The Iconoclast of a Late Arriving Courtship
A witty social drama unfolds at a modern rail station as a couple quarrels over which train times to meet. The woman glosses over delays with fables of hats and luncheon plots while the man endures the escalating petty theater, scrambling for a feasible next appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marama
Jen
Mim
Willowa
Acord
Fancy
Sabia Gray
Harry Hammond
Harry
Edirds
Mamma
Sue
Rose
Bridget
Ted
Beabee
Dear Boy and the 11 02 Schedule Misadventure
A Boston Home Journal snippet shows a man reflecting on small misfortunes and a telegraph mishap. He pens a note to Miss Ethel Beebes with the future timing 11:02 and the exchange ends with the woman pondering the idea, asserting a belief in his tuition and recalling their sharp parting words.
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Walthat
Tan
Mies Ethel Beebes
Rowe Villa
the Highlands
Jamen G. Blaine
William van Reneselaer Whitney
Papa
Willie
Isaac Newton
Sue
Heith Minster
Boston Home Journal
Love's Dream 18 Over and a Wedding Arrest
In Kansas City reports, Sarah X and a youth named John Kenery wed after she visited the county recorder for a license. Detectives interrupted the ceremony at the Gandy building, arresting Kenery on reform school grounds grounds for Boonville. The reform school took him back, while Sarah faced an uncertain future as her mother allegedly aided the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah X
Soha Honery
John Henery Ubert
Sarah Jane Cooper
County Recorder
John Kenery
Cupid
Sarah
William R. Vance
Keshlear
Lowe
Gandy
Third Street
Grand Avenue
Col. Drake
Reform School
Boonville
John Henery
Kansas City -Star
Monuments planned for New York regiments in 1864 campaign
A movement began at Binghamton New York to erect monuments at Peters burg or Spottsylvania honoring New York regiments and batteries that served in the Army of the Potomac during the 1864 campaign.
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New York
Binghamton
N. Y
Petersburg
Spottsylvania
Army of the Potomac
Worn by Navy Officers in Uniform Costs and Details
A historical note describes Navy officers wardrobe costs from full dress coats to caps, with figures for various ranks. It recalls Commodore Dewey's promotion attire, Samoa losses, Manila engagement dress, and the strict uniform standards used by naval cadets to maintain attire fit for international duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Samoa
Leutenant
Manila
Lesser Antilles explored on a Brooklyn voyage
John G Shortall led a party through the Virgin Islands Leeward and Windward groups from St Thomas to Venezuela. The journey highlighted harbor limits and sparse industry amid sugar decline, with notes on St Thomas harbor, Curaçao style, coaling ports, and the region’s political pull toward American control.
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Porto Rico
Cuba
Lesser Antilles
Spain
United States
Great Antilles
Great Caribbean Sea
Forto Rico
Danis Islands
St. Thomas
Virgin Group
America
Caribbean
Virgin Islands
Leewards
Virgins
South American
Caribbean Sea
Bpain
John G. Shortall
Brooklyn
Venezuela
Shortall
St Thomas
Grant
Denmark
Congress
English Authors Compared Man of Strange Appearance
A New York writer sizes up Mr. Thomas Henry Hall Casino describing him as odd in appearance and noting he would look striking with hair trimmed and face shaved. The piece compares him unfavorably to Zangwill Gen Pryor and Richard Le Gallienne, suggesting varying levels of handsomeness among authors.
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Thomas Henry Hall Casino
New York
Zangwil
Gen. Pryor
Caine
Zangwill
Richard le Gallienno
Dancing to Cure Disease Across Ancient Health Views
The article surveys dancing as a mild exercise praised by ancient doctors for curing ailments such as spleen, vapors, melancholia, agues, jaundice, and rheumatism. It traces Greek and Spartan endorsements, Socrates' health aims, and a modern warning by a writer about avoiding overexertion. It notes a Frenchwoman testing chocolate's abstaining powers, losing 15 pounds in sixty days.
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Tsianda
I'baeve
Martinique
Santa Lucis
Laccurgus
India
Egypt
Lacedemonia
Greece
Socrates
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Gistona
Waltham
Court of Appeal
James G. Blatte
Ethel
James G
Blaine
Tamea
Switzerland
Thoes
Weil
Caribe
Curacao
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Trinidad
Barbados
Hiasland
Curacoa
Holland
Cura
Jesuits
Antigua
la Guayra
Caracas
Porta Cabello
Waanr
Banbapoes
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