Behold an Angel Unaware in Death’s Quiet Hall
Elizabeth Akers Allen laments moral blindness as good men die unnamed while the living proclaim virtue only after death. She reflects on the masks of prosperity and cruelty, wondering why newspapers praise the virtuous too late and how one might resemble a saint before the final breath.
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Eynic
Elizabeth Akers Allen
Century Magazine
Mart
Pen
Susie
Freddie
Matt
Davis
Farm dream ends in a suburban second lease on life
Mart Hammond longs to buy a farm trading city life for land and family. After a chaotic trial on a worn forty, mismanaging chores and a costly mastiff, a swap with James Davis returns them to town with two hundred dollars, a new suburban home, and a wiser outlook for Susie and Freddie.
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Susie
Matt
Mr. Bemis
Davis Farm
Freddie
Europe
Papa
Mart
Davis
Martin Hammond
Esquir
Hammond
Tormorror
James Henry Davis
Davises
Hammonds
Chief Engineer Melville Bright Arctic Veteran Profile
The article portrays Chief Engineer George W. Melville, famed for leading the Jeannette search under Lieutenant Chipp. It notes his New York birth, strong build, blue eyes, and athletic prowess, including a springy display and exceptional work speed in the machine shop.
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George W. Melville
Chipp
New York
Knickerbockers
Arctic
Tigress
Navy Yard
George
Belief in Brains Sparks Comical Observation
A witty remark notes how people applaud their own cleverness and claim more brains than others. It highlights the universal vanity in self assessment with a light social touch.
Northern lights linked to lost explorers say critics
The New York Graphte cites a poetic claim that the aurora borealis are the departed adventurers returned as ghosts, prompting debate about myth versus science.
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N. Y
Illinois Items Chronicle Sudden Deaths and Disasters
A Swedish Andersen family settles in Chicago amid a fatal home shooting. Park Turner dies of heart disease in Decatur. A freight wreck near Makanda and Cobden tears apart cars with fire. Folkers’ team drowns in the Sangamon River. A Scottsville shooting leaves Ed Barker dead. Two Myers boys drown near Owaneco. The Chicago festival ends with a deficit but bills paid. Assaults in Charleston end in a light fine. Dr Hoffmann shot in Quincy. Miss Annie Geyer slain in Belleville. A Gharkey wagon crash near La Grange kills Mrs Gharkey and Mr Allison. A Sugar Creek bridge collapse near Lincoln causes stock loss and injuries. Logan County reports a major railway accident with several injuries and hog losses. Illinois counts 6,182 Sunday schools with 64,316 teachers and 549,783 members.
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Andersen
Chicago
Park Turner
Decatur
Illinois Central
Makanda
Caboose
Petersburg
Sangamon
Folkers
Scottsville
Macoupin County
William Hagerford
Ed Barker
Hagerford
Barker
Charles Myers
Owaneeo
Christian County
Henry Downey
William Fatin
George Collins
Charleston
Shaw
Collins
Quincy
G. ©. Hoffman
Hellhake
Belleville
Phillip Matthews
Annie Geyer
Eli Gharkey
la Grege
Hance Allison
la Grange
Mr. Gharkey
Mrs. Gharkey
Mr. Allison
Ilinois
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Perhaos
Porter-House
Java
Mart Hammond
Sam
Julia
Chief Engineer
Melville
Illinois State News
Wolshe Wis
Tak
Elizabeth Boynton Esa
Evanston
Emily Hall
Savoy
Ada Kepley
Effingham
M. Ia Peters
Watseka
E. B. Mason
Joliet
H.woondee
Moline
B. Rossiter
DeKalb
M. FE. Cornell
York
Anna
Jane Graham Jones
M. B. Castle
Sandwich
J.8. Lathrop
Champaign
Illinois
General Assembly
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