Caudle's Soliloquies on Cold Dinners and Change
In a Victorian style scene Caudle contemplates a cold dinner prompting a preacher’s sermon on frugal living. He resolves to seek plainer meals, influenced by a doctor's sermon and a sentimental desire to share with the poor, reshaping family habits and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Caudie
Job Caudie
Flashbwan
Butt
Mr. Caudle
Mrs. Caudle
Job Caudle
Veing
Caudle
Beasner
Poison and Politics in Passaic Death by Own Action
Warner Van Gottberg a Passaic mill foreman died after ingesting Paris green in a suspected suicide. Police say he planned to vote Democratic but feared Republican victory would ruin his job. His death followed a domestic dispute and post election remorse with neighbors noting political blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldis
New York Herald
Warner van Gottbberg
Passaic
N. J
Aield
Watson
Warner
Mr. Oldis
Paris Green
Dr. Rice
Feu de Sé
Dundee
hesJert
van Goteberg
Wanner
Garfield
Arthur
New Jersey
Tem pest Public Meeting Over Arlington Philomathic Scandal
Arlington villagers confronted a row over the Philomathic Society as two young women Miss Clevalitta Holivar and Miss Hattie Dunnell faced ostracism and resignation demands. Citizens condemned the action, a public meeting praised the girls’ independence, and resolutions were signed by 140 locals amid a broader church and school community debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
New York and Greenwood Lake
Sun
Philomathic Society
Presbyterian Church of
Clevalitta Holivar
Miss Bolivar
l’Kilomathic Society
Oer
Laoorer
Kolivar
Sam
Parker
Miss Dunnell
Hattie
Bolivar
Miss Dunnel
Ndt
Rome
Romie
Miss de Cato
Annie Ackerman
Mr. Milliken
Beft
The
Philomathic
C. Molloy
N. J. W. de Cato
Mrs. Ackeriman
Methodist Sunday School
Macquley
Methodist Church
Milliken
Pierce
New York
Clason
Terrible New Zealand rail disaster near Cross Creek
The Greytown to Wellington train left at 8 30 am on September 12 and was blown off the line, tumbling down a seventy foot precipice. Carriages broke and crushed, passengers scattered, several killed or severely injured, as rescuers arrived with great difficulty in fierce wind.
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New Zealand Herald
Greytown
Wellington
Cross Creek
Gep
Herbert Dickson
The Gale on the Lakes Captains Mock the Great Storm
Interview with several lake captains after the great gale of two weeks ago reveals humorous if sharp contrasts in piety and superstition. A Buffalo captain prays, others swear, but all note narrow escapes, with one claiming gratitude for elevator wheat theft statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Buffalo Lake
Chicago
Texas
Lake Michigan
Buffalo
Farmer survives rattlesnake attack with whiskey aid
Kingston correspondent reports Jacob Terwilliger of Shawangunk mountainsnear apple orchard encounter with a bed of rattlesnakes. He killed eight snakes, suffered bites on a hand, and lost blood. His wife applied whiskey poultices and whiskey internally, claiming it cured him in two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
N. Y
Jacob Terwilliger
Shawangunk Mountains
Terwilliger
Augusta
Old Smuggler Tale From San Francisco Front
A Chronicle reporter finds the famed Two-fingered Billy on the docks and hears tales from his private log. He recalls smuggling days from Liverpool to Frisco, near battles with revenue cutters, opium runs, and near drownings off Angel Island, ending with a wary farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
San Francisco
Chronicle
Bristol
Navy
Liverpool
Bendigo
Diggins
Ballarat
Young UN
Fragmented Humorous Columns and Notices Collage
A jumbled mix of verse and prose items from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper. It includes mock love verse, a St Louis Globe-Democrat quote, racist “Indiana voting” banter, a Galveston revival anecdote, a Wall Street satire on panhandling, a Shanghai verse, a Brooklyn mischief note, and a stray editorial quip comparing Gladstone and Rowell.
Why Joe Emmet Drinks The Story Behind His Debauch
W C Carleton recounts Joe Emmet’s drinking as born of a troubled marriage. Emmet, affectionate and impulsive, faces a cold, jealous wife who suspects infidelity over trivial delays. Sleepless, reproaches, and a flood of letters push him toward intoxication, with no forgiveness from her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Carleton
Joe Emmet
Emmet
Gos Reamesbaerg
Joe
New York
Albany
Living for Hours with a Ballet in His Heart
The Georgia family of Stuart Robson, the goveres comedian, is explored by the Atlanta Constitution. A brother in Valdosta and other relatives are traced, with a Civil War hero who died before Atlanta after a Confederate ball pierced his heart. Mary Stuart, in Atlanta, sought his grave among Unknown headstones at the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Robson
Goveres
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Valdosta
Stuart
Atlanta
Mary Stuart
Criterion Company
Cyen & Line
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Soliloquies
Martel Marmont
Mr. Candie
Denay
Caudie
Penesylvania
Pottsville
Penn
Keeley Run
Cnnsylvania
Coal Castle
Lewis F. Dougherty
Joan McGinnis
Dougherty
McGinnis
Pitor
Summit Hill
Mauch Chunk
Butler
Pittston
Lackawanna Valley
West Pittston
Hattie Dunnell
Arlington Philomathic Society
Id. A. Milliken
Romes
Bridgens
Ee Viris
Lakes
San Francisco Chronicle
Saltor
Melbourne
Davy Jones
Frisco
Revenue Cutter
Feutenant
Cuddy
Pard
Walt
Attler
Pusson
Angel Island
China
United States
Leeward
Hobson
Lineston Coquette
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Indiana
Finney
Calveston
Parson Bledso
Blue Light Tabernacle
Jim Webster
Jim
James
New Jerusalea
Colonel Jones
Galveston Island
Parson
Wall Street
India
Shanghai
Bill Sharon
al Ki
Eagle Reportorial
Chittenden
Sara Ernobardt
Rowell
Gladstone
New York Sun
Ruskin
Carlyle
Messrs
Darwin
Tyndall
Huxley
Herbert Spencer
Tennyson
Greece
Lord Archbisoo
Canterbury
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