Miss Selina Snowhall Becomes Mrs Wirewood in Rural Farce
In a breezy early morning scene, Miss Selina Snowhall confronts her deaf neighbor Mr. Wirewood who persistently proposes marriage. After comic miscommunications and verbal sparring, she realizes his affection and they become engaged, despite her initial resistance.
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Authors’ Syndicate
Miss Selina
Mr. Wirewood
Wirewood
Mies Selina
John Auguatus
Mr. Wirewvood
Selina
Miss. Selina
Rochambeau Statue to Be Unveiled in Washington May
The Rochambeau monument will be unveiled in Washington near Lafayette Square with royal attendance from Count de Rochambeau’s descendants and French officials. A French naval official will represent Paris, while US leaders welcome guests and oversee ceremonies. The bronze statue honors the French commander who aided the American victory in the Revolution.
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Washington Port
Jance
de Rochambeau
Count de Rochambbeau
United States
Atta
Marquin-de-Chambran
Count da Lasteyrie
Lafayette
America
France
Navy
Department of Foreign Affairs
Baltimore
Washington
Raymond Rogers
United States Navy
T. A. Bingham
Herbert H. D. Pierce
Secretary of State
Lafayette Square
Liberty
Franca
Rochambeau
Count de Rochambeau
Cornet
Napoleon
Washington Times reports largest American family at Prairie du Chien
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin centers on the Fernett clan claimed as America's largest family with 188 members led by Peter Fernett Sr nearly 90. Eight children, 126 grandchildren, 61 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild trace the line through multiple spouses and numerous offspring. All members are described as hale and hearty. one elderly matriarch died recently after a long life.
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America
Washington
Prairie du Chein
Wis
United States
Peter Fennett
Peter Fernett
Menure
Anthony le Bonne
Louise la Bonne
Frani
Paranta
Four Hours Sleep Society Promotes Shorter Rest
Chicago bred group asserts four hours sleep suffices and pledges to avoid longer rest. Members argue longer sleep is unnecessary and advocate minimal rest in their negotiation.
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Chicago
Ellison Faces Blackmailer Over Hidden Heirloom
In a London library, James Ellison, a prosperous 50 year old banker, receives a pushy visit from Job Hendricks who reveals a decades old crime tie involving Ellison’s former friend Frale and Ellison’s own heir, the educated daughter of Frale. Ellison contemplates leveraging money to secure silence as Hendricks presses for aid to free a schoolteacher innocent of murder amid a garden sighting by a ragged intruder.
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James Ellison
Ellison
Martin Frale
Dibson
James Bilston
Frale
Tsay
Turner
Frate
Fralo
Gillison
Willgon
Job Hendricks
Dillson
Huison
Hendricks
Hilson
Barnatt’s
Ilfa
Hilison
A Big Family A Blessing From Wilkesbarre Mothers Guide
New York Sun cites Mrs Samuel Swartwood of Mountain Top Pennsylvania as mother of 28 children with 22 living. She offers maxims for mothers stressing early marriage diligent work cheerfulness authority in the home and view of large families as a blessing. She recalls hardships with the first seven children and notes clothes and funds tests ease as children grow and help.
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Wilkesbarre
New York Sun
Pennsylvania
Mountain Top
Samuel’ Swartwood
Chilren
Swartwoot
Sam
Tate Nittarenary
Prehistoric lake dwellings unearthed near Dolina in Bosnia
London Standard reports extensive prehistoric pile dwellings found in the river Save bed near Dolina, Bosnia. Four houses on piles, a burial area with bronzes and ornaments, and a hollow oak trunk estimated at 8000 years old reveal Bronze and Iron Age life, likely destroyed by flood in the third century.
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London Standard
Save
Dolina
Bosnia
Switzerland
Saravejo
Europe
Dolfna
Obrist
Fragmented Intermission Note From Prison Memoir
A damaged OCR fragment references intermissions and a prison life with unclear details about coercion or torture and possible commentary on confinement without a clear- cut narrative. The text is incomplete and lacks identifiable events, names, or dates.
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Phere
Wilstor
Fragmented World Report Mixes Finance Claims and Royal Gossip
A sprawling 19th century collage cites France canal spending, a vast future expansion, volcanic emissions harming vegetation, a Kentucky congressional candidate, English legal prowess, Berlin bar iron pricing, a new sailor slang dictionary, a French aviator record, and various European royal and political notes. It blends political, scientific, and social curiosities with sharp, sometimes humorous asides about figures like Maxim Gorki, Lord Grimthorpe, and American diplomacy.
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France
Vesuvius
Mary Burkett
Congress
Kentucky
Lord Grimthorpe
England
Chicago
Berlin
Indies
Telsgarens de Bort
T2 Degrags
Centigrade
Belles Lettres
Imerial Academy of Science
Alexia Pesahkoff
Maxim Gorki
Alexander
Dugland
Morocco
Bret Daal
America
Italy
Germany
Austria
Angela
Prince Henry
United States
Newfoundland
Marine
Bond
Jackman
Knox
Helf
Indianapo
Theodore Sewall
May Wright Bawall
Somerset Club
Boston
Lodge
Tolatol
Russian Society of Friends
Friends
Saciery
Rome
Vienna
Hartford Times
Beebler
Crowninshield
T. M. Potts
Sedley
Santidge
New York State
Clovernor
West
Ellsworth
Senate
Woodruff
Buford
Nixon
Frye
Blackburn
Blackbur
Hoe
Sanater Horat
Lorense
National Soldiers
Hamp
Dayton
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Hattin Whitney
New York City
Ernst. DE Lanchy Pierson
de Lancey Pierson
Boamis
Olio
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