Ida’s Valentine Gift Brightens Josie’s Day at School
In a hopeful school scene, Ida shares her abundance of valentines with Josie Dean, a new girl troubled by a cruel comic card about drinking. Ida selects a pretty valentine for Josie, promising to craft more next year and reflecting on the joy of giving. The softer moment contrasts with a poem about Valentine memories and a bustling corridor of messages.
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Josie Dean
Josie
Valentine
Ida
Mamma
Jesse
Dearie
Cupid in the crowd wins hearts with tender gaze
A poetic verse praising a beloved figure as Cupid who captures many hearts with a single, guiding charm. The speaker uses affectionate imagery to compare love to arrows and targets the beloved’s ability to win affection.
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Cupid
Ida's Valentines Create Kindness at School
In a warm scene, Ida plans valentines for many classmates including Alec Boles and Kitty Welch. Her mother approves and shares tiny pictures found today for Ida to craft with care, as Ida works busily to fill a big desk box with hopeful messages for the next day.
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M. Louise Ford
Mamma
Mrs. Lane
Katherine
Annie
Alec Boles
Kitty Welch
Ida
Judge Cunningham Scott A Turbulent Nebraska Bench Image
Omaha jurist Cunningham R. Scott has served since 1892 in Nebraska’s Fourth Judicial district. His career is marked by clashes with editors, impeach threats, and crowded election tallies, yet he remains popular and outspoken on the bench and off. He advocates harsh criminal sentences and favored silver coinage, attracting both praise and controversy.
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Crank
Omaha
Cunningham R. Scott
Fourth Judicial District of
Nebraska
Scott
Judge Scott
Ment
Supreme Court
Cunningham Scott
Abraham Lincoln
W.’. J. Bryan
Council Bluffs
Mount Union College
Ohio
Canada
Ers
Monument to Soldiers Who Fell Fighting Turks Near Constantinople
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia unveiled a monument over a six acre site near Constantinople honoring Russian soldiers who died in the war against Turkey. The gray granite complex includes a chapel and campanile, with relic bones in a charnel base and walls enclosing the grounds. Construction began in 1883 under Col. Peshkoff’s design.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Nicholas
Russia
Christ
Vladimir
Alexander Nevsky
Col. Peshkoff
Hymen's Altar and the Value of Friendship in Marriage
The Woman's Home Companion argues that enduring marriage requires friendship beyond love. Mutual tastes and habits, companionship, trust, and shared memories strengthen affection as youth’s first fire fades.
Wedding superstitions from ancient times to modern customs
The article surveys wedding beliefs across civilizations, noting favorable days and months for ceremonies. It cites Hesiod and Euripides on timing, Roman calendars, and practices like throwing old shoes and ice as relics of relinquishing authority. It also mentions Jewish widow remarriage norms and competing explanations for the shoe ritual.
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Athens
Hesiod
Euripides
America
England
Scotland
The Bachelor Versus The Coquette Weathering a Tie
A humorous dialogue frames a tie between the bachelor and newly made Benedict. The poor man must weather the storm outside while the rich man remains home and storms at the weather.
Roosevelt Letters Reveal Drafty Notes on Defeat and Sly Promises
A scrambled historical note shows a pre election exchange with Theodore Roosevelt about defeat and a joking correction of a line about inevitability. The reply mocks language tricks and references publicity stunts, urging readers to seek details about dinner speeches, magic cures, and free presents with Diamond C Soap in Omaha Nebraska.
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Roosevelt
Good Lands in Minnesota on the M & St. L railroad line
Advertisement touts superior Minnesota farm lands along the Minneapolis and St. Louis line. It promotes a Madison or Dawson ticket in Itasca County and asserts wheat yields above 30 bushels per acre as a benchmark. Claims oil cereals like corn are reliably productive and notes notable men with ordinary wives.
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Maeapolis
St. Louis
A. BR
Madison
Dawson
I Qui Parle Co
Minn
Convi
Crescent Hotel Opens in Eureka Springs Arkansas
In Ozark mountain rains the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens February 23. The scene promises delightful climate and unequaled medicinal waters for visitors. Excursion rates include Through sleepers Frisco Line with ticket office in St Louis. Actress J. O. Plank Mi nger is noted as part of the era.
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Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Frisco Line
J. O. Plank
Minger
Room H
Arcade
Century Buildin O
Frisco
N. Broway
St. Louis
Our Southern Sisters Travel Book by Chicago and Eastern Illinois R R
A handsomely illustrated volume issued by the Passenger Department describes Cuba and Porto Rico with tourist interest and many illustrations. It details two daily through trains and routes, and offers free copies on request to L Stone, General Passenger Ticket Agent, Chicago. Some people worship the clergy more than God.
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Chicago
Eastern Illinois
R. R
Cuba
Porto Rico
Indies
L. Stone
Disagreeance February and winter excursions offered
The passage advertises Louisvill e and Nashville Railroad trips to winter resorts in the South including Florida California Gulf Coast and West Indies. It promotes travel to southern cities and coastlines with a request to contact C P A for folders and descriptive materials. Some teachers are criticized as teaching only foolish notions.
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Louisvil & Nashville Railroad
Go Coast
Florida
California
West Indies
C. P. Amore
Louiville
Gulf Coast
New Rail by Manning Could Cut Renewal Costs 37 Percent
Chief Engineer W T Manning of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad claims a new rail design adds metal at the head and wear side, extending life and cutting renewal costs by about 37 percent per ton per year. The railroad ordered 1000 tons from Carnegie Steel with Pittsburgh and Western taking 500 tons. Diamond C Soap touts fabric care while old-fashioned families place the Bible high in esteem.
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W. T. Manning
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Manning
Baltmore and Ohio Railroad
T Carnegie Steel Co
Pittsby & Western
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Valley
Sioux City
Bam
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J. H. Gable
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Los Angeles
Pullman Tourist Gars
John Sebastian
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