Romantic daughter of Peter Crosby plots romance with two suitors
Caroline Crosby, a moneyed yet sentimental heiress, flirts with two lovers Arthur Welland the poor poet and Horace Chambers the mill man. She muses on marrying for love or wealth, tests Arthur with a manuscript, then learns of his two hundred thousand dollars inheritance. The tale blends romance and irony in a late 19th or early 20th century magazine style.
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Caroline Crosby
Dorry
Wen
Caroline
Arthur Welland
Arthur
Horace Chambers
Chcoline
Chambers
Peter Crosby
Peter
Horace
Freud
Coroline
Hornace
Minmself
Carrie
Cinthia
Ineline
A Drunk Citizen Mutters at Maria in Lughouse Bugle
A citizen in a dejected posture admits intoxication and asks Maria for a reaction in a brief Lughouse Bugle entry. The sketch captures a somber, candid moment with sparse dialogue.
Long-delayed justice to Red Man in land grant case
Joseph War Bonnet, a Sioux of the Ogalalla band, inherits 160 acres once homesteaded by his father Black War Bonnet after a Department of the Interior decision. The tract was originally unsurveyed, improved by the father, and held through three years of residence before dispossession in 1882. Despite withdrawals and denials, petitions span decades, with hearings and a final decision granting full ownership to the heir as described by the Interior Bulletin.
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Black War Bonnet
Joseph War Bonnet
Department of the Interior
Joseph War Honnet
Publc
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Department of the Interior Bulletin
Pin in Candle Meant Right to Have Hearing
An old French peasant custom called The Pin in the Candle or The Right to Be Heard dictated a ritual for divorcing couples. In a lighted candle two pins marked equal spaces apart determined speaking turns. the husband spoke until the flame reached his pin, then the wife spoke until it reached hers. The practice faded but entered family life as a proverb, now repeated as “mother’s pin” or “father’s pin” to end quarrels.
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France
Father
Delneator
Summer Visitor Prompts Talk With Village Postmaster
A village postmaster warns his youth carrier about a summer boarder who flirts and sends love from three city men. The carrier reassures him that his job is simply to deliver the mail.
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Uute
Abner
Buried Alive Theory Shocks Medical World
Professor Jellinek of the Vienna Electro Pathological Institute declares many electrocution victims are buried alive. He argues electric shock only causes a trance and that revival is possible if treatment continues until physical decay begins. He estimates hundreds may have been buried alive rather than revived after prolonged care.
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Jellinek
Vienna
Electro Pathological Institute
Human Hair Weaves Power Strong Cloth in China
A Southern factory meets rising demand for durable fabric by weaving human hair into cloth capable of resisting 4000 to 4500 pounds per square inch. With camel hair costly, researchers developed hair weaving machines and sourced hair from China to supply the new material for strong textile use.
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China
Has It Come to This Story From Honolulu
A Honolulu tale reports a maid alarmed by her employer about her husband. The maid says the husband is losing his mind and was seen on hands and knees in the living room claiming he was looking for the East Wild. The remark prompts concern and questions about household stability.
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Honolulu
Jim
East Wild
Lonelulu Star-Bulletin
Wing On plans Hankow department store with theater and concert hall
The Wing On company, a major department store operator in Shanghai and Hongkong, has acquired about two acres on the main street of Hankow for a new complex. The project will combine bargain counters with amusements including a theater and concert hall for shoppers.
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Chinaw
Hankow
Wing On Company
Shanghai
Hongkong
Tfunkaw
Salesmanship Hesitant Flapper and Boll Weevil Trade
A quirky exchange features a hesitant salesman and a flapper character as they discuss hose amid forecasts of strong winds. The dialogue pivots to a purchase labeled Boll Weevil, signaling a light, era-tinged marketplace moment with period slang.
Seeing Society Bootlegging Quote in Prohibition Era
A fragment quotes a bootlegging exchange praising the life over money. The speaker claims the thrill lies in meeting people, while a companion dismisses coin as secondary to the experience. The line reflects social attitudes about illegal liquor and personal connections.
