His Distinguished Visitor and a Curious Greeting
M Severiaro de Heredia, minister of public works in the Rou vier cabinet under M Grevy, was misidentified as the Haitian president by palace staff because of his dark skin. The Elysee courtyard buzzed as guards moved, until Grevy greeted him with a laugh saying the new minister had already turned the house upside down after twenty four hours in office.
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M. Severiaro de Heredia
Rouvier
M. Grevy
Comte de Heredia
Nowise
Paris
the Elysee
Grevy
Republic of
Haiti
M. de Heredia
Heredia
M. le President
The New Tenant
Fragmented verse describes a lover leaving and the speaker sealing away memories. The heart is swept clean and made peaceful by a new tenant, with imagery of dust, rosemary, rue, and quiet certainty. The speaker contrasts past sorrow with present calm and happiness.
Breakin off talk and a Wis. land sale ad
A farmer questions his son and Patience on breaking their engagement with threats if not renewed in 24 hours. The Detroit Free Press notes a Northern Wisconsin Railway Farm Lands sale offering 350000 acres near lakes and streams with fertile soil, timber, and markets via the North Western Line. states Geo. W. Bell and G. H. MacRae as contacts in Hudson Wisconsin and St Paul Minnesota.
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Daniel
Chile
Wes
Detroit Free Press
Wisconsin
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Ashland
Geo. W. Bell
Hudson, Wis
G. H. MacRae
St.Paul
Minn
Philadelphia Hall claims world’s longest continuous stairway
The city hall houses a 598 step tower stairway from the seventh to the sixteenth floor with an electric elevator shaft nearby. Climbing from the seventh floor to William Penn’s statue landing adds 245 granite steps, totaling 743 steps. Tourists regard tower climbing as a notable endurance test rivaling Bunker Hill and Washington monuments.
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Philadelphia City Hall
Bunker Hill Monument
Charlestown
Washington Monument
General Brock
Queenstown
Ontario
City Hall
William Penn
Philadelphia Press
Remarkable Power and a Boston Church Soprano
An elderly woman attends a Boston church musical service and praises a soprano, only to learn afterward the soprano was absent due to a cold. Her grandson explains a chorus member filled in. She muses that if the audience can feel such emotion without singing, hearing her in person might be wise to skip.
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Boston
Grandmamma
Editor Quiller's prolific work sparks salary debate
Managing Editor Quiller writes more than any other staffer and deserves a raise, while Business Manager argues for a pay cut citing his high costs in pens ink and paper.
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Quiller
Boston Transcript
Some Chinese Men Choose Singleness Over Marriage
Many men in China abstain from marriage choosing celibacy whether as priests in temples pursuing literary careers or for reasons of poverty leaving a portion of the population unmarried and single.
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China
Test of Courage by Lieutenant Farrow in 1878 Idaho Episode
Indian scouts doubted Lieutenant Farrow until he staged a fearsome courage test. He exposed a pin to prove bravery and faked a pistol shot, prompting the scouts to abandon and rejoin later. Twenty two years later he met Chief Joseph at Madison Square Garden in a dramatic reunion.
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United States Army
Idaho
Farrow
West Pointer
Madison Square Garden
Buffalo Bill
Joseph
Nez Perces
Madison Avenue
New York Press
Illinois Central Sleeping Car Service to Jacksonville
The Illinois Central Railroad offers a through sleeping and Pullman buffet car from Chicago to Jacksonville via Lookout Mountain. The car departs Chicago daily at 6 10 p m on the Limited vestibule train, with connections at Mattoon to Peoria and onward to Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and Jacksonville. Details available from Illinois Central agents.
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Illinois Central
Chicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Lookout Mountain
Central
South
Mattoon
Peoria
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Excursion Rates for Pan-American Exposition via Northwestern Line
Excursion rates to the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo will start May 1 with Tuesdays offering especially low-rate tickets and favorable return limits. Direct connection at Chicago with fast trains to Buffalo. For details contact agents or request a mailed illustrated booklet for two cents postage. Canier Bros. & Herman offer footwear for ladies and children.
