The Late Mrs Astor Praised For Beauty And Grace
The late Mrs Astor was admired for beauty across Europe. Queen Margherita called her the most beautiful woman in Italy. She spoke French Italian and German fluently and sang with a soprano voice while accompanying on the mandolin. Her jewels included diamonds worth hundreds of thousands and a famed black pearl collection inherited from Mrs John Jacor Astor.
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Mrs. Astor
Margherita
Italy
John Jacor Astor
Reclusive Cape Cod Woman Cares For Doll Child
A sixty year old resident of Cape Cod, described as miserly and withdrawn, becomes violently insane. Her physician gives her a giant doll and baby clothes, and she treats the doll as a living child, feeding it, sleeping with it, and sharing its ailments, finding occupation and happiness in its care.
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Cape Cod
Rebecca Harding Davis
Seed Company Ad Praises Salzer Seeds Assurance
A jolly farmer boasts Salzer seeds grow and yield abundantly. He says planting more oats, wheat, corn, potatoes, grass and clover would fill barns at great cost. The notice offers a free sample Grass and Clover Mixture and seed book from John A Salzer Seed Company in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Salzer
Monarchs Proposal In Stage Scene Attracts Sanguine Cheers
In a staged tableau two thousand young ladies listen as a sultan declares Be mine in playful courtship. A chorus of voices answers aye while disorder erupts in the hall as the fictional proposal draws cheers and shouts of approval.
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Puck
Blond football player blamed in tense confrontation
His eyes flashed resentfully as he accuses her of deception and seizes a long golden hair from her shoulder. She covers her face, weeps, and offers no reply, letting the moment end without further words.
Grief and Bashfulness Reflected in Childrens Gestures
A short exchange sketches how children express grief by burying their faces in their hands and how bashfulness is shown in the same gesture. The dialogue highlights body language as a window into emotional state.
Introduction Dialogue With Lord Forgivuz Sparks Formal Address
In the exchange, Jess asks if she should call him "My Lord" upon meeting Lord Forgivuz. Bess confirms the phrase came to her instantly as soon as she laid eyes on him.
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Jess
Lord Forgivuz
Bess
A Young Lovers' Trials Amid Social Intrigue
Basil Oliver journeys to join the Hussars while Alice and Lora endure entangled schemes. Mr Lyon pressures Alice, Lora meddles in Basil’s letters, and Captain Oliver's protective yet wary love deepens. The story traces yearning, secrecy, and looming betrayal in a tightly watched English household.
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Alice
Basil
Mr. Lyon
Mrs. Evelyn
Littl
Tven
Lora
Captain Oliver
Mr. Basil
Hall
Inman
Evelyn
Hussars
Basil Oliver
Lyon
Ireland
Tasil
Mrs. Lyon
Basil Oliver Returns Stirred Affections in Rural Home
A century tale follows Basil Oliver's visit home after service with a regiment. His lingering charm tests Alice and exposes Ly ons suspicions as Lora and the family navigate mutual love, jealousy, and a changing household as Basil seeks a renewed bond with Alice while mother and stepfather clash over propriety and control.
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Basil Oliver
Alice
Lyons
Lora
Mr. Lyon
Oliver
Basil
Minnesota Legislature Deliberates Wide Range of Bills
Feb 8 9 legislative actions in St Paul include forging coal rate talk with North Dakota and licensing. bills cover mutual insurance guardianship child protection taxation bonds weather service and reform school funds. Feb 9 10 continue with school text books hail damage Meeker cyclone foreign flags and various legal tax and corporate provisions. Feb 10 further passage includes judge salaries wolf bounty pay and municipal indebtedness adjustments.
