A Reunion of Two Struggling Friends in November
In a poor town a 26 year old and a younger man named Charlie Os borne and Eustace Margraf plan separate three year ventures after a mill lockout. They part at Charing Cross with intention to reunite, while Margraf schemes a bold, dangerous bullion robbery by train.
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Charlie Osborne
Eustace Margraf
Fortune
Osborne
Margraf
London
Charlie
Margrat
Daily Telegraph
Eustace
Charing Cross Station
Charing Cross
Eustace Margraf, Esq
Anglican Deben
Ile
E. M
C. C
Continental Mail
Bank of France
Paris
Dover
Calais
Continental
Jimmy
Gardener's Chronicle
Grasse
France
Turkey
Alps
Columbus in Spain Reflects on Columbus Discovery
In Palos, a sailor dismisses Columbus as a bold navigator saying currents near the port would steer a chip toward Cuba, illustrating local disbelief that Columbus could reach distant shores. The anecdote is framed as an example of the proverb about a prophet lacking honor in his own country.
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Columbus
Spain
America
Palos
Cuba
New York
Ife
Dormitory Tracts Funded at Princeton College
Azica and a Princeton donor have endowed religious tracts for students in college dormitories. The janitor delivers several tracts with each coal scuttle each morning and the tracts are to remain a permanent feature with an endowment funding them for students in these buildings indefinitely.
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Azica
Princeton
College
Sue Was a Man's NAME in John Strange Winter's Story
Grace Wassell in Ladies Home Journal reveals writer Mrs Stannard used male pen name John Strange Winter to publish Cavalry Wife and earlier works. She produced forty two novelettes as Violet Whyte before adopting the masculine alias, famed for Army life tales like Garrison Gossip and Army Society. Her father was Royal Artillery and later a churchman, linking her life to barrack town roots.
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Sue
John Strange Winter
Mrs. Stannard
Royal Artillery
A Sweet Voice and the Value of Kind Speech
A short moral piece discusses how a gentle voice reflects a kind heart and the danger of sharp tones. It urges youths to cultivate a courteous home voice, warning that a harsh tone harms family joy and lingers through life like gall.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity and Vitality
An advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood after breakfast to purify, vitalize and enrich the body. It urges continued use after every meal for a month or two and touts thousands of cures as proof.
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Providence
General Assembly
Board of Aldermen
Board of Health
Court of Common Pleas
Common Pleas Division
Supreme Court
Common
P Pleas Division
Hood
Tournament of Roses pageant with races and floral pageantry
A colorful description of the Tournament of Roses in Southern California. It covers pony carriage parades, floral decorations, prize races for burros to horses, and a dog and horse race featuring Mouse, Junior, and Daisy. The piece notes the New Year parade, the Italian and Spanish sport of rings, and a later tech note about a phonographic watch, plus a short aside on psychological idiosyncrasies.
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California
Mouse
Pasadena
Daisy
Junior
Old Mouse
St. Nicholas
A Lie Gets Over the Ground Rapidly
A New York World quote notes a lie gains speed quickly and only slows when someone oils its bearings to give it a new start.
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New York World
Town Sways Under Vanity's Shadow as Local News Notes
A Galveston News item observes how one vain individual can spread vanity through a community, affecting public mood and social norms. The piece treats vanity as a contagious local phenomenon and comments on collective behavior.
Conquests of Heart and Mind Across Genders
A remark on romance arguing that winning a partner’s heart first leads to influence over their mind, whether aiming to conquer a man or a woman. The saying contrasts emotional and intellectual influence in relationships.
Dream Balm Brings Sudden Relief for Chronic Catarrh
Geo Terry of Little Falls New York reports twenty years of catarrh vanished after using Ely s Dream Balm. He says the first application reduced inflammation and the next morning his head felt clear as a bell, urging others to try it for a permanent cure.
Prevalence of Blindness in European Russia
A St. Louis Republic article cites 1886 European census data showing 189,872 blind in Europe’s Caucasus Poland and European Russia, with Russia far above other regions. It notes higher female blindness in the Caucasus and a region near the Asiatic frontier where alkali dust worsens eye disease.
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Germany
France
Spain
Holland
Belgium
Great Britain
Americas
Caucasus
Poland
Russia
Europe
St. Louis Republic
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Rhode Island
Westminster Street
Capital
Rowland Hazard, Belawnedl DD
Pearce, Nuratio N. Campbell
Walner Dniaht
Amos C. Barstow
Christopher Lippitt
Royal C. Tart
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J. Goddard
Ger. W. R. Matteson
Ramuel
Sprague
Wiliam DD
Ely
Rovbertt
Gammell
Payne Ae Reany
William Hinney
Eugene W. Mason
William B. Weden
Gorge Gordon King
WRU
Tralne
John W. Danieleon
Herbert J. Wells
Tom C.pegram
Temmn Rine
Herbert J Wells
Samuel R. Dorrance
Edward S. Clark
Troang
Trusia
Giardian
James M Kimball
George L. Littlefield
Pawtucket
Joshua Wilbour
Albert L. Calder
Stenns Hutchings
Hezekiah Conabd
George ‘Tl. Kli8e
Sawlip
Colt
Bristol
Horace’ M. Barns
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Peck
Providnce
Mnos Lapham
Warwick
Newton D. Arnold
Tiksra K. Barker
City Savings Bank
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Palmer
Bidente
Henry C. A
Dutee Wilcox
J.W. Crocker
Jeffrey Davis
Geo. BR. Boy George
Joseph A.starkweather
John A. Cady
Nightingal
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Ranston
Sheldon & Binney
Westminster St
B.I
Carter’ H. Sheldon
W. Binney
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W. Easterbrooks
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Trembie
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London Strand
Hoon
Royal Baking Powder
Geneva
Switzerland
Casimo Livau
Mrs Oliphant
Galveston News
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