New Meteorological Device Combines Thermometer and Clock
A new, simpler meteorological instrument records temperature and shows time on a weekly card without care. It combines thermometer and clock functions in one device, easing monitoring for a week.
Break The Black Line Habit And Find Your Freedom
A late twentyish New York clerk named Lila breaks routine after a subway disruption. She quits following a fixed path, adopts new habits, and gradually gains energy, joy, and promotion at work, ending as a chief clerk.
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New York
Broadway
Hardware
Lila
Lita
Taki
Mide
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
How Peruvians Devised System of Enumeration
The article outlines how ancient Peruvians used quipus, a knot tied on a colored string cord, to represent numbers and objects. Colors signified commodities like silver and gold, while white and red indicated peace and war, forming a complete arithmetical system.
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Mexico
Wiltiig
Witlch
Mioresu
Miekoots
First Train Ride Eskime Woman at theket office
Eskime Wotan locates Assuquja by pointing to a bench while a clerk studies a railroad folder. The scene centers on a query about Assuquja and a woman awaiting a train journey.
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Assuquja
Grandmother's Cookies and Belgian Hash Recipe Fragment
A fragment titled Grandmother's Cookies offers a butter sugar sour cream and molasses cookie method with spice notes and dough handling. The text shifts to a Belgian Hash dish using pork feet clams potatoes and a tomato creamy sauce, instructing steps for preparation and serving with crackers.
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New Orleans
An Author Too Adoring Wann Recipe For No Cake
Fragmentary note references a magazine contribution and a famed author. Mentions a New York Sun and Globe context with housewives audience. Contains unclear terms and possible misreads about a story, recipe, and adoration within a periodical setting.
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New York Sun and Globe
Ridgely Area Farms Offer Broad Choice of 5 to 240 Acres
A Ridgely Maryland farm sale listing advertise 180 acres between Ridgely and Greensboro with up to date buildings silo and timber. Many parcels near Ridgely offer brick houses barns fruit trees and sea of features. Prices on application with note of local schools canning factories and prospering farming community.
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Ridgely
Maryland
Greensboro
Aim
Cogling
Caroline County
Goldsboro
Marydel
Templeville
Hillsboro
Stone Road
Trice
Xere
M. E
Church of the Brethren
Armour & Co
Radio Aids Sahara Reclamation via Artesian Wells
Washington Post reports that radio enables Sahara reclamation by guiding caravans and coordinating resistance if needed. French engineers study artesian wells to reclaim Australia, noting eight basins cover 472000 square miles with a surge in wells since 1898. Potentially extendable to the Sahara to support a transsiberian style corridor and colonial expansion.
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Sahara
Australia
Australian
Bhrehall
France
Washington Post
Making Sugar From Beets by a Simple Process
A method for extracting sugar from beets suitable for amateurs is described. After careful washing and peeling, the beets are sliced and simmered in water for ten hours, the pulp pressed in a muslin bag to extract juice, and the juice reduced to a thick syrup that can substitute commercial sugar. The syrup keeps briefly, so small quantities are advised, while roots store well when kept dry and away from damp.
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin Benj. H. Johnson
Woulvin & Johnson
Oslibazas
H. Irving King
Gad, Icc E ‘Newspaper Syndicate
Prtes
America
Jenner
By Margaret Morison
Stuusseau
Rhode Island
Vere Meare
Western Buel Apaper
Ridgely Land Agency
Caroline Sun Building
The
Goldsboro Bank
Barred Rocks
Sunshine Poultry Farm
Ridgely, MD
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Prest
J. Frank Wright
Radio
Robert Jarrell, JR
Optometrist
EH. J. Wright
Denton, Md
Asix
Oldsmobile
General Motors
G.M. A.C
F.o. B. Lansing
W.H. Hollis & Son
Preston, Md
Journal Office
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