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                <text>The collection stores items related to the question of how gossip was talked about, referenced, and used in nineteenth-century periodicals. It showcases letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts of relevant journalists as well as exemplary gossip columns and articles. &lt;br /&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/"&gt;list&lt;/a&gt; of archives from which the archival sources were derived.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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            <text>&lt;a href="https://www.bpl.org/services-central-library/newspapers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Boston Public Library&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;span&gt;"They Say,"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Boston Advocate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;, Nov 13, 1886&lt;/span&gt;</text>
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              <text>Lewis, Lillian Alberta ( (pseudonym: Bert Islew), 1861-?</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;In this edition of "They Say," Bert Islew informs her readers, among others,&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;"That it is well to remember that what you don't know may be of more interest to the world than what you do know."&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;"That Bert Islew has 'caught on' Augustie."&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;"That the 'First Industrial Exhibition' of the colored citizens of the District of Columbia held at Bethel Church for several weeks was a verx interesting exhibit."&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;"That many distinguished men and women of the city received new ideas of the culture, intelligence and ingenuity of the colored people of Washington from what they saw at the Exhibition."&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;For more info on the column and its author, please see the description for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/990" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;"They Say," Dec 4, 1886&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, and our entry on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/970" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Lillian A. Lewis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
&lt;h3&gt;Credit&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;a href="https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/research/record-10704-5541173/the-boston-advocate#fullscreen" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;My Heritage (via Boston Public Library)&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;em&gt;The Boston Advocate&lt;/em&gt;</text>
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              <text>W. Grandison &amp; J.B. Powell, Jr.</text>
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