I Am the Poor Female Compositor Yet
A personal reminiscence from Lake City Colorado recounts a journey over Uncompahgre where a woman and her husband discover a cave filled with gold. They call it the mine and attempt to haul wealth back to camp while guarding the secret from possible robbers as their wagon ultimately crashes, ending with the narrator lamenting her lost status as the “female compositor.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake City
Col
Jim
States
Stoena
Fortuna
Birds, Bhasts and Fish In News From Sanford Florida
A collage of brief items on wildlife, oddity notes and small curiosities. Highlights include Sanford Florida selling alligator hides for 75 cents each, brats on Bruns wick wharves harassing sea birds, and various short anecdotes about crows, hawks, ducks, and a fight between an alligator and an English sparrow near Darien Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Fla
Georgia
Brunswick
China
Darien
Nicholas Griswold
Random Township
Pennsylvania
Moosehead Lake
Royal nurseries showcase world lesson aids in Pauncefote home
The Pauncefote nursery features a frescoed heavens and planetary system for astronomy lessons and walls depicting historic events from William the Conqueror to the Armada. Tiles show Biblical scenes while rugs weave fairy tales and door panels use animal-head knobs to spark curiosity as young visitors peer through painted landscapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Julian Paunceforth
England
W. K. Vanderbilt
Pauncefote
Walla
Illiam the Conqueror
Richard the Lionhearted
David
Goliath
Samuel
Red Riding Hood
Jack
Julian
Australia
Athrash
Andes
Notable figures and fortunes sparkled in old news items
The page mentions Dubuque’s female streetcar driver Mrs Kendall as a noted actress and the youngest of 22 children. It notes Christina Nilsson’s hearing loss, Vienna short-hand prize for a woman, Boston University’s 78 women doctors, and biographies upcoming for Lauren Alcott and Harriet Beecher Stowe. It cites Emma Abbott’s costly dress. novelist Rhoda Broughton’s careful work. Mrs Walter Gackman daughter of Roscoe Conkling as tall and pale. Michigan Supreme Court upholding women voting for school officers. It calls Dona Isadora Consine of Chile the wealthiest woman in the Americas and possibly world, with a fortune over 100,000,000. It lists railroad mileage books, eye tests at Comstock’s Jewelry, and Dr J T Bord’s address. It advertises a Battle of Atlanta visit with free tickets and a large music box, and quips about earning a living and hunting with a liner in The Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Mre. Kendall
Eaglish
Christina Nilsson
Vienna
Boston University
Lauren M. Alcott
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Emma Abbott
Rhoda Broughton
Walter G. Qakman
Roscoe Conkling
Supreme Court of Michigan
Michigan
America
South America
Americas
Eitherses
Dona Isadora Consine
Chilli
Santiago
Valparaiso
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Colorado
Odds and
Turkey
Gladstone
France
New
E City
Grau
Hungary
London
Onn
Sheriff Flack
New York
Titusville
Annie G. Gavenforth
Riverside
Viola Fitz
Richmond
Ind
Henriettal. Mebrer
New York City
Sally C. Tucker
Garnet
Kay
Buckle
Stella D. Biddison
Fort Worth
Tex
Mary E. Farnham
New Orleans
Louise Martane
Paris
Mary Roberts
Norristown
Anna O. Schuckman
Lincoln
Neb
Louies W. Strong
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary T. Wyncoop
Utica
Ida Zander
Milwaukee
Wis
Anna M. Breadin
Philadelphia
Alice A. Crawford
Austin
Annie M. Wood
Westminster
Eng
Shiles
St. Peter
Mr. Gould
Jamestown
Journal
Peterson
The
Hawaiin Islands
Ava Ears UK
Hood
Monon
Vandalia
Indianapolis
St Louis
Peoria
Ticket Office Cor
Ky.ave
Ijl-St
Comstock
Optician of the
Edmondson Optical Association
Washington-st
J.T. Bord
Obie-st
Alabama and Highth
Atlanta
Indianapolis Water CO
Pennsylvania-st
Usiness University
Chas. Girton, Undertaker
Indiana-ave
ST. Charles Hotel
N. Ilinois St
Bates House
Bates
John Murray
Indiana
York
Washington
Meridian-sts
Traveler's Register
Union Station
South Dlinois Street
Washington St
Springfield
Ohio
Bloomington
Missouri River
Chicago
Indianapolis Union Station
Dally
City Lickst
Jackson Place
Qld
Indi Ma Rep Elie
Indianpols
Hamilton
Detroit
linois-Si
Kentucky-ave
Jno
R. McCoxao
Gen
A Scientifig Tst
Opticians
Comstock’s Jawelry Store
East Washington St
Pennsylvenia Lines
Indpis
Panhandle Rouse
Pittsburg
Richm’d
Columbus
Olpar
Pitts
East
Ate
Will and Express
Chgo
Northwest
Louisville
South
Gaza
R. R
South West
Catre
Vincennes
Cairo
Wendalia
ET. Louis
Tie
Ag Tolow
St. Louis
Sreencastle
Terre Heute Accori
Bt. Louis
Dom Terre Haute
Greencastle
BH. R. Dering
WHA Cares
Cincisnat
Livision
Repakg
D. Ne
Wee
di Bain
Cincinnati
William
Cmicago
Meridiansts
J. A. Martin
Gist
Pess
Agt
F.M. Abbett
M. D
Virginia-ave
Abbott
Corenta Mtg. Co
White St
SUN
the Sun
Ohio-St
Joseph D. Clifton
Lovee
Bradley, Holton & Co
Hast
F.C. Fowler
Moodus, Conn
Ward Bros
A. Kiezer & Co
Eateens
Wiley & CO
Nort Hlllnois Street
Smith’s
China Store
Illinois St
Undertakers’ Association
Ripley & Son
Tiertakers
North
Illinois-st. Telephone
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea CO
Washington Street
Ri Hldridee & Co
Chiost
Son
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