Love's Conflict A Household Drama of Tragedy and Deep Love
Vivian Leslie, a charming newcomer, wins Philip Maxwell’s heart at Greymere Farm. A staged deception on stage reveals her true identity as actress Miss Courtenay, fracturing trust. Philip forgives Vivian after a private plea, and a hidden Christmas night reunion offers reconciliation and renewed devotion despite past deceit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Maxwell
Philip
Miss Courtenay
Ares
Phil
Vivian
Vivian Leslie
Phillip
Jennie
Phill
Popular Songs and the Public Ear on Ballad Taste
A Chicago street song-seller explains why two cent song sheets range from sentimental to religious. Customers choose by mood, with favorites like Baby Mine and Meet me in the Lane, while hymns such as Hold the Fort and Almost Persuaded sell steadily. Newsboys and bootblacks often steal sheets, influencing demand and profits.
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Chicago
Bribone
Clark Street
Tribune
Sam
Arteketa Ranch and Bookwalter’s 20000 Acre Nebraskan Estate
Cincinnati Gazette describes John W. Bookwalter as Democratic Ohio governor hopeful and owner of Arteketa Ranch in Pawnee County Nebraska. The 20000 acre property along Mission Creek hosts 13000 sheep on seven subranches with a herd system. haying, grain, and wool production on shares, with profits estimated 40 to 75 percent after expenses. The mansion, staff, and a famed Scotch sheep dog Peagy feature in a frontier enterprise praised by partners C A Hibbert and Bookwalter.
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Cincinnati Gazette
John W. Bookwalter
Ohio
Mission Creek
Pawnee County
Nebraska
Kansas
Otoe Reservation
Indian Territory
Bankwalter
Arteketa Ranch
Ricks
Bookwalter Ranch
Bookwalter
Loup
trans-Missouri
Atropos
C. A. Hibbert
Arteketa
The Curious Study of Street Sneeze Styles
A two month look at sneezing reveals wide individual differences in sound and manner. From dainty schoolgirls to jolly fat men, people sneeze with distinct styles, reactions, and expressions as they walk city streets and react to the moment.
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Jennie
Imust
A Partly Colored Man Hunter Joe of Barry County
Chicago Times profiles Joseph Kraft known as Hunter Joe living near Battle Creek. A living curiosity with half black, half white face, he hunts and traps for food, sleeps outdoors, rejects money and exhibitions, remains solitary, and shows little interest in human life or wealth.
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Chicago Times
North Woods
Barry County
Michigan
Battle Creek
Joe
Joseph Kraft
Great Men Who Have Turned Back From Deaths Door
A look at historic figures saved from death by unlikely turns of fate. Garfield joins a list including William of Orange Nassau, Richard of Hogland, Sultan Baber, William III, and Cardinal Gentilvioglio whose lives were spared or seemed over before recovery or a dramatic turn.
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Death's Door
Garfield
William of
Orange-Nassau
Dutch Republic
Richard Jr
Hogland
Palestine
Sultan Baber
India
William
Cardinal Gentivoglio
Free Speech and School Control in a Burlington Sketch
In the Burlington Hawkeye a speaker defends extended childhood freedom from rigid schooling arguing children should talk freely and learn through natural speech. He recalls a four-year-old child asking his mother what “that man” is saying and recounts teaching the boy to speak plainly without punishment.
Training a Child Keeps Him From School
An old man emphasizes limited experience in upbringing children. He notes a young Indian will “grow seven pounds in three weeks” and that they have only one child to care for. He insists the boy will not attend school until he’s finished being a baby, claiming the happiest baby who mangles grammar is his child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
Phil
Vivian
Jennie
Philip
Whit
Keymore
Misa Leslie
Mr. Williams
Trousssan
Fred
Mother
Greymere
Lonon
Vhit
London
Great Western Hotel
Vivian's
South Kensington
Leslie
Royal Ndon
Strand
Arteketa
Mansion House
Brieles
Bookwalter Ranch
San Francisco
Whhich
Detroit Free Press
Centre Market
Jerry
Nore
Hraven
Cicero
Diogenes
Brutus
Cato
Nero
Cordin
Brudder
New York Graphic
Ohio
Artemus Ward
Artemus
Saoren
Arthur Hall
Man's chin swells to seven inches after barn accident
A colored man near Camden, John Montgomery, healed from a hay mower accident in which his chin stretched from injury. Initial pain and spinal damage followed a wheel entrapment, with jaw flare increasing to seven and a half inches before treatment reduced it to half the size.
