York
London
England
Southey
America
Andrew Lang
Eustace H. Miles
Miles
United States
Mr. Miles
King’s College
Cambridge
E. F. Benson
Benson
Frank R. Stockton
Kate Bennet
Francis Hodgson Burnett
Mary Johnston
Audrey
Conan Doyle
Dr. Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Ernest Crosby
Captain Jinks
Hero
Kaiser Wilhelm
Prince Henry
Authors’ Club
Carnegie
Herbert Brewster
Deception by a Book Clerk in a Washington Post Lot
A Washington Post anecdote chronicles a bookstore clerk who exploits customers expectations by selling a $1.75 leatherette bound prayer book as a superior morocco edition. An elderly clerk finally persuades a shopper by highlighting the genuine leather effect, concluding the ruse as a harmless stratagem.
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Washington Post
Morocco
Our
Real Function of Drama Reveals Life and Culture
The piece traces how drama trains novelists by teaching character drawing and dramatic pacing. It cites Cervantes, Fielding, and Scott, noting how novels like Waverley fed the stage and how plays based on their plots appeared with precise detail, including Guy Mannering in 1816 at Covent Garden.
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Cervantes
Fielding
Scott
Garrick
Waverley
Guy Mannering
Covent Garden
Stage drama and moral bounds in late 19th century reviews
The piece discusses Pocock’s Covent Garden drama on March 12, Macready’s rise, and a string of adaptations from popular novels. It weighs moral questions in dramatizing novels, cites Lijmen Abbott on drama’s function, and surveys English and American fiction from Austen to Meredith, Hardy, Stevenson, and modern magazines, critiquing yellow journalism and magazine culture.
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Pocock
Covent Garden
ISI
Macready
Kenilworth
Lijmen Abbott
Ha. Derncleugh
New York Evening Sun
Academy of London
Jane Austen
Dickens
Thackeray
Charlotte
Emily Bronte
George Eliot
George Meredith
Meredith
Arthur Symon
Thomas Hardy
Vanity Fair
Tess
Stevenson
Willie
Detroit
John L. Sullivan
Santos-Dumont
Philippines
America
Rudyard Kipling
London
New York
Middle West
Timbuctoo
Shakspeare
Goethe
Plato
Maurice Hewlett
The Coming and the Going Poem Fragment
A mother croons to a child and a weary traveler imagines death as a peaceful gate. The piece contemplates rest between life’s journeys, with faith in God’s peace at the end. Jean Mohr references grace and quiet sleep as ages pass.
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Jean Mohr
Passenger and combination streetcar schedule notes
Passenger cars depart Meridian and Georgia streets from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with first car at 2:00 a.m. and last at 10:00 p.m. Passenger cars also run from Pennsylvania and Washington streets with first car at 5:00 a.m. and last at 1:00 p.m. Combination and express services run on the Georgia and Meridian route at 6:00 a.m., 9:00 p.m., 12 noon, and 6:00 p.m., with Greenwood service at 6:20 a.m. and 2:00 a.m.
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de Bieu
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HAM, & CA
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Ola
Nees
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Detroit Express
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Leters
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Ind
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West Wash
Chicago Fast Mail
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Laporte
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Richmond
Piqua
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North Vernon
Madison
Xents
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Enat
Phil
New
Logansport
Richard
Beadford
Vincennes
Xenia
Martinaville
Vandalia
Louis Limited
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
West
Western Express
Bringham Ace
All Points
Union Traction CO
Union Block
Maryland Street
Ameron
Alvicw
Diurin
Niwood
Alexandria
Elwood
Greesfield
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