Sentimental Advice on Love and Marriage from a Victorian Letter
A rambling 19th century prose piece exhorts a bachelor to seek a wife, praising sentiment as the engine of religion, patriotism, and society. It lampoons absent minded bachelors, urges marrying soon, and ends with a maternal tone about courting, matrimony, and domestic happiness.
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Ures
Japssey L
Peng
Marelti
Greta
Anki
Golden
Wey
Twssum
Manny
Mira Dole
Porsion
Wehlor
Sindel
Dave
Earth
Csowdel
Heaven
Bob White
Longfellow
Rev. L. Tavion
President Deluged With Commissions for Philippine Army
Since the announcement that about 19,000 volunteers are to be mustered for service in the Philippines the president has been flooded with commission applications. Preference will go to volunteers with Spanish War performance, then capable regulars, with a careful process to avoid a scramble. Officers selected include 420 posts per regiment with no general officers planned.
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Washington
Philippines
Corbin
Cficern
Uris
War Department
Generis
Reinforcements for Otis and Manila Plans
Dispatch notes 3109 reinforcements dispatched to the Philippines this week aboard the transport ships Zuletin Sheridan Vilencia and Meretray. About 2000 recruits and 38 officers accompany the troops as the army readies to fill regiments in Manila and strengthen forces in the Philippines under Otis.
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Wiehington
Assurant Genera
San Francisco
Philippines
Zuletin
Sheridan
Vilencia
Meretray
iWehder
Social and religious notices mix in a wild page of 19th century items
The clipping lists varied topics from Protestant and Catholic populations in Hutch East Sweden to free meals for 11 000 public school children in Kuonbaly. It records the University of Oxford granting a DD, Bishop H Whipgle of Linneath, a new homeless reading room in Central Presbyterian Church, and the Salvation Army’s incorporation in New York with 145 000 valuation. It also notes spelling reforms urged by Chicago and a London rector Carlile performing an innovative service with limelight and a gowned choir of girls.
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Linton
Hutch East Swedlin
Kuonbaly
Strouchokin
Prunes
Chikdren
University of O Xland
Mpen
H. Whipgle
Linneath
Central Presbyterian
Ehwreh
Heouklyn
Heamen
Salvation Amy
New York City
New York
Salvation Army
America
Hoath
Andrews Bes
Chicago
Wilson Carlile
St. Mary At Hill
London
Binite
Orin
Diplomatic Suspicion Bubbles Over In Street Car Exchange
A verbose street car scene centers on a dignified man in a purple tie who questions a stranger about a famed figure. The dialogue reveals gossip about a supposed “King Oscar” as bystanders debate the accuracy of claims and possible favoritism within a Chicago era setting, hinting at intrigue around royal titles.
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Bean
Oscar
Osean
Kings
Tim
Sweden
Suhiis
Agalne
Teres
Khaw Oschy Ty Gombe
Chigaga Timex-Herald
Steamship Larder Described In Market at Sea
A market aboard a ship shows a six foot by twelve foot refrigerator, 2,000 pounds of butter, 20,000 eggs, 25 hundred quarts of milk and cream, salt meats totaling 2,000 pounds, 1,560 chins, and 1,000 oysters. It notes groceries, fruits, greens, and nonperishables kept aboard for passengers, with perishables stocked per voyage and leftovers eaten by the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Candee
Ladies’ Home Journal
GIPSYING COTTAGERS AND THE LURE OF OUTDOOR LIFE
Drifting from routine, New Englanders seek outdoor escapes from a neat, dutiful life. The essay extols camping and gipsying as healthy, freeing adventures, contrasting urban comforts with nature’s rewards. The piece notes comfort-bound dwellers miss genuine excitement, preferring newspapers to real risk.
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Westerday
New England
Renaine
Arden
Fortunate Isles
Rived Pactolis
Hren
Henry van Dyke
How Cubans Lie and the Infundibular Gland Mystery
The article comments on Cuban honesty, noting variability in truthfulness and self-mavoring boasts among Cubans, with some lying to suit personal ends while others exaggerate patriotic feats. It also mentions a brain gland called the infundibula and a joke about telegraphs, concluding with a brief remark on a classical music menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Atlantic
Peace In the Philippines and Odd Advertisements
A collage of fragmented notes mixes travel ads and wartime era references with scattered disease remedies and jokes. Mentions of Hostetter’s stomach bitters, Southern Railway folders, resort promotions, and assorted quips appear alongside disjointed social blurbs and product pitches. The piece reads like a page filler of miscellany and notices from a bygone issue.
What a Little Faith Did for Mrs Rockwell
Grateful Newark women report relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. A sick two year case, womb trouble and ulcers improved, with renewed strength and comfort following treatment and medical advice.
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Llettyr
MMS
Piwkman
Lydia E. Winkham
Thepton
Weel
Gaasp
Newark
Lydia KE
Pinkham
L.G
Abn ST
Newans, N. J
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Metis
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United
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Osiace
Tirinee Poross
Stampa
ADJT
GEX
Corbin T
Aninp
Otis
Manila
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Ien
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L—H. M. Vreeland
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Metropolitan
the Hague
Examining Committee On
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Wash
Parralon
George
Charter Verden
Dover
Del
State Department
King Onene
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N. Journal
Bern
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N. ¥. Journal
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Watts
Testa
Potto
Indianapolis Journal
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Sprogginia
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Southern Railway
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Tc. A. Henscoter
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Detroit Journal
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Neil
Piladelphia
Kasas City
Hiinoe
Brown
Tully
Patience
Yonhurs Statesman
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Patik
Demorat
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Jack
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Ares
Dimetel
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Firh
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Washington University
St. Louis
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Cheane Daily News
Atchison Globe
Cativonxia Fie Sixur Co
California Fig Syrup CO
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Alda
Tretmina
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Nashville
Galveston
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War College
Catalina
Netmenh
NEW Hampshire Military Academy
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