The Valley Dam Threat and a Yankee Rider Hero
In a rural scene a flood warning rolls through Williamsburg valley. A brave rider from Williamsburg races to alert the Grady family and the town, risking his life to save homes from the looming dam and rising waters. The tale blends regional dialect, heroism, and a corrective moment of forgiveness amid disaster.
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Collins Gray
vAn
Massachusetts
Wicester
Sherman
Williamsburg
Rijer
Curtius Old
Hix Reed
Cal
John Boyle O Reilly
Jackson's Love Test in Bush Creek Tales
The tale centers on Jackson Moore, a tall good looking youth with blue eyes and yellow curls, torn between three Grady sisters Ellen Anne and Maria as Major Grady’s widow eyes Jackson from the start. Balzer, a clever cousin, stirs mischief amid family scrutiny and courting chaos in a rugged settlement.
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Jackson
Jackson Isself
Grady
el En
Anne
Maria
Ole Major
Widderner
Jack Robinson
Ellen
Fist Rock
Elen
Balzer
Major Grady
Accomplished Killionaire Eckley Briants Coxe of Philadelphia
Am Accomplished Killionaire, Eckley Briants Coxe of Philadelphia is described as America's most accomplished financier. He trails through vast wealth and diverse education, boasting fluency in several languages. His bibliomania yields a premier Aldine and Elzevir collection second only to Sam Barlow, with a monograph on Gerome's Polio Verse drawing scholarly notice and a stint in the Pennsylvania State Senate filling his political yearnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckley Briants Coxe
Philadelphia
America
Sam Barlow
New York
Gerome
Pennsylvania State Senate
New Orleans Picayune
Housetops as Summer Resorts Proposal From a Paper
A paper titled Wasted Sun beams argues city residents should convert housetops into summer retreats with durable roofing, gardens, flowers, shrubs, and awnings to shade from sun and rain. The item notes large copper deposits found in Chiapas near Mexico City.
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State of
Chiapa
City of
Mexico
Fashion changes in Constantinople and Empress Eugenie relics
A traveler notes Turkish ladies’ dress trending toward Western styles with thin yashmak veils and reduced feridje mantles. The piece shifts to Mrs Harrison’s burr oak inspired inauguration ball motif and ends with a portrait of Ex-Empress Eugenie’s quiet Farnborough life and her preference for simple elegant bangles and sentimental Shakespeare-themed jewelry.
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Harrison
White House
Scientific Scraps From an Early Science Column
A kaleidoscope of early 20th century science notes covers sex size differences by one twelfth, electric sharpeners for horse shoes, huge Catres tunnel lengths, a Vaticar observatory project with $200000 cost, bronze coin compositions, North Sea water varieties, coal weight by size, reformer notions, ancient Egypt copper, factory dust risks, electric plant growth tests, Pepi I copper artifacts, and repeated vaccination strategies to stamp out smallpox.
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North Sea
Coal Department
The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Voluntary Slaves and Labor Brokers in Immigrant Workforces
A historical account describes Huns likened laborers as hired gangs traded through labor brokers and padrone masters. It details numbered identities, gang formation for large projects, and commissions earned by brokers and gang masters as workers receive their first pay.
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Cays
Columbus
Besa
Fashion notes on gowns and summer dress trends
Sashes are soft and pliable. Linen collars fall from popularity. The “s uml gown” is the freshest English nightdress. Embroidery or trimmings top fashionable gowns. Flowered summer hats are abundant. Pique dresses gain fans for summer houses. Bordered patterns pair with matching sashes. Light summer silks feature pinked ruches. New sashes are soft silk with satin borders and fringed ends. Matching shoe color creates height illusion. The Princess gown dominates Paria fashion. Witch stitch debuts among crewel and silkless youth. Vandyke collars with long points rise in vogue. Silk gowns gain two shades of same color. Mouseline de soie over silk suits resort wear and bridesmaids. Barred and plaited mohairs favored for little girls. Long Pelisse, Connemara cloak, and bonne femme mantle lead wraps. Ribbon braces with shoulder knots finish summer corsages. Coarse-meshed silk over contrasting color appears in watering place gowns. Tulle and gauze dresses in the princess shop worn over tinted silk underdress.
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Connemara
Rapid Roads to Riches From Medicines to Pastry Wealth
In the United States rapid wealth comes from scar and patent medicines, in Germany from improved firearms, and in France from new popular confectionery. Paris alone has half a dozen fortunes tied to pastry and croissant innovations.
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United States
Germany
France
Paris
Kingdom Within Me A Child Learns Self Rule
A devotional lyric by Louisa May Alcott focuses on guiding a young mind toward self mastery, honesty, bravery, and inner harmony. It seeks divine aid to conquer fear and sorrow, aiming not for worldly crowns but for mastery of the inner realm.
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Mysel
Louisa MM. Alcott
Divine guidance and duty in life’s crisis
The piece urges constant prayer and diligent work as two poles of faith, noting that true discernment comes from union with God. It reflects on how plans often fail, yet God redirects outcomes and shapes character through joy or discipline to perfect us, citing scripture and Hitchcock.
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Vailey
Hampshire
New York Christian Advocate
Torrow
Duight Hitchcock
Connecticut
Louisiana
Heavenly Father
Belief by Prayer and A Call to Christian Courage
A dated excerpt recounts prayer answered with timely aid in daily needs and counsel, urging reliance on God for provision and guidance. It contrasts piety with activism, then shifts to critique of liquor traffic’s brutality and its social harm as reported for cities like Johnstown and New York, noting authorities struggle to control disorder and the medical role in treating drink-fueled harm.
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New England
Ince
Heavenly Father
Henry Belden
Brook N.Y
Johnstown
New York
Crantaine
Jena Stern
Eal Bos Besieen
Tveice
Prohibition Debate and Liquor Economic Viewpoints
A temperance discussion cites figures on liquor’s economic impact, noting 1650 values and potential gains if spending shifted to labor and manufactories. It argues prohibition improves regional economics, drawing on Iowa’s experience and the writer’s stance that prohibition benefits society. It also mentions poisonous beer adulterants and brewer practices raising safety concerns.
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Jordan
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Man
Gradys
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Gialy
Miss Grady
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Romerius
Tazin
Drake
M. Cc. Wylliama
Killionaire
Dees
Turkey
Constantinople
Feridje
New York Sun
Eugenie
Farnborough
Camden House
Farnsborough
Sre
Camel
Ganda
Catres Tunnel
Vaticar
William A. Hemmond
M. Lombard
Signor Spora
M. Beauregard
Egypt
England
House of Commons
E. Wollny
Munich
M. Berthelot
Paris Academy of Sciences
Pepi I
New World
Vienna
Hervieux
Paris Academy of Medicine
Paria
Hfe
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Rogie Settlass
Telves Farge
Lha
Iowa
Hassall
Mein
Ian
Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Baltimore
David A. Day
Society
Liberia
Aid
Dobbins
Hawkinsville
Gafis
Isaac ‘Thogayean
Medicies
Hood
J. W. Wilerosa
Quincy
C. L Hood & CO
Lowell
Mass
Plecsa
Borg Busine
Aending i Burdacee
Biases
Beneft
Cama
Pieres
Tapaill
Asa
Cleveland
Asche
Reese
Daveests
DesLera
Charles A. Vogeler
Bellinen
Calia
Ohio
Ari Oe
Creware Bryant’s College
Nea Mate
Star Safety Meiz Helder Co
Holly
Mick
Bower
Pues
Pve Cot Iti
Eapest
ATLAS
Walleg
Leonard St
York
Joseph H. Hunter
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W. L. Douglas
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Wade
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