Little Girl Who Died Without a Name
Poem reflects on a nameless infant burial beside a broken column. Lines mourn a child who died early, with a stone inscribed In dreams beyond all earthly sorrow our little girl who died without a name. The verse places the grave by willows and moss, honoring the lost child amid broader war imagery from a 1899 Boston Transcript item.
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Meee Hall
Scroll of Fame
Humber
Alonzo Leora Rice
Boston Transcript
Spectators Crowd Drills Amid Guarded Review at Camp Grounds
A morning review drew crowds from camps and town as the cavalry escorted the general commanding the department. Sentries failed to hold back the swelling crowd while a mounted officer aided a frightened horsewoman. Armstrong, leading a regiment of volunteers, greeted officers as the parade pressed past the reviewing point. A theft of stores and Red Cross dainties was noted among concerns discussed by generals.
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Presidio
Armstrong
Red Cross Society
Pysa
Minner
Canker
Gordon
Teenth Infantry
Morton
Miss Lawrence
Point Lobos Avenue
Mr. Prime
Miss Prime
Frank Garrison
Col
Paterfamilias
Mr. Ellis
McClellan
Frank
Mr. Gray
Armstongs Irreproachables and a Cavalry Evening
A tense scene unfolds as Armstrong faces a staffer’s accusation while a deserter’s escape captures attention at Point Lobos. Miss Lawrence and Mrs Garrison observe, and a social advance by Mrs Garrison threatens Armstrong’s standing during the Presidio review.
Mother of Robert Louis Stevenson Attends Memorial
A memorial meeting in Edinburgh honored Robert Louis Stevenson. His mother, Mrs. Stevenson, sought a seat in Music Hall with a reserved ticket, insisting on entry as the author’s mother. A policeman cleared a path as the crowd pressed to the platform and Lord Rosebery acknowledged her presence.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Edinburgh
Stevenson
Music Hall
Mrs. Stevenson
Robert Laws
Lord Rosebery
Irish Superstitions and the Neague Stone Legend
A tale from Inishkea recounts a pagan Neague stone used to control weather, broken by a parish priest after tourists publicized it. The islanders cursed the man of science who publicized the rite, leading to his fatal beating, and similar curses are linked to Tory and the Wasp gunboat incident. Blackwood's Magazine notes the grim chain of retribution.
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Qa Inishkea
Neague
Inishkea
Tory
Wasp
County Cess
Blackwood’s Magazine
Vain Regrets Tell of a Man’s Smoking Cost
A note from Reginald O Rafferty laments the money spent on cigarettes. He fears the habit will prevent him from saving enough to marry, recounting regret and a life constrained by cravings.
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Reginald O’rafferty
Angelina
N. Y
Not Worrying. Mamma Don’t Eat Any More Candy, Johnny
In a Brooklyn Life cartoon dialogue a mother warns her son about candy and appetite as dinner looms. The boy retorts he knows his appetite and implies ongoing mischief. The exchange captures humorous family tension in a city paper.
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Mamma
Johnny
Brooklyn
A New Definition, Freddie-Whats a slaughing-stock dad
Cobwigger explains the necktie as a wife bought symbol in a Town Topica dialogue.
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Freddie
The Sunday School Chronology Of Jesus Life Lessons
A compact outline lists key events in Jesus life from birth through early ministry and notable teachings. It tracks dates and places such as Nazareth Bethlehem Judea Galilee Jerusalem Jacob’s well and Capernaum with scripture references for each milestone and lesson numbers outlining Christ’s childhood baptism temptations and early discipleship.
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H. C. Lenington
B. C
Mary
Nazareth
B.C
John the Baptist
Judea
Jesus
Bethlehem
Joseph
Egypt
Jerusalem
River Jordan
Caahiart
Bethabara
Cana
Galilee
Nicodemus
Samaria
Jacob's Well
Sychar
Capernaum
Bethesda
Macherus
A. D
Capernauum
Matthew
Hattin
Christ
Temple
John
Huberty
Earth
Quotes on patience and duty from historic preachers
A collection of short maxims urging patience in divine timing and prompt action for tasks delayed by doubt. Alfred Edersheim notes God’s reign allows waiting while Phillips Brooks presses immediate resolve. A pearl hunter analogy reflects suffering as ballast, not doom.
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Alfred Edersheim
Phillips Brooks
Rehter
Sleepy toddler recalls dad singing lullaby
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt describes a mother returning home to her three year old who asks how she slept. The child says her papa tried to sing like he does, but the words and tune were faint and she fell asleep quickly.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
The Overland Limited and Pacific resa Depart Chicago
Via Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line The Overland Limited leaves Chicago daily at 6 30 PM for San Francisco arriving the afternoon of the third day and Los Angeles next morning No change of cars meals in dining cars buffet smoking and library cars barber The Pacific resa leaves Chicago daily 10 30 PM with first class and through tourist sleepers to California Personal conductors excursions every Thursday Tickets via Chicago North Western Bay For pamphlet contact W B Kniskern 22 Fifth Ave Chicago IL.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
North Western Line
Francisco
Los Angeles
The
Pacific Resa
California
Chicago & North-Western
Ba Y
W. B. Kniskern
Pieces of The Times: small gibes and cures in one line
A collage of joke lines and ad captions from 19th century papers. Notable quips include editors and preachers swapped roles provoking pumpkin protests, a dime museum line about a mathematical prodigy, and cures advertised for coughs and colds.
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Dime Museum
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Backed by 30 Years of Use
The ad claims back pain relief and overall health benefits for women from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It touts thirty years of use, letters of gratitude, and free counsel from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Philippines
F. Tennyson Neely
Col. Armstrong
Ellis
Willy Nilly
Stanley Armstrong
Hood
America
Kansas
Baltimore American
M. P. Dieter
Thrnop Ave
Rooklyn, N
Hale
Pike
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Atchison Lobe
VW Women
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Dr. Bull
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