Jealousy and a Wife Reclaims Honor in Married Flirt Fight
Nellie Palmer, unhappy and neglected by a flirtatious husband, rediscovers her voice after a party scene with Isabel Baden and Captain Lovell. Bob Palmer accuses her of wallflower behavior, but she asserts her dignity and reveals an engagement to another man. He confronts his own flirting and vows never to flirt again.
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Nellie Palmer
Bobb Palmer
Middleton
Mimcry
Ellie
Robert Palmer
Nellie
Mr. Palmer
Bob Palmer
Canary
Madame Viglini
Bob
Ellen
Macklin’s
Isabel Baden
Isabel
Miss Baden
Mrs. Palmer
Brown
Kate Marshall
Tom Harrison
Nell
Lovell
Capt. Lovell
Rene
Lowell Nelliet
Laura
Archi
Dangers Hidden in Wrappings of Daily Provisions
The article warns that common food wrappers for butter bacon cheese and picnic supplies may transfer ink or paper contaminants to the food. It notes concerns about printed and written paper leaving residues on cheese or butter and even sweating through manuscript sheets, urging dealers to use clean unused paper to avoid health risks.
One-Horse Comets Burdens of Modern Sight
A Burdette piece laments modern indifference to celestial shows. It recalls past summers when comets visited yearly, with dramatic tails, and contrasts them with today’s rare, faint sightings visible only from distant Central Asia under ideal skies. The narrator mocks pervasive excitement for trivial spectacles.
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Avichimbogu
Alabasta
Central Asia
Job
Asia
Burdette
Twain’s Paris Visit Overlooked By Mumps War Rumor
Unclear OCR notes suggest Mark Twain avoided mumps in Paris while six foreigners carried concerns about a mumps wartime exchange. details are garbled and provisional.
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Mark Twain
Paris
Home Doctor on Burns and Wounds Care
Readable medical guidance outlines burn types and treatments from cold water to gum arabic and collodion remedies. It warns against external “draw out the fire” liniments and emphasizes internal vitality and proper dressings for cuts and sores. It notes cautions on severe burns with shock and the roles of hot baths and protective coverings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby
A Miser's End in Hadlyme Death Dredges Hidden Wealth
Marvin Banning of Hadlyme died at 74 after years of extreme thrift and self denial. He amassed a large fortune before 50 and said he never married. At his death bags of silver and gold worth about 3000 dollars were found in a barrel and a box of bonds in the cellar. Banning was a shareholder in the Saybrook National Wright of Deep River, now in needy circumstances.
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Marvin Banning
Hadlyme
United States
Banning
Saybrook National Wright
Deep River
New, Haven Ct
Palladium
Emira Gaselle
Little Bilty
Paris
New Haven E River
Stubenville
Mr Phelps
Worthington
Minn
Poe
Phelps
Rapphais
Turner’s Falls
Long-Disused Cornish Mines and Global Odds and Ends
The passage surveys ancient Cornish mines now exhausted, notes varying fortunes for Legion of Honor officers, and reports on census forecasts, land gains in California and Paris book sales. It mentions tobacco reform in Oneida, camera use in document examination, and notable auction results for Mary Queen of Scots manuscripts and a royal missal.
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Manziang
Beauknot
Legion of Honor
Holland
Lonon
Washington
Bank of France
Paris
Louvre
Threatened Extermination of the Wild Pigeon
Sportsmen urge action to halt wholesale slaughter of pigeons. The piece notes netting and trapping at nests in Michigan and elsewhere, proposes a three year prohibition on killing pigeons, and suggests the marsh blackbird as a substitute. It cites 14,000 caged pigeons for slaughter at Peoria during the Illinois State Sportsman's Association annual shoot.
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Sporting
Michigan
Calumet
Kankakee
Illinois
Peoria
Illinois State Sportsman’s Association
Chicago Journal
Luck and Labor Proverb Launches Work Ethic Motto
Mr. Cobden’s proverbs on Luck and Labor urge boys to memorize the contrast. The saying declares luck lies in bed while labor rises early to lay foundations of competence and independence, with labor winning through will, effort, and character.
Deepest Mines Chart Reveals Depths in Europe
The Adalbert lead and silver mine in Austria now ranks deepest at 8 280 feet. Next is Viviers coal mine in Belgium reaching 2 847 feet. A shaft at 3 386 feet yielded no coal and halted work at the former site.
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Adalbert
Austria
Viviers
Belgium
Vast canal and flood plans reshape El Juf basin
The piece outlines two proposals to transform the El Juf inland sea area. One tests cutting a canal from Cabes to the Atlantic. the other envisions reopening Boca Grande to flood El Juf and link to Timbuctoo. Proponents cite easier soil, vast trade gains, and potential to curb the slave trade.
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Harper's Woskly
Baie A
Eriget Hara
el Juf
M. Ferdinand de Leasepe
Cabes
Sron
Suez Canal
Atlantic
Boca Grande
Great Mouth
Azawad
Walata
Timbuctoo
Atlantic Ocean
Diodorus Siculus
Hesperides
Sahara
Soudan
Morocco
Algeria
Tunis
Tripoli
Rts
Sondon
Cape Juby
Niger
Mackenzie
Port St Bartholomew
Madeira
Canary
Western Sahara
Central Africa
Europe
Africa
Grammatical error prompts reader’s surprising reply
A Colorado grandmother and her granddaughter share a moment over a passage from the Good Book. The granddaughter halts and calls attention to a grammatical error, prompting the grandmother to tell her to proceed and ignore the flaw.
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Colorado
Israel
Harper’s Magazine
Decline of Toe Quakers linked to secularization
A historical note states the Toe Quakers or Friends have been slowly diminishing over the past twenty years due to secularization among younger members born into the society.
Let the lives we live be worth living and well spent
An reflective verse urges living fully and wisely, praising purposeful days and saving for generosity. It contemplates mortality, the value of life, and the idea that memories endure after death in friends’ hearts. The piece muses on balance between enjoyment and responsibility.
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Ireland
California
Senickley
Grn. WaLxes
Suna
Racy clippings and light verse mix in weekly notes
A collage of humorous asides and short quips from various sources includes cheeky exchanges about whiskey slang in West Virginia, a tomato race joke, a music piece titled My Soul's at the Gate, and playful poems. Observations range from everyday mishaps to courtroom gibes and schoolyard reflections, all in breezy, gossiplike prose.
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West Virginia
Bit of Moss and Meaning in Nature’s Eye
A reflective vignette on how small bits of moss reveal vast truths to observers from Linnaeus to Mungo Park. The text contrasts scientific impartiality with wonder, citing moss as a messenger of divine care and Wordsworth’s simple flowers that stir deep thoughts.
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Sweden
Linneus
Mungo Park
Wordsworth
Troy City Leads U S Shirt Industry Dominance
The piece highlights Troy New York as a major shirt making center with forty firms employing many workers and dominating cuff and collar production across the country. It notes substantial output and pays, underscoring the city's linen and apparel manufacturing prowess.
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United States
Troy
N. Y
Ataine En Colass Ve. BF
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