United States and World Notes From 1897 Chronicle
The article surveys tax receipts and inheritance figures in Massachusetts, statements on American gold production, Australian federation prospects, German industrial growth, and a Beverly anniversary of Washington’s Delaware crossing. It highlights rail debt, cotton and sugar trends, and biblical mentions of the east wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael G. Mulhall
Mulhall
Europe
Germany
France
Washington
Delaware
Beverly
Mase
Historical Society
The Brave and The Noble in Harper's Weekly Verse
A reflective piece from Harper's Weekly honors those who endure disease hardship and long nights of struggle. It contrasts fearless brave souls with worn but forgiving figures who persevere through unbrightened years and find strength in faith and mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
Mary Levenska Eyes Opened By Chicago Doctor
In Lincoln Park Chicago a fresh air pavilion serves babies including Mary Levenska a year old who is blind. Doctor Fielding attempts an experimental eye operation aided by Mrs Fielding and the Alleytown family network. The scene shifts from hospital to the poor district as the baby’s fate hinges on light and healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Fielding
Mary Levenska
Lovenskas
Aleytown
Mary
Miss Fielding
Mae Teevenska
Riymond
Mrs. Fielding
Doctor Fielding
Levenska
Dostor Fielding
Levershia
Tnesidlay
Tye
Pielding
Sheren
Doeter Vreldane
Indianola
Joan Baretti
New Orleans
Unnamed baby reaches toward light as tears bloom unseen
A tense hospital scene unfolds with a mother named Mra Loveneka and Mrs Fielding reacting to a newborn. The matron and doctor show restrained emotion while comforting the child amid tears and longing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Loveneka
Mra. Fielding
Household Recipes and Tips From an 1890s Page
A collage of kitchen advice and domestic craft notes covers manicures with lemon water, lard rendering, pig roasting methods, and measurements for common ingredients. It also includes fashion and society notes on women in work, a toast to domestic economy, and brief items on baking, dressmaking, and public life in New York and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post
Many Ashworth
Hansen
England
Herbert Gladstone
New York
St. Stephen's Hall
Miss Ashworth
Victoria Street
Annie Metcalf
Denver
Colorado
Warren Neal
Michigan
Heresa
Bavaria
University of Munich
Royal Academy of Sciences
Land-a-Hand Club
Baltimore
Sarah St. Dick
First National Bank of Huntington
Ind
Frederick Drover
London
Board of Education
Victoria University
Alicea Cooke
Association of Owens College
Manchester
University College
Liverpool
Yorkshire College
Leeds
The Great Mississippi River System and Its Vast Commerce
An article extols the Mississippi and its tributaries as the world’s greatest river system. It cites 100000 miles of channel through 23 states, depth of trade, and vast passenger and freight movement, comparing to other rivers and noting extensive navigation and commerce.
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Mississippi
Gulf of Masico
Amazon
Nile
Ganges
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Monongahela
Big Sandy
Kentucky
Wabash
Tennessee
Camberland
Alabama
Ohio
Cairo
St. Frances
Arksusas
White
Red
Yazoo
Tallahatches
Yalobusha
Ouachita
Great River
Yukon
Colorado
Tombigbee
New York World
Fields of Adventure Thrilling Incidents and Daring Deeds
A collage of ballroom bravery and close calls on land and sea. Dancers battle fire from hanging evergreens in a ballroom, a man climbs a chandelier to save guests, and another breaks free after injuries. Ben Watkins recounts a Whitecaps burial near Gwinnett, while others survive wrecks, snakes, and freezing holds aboard ships in coastal stories from Atlanta to New Orleans.
Wise Words on Character and Time From Frayed Prose
A long fragment reflects on negligence, politeness, virtue, and self control. It links steady effort in body mind and heart to perfection, cites time as finite, and ends with a court case in rhyme about damages for Armour Packing Company in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Armour Packing Company
Kansas City
Kan
Andy Dupont
Armour
Thyme
Planta
Good-Bye Sweetheart and Humorous Quips Parade
A collage of old jokes and quotes titled Good-Bye Sweetheart appears in the New York Home Journal with humorous epigrams from Chicago and Indianapolis papers. Light verses and puns about love, marriage, and daily life are presented in a quaint late 19th to early 20th century flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Home Journal
Tompkins
Chicago
Gallagher
Old Country
Donahoo
Bedad
Indianapolis Journal
Higgins
Weary Watkins
Indianoplin Journal
Ae “T
Oman
Bridget
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Evening Post
Washington Star
Clevelander Horse Expert Recounts Family Banter
A noted Cleveland horseman, wealthy and famed, enjoys a pleasant home, a charming wife, and a bright three year old son who loves horse talk. The lad mocks discipline by joking with his father and mother during a luncheon delay, shouting “Trade her off” in response to a rushed meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clint
Cleveland Plair
Continent's Armies Imagined In War Footing Procession
A German critic estimates the total of continental armies on war footing, arguing that if all were drawn up with guns and wagons in a single line it would exceed 24 000 miles, and marching nonstop would take almost a year to pass any point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Watkins
DeKalb County
Atlanta
Whitecaps
Gwinnett County
Antil
Burns Mill
Gwinnett
Ike
London Chronicle
Bell of Chaplain Tuttle Hangs in St Mark's Chicago
Chaplain Tuttle's historic bell sits in St Mark's Church Chicago. The bell, cast from garrison coins in 1664, honors his work at Camp Donzoes where a chapel for 600 was built, and Governor sanctioned hanging the bell in the steeple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaplain Tuttle
St. Mark's Church
Chicago
Tuttle
Camp Donzoes
Tutth
New York
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Annie Journal
Kansas
New England
Australia
United States
The
New York Tribune
Klondike
California
Queensland
New Zealand
Canada
George Ade
Ronstan
Kibet
New York City
Famens Pryuchtirm
Dimhkemsn
Jessie Mulligan
Jame Mulligan
Velloystone
Northern Pacific Railroad
Freight Trail Abrabonéa
Ako
Cour
Eliza Ann Colburn
Boston
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Vern Caldwell
Presbyterian Church of
Mass Blancho Hall
Wellington
Jack
Mars
Earth
Ibis
Fields OF Adventure
Captan Jenkins
Todinal
Aiany Times
Morris Golembiewski
Raleigh
Morris Golembieswki
Danville
Penn
Bear Gap Valley
Golombieski
Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
Seattle
San Franccisco
Umatilla
Teddy
Chicago News
Frances
Kitty
Momma
Harper’s Bazar
Edith
Bertha
Boston Transcript
Blackstone
Cincinnati
Bicyle Gazette
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