Remembrance Note from Friends and Family
A short elegiac message bidding friends to stay a tender hour before parting, honoring those who sleep beneath the coffin lid and cherishing memories kept alive by the living. An intimate reflection on mourning and farewell within a warmly remembered gathering.
New Year Favors Orphans in Sluice City
In a frontier tale, Pete and Indifferent Ike rally Sluice City to aid two orphans whose dying mother arrived with a long neglect. A dramatic rescue at the Bowlders, gunfire from redskins, and a climactic public thanks follow as Pete faces danger and the town unites for the children and a repentant husband arrives.
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Pete
Yank Hawkins
Sluice City
Jim
Tucson
Ike
Tucgon
Don Brennan
Bowlders
Pobpi
Eoprey
Meader
Bluige City
Heires
Traveling telegraph bicycle to aid railroad wreck work
A design described by The American Cyclist converts a bicycle into a rail crossable telegraph unit. It uses a three wheeled triangular frame with flanged wheels for rails and a reel of wire linked to a handle bar telegraph. The operator maintains direct contact with headquarters while riding. Detaching it allows highway use.
New Year Reflections From Writers On Hope And Renewal
An 1897 column gathers thoughts from Howells, Browne, Hawthorne, Stockton, Lanza, and Croly on New Year optimism. It hails renewal, memory, and artistic obligation while noting American authors should lead in literature over British works. Captain Charles King closes with a toast to better times ahead.
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Hamlet
Bryant
Junius Henri Browne
New York
Hanne Browne
Browne
Julian Hawthorne
Pelham Manor
Raya
Louise Stockton
Louise Stock Ton
Marquise Lanza de Mercato
Bianca
William A. Hammond
Elm
New London
Conn
Clara Lanza
Italy
General
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Jennie June
Jennin Cunningham Croly
Mr. Howells
W. D. Howells
Hogta
Charles King
Charles Mackay
Lituian A
North
Germany’s Monarch Receives Court in Grand Black Eagle Chamber
The imperial couple host relatives and notables in a lavish ceremony at the black eagle chamber. The empress wears a long crown veil, 16 yard train, and display of jewels, while the Kaiser dons the great general's uniform. A choir, clergy, and 200-voice boy choir accompany religious rites before a grand court. The Kaiser’s demeanor blends dignity with blunt candor, earning German admiration.
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Germany
Chancellor von Caprivi
Bismarck
White Hall
Unter den Linden
Museum
Wife On Christmas Day Returns With Sealskin Sack
A husband laments on New Year’s Day that his wife now brings only a pin cushion after a previous gift of a sealskin sack. He gloomily predicts a sheriff may follow tomorrow.
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N.Y
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