Margretta the organ grinder dies in Italian district tragedy
Manuel Cassio, an organ grinder from Italy, dies after saving a patrician girl from a runaway fire engine. In his top story room on Rue St, a letter reveals Margretta has married Josef, ending his long hope to reunite in America. The scene unfolds amid Boston's Italian community and a fading tenement world.
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Fifth-ave
Italy
Margretta
America
Josef
Christ
Ruesi
Manuel Cassio
Manuel
Josef. Margretta
Boston Post
A Pretty Face Changed It All Miss Hendrich Romance
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Miss Helen Hendrich and a New York figure drawn to a romantic path. The tale hints at religious vows and a turn toward Catholic life disrupted by love and a changing fate.
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Helen Hendrich
New-York
The Feminine Observer Capsule
Quotes from the Philadelphia Times reflect social observations on ambition, appetite, modern gadgets, diplomacy, writing, tea cures, gender dynamics, and reader fatigue with books. It surveys attitudes toward progress and relationships in a wry, aphoristic tone.
Smiles and quips in a playful newspaper snippet
A humorous trimmed exchange shows a father calling his son a fool and Willie replying with a dutiful doubt. The Cleveland Leader notes a customer query on sleeplessness with a grim, old time remedy cited by Drugeist. A comment on Kipling contrasts Black praising gold with White claiming silvery value per word.
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Willie
Cleveland
Codfish Dishes and Old-Time Kitchen Wisdom
The Chicago Inter Ocean recounts a chef praising cod as king of fish, noting simple preparation yields greatness. He advises minimal potato in fish cakes, enrichment with plenty of eggs, and recalls a patron’s democratic taste from Broadway basements to current orders.
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Broadway
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Neckbands Put On Shirts Free
Progress Laundry offers free neckbands on shirts. Contact Tel 1121 for details.
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Progress Laundry
Chauncey Man Finds Relief After 20 Years With DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Hamilton Clark of Chauncey Georgia says he suffered itching and piles for twenty years before trying DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. He used two boxes and reports complete relief.
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Hamilton Clark
Chauncey, Ga
DeWitt
Fruits of Autumn Conversation in a Rural Town
A whimsical poem recounts Mrs Clingatone and other villagers admiring fruit. The chorus notes peaches pears apples grapes and plums ready for preserves. By month’s end the harvest is turned to jam and jelly as jars fill the shelf and Mrs Quince becomes marmalade.
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Mrs. Quince
St. Nicholas
Notable Figures and Remarkable Beginnings Among 19th Century Elites
Bourke Cochran once portered for A T Stewart in New York. Cornelius Vanderbilt received 1500 begging letters totaling 500000 with a minimum 25. Dwight Moody boasts no expert shorthand reporter for his sermons. John Young Brown, Kentucky governor nominee, is self made and studied law at night. Charles Broadway Rouss, blind millionaire, sent a thousand dollar check to Shenandoah valley society and has aided them for ten years.
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Bourke Cochran
New York
A. T. Stewart
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Dwight T. Moody
John Young Brown
Kentucky
Charles Broadway Rouss
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Be Satisfied Love's Rain Brings Renewal
Poem excerpt by Grace Ellery Channing urging endurance in love and faith that rain and devotion revive beauty and hope. The speaker consoles a sorrowing heart, insisting that love persists beyond denial and endures toward a richer heaven.
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Ellery Channing
Nother Sweet Singer Helen Fredericks To Study In Paris
Helen Fredericks of St. Joseph Missouri is hailed by Eastern critics as a potential prima donna with a four octave range. A syndicate of wealthy men plans to send her to Paris to study with Sbriglia for two years, with her American debut staged on return. A Philadelphia clubman expressed romantic interest in her.
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Helen Fredericks
St. Joseph
Melba
Miss Fredericks
Eden Beach
Missouri
Sbriglia
Paris
New York
Philadelphia
Understanding Classic Cooling Desserts And Their Textures
The article explains water ices and sherbets by texture and freezing methods, noting smooth versus granular results. It defines granites macedonies sorbets and frozen punches with liquors, and compares freezing times to ice cream.
DeWitt’s Little Liver Pills Advertised
An old advertisement touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a bowel cleanser and laxative that cures constipation, cleanses the bowels, regulates the liver, and restores vigor. The copy emphasizes small pleasant doses with no griping and lists all-druggists as sellers.
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DeWitt
Fashion Chic and a Chinese Foot Binding Question
A brief remark from Life magazine about Mrs. de and her new Chinese cook prompts a joke. The cook explains foot binding is to prevent the mistress from wandering the kitchen and disturbing the cook.
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John
Cover Your Old Brick Buildings with imitation of rock-faced stone
H. is SHUTE, 34 Talbot block.
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Shute
Talbot Block
Southern Railway distributes free South literature items
The Southern Railway is mailing free to any address a selection of literature about the South including Southern Homes folders large map folders Land of the Sky booklets Southern Fields Minerals and Mines books and a handsome 2 page volume The Empire of the South sent for 2 cents to cover delivery. WM H Taylor Assistant General Pass Agent Louisville KY.
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South
Southern Railway
Southern Homes
Southern Fields
Empire of the South
Big Four Excursion to Several Towns This Sunday
Big Four announces Sunday trip to Lawrenceburg Aurora and Way Points with $1 round trip to Shelbyville Greensburg Batesville Sunmans Lawrenceburg Aurora and intermediate stations. Special trains depart Union Station at 7 30 a m and return from Aurora at 7 20 p m. Call Big Four office 1 EB Washington St or Union Station. H M Bronson A G P A.
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Shelbyville
Greensburg
Batesville
Sunmans
Lawrenceburg
Aurora
Union Station
Big Four
Washington St
Sewing Machines in Washington Exhibit Patchy Fragments
Fragments mention sewing machines and Washington but details are unreadable. The article lacks clear names, dates, or events to form a full summary.
Bargain Stock Offer Attracts Shoppers In Outlined Sale
The advertisement promotes bargain prices on Madras, zephyr, and gingham fabrics with yard rates and a wide range of textiles up to 25c. It also highlights a boys combination suit for ages 3 to 5 at 3.54 and a men’s all wool navy flannel suit for 35, urging value and selection for the week.
Notice of liquor license application in Indianapolis ward four
Calvin Carson gives notice to voters in the Fourth ward Center township Marion county Indiana that he will apply to the Board of County Commissioners at the October term 1899 for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking. The business place is a room facing south on Walnut street first floor of a two story frame building on lot 6 block 5 Fatout's subdivision outlot 157 City of Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana known as 952 Walnut street No. 4 ward.
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Fourth Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of
County Commissioners
Walnut St
Fatout
Commissioner's
Indianapolis
Calvin Carson
Liquor License Request for 114 Malott Ave Indianapolis
Voters of the First ward Center township Marion county Indiana report that W. J. Thomas will apply to the Board of Commissioners at the October term 1899 for a license to sell intoxicating malt and spiritous liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise drinking allowed. Premises located 114 Malott Ave in a two story brick building occupying part of lot 38 Alvord’s subdivision Fletcher’s addition, ward 1 Indianapolis. Thomas also seeks pool table privileges in the same room.
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Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
State of
Malottave
Alvord
E. T
Fletcher
Indianapolis
W. J
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Colorado
Southern Literature
WM. H. Taylor
Southern R’y
Louisville, Ky
Way Points
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Cincinnati
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