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Ican Exposition
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
W. B. Kniskern
Iowa Central Railway
Iowa Central
Batty
Marshalltown
California Excursions Weekly to West via Two Through Routes
California Excursions Weekly offers two through sleeping car journeys from Des Moines to Los Angeles. One departs Monday evening via Kansas City and Santa Fe to Los Angeles. the other departs Saturday late morning via multiple railways to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Both cars are new, wide vestibulated, steam heated, and run from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Des Moines
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
San Antonio
Arkansas Pass
Southern Pacific
Northwest
Texas
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago Great Western Rail Way Service Exits Midweek Routes
A Chicago Great Western car departs Saturday to Los Angeles arriving next Wednesday morning and San Francisco Thursday morning, passing through Waco San Antonio and El Paso. The Monday car reaches Los Angeles Friday afternoon avoiding Sunday travel. full information available from Chicago Great Western agents in Des Moines Iowa.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Waco
San Antonio
el Paso
Chicago Great Western Railway
Origin of the word budget traced to leather purse
The New York Tribune explains that budget derives from the old Norman bougette meaning a leather purse. English practice of presenting estimates to Parliament in a leather bag led to the term budget and, interestingly, the word traveled back to France from England.
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England
France
New York Tribune
Local Mrs Partington Quips On Company
A bygone remark from Mrs Partington in New York humorously claims company brightens life and breaks the anatomy, reflecting a playful, foggy era tone.
Cliff Vision Describes Ship Seen 42 Miles Away
A person viewing from a 1000 foot cliff with clear vision can spot a ship at a distance of 42 miles, illustrating line of sight over the sea.
Kean the Younger Chases a Stagehand in Ghost Scene Tale
An old New Orleans horseman recalls a wild incident during Kean the younger’s Richard III performance. A stage manager’s prank with a banner and a cheap cigar ad spooked a supers man, who fled across the stage and through a dark alley, pursued by the enraged actor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Keans
New Orleans
Crescent City
Kean
Pinking
Richard NT
General Jackson
Richard
Super
Cincinnati Enquirer
Somnambulist Clergyman Pens Sermons in Sleep
Dr. R Osgood Mason reports in The Ladies Home Journal a Bordeaux archbishop seminary tale. A young ecclesiastic writes, reads, and edits sermons at night while asleep, unseen by day, with a cardboard shield blocking his eyes, then remembers nothing.
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R. Osgood Mason
Ladies’ Home Journal
Bordeaux
France
Delicacies Out of Season
Old Moneybags grows weary of pleas for the poor and insists on his own seasonable table. He grouses about ice in summer and cold storage as the contrast to winter abundance.
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Press
Not For His Health Hubbubs in Suburban Gossip
Philadelphia Record notes rumors about a suburban resident moving away and neighbors speculating about his health in a terse, gossipy local column.
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Philadelphia Record
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President Grevy
Northern Wisconsin Railway
Enco
TW Adams
Mutual Phone
R. R
Nashville, Chattanooga
A. H. Hanson
Pan-Amer
Canier Bros. & Herman
Story County Abstract Books
Nevada
California
Union National Bank
Ames
Iowa
W. M. Greeley
Henry Wilson
Ass’t
Doe
Bankers’ National Bank
National City Bank
New York
Valley National Bank
F. H. Hunter
Oor
Fifth and
Walnut Streets
West Main
South Side
Mutual
Grey
Bretney’s
Cooley & Jones
Chris Sorenson
M. Hemstreet
J. A. Campbell
Real Estate & Insurance
Main Street
Lowe
Homeseekers
Lett’s
A. Richmond M. D
Zucies
M.D
Drs
Richmond & Hutchison
Physicians and Surgeons
Bosworth
Rhad
Read’s Market
C.&. Hunt
I. C. Brownlie
D. D
Filaat & Brownlie
Omers
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