Secret sketches test class trust and guilt in Elwell
In a Virginia Booth tale set at Elwell High School Lat in class, Virginia’s audacious margin drawings of Prof Gregg risk exposure. Salome secretly sews worn garments to fund her sister and crippled sister Salome’s income, while Virginia discovers the deeper secret of Salome’s labor and the threat of expulsion hangs over both.
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Olecero
General Assembly Room
Virginia
Georgia Lovejoy
Prof. Gregg
Elwell
Virginia Booth
Salome
Ami
Cicero
Georgia
Miss Goldmaite
Gregg
Miss Booth
Virginia Booth Finds A Talent And A Chance
In a convent of mild mischief, Virginia Booth confronts a past mistake with Professor Gregg. He suggests using her drawing gift at labor convention meetings to publish sketches with reports, turning a supposed fault into a breakthrough opportunity and earning potential.
Ostrich Tactics and the Seductive Sand Dune Ambush
In a South Africa hunting tale the narrator describes stalking two ostriches from a hill, watching them vanish behind bushes, and tracking their tracks. He recounts a clever escape by the birds and debunks the idea that ostriches bury their heads in sand, as reported by the Philadelphia Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Philadelphia Post
Amendment Proposed to the Commonwealth for Peac e Rejection
The document states an amendment proposal to add to section seven, article three, requiring popular vote before introducing special or local laws, with court approval and a majority at a local election. It records the Secretary of the Commonwealth certification and the date July 90, 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Griest
The
Commonwealth
Secretary OF the Commonwealth
Court of Common Pleas
Court
Ausaferaticas Catty Teaneere
W. W. Griest
The Two Exceptions
A discussion contrasts the value of moral men inside and outside church membership, noting that both groups include exceptions. The speaker acknowledges a cautious stance on which group offers more reliable virtue.
Some Men Born With a Reverse Gear and Nothing Else
A compact aphorism notes that certain men are born with an inherent counterdrive or reluctance, implying limited ambition or adaptability. The remark contrasts innate tendency with broader human potential.
Persian shah buys dachshund then returns it over heartbreak
The shah of Persia, visiting England, bought a dachshund in Ostend for about 150 dollars. The dog missed its companion, so the shah returned it to its original owner after she refused to refund the purchase price. He asked the public prosecutor for restitution of his rubles and francs. The English Dachshund Club may send a better dog as consolation.
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Persia
England
Ostend
New York
Shah
American machinists show supremacy in industrial power
America leads in machine productivity with swift American machinists and steel automatons. Electric locomotives built in Schenectady are sold in London, highlighting superior efficiency amid European competition. The Mohawk Valley electric shops symbolize peak U S machine manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Schnectady
London
Mohawk Valley
Secretay Shaw a Tree Agent in Early Iowa Journey
Leslie M. Shaw, future secretary of the treasury, traveled from Vermont to Iowa as a youth with no money, walking to Denison and selling fruit trees to farmers. He earned enough to start college, and some trees he sold still grow in Iowa today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Green Mountain State
Iowa
New York Commercia Advertiser
State Line
Denison
Shaw
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Nasal Relief
Ten cents buys a trial, boasting greatest remedy for nasal catarrh or cold in the head. Full size fifty cents, available at druggists. Mail order addresses listed in New York and Albany. Testimonial from Miss Cora Willard praising the remedy after one bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
St. Ely Bros
Warren St
New York
Second Street
Albany
N. Y
Messrs
ELY Bros
Curious jewelry trends spotted on street
A note notes odd jeweled accessories in cheap lines with a girl on the street wearing a brooch resembling a set of false teeth in brilliants. The item is described as part of fashionable curiosities and the piece urges readers to subscribe to the Republican.
Agassiz on Coral Reefs and Atoll Formation
Professor Alexander Agassiz addressed the Royal Society of Edinburgh discussing coral reef formation. He compared Darwin and Murray theories, explained subsidence and erosion roles, and estimated timeframes for building reef foundations from chalk deposits at depths up to 150 feet, suggesting vast spans of up to 45 million years for full atoll development.
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Royal Society of Edinburgh
Alexander Agassiz
America
London Chronicle
Pacific
Atlantic
Darwin
Sir John Murray
Agassiz
John Murray
I would advise him to come around at 10 oclock the next morning
An anecdote from Yale Law School recalls Judge Simeon E. Baldwin’s exam on corporations. Faced with a tough fact pattern, a student’s highest response was to suggest waiting until the next morning and researching the issue. The tale highlights practical legal study habits.
