Cupid in the Elevator Leads to a Wedding
In Talley Mansions an elevator romance blooms between Katherine and Westcott. A blue eyed elevator boy mocks fate as power failures strand them between floors and a heart shaped bonbon sparks a marriage proposal. Westcott gifts a ring, the box tips, and the shaft signals a happy ending.
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Katherine
Westcott
Kathe Erite
Eben Tate
Walt
Weatcat
Westrott
Wentcutt
Mr. Westcott
Nagme Bella
Weateatt's
Canid
Peatton
New Cavalry Training to Reform First British Army Corps
A London dispatch reports that the first British army corps will adopt a new cavalry training system inspired by Lieut. Col. de Lisle at Hounslow. The program targets efficiency, map reading, reconnaissance, and scientific charging, including horse handling, forage judgment, and rapid reporting. A dummy squadron drill will crown exercises. Paris exposition notes Bank of France sees business rise by 160 million dollars.
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de Lisle
Hounslow
Gritigh Army Corpu
Aldershot
Institutud
Gareman
Complications of Present Day Life by Rev R A White
Universalist preacher in Chicago critiques modern life as a tangle of desires and fashions. He argues excess clothing and luxury drive indebtedness and false appearances, fueling dishonesty and restless pursuit, while simplicity and calm former times offered genuine happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. White
Chicago
Greatest Need of the Age by Rev J H Hackenberg
A New York preacher argues physical culture and intellectual strength are essential in a fast modern age. He stresses the body and mind must be developed to meet rapid work demands, with education building critical thinking and historical awareness to discern falsehoods and pursue progress.
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J. H. Hackenberg
New York City
The Future of Woman in Industry and Education
A column argues women will outstrip men in industry and education. It cites women in 145 business branches, a New York bank director’s nervous collapse leading to a female successor, and predicts coeducation and female voting within decades. The piece stresses women’s rising abilities, reading time, and eventual political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Wives and Polygamy in Western and Moslem Customs
A fragmented 19th century snippet contrasts Western and Moslem polygamy, claiming Western practice arranges wives tandem while Moslem practice uses four in hand arrangements. It references Mohammadan custom and notes spread in the United States.
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Mohammadan
United States
Worldly facts and figures mix in a scattered 1900s miscellany
A digest of population, industry, and social data from multiple regions, noting New York Germans moving to Chicago, Illinois government spending on printing, London street vendors, marriage ages in Sweden and the U.S., mushroom tests, Pennsylvania oil output, long telephone spans, Lowell machine operatives, and counts of Odd Fellows Freemasons and Foresters. The passage also mentions a Thanksgiving event, Chicago health sterilization urges, and warfare-era pensions, ending with U.S. lead in youth births and crop weights.
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New York
RODIN
Chicago
Totten
IL Esta
pMecs
Tonga
Cleveland
Europe
London
Sweden
United States
Pennsylvania
Suaquehanna
Lancaster
Health Department of
Washington
London County Council
Leeds Corporation
From
Almar
Benatar Stewart
Nevada
Senate
Expert declines confidential posts after cordial interview
In Valley City North Dakota on December 14, an expert named Shaw politely refused a confidential appointment after a brief talk describing the man as pleasant and enterprising. The note reports various testimonials about Dodd's Kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills aiding health, plus stray mentions of remedies and products in unrelated notices.
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Valley City
N. Dak
Matilda M. Houchee
Dodd
Sbe
Barney
California Limited Dream and Prairie Junction Train Dream
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls boarding the California Limited and a democratic paradise of plush parlor cars, velvet seats, and scenic windows. The narrator contrasts modern luxury with 1840s hardship, imagining travel as effortless, and muses on a future voyage if fate allows.
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Johnny Drummer
Supreme
Lorid
Teodor
George Ade
Peggy Trom Aris
Prairie Junction
Hanty Fe
Beatty
California
Plainy
Howie
Jonny
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Emil G, Hirsch
Shaw
Brena
Tenartiak
Mr. Shaw
Hiv Ren
Chen
N . Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Garfeld
Detroit
Putnam
Caine
Carter
Very Amiall
Tala Ag
Eugene
Carters
Gure
Milsiong
U. M.C
Union Metallic
Bridgeport
Conn
Aela Theos
Ivan
Free Homestead
Neat Aoran
Cera
Sven Dent
Sanaba
Bess
North Hebe
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