Rose on the Wall and a Countess’s Quest
Adele de Tremoille pleads with Citizen Barras to spare Marquis de Vremoille, claiming her father’s loyalty and innocence. A rose given to a ragged boy on a wall triggers past memories and the hope of acquittal as Adele confronts the revolutionary tribunal with a letter detailing her father’s virtue and sacrifice.
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Adele de ‘Tremoille
Mme. Guardin
Mile
de Tremoille
Mme. Goardin
Mme
Guardia
Scontess
Amg
de Longueville
Mme. de Grancour
Adele
Mme. Guardia
Marquis
Jean Barrus
Guardin
Trix Bunal
Barras
France
Citizen Barras
de Tree Moille
Monsieur
Turras
Nee
Marquis de Vremoille
Bareras
Thirras
Tarras
Karras
Mademoiselle
Republic
N Y. Ledger
Was Only a Rose by William Sage
In a city garden tale a countess in a lush setting befriends a poor street boy. A dragon, a carriage, and a towered wall frame their meeting as she saves a doll and dog, inviting wonder and companionship beyond her secluded life in the grand home.
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Dennanty
Agai
Riveg
Sadi
Milo
de Tremoille
Ragamuttin
Autemoiselle
Cansille
Suifred
Prat Vt
William Sage
Aragon
Carden
Tou-Tou
Fanelette
Astory
Old
Hullevard
Avery
Mirrly
Nease
Corinthes
TowTou
Fanchettes
Fanchette
Tomi-Tou
Tow-Tou
Panchette
Mother Teaches Self Control With Quiet Con science
A New York bride began keeping accounts after marriage detailing small daily expenses. The tale contrasts child mischief and parental restraint as a mother quietly exposes wrong without severity. It highlights steady guidance shaping behavior amid household insight and practical finance notes.
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New York
Markie
Advice for Klondike Miners on Provisions and Brands
An Alaska Mining Journal excerpt advises prospectors to prioritize sturdy, concentrated supplies for Klondike journeys. It favors Royal Baking Powder as reliable for bread and urges selecting sweet, well cured bacon. It promotes a small, durable recipe book from the Royal Baking Powder Co. offering practical cookery guidance and free copies to miners.
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Luna
Klondike
Alaska
Yukon
Dominion
Royal Baking Powler
Noy Masferunly S
Alaske Mining Journal
Royal Making Powder Company
New York
The
Royal Baking Wowder Co
Pretty incident on Cuban voyage stirs soldiers and crowd
A traveling observer describes a touching scene as a well dressed portly lady kissed a desolate young soldier heading to Cuba. She sent him comfort from the pier, revealing her son already serving in the Andalu sia regiment. The moment drew joyous cheers from soldiers and bystanders.
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Spain
Cuba
Havana
Andaluesia
Pepe Q
Tie Chee
Blackwood
Salvation Army origins seen in early 18th century in New York text
The article traces the Salvation Army to a black preacher in 1756 New York who used warlike scriptural lyrics and uniformed performance. It compares his methods to modern Salvation Army tactics, noting the resemblance to today’s campaigns against vice. The piece also includes unrelated foreign news and social notes.
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Salvathin Army
Ad Jobe Street
God Agatnst
Devil
Gen
Mooth
Lady
Moale
New York Gazetter
Lavelye
Methodist Church
Linck
Didion Street
Ehtereh
Salvation Army
Roath
Lady Booth
Irooklyn Citheen
Fire Grenade Incident Shocks Chicago Hotel Scene
A chaotic event unfolds as a fire grenade is used inside a Chicago hotel room sending patrons scrambling. The story centers on the hotel proprietor and a frightened fire agent who tries to reason with the owner while flames rise and gas fumes fill the air. Police are called as the situation escalates and guests fear for their safety.
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Promerietor
Warner
Chicago Times
Urrakt
Overworked Indiana professor recovers with Willams Pick Pills
Ernest Kemper, an exhausted Indiana professor, fell ill from overwork and repeated illness. After failed treatments in Colorado and Chicago, a Chicago physician recommended Williams Pick Pills. Kemper credits the remedy with restoring strength, improving health, and enabling him to resume teaching. He weighs nine pounds more and attests to full recovery.
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Perceton
Ind
Ernest Kemper
Arty
Lin Tutte
Mr. Wean
Catarth
Colorado
Cleve Ghland
Chicago
Ree
Willams
Kemper
Ken
Not the Way Husband with Whete A Woman of Fashion
A fragment from a society column shows a fashionable woman in a dahliacolored dress strolling Fifth Avenue with an amused man. Passersby remark on the couple while a friend notes the other woman, Mrs Morris Mankly, is seen as rich. The gossip blends social scandal with dismissive commentary.
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Fifth Avenue
Manma
Mamma
Hv Tnashc
Newport
Morris Mankly
Blankly
N. Y
Deas Mus
Pryxuan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Quack Remedies and Festive Omnibus Notices
A cluttered page offers mixed ads and snippets from late 19th century, touting patent medicines, seed catalogs, hypnotism, and humor. It cites Hall’s Catareh Cure, Salzer seeds, and Kline nerve restorers, alongside humorous exchanges and political chatter about McKinley and free silver.
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McKinley
America
Salzer
Sulzer
Dulin A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
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Long Sea
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Vin
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Lick Creek
Twill
Atlanta Journal
Heminder
Ainslee
Dudge
London
N. ¥. Journal
Wall Street
Inter Ocean
Andaman
Booth
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Persia
Naered-Din
Mozattered-Din
Shiraz
Teheran
Tspahin
Willis
Curzon
Tutell
Muzaffer-ed-Din
Kassia
London Standard
Min
Eugenie
N. Y. Ledger
New Zealand
Sydney Bulletin
Oras
Madley
Philadelphia
Wwe
Tu Qi
Detroit Free Press
Washington Democrat
Kansas Crry
Mareh
ST. Louis
Jet Aver
Howard
Hall
Hare
Tom
A & Truax
Rinnan
Marvin
Tuleda
Ohio
Meavy
Mongo
Heavy
Trmensely
N.Y. Weekly
Paris
Otter
Bret Day
Dr. Kline
Archet
His
Chicago Record
Ethel
Perry von
Elsie Hom
Puck
Murat Ministead
Bible House
Dearborne
Wanda Ae Ly
Weil
Todianapolis Journal
John A. Salter Seed Company
Wie
Amiel’s Journal
Medical Co
Semaidl Fein
Paxton
River St
Troy, N.Y
Regina
Hale
Goethe
Isa
Mary ‘Thomson
Ave
Allegheny
Chicago Daily News
S. Sherman
Vernon
Henry Ward Beecher
Chicago Daily
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Vegeta
Nan
LEE Brothers
Sempnis
Tene
Toa
POE
Amenken
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