Longfellow kin and art world notes from before
The column surveys nine brief items: Stephen Longfellow’s surviving son from eight children, A W Longfellow’s Coast Survey service and charts, Mesdag’s seventieth birthday and turn from stockbroking to art, Alma-Tadema’s encouragement, a London letter about Lady Maitland’s blunt reply on a suited suitor, the death of M. Jean-Baptiste Tissot in Savoy at ninety-six, Evarts’ health and legal peers’ chatter, Edward’s golf apprenticeship in Edinburgh, Tom Browne’s frank critique and the Prince of Wales joke, the New York Sun on the Prince Albert frock coat and related coats, boots, and a closing Washington Star quip about the season’s weather and mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesiag
Alma-Tademe
Europe
Jones
Maitland
Albens
Savoy
Jean-Baptiste Francois Tissot
Colonel Tissot
Inng Edward
Edinburgh
Tom Browne
List
James Baird
Prince of Wales
Tom
Maun
New York Sun
Prince Albert
Albert Edward
Lord Raglan
Social Life in Irvington and Nearby Highlights
Irvington social notes and visits fill the week as Mrs Stauffer moves to Irvington, W H Brown returns from New Orleans, and guests such as Miss Carpender and Miss Molly Frank arrive. Local clubs, lectures, art displays, and campus visitors from Butler College and Chicago University highlight the community's social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stauffer
Irvington
W. H. Brown
North
Meridian Street
New Orleans
W. L. Moore
Brazil
George Moore
J. Anna Carpender
Chicago
Molly Frank
Mary Taylor
Butler College
Butler Colne
Lenora Barnhill
Mos Retta Barnhill
Crawfordsville
W. Howe
Plorida
Tvo
de Funiak
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Centra Avenue
William M. Harvey
Arive
Milwaskee
Harvey
R. E. Moore
Central Avenue
Grace Mathews
Iowney Avenue
Irvington Fo ‘Hily
Louis Walden
Aves
T. Richardson
J. P. Findley
Irvington Tuesday Club
Albert Johnston
Vital Statistics March 23 List of Births and Health Notes
Vital statistics listing names and ages for births and health conditions including epilepsy congestion of brain inflammation of stomach and pleuritis. Entries include Thomas J. Hile 1005 Parker Avenue and others at various streets. some entries mention parents and child genders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ayers
Yandes Street
Harry Fisher
South West Street
Liszie Conlan
Kentucky Avenue
Joseph Kelly
Twenty-second Street
Deitha Gulley
Washington Street
Insectivorous Plants: The Line Between Plant and Animal Life
Cambridge March 21 Nearly all have heard of the Venus Flytrap and its sensitive leaves that trap and digest insects. The Harvard Ware collection in Cambridge showcases Blaschke models of North American insectivorous plants, including bladderworts and pitcher plants, illustrating how these species derive nourishment from insects and blur plant animal lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Fowler
Queen's College
Ontario
Harvard University
Blaschke
Goodale
University
Europe
Harvard
Elizabeth ©. Ware
Mary L. Ware
Boston
Newfoundland
Texas
New England
Minnesota
Iowa
Alleghenies
Utricularia
Labrador
A Tribute to Harrison From John W Noble
John W Noble writes in the Independent praising William Henry Harrison as soldier lawyer orator and statesman. He cites decisive actions in New Orleans and Valparaiso, naval expansions, patent surges, and economic and postal progress under Harrison. He highlights Harrison’s patriotism Christian character and compassionate leadership inclining cabinet and secretary support. St. Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Noble
Independent
Supreme Court of the
United States
Venezuela
Paris
California
Congress
New Orleans
Italy
Harrison
Valparaiso
Chile
White House
Rusk
Union
Tracy
Washington
Davis
St. Louis
Insectivorous Plants Added to Harvard Collection
The text notes that insect eating plants are included with special appropriateness in a typical Harvard collection, underscoring the institution’s interest in unique botanical specimens and their place in academic study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Southerners Renew Interest in Uncle Tom Revival
The New York Evening Sun notes a metropolitan revival of Uncle Tom's Cabin attracting Southern audiences once barred from the book. Southern women, long curious, now fill the theaters, reflecting a shift as Reconstruction era theatergoers, often called reconstructed, attend in larger numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Sun
Uncle Tom
Mason
Dixie
On Lifer Hill-Drea and the Long Ago
Fragmentary lines evoke memory and time as "Long Ago" journeys through hills and dreams. Poetic phrases celebrate nostalgia and fleeting moments, with scattered references to hearts, snow, paths, and memory lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lightfoot
Tagfoot
Drea
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington Star
Vital Statistics
Ats Ae
Thomas J. Hile
Parker Avenue
Onie and
Elmer Dixon
Pratt Street
Boy
Kaule
Claude Fuller
Denny Street
e.Cora
Charlie Davison
Miller
Bedram Oscar Butler
Stevens
Girwelte
George Hoover
East
Sumiit Street
W. Mata
Harding Street
Cora
August Sangeriel
North Noble Street
Charles Fate
Etty
Mets
J. King
South Meridian Street
Gwen Clege
Kenwood Avenue
Filxebeth
Christian T. Belhke
Snse
Nighteenth Street
Wil Hardwick van Trees
Ella Mack
William Blummer
Susie Beele
Alen T. Meyers
Blanche Helen Pruitt
Carroll Jenkins
Belle Thurman
Ponder’s
Massachusetts Avenue
New York
STO
Ndiana
Brussels
Raperies
Aerate Fine
Saxony
Irish Point
Duchess and Hattenburg
Portieres
Bbc
Coe Ag Peta Ies
CCR Sry
Miss Trimble
Mrs. Johnson
Miss Mutlen
Mr. Holder
Castor
Fed
Reseda
Rene
Virots
Louise Wiens
Anderson
Belfast
Ireland
Batiste
Corded Posse
Madras
Juliette
Avais
Perrin
Golden
Dee
Lenox
Seavaganza
Barnes White
Navarre
Eid Fe
Ken
Psace Ak Saentetie Niareaya
Clos Ec
L. L. Mays
Pettis Dry Goods
Jardiniere Sale
Jardinieres
Laramieres
Eee
East Alsie
Barement
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