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Simeon E. Baldwin
Yale Law School
Dr King's New Life Pills Praised By Durham Reader
A Durham North Carolina resident writes that after years of stomach and liver trouble death seemed near. Dr King's New Life Pills saved his life and restored health. The pills are advertised as the best on earth and priced at 25 cents at local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Muse
Durham, N. C
Dr. King
C. A. Klelm
J. H. Mercer
When the Day Went to Sleep Moral of the Day
A poetic fable describes day moving from dawn to night with personified imagery. It ends with the moral that even the day has its close.
Crafty seed bead chains and shell portieres for girls
A seaside pastime article suggests young girls string seeds from melons and other items into dainty chains and bracelets while moist to prevent splitting. It notes using muskmelon seeds with beads and even dried peas to make lorgnettes or watch chains. Shell portieres for doors are also highlighted as attractive summer crafts for gifting to parents.
Historic Chinaman hitching post marks Sixth Street history
One of Washington's oldest signs is a three and a half foot cast iron Chinaman statue in front of a livery stable on Sixth Street NW between Penn sylvania and Louisiana avenues. Since 1862 it has served prominent patrons from Grant to Lincoln era inaugurations and sits in a district famed for Civil War and military horse trade lore.
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Washington
Sixth Street
Pennsylvania
Louisiana Avenues
Grant
McClellan
Hooker
Lincoln
Louisiana Avenue
Robert E. Lee
Wirfield Scott
Baltimore American
Embassies Visit Inspect Black Sea Lifeboat Service
A party from foreign embassies in Constantinople tested lifeboat operations on the Black Sea coast. In cork jackets and bathing costumes they rowed a lifeboat while Turkish boatmen watched. A British embassy secretary, famous for his eyeglass, kept it fixed as the boat capsized and righted, prompting amused marvel from onlookers.
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Constantinople
International Life Boat Service
Black Sea
London Telegraph
Secretarie
Dr King’s New Discovery Claims Rapid Sales in Davis Ky
A Davis Kentucky druggist C T Smith proclaims Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as fastest selling article in his store. He says in six years of sales it never failed and has saved throat and lung sufferers where doctors failed. J A Mercer and C A Kleim guarantee satisfaction or refund. Trial bottles free with regular sizes 50 cents and a dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Smith
Davis
Dr. King
J. A. Mercer
C. A. Kleim
Visiting Briton and Yankee clash over old ruins in America
A Visiting Briton declares everything here is 80 years old and laments the lack of noble ruins, while a Yankee retorts that locals only marry heiresses and the Briton returns home. The dialogue underscores cultural contrasts in a historical setting.
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America
England
Death cast sorrow yet keeps those left behind standing
A fragment reflects on grief with the line that sorrow follows loss while the living endure. The tone hints at lingering mourning and the burden borne by those who remain.
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Bloomsburg National Bank
Resources
A. Z. Schoch
WM. H. Hidlay
the Republican
J. 0. Brown
Jouen G. Freeze, Diana & Harman
John G. Harman
Bloomsburg
Co —Centre St
A W. Day
Bloomsburg, PA
First Nat. Bank Building
Brown, M. D. E
Artificia
Market Street Ours
Ey E. Geyer
Attorney-At-Law & Notary Public
Catawissa
Nowe Toon Ie
Lockard’suilding
Wats
Dentler’s Building
Somne
Market Street
G H. Welliver
Exchangs
Bloomspurg
W. Miller
Wirt Building
Attorney-At-Law
First National Bank
E. Waller
D. WM. Reber
First and
Market Streets
S B
Arment
M. D
W. Fifth Street
Penna
R. R. Zarr
Clark’s
A. L. Fritz
Ogee
Pat
H A. M’billip
Columbian
Lockard’s
J. U. Funk
Nepexer
East Bizcot
U. Hos
Sohn, M. D
West Main Street
J. Hess
Brtock
Lockards
Center Streets
Msburg
J.T. Hoox
Mars
J. T. Hoox
Osteopathic Physicians
East Main Street
Keller’s
Yerrer
Court House
M. Clark
Hogm
C. F. Knapp
General Insurance
Iron
J Fisher, Esq
Columbia County
Capwell
Beagle Studio
TE Beagle
STUDI
Main
Centre Streets
Ible
D. Dentler
Annie Hamilton Donnell
Virgie
Hood
K. T. Syyper
Troy
Ohio
Vere
J. KR
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Col. William & John Streets
King
Munn & Co
Scientific American
F St
Isai W. Rabb, D. D.S
University of Penn
Frederick Peeso
H. J. Clarks
Main and
Penn
Equitable Life
U.S
Equitable
W. R. Whitney
West Street
General Assembly OF the Common
Miss Cora Willard
Republican
Ellen
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