End of the Road at the End of the Road
In a rural kitchen Lou Harlow invites Mrs Green to a tin wedding surprise for Will and Sarell. Rastus plans a courtship with Betts Holland as neighbors gather for a moonlit party. Mrs Green plots future tea invites and contemplates life at the end of the road with youthful romance budding in the quiet community.
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Lou Harrow
Mrs. Green
Mrss Green
Sareil
Shell
Eastes
Green
Lou
Lou Harlow
Will
Rastus
Betsey
Neill
Blake
Harriet
Rastes
Harlow
Louisgisgiius
Gitterion
Voices by nationality and region reveal distinct tones
A Gentleman's Magazine excerpt notes wide voice variation by nationality. It cites Russians with narrow ranges, Italians for tenors, Asiatic nations for high shrill notes, and a Hottentot choir where all men are tenors, with Chinese voices deemed weak.
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Russia
Engel
Lichtenstein
South Africa
48 Burns relic auction item unearthed in room
An auction room reveals a glass tumbler tied to Robert Burns. It rests in an oak case with velvet lining and a Brahmin key. Inscription notes ownership by Burns and transfer through Jean Armour, James Robinson, and Maj. James Glencairn Burns in 1840. The box includes London Bridge timber and Royal George Scotsman relic scraps.
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Robert Burns
James Robinson
James Glencairm Burns
Janes Robinson
Jean Armour
Sunderland
London Bridge
Moses Was a Gentleman in Sunday School Tale
The Christian Register notes a child’s reply to describe Moses as a gentleman. An inspector questions the reasoning, and the student recalls Moses guiding the daughters at the well by telling shepherds, ladies first, please.
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Moses
Christian Register
Jethro
Shopping for Prospective Wives in Mexico
The article describes a Mexican custom where engaged men travel to Mexico City from interior towns to buy finery for their future wives before the wedding. It notes the practice as a natural, matter-of-fact step in uniting couples through preparation.
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Mexico
City of
First American Geography by Jedediah Moss 1789
The first geography printed in the United States was prepared by Jedediah Moss and issued in 1789 for school use. Its maps were crude and poorly outlined, with only about twenty-five to thirty copies surviving today.
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Jedediah Moss
Earth’s land surface largely uncultivated due to terrain
Three fourths of the Earth's land surface cannot be cultivated because of mountain ranges swamps and barren ground and other rough features.
Prince Henry of Prussia Visits Lookout Mountain Jubilee Tour Ends in Indiana
Royal guest Prince Henry of Prussia travels from Chattanooga to Nashville Louisville and Indianapolis aboard a special train. Crowds greet him with enthusiasm at each stop including a 10 000 strong gathering in Nashville. He tours Lookout Mountain via inclined railway and admires the battlefield panorama before continuing his voyage north and west.
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Prince Henry of
Prussia
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Alabama
Tennessee
Nashiville
Kentucky
Louisville
Bowling Gen
Indiana
Indianapolis
St. Louis
South
Nashville
Union Station
Newell Sanders
Hl. Clay Evans
H. V. Bosnton
Prince
Columbia
Boyshton
Evans
Boynton
Sherman
Chickamauga National Park
Courteous conductor rewarded with $1600 legacy
Llewellyn Mason of Chicago, one of the Alton railroad's oldest conductors, is bequeathed $1000 in the will of W. A. Tyler of Binghamton, praising his courteous treatment while the tester traveled on the Chicago and Alton road. Mason, 565 years old in the tale, began as a brakeman in 1869 and hails from a railroad family. The Alton plans to use the gift as proof of courtesy on its lines.
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Llewellyn Mason
Chicago
W. A. Tyler
Binghamton
N. Y
Chicago and Alton Road
Alton
Mr. Mason
Illinois Central
Mr. Tyler
Tyler
Mason
Alton Road
Winter Wheat Improve in Northern States Crop Report
Government crop report notes northern winter wheat belt benefited from snow, showing improved conditions across Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri and Nebraska Kansas. Southern areas and Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas forecast less favorable with ice and cold spell impact.
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The
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Indiana
Imoi
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Ohio Valley
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri -Ti
Michigan
Wheat
Royal visit and political fight stain Tennessee Valley War
Henry studies the senate struggle with keen interest as the prince surveys the Tennessee valley battlefield from Rock Point. The royal party proceeds by train through St Louis and Chicago, where grand entertainments, a ball at the Auditorium, and public receptions leave a lasting impression.
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Proce Henry
Rock Point
Tennessee
Europe
Nashville
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Wella
Francis
E. C. Qirloff
Springfield
William G. Wach
Chicago
Milwaukee
Auditorium
Washington State Senators and Congressmen in Brief Highlights
Senator Mason of Illinois can write shorthand unlike any other in the Senate. Representative Eddy of Minnesota invites President Roosevelt on a moose hunt. Julius Kahn, once an actor with Booth and Salvini, reflects on a past stage career. James P. McCreary, chosen by Kentucky Democrats as U S Senator, served since 1892 in a presidential appointment as a monetary conference commissioner. Don Luis Corea, Nicaragua’s minister plenipotentiary, is the youngest Washington diplomat. James C Needham, born in Carson City during a wagon journey, serves in the House. Eddy laments that very few Congress members would earn the same salary from a private firm.
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Washington
Mason
Illinois
Senate
Eddy
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Julius Kahn
Elanse of Representatives
Edwin Booth
Joseph Jefferson
Salvini
W. J. Florence
James P. McCreary
United States
Kentucky
Democrats
Don Luis F. Corea
Nicaragua
Isthmian Canal
James C. Needham
House of Representatives
Carson City
Nev
Plains
California
Frank M. Eddy
Sam
Tribute in Honor of President McKinley Service
Washington observed a formal tribute to William McKinley with John Hay delivering the eulogy. President Roosevelt, Prince Henry of Prussia, cabinet members, justices, military leaders, diplomats, and many dignitaries attended in the Hall of Representatives. The ceremony recalled Lincoln and Garfield tributes, stressing the nation’s resolve against anarchy and the martyred leader’s American character.
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Washington
William McKinley
John Hay
McKinley
Roosevelt
Prince Henry
Prussia
Supreme Court
Navy
Congress
George Bancroft
Lincoln
Blaine
Garfield
Pennsylvania Avenue
Buffalo
Capitol
Hay
Friend
Opera House Blaze in Carl Junction Kills Miner
Fire at the opera house block in Carl Junction Missouri caused $40000 in losses. Miner Mark Enos was fatally injured when walls collapsed.
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Carl Junction
Mark Enos
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Rastas
Marryie
Abs. Green
Nellis
Betts Holland
Eustus
Henry
Kaiser
St Louis
Leywellyn Krason
DR Jian
South Carolina
McLaurin
Tillman
HOUSE
M’kinley
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