Beatricia Returns to Pietro in Little Italy
Pietro, an Italian plaster artist in New York's Little Italy, endures two years of separation from Beatricia while dreaming of El Dorado and fame. A wandering vision of her spurs him to return home, where a hidden door opens to reveal Beatricia alive and by his side, answered by shared joy and renewed vows.
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Pietro
Gale
Beethoven
Fifth Avenue
Elysian Fields
Beatricia
Aztre
Tiber
Milo
Mercury
Italy
Pietra Gonzales
Rome
Gonzales the Elder
Vatican
America
New World
Marcello
Valentino
Chicryo
Biddenden Maids Charity Reinstated in Kent Village
In Biddenden the ancient distribution of bread and cheese was held after morning service to aid poor residents. A roll bearing the Fliza and Mary Chulkhurst effigy was given to all attendees. Tradition says Eliza and Mary Chulk hurst were born in 1100 and lived joined at the hip for 34 years until one fell ill and died, the other dying six hours later.
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Biddenden
Fliza
Mary Chulkhurst
Eliza
Two Kinds of Shooters and a Comic War Anecdote
The note recalls Col. Hare then commander of the Thirty third regiment in the Philippines. Upon arrival in Manila Gen Otis asked how many sharpshooters he had. Hare replied with a wry count that he had 1,000 sharpshooters and about 1,865 crap shooters, a line cited from the New York Tribune.
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Col. Ave
Philippines
Seventh Cavalry
Manila
Otis
Col. Hare
New York Tribune
The Salted Fish Trade in Massachusetts History
The article traces the long history of salting fish from ancient times to its prominence in Massachusetts. It notes world and U.S. outputs, the dominance of groundfish in New England, and a shift toward fresh fish and salting for market, with specific figures for 1890 and related consumption patterns. It mentions codfish as emblematic of Massachusetts and cites church fasts and export trends to tropical regions.
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United States
Norway
Newfoundland
France
Canada
Tropics
North Atlantic
Globe
North America
Massachusetts
Gailivan
House of Representatives
Peter
Commonwealth
New England
Shingle Industry Shift From East to North Forests
The piece traces cedar shingle production from 18 and 15 inch types to the shift toward northern forests in Maine New Brunswick and Quebec. It notes new side sawing machines revolutionizing manufacture with mills at Dalhousie Cabano Notre Dame du Lac and Edmonston and cites price trends and consular exports totaling over 221 000 dollars in 1599.
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New Innpswick
Quebec
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Gardiner
Bangor
Phoenix
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Calais
Edmonston
Phenix
Aroostook County
St. John
Dalhousie
Cabano
Notre Dame du Lag
Temiscouata
Himouski Bonaventure
Guaspe
Acre
Nova Scotia
Boston
United States
N. B
Campbellton
Cabana
Notre Dame du Lac
Vermont
Connecticut
New York
Ramouski
Calano
America
New York Press
New Partridge Hails From Siberia to London Market
The Silerian partridge, newly discovered, reportedly nests in southern Siberia and possibly Manchuria. It feeds on little will nuts giving meat a pecusian flavor. Birds are killed in winter, frozen, shipped via Liban to London for sale under $1 a brace, with up to 330,000 braces reaching the market.
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Huuters
Siberia
Manchuria
Liban
Baltic
London
New York Sun
Nothing Spectacular in Modern War Described by War Correspondent
A London Leader correspondent reports Lord Methuen's force in modern conflict as demoralizingly quiet with no visible enemy. Soldiers advance in khaki, take cover, and fall, while Boers employ smokeless powder and concealment, creating a grim, unglamorous picture of warfare.
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Lord Methuen
London
Romance of the Peerage Tale of Kenmure Heirship and Poison
John Gordon, claiming Viscount Kenmure and Kenmure Castle, recounts a saga of treachery. Mary Dalziel allegedly plots to seize the Kenmure estates, poisons the Viscount, and spurs a long family feud ending with disputed male succession and a court case in London Chronicle.
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Assnassina
House of Lords
Viscount Kenmure
Kirkcudbrightshire
Kenmure Castle
New Galloway
Adan
John Gordon
Tower Hill
Mary Dalziel
John Lumsden
Kenmure
Gordon
John
Baliol
Mary Dilziel
France
Paris
Channel
James
Mary Dalxziel
Lumsden
Kenmire
Adam Gordon
London Chronicle
Conquered at Last Peddler Demonstrates Multipurpose Trap Invention
A peddler markets an improved rat trap that also serves as a coffee roaster egg holder nut cracker and small mirror holder. A housewife declines many uses yet the device can be positioned to observe from outside a window. The peddler asks one half dollar for the versatile contraption.
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Cassell
The Tramp Seeks Patronage For Daily Tales
A porch conversation unfolds as Meandering Mile offers a door to door deal for touching stories. He promises drama and sympathy, urging the reader to trade in old inertals for patuos and avoid a prepaid subscription.
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Patuos
Washington Star
The Consolatory Thought in Brooklyn Life
A fragmentary note from Brooklyn Life laments a writer’s loss and hints at forthcoming complete works after a poet’s passing. The piece references Howles and Dimley and uses ironic praise for an evolving literary scene.
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Sproule
Howles
Dimley
Brooklyn
Parrot and Phonograph Echoes And Manganese Chinese Veg
A jumble of jokes and nursery dialogue precedes a note on manganese-rich Chinese vegetables. Professor Blasdale links high manganese content to Chinese foods, with water chestnut highlighted for its flavor and starch yield. The piece notes swamp-grown vegetables and describes a chestnutlike texture and pale white interior.
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Blasdale
Wilhelmina Rescues Children in Hague Wood
Queen Wilhelmina, strolling with a military officer near The Hague, comforted two crying siblings aged eight and ten who had lost their mother and were sent to beg. She ordered a caretaker to take them to an asylum before returning to the palace.
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Wilhelmina
the Hague
Au Aaylum
Loudon Chronicle
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