Soldier's Tale of Mignon and the Crimea Love
In Chelsea gardens an old veteran recounts how his friend Ralph Stanley wooed Mignon, the woman who loved him as well as the speaker. A Crimean night of battle, courage, and sorrow ties their fates, ending with a quiet, reflective farewell.
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Chelsea College Gardens
Regin
Mignon
Ralph Stanley
Laddie
Wen
Ralph
Wicat
Stanley
England
Enniskillen
Chicago Herald
The Soldier and Obedience
A Paris attache recalls Gambetta's view that marching and shooting are essential for a soldier, but argues obedience is equally vital. He notes obedience must stem from faith in officers, justice, knowledge, and skill, not blind compliance.
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Paris
Gambetta
Excellency
Sir Henry Brackenburg
Feuding Roosters Mirror Naval Demonstrations
A rough vignette contrasts two roosters sensing ill intent with how nations respond to threats. It notes that whether the rival “takes a dare” shapes the outcome, likening animal bravado to a naval display. The San Francisco Chronicle frames the idea as a test of restraint and risk.
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San Fran
Cisco
Chronicle
East Pennsylvania German Funeral Drawers and Death Trusses
A Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph corresp. describes a custom among eastern Pennsylvania German farmers. Families keep death drawers with wedding garments and grave clothes ready, sometimes with detailed funeral instructions. Women prepare extensive death trousseaus and may specify burial items, services, and even the minister and hymns.
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Kleinfeltersville
East Pennsylvania
Trousseau
Gabe
Pittsburg
Sickness Insurance in German Records
German compulsory sickness insurance covers nearly 8 million workers with one third reporting illness in a year. The average sickness lasts 17 days, costing lost wages at 50 cents daily and over 22 million dollars in a year, plus extra medical and care expenses for working people.
Veterinary surgeon links horse wear to foot disease
A celebrated veterinary surgeon declares that nine of ten worn out horses fail from foot disease affecting feet or legs and that most other causes relate to lameness in the foot area. He notes poor traction or dunber owe impacts hooves.
Ten Cent Classics List From Harper Bros Offer
Harper Brothers promotes cheap literature with a ten cent price for numerous renowned works. A Boston clergyman and Rev Abbott discuss affordable access to the best English novels, listing titles by Hardy, Haggard, Collins, Dumas, Kipling, Stevenson, and more, spanning fiction and classics.
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Cher Harder
Harper Broa
Rev. Abbott
Boston
A. Tarm
Becaus
America
Price
Cardinal Fin
Hugh Conway
Mrs. Forrester
Chiffon
Gyp
God and the Man
Robt. Buchannan
Sam's
Helen B. Mathers
F. Anstey
Weavers and West
M. Ki. Braddon
Cleopatra
H. Rider Haggard
Phyllis
the Duchess
Thomas Hardy
Ritta
Lark’ Russell
Joan Halifax
Gentleman
Miss Mulock
Rhoda Broughton
Man
Mark
Anthony Hope
Dinah Shadd
Rudyard Kippling
Monte Christo
Alexander Dumas
Young Mietley
Henry. Seton Mortiman
Lady Audley
Misa M
Braddon
Ki. W. Hornung
Hdlmond Dantes
Olive Schreiner
Notre Dame
Victor Hugo
Henry Seton Merriman
Mra
Emma D. EN. Southworth
Ishmael
Imma D
Alexander Damas
Frank T. Bullen
Mate
R. L. Stevenson
Dead Man's Rock
Midna Lyall
Firm of
Girdlestone
Chris
W. E. Norris
Paris
Metropolitan National Bank
Chicago
Continental National Bank
Deseret National Bank
Lake Ity
Utah
People's National Bank
Rock Island
Lil
Iowa National Bank
Ottumwa
Iowa
Montgomery Ward & CO
Nelson Morris & CO
Beet and Pork Packers
Rosenbaum Bros. & CO
Union Stock Yards
Clay, Robinson & CO
Silberman Brothers
Michigan St
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Jague
Thom
Sila
R. BR. Bowker
Century
Nations and Roosters
Pennsylvania
Marie Corelli
A. Conan Doyle
Sappho
Alphonse Daudet
Robert Louis Stevenson
Jack and Three
F. C. Phillips
W. Clark Russell
Paul Bourget
Nk’s
Werner
Webster’s Dictionary
Western
Asia
Europe
Noah Webster
U.S. Naval
Yacht Club Blenala
Les As
Onary
Umer
Kusping
Maken
Uso
the Saalfield Pub. CO
Akron, Ohio
Thompson & Reynolds
Dillon, Montana
Burlington House
Burlington
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Ogden
Salt Lake City
W. Temple ST
R. F. Nesten
Tribune Pub. CO
Ely
Ely’s
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