Progress Is Our Motto Sign and Newfoundland Iron Venture
A front page fragment notes a long displayed sign reading Progress Is Our Motto in a vacant store on a principal Charleston street. It mentions American capitalists organizing a company to control Newfoundland iron coal limestone and Cape Breton outputs along with Sydney quarries.
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Charleston
8. C
News and Courier
Newfoundland
Cape Breton
Sydney Mie
Fmount Park
Zoological Gardens
Transvaal
Menominee
Upper Michigan
Rhody
Sacre Coeur
Montmartre
Gettysburg
Chinese Eat Wholesome Food and Disciples Diet
A brief note surveys perceived Chinese cuisine and the diet of Confucian disciples. It critiques sensational globe trotter accounts that glorify or distort their eating practices and ceremonies.
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Confucius
Warwickshire man urged as pioneer of railways
A campaign seeks recognition for William James as the inventor of railways, arguing he planned lines in the 1790s and early 1800s, ahead of George Stephenson. A committee aims to honor James with a Westminster Abbey tablet, citing Liverpool and Manchester routes and the Liverpool and Manchester railway project.
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George Stephenson
Similes
William Jaroes
Warwickshire
Stephenson
Willaim James
Lancashire
Liverpool
Manchester
Bolton
James
Central Junction Railroad
Stratford-on-Avon
Moreton-in-the- Marsh
Skipton
Ingland
Liverpool and Méinhester
Edward Watkin
Westminster Abbey
A Woman's Tear Reveals a Secret of Microcosmic Salt
James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution, observed a tear on a lady's cheek and collected it in a vial. Though half escaped, he preserved the rest and declared the tear to be microcosmic salt comprising muriate of soda and several saline substances in solution.
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James Smithson
Smithsonian Institution
Epitaph on Stone Reflects Quiet Message in Stowe Graveyard
A tombstone in Stowe New Hampshire bears a reticent epitaph: I was somebody-who's no business of yours. The inscription stands alone with no other words. The piece notes a remark that all women are born equal but notes some spoil it by marrying worthless men and that the rule of love is often more effective than might.
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Brooklya
San Francisco
Honolulu
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Boston
United States
Bernard Brewster
Grafton
W. Va
Dewey Arch
New York
Gotham
Philadelphia
Newark
N. J
China
Europe
Wmill
South
New Hampshire
Stowe
N. H
Writer of Sweet Hymns Rev Robert Lowry and His Song
The article recalls Rev Robert Lowry a Baptist pastor and hymn writer famed for Shall We Gather at the River. It notes his Brooklyn parlor inspiration in 1864 amid epidemic grief and outlines other hymns like Where Is My Wandering Boy To-night and Marching On.
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Plainfield
N. J
Robert Lowry
Lowry
New York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Lewisburg University
Jesus
Crape
Hymns That Soothed Troubled Hearts Recite Author's Legacy
The passage recalls a hymn sung in grand churches and small chapels, across cities and hamlets, in sunlit schools and homes. It notes the enduring melody that resonated with people and acknowledges the author of this and other hymns.
Rearing the Child and the Growth of Character
Barbetta Brown urges readers to picture child life as either a marble block to be carved by mothers and teachers or a plant with natural roots and tendencies. She prefers the plant metaphor, arguing growth should be guided but allowed to blossom. The piece celebrates natural development over rigid shaping.
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Barbetta Brown
Ladies’ Home Journal
Caring for a Child's Growth and Environment
The passage urges careful nurturing of a child by ensuring a healthy environment and sufficient sunshine. It emphasizes attentive observation of natural development and gentle pruning when appropriate to guide growth with love and care.
Gold Bug From Klondike Stirs Seattle Crowds
A glass jar labeled Klondike Gold Bug sits in a Seattle shop window drawing crowds. A returned miner claims the creature can sense gold and helped him recover a nugget after days of digging with the bug guiding him to the buried poke.
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Seattle
Undefined fragmentary item from bread delivery note
Fragmented OCR text shows disjointed phrases about bread delivery and a Vienna Pesth gate, with references to liverymen and a proprietor. The readable parts lack coherent events, names, or dates to form a clear news item orSummary.
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Jousert
Doers “Wm AY
Vandfering
Wm Johannesbur Ee
Gordon Highlander
Quasan
Kruces
Mafering
Jadysmith
Evangaul
Kruger
Joubert
Klondike
Vienna
Grot Fc Us
Brea
You & the Gro
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