A Romance of Monte Carlo Love and Suicide in Monaco
A Lyons couple flee by marriage to Monte Carlo with a few hundred francs. They gamble at the casino and walk the Condamine to the sea, ending in suicide by charcoal, choosing death together over life apart. The tale, told as it happened by George R B Sims. Bennett, and threatens to expose him to his creditors if he shall take legal steps.
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Lyons
America
Monte Carlo
Fortune
Monaco
Bennett
Philadelphia Record
Coffee on Summer Tables and Old Time Tin Pots
A Boston Journal feature extols coffee in warm weather and methods from ice coffee to coffee soda. It favors the old-fashioned tin coffee pot as best for aroma and flavor, describes serving with cream and hot milk, and notes per capita consumption roughly 7 1/2 pounds in 1888 versus 74 pounds in 1870.
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Boston Journal
Bennett affair ends in debt and disputed marriage
John Bennett a wheel wright in this city loses most of his property after an infatuation with Cornelia Halfish of Trenton. He allegedly paid his wife to leave and gave about 15000 dollars to Miss Halfish, who with cousin David Jobs then married in Camden and moved into Bennett's Jamesburg cottage. Mrs Jobs refuses to return funds.
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New Jersey
John Bennett
Cornelia Halfish
Trenton
Miss Hulfish
David Jobs
Bennett
Hulfish
Jobs
Miss Hubish
Camden
Jamesburg
N. J
Sherman and the Veteran Show Generous Aid
A New York City morning scene shows Gen. Sherman helping a one legged veteran seeking a government post. Sherman offers a lead to Mr. Van Cott and a $50 bill, keeping a pledged not to write for office. The tale ends with the veteran's gratitude and resolve.
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Gen. Sherman
New York City
Emerson and Carlyle Admire Each Other in Early Meetings
The London Westminster Review cites Emerson in Paris noting his French paled beside Madame de Stael. He meets Tennyson at Coventry Patmore and praises him as cultivated yet unpretentious. Carlyle and Emerson exchange warm impressions, while an 1833 diary entry recalls tax plans and mutual early admiration, described by St Louis Magazine.
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London Westminster Review
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Paris
Madame de Stael
Concord
Emerson
Tennyson
Coventry Patmore
Carlyle
England
Scotland
William
Adelaide
Lord Houghton
Mutual Admiration Society
St. Louis Magazine
The Ruling Passion and Cold Beauty Refer to a Threat
A dramatic Old World melodrama scene features a wild lover demanding marriage or threatening to detonate a dynamite can. The dialogue centers on social status and marriage prospects involving Miss Pert and Mr. De Rich in a sensational vignette.
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Cold Beauty
Miss Pert
Scriptural Authority in a Clerical Dental Dilemma
A dialogue satirizes a high medical bill as Dr. Diagnose cites Scriptural authority to justify pricing. The clergyman challenges the claim, and a sudden retort recalls the proverb Physician, heal thyself as a moral check on profiteering.
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Thirdly
Willing to Do His Best in a Town Aid Exchange
A seedy man asks for help toward the next town while claiming low funds. A citizen offers a small boost in departure, noting a disadvantage without boots. The passage argues character relies on religion morality and knowledge amid social scenes.
Self-defense Against 2 Dangerous Foe
Forewarned is not forearmed in the case of those who incur the risk of an attack from that dangerous foe malaria. But if those in peril are aided with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters it is nullified and rendered harmless. Western settlers and miners, dwellers in malarious regions, have relied on this defense. It conquers stomach liver and bowel disorders and rheumatic and kidney complaints.
Burglary Pair Use Old Trick Fled From Scene
A younger burglar entered a private home while residents tea and was chased by two male household members. A gunman outside threatened to guard the other and cuffed his partner, but police arrived to find no one after the men, who vanished before complaints.
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New York Graphic
What Are Morganatic Marriages in Royal Houses
An explanation of the morganatic marriage practice rooted in ancient custom where a noble groom gives a morning gift to his wife, creating a dowry that defines the term. The German law allows marriages within royalty to be legally valid but grants the lower-born spouse and their children reduced rank and titles. The note adds that such marriages have often been happy.
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London
Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a remedy for weariness
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the cure for summer fatigue and illness. It claims the medicine purifies blood, restores appetite, and improves sleep, citing a testimonial from Grancex F. Jackson of Roxbury Connecticut. It notes price at $1 for 100 doses, six bottles for $5, sold by druggists and prepared by Hood & Co., Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Hood
G. H. Ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
N. C
D. R. Dyche & CO
Chicago
Druggiata
Women’s conduct in homes mirrors public life in value
The text argues that if women pleased as readily at home as with friends and neighbors, homes would be the happiest in the world, suggesting equal social virtue and harmony in private life.
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Veteran
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Post
Emerson and Carlyle
Dobbins
Parts
Isaac Thompson
Mark
THE
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Brewster Safety Rein-Holder Co
Holly
Mich
Warrine Topyvertisere
Bi Reins Medical CO
Richmond
F. A. Lehmann
Washington, D. C
Theodore Holland
Philada
Chadwick
Highland Park
Ill
Northwestern Military Academy
Government
Yestampa Grannan Detective Bureau Co
M. B
Repin
BOF
Jones
STON
Sean
Binghamton
N.Y
Arpenter ST
Carroll’ Aves
H.h.green & Sons
Atlanta
GUARL
REED
MOODY
Moody & CO
Cincinnati
Ohio
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
PROM@TLY
JP Ladus
Bradfield
1 & Wesson
Smith & Wesson Arms
Smith & Wesson
Springfield
Mass
Hazeltine
Warren
Gaton
Crazer
Mall
Caton
Boston
Palmer's
Palmer
EL A. Gavise
Franklin St
Asewie Machine
Express
Orde
Chicago Ledger
Franklin Street
Shicaso
Chichester
Red Cross
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Sq
the Chemical Co
Cincinnati Ohio
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