A Story of a Princess and a Little Boy
A room filled with velvet drapery and treasures hosts a story told by a mother to her daughter and guest, linking beauty to inner worth. The tale contrasts wealth with love and hints the princess’s heart aches for the brown-eyed boy amid royal gilded life. The later scene shifts to Gen Washington and a corporal, where a humorously instructive moment unfolds during a reconstruction task at a colonial blockhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette
Papa
Prince
Mignonne
Munsey
New Words and the Talking Menace in English
A Liverpool Post note humorously predicts future vocabulary with invented words like tribbles and browninged. It satirizes how women recount their lives while men hide age and pasts as widowers. The piece contrasts speech and behavior in social storytelling.
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Emile
Dreyfus
Elim
Liverpool
England
Moving the Wheat Crop and World Demand
A sweeping study details wheat as a colossal modern industry. It notes annual U S and Canada exports around 270 million bushels, potential growth, global demand, and Europe’s dependence on North American supplies. It explains farm-to-market flows, elevator systems in Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Buffalo, and lake transportation economics. It also covers grading, inspection, and the vast scale of loading and shipping wheat worldwide.
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United States
Canada
William Crookes
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Great Britain
America
Russia
India
United Kingdom
Europe
Chile
Argentine
California
China
England
Brazil
Siberia
Australia
Department of Agriculture
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Ray Stannard Baker
McClure
Northwest
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Spector
Duluth
Chicago
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Seaboard
Lakes
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Chluth-Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
New Orleans
Galveston
Montreal
Portland
Norfolk
Newport News
Baker
Freak Houses by Amateur Architects Stir Controversy Across Builders
A noted column recalls the rise of amateur architects influencing speculative building. Tales include a row of cottages with chimneys but no fireplaces, a lawyer’s grand plan lacking fires, and a villa built without drains or gutters yet with conflicting chimney layouts.
Inventions Patented in Washington and Massachusetts
A Washington inventor introduces a two lever leg driven crosscut saw with pedals on a frame. A Massachusetts designer adds a foot rest for wagons with carved brackets and adjustable bar height. A New York inventor patents a folding ladder with a split tube and pivot pins. A spade with a wire-reinforced interior is shown for breaking earth. A windlass powered water-drawing apparatus moves along a cable carriage driven by a crank.
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Washington
Massachusetts
New York
The Others Needed It More Parade Command
The regiment stood for a church parade but the church was under repair causing reduced seating. The colonel ordered the sergeant major to dismiss those who did not wish to go to church, and lead the rest to service. Three quarters left the ranks, shocking the officers and men.
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Theolonel
London
Government literature swamps the public in papers
The Baltimore American notes the flood of government publications. Citizens react to lengthy resident messages, while overlooking the thousands of reports and documents behind them. Reading all government outputs would take decades at eight hours daily.
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Baltimore American
Divorce Question Turns On Unseen Husband
In a Philadelphia Press item a child asks about a divorce case, wondering if the husband is dead and whether a remarriage proceeds. The mother explains some matters are hard to understand, likening it to getting vaccinated and noting a first dose was not taken.
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Dr. Lamban
Witte Ethel
Manasseh Cutler Vows Ohio Settlement Boom
In a 1787 circular Cutler of Massachusetts touted a New England settlement at the Muskingum mouth and predicted the Ohio and Mississippi rivers would eventually teem with produce and merchandise, claiming the current flow would outpace every other stream on earth.
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Manasseh Cutler
Massachusetts
Ohio
Muskingum
Mississippi
Man Interested Youth Seeks Manicure Set After Affection
A curious, snippet style note describes a boy drawn to girls and finger calls, sparking a desire for a manicure set. It suggests a link between interest in companions and material items, noting that monetary gain often leads a man to seek items multiple times.
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Tly
Mamma
Tery
Mr. Barnett
Dever
Grey
Sassart
Sardinia
Fernl
Comsul- Rocca
Norrlog
Mme
Uncle Sam
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