Wicked Blush and a Colonel’s Pursuit of Love
In a coastal village tale, Miss Steele flirts with Col. Cushing while Mrs. Hawes orchestrates meetings. Years of longing turn to romance as a shy confession blooms after mistaken clues, leading to a shared future blessed by fate and persistence. Two students amuse themselves with chess on a train, unnoticed by others.
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Miss Steele
Col. Cushing
Ist
Mrs. Hawes
Gen. Steele
Ugo
Louise
Sears
Steele
Alt
Sas
Perildermens
Halti Steele
Don
Germany
Ing
No clear headline from fragmentary note
Reading of a downtown ride described in a casual cross-seat view references the 6th aye and a mid afternoon outing with limited context and missing details.
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New York
Known By Their Ticks Telegraph Operators Reputation
Philadelphia telegraph operators are famed for reading character by the ticks of the brass instruments. The piece describes senders who rush but are steady, scabs from out of town, and the varied slang and types such as sneaks and sweet talkers, with a note on how phrases spread from New York to the rest of the world.
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Philadelphia
New York
Maui Telegrape
Way Stations
Porinese
Sreenens
Eypenon Okers
Tego
San Francisco
Boston
Ace
Bente Bist Syuripes
S Ting
Clara
Peerson
Chicago
Galveston
Denver
Orileans
Jeden
Pittsburg
Richmond
Zulu Women's Homes Built With Wattle and Daub Style
An article describes Zulu women as architects of their circular huts built from branches and thatch with a mud floor. Construction uses woven creepers, white clay plaster, and a central fire pit near the door. Furniture is sparse, with millet, amasi, beer jars, and tobacco surrounding the walls as smoke stains the roof.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Microbes in Cheese Astonish Swiss Scholar
Dr Adametz, a Swiss scholar, measured microbes in Emmenthaler cheese. One gram held about 80 000 microbes, rising to 800 000 after 70 days. A second cheese contained 2 000 000 microbes per gramm, and rind scrapings showed 5 000 000 microbes. A few pounds of cheese may host more microbes than humans on Earth.
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Pall Mall
Adametz
England
Gruyere
Two Hints to Smokers From Albany tobacconist
An Albany Argus note presents smoking tips from a tobacconist advising where to carry cigars in the vest, why the left upper pocket preserves wrappers, and how to extinguish a half smoked cigar by blowing through the burning end to avoid a rank taste.
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Albany Argus
Pocketbook Advice Spurs Self Reliance Hat Makers
In a 19th century style exchange, Laura questions self sufficiency while Jack urges women to adopt independent labor. The dialogue suggests thrift through creating hats and gowns and notes ongoing personal peace since January.
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Jack
Laura
The Wearing of a New Dress A Modern Cinderella
A San Francisco Argonaut critique of a new social type in New York, detailing a mother daughter duo who emulate aristocracy through fashion. The piece describes their daily routine from uptown shopping to cheap boarding houses, the theater, and the ritual of sewing a fresh wardrobe, portraying loneliness and social aspiration.
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San Francisco
New York
14Th St
Paris
Gates
San
Thas Es
Earrings Through Ages From Thebes To The World
Archaeological finds from Thebes show ancient earrings. Text notes that both sexes wore earrings in early times, with examples from Abraham, Alexander the Great, Homer, Juvenal, and Roman and Greek figures. Medieval notes claim only a few groups today but earrings remain widely worn.
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Detroit Free Press
Thebes
Abraham
Alexander the Great
India
Juvenal
Euphrates
Egypt
Shakespeare
Harles I
South Sea Islands
Africa
Elopement Foiled by Goat Tug on Lark Morning
A would be eloper used a window string attached to her toe to signal her lover at daybreak. A stubborn goat in the yard pulled the cord causing the girl pain and her escape plan failed. The mother intervened with a lamp as the maiden fainted and the goat fled.
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Theffield
Loren
William
Harry
Understanding Spool Cotton Thread Numbers Through History
The article explains how spool cotton thread numbers originated from yard per pound and how the transition to sewing machines affected cord construction. It details No 60 thread comprising six strands of No 120 yarn and notes the existence of about 2000 thread varieties and their processing.
