Kipling tale ends with a dismissive moon about charity
In Kipling's scene Miller helps a truly desperate woman with a 35 pound note but discovers the donor is Addie Gunton, the Guntons' daughter, causing shock and comic tone as parents forgive her and Miller reflects on generosity. The omnibus arrival reveals Addie’s deception and Miller’s self critical commentary on charity.
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Guntons
Bob Gunton
Bob
Addie
Miller
Gunton
Rudyard Kipling
The Rescue Case of a Charitable Philanthropist
An English reformer Joseph Miller, famed for aiding youth, boards a train to Norfolk to visit Col. Gunton. A dramatic young woman Sarah Jones, claiming need for protection, follows him, forcing an uneasy confrontation on the journey as she insists on accompanying him to the Guntons despite Miller's resolve to separate. The scene blends social reform with a tense, unreliable encounter on the railway.
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Col. Gunton
Norfolk
Mr. Miller
Joseph Miller
Adam
Liverpoolst
Sarah Jones
Thomas
Liverpool St
Guntons
Beech Hill Station
Beech Hill
A COMING BRIDE. fagement of 'Miss Helen Martin
A coming bride is announced for Miss Helen Martin of Algon. The note references a former US senator as part of the social context.
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Helen Martin
Al‘gon
Marae
Maid Sueina Leads Samoan War Band to Victory
Leslie's Weekly notes there is no leader for the Waimaunga troops but the taupou Sueina. On the 1860s campaign near Apia she led a disciplined army in fierce combat, with a dramatic moment when she killed a dog that crossed her path as the first living thing. The Waimaunga forces triumphed.
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Leslie
Waimaunga
Taupou
Waiala
Laupepa
Mataafa
Apia
Sueina
Lucina
Mission School
Sneina
Three Dainty Sauces From Old Recipe Fragments
A fragmentary recipe note outlines fruit sauce by mashing ripe fruit with butter and sugar and heating, a hard sauce made of butter and sugar with nutmeg, and a lemon cream sauce using lemon juice and rind with butter and egg. The text includes garbled phrases and incomplete measures.
Cure Credited to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
The note from Middlefield Centre New York Postmaster Dr Williams Edwin Br Tripp recounts illness from March 1892 to June when a newspaper story about Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People sparked hope. After taking eighteen boxes, he recovered fully and credits the pills for his cure. Notary Homer Hanna witnessed the sworn statement.
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Frank Long
Lennon, Mich
Venice
Mich
G. B. Goopsmith
Justice of the Peace
Edwin BR. Tripp
Middlefield Centre
N. Y
Dr. Williams
Homer Hanna
Vanity and Genius Across Famous Minds
Mirabeau boasted of his head as the most remarkable in France while dying. Michelangelo claimed that Raphael and Bramante envied him and learned all art from him. Rossini addressed letters to his mother as the mother of the distinguished master. Schopenhauer joked that posterity will know where to find him.
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Mirabeau
France
Michael Angelo
Julius
Raphael
Bramante
Rossini
Poached Eggs Technique for Breakfast Service
Three quarters fill a small frying pan with water and add a dessert spoon of vinegar. When gently boiling break eggs into a cup and slide into the pan. Cover with wetter. When the white is set lift with a sieve spoon and drain. Serve on buttered toast rounds.
Pretty Pearl Griffin’.
Mrs. Frank Griffin and daughter Pearl Griffin of Marysville Missouri have bought Griffin's Daily Review. The paper suspended after editor Frank Griffin was shot dead in the street. They plan to publish daily with a pressman, mother handling business and Pearl setting type and making up the forms.
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Frank Griffin
Pearl Griffin
Marysville
Griffin
Daily Review
Short fashions in white lawn waists and summer gowns
Dainty effects in white lawn waists showcase festooned flounces and crepe-like trims. Blues and grays dominate dressy summer outfits while rosettes of tulle or chiffon decorate smart ash skirts. Pique fabrics, colored and white, lead the fashion alongside cream-colored batistes and applique embroidery in broad trims.
Love and Death from the Heights of Quiet
A Harper's Magazine excerpt contrasts Love and Death as two angels arriving from the High God. The speaker recalls a single summer breath then admits Love’s lasting absence, while Death promises a final home. The poem reflects on eternal longing, fate, and the soul's rest beyond life.
I’m doin’ of my best a song of country and crown
A poem from the Atlanta Constitution declares a nation’s pledge to provide for its people from ice to sea and mountains to plains. It vows bread and wine and shared wealth, urging perseverance and trust in a benevolent homeland.
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Ocean Deep
Atlanta Constitution
Dawn gray notes paper gains fashionable shade title
Dawn gray is described as the new stationery shade, slightly lighter than crushed strawberry used for dress fabric. The piece notes the trend in note paper and claims the average man would prefer writing on the new paper rather than asking for it.
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Ad and Piano Offer
An old advertisement contrasts spring tiredness with weariness from Isbor and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as cures with no griping and 25 cents. It also markets upright pianos at 10 dollars down and one dollar per month from Wuilschner's at 128 130 North Pennsylvania Street.
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Hood
Wuilschner’s
Pennsylvania-st
Notable Actresses Mention Smoking Habits of the Time
The piece notes Lillian Russell, the Princess of Wales, Mme Modjeska, Vernona Jarthest, Olza Nethersole, Tula Marlowe, Blanche Walsh, Mary Mannering, and Viola Allen as smokers or non-smokers. It highlights varied personal habits and attitudes toward tobacco among stage figures and notes Johnstone Bennett's frank stance on smoking.
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Lillian Russell
Ford
Princess of Wales
Mme. Modjeska
Vernona Jarthest
Olza Nethersole
Tula Marlowe
Blanche Walsh
Mary Mannering
Viola Allen
Johnstone Bennett
Doem
Language slips and schoolroom slips in playful notes
A Washington Star snippet shows a man misquoting his words and a boy at an English school writing a letter to his master with comic spelling errors. A tired mother questions Willie as he sobs and wonders what else there is to do.
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Willie
Yonkers Sta
Cure by Chamberlain's Cholera Remedy Praised
A West Virginia resident credits Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a permanent cure after severe flux. The testimonial notes swift relief after a few doses and urges others to use the remedy, sold by druggists.
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Chamberlain
J. W
Lyn Dorr
W. Va
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L. A. Sayre
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