Global defenses and European arms trends in turn of century notes
The piece surveys British naval plates and experiments, French help to Costa Rica against Nicaragua, and German naval prestige. It cites Paris towers, lances in France, and Kaiser William’s naval emphasis, then shifts to Chinese schools, U S coinage, a Kentucky hoarder’s maxims, Canadian Indians, Sam Wah Kee of New England, Patrick Henry and historical wealth patterns, buffalo bone fertilizer demands, and a reflection on Western rapid life and buffalo extinction.
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France
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Panama Canal
United States
Helena
Montana
Est
San Franciseo Chronie
Nothing pays that’s wrong nor wealth that buys with pain
A compact verse warning that the quest for gain harms health and happiness. It declares that gold and high station cannot buy contentment when pursued through wrong means, stressing the value of a humble life and pure conduct for youth and age alike.
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Kinga
For &Ge
Emma Ellis Sells Willow Ware to Earn Livelihood
Emma Ellis embarks on a willow-ware selling venture, peddling baskets and rockers door to door with a load of goods. She earns twenty dollars, wins Charley Borden's affection, and proves the doubters wrong by supporting Miss Barhydt and opening her own path to independence.
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Mrs. Gibson
Jane Ann Shorey
Phil Parkinson
Tee Qoute
Emma Ellis
Willer ‘Ware
Emma
Miss Ellis
Charles Borden
Farmer Gibson
Borden
Gibson
Oliver
Mrs. Dalrymple
Mr. Borden
Charley
Oliver Dalrymple
Dalrymple
Mr. Dalrymple
Charley Borden
Alice
Alice Borden
Emmay
Mr. Borlen
Emma Stue
Squire Ellis
A Soldier's Routine Describes Early Morning Duties
The United States soldier begins at 5:30 with rogille sounded by buglers from all batteries. Roll is called, morning reports filed, leaves requested, and guard duty assigned. Retreat at 1 pm, sundown dress parade, tattoo at 9 pm, taps at 9:15. Extra duties include field work and punishments. Government provides clothing valued at $220 for five years. Atlanta Constitution.
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United States
Atlanta Constitution
Humane Prima Donna Aids Wounded Dove in Prague
Nikita the American prima donna helps a wounded dove atop Prague's old battlements. After failed attempts by staff and officials, a brave worker climbs 250 feet, retrieves the bird, and is rewarded with a diamond ring. The dove recovers and is released when Nikita departs.
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Nikita
Prague
Mademoiselle
Paris considers building four Eiffel towers as aerial sanitarium
The idea envisions three additional Eiffel towers forming legs for a giant platform that would bear a savitarium above city smoke and noise, offering invalids a path to pure air and seclusion. While bold and fit for the era's grand schemes, the notion seems unlikely to benefit this or the next generation.
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Paris
Panama Canal
A College Course. Father Whst asks about course content
Omaha World reports a lighthearted exchange where a father asks about a college course and a son, who prefers boating to books, responds with a playful image of a full mile straightaway sand return.
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Omaha
Open Sheds for Shading Cattle and Corn Cultivation Tips
Practical notes from farm pages discuss breaking rearing horses with a martin gale bit, advantages of open sheds for shading cattle, and the first cultivation of corn focusing on soil loosening and center-row disturbance. Guidance covers guineas raising, sheep feeding, and a DIY Eureka box to keep sheep from hoarding feed.
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Busien
Eureka
Portable sheep hay rack and farming notes digest
A farmer outlines constructing a sheep hay rack with precise dimensions and angles to limit waste, then shares anecdotes on hive management, beekeeping changes, and general farm tips. The section moves through ducks and poultry care, grain feeding, and crop expectations, ending with notes on fashion and a Chinese stove summary.
Fashion Notes and summer millinery trends in 1900s style
The article surveys summer fashion, detailing yokes for waists, mousseline de soie versus tulle, parasols with carved wood handles, white silks with leg of mutton sleeves, red silk sashes for boating and tennis costumes, and the bishop cap. It notes white mousseline de soie hats for light mourning, new gloves with silk palms, and broad black mourning borders. It also mentions Richelieu embroidery on ecru batiste, the tea gown as a refined wrapper, floor-length dress skirts, a steamer cloak, and yachting outfits removed hooped skirts for comfort.
Champion Horse Swapper Wins Thomaston Day
Luke Crawford of Thomaston is declared the champion horse swabber of the town. He began with three horses valued under $200, traded 55 times during the day, and ended with one of the original horses. He netted $550, plus a bull and a buggy.
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Luke Crawford
Thomaston
Acon
Elling Tro Binis and Aunt Hetty-Well Meet Juliet
Fragment from a humorous 19th century dialogue. Aunt Hetty asks Juliet if she will marry the man she loves and Juliet responds with a coy, playful smile as Annie Wilkins is mentioned in passing.
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Hetty
Juliet
Ana
Annie Wilkins
Puck
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