Wauwinet Mistress in Peril on Nantucket Beach
Miss Leila Hamilton a Boston bank stenographer at Harrison Bros. visits Wauwinet on Nantucket where she encounters an ocean breach and drifts toward the open sea during a storm. Charlie Harris and a group of bachelors attempt rescue as onlookers rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leila Hamilton
Harrison Bros
State Street
Boston
Miss Hamilton
Susan B. Anthony
Mary Walker
Wauwinet
Nantucket
Waywind
Hamilton
New York City
Sconset
Charlie
Billy Hills
Jove
Davy Holmes
New York
Davy
Charlie Harris
Ocean
Harris
Parris
Miss Hamilton Chooses Love Over Woman Suffrage Campaign
In a Boston Globe excerpt, Miss Leila Hamilton's shift from suffrage activism to personal romance unfolds. A rescue scene, awkward misunderstandings, and a planned visit to Sankaty Light lead to her resignation from the State Street office as a fiancé is revealed by an engagement ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Is teCiggs
Miss Hamilton O&me
Charlie
Hamilton S
Serses
Miss Hamilton
Charlie Harris
Reggie Bowles
Harris
Sankaty Light
Leila Hamilton
State Street
Comets to Light Skies Across 1898 Calendar
The London Globe lists several regular comets for the year 1898. The Pons Winneckei comet returns in April after 514 years, Encke in May with a 3 4 year period, Swift and Wolfe in June, and Temple in September.
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London Globe
Pons Winnecke
Encke
Swift
Wolfe
Temple
Statue head finished for Suez Canal entry pedestal
M Fremier completed the head of the large statue of the late Comte Ferdinand de Lesseps. The statue will stand at the canal’s entrance, draped in an Arab burnoose and pointing toward the newly opened waterway. A granite pedestal will bear a medallion of the khedives who patronized the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Fremier
Comte Ferdinand de Lesseps
Suez Canal
Boston Transcript
Messages From the Sea Drift Tales of Bottled Messages
A 1894 ship Guildhall message drifted about 4500 miles and was found near Antigua in 1896 after crossing near the Azores and Canaries. Another bottle from Sapoho traveled about 6000 miles, recovered near Turis island north of Haiti in 1896. A St Enoch bottle logged a 6060 mile voyage from near Sierra Leone to Shetland, found in 1886 after sweeping Atlantic currents.
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Guildhall
Brest
Newfoundland
Antigua
Azores
Canary Islands
Cape Verdes
Sapoho
Turi’s Island
Haiti
St. Enoch
United States
Sierra Leone
Guinea
Wineward Isles
Atlantic
North America
Tatnbrough Walls
Shetland Islands
Chambers’ Journal
The Mysterious City of Hon duras in The Century
George Byron Gordon chronicles Maya books and writing in pre Columbian America noting four extant Maya script volumes once burned by Spanish priests. The long paper strips with hieroglyphs imitate stone tablets with a distinct phonetic system, attributed to Itzamna in legend.
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George Byron Gordon
Copan
Honduras
Gordon
Palenque
Itzamna
Cadinus
Acros
Lord Alvanley and the rail of wit in Cornhill tales
In Cornhill Magazine a portrait of Lord Alvanley appears as a witty, generous figure amid sharp courtiers like Sheridan and Brummell. Tales recount his sharp putdowns of doctors and nouveau riche hosts, and his quick, dry humor in social ironies and dining banter.
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Lord Alvanuley
Sheridan
Brummell
Boulogne
Breemmell
Lewis
Solomon
Jack Talbot
Prinee
Talbot
Alvankey
Alvanley
Necord
Grosvenor Square
Milton
Exid Alvanley Lluntly
Cornhill Magazine
Banquet at Lanquet Castle for Ulrich and Sabina
Harper's Magazine recounts a lavish wedding at Lanquet Castle with Count Ulrich and Bavarian Princess Sabina. Seven thousand guests attended while 890 staff managed 14 kitchens, serving vast feasts over a week and a public wine fountain flowing for eight days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulrich
Sabina
Stuttgart
Elise J. Allen
Harper's Magazine
Ancient sacred fire kept alive by Parsees in India
The oldest fire still burning was consecrated 12 centuries ago to commemorate the Parsees voyage from Persia to India. The fire is fed five times daily with caudal weed and dry fuel. In Ochwada village near Bulsar, Parsees visit in the months honoring fire’s guardian.
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India
Persia
Ochwada
Bulsar
No Change in Pocketbooks This Season Says Fashion Note
Mr Bright reads a paper and jokes a married man writes fashion notes. Mrs Bright questions, then notes the line There will be no change in pocketbooks this season from the Chicago News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bright
Saving Himself in a Wild Western Exchange
In a tense scene Big Pete demands truth with a wall eyed revolver blazing. The tender foot protests that no crookedness is implied, while the host questions how he managed ten straight wins in a row.
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Big Pete
Tenderfoot
Detroit Free Press
Conversation Notes on Playful Courtship
The quoted New York Press line explores a girl imagining a man’s reaction when she suddenly declares a kiss in a cool, authoritative tone. The fragment reads as a playful social observation about flirtation and control in teasing dialogue.
