Remington Female Seminary Parlor Boarder Romance
Miss Serimper dismisses the students for study and a Wednesday half holiday while Helen Ransom, a celebrated parlor boarder, attracts curiosity with a rumored romance involving two young men, a cousin, and a mysterious missing appearance after a lemonade scene and a ten acre lot escapade. The drama ends with Miss Scrimper’s anger and the plan to confine the girls to their rooms.
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Serim
Remington Female Seminary
Annie
Helen Ransom
Scrimper
Remington
Helen
Bridget
Lily
Miss Scrimper
Bot
Lelen
Son
Bess
Miss. Scrimpet
Fee
Miss Ransom
The Winter Sky in 1880 Offers Eclipses and Mars Viewings
The Detroit news outlines a quiet 1880 sky with notable events. Eclipses will occur, and Mars is tipped for a March occultation viewable with telescopes. Jupiter appears dim in Aquarius, Saturn in Pisces with a good ring view, while Mars shines red in the early evening.
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Aldebaran
Uranus
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Spica
the Virgin
Arcturus
Bootes
Antares
Scorpion
Siros
Jupiter
Detroit News
Saturn
Men Dressmakers in New York Rise of male designers and cutters
A New York paper notes men are now common as designers and cutters in dressmaking. At least six male owned NYC establishments employ women for fittings while men handle gown construction, sending outfits across the country and to Canada, Mexico, the Antilles and South America. Gowns grow ornate and labor intensive, provoking high bills and surprising costs to clients. The piece contrasts traditional women’s fashion with male labor, praising artistry and noting modern tailoring as a field of art.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Napoleon III
France
Grant
Inter Ocean
Lenablican Party
Deacon Smitha
George William Curtises
Seavens
Hayes
Briaciers
Hias
Mexico
Pei
Central America
United States
exPresident
Dod
Republican Party
Ile
Peru
Venezela
Yagarier
Tilden
Pease
Senate
New York Herald
New York
Worth
Pingant
Canada
Antilles
South America
Frayed moral tone notes changing dress and etiquette
A fragment remarks on short skirts replacing traditional dancing dresses and gentlemen passing freely without waiting for ladies to move their trains. It condemns temptation as compromising virtue and warns that sin brings sorrow with no atonement or morse, reflecting moral judgment of the era.
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Inston Sentinel
Geo. M. Mathes
Preston Roan
Winston
Raleigh Christian Advocate
I. W. Durham
Practical Marble Worker
Winston, N. C
T. Vogler
Main Strea
Merchant’s Hotel
Crutcchr Bmaner
Lbp
Stedman
A Bark
Monra
J. Brown
Vaughn
Brown's
Vangho & Prather
Brown & Vaccan
Robert D. Johnston
Cassimeres
Westing
Erthin
B. F. Cnos Baxp
Ur Stars
Winiston, N. C
Henney
Fox
Tate
Jas. A. Gray
Fire Insurance
Tobared
At C
State Life Inurance Company
Saxronp
T. We Sanford
M.D. Sian Roux
Tieal
True & CO
Augusta
Maine
Midland &G.S. R. R
John S. Barboutr
Washington
Alexandria
Goritonsville
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
North Dan
Danville
Gordonsville
Nara Lo
Ches
Ohio R. Ri
Atlatic, Mies
Ohio R. H
Virginia
Nashville
New Orient
Memphis
Little Rock
Texas
Richmond & Danvile Jt K
Sons
Southwest Express
Gardenaville
Chess & Ohio
Florida
Manassas
Strasburg
Upperville
Délaplane
Warrentork
J. M. Broadus
G.T. A
Agen
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