Miss Briggs and Mr Perry: a quirky rural courtship
In a small town a lifelong feud between Miss Briggs and Mr Perry eases after a street party. Miss Briggs despises the mastiff loving bachelor, while Perry endures her cat and canary. A carriage mishap after a party leads to injury, prompting a proposal and, finally, Miss Briggs agreeing to marry him.
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Mr. Perry
Miss Briggs
Agora
Everyoe
Bach
Misa Briggs
Mrs. Perkins
Miss Sriggs
Sam
Dan
Shahad
Cleveland Press
Art Notes on Portrait by Hals and Duty Drama
Christie's London sold a Hals portrait for 10000 dollars in March. Hartman in Paris kept a studio full of imitations of Detallie pictures. The Angelus sits in a Montreal bank vault to avoid a 35000 dollar duty and may return to America when tariffs on art lift. Henry R. Poore studies animals in a Philadelphia suburb studio. Pall Mall Gazettes reports Boucher paintings prepared for Louis XVI offered to auctioneers, refused by them, later moved through Germany and France seeking buyers.
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Franz Hals
Christie's
London
Paris
Hartman
Detallie
Angelus
Montreal
America
Henry R. Poore
American Art Galleries
Philadelphia
Pall Mall Gazettes
Boucher
Louis
Practical Garden Advice and Fashion Snippets From Short Styles
Garden tips cover spraying house plants to deter aphids and rooting cuttings in water. Spring overhauls, raspberry transplant timing, onion weeding, soil moisture, and fertilization are advised. Then brief notes on fashion trends and a local profile on Berry Wall, NY Sun mentions his aging and health concerns after a party night.
Odds and Ends from a Nostalgic Gazette
A collage of curiosities and brief notes from 19th century life. Ten thousand colored people settle in Oklahoma. London runs a temporary home for lost dogs. Worms eat 10,000 cigars sent to Colombue. New York suburbs command high rents for $5 000 houses. Mexican rail timber imports reach large sums from Texas. Munich beer strike shifts to Strasburg beer. Light humor and social tidbits follow, including a hotel bill quip and a boarding-house remark. Victoria’s rheumatic knee and Mrs Blaine’s continued ailment noted.
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Oklahoma
London
Colombue
Ind
New York
Orr
Mexico
Monterey & Mexican Gulf Railroad
Texas
Mexican Central
Munich
Strasburg
Frankfort
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Philadelphia Times
Queen Victoria
James G. Blaine
James Pvt Mae
Eroce
Hoffman
English’s Opera House
Edwin Booth
Helena Modjeska
Fale Dow
Prica
Steading
Gale
W. J. Powers
Carroll Johnson
Fourteenth-st
Thianapol
Grand Chorus
Festival Orchestra
Carl Barus
Mme
Clementina de Vera
Therese Herbert Foerster
Zelda Seguin-Wallace
Jules Perotti
Emil Fischer
Charles Knorr
Chas. Solman Black
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Traveler's Register
Union Station
South Hinds Street
Indianapolis Union Station
Ennoylvanta Lines
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Richmond
Chicago
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Vincennes
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Vandalia
ST. Louis
Indianapolis
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Terre Haute and
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Cleveland
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Ohio-St
Mayhew
W. F. Rilert
Virginia Ave
Columas
Brych
C. R. Olsen
Elazapolis Belt and Maching Works
Indiana
Sig. Sefewd
Rnven Eall
Tee Sun
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Massachusetts Avenue
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East Washington Street
Lazay
Pennsylvania
Pallmay
Pallman
Our City
Llinois Street
Kentucky Avenue
Dayton
Teta
Toledo Tergor
Pepa
Aitivo
Ally Oxce Xy Sunda Hein
Pensions
P. H. Fitzgerald
Gay Be Test Market St
Usiness University
Postotie _ ‘kkeeping
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ScorTr’s
Scott
B.P. Wells
West Chiist
Taz Sun
Vans Chemical
Cincinza' Ohio
G. H
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M.D
Amsterdam
Antia- Peonone & Co
Druggiats
Malydor
Lancaster
Ard Bros
Richard H. Beck
Lockport
Nerve Bean Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Browning & Son
E. Wash
F.C. Fowler
Mocodus
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