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New York Press
Washington's inviting land and industry prospects in Lewis county
The article touts Washington state resources and climate, urging hardworking settlers to relocate for factories, farms, and land. It highlights Lewis county's agriculture, hops, timber, mining potential, and Chehalis as a growing county seat with schools, mills, a cannery, and rail access, inviting readers to come and see.
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Washington
Lewis County
Chehalis
Japan
Pacific
Lewis
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Cowlitz
Cascade
Coast Ranges
Northwest
Chebalis
Newaukum
Juin BR. Rogers
Pierce County
Lewie County
Hllinois
St. Helens
Little Falls
Catholic Sisters
Northern Pacific Railroad
National Bank
State of Washington
Kenry B. Worth
Albert E. Dean
Mary
Dean
Albert E. Dewan
John E. Dean
John E. Dean, Jr
J. E. Barnett
Mollie Barnett
T. J. Thompson
Eva Thompson
Said T. J. Thompson
Henry B. Worth
Fane
Willamette
Blaze
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Hells
House of Sorrow
Atlanta Constitution
Charrie Harris
Precolumbian Books
America
Lord Alvanley
Sacred Fires of
Liverills
Hood
Hox
C. I. Hood
C. C. Paul
Elkhorn
Neb
Ise
E. Meloy
Attorneys AT Law
Commercial State Bank Building
Chehalis, Washington
Yer
Harmon
Daniel C. Millett, Ulysses E. Harmon
A. Langhorne
Chehalis, Wash
National Bank Building
M. Rands
Attorney AT Law
State
U.S. Land Office
Crawford, Marshall & Co. Bill
Vancouver
Hartman & Nathan's
Powell
EO. H. Dow, M. B
Chehalis Av
Cheilalis
Iicago
Milwaukee & SL
Pall
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Cie
iNav
Milwaukee
C. J. Eddy
Jeent
Portland, Ore
J. H. Huber
Knight's Drug Store
Morrisgs St
We Bhoes
L. Lawreece
Isaih
Raum
Shasta
Oregon
Fornin
Ogden
Sac Lake
Denver
Hon de Das
Tacoma
Seattle
To &Scisco
China
A. Graham Dist
Paasenger and Freight
LIS
Facific Ave
Tacoma, W
H. H. Scribner
By Mail
Sunday Sun
York
John R. Rogers
Fhurston Daniels
DD. Jenkins
CW. Young
Patrick Henry Winston
FL. Browne
Neal Cheetat
Gwin Hicks
Robert Bridges
Hamilton Lewis
W.C. Jones
George Turner
Jobo L. Wilson
United States Court
H. Allison
Albert Schooley
CL W. Maynard
FL Carpenter
W. LD. Langhorne
G. TL Backer
George Dysart
Thos. BR. Henry
H.L. Mead
A Degeler
L. J. Long
Chas. Evans
H.S. Elliott
David Stewart
W. A. Westover
John Dobson
Chas. Michaelis
Dan
Millett
By. M. Lynch
N. B. Cottman
M. W. Forrest
Dan Wisner
H. W. Stuchell
David Urquhart
F. M. Lynch
C. W. Kuebner
Methodist
T. E. Elliott
Epiiscoopal
Y. PL
S.C. E
Kenneth Brown
Baptist
St. John the Evangelist
St.elens Avenue
Achterguel
Chehalis Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
J. C. Bu H
J. T. Coleman
Chehalis O. E
Mac Woodworthy
W. EL. Kenoyer
W. H Kenoyer
Ridgely Lodge
O. F
O. F. Hall
Fred Mott
N.G
Frank Meloy
Wildy
Elf. Carpenter
U. P
I. T&. Meloy
Clarity Lodge D. of
R. No.3
Thel. O
Eet Frost
C. C
Dan W. Bush
S. Chehalis
C. D. Powell
W. G. Cronker
St. Helens Circle
Minerva Yoder
G. N
Bessie Martin
Joe Hooker
Tnt
G. A. Robail
John Dever
Chehalis I. O. G. T
Grand Army Hall
Wash
Will D. Langhorne
Lewin County
Chebans
Ivor James
W. M
Harvey Lang
Eaward Waunch
Gus Salzer
Centralia
Olof Pearson
B. F. Suaw
Register
ELY Bros
Warren St
N. Y
Ely
Oscar
Warren Ave
Chicago
Pric
Weereas
Division Street
National Street
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Stock Yards
Market Street
City Street
City of
W. A. Wistover
Sherife
E.F. Caxrextenx
G. Elis
Plaintry
Dee
rAmu
Wuue
Wisin Hele
Philadelphia
and Lesell
West Bold
Overland
St. Peal
Sous Bend
Taco
South Bend
Portians
Sundys
Olympia
Tema
Jonny
Tieketa
Ad Tacoma
Northern Pacific
C. E. KoBisso
A.d.charlt
Passesee
Morrison
Portland
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