Barbara's Triumph and a Night of Revelry at Dora Dutton's
Barbara Gowan, a poor young artist's ward, shops with Mrs Pontus and admires Buckler family wealth at Dora Dutton's party. Duke Gowan plans art ambitions and a European exile to save Heck Buckler from ruin, while Barbara dreams of greatness through music and travel as she faces a looming family secret.
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Barbara
Duke
the Sun
Heck Buckler
Duke Gowan
Jeke
Partrahip
Jocko
Marion County
Bob
Dora Dutton
Grandpa
Lucky
Ibara
Upanna
Mrs. Dutton
Fhe Qanen
Apa Hen ‘Bara
Ad Aker
Dora
Pontus
Bardy
Patton
Bee
Dutton
Heck
Dike
Mr. Buckler
Gowan
Assa
Mike
Europe
Cedes
Buckler
Sai Buckler
Pal Duke
H E
Harbara
Perme
Duk
Babpee
Woase
Gabriel Jecko
Ox Raw
John Athol Gowan
Dexter Mining Company
Maton
Ox Row
Gabriel
Buckler’s
Mr. Dutton
Francis
Fracatti
Mme
Locky
Barbar
Russia
Askarbara
Libertad
Gustave
Eustace Square
Barbera
Socky
Mme. Socky
Rbara
Making pretzels Those Little Sections of Lot's Wife
The Cincinnati Times-Star describes how White family flour, water, yeast and salt form pretzels baked in large ovens. Workers roll dough into strips then shape them into pretzels on racks, with 100 per rack. Fresh pretzels gloss with water, while those for storage are steamed to keep months. Salt keeps flavor and freshness, not to provoke thirst.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
Aristocracy Dominates British Civil Service Patronage
A critical examination argues that major British offices, military and church posts, are disproportionately held by aristocratic families. It cites counts of relatives occupying hundreds of posts with multi‑million dollar sums paid in salaries and pensions since 1860, noting the moral tension between service value and lavish rewards.
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Great Britain
John Bright
Hosea Biglow
House of Lords
Bingeland
Hosea Bigelow
John Kull
Earl Nelson
Trafalgar
Gough
Europe
Soudon
Secon
Navy
Peninsula
Wellington
Stapleton Cotton
Combermere
Duke of Wellington
Grafton
Abercorn
Westminster
Richmond
Waterford
Charles Beresford
Lord William Beresford
Marquis of Salisbury
Inside a brick yard how bricks are made and burned
A foreman describes brick making from clay digging in fall to firing in kilns. Workers mix sand and water with clay, press bricks in molds, wheel them to the shed, and edge and dry them before burning. Pay ranges from three fifty to four dollars in good times, with season highs and arch kilns described.
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Corvasuate
Pladyst
A Heavy Family at Americus Records Bright Weight Facts
In Americus Georgia a family of eight weighs a total of 1365 pounds. The lightest member is 44 pounds and others weigh 124 and 141. The eight average 170.5 pounds. Removing the three light weights leaves five weighing 1054 pounds, an average of 210.8 pounds each. All are healthy and able to attend daily duties.
The Matrimonial Equivalent Good Cheer
Father urges son to remember his mother’s lesson to say please in all requests. The exchange centers on manners as essential to gentlemanly conduct as the family prepares to go downtown.
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Bobby
Castoria Advert Poem Echoes Through Generations
An advertising verse highlights Castoria as a trusted remedy across generations. It recalls caregiving for a sick baby, a crying child, and a young mother who offers Castoria to her own children, emphasizing enduring brand loyalty and family nostalgia.
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Castoria
Mies
Fat profits go to rich and aristocratic class
The statement asserts that pay is doubtful but the burdens fall predominantly on the wealthy and titled groups, with the fat profits funding the rich. The tone critiques wage fairness and economic distribution.
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Jotin
Relatives of Great Men Show Varied Futures in Washington
A Cleveland Leader piece laments sons of senators generals and presidents loafing in Washington while some rise to promise. It cites examples from Ingalls, Douglas, Wise, Garfield, Lincoln and others, noting mixed outcomes and predicting potential for youth like Grant and Logan, Blaine and Arthur families.
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Carp
Cleveland
Wilson
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Senate
Washington
England
Willard
White House
Panator Ingalls
Kansas
Oliver Orton
Es Netabapolis
Stephen A. Douglas
Chicago
Henry A. Wise
John S. Wise
Breckenridge
Oles Reo
Tom Derm
Hay
Garfield
Robert Lincoln Han Rene
Grant
Logan
West Point
Senator Blaine
Chester A. Arthur
Senator Mahone
Holman
Hiby
Hayes
Daniel Travelled with the Show from Chicago Ledger
A fragment from the Chicago Ledger recounts a circus anecdote about Daniel and a child asking why the lions did not hurt him. The speaker questions the child, who explains it was because Daniel belonged to the circus, hinting at a public entertainment era.
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Daniel
Chicago Ledger
No longer mother earth Professor Nichols theory on living planet
Henry Nichols later calling himself Professor Henry Nichols argues the earth is a living creature with respiration and digestion. He claims man is a parasite and volcanoes are monster diseases, citing tides as proof and hoping to raise funds to study a polar opening. He compares Earth's age and function to a clockwork orb and envisions a comet-like voyage.
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New York
Henry Nichols
Professor Nichols
Atlantic Monthly
Fordham
Third Avenue
Galileo
Newton
Columbus
Earth
United States
Canada
Europe
North Pole
Vesuvius
Little Rock
Ark
Founding a Western Town and a Manganese Find
A New Yorker recalls Pawnee City’s quick birth with stakes, whiskey, and swift charters for a street railway and gas company. In Graystone county near Denison City, Grayson county, manganese veins were uncovered including an 18 inch and a four foot vein with crystallized ore called panyanite. Illiam Hocking, a seasoned California miner, reports the discovery and immediate development plans.
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Wall Street
Kansas
Pawnee City
California
Denison
Tex
Denison City
Grayson County
Air Brakes and Skepticism From Uncle Zach to World Pedestal Fund
In a lively clash of anecdotes Uncle Zach questions the credibility of air brakes and gun trickery, contrasting rural disbelief with urban fund raising for the Bartholdi pedestal. The piece notes Beers and a physician disputing a cure, and ends with a claim that Warner's Safe Cure acts as an airbrake saving lives.
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Uncle Zach
Dr. Carver
Zach
Uncle Zachs
Philip Beers
United States Hotel
New York City
New York World Bartholdi Pedestal Fund
Bright
Warner
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Longworth
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Mae
Nothiig
Noth
Uke
Heck Buckley
Eck
Axia
Iatie
Taylor’s
Shere
Barton
Dane
Ook
Mme. Lucky
Rene
Jecko
Fieecko
Arbara
Grandpa Gowan
Little Bob
Lot
Taaffe
Austria
Ossington
House of Commons
John Bull
Sons of
Mother Earth
Prof. Nichols
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