Marion's Brigade in a midnight rescue and raid
Marion's brigade halts six miles from Rocky Creek to wait for night. Kate Martin returns home, while dragoons raid the Martins. Kate bravely defends her father, and the soldiers pull back after the colonel's influence. Joe Sawyer feigns Tory rendezvous to delay pursuit and pave the way for a rescue. The convoy escapes as Confederate sympathizers organize a counterattack.
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Marion
Rocky Creek
Henderson
Kate Martin
Joe Sawyer
Joe
Kate
Sawyer
Martina
Eliert
Paul
Mr. Martin
da. Ferguson
Jetercine
When Education Broadens the Woman’s Horizon
A quip from Youth’s Companion on women’s education and evolving roles. It predicts future readers of Women’s Interest sections will seek broader topics such as education bills politics railway rates and France’s concordat abrogation, beyond domestic concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
The Bird of Death venomous bird of New Guinea
A historic note describes the spir n'doob or bird of death native to Papua New Guinea. It details its gray plumage a long tail a scarlet-tipped tail and a venom injecting knob under the upper beak that releases poison into wounds. It emphasizes no known recovery from its bite and the lethal agony it causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papua
New Guinea
Ao Orphadoo
Cleveland Leader Fragment Reflects Marriage Demand
A clipped line from the Cleveland Leader suggests a man pressed a woman to marry him after saving her, while she remains reluctant or grateful. The fragment hints at coercive social expectations and a recovery of past aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Mr. Martin
Anid
Kate
Smeer
Sete
Cleveland
Fragmentary Washington Star quote on recognition and neighbors
A clipped Washington Star excerpt discusses a new congressman and someone who avoids hearing from particular people. It notes women sharing remarkable stories about neighbors who borrow and provoke strong reactions in social settings.
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Ime
Washington Star
Needlework Notes on Waist Remodeling Techniques
In remodeling an old waist, try bertha and a high crush belt. A triffle out of the ordinary are the needlework tips and hints given for altering garments.
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Bertha
New French Cape And Afternoon Promenade Gowns
A fashion writeup surveys late summer styles with pale mauve coats, ribbon ladder trims, lace and bow details on boleros jackets and gowns. It notes yellow taffeta ensembles with lace insertions, yellow marabout feather bows, pink lingerie frocks with Valenciennes lace, and a pink straw sailor trimmed in black ostrich tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lmck
Lessons in married life and a veteran Iron Mountain postmistress
A letter reflects on early married life habits and mutual help at home, describing how neatness and sharing chores shape a functional partnership. It also highlights a Texas post mistress, 84, who has served over fifty three years under twelve presidents across Confederate and U S governments.
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Mrs. K
Ladies’ Word
Iron Mountain
Texas
Pierce
United States
Patchwork advice and fashion notes from a women’s page
A fragmented miscellany covers packing tips to avoid crushed garments, baby exercise regimes in New York, evolving dress details like girdles and lace gowns, sewing machine maintenance, napkin monograms, and the origins of false hair from South Europe and convents in Spain and Italy, all reflecting period style and domestic focus. The piece sketches social trends, household routines, and fashion, highlighting mothers, nurses, and trade networks.
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New York
China
Europe
France
Italy
Italian
Switzerland
Spain
Surgeons Once Barbers in Edinburgh’s Trade History
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, over 400 years old, began as a union of surgeons and barbers under one of Edinburgh’s fourteen trades. They received the charter on July 1, 1505, with royal confirmations and a role in medical education and policing quacks. The split in 1772 ended the unity, while early deacons played civic roles for centuries.
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Royal College of Surgeons
Edinburgh
Philadelphia
Comnell
James IV
Incorporation
Kings of Scotland
Court of Sessions
Incorporation of Surgeons
Fighting Hares on the Moonlit Lawn
Richard Bell recounts a supper visit observed two buck hares dancing and fighting on a large lawn. The pair appeared to hold hands and bow as they sparred, with their puffing noises interpreted as taunts. The scene amused yet awe struck the onlookers.
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Richard Bell
Two Hotel Bettors Bet on Elevator Movements
Two men in a hotel lobby bet on the elevator’s movements after a track meet reference. One wins ten dollars on a five stop and loses twenty on a second floor return, then the duo bets through the afternoon on the dial hand position as the car ascends and descends.
