Introductions and Intrigues of Ellliot Brown Poet Revealed
The tale recounts Elliot Brown a self taught rural verse writer whose simple country poems win reader hearts though he looks an unlikely poet. His daughter Emily helps manage his correspondence as he gains fame and an editor wife missteps spark romantic entanglements with Miss Annabel Lehigh and a Boston social circle.
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Emily
Miss Lehigh
Emily L. Brown
Annabel
Brown
Miss Annabel
Tennyson
Lehigh
Annabel Lehigh
Boston
Mr. Brown
Priter
Criti
Anabel
Once Upon a Time and Odd Local Tales
A collage of brief pieces recalls Christmas storytelling with a child at a lap and a gospel refrain of Bethlehem and Calvary. An entertaining war story out West features a velocipede ride and an earthquake joke ending with an exploded tire. A Minnesota county superintendent recounts a one-family school district where the homesteader serves as director and his wife teaches, highlighting immigrant adaptability.
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Bethlehem
Calvary
Christ
Californy
Wal
Perrary
Wild West
Potato Creek
Cromme
Minnesota
St. Paul
Parrots Linked to Spreading Consumption Fears
Paris authorities fear parrots from Brazil carry a disease resembling consumption. Two years ago parrots died from a mysterious illness, and recently several people in Versailles and Maissons-Laffitte have died from what appears to be the same disease.
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Paris
Brazil
Versailles
Maissons-Laffitte
Comradeship of Dog with Goose and Brood in Pets Tale
A dog befriends a goose that leads it at night and protects it when ill. The goose risks itself chasing perceived threats and follows the dog in the yard. The tale also notes a dog adopting ducklings after losing her own brood and later caring for two young cocks, trying to hush their crowing.
Hints on Household Repairs and Remedies
A water dish in a hut above baking pies deters scorching. Leather can be renewed with French polish. Do not eat fruit skins due to microbial risk. Cement for glass or china uses gum arabic, water, plaster of Paris. harden pieces before adding more. A cough remedy boils lemons with brown sugar then oil of almonds. take warm by teaspoonfuls. The article ends with a moral note about doubt.
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Paris
Lions Kill and Fall on Mountain. Hunter Survives
In a snow bound mountainside tale from Outing, Jake is wounded by a lion but uses a rifle to kill the beast. He then traps the second lion as it bounds, ending with both lions dead within ten feet of him.
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Jake
Century fiend coasts past grocer’s shop
A rider on a bicycle coasts down a hill while a ginger beard man and a grocer discuss the feat. The exchange centers on the rider's boast and the grocer’s doubt about the geography of the hill.
The Ambitious Graduate Harold
A father fondly reflects on financing his son Harold’s college years and urges him to choose a vocation. The son replies he aspires to become a retired army officer on half pay.
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Harold
Joke about Eugene Field and the brown dress
An anecdote recounts Eugene Field humorously paying a streetcar fare and pointing to a lady in a new brown silk dress stating she paid the fare for the woman at the far end. The audience shifts to her, she blushes, and smiles at the whimsical truth.
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Eugene Field
Field
Japanese Women and the Shape of Style
The article argues Japanese women lack a traditionally pretty figure with broad shoulders and evenly distributed flesh. It contrasts ancient upper class garments, tailored to their shape, with Paris fashion, noting Inevitable mismatch and awkward look in modern dresses despite fine materials or designers.
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Paris
Feathers Crown Costs and Dangers in Prince of Wales Tale
A rare feriwah tail crown, valued at £ ten thousand, required two decades and cost twelve hunter lives. The tail feathers are plucked from the living bird, a creature of paradise, which haunts tiger lairs, making the hunt perilous and linked to royal use for generations.
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Prince of Wales
A Northern Outrage in Charleston Scene
A Chicago Tribune quote describes a remarkable sight on a southern trip, noting “a live chicken running at large in the streets of Charleston” as a striking image of southern life.
