Sunshine Army Campaigns Against the Blues
A poem from the Boston Herald extols the Sunshine army as a gleeful force against gloom. It features named figures like General Smile and Adjutant Crin, boasting bright colors, merry barrages of ha ha, and a call to enlist to vanquish sorrow with sunlit banners and laughter.
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Sunshine Army
Telong
Blues
Smile
Crin
Vehe
Horselaugts
Guffun
Boston Herald
Mag Davis Engages Phil for Wedding in Quiet Missouri Farm
On a cold Missouri farm Hester plans Mag’s wedding needs with brother Billy while considering gifts and a coal oil jug for the day. Will confesses affection for Sally Henderson as Mag’s prospects with Phil deepen, a sign of growing family ties after parents’ deaths.
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Billy
Fester Woods
Mag
Missouri
Hester
Will
Phil
Jerusalem
Oak Ridge
Tester
Church
Hetty
Sally Henderson
Sally
Quiet Upland Prairie romance and homecoming choice
In a quiet prairie home Mag faces marriage plans and family loyalties amid a lonely sister and bereaved parents. Will and Hester urge restraint as Mag jokes about marrying prairie boys while Sally and Phil await their future, and Mag hints at a possible romance with Harry Roberts.
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Mag
Billy
Phil
Sally
Mags
Alag
Maggie
Hester Woods
Sally Henderson
Foo
Will
Hester
Philo
Hetty
Vanity
Harry Roberts
Hester and Ning Converse About Coal and Marriage
The scene shows Ning urging Hester not to worry about coal oil savings while planning to marry in the summer. Uester slips downstairs and briefly peers in, then returns to the fire as Ning speaks of postponing marriage until lamps are less costly.
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Alt. Uester
Hester
Enormous Water Jets Tear Cliffs Down in Mining Method
A Philadelphia Record summary describes using immense water jets to exhaust gold from pebble cliffs. Reservoirs feed high velocity streams through heavy nozzles, showering the cliff with tonnage rocks and pay dirt in a single day. The apparatus weighs tons and is anchored to resist control loss.
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Philadelphia Record
Knitting Work and a Farmhouse Spark of Wit
Aunt Alivera Fifer, known as a regular driver, prides herself on hard work and scolds idleness. A summer boarder visits the tiny brown farmhouse and notes a yard strewn with at least 25 cords of wood, piled high in the shed. Aunt Alivers insists the wood is Jethan’s stitching labor, and that a man should have some knitting work to do even while resting.
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Alivera Fifer
Lippincotts Magazine
Alvina
Than
Fiferhomstead
Advirn
Jethan
Kliagstein
Silent Ohio Boy Who Won't Speak
A Chicago Tribune report describes Jerry Miller, now a solitary man living in a farm house in rural Ohio near Chilhowee, past forty and unable to speak more than a few words. His stern father punished him harshly for alleged offenses, and the boy’s lifelong silence perplexes doctors and relatives.
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Jerry Miller
Ohio
Chilweathe
Chicago Tribune
Jerry
Pan
Popping the Question by A Tehulian In Lodging Tale
A Tehulian bachelor seeks a wife by stealth entering a home with a pipe of fragrant tobacco. He leaves the pipe on a conspicuous piece of furniture then hides nearby. Returning later he glances at the pipe and learns the proposal was rejected after the bride-to-be smokes, prompting humorous commentary from the London Express.
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Baehbelor
Choiee
London J Express
Prehistoric Arctic House Unearthed by Revenue Cutter Crew
Captain Francis Tuttle of the Bear reports a remarkable find near Point Barrow. A whale bone framed house, built by ancient inhabitants and partially embedded in a cliff, yielded utensils including a ballet for a boat a carved ivory row lock four stone knives a bone knife and a skinning knife. The immense whale bones remain on the shore.
