The Old Homestead
In Maple Ridge a perpetually self sacrificing Mary endures hardship as Susie plans marriage for money. A mysterious wealthy benefactor known as the lady helps the family with funds and reveals a secret to Mary. A Westward lover learns of Mary’s faithfulness and returns, reuniting Mary with Tom as the tale ends with a joyful new beginning for all.
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Maple Ridge
Susie
Nell Dasher
Fred
Mary
Caleb Leftingwell
Forkno
Loften
Tom
Florence
African Gold Fields and the Ophir Theories
The San Francisco Bulletin notes natives using placer gold in muskets as lead shot substitutes, implying abundant gold in Africa. It cites Transvaal mines near Johannesburg yielding 4 million dollars in six months and promises further riches in Mashona land. Explorer reports warn of native hostility amid rushes to new mines as Ophir theories shift southward.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Transvaal Republic
South Africa
California
Australia
Johannesburg
Imberly
Mashona Land
Ophir
Solomon
Africa
Africa goldfields seen as future treasure and threat
The passage discusses Africa as virgin gold country with vague reports of natives trading gold and ivory. It argues explorers once undervalued gold and predicts that discovery of vast goldfields could bring crude civilization and drastic change to the continent, despite native disruption.
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Mashbuna
Africa
Work Done by Mountaineers Estimated in Foot-Pounds
Dr Buchheister calculates the total muscular work in a five hour ascent of 7000 feet. Using a 164 to 168 pound climber, he arrives at about 1 product 1 or 1 326 000 foot pounds, with friction and other factors bringing the figure to at least 1 350 000 foot pounds.
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Dr. J. Buchheister
Gonney
Buchheister
Ron
The Women of Ceylon A grim view of exploitation
A Tribune excerpt denounces the treatment of women in Ceylon describing them as chattel with price tags. It cites educated but still undervalued status and notes mothers offering their daughters to Christians to spare them a life of infamy. The piece recalls a tour where mothers presented "nice little girl" gifts.
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Ceylon
N. ¥ Tribune
Man's Mental Superiority in City Street Dialogue
A humorous vignette from Lakes alive! on a crowded New York thoroughfare. Mrs Hayseed acts city naive while Mr Hayseed points to an elevated railroad station and orders her to stop acting like a country girl as they assess crossing the street.
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Song of My Life and Thy Singe
A lyrical meditation on eternal love and devotion. The speaker seeks to share the song of their heart with a beloved, promising constant affection through time and eternity. The verse juxtaposes longing with enduring connection as two souls remain one.
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Chile
Art in Small Towns and a Child's Tin Type Memory
An elderly captain recalls a childhood tin-type portrait taken during a rough journey by wagon through rural scenery. The tale, told with humor and wistful detail, contrasts a sailor's bravado with the awkward tiki of early studio photography and a later bathhouse memory.
Bathing in Sweden and Stockholm Baths Noted
A Boston Globe writer recounts the novelty of Swedish baths in Stockholm. He describes entering through an arched gateway marked Bad and being directed to a modest clerk who sold him a ticket, then to a courtyard where elderly attendants manage the bath welcome.
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Sweden
Boston Globe
Stockholm
A Glass Pen De But Pen Described for Writing Ease
A foreign exchange describes a glass pen made of a material steel-pen makers may resist adopting. It claims the pen writes as freely as a pencil on smooth paper and lasts so long that it is nearly indestructible unless physically broken.
Wedding Guest Steals Watch Diamonds and Money in Birmingham
A Birmingham wedding ends with a guest, a woman, accused of stealing a watch, diamonds and cash from the event. Police are investigating and identifying the suspect.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alfonso Improves Daily Amid Health Outlook
Telegraphic briefs report Alfonso's condition improving with return to health anticipated. Other items note Dakota Sioux reservation proclamation prepared, a British expedition from Apes to punish outrages at Sulhar, a high school fire in Cororapo Springs, and a grim criminal case in Gruenne.
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Maprip
Alfonso
Washington
Apes
Sulhar
Sound
Cororapo Springs
the Times
Portugal
Salisbury
Priru
Gruenne
Prestbury
Whitechapel
Commans
Foster
W. H. Gibson
Jackson
Miss
John Marshall Stone
Vicksburg
The Negro Colony Scheme Proposed in Congo Settlement Plan
The Brussels report notes support for a U. S. Negro colony in the upper Congo to promote peaceful diffusion of industry and commerce ideas and methods, seen as a step toward civilized progress.
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Brussels
Upper Congo
United States
Notice For Publication Land Office Cur r y ens Wyoming
Notice is given that the following settler has filed a claim and intends to prove residence and cultivation of the land before the Register and Receiver at Cheyenne Wyoming on February 28, 8 AM. Names: Willam Bo Dne, Alf red Welch of South Bend Wyoming, Wilber FF. Spencer, Peter Lee of Pine Watts Wyoming, and others.
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Curyens
Januney
Cheyanne
Wvarming
Fehrnney
Ibwer
Heeter
Routh Mead
Wyoming
Willan Bo Dne
Alffred Welch
South Bend
Wyong
Wilber FF. Spencer
Peter & Lee
Pine Watts
Wrong
SP Champlin
Hegleter
Horses Wanted for Sale in Cheyenne
Wanrep advertises 200 geldings each weighing 1000 pounds or more for sale near Cheyenne. Contact K. S. Van Tassett for details.
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Wanrep
K.S. van Tassett
Cheyenne
Notice to refrain from buying branded hordes by Rain
To whom it may concern all parties are notified not to buy or trade for any hordes branded with I enclosed by a square without my knowledge and consent V A Rain Fairbanks Dec 27 188. wet.
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V. A. Rain
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Ia Baaia
Oriel
the Women of
Teie
Amon
New Orleans
Picayune
Hamil's
Hamil’s
Cedar Creek
Hamil
Capp
Watkins
Scott
Watkins A. B
Chicago Times
Fairbanks
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