The Photographer Who Won His Future
Chauncey Alport, once a factory clerk, falls into love with Violet Gilder and endures poverty. A vacation rekindles his spirit, a lucky Niagara Falls photograph makes him wealthy, and he rises to own a home with a grand window transparency of the falls cheringly dusted by Violet.
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Hauncey Alport
Hitchy
Alport
Orn
Violet Gilderoe
iPlig& Ethan
Violet
Chauncey Alport
Fellows
Neas
Alpert
Central New York
Niagara Falls
Violet Gildersleeve
Corot
Niagara
Violet Alpert
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Gold Fever in Victoria Described as Delirious Pandemonium
A Pall Mall Magazine excerpt recalls the Australian gold rush era in Victoria. Wealth arrived quickly with pockets of fortune at Golden Point and spectacular bets and excess marked the fever. Melbourne is described as fevered and drunken, while many diggers squandered riches in reckless displays and bizarre games.
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Solomon
Golden Point
Klondike
Melbourne
Caligula
Victoria
Pall Mall Magazine
Provident Bride and Charitable Giver Pair Up in Philadelphia
A young lawyer with an office in the Girard Building plans marriage to his fiancée in German Town. She scolds his expense and advocates economy. He funds their future with a dollar per visit and later returns from stock losses with 256 silver dollars in a satchel.
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Girard
Germantown
Philadelphia
Icecutting steel rams open Arctic routes in Russian waters
Russian harbors and rivers test steel ram boats that plow through thick ice in 72 degree frost. Vladivostok stays open in winter since 1893, Hango remains year round, and Sara toff links Arctic routes via the Volga. Admiral Makorov calls for stronger vessels to reach north pole routes as polar ice challenges grow.
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Vladivostok
Hango
Volga
Saratoff
St. Petersburg
Archangel
Yenisei
Admiral Makarof
Russian Geographical Society
Nansen
North Pole
Chambers’ Journal
Qualified for the Work Weather Man Remarked On Suitability
A conversation praises a man as an ideal weather presenter due to his even temper and calm smile under pressure. The exchange ends with a quip about marriage ages and a note that people are often disappointed by circuses.
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Scott
United States
Dog Watch on Wood Island Light Keeps Bell Ringing
Sailor the collie at Wood Island Light in Maine acts as a canine watchman for passing ships. Keeper Thomas Orcutt's dog learned to ring the fog bell, signaling vessels and saluting them with a dog watch gesture familiar to sailors. The 60 pound collie remains vigorous, photographed by Joseph W. Smith Jr. and featured in a London magazine.
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Wood Island
Biddeford Pool
Thomas H. Orcutt
Rocky Wood Island
Sailor
Woodbury Brothers
Westbrook
Salflor
Joseph W. Smith, Jr
Andover
Mass
London
A Tame Wildcat From the Kansas City Journal
A Chicago gentleman owns a tame wildcat captured near Sturgeon Lake Minnesota. Trapper James Wilson raised the animal for thirteen months feeding it beef milk and bread. In Chicago it roams an office performing leaps and gazing from the window in a docile playful mood.
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Kansas City Journal
Chicago
James Wilson
Minnesota Woods
Sturgeon Lake
Publication Debate Sparks With Publisher and Reader
In a publisher’s office a debate unfolds over publishing a novel. The head questions the venture while a reader argues it could be profitable, noting it is written by a girl and deals with topics she might know little about.
Gambetta's Superstition and a Prideful Bride
Gambetta trusted a famed card reader to pick lucky hours for every major move. A hopeful girl who lands a promising suitor walks tall, as proud as a peacock.
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Gambetta
No such lesson for boys. mothers shape manliness
Dorothy Dix argues mothers curb boys by denying them household chores and promoting aggressive masculine bravado. She asserts girls may choose any field, while boys should be raised to aid their mothers and learn responsibility, resisting societal pressures to be "Miss Nancies."
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Dorothy Dix
New Orleans Picayune
Countess of Stratford Lifts London Society Into Flutter
The Countess of Stratford, widow of Earl Stratford slain on a railroad last year, is slated for a Queen Victoria appointment fueling high society chatter. She was formerly known in New York as widow of Samuel C. Colgate, a prominent manufacturer, and her rise stirs英国 circles.
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Countess of Stratford
Earl Stratford
New York
Samuel C. Colgate
Queen Victoria
Popular Tea-Cosy Embroidery Guide with Detachable Sides
An article promotes a washable tea cosy with embroidered linen sides that detach for laundry. It notes the pot should be clean before use and provides silk shade numbers for crafting the daffodil design. Brainerd Armstrong Corticelli silks are listed for flowers and foliage.
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Brainerd
Armstrong
Chic Girl and the Art of Personal Chic
A social observer argues that many women can become chic if they avoid ugliness and excess weight, emphasizing carriage and clothing. She notes taller posture can enhance appearance, cites differences between dowdy and well put together looks, and urges all women to study personal presentation to look newer rather than older.
Polite American Loses Seat in Hamburg Street Car
A foreign-correspondent recounts an American who refused to give up his seat in a Hamburg street car. He occupied the last vacant seat, a passenger left, two women boarded, and one woman sat elsewhere. The conductor informed him the car was crowded and he must alight. He complied.
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Hamburg
Various Society Notes From Time of Royalty and Notables
Mrs. George A Pillsbury donates 5000 to Calvary Baptist Church Minneapolis. Miss Hell Caine plays Polly Love in a London production. Future Empress of Japan bride dowry exceeds 500000. Mrs Jefferson Davis a Greek scholar fond of Homer. Lady Saliabury famed conversationalist of her era. Duchess of Sutherland attends socialist meetings with Miss Margaret Macmillan. Queen Margherita of Italy loves mountaineering and often wears tweed on outings.
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George A. Pillsbury
Calvary Baptist Church
Minneapolis
Duchess of Sutherland
Margaret Macmillan
Margherita
Italy
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Chicago Tribune
Mallins
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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