Lost Pocketbook and Secret Love Letters at the Club
A jovial barroom tale centers on Jack Rollins narrating a prank about his friend Will Walton, the “saint” exposed by a mislaid purse found by Dolly Dimples. The purse contains thirty nine dollars and39 cents and a sugared love note signed Will Walton. Later Jack’s wife Mrs. Rollins asks the narrator to help her place a newspaper ad to recover the same scrap papers, fearing exposure of her husband’s affair.
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Bigya
Jack Rollins
Will Walton
Jack
Europe
Will
Dolly Dimples
Dolly
Villany
Joseph
Rascal
Hal
Bronx toilet lotette valued at $200 in 149th St Bronx
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes the Bronx parcel at Third Avenue and 149th Street, a tiny triangular plot of 40 square inches, appraised at $200 as full value. Previously assessed at $30 with 70 cent taxes, the January 12 assessment raises annual taxes to about $2.90 at the $1.45 rate.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Bronx
Third Avenue
One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street
Manhattan
Be Apology Necessary Wedding Gaffe Named Father
A near sighted guest at a Chicago Tribune wedding mix up greets the bridegroom and Cam the bride’s father. The misfire prompts light apologies as the assembled guests laugh at the mistaken congratulations and the father of the bride accepts the moment.
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Cam
Chicago Tribune
Cranberries Dominate Massachusetts Crop, Caps Cod Mentioned
The bulk of the cranberries in the country comes from eastern Massachusetts with Cape Cod noted in connection to the crop.
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Massachusetts
Lesson in American History in Puzzle Alabama’s Civil War Fate
The Alabama built in England for the Confederacy sailed to the Azores to be outfitted as a privateer and was commissioned August 24, 1862. It fought the Union sloop Kearsarge off Cherbourg on June 19, 1864, surrendering after a two hour battle. Capt Semmes and several officers were rescued by the Deerhound, while Captain Winslow secured the vessel’s surrender but not its commander.
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Alabama
England
Azores
Kearsarge
Cherbourg
English Channel
Semmes
Winslow
Famous recluses Kipling Salisbury and Rockefeller shun crowds
The piece profiles Rudyard Kipling, Earl of Salisbury, and John D. Rockefeller as extreme loners. Kipling fled from admirers to a Sussex farm, Salisbury hid in Hatfield and a carriage seat, and Rockefeller kept moving between remote cottages while guarding against curious fans and threats from letter writers.
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Rudyard Kipling
London
Rottingdean
Brighton
Sussex Hills
Burwash
South Africa
Marconi
Highet
America
Britain
Lord Salisbury
King’s Cross
Hatfield
Dignity Test: English Coachman Reads the Water Can
A wealthy New York broker who loves flowers asks his coachman to fill a watering can. The coachman insists he is the coachman, not the servant, and the broker compels a roundabout scene with hostler and a team to fetch water. The coachman preserves dignity, remaining on the coach seat for two hours after watering.
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New York
Long Island
New York Sun
Hostler
Coahman
Military leadership needed in battle and retreat
A fragmentary Chicago journal note argues for a capable general to win battles and an equally able one to conduct a retreat when required. The brief reflects 19th or early 20th century military opinion on decisive leadership under pressure.
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Nee Journal
Exsary
Chicago
Minnesota Man Reports Cure From Kidney Pills
A Minnesota man, Adrian, declares Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his long battle with kidney trouble after about ten boxes. He attributes his recovery to the remedy and urges others with kidney issues to try it, sharing personal testimony and strong recommendations.
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Minnesota
Adrian
Philip Dorie
Doyle
Dorn
Jenayer
Dodd
Vero
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Old King
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Allen
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N.Y
Prington
Uncle Eben
Washington Star
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Hicago Daily News
B. M.woolley
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Atlanta,Ga
Putnam
Addison
Dr. Caldwell
Jane Jackson
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