A Widows Love in a Sailor Tale
Lieutenant Douglas, after a winter in Washington, falls for the widowed Mrs. Deering in Sitka and becomes engaged to her. He then tells Natalia of his intended marriage to Alice, professing renewed love for Natalia while torn between duty and passion. Natalia, though heartbroken, urges him to keep his word and ends their closeness.
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Tom
Sitka
Washington
Layne
Ola
Alaska
Alice
Narow
Natalia
Mr. Douglas
Tom Douglas Proposes to Natalia Amid Alaska Tales
In Sitka Natalia grieves over Tom’s absence and a vanished daily routine. Tom returns and asks Natalia to marry him, revealing Alice is married and he is newly freed from a legal ordeal. He plans to escort Natalia to the steamer to meet the bride and announce his fiancée.
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Mina
Natalia
Tom
Sitka
Tom Douglas
Alice
George
Washington
Deering
St. Louis Republic
Scandinavian wood pulp industry shows vast output and many mills
A New York Sea report notes enormous wood pulp production in Scandinavia with many mills. Native cellulose works supply over half of pulp, sulphite mills follow. Sweden exports mostly pulp paper. The industry lists 95 establishments, totaling about 13,000 horsepower across 55 facilities, led by Orion Uddevalia Tossefors and related mills.
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Scandinavia
Sweden
Orion
Trabatton
Meunkidal
Uddevalia
Tossefors
Ottebal
New York Sea
What Makes Niagara Falls Power Source Facts
Cassier's Magazine explains Niagara Falls powers by describing a vast water system. Four Great Lakes spanning 90 000 square miles form a 250 000 square mile watershed located 600 feet above sea level. Water plunges 165 feet after a 55 foot rapids drop before the falls. Engineers estimate 275 000 cubic feet per second flow over the falls yielding theoretical energy exceeding 6 000 000 horsepower.
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Niagara Falls
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Atlantic Ocean
Niagara River
Cassier
Art scene mocks horses with pump handle tails
A society woman heckles a painter who then quickly alters the painting by removing long tails and adding straight tufts like pump handles. She claps, calling it a picture worth having, in a Chicago Record anecdote on artistic reception.
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Chicago
Mme Mara Captivates With Expressive Performance
The noted songstress Mme Mara initially unsettled the audience by her lameness but soon drew focus with a striking play of expression during her singing, making other concerns fade away.
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Mme. Mara
The Sunday School Lessons On Christ and Faith
A devotional guide outlining the ministry of John the Baptist and Jesus drawn from Luke and Matthew. It covers sermons on the plain and mountain, healing, faith, prayer, and faithful service with Golden Texts and practical applications for daily Christian living.
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Zacharias
Mary
Zacharies
John the Baptist
Luke Il
John
Jesus
Peter
James
Christ
Wall
Kentucky Editor’s Method to Boost Circulation Seen
A Kentucky editor shares a scheme from inmate M B Feltner to grow a paper’s circulation by publishing letters from Jeffersonville prison. Feltner promises 16 subscribers in three months and hopes for 50 more through family and friends in Illinois and Kentucky. He is tied to a regional mountain group aiming to exterminate U S deputies and IRS agents.
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Kentucky
Drar
Jeffersonville
Rebecca Feltner
Mad Dog
Illinois
Laurel
Leslie
Perry
M. B. Freltner
Feltner
Band of
United States
Internal Revenue
Clara Barton and Red Cross Relief From Constantinople
Dated February 26 Clara Barton reports relief efforts for Zeitun with Sir Philip Currie requesting aid. Detachments by caravan face boat delays and rough travel as dragomen are ready. Dr Bell leads first relief up into snowy mountains amid shortages and risk of smallpox and typhus. A Boston secretary notes perfect cooperation between Barton Red Cross and missionaries.
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Wien
Clara Barton
Constantieae
Zeitun
Philip Currie
The
Red Cross
Barton
Constantinople
New York
Abbazia Skirted by Nude Statue Unveiling Controversy
The Austrian resort Abbazia faces a scandal after Crown Princess Stephanie objects to a bronze nymph monument crowned by a laurel wreath on a railroad manager. The Viennese sculptor had modeled the Virgin Star of the Sea after the princess, but the nude portrait on the new statue led her to refuse to unveil it, forcing a possible alteration or clothing addition.
