Love’s Millionaire
Poem excerpt about love as wealth replacing poverty. The speaker vows devotion as a partner’s affection makes him rich, with repeated lines “I love you I love you a hundred million” and hopeful imagery of roses blooming from gloom. The narrator invokes poverty and divine aid alongside romantic fulfillment.
An Unexpected Valentine Nearly Locks Lovers in a House
A young woman and her bachelor brother Dick host a visiting client who brings danger and humor. On Valentine’s Eve a would‑be thief enters the house through the blinds, forcing the heroine to hide in a chimney. The incident sours into a comic romance as the client and heroine bond, while Dick eyes a new co‑operator for his law practice.
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Richard
Dick’s Town
South Carolina
Ted
Henry
Tun
Thad
Imino
Flo
Himgelf
Joe
Oelock
Mary
Electricity in the Earth Explains Hidden Power
A Victorian-era explanation describes how soil and water conduct and store electricity. The text claims earth is alive with power beneath three feet, producing heat, light, and potential global ignition, with vivid images of blue sparks from polluted water and future planetary catastrophe.
Bear hunter accidentally kills bear with dynamite blast
Thomas Milne of New York on a bear hunt near Binghamton fired on a bear. The animal was blown apart by a dynamite explosion workers had prepared. Windows nearby were shattered by the blast. Police investigate the deadly accident and report the dynamite caused the fatal outcome.
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Bruin
Thomas Miline
Binghamton
Mear
Milne
Congress Week in Review of Tariff and Free Coinage Debates
A weekly Senate House digest notes the belated tariff bill with a free silver substitute, House debates on District appropriations, and minutes of prime discussions on the Senate free coinage bond bill. Catron’s anti prize fight bill passes Senate. repe or near Paso and bull fighting ban. ForestaColorado mining claims opened. wool duty questions raised. extensive partisan rhetoric on free coinage and silver costs.
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House
District of Columbia
Catron
N. M
Dl Paso
Knox
Maas
Talbert
South Carolina
Barrett
Massachusetts
Frye
Colorado
Stewart
Secretary of the Treasury
Towne
Minnesota
Hall
Missouri
Healan
National Game, Bind and Bish Protective Association
Congress
Houw
Admiral Walker Urges Land Defenses and Battleship Builds
Admiral Walker told the House Committee on Voust Defenses that land defenses are essential alongside a strong navy. He argued defenses protect dockyards by keeping ships at sea and offer refuges and supply routes during naval conflict, advocating battleship construction over harbor defense vessels for broader attack and defense.
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Admiral Walker
House
Walker
Washington
Tie
Insurance Men Meet in Buffalo to Curb Agent Commissions
A large gathering of Western Underwriters' Union agents convened in Buffalo with aims to cut excessive agent commissions. Judge Josiah W. Wright died suddenly at Princeton New Jersey at 68 while en route to Trenton.
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Rocky Mountains
Buffalo
Josiah W. Wright
Princeton
N. J
Trenton
General Gomez A Calm Yet Formidable Cuban Rebel Leader
The portrait describes General Gomez as a slender insurgent commander of about five foot seven and 140 pounds. His face is tanned with gray hair and mustache, prominent cheekbones, and firm chin. His eyes seem calculating yet he smiles, and though his knee bears a war wound he moves with his horse as one entity.
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Gomez
Nickel Plate Road passenger service ad promotes comfort
An old advertisement extols uniformed train porters for first and second class patrons. It touts sleeping cars between Chicago and New York and Boston with unexcelled dining car service. No change of cars needed between Chicago and New York City via the Nickel Plate Road.
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Chicago
Alo
New York
Boston
York City
Nickel Plate Road
Belgium loosens marriage age and parental consent rules
Terse report notes Belgium proposes lowering legal marriage age to twenty one and restricting parental consent to the father. Other items mention a San Francisco man finding nine dollars in gold dust from a Thanksgiving turkey, and travel ads tout Nickel Plate routes to California with Chicago connections. Oil prospecting planned in ten Eastern Kentucky counties next spring.
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Belgium
Roseburg
Ore
Kentucky
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