Shadowed Echoes of a Family Past and Present
A melodramatic slice shows Fred Selfton, gloomy over a wife and child’s absence, lamenting aging and social decay among his Gray's Inn circle. His sudden return to happiness comes when his wife Kate arrives with news of joining him for a yacht launch, rekindling hope and family bonds.
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Fred Selfton
Home Office
Bertie
Kate
Gapes
Sunderlandshire
Townie
Vienna
Williamson
Norway
Elliot
Eastbourne
Herne Bay
Kitty
Gray's Inn
Adam
de Vaux
Badboy
Silly Boy
Sonnie
Chappie
Philly
Jove
Bay
Capricious Wilhelmina Wins Hearts in Dutch Tale
A brief Chicago Tribune notice describes fourteen year old Wilhelmina, the playful future queen of Holland, defying her mother the queen regent with a bold entrance and a softened appeal that wins favor among dutch people, while a Greece note follows about distinguished women in the outcast class.
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Wilhelmina
Holland
Chicago Tribune
Greece
Quadruped Heroes in French Military Funerals
A Paris paper details dogs honored with military funerals in France and Algeria. Dellys warned an ambush and was made a sergeant before burial with honors. Moustache lost a foreleg, received a wooden leg, and kept serving until his death, later commemorated by a military scene.
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France
Paris
Algeria
Africa
Dellys
Moustache
Resigned from the Cabinet High Officials Tired of Honors
Summary of cabinet resignations through 1876 notes 77 of 207 officers had left. It cites Lincoln era exits like Montgomery Blair and Dennison, and explains fatigue with daily duties, politics, and office rewards. The piece attributes much to nervous strain and policy disputes within the cabinet. It also mentions no Agriculture Secretary before 1886 and occasional retention of old aides when a new president takes office.
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United States
Secretaries of State
Montgomery Blair
Lincoln
William Dennison
Marshall Jewell
Bristow
R. J. Meigs, Jr
Samuel Osgood
New York City
Harper’s Weekly
There's No Place Like Home echoes in ruined rooms
In Detroit Tribune notes a hand organ playing There's no place like home as a dusty map wearer recalls a torn home. A man sighs over bare wet floors and cold potato on a sewing machine, hinting at hardship and longing.
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Detroit Tribune
Flowers In Vases And The Art Of Arrangement
Flowers in vases are best shown in clear crystal or pressed glass to reveal stems and enhance beauty. Use opaque monotone vases for dull colors. place large vivid blooms farther away, while delicate varieties deserve closer, eye level placement. Mirror backdrops or side sconces enhance the display.
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China
N. Y
Enterprising coroner Jereux Slade and the mummy verdict
In Oklahoma the coroner Dr Slade seized an Egyptian mummy during a circus side show. He formed a jury and returned a verdict of dead from unknown causes. He billed the county his regular fee with compound interest from the time of Moses.
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Oklahoma Jereux
Slade
Col
Handy Polk
Moses
Wit and wisdom from old papers and sharp wits
A collage of jokes, quips, and satirical exchanges from various newspapers. It collects barbs on gender roles, political sniping, curious proverbs, and light class humor. Notable snippets include exchanges about egoists, fashion, dialect, and social manners, with brief punchlines and wry observations.
Masculine Vanity in a Cleveland Plaindealer Caption
In a humorous anecdote from an ice cream parlor, two girls discuss how young men adjust their hats and check their own outfits. The exchange suggests men’s vanity as they admire their appearance when women acknowledge them, a playful critique from a Cleveland Plaindealer item.
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Cleveland Plaim Dealer
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Grandpa
Grandma
Somerville Journal
Harry Lander
Mr. Turner
England
Solent
Selfton
Cook
Boston Journal of Commerce
Bacon
W. Gladden
Buffalo Express
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Scudkins
Philadelphia Record
Pennington
Watts
Potts
Indianapolis Journal
Detroit Free Press
Tommy
Mr. Figg
Mrs. Figg
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