Diverse Global Religious and Educational Notes from 1890
In the Warren Mail dated April 23 1890 a range of topics is outlined including a royal gift of a palace for the Presbyterian Mission in Siam, Iowa leading in women educators, German Catholic students exempt from military service, Indian Hindoo women studying medicine, Wisconsin Bennett law enforcement, and historic shifts in religious views. Also noted are religious publishing finances, missionary groups led by women, and a San Francisco bulletin critique of a demanding school task for a thirteen-year-old student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Tiowa
Reichstag
Germany
India
State Board of Education of
Wisconsin
Chicago
Methodist Church
New York
Western Book Concern
Cincinnati
United States
Great Britain
Europe
San Francisco
Wit and Wisdom Parade in Varied Aphorisms Across Journals
A long collection of aphorisms and quotes from multiple 19th century publications. Topics range from self-control and humility to freedom and duty, attributed to authors like Ruskin and various newspapers. The compilation emphasizes moral insight, discipline, and social observation.
Typewriter Shift Sparks Office Makeover Tale
A Providence Journal quote describes how the arrival of a female typewriter operator transformed a large business house. The manager praises the change from a lax, coatless clerical scene to a refined parlor like office with a proper lady at the typewriter. The piece warns of potential excess if the operator had a coquettish appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Kilrain
Providence Journal
Tight lacing as an economic measure
The note suggests tight lacing could be considered an economic measure. It implies waist reduction tied to cost and resource use. The sentence presents a speculative view without events, dates, or named entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Specific Co
Race Street
Cincinnati
Jug Ridge Correspondent Reports McAllister Ball in New York
A Jug Ridge correspondent recalls attending Ward McAllister's ball at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. The event drew many rail magnates including Chauncy Depew and was praised for order, elegance, and social display with no incidents.
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Ward McAllister
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J. Pierpont Morgan
Byram H. Stevens
Ward
Stover’s
Stover’s Mill
Vanderbilt
Astor
Ridge Society
Stover
Widow Wideacre
Chauncy M. Depew
Chauncy M. Depew. Mr. Depew
Central
Depew
Chauncy Depew
N. Y
Noted Engineer Denis Poulet Improves Manual Training
La Nature praises Mr. Denis Poulet for a three year manual instruction method that trains students and workers in mechanics. The method covers hygiene, proper vise height, filing and hammering, and expands to measuring instruments, lathes, screw cutting, brazing, transmissions, and machine assembly.
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Denis Poulet
Poulet
McGinty's Descent and a Child's Curious Questioning
An exchange between a father and his four year old daughter in the Chicago Herald recasts the McGinty tale. The coal hole accident and submerged clothes spark a string of questions and quips about fate and humor.
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McGinty
Fie
Chicago Herald
Pulpit Pastor’s Portrait and Wife's Wardrobe Comment
A Texas Siftings note reports Dr. Pulpit delivering grand ideas with elegant dress. He criticizes his wife’s dowdy appearance, calling her a disgrace to the church during a private meditation moment.
Maine Woods Echo Hunts Stirred by Snow Dense Clash
Two deer hunters near Brooksville encountered each other in thick branches. In the confusion one hunter, mistaking the other for a deer, struck a heavy blow with a clubbed gun but caused only a minor head injury amid snow and dense brush.
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Maine
Brooksville
Plain Living and High Thinking in The Bixby Papers
A humorous column discusses Mr Bixby’s push for plain living after a frugal breakfast and a hotel dinner. It reviews literary news including Mary J. Hotnes royalties, Sarah Bernhardt biographies, and upcoming translations of Stanley, Holmes poetry readings, and Thackeray Dickens anecdotes.
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Mr. Bixby
Mrs. Bixby
Bixby
Harriet Amanda Bixby
Hotel Rooms Do Not Feel Homelike Says Traveler
A longtime observer argues country hotels strip rooms of comfort to force guests out, detailing frugal linen removal, lack of towels, and absent writing surfaces. He contrasts this with first class hotels where lighting and furniture hinder reading and writing, noting narrow fits and awkward lamps.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Be More Than a College Man After Graduation
A Walnut reference urges graduates to grow beyond the label of college men. Be a citizen and a man in action, seeing the world as yours, while honoring alma mater Dartmouth. When called to defend her in court you should be proud, but avoid ostentation that belittles worthy peers.
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Louisville Journal
Texas
Memphis
Somerville Journal
Edward Garrett
United Presbyterian
N. Y. Ledger
New Yorker
Ruskin
Bacon
New Haven
Cambridge
Daniel Webster
Dartmouth
Scribner’s Magazine
No, Hiram I cannot be your wife
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a young woman refusing marriage to Hiram citing incompatible motives. He argues the couple are compatible yet she declines, joking about economy and doing housework herself.
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Hiram
Chicago Tribune
Why They Do Not Speak Dialogue Paradox
A fragmentary dialogue features Miss Hauteur and Miss Pert discussing plans for a bail tomorrow night and a light exchange about chaperones. A zoological aside compares bird weights and wing surface, noting the vulture versus swallow and the Australian crane versus a gnat.
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Miss Hauteur
de Trow
Miss Pert
Lawrence American
Notable Local Names Across Franklin and Ashtabula
Franklin and Ashtabula sections list several individuals and roles including Merta Smith a school teacher. Saup treasurer of Venango county the Eclipse Oil Co figures Mr Berlin and Mr Stratton. Rev Turner of Sandy Lake Pa. Ashtabula mentions Mr Stebbins a jeweler and Mr John Belnap a conductor on the L S road with Mr Weisel an engineer on the same line.
