The Princess of Wales Fashion Influence Across Eras
A column traces fashion trends from Anne of Austria to Marie Antoinette and Josephine, noting how royal figures influenced dress from sleeves to hemlines. It links modern princess styles to past court customs and hints at an evolving sartorial authority in France.
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London Globe
Migaro
Anne of Austria
Mme. de Pompadour
Louis XLV
Europe
Marie Antoinette
France
Josephine
New Fall Slang Guide For Ladies Featured In Readable Glossaries
The piece explains fresh slang terms forming fall fashion slang for women. It defines words like Catouche meaning pleasant and opp ositive usage for heavy praise, while noting terms such as Hick Evangeline and Johnny boy describe behavior and style.
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John Henry
Eliza Jane
Hick
Johnny Boy
Evangeline
Apa
Leudy Speehan
What an Old Farmer Says on Wise Farming Rules
An elderly farmer shares practical maxims from experience. He argues one well tilled acre outproduces two poorly managed, a single well fed animal yields more than two underfed, and grass or clover boosts value over cotton. He warns against buying grain to avoid poverty and notes the dangers of neglecting farming knowledge and maintenance.
Nose Knows Him The Baron Unmasked by a Nose
A Contemporary Review piece tells of a new baron of the Bourse who visits Rothschild and is recognized by his former nose. The narrator recalls the baron once called Moses and learns the nose betrays his changed name. The tale plays on memory, identity, and aristocratic pride.
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Bourse
Rothschild
Moses
Little Moses
Elgin Woman’s Fatal Poison Plot Ends in Tragedy
A fragment reports a dramatic incident in Elgin where a 14 year old was killed. Carrie Stewarts, then aged about 14 or 15, in Elgin, pursues marriage despite parental opposition. She reportedly took poison, linked to a doomed romantic encounter.
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Carrie Stewarts
Elgin
Singers From Fisk Steamer Sea wanhaka Rescued After Hymn
A Fisk University singer recounts being on the burning steamer Sea wanhaka when he and his wife fastened life preservers and sang Rock of Ages as waves rose. A lifeboat approached and they were saved, the singer believing the hymn spared many.
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Seawanhaka
Fisk University
Israel
Toplady
Concord visit to Emerson with Channing and Clarke
Mr James Freeman Clarke recounts a pleasant story from Concord of traveling with William Henry Channing to visit Ralph Waldo Emerson. They arrived in the afternoon unable to catch a morning train and stayed the night in Emerson’s single guest chamber sharing a wide bed as they talked late about life and spirit then slept holding hands.
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James Freeman Clarke
Concord Jronitor
William Henry Channing
Mr. Emerson
Concord
Bowler Fires Ball Killing Man in Cleveland Alley
A Cleveland alley bowler hurled a ball at a bystander after an insult. The thrown ball struck the man and fractured his skull, causing fatal injuries. Police investigate the incident as a homicide with the suspect in custody.
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Cleveland
Grizzly Dan Faces Tribe at Montana Cliff Edge
The Montana hero Grizely Dan, famed as Grizzly Dan, survives a tribal pursuit by fleeing toward a 700 foot cliff. He dodges bullets, leaps the edge, then single handedly fells seventeen attackers with a Winchester. He lands in the river and swims to shore as the last Indian sinks.
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Grizely Dan
Grizzly Dan
Montana
Rim
Dan
Testing a Mare's Speed
A stage-driver recalls racing a mare tied to a freight car with a mirror on the side. The horse bolted at high speed past a steam train, causing a deadly wreck at an open draw and many fatalities and injuries. The narrator later sells the mare for $60,000 to her current owner.
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San Bruno
Good Points of a Horse Selection Guide
Field and Farm advises buyers to judge a horse by head and eye signs of intelligence temper courage and honesty. It warns bad traits worsen with education and details conformation cues for reliable behavior plus sturdy build and sound legs for a prize to the owner.
Bayard Taylor's Rule on Labor Patience and Faith
The speaker outlines three principles: labor requires payment, no fortune grants favors. patience grows through slow time. faith in a higher order of beauty justice and goodness fuels lofty ambitions. Without belief in something greater, one will fail at nobler pursuits.
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Bayard Taylor
Spring Blossom for Purifying Blood Ad
Prognostics note the coming of Spring with a boy seeking mud puddles and praise for Spring Blossom. The ad touts Carter's Tron Pills to quiet nerves, build strength, aid sleep, purify blood and brighten complexion. Sold by Emmert & Burrell at 50 cents a box.
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Carter
Emmert & Burrell
The Greatest Blessing: Hop Bitters Praised By Thousands
The ad touts Hop Bitters as a universal cure and purifier for blood stomach kidneys and liver claiming it prevents disease and cures many. Proponents urge readers to try the remedy and note the advertisement is signed by Hagle with a nudge to see another column.
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Hagle
Philosophical Question on Health and Control
A fragment discusses Herbert Spencer's illness and asks whether knowledge of philosophy benefits a man when Hob has control of his own inferior. The text blends inquiry into health with epistemic reflection on personal agency.
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Herbert Spencer
Churches and city officials listed in local directory
A directory listing multiple churches with service times and pastors, followed by city offices and officials including Mayor James McNamara, City Clerk Warren C. Clark, City Treasurer D S Breed, City Marshal E S Chamberlin, Street Commissioner W Knuspiel, Surveyor F E Josel, and Aldermen for three wards with their names.
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James McNamara
McNamara
Stephenson St
Warren C. Clark
Iry
Breed
Journal
OLY Stour
C Kean
Fry’s Brock
E S Chamberlin
W Knpsehild
F E Josel
T L Waddell
J Hartman
J Brown Taylor
Louis Stoskopf
A J Porter
Wm H Wagner
County Officials Listing in Court House
County officers listed include Clerk I F Kleckner Treasurer W W Hutchison Recorder Dan l Brewster Sheriff Captam Stewart Surveyor Hiram Shons all county offices are located in the Court House.
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I F Kleckner
W W Hutchison
Dan’l Brewster
Captam Stewart
Hiram Shons
School Board and Superintendent Office Hours Noted
Board members Wm. C. Wright W. G. Barnes and H. J. Porter are listed with Superintendent Chas. Snyder. Office at High School building, hours 7:30 to 9:00 o clock a.m.
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