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Westmacott daughters plot to reform father and live boldly
In a domestic satire, Ida and Clara confide to studying Mrs Westmacott and plan bold changes, as they manipulate their chemist father by staging rebellious breakfast antics and smoky parlors. The Doctor, overwhelmed by clues and a chaotic morning, confronts his daughters about their progressive schemes. The plot threads toward a dramatic moral pivot as the family teeters between disruption and reform.
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Enjoyment in the Army and its Recreation
A frontier soldier gains sport and leisure options from post life including billiards, pool, bar, and reading rooms. The post exchange offers quality goods, strict temperance rules, and a reading room with newspapers. A post school aids mental improvement while a strong code ensures discipline and honorable discharge for misconduct.
Massachusetts Building Plans For St Louis Exposition
Herbert Saunders & Co of Lagden promote the Cullen States and International Exposition exhibit to showcase the St Lewia steamship and an interior restaurant space. Henry Kittredge meets managers in Antwerp and Atlanta to finalize the Massachusetts display and site selection for the Massachusettts building at the fair.
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Globe Democrat
Charlie Fairfax the Civil War figure praised by City Attorney
The San Francisco Post reports that during the Civil War era Charlie Fairfax, a Virginian and descendant of Lord Fairfax, was repeatedly cited for unyielding courage and generosity. He allegedly confronted a duel in Sacramento’s Supreme Court clerk office, parried a sword strike, then drew a revolver to threaten the challenger, declaring no man would claim Fairfax made a remnant.
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Real New Yorkers Knickerbocker line of social code
A portrait of New York society tracing the Knickerbocker families such as Delafield Gardiner Morris Rhinelander and Roosevelt. It notes long established lineages from 17th and 18th centuries, with descendants preserving social code and prominence in city life.
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Copper King of the Slums and a $50 Million Fall
In a London garret Henri Thibault, once a translator, died after a meteoric copper gamble. From Paris he controlled markets in London, Berlin, and Vienna, driving copper to $506 a ton before a collapse wiped out about $50 million, half lost in 20 minutes on February 28, 1888.
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Thibault
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Power of Jewish Financiers Threaten Baltic Holdings
A historical note recalls 1866 Prussian demands for indemnity from Frankfort and a stark warning from the Hothschilds. The threat to retaliate against Russia’s stocks is linked to punitive pressure and a looming, if misrepresented, economic coercion. The account frames powerful families and state coercion in a period of financial nationalism.
Chaffee’s brief talks show wit amid hard questions
Maj Gen Adina BR Chaffee’s conversations with his troops are noted for brevity and humor. He once quipped about a soldier named Roy who was cautioned against pursuing a certain girl, saying he didn’t have them and asking if he had seen Tommy and Johnny yesterday.
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Sual Roy
Uute
Tommy
Johnny Yealarday
Yarig Timon
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