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Cincinnati Gazette
John Montgomery
Homesteadville
Camden
Montgomery
Bernhardt in America in Paris Illustrations
A Paris weekly claims to present original views of Sarah Bernhardt’s American tour. It depicts scenes in Philadelphia Cincinnati and Chicago with caricatured crowds and humorous detail. The satire praises the publicity while lampooning American politics and society.
New vegetable butter hailed as superior substitute
Two gentlemen in New Orleans claim to have invented a vegetable butter from cotton-seed oil. A sample tested by experts praised its quality and color, rivaling the finest New York butters. They plan two grades and lower prices but refuse to disclose the manufacturing process or location.
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Orleans
New York
September Moon Phases and Harvest Imagery Highlight Autumn
The Providence Journal describes the September moon's alignments with Saturn Neptune Jupiter and Mara on specific dates, its morning beauty on the 20th, and a waning crescent near Venus three days earlier. It notes the full moon as the harvest moon and the evenings following it show a small rise-time difference, with twilight lengthened by silvery radiance.
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Providence Journal
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Mara
Venus
Mrs Frank Leslie Seeks Sale Of Interlaken Estate
In Cincinnati a public gathering shows Mrs. Frank Leslie widow of the late publisher, tall and striking, attempting to sell Interlaken the estate her husband spent vast sums to acquire. She has rejected offers, with one offer of 45000 from an Englishman, insisting on 60000.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Frank Leslie
Interlaken
Leslie
Virginia Battle Fields Through Petersburg and the Crater
A Philadelphia Times correspondent compares Petersburg to Richmond and Sebastopol, noting ruins and forts around town, locals wary of siege talk, and a ramble along the Jerusalem plank road toward the Crater site where Burnside’s bombardment is recalled.
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America
Sebastopol
Richmond
Appomattox
James
Virginia
Dixie
St. Peter
Jerusalem
Jimmy O'Nail
Griffith
Bejasus
Manin
Burnside
Steadman
Maskell
Sedgwick
Fort McGilver
Fort Steadman
Fort Hell
Petersburg
O. P. Hare
Gordon
Havoc
Fort Haskell
Fort Sedgwick
Jerusalem Road
Mr. Ginger
Mahone
The Petersburg crater and its haunting battlefield tale
A veteran field trip describes a red earth crater near Petersburg with a wooden fort, a protected farm, and a guardian who charges visitors to avoid trampling crops. It recounts the buried tunnel, the ten ton cannon, and the deadly mine that reshaped the siege, leaving a scarred landscape tied to war memories.
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T. BR. Griffith
Mr. Griffith
Battlefield Peach Orchard Marking Lee’s Six Mile Line
The piece recalls white blossoms sprouting along former siege lines from Appomattox to Petersburg. It notes a special peach tree with white buds in the South, distinguishing battlefield orchards planted in bloodlines and the lingering bloom of war’s landscape.
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Carolinas
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Miss Maxwell
Greymere Farm
Fred Williams
Martha
Phi
Hersel
Cember
Ele
Royal London Theatre
Pai
Rob
Nob
Hilip
Wremmars
Burlington
Forney
Paris
Army and Senate
Philadelphia
Nast
Bernhardt
Chicara
Cincinnati
Phedre
Royal Theatre
Saratowa
Brit Cae
Broadway
United States
Saratoga
Crater
Hell and Damnation
Philadelphia Times
Schuylkill County
Chandler
Brusen
Norfolk
Grant
Redan
Redoubt
Lee
Fort Pillow
Forts
Oraerett & ‘Gav
Aera
Fey
Haven
Brad’er Gardner
Johnnie
Gipple
Mister Gipple
Chiney and Crockry
Evry
Sacramento
Tokio
Ichidaika Kenzo
John
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