The Love Letter That War Could Not Deliver
A young woman recounts a forbidden romance with Leslie Bount, her stern father, and a letter that never safely reached him. After loving and being loved, she endures war, loss, and a Red Cross doctor named Armand Daintry, whose death shapes her fate as she trains as an artist and ultimately seeks solace in memory. Years later she is a wife and mother, but she keeps the faded sachet with the dying handwriting as a relic of a passion buried by time.
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Kensington Museum
Leslie Bount
Lydia
Peanikea Infantry Cubsitern
Leslie
Love
Dross
Constantinople
Aoung
Leslie Blount
South Kensington
Seat of War
Red Cross
School of Art
Hercules
Orba
Hic
Tecome
Armand Daintry
Adrianople
Academy
Armand
Arto
Daintry
Earl Beauchamp
Paris
Seauchamp
Noted Men Nicknames From History
A listing of famous figures with colorful sobriquets. Examples include U S Grant The Silent Man William Cullen Bryant The Poet of Nature Zachary Taylor Old Rough and Ready Abraham Lincoln The Ratleplitter Wendell Phillips Grand Old Man William E Gladstone Philip Sheridan Father of Greenbacks Salmon P Chase The Little Giant Stephen A Douglas Old Hickory Andrew Jackson Black Dan Daniel Webster Old Man Eloquent John Quincy Adams Goldsmith of America Washington Irving Mad Yankee Noah Webster Wizard of the North Sir Walter Scott Black Jack John A Logan The Honest Man James Monroe Poor Richard Benjamin Franklin 6 Bachelor President James Buchanan Little Mac General McClellan Old Rhody General Burnside Old Tecumseh General Sherman.
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Coln
Wendell Phillips
W. E. Gladstone
Phil
Philip Sheridan
Salmon P. Chase
Little Giant
Stephen A. Douglas
Dickory
Andrew Jackson
Dan
Daniel Webster
John Quincy Adams
Goldsmith of America
Washington Irving
Fankee
Flisha Kane
Our Republic
Noah Webster
Sir Walter Scott
John A. Logan
James Monroe
Richard
Benjamin Franklin
James Buchs
Hymns Unite Across Denominations in Universal Spiritual Song
A discussion on hymns and tunes showing unity across Unitarian and Orthodox traditions. The text argues hymns express universal life, bridge divides, and evoke shared memory and emotion, noting sacred songs shape childhood and family history across Princeton Andover and Allegheny. It cites Mr Beeches Unprinted Words in Ladies Home Journal.
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Roman Catholica
Princeton
Andover
Allegheny
Religions and Philosophy Promote Humble Cosmic Unity
The text argues for intimate acquaintance with benefactors of wisdom and suggests readers build a small library to access souls of great minds. It urges daily contemplation of eternity, balanced with future planning, and notes various church and mission happenings, plus the Chicago Congress of Religions drawing large crowds and promising an epochal religious impact.
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Julia Ward Howe
Congress of Religions
Chicago
Bride-to-be seeks complexion fix before wedding
A tall, anxious young woman faces social pressure to change her browned skin before her November wedding. She pleads with a drug store clerk and her friend, listing creams and acids she's tried, arguing she must look lighter for Ed's proposal and the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bis
New York World
Pawnbroker to His Majesty in English Sign Lore
A travel-tale note on British shop signs praises tradesmen who claim royal appointments while noting the absence of pawnbrokers signs. It recalls a once common vignette that read By Special Appointment Pawnbroker to His Majesty.
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England
French balloon experiment over Paris signals cycling pursuit
Five balloons launched from the Esplanade des Invalides aimed to drop near Combs la Ville within an hour after crossing a 30 kilometer radius enemy zone. Cyclists followed to seize any balloon failing to cross the area, with three successful descents and two balloons captured inside the radius illustrating potential wartime use.
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Paris
Esplanade Des Invalides
Thes Acronauts
Combs la Ville
Esplanade
Boundary Humor in 178 Lex ington Deed Licks William Smith
In a Lexington Massachusetts land deed dated 178 and recorded in Cambridge a boundary line runs to a stump and stones where Daniel Harrington licked William Smith. The text leaves unclear whether the stones mark the stump or the boundary or the act of the lashing.