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St. Paul
Senate
House
North Dakota
Mutual Life and Casualty
State Reform School
Reform School
Minnesota
Justice of the Peace
Meeker County
Internal Revenue Fund
Greer
Gerlach
Anderson
Henry B. Wenzell
Johns
National Guard
Robillard
Robbins
Vogel
House of Representatives
United States
Gibbs
Wright
Smith
C. H
Reeves
Jones
J. N
Nelson
Duluth
Assessment Life and Casualty Companies
State Training School For
Minnesota House Debates Bills On Reforms and Public Affairs
The Minnesota House introduced bills to improve boiler safety and road use, expand newspaper definitions for notices, curb railroad overloads, and extend female suffrage wording. Other measures addressed prison labor, urban indebtedness, liquor licenses, and village incorporations. The session adjourned with committee work and no Senate session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cloud Reformatory
Minnesota
State Prison Reformatory
Reform School
Senate
Monsignor May Dies After 30 Years at Trinity Brooklyn
New York February 13. Last night Mgr and Vicar General May died at the parochial house beside the Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Brooklyn where he led the parish for over thirty years. He was named vicar general of Long Island diocese in 1875 and on August 3 1898 Pope Leo XIII elevated him to monsignor.
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New York
Mgr
May
Church of the Most Holy Trinity
Brooklyn
Father May
Long Island
Victoria Suffers Collision Delay Near Kobe
Tacoma report says the steamship Victoria bound for here was damaged by a collision at Shimom osaki Japan on January 28 and sent to Kobe for repairs. The vessel will be delayed about three weeks with no further details released.
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Tacoma
Wash
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Nagassaki
Japan
Victoria
Shimonosaki
Kobe
Murder charge case before grand jury in Duluth
Henry Reno of Industrial faces a murder charge after the grand jury evening session in Duluth. The crime occurred last November when Reno struck Chris Lund on the head with a stone, causing death. Reno was arrested Saturday night.
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Duluth
Minn
Henry Reno
Reno
Industrial
Chris Lundby
Salvation Army General Booth Addresses Ministers in Toronto
Gen Booth told about 200 ministers in Toronto that he is the successor of John Wesley and compared himself to Moses, arguing his mission parallels biblical leadership. The remarks were delivered during his February 13 visit.
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Toronto
Ont
Gen. Booth
The
Salvation Army
John Wesley
Moses
Derailing Tragedy at Grundy Center Claims Fisher Life
A freight train derailed at Grundy Center, Traer Iowa, killing brakeman Fisher and injuring engineer Kimbro who suffered a broken leg as about a dozen cars were demolished.
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Traer
Iowa
Grundy Center
Fisher
Kimbro
Washington
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Multiple local items of interest drawn from brief notices
A Iowa blacksmith John Humphreys suicides with arsenic in North English. Port Chester river and harbor ice bound and sound navigation suspended. Wynn Wheeler crushed by a falling tree near Park Rapids Minnesota. President expects bonds to avoid extra congressional session. Red Wing Minnesota to host J B Newell invention manufacturing shops. Funeral Directors convention for Minnesota Dakota regions in Minneapolis. Densmore mill near Markeson Wisconsin burns. new machinery. $40,000 loss, no insurance. Etruria sighting no La Gascogne. Anchoria arrives Glasgow. Sidney S Workman dies at 90 in Lake City Minnesota. widow 83 and four children. Judge Elliott grants receiver for McDonald Delamater sash and door. Florida crops destroyed. strawberries and pineapple plants decimated. total loss about $10 million.
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John Humphreys
North English
Iowa
Port Chester
N. Y
Wynn Wheeler
Petrie Camp
Park Rapids
Minn
Congress
J. B. Newell
Bill Ccpler
Red Wing
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Minneapolis
James Densmore
Markeson
Wis
Cunard Line
Etruria
New York
Queenstown
la Gascogne
Anchor Line
Anchoria
Glasgow
Sidney S. Workman
Lake City
Judge Elliott
Congress Rejects $500 Million Gold Bond Plan In House
Washington reports that the House failed to adopt the administration bill to issue 500 million gold bonds by a 134 to 161 vote after hours of debate. The defeat followed party lines with Reed and Cox substitutions rejected. The session also covered Hawaii cable plans and clerks pay reform amid snow and cold in Washington.
Senate debates post office bill and railroad frauds in Alabama
In Washington on February 13 the senate debated the post office bill amid a contest over a senate amendment authorizing 3.2 million dollars for rural postal routes. Senator Allen cited affidavits claiming 37 000 fraudulent Alabama votes, while Senator Pettigrew pushed a motion to hire private counsel to press government rights against Union Pacific and Central Pacific roads. On February 14 the senate committee reported a constitutional amendment for direct senatorial elections, with Turpie Palmer and Mitchell arguing the aim is to place lawmaking in the hands of the people. The house defeated the annual clerks provision for congress by 98 to 142 after Dockery moved the previous question.
