Memorial service documents a Concord woman Penniman
Funeral rites were held at the Unitarian Church in Concord Massachusetts for Mrs James Lanman Penniman Maria Davis Hosmer. The obituary praises her intellectual gifts literary culture and devout Christian faith noting her notes on prayer scripture and philosophy and her wide library journals and letters. Her husband and family plan to inter her ashes beside her husband in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Newtown
Cambridge
England
James Hosmer
Siffon
Willar
Kent
George M
Andelphia
James Lanman Penniman
Maria Davis Hosmer
Old Town
Sleepy Hollow
Christ
Will Build Russian Canal Project Draws St. Petersburg Committee
A St. Petersburg committee prepares a canal from the Baltic to the Black Sea proposed by M Rugetschel. It envisions a 14 foot minimum depth with a 150 million dollar price tag funded by foreign bonds but restricted to Russian labor and materials. The route would use the Dnieper and West Dwina, with dredging required at rapids and several new channels.
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St. Petersburg
Black Sea
Baltic
M. Rugetschel
Riga
Kherson
Breshenkovichi
Kopius
New York Sun
Man on Staten Island Finds His Formula in No 5 Fat Coat
A weary traveler on a hot day stops at a ready made clothing shop near the South ferry and buys an alpaca No 5 fat coat. He hopes the garment fits his self image and later tells a friend that the purchase settles his doubts about how others see him. He feels validated by the urbanite look and the new coat.
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Re Veader
Atlantic Monthly
Staten
Pig Street
Intelli
Alpaca
James
She Knew Her Rights
Fragmentary text suggests a personal account with phrases about room, waking, and sleep. No clear events, dates, or identifiable individuals are present to form a complete, factual news-style summary.
How It Happened Between Ethel and Frank
Sthiel describes Frank’s distant behavior after the couple’s breakup. Ethel recalls confronting her own prior actions and the social fallout from the estrangement.
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Ethel
Frank
Hess
Sthiel
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