Stage Immorality and the Davenport Essay Reexamined
A collection of excerpts argues that the stage is not inherently immoral and praises professional virtue among actors. Fannie Davenport contends moral judgment stems from ignorance and advocates teaching stage history in schools to temper bigotry. The piece includes letters praising actresses, plus brief notes on civil service exams, Webster’s 5000 errors, a drummer’s train, pretzel consumption, and a new Canadian Pacific drummers train.
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Legion
Rachel
Gie
Fanny Davenport
Brooklyn Magazine
There is a strength in agony that binds the heart
Freeman E. Miller quotes in the Indianapolis Herald on sorrow and sympathy. The poem discusses how sorrow softens and grief teaches kindness, linking minds and uniting people against oppression. It reflects on how agony reveals the great world’s woes and strengthens humane connections.
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Freeman E. Miller
Indianapolis Herald
Use of the Typewriter for Telegraphic Dispatches
The New York Tribune notes the Associated Press adoption of the typewriter over the stylus about fifteen months earlier. The device yields clearer, faster copies and higher transcription rates. typists can take sixty five words per minute versus forty five in manuscript, aided by abbreviation systems to match sender speed.
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Associated Press
Benjamin Franklin
Republic
New York
Chicago
New York Tribune
Pleasures of Learning French in Paris
The writer recalls attempts to learn French in Paris with lighter advice from Charles A. Dana and a grave German scholar. He plans to focus on the A la or au preposition and article, illustrating French idiom with Qu est ce que c est que cela and its cumbersome literal English rendering.
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Paris
Charles A. Dana
Cor
Saved by His Mustache and Sioux Poison Plot
A former Indian trader recounts how Sioux tribesmen allegedly used strychnine to dispose of enemies and how his life was saved when his heavy mustache strained poison from water. He describes an incident with Standing Buffalo during trade, a hostile entrant, and the subsequent punishment and disappearance of the suspect.
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Standing Buffalo
Tress
Death by own action among Colored People
A Globe-Democrat columnist notes two prior cases of death by own action among Colored people, including a girl who took morphine after faithlessness. The piece speculates on future trends as communities develop, questioning whether increased troubles will lead to more self-inflicted deaths while offering observational remarks on disposition and perception of life.
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Globe-Democrat
Anxious Clergyman Seeks Five Pounds to Marry
A London Church Bells advert shows a poor clergyman, long engaged, urgently seeking at least £5 to marry the woman in unhappy circumstances who lacks funds. He appeals for donations from sympathetic readers, noting high references if needed. The item also mocks social gossip and cites a San Francisco court postponement.
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Church Bells
London
Athlophoros touted by sellers as sole remedy claims
A swindler style pitch declares Athlophoros will refer rheumatic, neuralgic and nerve headache sufferers to cured individuals and will provide names and addresses. Endorsers from Cuba New York Mt Kisco Wilkes Barre and others praise relief and cure, with Brown & Stone as office contacts and R Brown signature.
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Athlophoros Co
Athlophoros
A. Beard
Mt. Kisco
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Altornets
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C. C. Thompson
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Waters Street
Scofield
Hunter & Son
Chas. Dinsmoor
Jas. Cable
Wetmore
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Johnson’s Exchange
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Golden Horseshoe
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Iowa
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Walter A. Wood
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