Fame and Hall of Fame judgment in Lippincott’s Magazine
The passage argues fame is objective and judged by those who run the Hall of Fame not by the public. It posits Poe as (arguably) famous regardless of critics and warns that referendum opinions could misjudge deserving status. The piece notes arbiters’ role and cautions against external bellicose meddling.
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Poe
Hall of Fame
Anthony Comstocks
Battery Dans
John L. Sullivans
Lippincott’s
Training for What Shapes a Temperament
A meditation on self control and the path from quick temper to crime or virtue. Two young men illustrate how personal training and choices shape destiny, echoing Juvenal’s idea that villains and saints are formed gradually. The piece asks what each reader is training in their own life.
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Juvenal
The Telephone Fiend and Domestic Havoc
A satirical piece from Lippincott's Magazine laments the telephone's intrusive role in homes. It portrays the device as a threat to courtesy, time, and finances, blaming habit forming calling for disrupting morning exercise and polite social norms. The article questions whether the telephone brings value or wrecks domestic peace.
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Etorea
Lippincott’s
Ice and its many roles in urban life and winter weather
A whimsical, period note on ice as a medium for microbes from the interior to cities. It describes ice production, shipping by berg and lump, shrinking in refrigerators, and its varied uses from cooling to ice cream and skating. It warns of latent germs and mentions the refrigerator as a science invention.
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Hudson River
Providence
The Cost of A Woman’s Ambition Poem By Ela Wheeler Wilcox
A poem reprinted from the New York Evening Journal contrasts a woman’s life as a servant to men with her hidden longing for wider influence. It traces her inner struggle from selfless devotion to pursuing distant realms and fame, ending with the cost paid in her heart and love.
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Ela Wheeler Wilcox
New York Evening Journal
Togo the ferret causes a college power plant caper
Katy and Jimpsey Englehart guard Togo the ferret as he helps turn a building project into a comic court case. A misfit band of Engleharts, Malone, and architect Haviland stage a playful scheme in the new college power house and library basements, with Togo threading through a whistle powered rescue and public affair.
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Katy
Jimpsey
Englehart
Lisgars
Appletons
Togot
Togo
Mr. Englehart
Ponce
The
Chmneyenya
Supreme Court
Rei
John
Havilands
New College Power House
John Malone
Jimpsey Englehart
New College
Haviland
Malone
Orv
James
Englehart Supreme Court
Petoe Ag
Jimpoey Englehart
Mr. Haviland
North Hall
Engieharts
The Baby Speaks Card Warning From Lippincott's
A humorous yet cautionary monologue lists dozens of do nots for new parents. It advises not to handle the baby excessively, not to use bottles or soothing routines, and to avoid overprotective behavior, ending with a quip about the cradle being ruled by the baby.
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Lippincott’s
Road House for Aviators at Bellevue Stratford
A Philadelphia Public Ledger report states that after hotel additions create vast roof space an aerial garage will allow airships and aerodromes to land on the roof. Guests may refresh in the roof garden while mechanics service power systems and aircraft, with new training for technicians suggested.
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Bellevue-Stratford
Alexander Graham Bell
Times
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Words of Wisdom in a Cynic Spotlight
A satirical snippet on gender, marriage, and pride quotes a caricatured advice cadence. It riffs on women’s restraint, men’s ego, and social folly with sharp, ironic lines attributed to a New York Times piece.
Where Europe Is Ahead of Us in Forest Revenue
A fragment notes that the state of Würtemberg spends about $2.05 per acre annually on forests and secures about $6.60 per acre in revenue. The passage ends abruptly with Fra.
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Europe
Wurtemburs
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