Over the Range. Parsons Faces Mortgage Despair and Flight
John Parsons leaves Phippsburg to reach his wife and sick child as a heavy mortgage threat bears down. The Recorder explains a missing index on the deed, Blake’s scheme, and a plot to desert the ranch for profit, while a storm mounts and Johnny’s fever worsens.
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John Parsons
Martha Parsons
Johnny
Lucy
Parsons
Slough
Erastus
John
Phippsburg
Witty Fragments From The Nation’s Letters Page
A collage of quips and jokes from Philadelphia Call Chicago Times Boston Transcript and other papers. Light humor on language misfires engineers pioneers and vaudeville style punchlines. Includes phonetic misreadings and playful exchanges with barons and pedestrians.
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Philadelphia
Chicago Times
Chicago Ledger
Jones
South Shore
Boston Transcript
Bland
Bar Harbor
Boniface
Boston Commercial
Pat
Chicago
New York
Coney Island
Zeeus Siftings
Foreclosure Notice Looms Over Debtor Blake in Local Case
Bystanders discuss a mortgage foreclosure as Parsons improvements raise value beyond the brother-in-law's interest. The recorder notes foreclosure set for the next term and notices already sent to the News. Rumors place Blake abroad, possibly in New York, dodging repayment and scheming in institutions.
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Recorder's
Parsons
Blake
Puterbaugh
Frisco
H'M
Ife
Tom Anderson
Ofice
New York
Irregular Eating at Restaurants Confers Dyspepsia
An eminent writer in the Chicago Herald attributes rising dyspepsia in cities to irregular eating at eateries. The piece links inconsistent meals and poor digestion to urban dining habits.
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Hygiene
Chicago Herald
Religious and Educational Notes from the Era
A collage of short items: a Bruce county clergyman’s Sunday sermon, remarks by Andrew D. White on university tenure, student origins at Yale and Harvard, global stats on deaf education, a Park River church fundraising plow bee, Yale College election results, concerns over church influence on public schooling, a gilded cross to St Peter’s Church St Louis, thoughts on Met Opera attendance at sermons, and a note on Japan’s Christian church growth.
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Park River
Dakota
Chicago Herald
Corporation
Yale College
William M. Evarts
Mason Young
William W. Farnam
Henry B. Harrison
S. C. Perkins
Journal of Education
Friends of the Common School
Chicago
Princess of Wales
St. Peter's Church
St. Louis
St. Peter’s Church
Alexandria
Metropolitan Opera-house
New York
Japan
Bees in Calcutta yield eighty pounds honey in season
The Englishman of Calcutta reports J. Douglas’s import of Italian bees thriving in India and producing eighty pounds of honey this season. The piece warns such summer-only schemes risk failure if no winter period exists, arguing bees would not stockpile for nonexistent winters.
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Calcutta
J. ©. Douglas
India
London Standard
Abnormal Animals In Australasian Mammals Studied
A Royal Society funded expedition by Mr. Calderell examines Ornithorhynchus and Echidna, noting their unique anatomy and cold blood. Findings include Echidna eggs carrying a single eye in a skin pouch while the duck mole deposits two eyes in a nest, with ongoing comparisons to bird and reptile eye development.
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Calderell
Royal Society
Australasia
Caldwell
Mr. Caldwell
A. Rei Lankester
Popular Science Monthly
Electrical Appliance Trial Offers for Nervous Debility
Tie Vortaire Bev Co of Marshall Michigan offers ELKotRo- Vor Tare Bewr and other electrical appliances on a 30 day trial for men with nervous debility vitality and allied troubles. Complete health restoration guaranteed with no risk as 0 day trial allowed. Also note: female dentists gaining ground in Germany and in this country.
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Tie Vortaire Bev Co
Marshall, Mich
Dem I season bonnets and fashion notes from Regent Street
A collage of midseason millinery trends describes imported bonnets and high hats from Regent Street, with dark velvet tulle combinations for autumn, gathered tulle wiring, velvet brims, and beaded feather details. It also notes a poppy poke novelty, black tulle bonnets with Chantilly lace, and red velvet accents on black straw hats.
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Regent Street
Larpers Bazar
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