A Lover's Experience and a Mystery Meeting
Two longtime friends share a tale of love and misfortune. A man recounts how Mattie V a Portland woman he loved learned she was bound by her father to marry another for financial rescue, a promise she is forced to honor. The narrator learns if she ever married and follows clues to a shipyard revelation.
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Mattie
Charley
Miller Bros. & Co
R——, West
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Renolds
Mattie V
Portland
Wns
St. Andrews
John So
Maine
Vault of silver and crime cautionary notes in a Washington letter
A Washington letter describes the U S Treasury vault under construction with 100 million dollars in silver, its immense weight and security. It compares the vault to the Bank of England and explains the strong iron lattice walls and riveted joints. Also recaps Uncle Billy Legg’s 95th birthday and a note on witchcraft history and broad moral reflections.
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Bank of England
Capitol
Washington Monument
Treasury Building
United States Treasury
Washington
Savannah News
Fort Wayne opens new Medical and Surgical Sanitarium
Yesterday Dr G W McCaskey opened the Fort Wayne Medical and Surgical Sanitarium at 24 West Berry Street. The facility cost several thousand dollars and offers rest medical attention and special treatments once found only in top sanitariums. Bathing massage and diet are emphasized with well lit ventilated rooms and antiseptic surgery practices.
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Fort Wayne
G. W. McCaskey
West Berry Street
West Ber Street
Park House
M. F. Teague
Indianapolis
Decorating the home curtains and simple faux repairs
The piece reviews affordable curtain fabrics in imitation lace and gauze patterns with colors suited to dining and living rooms. It suggests scrim as a washable option, how to hang curtains with rods and rings, and offers advice on budget-friendly ribbons and rods. It also describes making a shellac finish for furniture and a home made clock frame with plush covering for mantel use.
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Gove
Feudal Echoes on a Sugar Plantation in The Century
The Century portrays a sugar estate where workers lack land ownership yet hold homes and labor rights by unwritten law. Foreman uses gentle, parental guidance, seeking input from trusted elder workers and matching discipline to each man’s character, creating a remarkably cohesive plantation system.
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America
Edison claims pyromagnetic generator could yield direct electricity from coal
The Arkansas Traveler reports Edison proposes a pyromagnetic generator that, heat in a magnetic field alters magnetism in iron nickel and cobalt to drive a surrounding coil, promising direct electricity from coal with energy efficiency rivaling or exceeding conventional dynamos.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Arkansaw Traveler
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