Strange tale of a Tennessee suitor and a Kentucky widow
A Kentucky woman narrates how an apparently wealthy Tennessean sought to marry her for her property after winning her favor through false promises. She exposes a plot with Sal Patton and a stranger to drain her assets, and ends by choosing a plain, honest suitor over wealth and status.
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James Noel Johnson
Kentucky
Daily Story Pues, Co
Rebel Creek
Bell County
Lyinfalea
Morning Glory
Tennessee
Sal Patton
Ike
James P. Saddler
Joe Saddler
Carter County
Termorry
Wal
Parson Smoat
Sa Patton
Robert
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Eliich
Georgia Wieder
Lord Lansdowne
Widderner
Jim Stacy
Printing a Secret Paper Baffling Russian Spies in 1884
In 1884 a revolutionary group printed a four page paper in Russia using a hidden, mobile press setup. Miles Sladkova a physician served as editor and hid the operation in a rented suite with a student assistant. They evaded extensive espionage as authorities pressured to halt the journalists.
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Russia
Miles Sladkova
Mlle
Sladkova
Mie
Arabic Typewriters Promise Easier Arabic Printing
The Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post notes a new Arabic typewriter patent addressing Arabic script's 29 letters and 638 forms. The device creates joinable characters to ease typesetting and mail correspondence for merchants in Egypt Persia and Arabia, hinting at future Chinese typewriters despite 24000 distinct characters.
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Egypt
Persia
Arabia
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Famed Clerk Sues the Church Over Salary
The parish clerk of Sulgrave England has again sued the church wardens for payment of his £34 yearly salary. He noted that he sometimes supplied the communion wine from his own paltry pay.
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Sulgrave
England
Box Model Coat With Capes Tops New York Fashions
New York City fashions feature a box model coat with coachmen's capes in beaver broadcloth in hunter's green, plus an elegant black velvet evening gown with emerald chains. The piece notes gold fad warnings, white dominance in gowns, and a popular short skirt in golf cloth with specific yardage for various sizes and fabrics.
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New York City
May Manton
The Latest Street Glove and Childs Night Garb
The passage describes the latest street glove made of heavy skin with a pearl stud, sometimes gold studs. It then discusses child night garments, roomy drawers that fit well to avoid clumsiness, suitable for girls and boys, with adaptable materials for different circumstances.
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Freeland Tribune
Tribune
Freeland
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
The
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
School of Psychology
Labor Bureau
France
Ispahan
New York Independent
Philadelphia Record
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