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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;span&gt;"They Say,"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Boston Advocate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;, Sep 4, 1886&lt;/span&gt;</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;
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&lt;li&gt;"That among the fashionable Boston people there have been more receptions within the last week than there have been for a long time."&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;"That Madame Selika made a great hit at the Congress Spring Park, Saratoga, last week."&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;"That Madame Mitchell, assisted by Miss Edna Brown, gave great satisfaction at the Casino at Saratoga on Thursday."&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;"That the lady from Richmond who visited our city, created quite a &lt;em&gt;furore&lt;/em&gt; among the gentlemen."&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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