Letter Recovery Service that Stops Post at City Limits
A Chicago Inter Ocean report details a service that intercepts letters in city limits to prevent certain mailings. Clients include a desperate woman seeking funds from a lover, opera patrons racing for tickets, and a German noble seeking to halt money demands, with telegraphs to Berlin and St. Petersburg to block mail.
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Poxtofica
Niobe
Peoria
Tannhauser
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Washington
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Colors of Fall Leaves Reveal Oak Acorn Marks
A Richmond Central Presbyterian note explains how tree species show unique colors in leaves and acorns. It describes oaks, birches, maples, tulip trees, hawthorn, poison oak, sumac, and wild vines, noting soil and dry seasons alter hues and fall displays.
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Virginia Valley
Richmond Central Presbyterian
London Notes on Browning and the Atheneum Club
A London paper recalls an anecdote about Sir John Gilbert who altered a story to fit a drawing of mounted soldiers. The tale mentions Browning at the Atheneum club, Col Higgenson, and a dinner moment with a poetess’s daughter asking if she had seen Shakespeare. The fragment ends noting a strong, serene gentleman in the club.
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London
John Gilbert
Browning
Atheneum Glub
Robert ‘Browning
Atheneum Club
Higgenson
Atlantic
Mr. Browning
County Clerk Candidate Declares Nominating Convention Ties
James Burk announces his candidacy for the office of county clerk subject to the Republican nominating convention. The notice underscores preparation for the party process and local electoral procedures.
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James Burk
Sentinel Promises Insight on McKinley Era and Indiana News
The Sentinel announces broad coverage of McKinley’s cabinet and administration policy, state capitol happenings, and Republican governance. It touts large circulation and comprehensive dispatches from Indiana and abroad, urging subscriptions to the Indianapolis publication.
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Sentinel
McKinley
Indianapolis Daily
Week Sentinel
Indiana
Weekly Sentinel
Indianapolis Sentinel
Indianapolis
Dad When at Last the Doctor Comes
Fragmentary text presents a glimpse of a father awaiting medical arrival with unclear surrounding details and broken phrases. The readable lines imply a scene of wait and concern without full context or names.
Thank you for small courtesies uplift daily life
The piece urges everyday thanks as a social duty. It emphasizes that most favors come as courtesy or chance rather than owed, and a simple thank you can renew faith in humanity and spread happiness beyond Thanksgiving.
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Bolton
Mall Ecourtesy
Wrestling With the Czar Story From St Petersburg
A tale from Peter the Great era recounts a duel with a young dragoon in the imperial hall. The czar set a death threat for failure while offering pardon if thrown, and the soldier won by defeating the czar with a single arm. He then claimed lifelong free drinking privileges in royal inns.
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Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
Imperial Palace
Peter
Caar
Thes
Dragoon
Herod
Queen Sophia and the Greatest Enemy of Germany Anecdote
An unpublished anecdote recalls Queen Sophia of the Netherlands touring an Amsterdam exhibition before 1870. A committee member claimed she would see Germanys greatest enemy, but the reveal showed an enlarged image of a pest, not Bismarck, harming German agriculture. Also includes a chocolate caramel recipe from Mrs Rover Journal.
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Bismarck
Sophia
Netherlands
William II
Holland
Napoleon III
Empresa Eugenie
France
Luxembourg
Amsterdam
Germany
Binmarck
S.granité
Rover. Journal
Ancient views on music as medicine and superstition
The text cites ancient beliefs that music calmed the soul and cured illnesses. References include the Corybantes, Gybele worship, Pindar’s harp, Theophrastus on enthusiasm, Thebans using pipes for cures, and tales of cures for madmen and toxins. It notes widespread, if unscientific, trust in music’s therapeutic power.
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Pindar
Thun
Mirandola
Theophrastus
Zenocrates
New York Ledges
Wildcats Fight on Santa Fe Train Ended in One Survivor
A Welle-Fargo messenger on the Santa Fe line watched a cage hold two wildcats from Fall Brook break into a fierce brawl. The bars bent and the keeper drew revolvers as he feared for his life. The larger saved its life and was sent onward, billed as two wildcat fans Francisco Argogonaunt and Poe lore connected notes from Sartain.
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Santa Fe
Fall Brook
Martin
Merry
Sheir
Growhs
Maris
Spitting
Soe
Francisco Argo Gaunt
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Teo
Caicago
Evening Star
Music and Health
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Poe
Sansom Street
Sartain
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Santa Claus
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