How He Won Consent From a Daring Suit
A youth pursues Arabella as her father travels to Boston and her mother safeguards the match. The folding door scene reveals a quarrel over consent with Mistress Brown asserting patriarchal rule, while the lover pleads his case and the father finally yields, sparing Arabella’s happiness as his daughter pleads for love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Boston
Night Express
Ulster
Phillis
Arabella
Mistress Brown
Anil
Yestereve
Brown
Mark
Ian
Tam
Emerson
Bella
Bette
John
SAILOR JACK Mutiny on the Two Sisters exposed brutal voyage
The mutiny on the Glasgow owned brig Two Sisters bound for Rio Janeiro ended when Captain McKay and the first mate were killed after brutal abuse and starvation. Sailors, led by Herbert and Rex Loddell, defended themselves in self defense, then steered the ship to Glasgow with a jury trial freeing all crew amid a public reform of sailors rights and ship provisions.
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United States
Tom
Gomeg
Glasgow
Thad
Liverpool
Rio Janeiro
Jack
Minte
Johnson
Green
Mi Kay
Herbert
McKay
McLean
Andrews
Eastie
Sam
Tierbert
Rex Lob
Dell
Ben
Jack Wonder
Plimsoll
N.Y
Novelty Jewelry Designs By American Artists
New inlayed brooches and curiosities include oxidized silver seaweed breastpins with a golden crab, oak-leaf napkin-ring with gold pin, octopus chatelaine with dangling knick-knacks, miniature powder-horn, silver rosewood bellows, kangaroo skin bag, rosewood base silver rim poster stands, Queen Elizabeth tea-bell, a silver chased tray, a tusk tankard with dragon-handle, and a silver flask showing three cats with the motto We wont go home till morning.
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Darich
England
Notte
Vewelers
SIGHTS IN COSTA RICA. A MARVELOUS CENTRAL AMERICAN LAND
A travel sketch surveys Costa Rica from a coast voyage, recounting Columbus and Limón, jungle plantations, tropical flora and fauna, and commercial banana and coffee operations. It notes American settlers, haciendas named after ex Confederates, and the busy port life feeding ships to Liverpool New York and New Orleans.
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Costa Rica
Yukatan
Trinidad
New World
Spain
Bartholomew
Columbus
New England
Simon
Liverpool
New York
New Orleans
United States
South
Johnny Rob
W. L. Curtis
Harper's Magazine
Pith and Point Mixed in a Parade of Quips
A collage of witticisms and snippets from various papers. Quotation sketches on time, manhood, solitude, and modern manners mingle with humorous notes about milk pails, sparks, embrace law, and a joke about a slow train and a twelve year old girl.
Writing for Children Examines Perpendicular Handwriting
The Cathatmic Review cites Schubert of Nuremberg who studied script and eye hygiene in children. He recommends perpendicular handwriting as the standard, noting slanting letters appeared mainly from the seventeenth century and that teachers should avoid home written forms that deviate from the upright median. George the Third is praised for recall of names and faces.
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Schubert
Nuremberg
Cathatmic Review
Inexhaustible Iron Resources Across States and Territories
The article surveys iron ore wealth across the United States, noting rich deposits in California Oregon Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri Montana and Texas. It highlights production figures, steel quality, and the vast scope of ore, copper and sulfur resources, emphasizing national potential and moral responsibility in resource development.
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Union
Lake Superior
Mississippi
California
Oregon
United States
Erg County
Misouri
Trou Um
Plot Knob
Texas
Alabama
Birmingham
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Lake Erie
Montana
Maho
Wyoming
America
Moston Transcript
VLA
Time Of Day Confusion At Station
Ganald Kvty, breathless, asks the time at the station and learns it is a quarter to three replacing the four o clock train. She carries a carpet bag and two bird cages and fears travel.
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Ganald Kvty
High Living Cited For Dyspepsia Joke
A physician tells a patient his indigestion stems from a high living lifestyle. The patient replies he lives on the top floor of a New York flat, adding a humorous twist to the exchange.
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New York
Lye
Career of the Soldier Leader Gen John P. Rea
A biographical sketch traces Gen John P. Rea born in Chester County Pennsylvania October 13 1840 through Civil War service promotion and brevet by 1863. It covers his PA Ohio Minnesota posts later legal career judgeship editor tenure and leadership in Grand Army of the Republic and Loyal Legion with multiple appointments up to the 1930s.
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Genert John P. Rea
Chester County
Piqua
Ohio
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Ohio Cavalry
Geo. H. Theiss
Department of Pennsylvania
Department Council
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Minneapolis
Morgan Post
Department of Minnesota
Minnesota National Guard
Minnesota
Minnesota From 1881 To 1886, With the Rank of Brigarli
Rea
Wesleyan College
Delaware
J. J. Dickov
Rhea
Ninth District
Ister
Loyal Legion
Chiertgo Inter-Ocean
Widow's Daughter Confederate Scout Fooled New York Cavalry
In winter 1864 near Pleasant Valley Massachusetts a detachment of the New York Twenty-fifth Cavalry crossed the Potomac to seize Confederate scout Billy Bowlegs known as Hilly Bowlees. Five men approached a farm house at midnight, broke in, met a gray haired woman host, and learned the scout was present. A boyish girl greeted them as they warned her to deliver the prisoner dead or alive.
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Jennie
Billy
Mammy
Widder
Billy Bowlegs
Harper’s Ferry
Sergeant Badger
Detroit’ Free Press
New York
New York Twenty-fifth Cavalry
Pleasant Valley
Win. Bist
Potonie
Vic
Uniontown
Kane
Potomac
Long Highway
The Sixth Alabama at Seven Pines Described by Gordon
Governor Gordon recalls the Sixth Alabama’s baptism of fire at Seven Pines in spring 1862. He notes 396 of 600 men killed or wounded, his lieutenant colonel dead, and his brother wounded but later died at Chancellorsville. The narrative highlights brutal combat and heavy losses.
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Montgomery
Raccoon Roughs
Georgia
Alabama
John B. Gordon
Sixth
Gordon
Seven Pines
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Col
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
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Summersett & Avnold
Prop
Iir
Madim
Belle
Mr. Brown
Sailor Jack
Cincinnati
Gazelle
Milwaukee Sentinel
Austin
Darwin
Binghamton Lerder
India
Boxston Commercial Advertiser
Detroit Free Press
Hops
Dr. Johnson
Amy
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Indianapolis Journal
Je. Siptings
George the
Soldiers’ Department
John P. Rea
The
Grand Army
Iowa
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