Century Magazine Poetry Primer Sparks Polarized Debate
A nostalgic critique outlines The Century Magazine as a poetry arbiter, quoting a controversial verse "Song For the Guitar" and mocking readers' grasp of high style. It also notes literary essays on time, exercise, and English reformer Emily Faithfull advancing women’s work, with praise for her printing enterprise and advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Magazine
Henry Clay Patchen
Emily Faithfull
England
United Kingdom
Miss Faithfull
Miss Paithfall
Baldwin Apple Memorial to Stand in Woburn Mass
A monument will honor the Baldwin apple, a benefactor of mankind, to be erected on the original Baldwin apple tree site in Woburn Mass. The piece lauds the apple’s role in American life alongside national figures, while including guidance on staying safe in heat and enjoying non alcoholic drinks.
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Moise
Aventor
Telegraph
George Wishington
Baldwin Apple
Woburn
Mass
Real Estate Transfers Listed with Various Considerations
A compilation of deed transfers from 1891 to 1895 across multiple townships and boroughs in Warren and surrounding areas. Entries include Nancy Underwood to William Underwood in Sheffield township for 400, Jacob Schock to Maud Gutzler in Warrenborough for 700, and Samuel Grossenburg to Jacob Huber Mead in Mead township for 3400, among many others with dates, grantors, grantees, locations, and stated or implied prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Underwood
William Underderwood
Sheffield Township
Jacob Schock
Maud M.gutzler
Warrenborough
Samuel Grossenburg
Jacob Huber Mead
Mead Township
Columbus Township
Maria Huntley
Wm. Huntley
Edwin Huntley
Freehold Township
A. B. McCain
Edward J.harley
Warren Borough
Wm. Moran
Wm. Armstrong
Samuel Underwood
Frank M. Pickering
Thos. M. Knapp
H. E. Norris
Catherine Morton
Wm. P. Fields
John E. Chapman
Freshold
Bear Lake
Alfred Cady
Andrew Frank
Pittsfield
Co.t. Bordwell
Arthur L. Sands
Wm. Townsend
Geo W. Brownell
Elkborough
Luther H. Church
Sarah M. Church
Eldred
Newton F. Wright
M. E. Church
Wrightsville
Hattie C. Horton Et al
Eunice L. Horton
Warren County
A. J. Davis
South West Township
S. H. Evans
Tidionte Borough
E. B. Grandin
Geo. Downing
Geo. O Cornelius
Corydon Township
Geo. O. Cornelius Et al
O. J. Casper
The Prophecies of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
A long address by Mrs S P Berry at the Baptist Church extols the WCTU as the leading reform force, predicts future Prohibition, and calls for a united political effort to end liquor traffic. It lauds Frances Willard, praises education of public sentiment, and envisions a coalition across parties to enact constitutional and statutory prohibition nationwide.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Warren County
Christ
Jesus
God
Father
Barak
Deborah
Vision of Equality and W C T U Union Meeting
The text discusses spiritual equality between men and women urging financial independence and shared governance to fulfill biblical ideals. It notes the impending return of Christ in a symbolic sense and envisions a Golden Rule era. It ends with Grand Valley W C T U notes and a June union meeting for the London convention, led by Mrs. C A Whaley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Grand Valley
Great London
C. A. Whaley
Jefferson Street High School Holds Fourth Commencement
Seven graduates of Jefferson Street High School were honored Tuesday evening in a large audience ceremony held in the new exhibition hall. The program featured essays, orations, solos, duets, and diplomas presented by Rev. C. B. Smith and Miss Nellie K. Rounce. The six students named as top graduates were Mary Wright Branch Edith Inora Anderson Mary Magdalena Schueltz Ella Virginia Adams Emma Jessimine House Eva Nellie Pickett Charles Victor Pickett. Floral decorations were provided by D Offerlee of the East Side.
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Jefferson Street High School
Harriet A. Cutting
Edith Inora ‘Anderson
Charles Victor Pickett
Saunders, Kelley, Terry and Craft
Sunkma Jessimine House
Ella Virginia Adams Neidlinger
Cradle Song
Ellie Pickett
Misa Nellie K. Rounce
Edith Inora Anderson
C. B Smith
Mary Wright Branch
Mary Magdalena Schueltz
Ella Virginia Adams
Emma Jessimine House
Eva Nellie Pickett
D. Offerlee
East Side
The Lucky Third Widow Wins Insurance on John Herald
Three women in Toronto applied for $2,000 life insurance on John Herald who died last December, the wives argued, but Margaret Lawrence of Cohoes New York was declared the only lawful widow and will receive the money. To Strengthen the Russians. Opress4 Batoum 1000 troops moved to Batoum to bolster Russian frontier forces facing Armenia.
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Christ
W.C. T.U
Toronto
Ont
Toronto Court
John Herald
Margaret Lawrence
Cohoes
N. Y
Batoum
Armenia
Siggins Reunion Invitation Proclaimed for Irvinton Pa
A public notice invites all Siggins relatives by blood or marriage to a first reunion in Irvinton Pa on June 26, 1893. The event uses Island Grove with rainy-day hall options, asks each family to bring baskets, and notes railroad excursion rates for groups of ten or more. Committee members John Siggins and Mrs Sabina Parker urge broad attendance.
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Siggins
Irvington
Island Grove
John Siggins
Mgr
Tidioute
Sabina E. Parker
Chautauqua
Siggirs
Irvineton
Ill Health the Cause Henry J Halbrook Shoemaker Dies
Utica June 11 Henry J Halbrook well known shoe manufacturer of Utica committed suicide by shooting at his summer house five miles from the city at 5 15 this morning after years of failing health and two years of illness left him unable to devote full time to business
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Utica
N. Y
Henry J. Halbrook
Missionaries Safe After Chengtu Loss
New York June 11. A dispatch from Rev J B Hikes in Shanghai reports property at Chengtu destroyed but all missionaries are safe. The message was received at the Methodist missionary society office and confirms no injuries among staff.
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New York
J. B. Hikes
Shanghai
Office
Methodist Missionary Society
Chengtu
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Scribner’s Magazine
Robert Grant
Dominion
Canada
United States
Fosyer
Bright
Landis& Co
Shipensbore, Pa
W. G. T. U. Prophecy
S. P. Berry
THE
Baptist Church
Frances E. Willard
Christ Jesus
East Side High School
C. B. Smith
Gary Magdalena Sehneltz
Skinner
Wakefield
Hood
Sam
W.G
Shedd
Ghedd
Sapolio
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