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Washington
Senate
Pacific
Hawaii
Morgan
Gorman
Hill
Butler
Call
White
Civil Service Commission
Allen
Alabama
Black Belt
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
House
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Mitchell
Messrs
Turpie
Palmer
United States
Congress
Dockery
Lawmakers Pass Appropriation Bill After Division Absence
The text lists Democrats voting against the measure and Republicans voting negative. Bartlett Boatner Cadmus Cobb Cockrell Cooper Crain Davy Everett Griffin Haines Hayes Gribbs Layton Livingston McAleer Meredith Meyer Pigot Robertson Rusk Turpin opposed by age. Brosius Daniels Hitt Lucas Scranton Wadsworth voted negative. The appropriation bill then passed without division.
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Bartlett
Boatner
Cadmus
Cobb
Cockrell
Cooper
Fla
Crain
Davy
Everett
Griffin
Haines
Hayes
Gribbs
Layton
Livingston
McAleer
Meredith
Meyer
Pigot
Robertson
Rusk
Turpin
Brosius
Daniels
Hitt
Lucas
Scranton
Wadsworth
Anoka Man Arrested in Stolen Horse Case
A Veazie of Anoka arrived in St Paul with a fine horse and cutter seeking buyers. After failing to sell, he boarded the horse at a Seven Corners livery and later found lodging on Rice street. The Anoka sheriff arrived with a warrant, traced the horse to the stable, and arrested Veazie for horse stealing.
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St. Paul
A. Veazie
Anoka
Seven Corners
Rice Street
Veazie
Deserted Officers Trigger Chinese General’s Apparent Suicide
A Wei Hai Wei dispatch reports Gen Tai of the Chinese army killed himself in anger after many subordinates deserted. The fighting had caused little damage, despite its desperation. The note travels via Hiogo to London dates February 11.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Wei Hai Wei
Hiogo
Tai
Bill Cook Sentenced in Fort Smith Case
Fort Smith Arkansas February 14 Bil Cook the outlaw was sentenced in the United States court to forty five years in the penitentiary at Albany New York.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Bil Cook
United States
Albany
N. Y
Snow in Holly Springs and murder near Phoenix
Snow fell three inches in Holly Springs Mississippi last night. In Buffalo a fire at the Dormer warehouse caused $50 000 in losses today. In Arizona the house passed by two thirds a bill granting woman suffrage. Near Phoenix Frank M Smith was murdered at midnight at his door likely by tramps. The Spencer amendments in California were defeated 48 to 23 ensuring woman suffrage.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Buffalo
Dormer
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Frank M. Smith
Wei Hai Wei
Patrick Smollett
House of Commons
Indian Territory
Percy
Presha L Breckinridge
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Lexington
Shelby
Col. Breckinridge
California Assembly
Protectorate claim at Pearl Harbor and trials in Hawaii
Reports from Honolulu claim Admiral Beardsley has taken possession of Pearl Harbor and declared a protectorate over the Hawaiian Islands. At Victoria, six leaders were sentenced to hang, with commutations likely for two. further treason cases and Queen Liliuokalani's trial are noted as court martial activity continues.
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San Francisco
The
Examiner
Honolulu
Beardsley
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Victoria
Warrimoo
B. C
Associated Press
Charles T. Gullick
William H. Rickard
William T. Seward
Robert W. Wilcox
Sam Nowlein
Henry Bertelman
Gulick
Rickards
Wilcox
United States
Australia
W. V. Ashiford
Willis
Liliuokalani
Moran and Healy Convicted of Manslaughter in Nelson Killing
Chicago story reports Thomas Moran and Michael J. Healy found guilty of manslaughter for killing Swan Nelson on Christmas Eve 1893. Both officers sentenced to fourteen years in prison after a trial that drew support from Chicago Scandinavian societies. nelson died as officers pursued him after a dispute over a drink and Nelson was wounded and died en route to hospital.