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Abbazia
Istria
Stephanie
Cigarette Sale to Minors Banned by Ohio Legislature
The Ohio legislature enacted a law prohibiting sale of cigarettes cigars and tobacco to minors under 16. Violations carry fines from 25 to 100 dollars for first offenses and 50 to 800 dollars or 60 days imprisonment or both for subsequent offenses. Introduced by Elroy M Avery of Cleveland.
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Ohio
House
Senate
Elroy M. Avery
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Chicago Tribune
Mrs Carlisle Defies President on Bicycle Riding
The article notes that if President Cleveland truly issued a decree against middle aged women riding bicycles, Mrs. Carlisle—a cabinet member—continues to ride daily, seemingly ignoring or defying the order.
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Cleveland
Carlisle
Engagement Scoop Hints Atchison Couple’s Theater Plan
The Atchison couple’s engagement is announced in a quirky note from Mrs. Grundy’s Glasses. They begin to reserve balcony seats at the theater to cut expenses, a playful detail reported by the Atchison Globe.
Young Napoleon IV May One Day Rule France
The 14 year old Napoleon IV, heir to the Napoleonic line, trains at a Paris area chateau under Eugenie and guardians. His education focuses on statesmanship and diplomacy as ex Empress Eugenie and his English mother support his grooming for a potential throne.
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Prince Imperial
Paris
France
Napoleon I
Napoleon
Imperial
Eugenia
Napoleon IV
French Empire
Evans
Eugenie
New York Recorder
The Nobody Man in Upside Down Town
A narrator meets the Nobody Man wandering in Upside Down Town where day is night and night is day. The burden of others’ misdeeds weighs on him as he bears weight denied by others, a doleful figure moving on with a mournful tune in Winthrop Packard’s St Nicholas poem.
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U Ie Down
Upside Down
Winthrop Packard
St. Nicholas
Table Football for Boys and Girls
Margaret Compton describes a simple table football game using a chalked or stitched cloth field and an eggshell ball. Players blow the egg from point to point rather than kicking, with a pew ball for safety and simple football rules guiding play.
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Margaret Compton
Meaning of patriotic colors seen on Washington’s Birthday
A child asks about flag colors as her mother explains their symbolism. The 10 year old interprets red as blood shed for independence, white as freedom, and blue as hope, expressing a wish to remain free. The Brooklyne Eagle publication notes the exchange.
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Washington
Tate
Brooklyn Eagle
Brownies Lega Counting Lesson From Young Harry
A playful anecdote features Harry, age four, being taught to count by his grandmother. Asked how many legs a dog has, he confidently answers two then declares Brownie has one on each corner, yielding a humorous miscount.
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Harry
Wouldn't Sleep That Way in Commonwealth Style
In a Commonwealth item a mother curtails cake after a long day, forbidding Willie to sleep with a full stomach. Willie answers he can sleep on his back, reflecting a domestic quip about bedtime and appetite.
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Willie
Mamma
Commonwealth
Henderson’s Cor Glendale and Acton Sts Auctioneers
Hendersons Cor Glendale and Acton Sts offers auctioneering appraisal and justice of the peace services with round the clock call capability. Licensed firm invites orders by telephone or mail from Maynard Massachusetts for prompt service and sale actions.
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Maynard
Mass
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Acton Sts
David Henderson
Maynard, Massb
C. M. Gould
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Codhoeme
Main ST
Geo. Flood
Vicinity
Arthur E. Walker
P.O
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Haynes
Maynard, Mass
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Darling’s Bik
Summer and
Nason Sts
Danis
Holt
Ss. Fowler
Maynard's Block
Charles Ford
I, Mass
Loring Bros
Concord Junction
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Cambridge
Sudbury
Boston Road
George Taylors
Lay
Sand Hill
Wayland
Sudbury Meadows
South Sudbury
Central Massachusetts Railroad
Wa. C. Dillingham Asst
George G. Tidibury
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