Manning's Funeral Procession by London World
The article describes a two and a half hour funeral procession led by bishops around the bier with Mendelssohn’s Beati Mortui as incense and sacred water. It details a medieval like march of Jesuits Franciscans Carmelites Dominicans and other orders, ending with the bier borne by the Oratory Brothers as mourners kneel.
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Manning
Mendelssohn
Catafalque
Oblates of
St. Charles
England
Cardinal Manning
Carlo Borromeo
Milan
Christian Brothers
Father Cox
Pro
Brothers of the Oratory
Oratory
London
New Hotel Fire Alarm System with Independent Bells
A hotel fire alarm system uses electric bells with gongs from six to ten inches mounted on polished bases. Each bell has a dedicated dry battery and automatic drop, connected in series to box drops and office pushes. Pressing a button rings the local bell until reset, without affecting annunciators or room call bells.
Couple from Methow River lands wed at justice’s office
Shu a shep, a Chiliwhist Indian, and Kleck hum tech teck, a Methow Kloocman who owns 640 acres near the Methow mouth, married by Justice W H Fifield. They recount a winter stop at Omak Lake where priests and police attempted to force a church wedding, sparking a free fight that the couple’s supporters won. They fled to town and were married.
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Shu-a Shep
Kieck-hum-teck
Justice of the Peace
W. H. Fifield
Shu-ashep
Kleck-hum-teck
Methow
Young wife at fourteen born to fortune wanes into ruin
Mrs Josie McDonald wed Bert McDonald of Warsaw at fourteen. A year later he fled and died in Kansas City. She moved to Chicago as a domestic, then to Longcliffe asylum at Logansport. An orphan at twelve a wife at fourteen a mother at sixteen a widow at eighteen, she is a wreck at twenty.
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Josie McDonald
Bert McDonald
Warsaw
Kansas City
Indianapolis News
New Star photographed in every position at Cambridge
Astronomers at the Cambridge observatory have photographed the new bright star in every position. Photography aids sky study. the observatory holds about 30,000 plates forming an unparalleled photographic record of the sky.
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Cambridge Observatory
Springfield Republican
Poker Flush Turns to Fata Blacked Out Theft
John Persankie drew a royal flush of diamonds in a Coal Run game with Frank Maskie and twenty dollars at stake. Maskie, unseen, slipped laudanum into Persankie’s beer causing unconsciousness. Maskie seized the pot, took a watch and eighty four dollars, and fled.
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John Persankie
Frank Maskie
Coal Run
King High
Maskie
Persankie
Philadelphia
Gold and Silver Spangles in Fashion
The article praises spangles as a versatile decoration for gowns bonnets and fans. Gauze fans with large steel or gold spangles and dragon fly or butterfly shapes create a sparkling outer display that brightens the entire toilet.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
The Negro's Humor in Middle Georgia Recall of a Slave's Tale
A Century writer relays a story of a former slave returning to his old master. Jim explains his years of labor and the small gifts he kept, from merlasses to a hat and shoes, then recounts the master’s counting of pay on Christmas as Jim prepares to leave. The tale ends with Jim joining the others in laughter at the practical joke.
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Middle Georgia
Jim
Perkins
Marie Jack
Chris
Richard M. Johnston
Century
Salvation Army Shelters Offer Warm Decent Comfort in London
The Salvation Army shelters provide clean warm rooms and free hot water, soup, and cocoa. Inmates mingle calmly with little quarrel, while evening religious meetings offer solace and neighborliness amid foggy streets and dim lamps.
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Salvation Army
London
Mary Lowe Dickinson
Harper’s Bazar
Savage Indian fighters rival regular troops in history
A Harper's Weekly reflection argues that American Indians rival trained white troops in numbers and skill, capable of fierce, organized warfare with modern rifles. It contends Indian fighters could have altered famous sieges in India, and compares them to Cossacks and Arabs in partisan warfare.
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Jack
Joseph
Geronimo
India
Delhi
Lucknow
Harper’s Weekly
Macbeth Actor Forges Real Blood After Makeup Shortage
A London Tit-Bits anecdote claims a leading actor, lacking stage blood for Macbeth, struck the property man and forced a crimson stream from his nose to bathe his hands. Afterward, a heated clash ensued between the pro and the property man over the improvised prop.
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London
Banana Plants and Protection in Tropical Climates
The article notes banana leaves reaching six feet long and two feet wide, torn by tropical winds to add to beauty. It states the banana is enjoyed by beasts, birds, and people, and advises owners in sparse areas to fence plantations with thorny plants for protection.