What She Liked Best Chicago Inter Ocean
Miss Blossom of St Louis and Mr Backbay discuss tastes with Boston charm and light humor. The brief dialogue touches on Boston versus St Louis culture, literature, and a note about terrapin.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Miss Blossom
St. Louis
Boston
Backbay
Shoes as a business for rich and middle class women
It notes a trend of self supporting women in New York using shoe stretching and repair work as a side income. A wife and her daughters profit from shoe work and a visiting maid service helps dress and repair outfits. Packings for travel and dress care are described as essential services for urban society.
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New York
Washington
Spanish Politeness and Possession in A Light Verse
A Detroit Free Press excerpt humorously contrasts Spanish phrases about politeness with literal English meanings. The piece notes how expressions like I throw myself at your feet or possess yourself of my house are flourish rather than instruction, illustrating linguistic quirkiness.
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Detroit Free Press
Senorita
Man Tests Eggs With a New Method in Grocery Row
A man in Chicago Ave buys eggs and uses an unusual testing method at a grocer’s counter. He declares the eggs fresh, proposes a deal, tests one by throwing it, and negotiations continue until the man departs without purchasing, claiming to showcase his testing trick.
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Chicago
Elmer Washburn
Chris
Weather Lore and the Curious Faith in Old Prophesies
A look at weather superstitions from St. Pauls and St Swithin’s days, noting how ancient rhymes claimed to forecast the year’s weather. Greenwich Observatory data is cited to debunk legends while praising modern forecasts now emerging.
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St. Paul's
England
Horace Walpole
St. Swithin
St. Paul
Greenwich Observatory
St. Swithin’s
Hat drama at Chicago theatre ends with family surrender
In a crowded Chicago theatre a man asks three overlarge hats to be removed so he can see. His wife and two sisters comply, sparking laughter but revealing the scene was prearranged for a social cue among theatregoers.
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Hicago Tribune
Map
Proper revolver handling in field use advised by Capt Forman
Capt J Forman of the 13th Infantry argues many shooters treat a revolver like a rifle. He says field use rewards focusing on the target, not the sights, and demonstrates hiding foresights with pasteboard to boost speed and accuracy. He notes hand tremor causes inaccuracy and that aiming quickly can improve results in horseback or rapid firing.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
J. Forman
13Th Infantry
Family dispute over ruined dining room carpet
Dialogue shows Mrs Fogg and Mr Fogg arguing about a grease spill on a dining room carpet. The spill is blamed on the mother or herself and is dismissed as something that will evaporate.
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Mrs. Fogg
Mr. Fogg
Inventor Sells Bomb-Proof Overcoat Sample to Czar
A judge tests an inventor’s new bomb-proof overcoat and the Czar agrees to try it as the inventor demonstrates its protective claims. The scene hints at a satirical or promotional event with potential hazards in a demonstration.
Not the Happiest Way of Putting It
A fragment from a stage scene features a judge and a professor in a tense exchange as guests depart. An affable hostess interjects claiming the professor cannot arrive too late, hinting at social tensions and timing.
The Koh-i-noor Jewel Through Ages of Conquest
The Koh-i-noor, famed as the Mountain of Light, is traced from early Turkish invaders of India to Persian and Afghan hands. The gem’s ancient origin is shrouded in legend, with tales of conquests, exchanges, and dramatic shifts in possession across empires.
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Detroit Free Press
India
Batl
Baber
Ajah
Which is best love choice and the fool for fate
Oscar Fay Adams muses on whether to give or receive love and whether love or pride matters most. C A Dawson reflects on dawn, roses, and a memory of a lost beloved as youth passes, noting how love lingers beyond time.
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Oscar Fay Adams
Harper's Weekly
Poems of Love and Mourning Through Patch and Spring
A mix of verse pieces from 19th century periodicals. The speaker muses on aging beauty and a hidden patch on Alice's chin, suggesting mourning and heartbreak. The poem shifts to a hazy pastoral of summer blooms and tender gifts, ending with winter imagery and sugar making.
Heart of Spring and the Wanderer
A lyrical poem by Graham R. Tomson from Scribner's Magazine explores the pull of distant places and the call of spring. The speaker longs for travel, hearing the wind through orchard trees and birdsong as he bids farewell to home and loved ones to follow the world’s beckoning horizons.
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Graham R. Tomson
Scribner’s Magazine
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