unpublished Bronte manuscript and other literary notes
A brief notes that Charlotte Bronte wrote an unpublished teen story now owned by a city gentleman who may publish it later. It mentions a Ten nyson manuscript, Arthur Heming and Spirit Lake, and DeMorgan’s Joseph Vance and art ventures.
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Charlotte Bronte
Bays
Putnam's Monthly
Tennyson
Arthur Heming
Spirit Lake
Canadian Northwest
Heming
William French DeMorgan
Joseph Vance
Augustus DeMorgan
Old East T India Company
University College
Gower Street
London
Isun
Beenatie
Royal Academy
Isou
DeMorgan
Iis
Fael
Mr DeMorgan
Dante Tefoe
Com- Thijsvon
Self-Denying Loyalty and Lemon Pie Confession
Julie and Mr Brower share a lemon pie after a day of playful deception about taste. He reveals forty years of self denial toward lemon pie to spare his wife’s feelings, then accepts a piece at last. Julie basks in the moment as neighbors share warmth and mutual regard.
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Brower
Mrs Brower
Ms. Brower
Julie
Mr. Brower
Mrs. Ee
Janet
Miss Julie
Humble Science and a Young Questioner at Pittsfeld Lecture
Governor Briggs honors a bold student who asked if the sun’s motion could resemble a apple tossed over a house. Horace Mann praises the query and offers inclusion, prompting Briggs to enable the youth to pursue college study.
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Briggs
Massachusetts
Berkshire
Uie Teachers’ Institute
Pittsfeld
Horace Mann
Munn
Board of Trustees
Mrr. Mann
Bible Cipher Adds Intrigue To New York Love Plot
A small town sister seeks a Bible verse to reveal a betrothal in New York. After a frantic search in a boarding house the verse Solomon six three yields a comic relief line: I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine.
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Solomon
New York
Louise
New York Press
Mrs Hanson Demands Photo of Her Son for Grandfather
In a photographer's shop Mrs Hanson grips her son James Trenry and insists on a quick portrait for his grandfather. The boy resists as the mother pushes for a straightforward likeness, recalling a traveling tintype man who required better clothes for a proper image.
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James Henry
Father
Emua Jane
Dentist Cholly Faces Tough Fill In Troubled Visit
A dental visit turned chaotic as Cholly struggled with a cavity filling. The patient noted the pain and frustration, while Snarcasmus speculated the decay extended deeper into the tooth. The exchange hints at a tense appointment and potential complications.
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Cholly
Disaster At Sea Drowns Hundreds In Fog Collision
The passenger steamer Columbia carrying 210 people bound for Portland collides with the lumber steamer San Pedro off Shelter Cove Mendocino County. The Columbia sinks with heavy loss. survivors cling to wreckage or swim to the San Pedro and other vessels. Captain L A Doran remains on the bridge as passengers and crew struggle to survive. The San Pedro, damaged but afloat, is towed to Eureka. Roanoke and George W Elder rescue remaining survivors. Many drowned were San Francisco residents with others from Portland and nearby towns.
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San Francisco
Columbia
Portland
Sual
San Pedro
Sleier Cove
Mendocino County
Columia
Lir A. Doran
Dirk
Scaimer
Dorn
San Vedro
Calumaia Ad
Doran
George W. Elder
Eureka
Roanoke
Hoosier Projectile Incident Near Hochester
John Zanhonton, proprietor of a rug mat factory in Hochester, was struck in the thigh by a stray bullet while inspecting a patch of watermeton ore. The shooter, a fuller from a target rifle, had been fired at eighteen years earlier and fled the scene after the incident.
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Hoosier
Watermeton Patch
John Zanhonton
Rae Mattress Factory
Hochester
Fuller
Fred
Patel
Chicago Markets Hold Steady Amid Heat and Vacation Slowdown
In Chicago the hot weather keeps business steady with only modest defaults above last year. Banks meet legitimate needs while preparing for currency drains as crops move. Retail stocks fall slightly and trade in dry goods, boots, clothing, furniture and food expands despite higher prices. Grain movement at the port totals 53 680 bushels versus 60 487 last week and 6 528 120 a year ago, with receipts down 0.0 percent and shipments up 17.7 percent.
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Bank Cearines
Tvl
Chicago
Dan
Trail
Precept And Practice In A Humorous Psychology Tale
A professor lectures on decision making and judging opinions then conflicts at home. The tale shows a man’s insistence on firmness clashing with his wife’s contrary stance, ending with a resolved but comic reversal.
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Zachariah Terwilliger
New York Sun
Pointed Paragraphs from the Mexican Herald
A collection of aphorisms on caution in work and risk in life. Men confess what they cannot hide in business ethics. The proverb favors prudence over arrogance and warns that fame requires hard work rather than luck.
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Mexican Herald
Fitting the Name to the Act
A Baltimore American quip notes a lawyer’s anger during cross examination as a pun on naming the act and the questions. The line underscores courtroom wit and the link between asking and accusing in legal practice.
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Baltimore American
Woman Says Only Whipped Cream Makes Food Fit to Eat
A woman declares that nothing seems truly palatable unless it is served with whipped cream, expressing a fondness for rich toppings in her meals.