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South
Charleston
Chicago Tribune
Legislature Reports of Iowa Senate and House Actions
Recap of daily activities in Des Moines including bills introduced on February 11 to 17, references to appropriations for Mitchellville industrial school, state banks and fire insurance, age of consent debates, railroad and water works initiatives, and notable addresses by ex Governor Saunders. Joint session elected officeholders and trustees for state institutions. The last line notes a humorous remark about Phillips senior and a remittent fever diagnosis for his son.
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Senate
Drs Mores
Cheshire
State Industrial School
Mitchellville
Junkin
House
Carpenter
Alvin Saunders
Nebraska
State Senate
Allen
Byington
State Historical Society
Davis
Gillespie
Dowell
Morrison
Keokuk
Voelkner
Whittier
State Board of Health
Saunders
Whelan
Hanger
Des Marxes
Eaton
Clarinda
Garst
Executive Council
Healy
Mitchell
Bowen
Ellis
Baker
Cook
Early
Frink
March
Merriman
Mutual Building and Loan Associations
Parrott
Spaulding
Temple
Wells
Railroad Commission
Cornwall
Finch
Neuert
State Dairy Association
Des Mores
Iowa
Harriman
Pioneer Law Makers’ Association
Col. Scott
Blanchard
Ainsworth
Col. S. A. Moore
John A. Kasson
Fort Madison Penitentiary
N. M
P. W
Anamosa Penitentiary
P. ‘ Madden
Binder
Lafayette Young
F. R. Conway
The
Agricultural C Ames
W. O. McElroy
L. B. Robinson
Josiah H. Jones
College For the Blind
Vinton
James Cooney
W. M. Sawyer
R. A. Schroeder
Hospital For the
W. W. Monroe
E. H. Hunter
Hospital For the Insane
Independence
A. T. McDonald
F. E. Whitley
John Killen
John Killen, Four Years. Trustees, Hospital For the Insane
Mt. Pleasant
J. H. Culp
C. Barringer
Industrial Home For the Blind
Knoxville
Robert Culbert
M. J. Kelley
M. H. Davis
Rever Henry Naumann
W. A. Doran
George H. Mullens
Council Bluffs
John Balle
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Davenport
M. J. Ketchum
State University
Jews City
C. E. Pickett
Harvey Ingham
Alonzo Abernathy
P. K. Holbrook
School For Feeble Minded
Glenwood
E. R. Moore
Byers
Pusey
Deaf and Dumb College
Alexander
J. F. McClelland
Linn
Des Moines
Perrin
Farmers’ Institute
Grote
McArthur
McNulty
Miller
Nolan
Potter
St. John
Justices of the Peace
Doubleday
Bronson
Dubuque
Carroll
Everall
Memorial Hall
Brighton
McAchran
Manahan
Etomologist
van Houton
Bargain Linens and Silks Offer Low Prices at Local Shop
An ad lists cheap novelties including silk line goods, black mohair fabrics, 43 inch all wool, wash silks with changeable effects, and black broadcloth. Prices range from 45c to $1.25 with promises of quality and refunds for misrepresentation. buyers urged to write for more details.
Fragmentary notes on tobacco and entomology observations
The text presents scattered phrases about tobacco, global weed references, eyed cats, white furred cats, insect proboscis ins and lz apparatus, and a vague siege mentioning Helen and a nass ee. It reads like disjointed archival clipping with broken names and phrases lacking clear events or conclusions.
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Helen
Sappho
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SWN
Elliot Brown
Gers
Etter
American Museum of Natural History
Wood Hall
Boaz
North Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Rockies
New York World
Cherub—Field
Mary
God
Nouse
Pioneer Law Makers Association
Temple of Clark
Scott
Noble
Lavender
Parker
Iowa School For the Deaf and Dumb
McClelland
Linn County
Phillips
Custon
Fellows
Book of Call
St. Des
Ines Lowa
O. J. Houston
J.M. Graham
Pres. Des. Moines
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