A Case of Suspended Gratitude
Pauline Winthrop discovers true charity through her years of giving away worn clothes to Johanna Hansen and her daughter Hilda. When Hilda resents the castoffs, Pauline learns gratitude can be two sided, prompting Gordon to protect his sister and both families to grow closer through quiet acts of care and understanding.
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Ohanna
Mrs. Winthrop
Johanna
Winthrops
Hansens
Pauline
Gordon
Hilda
Johanna Hansen
Gordon Winthrop
Mees
Johanne
Winthrop
Gordon’s
Cuban Rebellion Expedition Led by Lopez in 1851
The article recalls an early Cuban rebellion where Gen Lopez led a military expedition to the Spanish island. He landed on Cuba’s northern coast in August 1851, stationed 100 men under Col W S Crittenden, and later both leaders and followers were captured and executed in Havana. Col Crittenden faced execution standing upright rather than kneeling.
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Cuba
Lopez
Col
W. S. Crittenden
United States
Crittenden
Havana
School and Church Roles and Faith in Victoria
In Victoria two clergymen held prior jobs as prison warder and policeman before ordination. Australian policy makes religious instruction compulsory in schools with the head teacher from the majority faith. The Bible Society works to reach blind Hindus using Braille. Chicago University assets total 15 million dollars with salaries proposed to rise for professors and staff. A history of Stratford's church notes its 13th century origins on an earlier Saxon site. Ballington Booth recalls a woman praising conversion and renouncing fashion. Rev J J Wicker, a Trenton pastor, beat a Princeton student who insulted women. in court he received a $10 fine.
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Church of England
Victoria
Australia
British and Foreign Bible Society
Moon
Chicago University
Harper
Stratford On Avon
England
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
Perdition
J. J.wicker
First Baptist Church
Trenton
N. J
Princeton
A Business Asset
A small expressman named Lane admires strength in others and notes a college student son lifting a heavy box with ease. He comments that such strength would be worth 50 cents to him in business, wishing for the young man’s power as a valuable asset.
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Lane
Humorous Parade of Collected Jests and Quips
A mosaic of humorous exchanges from various papers. Snappy lines about Wellesley courses on trees, rich families avoiding the papers, barbed wire farming chatter, antiques collecting, and a Sunday school quip about Joseph’s coat. Lightweight, era-typical wit.
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Wellesley College
von Snubbs
Baltimore Herald
Hayditch
Turniptop
Indianapolis News
George Washington
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Willie
Joseph
Philadelphia Telegraph
Boston Girl Declines Matrimonial Offer in Skit Exchange
A Boston woman speaks in a skit about nearly marrying a New York millionaire and resisting a too playful proposal. The exchange includes wit about asking permission to marry and a humorous back and forth, reflecting social satire from Chicago Daily News.
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Boston
New York
Back Bay District
Chicago Daily. News
Brooklyn Woman Gathers 22626 Spools For Silk Firm Prize
A Brooklyn woman won a prize from a silk firm after collecting 22,626 empty spools. Her haul fills two large dry goods boxes five feet square and weighs more than half a ton.
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Brooklyn
N. Y. Sun
Right to One's Face in Ads: A Public Figure Image Debate
A Washington Star report quotes a Washington District bar member arguing that facial likenesses belong to individuals and should be protected from unauthorized use in ads and product labels. He cites legal costs and calls for a clear precedent extending to deceased heirs while noting photographers and brands routinely exploit images.
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Washington Star
Shattuc Pranks For Autograph At Capitol
Representative Shattuc of Cincinnati, famed for jokes, teased autograph seekers in the house. He claimed to have passed Queen Liliuokalani en route to the senate, prompting a young admirer to search for the so called queen. A portly woman in the senate reception room was mistaken for the queen before clarifications about her identity.
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Shattue
Cincinnati
Pages
New York World
Shattuc
Senate
Bud
Chile
His Specialty
Mrs. Askitt asks about her son being an artist and landscapes. Mrs. O Rafferty Faith answers he paints fairesherpes. The exchange appears as a humorous or clipped cartoon caption from a Chicago Daily News page.
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Askitt
O’rafferty
Chicago Daily News
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Indiana
AAA
Carroll Watson Rankin
Col. Crittenden
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