The Tormented Lovers in a City Veil of Guilt
Elias Bacharach writes from a studio to Christine Redwood, confessing a doomed love and a crime of passion. He recalls their past, his somnambulant acts, his remorse, and his struggle to reveal the truth while bound by marriage. He plans a meeting or painting to convey his guilt, yet events force a escape to anonymity and a risky chance at reunion.
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Poe
Imay
Elias
Detmold
de Quincy
Eighth Avenue
Great Circle
Fifty-ninth Street
Rossetti
Rom
Christine
Tam
Linny
Moon
Mpon
Pere
Donan
Redwood
Father
Saul
Normal College
Thaeson
Sans
Gotogianis
Tilli
Ourney
Long Island
Mitra
Tillie
West Forty-seco Street
Reginald
Christine Redwood
New York
Elias Bacharach
Sixth
Hosmer
Astor House
Sermons in Lives from Cape Ann Breeze
A Cape Ann Breeze column recounts touching examples of individuals who improved others lives. Deacon Phillips I a bedridden singer expresses gratitude amid poverty while Mother Monroe in Boston inspires youth with cheer and charity. Reverend Taylor stands as a humanitarian advocate whose eloquence moves many to emulate Christ.
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Cape Ann
Lance
New York
Deacon Phillips
Boston
Monroe
Osten
Pather Taylor
Peare
Santa
Enery
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Christ
Wit and repartee in Maine bank tale by Widgery
The piece recounts William Widgery’s sharp wit in a Maine banking era. Directors joked about the vault stones bearing the ten commandments while Widgery quipped that he could read Hebrew characters on them. The anecdote links to old attitudes toward banks and public trust.
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Wiltam Widgery
Portland Express
William Widgery
William W. Thomas
Maine Bank
Cumberland Bank
Widgery
Mr. Widgery
The Story of the Picous Horse
A pie wagon in New York on Third avenue is visited by a large horse tied to a truck. The horse steals and eats multiple mince pies from the open wagon as the pie man and a saloon keeper watch. An officer arrives and rules the horse may eat as many pies as he can reach.
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New York Sun
Third Avenue
Natchez
Benevolence in Brass Buttons on a Street Car
A Springfield Republican report describes a street-car conductor offering water from a bucket to two thirsty Italian travelers with packs. The humane scene unfolds on the tracks as locals witness the act of kindness.
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Springfield Republican
Prince of Wales Levee Compared With American White House Reception
London May 10 a writer describes attending a Prince of Wales levee and comparing it with a U S presidential reception. Both feature full dress uniforms and protocol, but the Prince’s ceremony is simpler, with the lord chamberlain directing calls while the president individually greets each guest.
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London
United States
White House
Army
Navy
England
Cham. Tlain
Otill
Ting
Prince of Wales
Quaiand
Arc of
Cambridge
Scott
iBfle
Prince Christian of
Scleswig- Eigrateln
Helena Augusts Vostare
Ictoria
Duke of Cambridge
Rince of Wales
Dreaont
Ordnary
Phe Bs
Vite
Charles Phelps
Kelps
R. Puelps
Homesick horse returns to former driver after ten years
A noble horse wanders back to Wilton New Hampshire, trotting through Maple street to a former stable. Once sold and traded, the animal decades later recognizes the old owner and revisits the family, showing evident pleasure as it resumes life with the prior bond.
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Pitchburg Sentinel
Wilton
N. H
Maple Street
Greenfield
Fitchburg
Mass
Roman Script Petition to Empress Augusta in Germany
A Society for the Extension of Roman Script petitions Empress Augusta to mandate Latin script in all royal and charitable publications. They argue German script harms literacy and cite Grimm. they note support from scientists and the Empress’s Latin verses as reason to promote Roman script.
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The
Society For the Extension
Augusta
Society For the Extension of
Jacob Grimm
Coarce
Hids
Pele
Roma Ag
Temptations of a Broker Life in Youth
A cautionary 19th century piece by George J. Manson warns that boys entering broker offices are exposed to temptations of handling large sums and stock gambling. It praises strong character, notes high pressure work, and stresses distrust of speculation while praising honorable financiers and the broker’s fragile, largely trust-based system.
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George J. Manson
St. Nicholas
Mney
A Swing Instead of a Gravestone
A Albany Journal item recalls a little girl under ten who wished to fund a swing for children through her dying request. She asked her father to promise $100 so a swing was built in the park for poor children. the idea grew from a humane impulse and ties to a playground memory.
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Albany Journal
Apaan
Monument
Pitle
Aed
Zens
Not Miss It at Waltham Watch Factory Tour
Visitors to the American watch factory dial room are drawn to Foreman Edgar L Hull. The 18 size dial bears Odd Fellows emblems with figures and a gold dollar area containing an open Bible and Lord's prayer, all painted and engraved under close examination. Hull, a skilled painter, created the piece years ago and considers it among the finestcrafted dials in the world.
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Edgar L
Ail
Odd Items From A Bustling 19th Century Paper
A collage of curiosities and brief notes from a late 1800s issue. Seafaring papers discuss seaweed paper, storms of light, a skating rink site in Tomah Wisconsin, and a red headed man arraigned in Albany. Also notes on weights in Sioux Falls, a 296 year old violin, and various oddities from New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
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Omaha Mepathons
Tomah
Wis
Albany
N. Y
Sioux Falls
Cak
New York
Alberga Whitman
Greensburg
Kan
Colored Methodist
Found du Lac
Philadelphia
Napa Valley
Cal
Chicago
Dublin
Lowell Courier
Justice Harlan
Princeton
Sherman
Philadelphia Times
North Carolina
San Francisco
Bombay
Nebraska
Omaha
George Francis
Kansas City
Robert Bonner
New York Ledger
Fifty-third Street
Mendocino
Decatur
Iil
M. J. L. Schall
Trinity
Len
Jacksonville
Matteson
West Point
Richmond
Victoria
Cook & Wheatstone
Sparta
Mich
Minneapolis
Christiana
Tockholm
Copenhagen
John van Dorn
Ithaca
Berlin
Dresden
Saxony
Reading
Penn
Paris
Jacob Hehneikont
Buffalo
Sen
Colonel Newcome
Count Sagoecky Sharp
Retas Uckett
Sam Weller
Dinah Morris
Switzerland
Natal
Booth
Aentleman
Americus
Eys
Nea
Express Messenger
Ieee
Bex
McConnell's Nighttime Misread on Ohio River Trip
W A McConnell left Owensboro Kentucky for Evansville by steamboat. He slept through the journey and woke at 8 am thinking they were near Evansville, asking the captain where they were and if they had passed Memphis. The crew stared as he pressed for a stop and timing.
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Chicago Herald
W. A. McConnell
Owensboro
Evansville
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