Passage From A Provincial Love Duel In Naples
A fragment from E Cayanza’s short story collection depicts Carlo Pasquali and Maria Dericca, two lovers in a divided town, whose secret flirtation sparks family lawsuits and social scrutiny. Years of thwarted meetings give way to marriage, yet the couple’s bond cools, then rekindles amid renewed conflict over property and pride.
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Capulets
Pasquali
Herbers
Dierent
Dericca Warls
Dericca
Carlo
Maria
Carlo Pasquali
Naples
Provincia
Maria Dericca
Maria Sroan
Mastriani
Christ
Pretor
E. Cayvanza
Paris Pledges and Poverty Forge a Fateful Bond
In a Paris Mont de Piete tale two girls 71 and 72 barter trinkets for food and affection. 71 helps 72 survive by sharing small fortunes and gifting her luck. Paul, a theater worker, drifts between poverty and care as Jeanne and Paul’s fragile romance struggles with scarcity and longing. The pair’s bond deepens as Jeanne’s life grows warmer through 71’s quiet generosity.
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Mont de Piete
Fong Ton
Rue Des Blancs-Manteaux
Paris
Paul
Rue Sainte Marguerite
Agai
Mademoiselle
Jeanne
Susanne
Floorward
Tims
Seed Farms of the United States Grow From Humble Beginnings
The first census report on seed farms shows 596 farms nationwide occupying 169,851 acres with a total industry value of 18.8 million dollars. North Atlantic leads with 258 farms. Iowa and Nebraska house large-acre operations. Growth since 1860 has surged from 2 farms to 189 established by 1890, reflecting rapid expansion in seed production.
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United States
Census Office
North Atlantic
North Central
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Iowa
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Enfield
Workingmen's Coffee House venture in Toronto
The Temperance league of Toronto has erected a temporary structure on Ehn Street to serve as a coffee house for workingmen. A company is formed to operate coffee houses with the aim to sell coffee or tea for two cents and meals at modest prices. Stock at five dollars per share will be offered to supporters, with expectations the venture becomes self sustaining and stock may stay at par.
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Workingmen's Coffee House
The
Temperance League, ‘of
Toronto
Ehn Street
Dogs on the Sea and Other Snippets of Wit
Quirky old impressions note sea life changes in dogs after voyages making them unlike land dogs. A child imagines angels with wings roosting like turkeys, and Japanese archers test arrows by nibs and nails, using twirling feathered ends to judge crooked arrows.
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London
Japan
Philadelphia Ledger
The Wife's Stratage and Far-Flung 19th Century Notes
A fragmentary, satirical musing opens with a quarrel over rain and hats and hints at a secret China society, while noting Victoria’s granddaughters outnumber grandsons, New York beer licenses, and a boy pleading against corporal punishment by arbitration as a dodge from violence.
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Victoria
Majesty
Willis Bacon Sues W L Squire for Organizing Republican Clubs
Willis Bacon an attorney of this city has brought suit against W L Squire chairman of the Republican state league for services in organizing Republican clubs through ugatese during the late camp pulga faithfalk corneaside of Pie district nearly three months from June to July. The filing seeks compensation for services rendered in the party organization efforts.
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Tirris
Willis Bacon
W. L Squire
Republican State League
Pulga
Be in Time Be in Time A Log Cabin Song
A dialect song about planting a moonlit flower near a log cabin. The speaker hopes is timely care and a beloved's enduring love will endure. The lines mention a bloom bright in prime, swampy origins, and a name for a beau. This item cites Eli Sheppard in the New Orleans Times Democrat.
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Eli Sheppard
New Orleans Times-Democrat
No, I don't never play low on no tenderfoot
In Three Forks a tale unfolds of Hetty Hendershott's suitors Perry Roane and Spenceley the artist. Roane forces control,波Hetty is drugged and spirited away to Mineral Point, but Spenceley and Ole Si intercept. Hetty marries Spenceley under pressure after Roane is restrained and sent to prison.
