Mutiny Aboard Yacht Reunites Marcia and Horace
In a Bahamas bound yacht tale, Marcia quarrels with Fred Montague over a betrothal as Mrs. Lorraine insists on port at Palm Beach. A crew mutiny forces a detour but loyalty and wit win through with a moonlit reconciliation and Howie regaining command. Marcia forgives, hand in hand, as the yacht returns to course and the couple pledge a future.
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Marcia
Emarela
Figuere
Mrs. Lorraine
Wr. Howie
Rowland “Sontague
Montague
Sahont
Rire
Lorraine
Harrie
Palm Beach
Umitheast
Howie
Lorraines
Érfys
Nasesau
Jimmy ‘Travers
Atlantic
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Ghie
Irene
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Spiders in History and Their Surprising Roles
The piece recounts how spiders influenced events from David’s escape in a cave to Robert the Bruce’s perseverance and Frederick William of Prussia. It notes a spider saving David by webs at a cave mouth, a chocolate poisoning attempt thwarted by a spider, and a gold spider in the Potsdam Winter Palace commemorating the king’s escape.
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Robert Bruce
Scotland
David
Saul
Frederick William
Prussia
Winter Palace
Potsdam
Engagement Talk Sparks Tension In Servant’s Tale
In a domestic scene from Everybody’s Magazine a buxom maid Martha admits she plans marriage to a young suitor after three weeks of knowing him. The mistress expresses apprehension while Martha defends the engagement, noting a well recommended suitor and a reference to a previous engagement with a “lovely girl.”
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Martha
Everybody’s Magazine
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic Ad at Freeport
An advertisement from Jos. Emmert, Druggist in Freeport, promotes Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic. It claims to destroy disease germs and keep breath sweet, offering a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
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Jos. Emmert
Freeport
C M and St Paul Excurson Tickets to Denver and South
The C M and St Paul will sell excursion tickets to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo for 24.40 roundtrip July 10 to 15. Limit August 80. Account of the annual meeting of Elks. J B Sweat agent. 4 lidewtd.
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C. M. & St Paul
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Elks
J.B. Sweat Agent
The Mill Office Cashier and the Closet Hero
A secretary Nancy O Neil, fifteen, helps guard small company funds. When a robber threatens with a knife, she hides the attacker in a closet and helps uncover a plot to steal 16000 dollars. The president rewards Nancy with a raise and a marriage proposal.
Oddities and anecdotes in a Maine church bell tale
A collection of brief relics and curiosities: a Bryans Pond bell recast from a Minot lodge bell, a Maine postmaster sign at odds with its joke, a tale of a German duke and a charcoal burner, and assorted notes on letters, law, and public figures. Highlights include federal crime rules on uniforms, historic Lancaster licenses, Bowdoin’s class of 1877, and Kaiser Wilhelm’s New York land holdings.
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Bryans Pond
Minot Lodge
Maine
Teck
Iabor
Oklahoma
Ladoga
Ind
India
Bombay
United States
New York
Governors Island
Lancaster
John A. Shank
Lancaster Lodge of Masons
General Lafayette
Bowdoin
Peary
Cobb
British Empire
York
Canterbury
England
Campania
Portland
New York City
Pius X
Rome
Padua
Riese
Senator Knox
Pennsylvania
Congress
Capitol
Monument to Jose Marti planned in Matanzas Cuba
A Cuban tribute to Jose Marti includes a planned monument in Matanzas. An English journal notes a measles gender distribution in Aberdeen over two decades, with 20,287 males and 20,087 females. Bath voters oppose Carnegie library offer of 65 000 dollars.
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Japan
Matanzas
Cuba
Jose Marti
Aberdeen
Bath
Carnegie
Early lambs and feeding in small pens for better care
A practical guide from Orange Judd Farmer on lamb management. It recommends housing newborns in small pens with the mother, using a teapot nipple feeder, and moving lambs through stages as they grow. Feed transitions include bran, middlings, oats, and sugar, adjusting as lambs eat and stay clean. Continuous grain for ewes aids milk and growth, with early market timing if desired.
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Orange Judd Farmer
A Clever Fence Arrangement From Prairie Farmer
Prairie Farmer presents a simple clever fence arrangement to allow four yards or fields to reach one trough without interference. The illustration conveys the idea clearly and requires little explanation, enabling farmers to build it at slight expense. Prairies and beets are discussed with notes on sugar beet irrigation at the Arizona station and beets maturing in late March.
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Suy
Arizona Station
Garlic Drives Out Wheat In Eastern States
An old weed, garlic, entered from Europe about a century ago and now threatens wheat crops in Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee. It forms bulblets that gum rollers and hinder milling, causing substantial losses estimated around 1.5 million dollars. The government has tested artificial drying to separate bulblets from wheat by making them lighter so they can be removed by fanning and burned.
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Europe
Maryland
Virginia
Tennessee
Clean House Today With Dr Caldwell Laxative Syrup Pepsin
An advertisement urges readers to use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to cleanse the body from stomach and bowel issues. It claims the laxative cures constipation and indigestion, promotes health, and is sold by druggists for 50 cents to a dollar with a money back guarantee.
Why Do Humans Laugh, Naturalist Asked Why
In a brief Washington Star quip, a naturalist asks why humans laugh. The weary man replies that laughter usually serves to avoid offending a friend.
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Washington
Thought He Warkened Doors Bill-What did her father say
JW-That he didn't want me to dark en his door again. Bill-He must have taken you for house painter!-Yonkers Statesman. Work is not a man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength. George Sand.
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Millé
Nancy O'Neil
Nancy
Bill
Yonkers Statesman
George Sand
Clean Out Your System With Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin
An ad promotes Dr Caldwell’s laxative syrup as a safe pleasant cleanse for constipation and stomach trouble. It claims pure scientific preparation, fights biliousness headaches and indigestion. Sold by druggists at 50c and 1.00 with money back if it fails.
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Dr. Caldwell
General excellence prize in farming offered in Minnesota
J A railroad sponsor, J J Hil of the Great Northern, posts three cash prizes of 300 150 and 75 in each Minnesota congressional district to reward farming excellence. Judges evaluate rotation systems, cultivation, cleanliness, yield, and stock quality. A head farmer and field lectures aid settlers while plant breeding lessons stress local soil and climate adaptation. Ethered rhubarb at Cornell yielded larger edible stocks than untreated rhubarb.
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Minnesota
J. J. Hil
Great Northern Railway
Cornell Experiment Station
Ithaca
Humorous Mix-Up at Marriage License Office
In the Columbus Dispatch tale, a colored man applying for a marriage license is asked a formal question. He replies with a cheeky explanation about their prior correspondence. The clerk misreads the word corresponded and issues the license.
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Columbus Dispatch
Candidate for Stephenson County Clerk Seeks GOP Primary
F C Held announces candidacy for the office of county clerk in Stephenson County subject to Republican primary decisions. The statement frames a campaign entry without detailing platform or dates.
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Thomas
Shaffer
M. G. Wirsing
Stephenson County
Everolson
B. F. Brubaker
Mason FO
Wtf
W. H. Shons
The
Legislataure
J.J. Shaffer
Ledwith Henry Ritzman
Malnix
F.C. Held
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