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Bennings
Washington Star
Joe
Juve
Bill
Two schemers weigh venture fate and creditors
The first schemer doubts the venture’s progress while the other suggests the only path to success is to avoid meeting their creditors, as quoted by the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Missing Text Reflects Train of Odd Words
Garbled OCR fragment shows names and phrases like Mrs Laisherene and Eason in a puzzled stream. The passage reads as a jumbled dialogue with references to standard and times, offering little clear news or event.
Paradox of Fathers in Population Notes
A fragmentary Detroit Free Press quote discusses parental happiness, noting the father of a single child may be happier than the father of twins, and mentions odd phrases about parental duties and family planning in a dated, satirical tone.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Eitien
Indiana Youth Seeks License to Marry Widow of 40
George W. Browning of two miles west of Windfall files objections in the county Circuit Court to prevent his 22 year old son William from obtaining a marriage license to wed Mrs Jennie Smith a 40 year old widow with two living ex husbands and two children. The clerk refuses the license and wedding plans are halted under the 1905 act mandating support for a family. if pressed the case goes to the Circuit Court for trial without a jury.
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George W. Browning
Windfall
Circuit Court
William
Jennie Smith
Young Browning
Foreclosure Ties to Neely Defraud Case In Cuba
Deputy U S Marshal seized the R B Cowan Printing property in Manesse held by chattel mortgage on a note for about 4500 dollars. The federal government holds a 45000 dollar judgment against C F W Neely who is alleged to have defrauded Cuba while treasurer of the United States postal service of several thousand dollars.
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C. T
Dynamite Ruins Brooklyn Blind Pig Grocery
A Brooklyn store owned by Patrick Thornber is wrecked by dynamite amid rumors it sold liquor to youths. Residents believe the blast targeted an illicit saloon known as a blind pig. Authorities have made no arrests. two other suspected illicit saloons have been blown up recently.
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Job Dawson
Gen. Marion
Frank Forstall
Ben Rowan
Ben
Rowan
Mr. Henderson
Dawson
Frank
Marion
Forstall
Mlepderegn
Ben Rewan
Benjamin
Job
Mendelson
Aaid Job
Patrick Thornberry
Brooklyn
Threats in Crawford County Drive Residents to Move
Whitecaps continue to terrorize Crawford county with daily warnings. I. Blevins a longtime town resident was warned recently and his son fits, a veterinary surgeon, left town after a prior warning. The assailants are believed to be the Black Caps regrouping to counteract.
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Tun Engliah
Crawford County
Jobs I. Blevins
Fits Son
Minera labor dispute yields suspension and varyed rulings
Fourteen thousand miners return to work after a labor history dispute that suspended concessions won by the union. Slavin Williams, linked to the case, was sentenced for juvenile offenses. Eugene Ely granted divorce amid a tobacco and onion eating dispute. A 5-year-old girl died from clothing catching fire. mother seriously burned while rescuing her in Kingsbury.
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Wok
Hela
Eugene Ely
Grace Ely
McMahan
Ely
Chicago
Bevacé
Henry Freese
Kingsbury
Hatmakers Strike at Pioneer Hat Works Settled
The Wabash Pioneer hat factory strike ends after two months of dispute. The plant will operate as a closed shop moving forward with union labor.
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Pioneer Hat Works
Wabash
Fatally Kicked by Horse Ends Life of Marvin Stevens
Marvin Stevens a wealthy farmer and prominent politician living near Rvands ville was kicked by a horse and instantly killed. The incident occurred on the farm where Stevens resided with local residents noting his public leadership and estate.
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Marvin Stevens
Rvandsville
Monument destruction and elopement cases ripple state events
State notes report Maries county monument desecration linked to Raymond Hancock’s son and a divorce scandal. Oscar A. Baker, fugitive ex-legislator tied to bribery rumors, supported abroad. Indiana boards plan meat plant inspections amid health concerns. nonunion strikers, a hotel beating, an annulment filing, and parish notices appear alongside weather and transit anomalies.
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Dealera
Indianapolis
Taska
New Brunswick
Supreme Court of the
Sarah Herring Sorto
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Ariz
London
Mineola
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Raymond Hancock
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Indiana
Baker
Windsor
Ont
Wilbur T. Fairbanks
Charles W. Fairbanks
Katherine Flanigan
Evansville
Columbus
Ind
State Board of Health
J. Henry Davis
A. Johnson
Evanaville
Fannie May Perry
Knightstown
Peery
Terry
Isom
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Ghoepe
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St. Louis
Smith
Root
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Southern Indiana Railroad
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