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Tropics
Goldthwaite
Geographical Magazine
Lamartine’s Wife Aided Greatly In His Work
The great French poet Lamartine was happily married and received significant support from his wife in all his undertakings according to contemporary writer notes.
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Lamartine
The Overcoat Repair and a Morning in New York
An impoverished veteran in New York buys repair for his overcoat at a small tailor’s shop. The Spaniard shopkeeper Shears engages him in a light poker game, using vest buttons as chips, then pays fifty cents for buttons won and pockets a modest remaining sum. He then starts his day with a cheap breakfast.
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New York
Shears
New York Times
Happy Boy Brings Cheer From Funeral Choir News
A nine year old boy in Miami earns a dollar per funeral singing in the church choir. He joyfully reports two funerals scheduled for the afternoon, bringing happiness to his needy family as his father is out of work.
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Miami
New York Sun
Anecdote of the Emir and a Russian Frontier Plan
English engineer Mr. Pyne relays a tale from the emir of Cabul about a Russian proposal to mass 500 artillery and cavalry on the Afghan frontier. The emir says he plans 5,000 troops on his side at the same location, with room for both, and a new site is found for the maneuvers.
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Pyne
Cabul
Turkestan
His Highness
London Times
Supremest Humanity as Nation Mourns Great Life
A Contemporary Review passage recalls a statesman warning against ecclesiastics on a society committee. The reply defends Cardinal Manning as belonging to all, asserting supreme humanity as the king among men. The piece frames this as the nation’s mournful lesson and enduring ideal.
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Cardinal Manning
Manning
Lady’s Whist Visit Declined By Servant Tonight
A caller asks the mistress to come over for a whist game but the servant girl says Mrs. 5. cannot go and must stay in since it’s her night out. The queenly helper notes the restriction and the plan cannot proceed.
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Springfield Homestead
Nervine Claims Cure for Nervous Prostration and Sleeplessness
Hundreds of women suffer headaches nervousness sleeplessness and female troubles. Mrs Hl Herbechter of Stevens Point Wis followed doctors and medicines for five years before one bottle of Dr Miles Nervine gave sound sleep nightly and a new outlook. Mrs Elizabeth Wheeler of Laramie City Wyoming reports relief after three weeks for headache and nervous prostration. Sold by Bradshaw Thoma trial bottle free.
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Hl. Herbechter
Stevens Point
Wis
Miles Nervine
Elizabeth Wheeler
Laramie City
Wyoming
Bradshaw & Thoma
Wild Wolf Attack Ends Fox Hunt Des Moines Ad
A party of fox hunters near Cleveland released a wild mountain wolf from Kansas. The beast bit a hunter, tore boots, killed two dogs, and wounded several others before the hunters killed it. Also includes advertising snippets and a note on the sun’s light needing an atmosphere.
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Cleveland
Jonger
Kansas
Mother's Friends and a Maine coast quirk in one note
A Lincoln Parish Louisiana resident reports using only two bottles of Mothers Friends before a third confinement and praises it as worth hundreds of dollars. Geo D Clarke, a local druggist, sold it. A Lubeck man who bought a horse in Eastport had to drive over forty miles home despite Eastport and home being three miles apart in a straight line.
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Chill
Atacama
Joel Phillips
Cornwall
Pau de Azucar
Lonely Island
London
Dock Miles
Lincoln Parish
Geo. D. Clarke
Maine
Lubeck
Eastport
Mystic Cure Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatism
A patent medicine advertisement touts Mystic Cure as a radical remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming disappearance of disease in 1 to 8 days after the first dose. It is priced at 75 cents and sold by G Wigley Druggist in Fairfield Iowa. The item also notes San Salvador has issued a new postage stamp series replacing pre 189? issues.
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Slansen
HL. C. Hansen
East Locust St
Des Moines
Iowa
ID. G. Wigley Draggist
Fairfield
Republic of San Salvador
New Patent Pills and Health Claims Hited
A mix of patent medicine pitches and health notices mentions Miles’ Pills curing various ailments with samples at Bradshaw and Thomas. It also notes De Witt’s Sarsaparilla from Geo D. Clarke, bronze Statue of Liberty facts, papal cardinal deaths, Early Risers ad, and a Dover, England grip ban with fines.
De Witts Little Early Risers Pills Promoted
An advertisement claims the smallest dose cures best. De Witt's Little Early Risers are described as the smallest pill that performs the cure, attributed to Geo D Clarke.
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Geo. D. Clarke
de Witt
Geo, D. Clarke
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