Girl Drives Binder Volunteers Free Aid in Harvest
Harvest hands are scarce as grain nears harvest. Tenis Abel of Siel Have Ok is mentioned along with others in Walers Whee obra. The text notes refusal to demand remuneration and the effort to keep a warning or help for harvest, though details are unclear.
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Roypmer
Tenis Abel
Siel- Have
Walers
Storm Strikes Elkhart Area Causing Property Damage
A windstorm battered Elkhart, damaging the Elkhart Bridge and a local building. Reports cite fallen trees across the city and widespread property damage. No injuries are listed, and the extent of losses remains under assessment.
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Elkhart Bridge
Caccagella
Ikhart
Qestrerton
Thahtatth
Stan
Hopes to Repay Them George Lightcap
Fragmented OCR summarizes a plan by George Lightcap to repay losses and debts. The article mentions a day diary type work and references a local place and figures, with unclear names and dates.
Interurban Car Kills Dentist in Lafontaine Incident
A dentist named James Brookin of Asternon was killed when an interurban car struck his vehicle near Lafontaine. Initial reports describe a collision with the car being "crushed" and Brookin killed at the scene with unclear details about witnesses or bystanders.
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James Brookin
Asternon
Lafontaine
Coiuparien
Drowning Tragedies At Michigan City Bridge
Benjamin F. Taylor, 25, drowned when soap fell into a gravel pit water near Vincennes while assisting Ernest Bollman. He failed to reemerge after diving to recover the soap. Harry T. Hartman, 27, also drowned at Michigan City after diving from a five foot lip and striking the bottom in shallow water.
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Benjamin FE. Tayior
Vincennes
Varia Wis
Ernest Bollman
Taylor
Supfaer
Michigan City
Harry T Hartman
Severe Storm Damages Evansville Area With Lightning Toll
A massive storm passed Evansville around noon causing extensive damage. Lightning sparked fires and destroyed many wires. reports indicate several people were killed in fields by lightning.
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Evansville
Eries Aiternoon
Impure vegetables blamed for Evansville woman's death
Evansville health officials announce Mrs. Josephine Schiffershin died after eating impure vegetables. City investigators will review the incident at the decal store and surrounding supply chain.
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Evansville
Fatal gun blast at tree shocks Evansville man
Lightning struck a tree where Sherley Mitchell of Evansville rested with a gun. The weapon fired in the blast, hitting Mitchell in the head and killing him almost instantly.
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Sherley Mitchell
Evansville
Mitthell
Boy Oarsman Albert Cupp Drowns in Eel River
Albert Cupp aged 15 drowned in the Eel river at Wabash while rowing with several companions. The incident details three boys in a boat and the tragedy occurred amid river currents. Local authorities reported the drowning and began inquiries.
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Albert Cupp
Eel River
Wabash
Tragic Drowning of Four-Year-Old Tloyd Wagner
Four year old Tloyd Wagner, son of Mr and Mrs George Wagner of Williamsport, fell into a cistern and died. The accident occurred at home, authorities report no further details available.
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Tloyd Wagner
George Wagner
Williamsport
Multiple drownings and a suicide across Indiana and Illinois
The report lists several drownings including James Lawrenes 35 at a Bedford quarry, a Chicago woman drowned fishing in Gary's Calumet River, David Zuech 21 Bedford, James Graham 27 in the Wabash north of Terre Haute, and Wilbert Barnhart of Peru driven to a maniac state by ill health after failed suicide attempts. It also notes John C G Ray 43 leaping from a South Bend bridge and being swept away.
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Chicago
Calumet
Gary
David Zuech
Bedford
James Graham
Wabash River
Terre Haute
Wilbert Barnhart
Peru
John CG. Ray
Folfax Axenue Bridge
Ingo St Joseph River
South Bend
New York Weather Conditions Hint at Steady Trade Activity
Weather conditions favor a mild midsummer period with no major disruptions to wholesale trade. Farm and textile markets show firm wool prices and steady shoe leather demand. steel and copper fields ease slightly while cotton production remains below demand. Business failures modest for midweek week ending July 17, with weekly totals similar to prior periods.
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Prics
Tron
Woo
Vais
Bradstree
Agricultural market notices with mixed grain prices and lots of typos
Readable items show prices for corn oats wheat and cattle across regions including Shawty STAD and Milwaukee Wheat with several misprints. It lists prime heavy, standard, and various commodity prices per bushel or unit, referencing places like New York, western regions, and Nebraska style terms.
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Stoo Jones
Milwaukee
ST Hepps
Teatatoe
Sego
New York
Prise
Notable retirements and a London birds for millinery note
The item notes President Henry Dopkins of Williams College will retire. It also states Pref. Harry A. Garfield of Princeton, son of the late President Garfield, has been chosen as successor. A separate line mentions Germany sending a shipment of feathers to London for millinery use.
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Germany
London
Henry Dopkins
Wiliams College
Harry A. Garfield
Princeton
Garfield
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San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company
Aberdeen
Wash
Indiana
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Binder
Elmart
Bridge Company
George Lightcap
Laperte
Teagdetaen
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James Lawrenes
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