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Jim Harden
Harvey Skerrett
Three Forks
Skerrett
St Hendershott
Perry Roane
Perry
Hetty
Boston
Ole Si
Spenceley
Tenderfoot
St. Hoe
Mister Artist
Roane
Foochur
Jose
Mr. Harden
Scott
Heller
Sam
Chloride
Hendershott
Eph Hines
Han
Hines
R. L. Ketchum
San Francisco
Argonant
England patent cuts logs into veneers by steam and lathe
A New York Times report describes a device patented in England that converts all kinds of wood into veneers or boards. Logs are cut to length, steamed in a closed box with an electric current, then rotated against a knife in a lathe. Thin sheets are nipped at the edges and usable for barrels and other items.
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England
New York Times
Autograph auction in London yields tiny sums
An 1890s London sale of autographs drew tiny sums for Adelina Patti’s letter claiming universal love and for a signed portrait of Richelieu. The price of Patti’s note was eleven shillings while Richelieu’s comments fetched two shillings, illustrating fading fame and vanity as the punchline.
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London
Adelina Patti
Richelieu
The Fatal Three Months
The death of Judge N R Keyes recalls a string of quick deaths among his two immediate predecessors Judges Hester and Carr. Hester was appointed in 1873 served three months then elected for six years but died three months before term end. Carr filled a three month appointment then died before six year term expired. Keyes was appointed to fill a short term then elected six years. after first term he died during second term after only three months.
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Columbus
Int
N. R. Keyes
Hester
Care
James 8
Nathan T. Carr
Nelson R. Keys
Transportation scheme eyed by Railway Age for World's Fair visitors
Chicago January 25 The Railway Age attacks speculative transport plans promising travel to Chicago for the World’s Fair. It warns of companies with grand names selling weekly payments for transport meals and hotel stays with admission to the fair. It cites scrungaaions and urges saving money in home banks.
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Chicago Railway Age
Chicago
Railway Age
California
Tyson
Disappearance of 5000 Ounces of Gold in Colorado
English directors of the Tarryall Creek Gold Company report 5000 ounces of placer gold missing from Park County mines. Shipment purportedly left Colorado for London in September 1890 and should have arrived in England within two weeks. Meetings by directors and stockholders have failed to yield action, while an investigating agent in Colorado has not reported back.
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Denver
Tarryall Creek Gold Company, Limited
Park County
Fairplay
Colo
Colorado
London
England
Colrado
Tarryal Creek Mining Company
James Sittrel
Charles H. Hall
Assyria Hall
Polk County
Muchly Married Man From Ohio
In St Louis January 25 a report says Gordon W Green an Ohio man has married six times. The sixth wife, from Normandy, accuses him of desertion after nine months. She seeks a warrant for arrest as he allegedly faced police duties in Toledo Columbus and St Louis before quitting policing for marriage. He is from New Carlisle Ohio with a wife and several children.
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St. Lous
Ohio
Gordon W. Green
Green
Normandy
St. Louis
Toledo
Columbus
New Carlisle
A Mother's Mistake Fatal Fire At Crise Farm
A mother’s conduct led to a tragic fire at George Crise’s farm residence two miles west of town. Her 23 year old son distance? A child’s clothes ignited, the boy was engulfed in flames and died within three hours from severe burns.
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George Crise
They Took the Town in Danville Tramp Invasion
In Wuxessarng Pennsylvania on January 23 a severe cold provoked a tramp influx. Danville residents formed a large vigil to drive out the crowd. eighteen arrests were made. About one hundred citizens served as temporary constables as the tramps departed.
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Wuxessarng
Danville
Knights of the Road
A Southern Lady's Death in 19th Century Times
Jan. 25 in Terris Ohio, Sarah Eugenia Ritz, 47, wife of Squire Elias M. Ritz, died of erysipelas and la grippe. Daughter of the wealthy Gayers family of Charleston, she was noted for rare accomplishments and amiable character. Her marriage to Ritz linked to a former Union officer and local leadership. his mayoralty and family ties appear in fragments of the obituary.
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Trrris
Sarah Eugenia
Squire Elias M. Ritz
la Grippa
Charleston
Ritz
Reece Meen Ale
Oburlaston
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Boston Globe
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Anne Reeve Aldrich
Scribner's
Freddie
Dick Hicks
Paull
Saint
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Johanna Staats
Dorfbar
China
New York City
Papa
Cole
bin Siz
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