July For You The Songs Are Sung By Birds
A 19th century verse celebrates July with birdsong awakening meadows and fragrant gardens. It notes bees gathering honey amid blossoms, rivers mirroring clouds, and a peaceful holiday mood as Americans celebrate. The piece closes with a tribute to Sherman in St. Nicholas.
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Earth
Baye
Dewipster Sherman
St. Nicholas
The Madison's Butler and the Lordly Fraud
Mrs Madison fears the servant question will ruin her. John Parkins, a handsome butler, proves clever and loyal, but a letter from the British Legation sparks a ruse about Cecil Finch becoming Lord Grimsmead. Parkins reveals his true identity, earns a title, and ends with a warm farewell and a lasting bond with the Madison sisters.
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John
Sylvia
Mrs. Madison
Parkins
John Parkins
Araneh
Wyoming
Parkens
Miss Arden
Mr. Mdison
Ovaven ‘Parks
Madaa
George Madison
Washington
Cecil F. ‘Neh
United States
Madison
Legation
Mr. Madison
Cecil Finch
New York
Mr. Finch
Mr. Marlison
Lord Grimsmead
England
Court Journal
Gilded Rosemary and Garters in a Queen Bess Wedding
An account from All the Year Round recalls a Tudor era English wedding during Queen Elizabeth I's time. High status celebrations featured scarfs garters and garlands in wedding colors. The bride walked to church flanked by boys weaving lace while a silver cup with gilded rosemary was paraded among the bridal processions.
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Bess
Buffalo Bill Arrives in England With Store Clothes
Buffalo Bill travels to England with a liberal American wardrobe instead of courting London tailors. He plans to greet the queen in a dark gray suit, attend the queen's jubilee in Nebraska colors, and wear a blue corduroy hunting outfit for Windsor forest.
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Buffalo Bill
England
London
Poole
America
Nebraska
Windsor Forest
New York Sun
Terrible Threat Echoes in Family Farewell
In a dramatic exchange a father pleads with his son and his mother and sister as a grim vow emerges. The son vows to flee abroad likely to England to seek a foreign crime and marry into nobility, while the mother and sister plead for mercy and forgiveness.
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England
Canes and crutches and the art of the walking stick
A Philadelphia Call excerpt discusses walking sticks as fashion and necessity, noting how makeshift legs and canes blend practicality with elegance. It critiques manufacturers and explores types from cork and steel to malacca and silva tops, linking cane choice to social image and mobility.
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Appa
San Francisco
Walter Scott
Elegan
Foppery
Bot
Hunter
Gaussbang
Anes
Assance Avorite
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