Persistent Lovers and Bold Romantic Proposals Across History
A playful survey of famous suitors and bold courtships. Jacob Halliday endures annual proposals despite repeated rejections. Sheridan elopes with Miss Linley to a French convent. Disraeli wooes Mrs. Lewis with steady persistence. a judge and noble ancestry aid a bold match. Bismarck pressures a reluctant family for consent.
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Voltaire
Jacob Halliday
England
Jacob
Sheridan
Linley
Bath
Miss Linley
Lord Beaconsfield
Lewis
Disraeli
Jane
Reed as a republican statesman and reformer
Editorial lauds Thomas B. Reed as a national loss and principled Republican leader. It condemns party corruption and calls for fearless prosecuting officials to curb bribery and corporate roguery, arguing reform requires voters to back strong officials against trusted interests.
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Thomas B. Reed
Republican Party
Mr. Reed
Hanna
Reed
Congress of the United States
The St Louis Bribery Prosecutions and Public Corruption
The St Louis bribery prosecutions reveal a deep rooted city corruption spanning years with taint reaching households. Prosecutions show every public official with valid charges will face punishment while many wealthy backers evade liability and retain social power. Public trust hinges on prosecutions of offenders, not just private-industry facilitators.
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St. Louis
New York
City of
St Louis
Trust remedies and freight discrimination in Congress
The author calls for concrete legislative remedies to curb trusts without tariff changes. It highlights freight-rate discrimination as a key unfair advantage, urges empowering the interstate commerce commission, and notes Republican resistance and potential continued influence by railroad interests. The stakes, timing, and political dynamics are examined to expose evasions in government dealings with trusts.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
Interstate “Commerce Commission
Congress
A Word to Christmas Shoppers
The Citizen notes Tucson stores are well stocked for Christmas gifts and that shoppers face the rush and crowding typical of the season. Editorial observers say residents are prosperous and able to spend to make others happy, warning stocks won’t improve much in the coming weeks.
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Tucson
Shop Early This Christmas to Help Clerks in Tucson
The piece urges early Christmas shopping to reduce congestion and benefit clerks. It argues buyers should plan morning trips, buy locally in Tucson rather than in distant cities, and support home merchants for patriotism and strong local economy.
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Santa Claus
Tucson
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Denver
Chicago
Pensions Rise Despite Civil War Death Toll
The article notes a record 999,446 pensioners on July 1, with 1,711 more added in the year, and predicts the next year may reach one million. It lists historical totals since 1790 and cites a last fiscal year pension cost of $141,090,428, arguing pensions are a hidden tax fueling future budgets and suggesting a navy investment as a counterweight to war.
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Cdeiev Sane
Spain
Congress
Paris Lesson in Language and a Bottle of Blacking
A woman in the Latin Quarter spends a month in Paris unable to speak French and confronts a stubborn bottle of shoe blacking. After failed attempts with a knife and tools she finally breaks the neck and stains her skirt black. She pleads with cleaners, learns enough to convey the mishap, and leaves amused and emboldened by the episode.
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Paris
Boston
New York Tribune
He Feels It. Draft Sends Chills Down His Back
A philosopher asks if draft brings fear, and the wise guy agrees only when his bank account is overdrawn. The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune presents the exchange as a wry note on anxiety and finance.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Bobby's Comment on New Baby Compared to a Parrot
A humorous remark from Tit-Bits reflects young Bobby inspecting a newborn. He assesses the infant with blunt candor, noting it is “nice enough” for what there is but wishing it resembled a parrot.
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Bobby
The First Skaters and Folk Memory of Ice Sports
Traces of skating appear across northern Europe in prehistoric remains. Eskimo bone runners exist in the far north. Danish and London histories note bone skate use in medieval times, likely spread from Holland via Lincolnshire. a British Museum pair confirms the era.
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Europe
Fitzstephen
London
British Museum
Holland
Lincolnshire
Reassurance After Downtown Shopping
A woman reassures George that she spent only car fare downtown and charged everything. George expresses natural disturbance, but she confirms fiscal restraint. Chicago Post account reflects domestic dialogue and urban shopping context.
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George
Chicago Post
Edward III Silent War Bargain During Hundred Years’ War
The text recounts Edward III declaring the hundred years' war while Queen Philippa pleads for a ninety-eight year compromise. Angered by the bargaining, he supposedly pawns their crowns to fund the troops. A second note describes the fish known as Manfish preserving itself in mud to await fry season, breathing by gills in water and lungs when trapped in a mud cocoon.
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Edward III
Philippa
New York Tribune
Phonetic Spelling Lesson From a Country School
A country school teacher tests spelling with Aaron and gallery. A pupil replies first with letter by letter phonetics, then pauses and finally pronounces gallery as big gal little gal e r y, matching the era’s learning style.
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Aaron
New York Times
Pansies as Mirrors of Human Traits
The passage compares selecting pansies to judging human character, stating each flower has a distinct disposition. It suggests bashful, confiding, and bold personalities in blossoms resemble diverse human traits, advising study of them to see traits reflected in nature.
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Philadelphia Press
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Paul I
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