A Life's Lesson in a Restored Family Fortune
An elderly patriarch, stripped of wealth by misfortune, is moved by a lost child and reunites with his daughter Mary. He regains his pride and finds renewed wealth when he buys back his former home and plans to care for his family, revealing a second fortune and a future will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Biltmore
George Washington
Gilbard Stuart
Cover Garden Circus
Times
Democrat
John Prime
Belgravia
Fitz Flathes
Augustus
Primo
Jane Mordaunt
Lislip
Penniies
John Prigse
Mary
Lucy
Mamma
Clarence
Mr. Prime
Clarence Weston
Mr. Primo
Ile
Maury
Clarenes
Dalmatia
Oscar Schmidt
Styria
Schmidt
Frenc
Rudolph Koenig
Paris
Naturforecher
Heidelberg
Helmholtz
Falling Leaves Across a Quiet Year in Verse
Poem depicts autumn leaves drifting through forests, valleys, streams, and a churchyard. It links nature’s falling leaves with memories of loved ones, faded hopes, and childhood days, ending with reflections across a tranquil landscape.
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Atreamlet
Fracas Over Sugar and Fisticuffs At Store
A grocery counter dispute erupts into a street brawl as a grocer and carpenter clash over a wage and sugar shortage. Patrons intervene, carting the injured man away while threats of further boxing lessons echo through the scene.
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Carpenter
Jones
Replica
Bakar
Desperate Man Tries Fortieth Landlord for Rental
A desperate man named Thagley tried to lease houses by claiming he hid children. After rejections from fifteen landlords, he pressed landlord number sixteen with the line I guess I'd take its place. The landlord asked if he had children and Bagley admitted yes but said PAL killed. The judge notes fear as the mother of safety.
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Thagley
Bagley
Dangerous Gunpowder Depots on Ellis Island in New York Bay
The Navy stores over a hundred tons of powder in three magazines on Ellis Island near Jersey City. The three acre site houses prismatic and common powder, with strict inspection, damp exclusion, and a small rail and pier system. Two residences and several workshops support ammunition production for warships, including six inch rifle charges, while a watchful engine house and water mains guard the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Communipaw Docks
Jersey City
Ellis Island
Navy Department
New York
York T's
Resurrecting Old Wrecks Off Jutland Coast
The article details Danish efforts to raise and sell historic wrecks along the dangerous Jutland coast. It notes the Rushin frigate Alexander Nevsky carried brass and later yielded salvage, while ships like the Helen and Westdale carry copper and pig iron cargoes recovered or recoverable. Divers report machinery and hulls in varying condition as speculators target profit from old vessels and their cargoes.
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Jutland
Sible Island
Resurrection
Helen
Westdale
Thorsminde
Daftizy
Sun
American timber waste shocks New York Sun
The New York Sun laments rapid destruction of the United States forests. It warns that prized white ash and other hardwoods used in carriages, interiors, and cabinet work face indiscriminate slaughter across the South and Ohio, urging legislative action to curb the damage.
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France
New York
United States
Ohio
Homopathetic Brown Conversation Fragments
A fragmented Victorian dialogue notes Homopathetic Brown who has just passed the bon and asks an elder, How do you like those cigars, old man. Jones answers at very long intervals, thanks.
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Jones
Household First Aid and Cleaning Tips From Old Texts
The article covers burn and scald treatment with improvised dressings, then shifts to house cleaning and storage ideas. It includes routines for sorting drawers, labeling boxes, and repurposing clothing for cleaning, followed by several early 20th century recipes for muffins corn bread and cabbage salad. It notes tea’s introduction to Europe, its price, and trade history up to 1834.
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Tot
China
Corea
Englind
Western Hemisphere
Europe
John Garway
England
Erggland
Pitta
East India
Silky Sheet Fashions and Blonde Bridesmaids in Yellow
The piece notes New York ladies favor embroidered silk sheets in pale lavender with violets and lavender down quilts. It also describes yellow as a fashionable bridesmaid color with outfits featuring mandarin yellow, white crepe de chine, and sashes. A Paris report highlights Miss Mortimer and other English women teaching fire escape descents, while Carrie Moyers of St Louis excels as a fresco artist at the Southern Hotel with a penchant for painting, music, and room decoration.
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New York
New
York
Indy
Paris
Mortimer
Nichols
Bessell
Pritchard
Joffs
Major Heath
Dus
Louis
Miss Mortimer
St Louis
Carrie Moyers
Carrie
Atapidyar
Grillo
Frolco
Walt
Fashion Notes and Bird Care Fragments Across 1900s Page
A mix of fashion notes on gowns, trims, and accessories detailing trends such as white guipure, turbans, belts, and mink linings. Also included is a discussion on aging canaries and blindness in birds, explaining causes like old age, drafts, and harmful cage materials.
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Canary
Iman
Pya
Philadelphia Record
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trieste
Austria
New York Sun
Columbus
Ferdinand
Isabella
America
Belgium
Congo
Senorita—Yeabel - Behequeren
Monterey
Onl
Bho
Mexico
Vanderbilt
Senorita
Sho
Atlantic
Asia
Africa
Americas
Thiant
Equator
Hayti
Legitimo
Hippolyte
Port-au-Prince
Avery Orr
Mr Orr
Amercan
Germany
Thia Lst
Alaska
New Yorker
Liverpool
Detroit Free Press
Jones Backstld
United States Navy
Big Magazines
New York Bay
New York Street Cleaning Department
Fifth’ Avenue
Harper's Weekly
Adam
West Africa
Arnot
Central Africa
Benguella
Bailundu
Bihl
MF. Larroqui
Chandler Roberta
London
Greenwich Observatory
Enya Rina Reynolda
Sive
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