Be a good boy and come home again love story ends in Chicago
A Chicago station scene ushers a farewell for a volunteer regiment bound for Cuba. Soldier Eugene Brockway returns from the war in Cuba and, guided by a romance with Miss Maime Hardman, attends a social, leading to a double wedding with Horace Judson and Zella Raymond in the fall.
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Chicago
Maine
Biddi
Aniner
Eugene Brockway
Springfield
Cuba
Brookway
Santiago
Maime Hurdaman
Brockway
Horace Judson
Horace
Gene
Judson
Miss Hardman
Illinois
Delmonicos
States
Ecompany
Mr. Brockway
Miss Wardiman
Maime
Maime Hardman
Gene Brockway
Zella Raymond
Chicago Times- Herald
Place de la Concorde and its historic legacy
A描述 of Paris Place de la Concorde noting the Tuileries Champs Elysees and Seine surroundings. Details include the Luxor obelisk from Thebes weighing 500000 pounds, erected 74 feet high, transported in 1836 at a cost of 80000 pounds, with 800 workers. It recalls guillotine use, 1789 Bastille attack, and executions in 1793 plus republic 1848. Also mentions historic names as Place Louis XV and Place de la Revolution. The piece ends with social quip about gossips and married women’s complaints about husbands' compliments and cooking.
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Place de la Concorde
Paris
Tuileries
Champs Elysees
River Seine
Luxon
Rameses the Great
Thebes
Mohammed Ali
Egypt
France
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Place de la Revolution
Mother's Sacrifice Saves Son From Oncoming Train
A farmer's wife Mrs John Sommerroh, 28, pushed her 6 year old son away from an approaching Long Island Railroad train near Lyndhurst, sacrificing her life at 4 25 pm on the Babylon to Long Island City run. The boy survived, aided by his mother’s quick action, while she died instantly. The incident occurred as the mother and son walked toward Babylon. The article notes the boarding house social atmosphere and reflections on home life and community.
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John Sommerroh
Lyndhurst
Babylon
Long Island Railroad
Long Island City
Woman Sacrifices Life To Save Boy In Train Crash
Train crew rushed to a halted scene after a woman collapsed on the track and died. Engineer Forbell described the suffocating moment as a motherly act to shield a boy, leaving a second boy unconscious but alive who was driven to Long Island City for medical care as a guard stood watch over the body.
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Sommefroh
Engineer Forbell
Long Island City
Deeds Away His Daughter Found Under a Chrome Claim
Miss Ida Davis, youngest daughter of Josiah W. P. Davis of Redding California, is deeded to Rudolph Ott as if she were property. The arrangement includes fifteen mining claims and a default penalty of 10,000 dollars if Davis cannot deliver both the chromo and the claims. The principals treat it as business. Ida remains silent and her view is unknown.
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Ida Davis
Josiah W. P. Davis
Redding
Cal
Rudolph Ott
Davis
Ott
Life in a Boarding House Ten Years of Table Talk
A writer on women’s occupations cites boarding houses as a social stay, noting the mustard plaster gruel and warm iron foster a home feeling for boarders. The New York Commercial Advertiser argues these comforts are not the whole truth or the main draw for residents.
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New York
Brain Reserve Dilutes After Prolonged Soothing Talk
The passage notes that focus and mental stamina decline after about ten years of constant social chatter, warning that even beneficial things can be overdone when kept in constant, repetitive conversation.
Telegraph Friends and the Illusion of Telegrapher Identities
A former operator recalls meeting a man named C. D. in Pittsburg after imagining him from the “h a” chatter on the line. The encounter reveals how telegraph friends form vivid pictures of faraway colleagues, sometimes misjudging age, appearance, and character.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Don
Ohio
Pittsburg
C. D
Serves His Purpose in Polite Society
The Memphis Scimitar notes a boyish display of etiquette that defies the era’s refined standard. Two chums Ned Bright and Tom Brown meet a stranger, greet with humor, and playfully tumble in the dust to seal their acquaintance. A label about margarine misorder hints at social lessons for hosts.
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Memphis Scimitar
Ned’ Bright
Tom Brown
Ned
Tom’ Brown
Tom
Value and effects of nitrate on farm crops and fibers
A summary from agricultural notes reports trial results on nitrate of soda for beets and tomatoes at a New Jersey station. Highest beet yield and profit came with 700 pounds per acre. tomatoes produced the best gross per acre on nitrate plots, while dried blood outperformed on corn. Also discussed are mulch benefits for winter roots and the superiority of natural black wool in yarn.
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New Jersey Experiment Station
Bean Culture and Garden Advice From 1890s Agriculturist
The article discusses profitable bean cultivation, proper spacing to avoid failure, and the benefits of clean land and modern planters. It urges farmers to invest in a large garden, grow a variety of vegetables, and highlights the health and economic value of well-tended produce. It also covers concerns about preservatives in milk and notes efforts to develop hardy apple stocks like Pyrus baccata.
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United States
G. Q. Hubbard
Seed Germination and Soil Temperature Effects
The ground temperature, not air, governs seed germination. Peas sown in April took 23 to 25 days to sprout, while May sowings needed 12 to 14 days. Early plantings produced harvests in 77 days, later ones in 54 days, with ripening at 74 to 109 days. Varietal and soil warmth influence results.
Skim Milk for Pigs and Farm Feeding Details
Practical notes on modern pig feeding with skim milk and the cream separator. The piece also reviews cattle fattening costs, field drainage depth, and calming cows to prevent milk loss from rough handling. It cites efficient drainage, careful manure use, and humane milking practices as key farm improvements.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cooking Stock Feed and Kicking Cow Cure
The article discusses cooking stock feed to reduce costs, noting gains when steaming well-cured corn fodder and clover hay for cattle and swine. It also offers a method to curb a kicking cow by pinning her with the milker’s stance, suggesting fattening and selling if the cow remains an abnormal kicker.
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Ms Tha Davis
Cate
Telegraph Friends
Meehan
Thia
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