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Merta Smith
Saup
Venango County
Berlin
Eclipse Oil Co
Stratton
Turner
Sandy Lake
Ashtabula
Stebbins
John Belnap
L. S. Road
Weisel
L 8
Strength and legend of Sir Nicholas Kemeys at Cefn Mably
A Spectator account recalls Sir Nicholas Kemeys of Cefn Mably as a legendary strongman. A Cornish wrestler visiting the park challenged him and was thrown, then asked to be thrown over the wall and over the ass, with a park wall marker and a Cefn Mably picture noting his size. He later fell defending Chesstow Castle against Cromwell's troops.
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Gordon
Sharpsburg
Alabama
General Gordon
Shepherdstown
Steadman
Atlanta Constitution
Sir Nicholas Kemeys, Bart
Cefn Mably
Glamorganshire
Sir Nicholas
Deer Park
Cofn Mably
Nicholas Kemeys
Bristol
Nicholas
Kemeys-Tynte
Chesstow
Cromwell
Silks and Dress Goods Sale Offers Unusually Low Prices
In these departments this month's business features many bargains and samples via the Mail Order Department. 50 inch Suitings dark colorings 25 cents. 36 inch All-Wool Tricots 25 cents. 36 inch American Novelties 35 cents. 50 inch Scotch Cheviots 50 cents. Side Bordure Suitings 40 cents. Imported Novelty 50 cents. All-Wool Novelty 75 cents. The largest Wool Suitings assortment yet offered with values from 9 to 75 cents.
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Yenowine
Castoria
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Mary J. Hotnes
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Countess de Martel
Mirabeau
Philip II
Welch
Stanley
Riper Hacaamp
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston University
Dorothy Q
Lord Tennyson
Locksley Hall
Lincolnshire
Jutis Verne
Essie Zoua
Paris Exchange
England
Tur
Dickens
Thackeray
Pope and Dryden
Schiller
Goethe
Cruikshank
Lboz
Bumsr
Goodrich & Fehlman
Pitcher’s Castoria
EL A. Ancuer
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Tus Centaur Company
Murray Street, N. Y
Piso
E. T. Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
W. H. Pickett & CO
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Carters
Carter
Cartel Medicine CO
Christian Smith
Warren County
First National Bank
Scott
Sherman
Jewett
Syracuse
Gale
Pittsburgh
F. O. Plerce
Boston
Warren Co
Foston Shoe
Diamond Block
Water Street
Warren
Colby
W. L. Darling
the Colby Piano CO
Colby Company
Corby
R. F. Livermore
Mr. O'Donnell
Nypano Railroad
John Collins
Ridgway
Shepeler
W.S. Morgaster
van Aiken
DU Bois
Capt
Truxal
John FE. du Bois
Charles Barrett
M. I. McCreight
Cashier Deposit Bank
Reynoldsville
Ed. Clark
du Bois Bank
W. Sykes
Sykes Woolen Mills
Sykesville
J. B. Sykes
Lumber Mills
Spartansburg
Susie Reno
Allegheny Conservatory of Music
Stoneham
Clarendon
W.H. Whitling
Minnie Gandy
A. J. Armagas
T. H. Bines
A. Baldensperger
Ss. H. Briggs
Chas. Fischer
Struthers & Wells
W. S. Leffard
P. & E. Railroad
John J. Nesmith
Lake Hall
Mary Albrecht
M. Kopf
John Knupp
Henry Knupp
Dave Siggins
John Binder
John Fulmer
W.C. Russell
A. W. Nickle
Union City
J. W. Sproul
Morris Strauss
Wm. Brown
C. Ff. Adams Co
John L. Ruland
J. Westley Hardwick
Bay State Iron Works
W. B.lickinger
Downing & Flickinger
Ben J. Walker
Erie Bicycle Club
Equitable Aid Union
Adam Lapper
A. F. Lenninger
J. A. Manhs
Lake Superior Transit Co
CG. Barnes
Waterford
Dr. Horton
Daniel Altof
Jacob Brum
Franklin
Erie
Reavi
BRAIM
Wes
E. C. West
Johnson & Siegfried
Georgia
Choice Schools
Brooke Hall
Shortlidge Media Academy
C. Shortlidge
A.M
Harvard Graduate
Media
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Finzer & Bros
Louisville
Wiesbaden
Goodrich & Fehlman’s
Sage
aLeee
World's Dis
Betete
Suring
Boggs&buhl
Allegheny, PA
E. O. Graham
Rochester, N.Y
R. R
P. & E. Divison
Warr
Sheffield Express
Sheffield
St. Mary’s
Baltimore
Washinton
Williamsport
Washington
Kane
Erioe
Kkthie Mail
Erie Mail
J. RK
Wood
Gan
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pmisburg
Dunkirkar Fredonia
ODB
Cassadaga
Nelairville
Wee Getty
Ross Mill, Falconer
Craig Irewaburg
Entonville Era
Tussellburg
N. Warren
Jackson
Irvineton
Roungsnville
Pittsfield Garland
Torpedo
Iran Valley
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Lelv
Dane JisiGana
Lake Shore and
Erie Railways
Jamestown
Bradford
D. Thayer
O. A. Clute
L. T. BisHor
Western
New York & Penna RR
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Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Tidioute
Tionesta
Oil City
Pittsburg
Coseesis Seree
Leffard
Agepr
R. Bell
J. A. Fellows
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