A Second Hand Love Affair in a New England Mill Town
Dan Hewling a Harvard graduate and popular figure rejects a privileged path to begin at the bottom of a cotton thread mill in a quiet New England town. He falls for Mary Brown, a girl he grows to love while rising through the mill’s ranks, and plans a life together despite family expectations. A train encounter reveals a playful romance with Elsie Landers, confirming a shared bet on their future.
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Pan Hewling
Harvard
New England
Dan
Dan Sangh- Magty
Mary Brown
Mary
Towart
Oaum
Vin
Bin
Joneth
Nan
Howling
Hind
Vie
Dan Hewling
Elsie
Elsie Landers
Longevity and Hygiene in Jewish Life a 1900s view
A 1900s periodical argues Jewish longevity surpasses Christians, citing Frankfort studies and observers Abbott and Richardson. It attributes lower tuberculosis risk to soberness, diet, early marriage, careful childrearing, elder care, and strong personal hygiene passed through custom.
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Neufelille
Frankfort
Abbott
Richardson
Pictette and Hyvienle Gazette
Vinol Praised as Cure for Chronic Coughs in Maplesville Ad
A Maplesville reader credits Vinol with curing a severe grippe aftermath and bronchitis after trying many remedies. The testimonial claims Vinol contains cod liver oil tones without oil, aiding chronic coughs colds and pulmonary troubles and serving as a strength builder for old and delicate individuals.
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R. & R. Hicks
Mohammed founder of Islam born in Mecca and died in 632
The excerpt notes Mohammed's birth in Mecca around AD 670 and his death in June 632 at age 72. It describes his name meaning predicated Messiah, his ascent visions, and his response to Arab demands for miracles. It recounts a Brewer's Phrase and Fable anecdote where Mohammed commands a Meccan eminence to move a mountain, illustrating divine mercy and humility.
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Analabt
Mecca
Mohammed
Heaven
Moses
Jesus
Brewer
Teleology of a Sailing Jellyfish in Polynesian Waters
A London Standard account describes a Polynesian sailing jellyfish around the Ellice Islands with a transparent sail like a shell, guiding its path with pilotlike skill through shallow reefs and clear of obstructions. Its sting remains deadly to other fish and potentially dangerous to humans.
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South Pacific
Polynesia
North Island
New Zealand
Ellice
London Standard
The Three Minds Within Margaret May
Lawrence Foster Church relates a tale of a betrothed woman named Margaret May who shifts between three personalities. A circus obsession triggers frenzied changes from a sober intellectual to a radical “strong minded” advocate and a possessive holden. A psychical specialist helps her regain control, and she becomes his wife.
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American Press Association
Margaret May
Margaret
Miss May
the Holden
Holden
Lawrence Foster Church
Law Points: Crossing street car tracks not negligent per se
The case Pilmer v Boise Traction Co holds failure to look and listen before street crossing not negligence per se. Hughes v Kershaw determines a money loan secured by a lessee’s removable building ends on lease expiration. Bellevue v Daly rules the casement owner, not fee owner, bears duty to fence or protect a municipal water ditch.
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Pilmer
Boise Traction Company
Idaho
L. RR. A
N. S
Bellevue
Daly
Pace
An Unpleasant Visitor in the Professor’s Tale
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment a frightened professor confronts a frightful, heroic shaped visitor who claims the name Tam the primitive maint. The creature chastises the professor for misnaming it and for projecting problems onto its shoulders as the professor reportedly runs away in fear.
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Tam
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Laying a Ghost in a Silent Household
An old ghost story tells of a cupboard that creaks open at five minutes before midnight unless locked, then groans when secured. A spook expert reveals the fast express train nearby causes a vibratory wave at that hour, unsettling the home and its residents.
Why She Was Absent In Lower East Side School
A teacher at a girls' school on the lower east side received an absence excuse from a pupil. The note says Annie cannot come because she must accompany her sister to the hospital due to her sister's eye condition.
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Lower East Side
Annie
The Accommodating Patron in a Chicago Post scene
An affable drug clerk asks if the patron will accept the prescription. The patron replies that the clerk should send it first and then he will take it. The brief exchange appears in the Chicago Post.
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Chirnago Post
Fellows with woe tongues are the eyes and ears
A fragment quotes Hallburton noting that those who speak in sorrowful tones are often the most observant, attentive to events and voices around them. The remark frames listening as a virtue tied to suffering.
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Hallburton
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup Advert H J Moogh and P Guenther
Colds are eased quickly with Bees Laxative Cough Syrup which relieves colds and coughs. It is pleasant to take and suitable for children with coughs croup and whooping cough. Sold by H J Moogh and P Guenther.
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H. J. Moogh
P. Guenther
Garment Dye Works Guarantee Cited in Pressing Notice
A brief public notice from BR Dye Works offers greened clothes for return if not made exactly right. The shop guarantees pressing quality and asks customers to bring items in for verification within the stated window.
Sires and Sons and Notable Miscellany In History
Telegraphed letters mark the era of Sarasate and a noted Yale ex-president celebrates eighty years. Edinburgh appoints a Catholic judge as the first since the Reformation. Hubbell signs a $20,000 note for the Iowa Home For the Aged. A Biddeford clerk has a million and a half colorful stamps. Chandler muses on life beyond. Astor blocks a footpath with walls in Hever Park after winning a legal right.
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Sarasate
Timothy Dwight
Yale University
William Campbell
Edinburgh
Scottish Court of Session
P.M. Hubbell
Iown
Iowa
Hubbell
Saul Gagne
Biddeford
United States
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Hever
William
Astor
Short Stories and World Facts From 1900s Texts
A collection of curiosities notes Beccars in Turkey and vast species counts. It states about 10 000 fish varieties and a four foot coal seam yielding 6 000 tons per acre. It lists Mount Crocorna in the White Mountains at 3 400 feet and China’s population around 438 214 000. It claims the U S leads in crematories and Africa’s Congo basin hosts many elephants.
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Mount Crocorna
White Mountain
Customs Service of China
United States
Congo
Africa
Automobile Suspected in Cow and Poultry Deaths
In a single hour two cows and over fifty chickens died, with gaso line odor and wheel tracks in the dust. Sherlock Holmes expressed keen interest and declared that an automobile had passed through the area, as reported by the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Sherlock Holmes
Watson
Louisville Courier- Journal
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Martha Cobb Sanford
Emmert, Diat
Freeport
Gino
Vielon
Journal
VVV
Sires and Sons
Turkey
Corn Products
Refinn
New York
E. M. Harnish & Bro
Stephenson Street
Cereline
Malta
Barrington Hall Steel
C. G. Schoeffel
Baltimore
California
Florida
Malaga
Catawaba
Limburg
Roquefort
Japan
Burrell Brothers
Stephenson St
Freeport Railway, Light & Power CO
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