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Lexington
Massachusetts
Cambridge
Daniel Harrington
William Smith
Spelling Sparks Frisky Debate in Frankfort Legislature
Reporters clashed over a member’s name spelling in Frankfort as they testified to the legislature. One insisted it used an a, the other doubted, prompting a wager and a long whistle in a humorous exchange about handwriting and accuracy.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
George
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Endorsed for Wide Range of Ailments
The article extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as effective for malaria rheumatic and kidney disorders dyspepsia liver complaint constipation nervousness and debility. It cites broad experience and physician testimony to support its fairness and urges readers to give the product a fair trial.
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Columbia
San Salvador
Hostetter
Friction Causes Many Dwelling Fires in Insurance View
An insurance adjuster notes that friction causes fires in homes, but reframes to imply fraud by exaggerating a policy. The exchange highlights how arson and inflated claims can drive fire risk perceptions in households.
Saddest sight at Interlaken dog waits for master tale
Sir William Fraser recalls a dog at Interlaken that waits for Mr Dutton, killed on Jungfrau, as a host carriage arrives. Charles Dudley Warner is cited for a war time vanity tale about a compositor who hates setting copy. A Paris hotel anecdote about the Earl Beauchamp's name mispronunciation closes the piece.
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William Fraser
Interlaken
Dutton
Charles Dudley Warner
Hartford
Atyre-Setter
Mystical Tinto River Notes and Patent Cure Ad
The Tinto River in Spain is described as having yellow topaz like waters that harden sand to petrify it and supposedly unify stones if they rest together for a year. no fish inhabit the stream. The text promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a liquid for internal use targeting blood and mucous surfaces, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
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Tinto
Spain
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
California Fig Syrup Co
Dollar CO
Kilby Street
Boston
Mass
Roof fall leads to rib fracture and a requested roof-fallen doctor
A man named Chodja breaks a rib after a roof fall and asks a Hakim if he has ever fallen from a roof. The Hakim replies no, prompting Chodja to demand a doctor who has fallen from a roof. The piece references Beechant's Pills as a cure.
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Chodja
Hakim
Farmer on steamer chafes at captain’s sea terms
A British farmer aboard a steamer, troubled by rolling, tells a companion that the captain does not understand his business and asks why he cannot stay in the farrows.
Secret theft at dinner leads to cryptic claim
A child was seen secretly pocketing an orange from a laid-out dinner table. The child then returned it to the dish and triumphantly exclaimed Said sgush Satan in the empty room.
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Weldes Medical
Ted
Gien Brook
N.C
RV. Pierce
A.A You
Sageville
N. Y
Waza
Idmey
Wm. H. van Deusen
T Drnegiers
Dr. Kilmer &Co
Binghamton, N
Kennedy
Donald ‘Kennedy
Roxbury
Scott
Bregard + Beret & Bowne, F. Y
Atléru
W. Baker & CO
Moss Cos
Bakeer & CO
Dorchester
Tima
L. Creswicke
Blount
Egypt
Belgravia Magazine
U. S. Grant
Poet of Nature
William €. Bryant
Zachary Taylor
Abraham Lin
Beecher
Bromfeld Street
Bo;ton
St. Ann’s
Nyack
T. de Witt Talmacee
Indian Witness
Calcutta
India
Sir William Mackinnon
Free Church of Scotland
Patrick Halligan
Drogheda
Ireland
Association For the Propagation of the Faith
ROYAL
His Majesty
Legislative Intelligence
Definition
Beechant
Hatch
Hood’s
Hood
Mags. H. Parason
Chitteningo Faille
Wes
New York
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B. F. Horner
Indianap
Ind
Visiga Mort Eave
BaReke
Humboldt, Kas
Cie
Peter
SAKES
Colvin
Iegrees
Bradfield
ALL Daugchets
Atlanta
J. F. Smith & Co
Greenwich St
California
Wabash Railroad
Pacific Coast
St Louis
Missouri River
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Sacramento
Portland
Ore
Ohio
Thompson P. & T. A
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Halderman
M. P
Clark
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Minnewta
Hopewell Clarke
St. Paul
Mina
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Philadelphia
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Galesmen
Marta
UNION
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Vasime Pub. Co
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Rubens
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Murillo
Tasso
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