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Chicago
Thomas
Moran
Michael J. Healy
Swan Nelson
Nelson
Healy
Parkersburg Man Paralyzed by Cold Falls, Dies Nearby
G W Johnson, an elderly Parkersburg resident, became paralyzed by the cold last night on the way home. He fell and froze to death in sight of his house, ending a long-standing local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
G. W. Johnson
Oldest Inhabitant of East Tennessee Dies at 95
Alexander Kennedy age 95 long cited as East Tennessee’s oldest man died at his Blount County home. The Knoxville special report notes his death today ending a life of local prominence.
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Knoxville
Alexander Kennedy
East Tennessee
Blount County
Minnesotan Essay Contest for School Pupils Seeks History Pieces
Great Northern Railway invites Minnesota students aged 15 to 20 to submit essays on topics including Minnesota history and the northern boundary dispute. Prizes include travel to Seattle, encyclopedias, art volumes, and maps. Submissions due by term end 1905 with official entry forms.
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Minnesotia
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Seattle
Wash
Mississippi River
Puget Sound
People’s Family Atlas
United States
Great Lakes
Idaho
Encyclopedia Britannica
Northwest
Northern
St. Taul
Buffalo
North Land
Lain and Deak
State of
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Northern Bulletin
FP. I. Whitney
Great Northern Railway
St. Lans
Minn
First Wall of Jerusalem Found by Palestine Exploration Fund
Dr Bliss reports uncovering foundations of a wall in Jerusalem at a few feet depth, with three large square towers and a gateway sill in situ. He notes an older gate sill deeper beneath and a north wall postern at the Leper’s Gate site. exploration possibilities extend west of Antonia and near Zion’s terraces.
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Dr. Bliss
Palestine Exploration Fund
Jerusalem
Herr Schick
Maj. Conder
Scottish Review
Sakhrah
Antonia
Hospital of St. John
Damascus Gate
Zion
Ophel
Solomon
Hezekiah
City of David
London News
Out in the Cold Patronage of Hostetter’s Bitters
The piece touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a trusted remedy for dyspepsia liver kidney bladder inactivity constipation and malaria complaints and nervousness. It notes physicians lend their sanctioned endorsement to this time honored medicine and implies voters may face cold returns.
Beauty myths and dangers of cosmetics in Ladies' Home Journal
Eloise Perdrix argues against cosmetics and face powders warning they make users appear vulgar and that a good complexion needs no artificial products. She claims many cosmetics contain arsenic and white lead and should only be used under a family physician’s guidance.
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Eloise Perdrix
Ladies’ Home Journal
Comparing Cow and Horse Grooming Practices
The text argues horses are kept as pets more than cows and notes cows receive little grooming beyond self-rubbing. It suggests using curry combs and brushes on cows, claiming curry combs remove dirt from cows' hair before milking and may be preferred if cows are not very thin.
Syrup of Figs Promotes Health and Comfort
Knowledge promotes comfort and improvement when used to suit physical needs. The remedy Syrup of Figs is praised for its pleasant taste and laxative virtues, cleansing the system without weakening kidneys or liver. It is sold by druggists in 50¢ and $1 bottles and manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California
Laughing at the Bridegroom in Lavender Trousers
A Hudsonville Michigan wedding tale ends in embarrassment as Adrian Van der Slouis sits in lavender trousers scorched by a gasoline prank. The bride’s quick wit saves him, but the guests laugh at the groom and the would be suitors.
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Hudsonville
Mich
Adrian van der Slouis
New York Herald
Jamestown
Ottawa County
Brnde
Adrian van der Slouts
Nowenvn
Adrian
Pew poem echoes trade prices in colonial Massachusetts
A fragment notes 1700 prices for items in Massachusetts including a handkerchief at 69 cents and stockings and potatoes priced at 30 cents per bushel. The line suggests a publisher’s influence rather than French sources.
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Massachusetts
Seed company offers great seed book and sample
Wonderful yields in potatoes oats corn farm and vegetable seeds. Send 5e postage to John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin for their seed book and sample of Giant Spurry.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Improbable Exchange About Hicks and Dix Incident
Mrs Hicks reports catching Mrs Dix in an office today. Hicks recalls Dix saying her husband rose early and built the fire.
Baptists Grow Rapidly in Hungary Since 1801
The record shows 999 Baptists were baptized in Hungary last year and the total Baptists in the country has more than doubled since 1801, indicating swift church growth over the period.
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Hungary
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