The Husband Who Wrote Fewer Words Over Years
In a Chicago Times-Herald inspired anecdote, a wife recalls her husband’s evolving habit of concise letters. From brief telegrams to intimate closings, the pair’s early notes to mid marriage reveal a steady shift toward terser, warmer signs of affection across 17 years of marriage.
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Sam Weston
Jows Wascaros Barrox
Amy End
Younge
Jona
Jom
Chicago Times-Herald
Cat Aesthetic Smell Dominates Feline Perception
A collage of short excerpts discusses feline sensory delight, noting cats prefer scent over sight, dislike strong smells, and even react to textures. It contrasts dog perception with cat curiosity, including a vivid tale of foxglove and velvet, alongside other brief items on humor and history.
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London Spectator
Former Kansas Populist Leader Breaks With Bryan Crowd
A brazen Saul from Kansas splits populists into pro Bryan and pro Barker groups while a third faction supports McKinley. Ex Senator W. A. Veffer of Kansas backs McKinley, condemning Democratic attacks as treason and praising McKinley’s wartime leadership and fiscal restraint.
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Kansas
Bryan
Wharton Barker
Barker
Donnely
McKinley
West
South
Tores
United States
W. A. Veffer
Topeka
Spain
Nationa of the Earth
Democratic Party
Tte
Republic
Republican Party
Vtuy
Philippines
Washington
Northwest Territory
Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
Monroe
Florida
Jackson
Polk
Mexico
New Mexico
California
Lincoln
Cleveland
Congress
Mc.Kinley
Treasury
From Errand Boy to Millionaire Capitalist
The obituary notes C. P. Huntington died wealthy at age, having risen from an errand boy. It praises his early work ethic and rejection of idle complaining about life and capital, framing him as a self made figure in a land of equal opportunity.
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Talavera
Balaklava
C. P. Huntington
Apie
Advertising mania from a bygone era of street banners
A satirical rant urges aggressive promotion tactics such as hiring painters to tag fences and piling up depots with grand cards. It mocks overblown ads on hotel registers, circuses, and wrapping paper while praising persistent, loud marketing as a sign of savvy business in Chambersburg Pennsylvania.
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Chambersburg
Partisan Bias and Southern Politics Reflected in Press
Fragmented letters discuss Associated Press as partisan, claim Republicans shape facts, anecdotes of southern business meetings delaying reports to avoid helping Bryan, plus a Grafton post office notice of unclaimed letters and a luxury resort ad for Deer Park Hotel with lavish facilities and travel amenities.
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Associated Press
Down South
South
Tee
Bryan
Open the Republican Campaign in Taylor Co
A candidate speech night is announced at the opera house in Gratton on September 5. Hon. O. F. Williams of New York, longtime U S Consul General to the Philippines, will speak on expansion and the Philippines issue, promising a strong party turnout. The piece includes stray verse about Maine and other topics.
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O. F. Williams
New York
Manila
Gratton
Opera House
Sth
U0 S
Philippines
Philippin
Evi
Poddy
Maine
Ant
Monn
Tony Reed
Thomas
Fourth Annual Encampment and Civil War Battlefield Route
The Trans-Misssion Committee of the Western Passenger Association holds its annual meeting at the Brown Palace hotel in Chicago. Excursions from Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Omaha will offer one fare plus $2 round trip with return by Oct 31. Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo trips to the East mirror the rate, aiding tourist travel this summer.
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A. R
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ohio River
Western Passenger Association
Brown Palace Hotel
Sebastian
Rock Island
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Enteroptosis and campaign slosh across the page
The column discusses enteroptosis a medical condition causing misplacement of abdominal organs and linked symptoms like constipation and headaches. It also rails against political machines promising familiar slogans and a ritual of campaign rhetoric. The notice lists a loan opportunity from the Grafton Bank.
Local Court Officials and Notices from Grafton Area
Court and county offices listed for Tayor and Doyle counties with names of judge clerk and commissioners. Sessions set for Monday in October and December with details of officials including Robert Phillips president John Hamilton and A Astron, Ira Robinson prosecutor Samy Aver clerk and Mauley attorney in Chancery. Also lists physicians dentists lawyers and contact details for offices in Grafton W V with hours and phone numbers.
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Circuit Court
Arnour
John H. Holt
Grafton
Gran St.Clair
Gratton
Tayor County
Doyle County
Judes
Robert, Phillips
John W. Hamilton
A. Aemstron
Ira
E. Robinson
Samy B. Aver
S. I. Jenkins
Monongahela Route Rail Schedule Changes May 14
The Monongahela Railway announces timetable changes effective Sunday May 14 with trains Nos. 2 and 4 to North and South Bound routes, stops at Clarkshore and Fairmont, and through tickets via the Monongah Route. Several westbound through services to Cincinnati Chicago Wheeling and Parkersburg operate daily with specified arrival and departure times.
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Nongahela Ry
Clarkshore
Kwo Ghewood
Pakol Ae Rhimston
C. Titad Monongm
Fairmont
St Op
Tas
An Shineston
Bonday
Campersaril
Rafter
Cincinnati
West
Wheelin
Bonwood
Chicago
Parkersburg
Grafton
Wheeling
Parkeraburi As Yound
Ares
Nova
Baltimore
Pbur
Asiphie
New York
Benwood
Abe
Baltiemore
Parkerabad
Wheeling and
Camid
Cumberland
Belington
Sanday
Morgantown
FispTimine
Tland WeGstees
Frais Hos
Simpson
Tyrcontell
Orel
Lesmaling
Arriy
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Philippine Islands
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Leslie
Charles Philips
Philips
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Peffer
Delaware
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New York World
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Grace Anderson
Chas
Arnol Jno
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Will Delane
J. W. Fowler
Alisa Carrie Grander
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JM. Hogero
Ary
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Deer Park Hotel
Alleghenies
Baltimore && Ohio Railroad
Annapolis
Taylor CO
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Fife
Steen
Hansia
Josh
Grafton Buation
H. Gramm
Jolly L. Hecumen
Woolley
Ley
Asiattas On
Max Friedman
Miller Block
Latrobe Street
Grartox
W. Va
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Nervita Medical Company
Dackaon
Yorkale
Gratton Drug & Chemical Oc
James
Gache Owdera
South Grafton
AH. Thayer
Mauley
Chancery
Merchants and Mechanics
GRAYTON + WERT VA
McCormick
Grafton, W. VA
R. H. Powell
Whitescarver
Peoples
A . W. Burdett
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First National Wane Tord
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All Business
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