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Francis Tuttle
Bear
Arctic
Togser
Point Barrow
Tuttle
America
Elit
Population of Saginaw River House Boat Community
The Saginaw river hosts about 100 house boats built on scows with deck walkways. They are one story, contain three to five apartments, and can be moved to access towns along the river. Residents are fishermen and river workers, plus water lovers drawn by summer pleasantness and cheap winters.
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Saginaw River
Australian barrier reef is world’s largest coral system
The Australian barrier reef holds the title as the world’s largest coral reef. It stretches about eleven hundred miles in length, marking a vast coastal ecosystem renowned for its biodiversity and extent.
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Australian Barrier Reef
World commerce volume rises over thirty years
The volume of the world's commerce is two and a half to three times greater than it was 30 years ago, reflecting substantial growth across global trade and economic activity.
Hank Smith Dream Promises Michigan as World Workshop
Rep H C Smith of Michigan spoke before the Baltimore Association of Credit Men outlining a prophetic vision. He foretold Michigan becoming the workshop of the world with Niagara Falls, the Saint Lawrence Seaway, canals linking Michigan’s lakes to the Ohio River and Gulf of Mexico, and ships moving goods from Michigan to Baltimore.
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H.C. Smith
Michigan
Baltimore Associaon of Credit Men
Miehlesean
Niagara
Falls of Law
Ste. Marie
Ohio River
Gulf of Mexico
Baltimore
Speech by Fitzhugh Lee on Cuba and Cleveland
Gen Fitzhugh Lee, former U S consul general at Havana, told a New York audience that he warned President Cleveland about Cuba's brutal rebellion and its likely continuation for generations if not halted. He said Cleveland ignored the reports until President McKinley later acted after his death.
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Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Havana
New York
Cuba
Cleveland
Canton
Washington
The Statue Had Sat Down
A rural Scotch visitor to Glasgow linked two statues, mistaking John Watt's seated figure for Sir John Moore’s erect one. After guiding a fellow traveler to the statue, he realized the error and exclaimed that Moore had “sat down since I last saw him.”
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Glasgow
Sir John Moore
John Watt
Lantern Fly of South America Illuminates At Night
The lantern fly is a large insect from South America that carries a hollow papery head painted red and yellow. It is nocturnal, and its illuminated head serves as a bright lantern at night.
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South America
Cure for Deafness Quirk of Anger in Elderly Woman
A 70 year old woman in Krommenie allegedly struck by sudden fury after a quarrel with neighbors. Reports say the violent outburst cured her deafness, sparking Dutch newspaper interest and curiosity about the unusual remedy.
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Krommenie
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Pros
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J K Thins
M.D
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Wilhelm Block
Ciba
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Ho. & Lay Co
S Bue
Mich
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Chancey, Bile Rapids, Mich
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Traverse City, Mich
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EO. H. Gross
Money Loloan
City Opera Hall
Loranger & Loranger
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Wilheelian
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Ollico
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Svan
Bell
Orjnight
R. W.E. Strangways
Polyclinic College
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Una S, Eh, & L. Mercantile Co
Borspiat Property
Patcelen
Petoskey Intelligence Office
Expectonia Mill
TE Af Johnson
Potoskey Intelligence Ofice
J. W. Gauntlett
Days Street
Mya
Bell Phone
Herchant Tailoring
J. M. Huellmantel
Front St
F. M. Paine
Sire Insurance
E. W. Hastings & Son
Johnson
Johnson’s Drug Store
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JW. Slater
Eli Rapids
Thos. S. Sprague & Son
Wayne County Bank Bldg
Detroit
A. B. Curtis
A.B. Curtis
H. & L. Mercantila Go's
H. S. Hull
Reeve
H.C. Davis
A. V. Friedrich
C. A. Hammond
Cashier
WM. Loudon
Stephen Lautner
Geo. W. Lardie
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Chas, Wilhelm
W. F. Calkins
O. Crotser
C. L. Grielick
Ghostest Meats
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Wilson Bros
Easton
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State Street
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Madeto
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Re. Schomberger
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Bell and Cilizene
Perse City, Mich
City, Mich
Hank” Smith
McKinley
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