Aunt Emma and Eleanor discuss Mr Page and Eleanor's future
On the Beverly porch Emma questions Eleanor about Mr Page and whether his attention signals love. They debate careers and independence, with Eleanor seeking teaching work and Emma urging practicality, while Eleanor reveals a desire to pursue her life in books and study.
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Emma
Sally
Eleanor
Tilly McVane
Mr. Page
Harold
Eleisnor
Mia
Stagg
China
Western College
Why He Laughs at Doctors Story Linked to Livingston
Georgia Representative Livingston recounts a tale of avoiding surgery after a dramatic incident. He dodged an operation, learned a fatal patient died during another case, and cited a turpentine cure offered by an old mammy as the reason he laughs at doctors signs.
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Livingston
Georgia
Livingstone
Washington
Youth and Happiness in a Town Tale
The piece questions youth happiness with a narrator noting one boy bears water for an elephant and fears his father’s judgment. It muses on the allure of appearing youthful versus true youth and hints at cosmetic efforts to look young, including complexion remedies and false teeth.
Frogskin Leather Proportions and Toughness Described
Frogskin makes tough leather by aligning to its thickness. The material strength grows with thicker hides, yielding durable hides for industrial use. The text emphasizes proportional leather toughness based on Frogskin's thickness.
Game of Age Early in Hungary Ties Age to Baptism
In Hungary the legal age of an individual is dated from baptism, not from birth, according to the report. The system ties adulthood to church ceremony and entry into church records, affecting age-based rights and responsibilities.
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Hungary
Nebraska Teachers Meet Promises Large Attendance and Plans
Superintendent Fow ler predicts a record turnout for Nebraska state teachers meetings with life certificate exams Monday and Tuesday. County superintendents attend the business session. art exhibits and education council events fill the schedule. many teachers stay through Friday night and some attend Much Ado About Nothing at the Oliver theater.
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Fowler
Nebraska
State
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Representative Hall
Educational Council
Auxiliary Association
O Street
Lindell
Lincoln
St. Paul's Church
The
Oliver
Clamoring for grain cars and railroad delays upset Nebraska farmers
Thayer area farmers slam the Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Valley line for empty cars and stalled threshing as grain floods the elevators. In Benedict sharp congestion on the Kansas City Omaha line slows loading as corn shelters and drives fill and ships halt.
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Thayer, Neb
Thayer
Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad
Elkhorn
Omaha
Cara
Benedict
Neb
Kansas City & Omaha
Burlington
York County
Free Delivery Proposed for Plattsmouth
Washington representative Burkett urged the post office department on Wednesday to establish free delivery at Plattsmouth with three city mail runs and two residence deliveries daily. Burkett and Mercer filed resolutions from the George A. Custer post of the Grand Army of the Republic protesting changes to laws governing public land leasing in Nebraska. Frank I. Teeter in the pension bureau received a salary raise from 900 to 1000 dollars annually.
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Washington
Burkett
Post Office Department
Plattsmouth
Mercer
George A. Custer
Grand Army of the Republic
Omaha
Nebraska
Frank I. Teeter
Pension Bureau
Miraculous Roof Rescue Ends Fatal Free Fall
Gus Schmidt of Beatrice Nebraska slipped from an icy roof while shoveling snow and dangled forty feet above the ground on a 2x4 projecting from the fire wall. He managed to pull himself back onto the roof, escaping serious injury or death.
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Beatrice, Neb
Gus Schmidt
Farmer William Hilkemeier Found Hanging in Barn
BLOOMFIELD Neb. William Hilkemeier a well to do German farmer living south of town was found hanging from a barn beam. Life had been extinct for several hours at discovery. He was a widower with several small children and it is believed grief over the death of his wife prompted the act.
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New York
Weaner
Emma
Eleanor
Bloomfield
Neb
William Hilkemeier
Hilkemeier
Live Stock Market At South Omaha Shows Decline
Packers complain of high prices and aim to lower them aligning with other markets. Feeder and stocker cattle held steady with little change as hogs fell about equally to Chicago. Buyers were slow to clear loads, with lighter hogs selling weakly and heavier weights harder to move.
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South Omaha
Chicago
Cattle and Hogs Market Review From Kansas City Receipts
Receipts show 3.10 natives and 550 Texane with mixed cattle values. Beef steers dull at last Friday prices. range canners and beef cows declined. export and dressed beef steers quoted around 106.00. Hogs 7,000 head with market 10 to 16 lower. top 8.20. mixed packers around 5.85 to 6.12. Sheep and lambs receipts 2,000. native lambs 4.00 to 6.40. western lambs about 4.5. native wethers 3.00 to 4.0. Brockers and feeders around 2.00 to 3.96.
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Texas
Five Former Delegates Sentenced to Five Years
In St Louis five ex members of the house of delegates were found guilty of bribery connected with the Suburban street car bill. Each man, John A Sheridan Charles J Denny Charles Gutke Edmund Berech and T E B Albright received five years in the penitentiary. They posted bond after filing motions for a new trial. The case forms part of fourteen bribery trials arising from municipal corruption investigations.
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Louis
House of Delegates
John A. Sheridan
Charles J. Denny
Charles Gutke
Edmund Berech
T. EB. Albright
Sharkey Convicted of Man Slaughter in Fish Murder
New York jury finds Thomas J. Sharkey guilty of manslaughter in the death of Nicholas Fish, a wealthy banker, after a September street dispute and saloon encounter. Sharkey and another woman accompanied the two victims, a fight ensued, Fish was knocked down and died hours later despite preexisting illnesses.
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New York
Thomas J. Sharkey
Nicholas Fish
Fish
Sharkey
Mail thief 15 year old brought in at Springview
Percy Goelin a 15 year old carrier from Springview was brought in by Deputy Homan on a charge of opening mail sacks and stealing letters.
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Percy Goelin
Springview
Homan
Vote Down Franchise Says Board Votes 26 to 2
New York aldermen rejected a motion to recommit the majority report on granting the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel franchise. The tally was 26 to 2, with forty votes needed to pass the franchise. Six members did not vote on the motion.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
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Harold Stagg
Revert Benner
Eljeanor
Erima
Guy Barton
Sheridan
Wye
Plattemouth
Lawrence Stull
Berton
Mickey
State Industrial School
Kearney
Boghtol
Fremont
Waldo Wintersteen
Hello Bill” Company
Beatrice
Mildred Claire
Frank T. Glenn
Kellogg
Anderson Mercantile Company
Neigh
Ashland
Flora City
F. H. Chickering
C. N. Folsom
E. A. Wiggenhorn
Nebraska Association of Osteopathic Physicians
Milligan
Grand Island
Moss
Grace Heedan
Mead Morrell
Burlington Railroad
Table Rock
Morrell
Nebraska City
Institute For the Blind
Morey
State Teachers’ Association
Peru
Hayden Bros
Kansas City
St. Louis
Banker Fish
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