Duke Edward and Hazel Bridges in a Small Town Awakening
In a story set around Mountp Wialia, Ned Vernon explains his hollow title Duke Edward of a Bavarian prince, while Hazel Bridges contends with class constraints. The couple wed and move to farm life as Mr Bridges learns the duke is genuine, offering to invest in scientific farming and restore the family’s prospects.
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Mountp Wialia
Ned ‘Vernon
Hazel Bridges
Mr. Vernon
Ned
Hazel
Duke Edves Vo
United States
Lttle
Reflective Warning On Life And Street Benches
A New York letter in the Pittsburgh Dispatch recounts a man’s reflection on dissatisfaction with life. He describes seeing the cold benches and sleepers in Madison Square Park as a policeman wakes and whacks sleepers to rouse them.
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New York
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Madison’ Square Park
Woman Learns Milts Past Tangles in Denver Visit
Beth questions Milton about his past with Girlie Cooper and Hobart Daniels as he helps Girlie with a station run. Beth later overhears the stories, fears jealousy, and vows to test his trust while comparing Girlie to Beth. The pair discuss love, memory, and honesty amid a tense domestic moment.
The Tiger Boy and the Gentle Demon of Belleville
Vernon Gray, pushed by a phrenologist father, is labeled tiger by a professor but grows into a gentle man. He befriends Irma Nicholson, a wild girl turned graceful lady, and later marries her. The tale ends with Vernon’s success and their happiness, despite early harsh judgments.
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Don
Vernon
Irma
Nicholsons
Budd Nicholson
Belleville
Verenon
Irma Nicholson
Archilaus Montgomery
W. G. Chapman
Study of Animal Speech Noted by Explorers and Scholars
The article recalls Richard Garner preparing for Congo fieldwork to study simian vocalizations with a phonograph. It cites Le Cri du Paris on savants examining animal tongues and Du Pont de Nemours describing bird language lessons, noting dialogues of crows and rooks and the cost of such research in weather and hardship.
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Richard Garner
Congo
le Cri du Paris
DuPont de Nemours
Sciences
How He Proposed and a Quiet Truth Shared
In an October room the man confessest love to Margaret after years of friendship the pair confront unspoken feelings and a possible romance. The scene shifts to a Buffalo lighthouse sound-silencing device, highlighting a contrast between intimate drama and public engineering detail.
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Bureau of Lighthouses
Buffalo
Jessen
Sword Swallower in the Navy
The Philadelphia North American notes Signor Gregorio Carcutt, a sword swallower and cannonball juggler, offers his services to the United States Marine Corps in case of war. Recruiting Sergeant Putnam jokes about Bosco the eater volunteering to boost readiness.
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Signor
Gregorio Carcutt
United States Marine Corps
Bosco
Putnam
United States Marine ‘Corps
Philadelphia
May Be a Weather Sign
Thomas Warner cannot explain it no he took them downtown and placed them in the show window of a column bus store. He owns a white rabbit. Three little rabbits came to her house to call her Mother and to seek her parental care. Two of them are as white as the proverbial driven snow. The other one is as black as the ace for spades in a new deck.
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Thomas Warner
Columbus
Indianapolia News
Illinois Central East and West Bound Passenger Schedules
Illinois Central timetable lists east bound passenger No 692 at 6 20 pm and 8 25 am with local No 692 at 8 05 am. West bound shows passenger No 631 at 8 25 am and No 15 at 2 18 pm and 6 50 pm. Local No 691 at 4 00 pm with freight not carrying passengers.
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Illinois Central
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