Beatricia Return Shatters Longing Of Pietro In Chicago
Pietro, a Rome born plaster artist in Little Italy, endures years of separation from Beatricia while dreaming of El Dorado and fame. A vision of her drives him to return home as neighbors reveal Beatricia has come to find him, rekindling a hopeful future together.
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Pietro
Beethoven
Fifth Avenue
Elysian Fields
Pietra
Beatricia
Tiber
Pie
Milo
Mercury
Italy
Piet’o Gonzales
Rome
Gonzales the Elder
Vatican
America
New World
Ames
Marcello
Valentino
Ancient Kent charity reissued by Biddenden maids tale
In Biddenden villagers upheld the ancient Biddenden maids charity after morning service delivering bread and cheese to the poor. The tradition recalls Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst born in 1100, joined by the hip, living thirty four years, and dying within hours of each other. Their will founded the charity.
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Biddenden
Eliza
Mary Chulkhurst
Two Elis of Shooters in Manila Story
The account recalls Col Hare, commander of the Thirty third in the Philippines, previously led the Seventh cavalry. On arriving in Manila he was asked by Gen Otis how many sharp shooters he commanded. He replied, I have 3,000 sharpshooters and about 1,065 crap-shooters.
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Col.Hare
Philippines
Seventh Cavalry
Manila
Gon. Otis
Col. Hare
New York Tribune
The Salted Fish Crop Decline and Massachusetts Link
A historical overview traces the salted fish trade from ancient origins to modern times, noting a US demand decline due to fresh water fisheries growth. It highlights Massachusetts as the salt groundfish center with codfish celebrated in state lore, and details large US and world catches, types of salted fish, and yearly production.
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United States
Norway
Newfoundland
France
Canada
Tropics
North Atlantic
Globe
North America
Massachusetts
Great Deep
Peter
New England
Shingle Industry Shifts North to Forests of Maine and Quebec
The article traces cedar shingles from New Brunswick and Quebec to New England, noting traditional end-sawn 16 inch shingles, later 18 inch, and the shift to side-sawing machines in Gardiner and Bangor. It details mill expansions from Fredericton to Dalhousie, Cabano, and Notre Dame du Lac, with cedar forests thinning in Aroostook, Temiscouata, Rimouski Bonaventure and Gaspe, and prices from 1898 to 1899.
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New Brunswick
Quebec
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Gardiner
Bangor
Great Northern Forests
Fredericton
Calais
Edmonston
Aroostook County
St. John
Dalhousie
Cabano
Notre Dame du Lag
Aroostools County
Temisconata
Rimonski Bonaventure
Gaspe
Acre
Nova Scotia
Boston
United States
N. B
Campbellton
Cabana
Notre Dame du Lac
Vermont
Connecticut
New York
Ramouski
America
New York Press
Siverian partridge found in Siberian mountains
A new partridge, the Siverian partridge, has appeared in southern Siberia with Manchuria as a probable home. It feeds on will nuts giving the meat a distinctive flavor. Killed in winter and frozen, the birds travel by rail to Liban on the Baltic then to London where they fetch under one dollar per brace. up to 360,000 braces have reached London.
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Siberia
Manchuria
Liban
Baltic
London
New York Sun
Nothing Spectacular in Modern War From the Front
A London Leader correspondent recalls Lord Methuen's force in a modern campaign. The scene is quiet and grim with khaki soldiers advancing, hidden enemies unseen, and men falling wounded or dead in bare hills without pomp or loud fire.
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Lord Methuen
London
Romance of the Peerace: Strange Tale of Kenmure Rivalry
John Gordon claims title to Kenmure estates in Kirkcudbrightshire, describing a convoluted legacy involving Viscount Kenmure, Mary Dalziel, and a string of betrayals. He recounts beheadings, attempted arson, staged prison holds, poison, and disputed possession of Kenmure Castle as he seeks the male line heirship from 1715 onward. The case, tied to the London Chronicle report, hinges on proof of descent from John Gordon poisoned by Mary Dalziel.
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House of Lords
Viscount Kenmure
Kirkcudbrightshire
Kenmure Castle
New Galloway
Adawn
Kenmure
John Gordon
Viscount
Tower Hill
Mary Dalziel
John Lumsden
Kenmare
Gordon
John
Kuliol Tower
France
Paris
Channel Passage
Rensinre
William
America
James
Kenmaree
Lomeden
Kentuttve
Adam Gordon
Ower Hill
London Chronicle
Conquered at Last Peddler Invents Versatile Window Device
In Cassell's Journal a peddler offers an improved rat trap that doubles as a coffee roaster egg holder nut cracker and a mirror device. A householder dismisses each use while the peddler demonstrates a window viewing arrangement enabling an observer unseen to look inside. The price quoted is a half dollar.
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Cassell
The Tramp Offers A Reader A Lifeline
A streetwise vendor named Meandering Mike and LT urge a crying reader to save her eyes. They pitch a door to door service delivering touching stories with a single yearly subscription, promising no advance payment and appealing to nostalgia and pathos.
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Mike
Washington Star
The Consolatory Thenefit and the Death of Howles
A brief Brooklyn Life notice laments the death of Howles, praising his literary contributions and noting the regret over the loss to literature. The item mentions incomplete works and suggests forthcoming complete editions from Dimley and others.
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Sprottle
Howles
Dimley
Brooklyn
Signor Torrello Lived to Tame Lions No More
A humorous verse recounts Signor Torrello, famed lion tamer known as Brown in scripture, who wowed crowds with feats on rope and wire until a failed look to charm a maiden led to a lion revolt. The beasts refused orders, leaving the tamer bloodied and humiliated as Elenor Torrello now works rough days, losing his famed power.
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Signor Torrello
Leo
Elenor Torrello
Aluck
E. Riser
Chicago
Times-Herald
Mn manganese in Chinese vegetables noted by Blisdale
A report observes that most vegetables of Chinese origin contain substantial manganese. Professor Blisdale notes the ash color indicates manganese presence, with water chestnut or ma hai showing the highest content. The water chestnut is described as a sweet, juicy bulb with brown skin and white grainy interior, used boiled or raw in Chinese cuisine.
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Blisdale
Wilhelmina Helps Orphaned Dutch Children At The Hague
Queen Wilhelmina spotted two crying siblings aged eight and ten in a Hague wood. They had been sent by their father to beg. The queen ordered the coachman to take them to an asylum and returned to the palace with a military officer.
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Wilhelmina
the Hague
Oficer
London Chronicle
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Charlie
Willie
Freddie
Nell
George
Bell
Belleh
Sillieus
Joax
Billy
Blobbs
Borrowell
Sentinel
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