Parted and Reunited In a Tragic Oakwood Tale
A young wife Lenore discovers her husband Bertram in an embrace with another woman. After a fatal train crash and a concealed confession from Bertram about a past lover Constance, Lenore hides to learn the truth. Bertram dies, but Lenore resolves to reunite with him and their two sons, finding forgiveness and lasting revival.
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Ion
Shiill
Borna
Oakwood
Bertram
Tory
T.tvn
Horn
Taylor
Soolim
Percbanes
Lenore
Constance Fielding
Constance
Tom
Lenora
A Picture of the Alabama Negro Mobile Letter
A Mobile letter portrays Black workers as jolly yet indolent and unreliable, noting their alleged shiftlessness and seeming unwillingness to respect labor obligations. The piece blames both Black workers for freedom perceived as unlimited, and planters for mishandling free labor, claiming tension between race, labor, and capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mobile
The Sorrowful Tree of Goa That Blooms at Night
A solitary production known as the sorrowful tree grows near Bombay on the island of Goa. It blooms only at night, attracting a scent of sweetness as it opens without towers visible at gunget. By sunrise the blossoms fall or close, and the cycle continues throughout the year.
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Goa
Bombay
Gunget
Origins and Growth of the American Postal Service
A historical survey traces colonial protests and later expansion of the U S mail system from 1690 onward. It notes Benjamin Franklin as deputy postmaster general, proposed routes Philadelphia to Boston, and 1789 congressional control of postal matters. It details evolving rates from 40 miles to 4 000 miles, newspaper and pamphlet charges, prepaid requirements, and later reforms through 1888 including a new one-ounce letter standard and single rate postage.
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Intateau Tilt Bastal Wyarhafen Manion Eatheling
Hiateltaag
Lepitey
Ganertl
Oltias
New York
America
Benjamin ‘Ranklin
Ife
Tno
Philadelphia
Boston
England
United States
Congress
Post Office Department
Oregon
Aslistornia
Pacific Territories
Chagres
Panama
Dunot
Duno
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Cost of College Athletics Costs Hit Student Pockets
The Cincinnati Times-Star notes that college athletics cost more than thought with Harvard and Yale leading expenditures. Boat shells cost four to eight thousand dollars and training tables run about one hundred dollars per man. Travel to New London for races, daily coaching from steam launches, uniforms, and coach salaries push total costs into the thousands per season with many items funded by student and alumni subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
New London
Conn
Thames
Williams
Amherst
Princeton
Jones
Fomeerly
Trown
Mott Hagen
Cave of
Holmes
New Park
Jorges
Cincinnati Times-Star
A Faithful Secretary and Lord Hammond Anecdote
A fragment from a review highlights Sir Henry Taylors Autobiography and an amusing offices tale. It recalls when he met Lord Hammond at the Foreign Office, noting Hammond’s long absence and a quip about his only day’s pleasure in two years. The piece contrasts the wits of Rogers Sydney Smith and logis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Taylor
Foreign Office
Lord Hammond
Spretary
Questio
Hammond
Henry
Rogers
Nadha
Sydney Smith
Sroudabe
Whatele ‘Wight
Logis
London
Brown's Iron Bite and Golden Medical Discovery Ad
An old advertisement promotes Brown's Iron Bite Tots as a superior stomach tonic and strength booster, claiming it exceeds castor oil. It touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a liver and blood purifier for chronic diseases, with free consultation and pamphlets from the World's Dispensary Medical Association. Also promotes Tunt's Remedy for liver and kidney issues and warns against imitation drugs.
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Brown
Pierce
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Ashgula
Chicago
Neva
Tam
Dr. Taylor
Arigouu
Gove
Ob Wae
C- 8H
Poul Harald
Metical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Heother Censon
Hood
O. L. Banurry
Syracuse
B. A
Saxvosa
Kent
Apollecarios
Lowell
Sasa
Egal
Oscillator
Thresher
Sohn 8
David' Sons
Bend
Lowa
Ars
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