Republican Committee Selections Reported At City Precincts
The article lists Republican precinct committee members elected Saturday evening across city precincts and outer townships including names such as Adrian George William Dodge Frank Clark Bennett Patterson Hayes Hollowell H. E. Wells Phillip Knorr James Sears and David Chitty with several township delegates and alternates noted. It also mentions Chas Turpin visiting Hope and updates on local residents scarlet fever cases eye injury and paving sign progress.
Pennsylvania Lines Time Cards and Train Routes
Dark Faced Time runs from 12.00 noon to 12.00 midnight while Light Faced covers 12.00 midnight to 12.00 noon. Pallman Steeping Cars operate on Nos. 10 and 3 between Louisville and Chicago with Buffet Parlor Cars on Nos. 18 and 19 between Chicago and Louisville. General Manager L. F. Loree and General Passenger Agent E. A. Ford announce timecard details and advise contacting any Pennsylvania Lines agent for fares through tickets baggage checks and running information dated 11 28 97 Pittsburgh Penn a.
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Louisville
Chicago
L. F. Loree
E. A. Ford
Pittsburgh
Penn’a
Pennsylvania
Clergyman's costly wedding service adventure
A Cleveland preacher recounts traveling nearly 200 miles and paying $8.50 for rail and expenses to unite a young man with his chosen bride. After the ceremony the groom offered $5, later saying he hoped to pay more next time, leaving the clergyman $3.50 out of pocket and deciding the man should seek another minister.
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Cleveland Chirgyman
Cleveland
The Early Lordon Omnibus In London
The article recalls early omnibuses in London on arrival to the throne era. Buses were narrow and roofless with doors sealing in passengers until fares paid. One perch for the conductor hung behind, sixpence fare for full or short trips, and routes varied with little traffic regulation. Licenses, duties, and mileage charges defined operation and revenue.
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London
Gentleman’s Magazine
Mean Dog Story Stirs Cautious Classroom Response
A school tale recounts a boy’s composition about a mean dog. The teacher, described as popular and stern, reads the piece aloud, prompting surprised reactions from the pupils who fear the implied punchline about the dog’s hair and behavior. The reference comes from the New York Times.
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New York Times
Noted Congressman Faces Farmer’s Defection In Debate
A popular congressman acknowledges a farmer’s decision to vote against him. The farmer cites a general impression of political suspicion, while the congressman laments losing confidence after many years of service.
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Congress
Farmer Countessel
Jes
Atlanta Constitution
What do you think of woman's rights joke
A comic exchange from the Chicago Post presents a shoe clerk quipping that women’s rights should match women’s lefts in a playful gender commentary. The line reflects period humor on equality via a pun involving footwear.
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Chicago Post
Allducate Your Gowels From Casaarote
Fragmentary ad text promotes a remedy named Casaarote claiming cathartic cure for constipation. It mentions druggists and refunds but lacks usable details or credible specifics. The readable bits suggest promotional sales language without verifiable facts or clear entities.
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John Keats Life and Death Remembered as Poet of Spenser
A memorial sketch notes Keats born 1795 in Moorsfield London orphaned at 15 he trained as a surgeon then pursued poetry with Leigh Hunt Shelley and others. He published in 1817 moved to the Isle of Wight in 1819 completed Endymion then died in Rome February 1821 at 25 leaving a lasting poetic legacy.
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Hampst
Highgate
Leigh Hunt
Shelley
Coleridge
Charles Lamb
John Keats
Moorsfield
London
Edmonton
Spenser
Goodwin
Haydon
Hunt
Wordsworth
Isle of Wight
Endymion
Italy
Rome
Portrait of Mrs Washington and granddaughter at night
Mrs Washington keeps to a quiet routine with Nellie Custis in Philadelphia. The narrative, cited from Miss Wharton, recalls Mrs Washington reading from the Bible, kneeling in prayer, and Nellie singing before Mrs Washington retires for the night. The practices shaped Nellie’s later character.
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Grandmamia
Mrs. Washington
Nellie
Ancient cradle linked to Indianapolis’ first white child
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports Mor Decai Hardesty, the first white child born in Indianapolis, was cradled in a 106 year old log cradle once owned by Mrs. Brandt of Valparaiso. From Virginia roots, the cradle served 40 Indiana-born children and remains in the Brandt home, nicknamed ebony by its worn surface.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Mordecai Hardesty
Indianapolis
Brandt
City lore and garden notes from early 1900s paper
A Cairo aged excerpt blends cafe banter and city lore. The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes a Bostonian reference and offers a claim Damascus as the Eternal City. It notes the swed pea’s Sicilian origin, its four original varieties, and advises early March planting.
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Rome
Damascus
Syria
Sicily
Ceylon
Professor Forbes calculates Nile cataract yields
Professor Forbes estimates the first cataract of the Nile at high Nile season could seat 600000, while a lower Nile yields fewer. The note presents a measurement tied to ancient river sections and environmental conditions.
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Forbes
High Nile
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