London cremation charge reduced to thirty five dollars
A London newspaper carries a business style ad noting the cremation fee is lowered to 35 dollars. Promoters push cheap rates and sound business sense. A separate note mentions rare Sevres ware sold for 7205 dollars and Arion’s sale for 150000 dollars to Senator Stanford via J Malcom Forbes. Twenty thousand hawthorn or May trees were shipped from England for Austin Corbin to plant in New Hampshire.
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Lico
London
England
Austin Corbin
New Hampshire
A Gentlemen by Signa That Never Fail
A poem describing a courteous boy: neat in gentleness, patient, helpful, and mindful of others. The speaker highlights small actions like holding doors, picking up a dropped pen, and polite bearing as signs of true gentlemanly character. The verse contrasts outward polish with inner manners across ages. It appears in Harper's Young People.
Bridal Wreath Tale of Greed and Grace
Valencia Warren pressures Madeline Gray to supply a bridal wreath for a private tableau at ten dollars, despite costly work and a torn veil. Madeline is blamed when the veil tears and does not get paid, while Reginald Meriman quietly offers Madeline and Lucy a home. Six months later Meriman marries the flower girl, and Valencia encounters the changed pair in the park.
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Merriman
Valencia Warren
Sam
Celia
Jurduniere
Naples
Mrs. Merriman
Minelli’s
Miss Warren
Madeline Gray
Valencia
Madeline
Lucy
Wally
Reginald Mortman
Mrs. Warren
Papa
Patty
Reginald Meriman
Madaline
Mr. Meriman
Sister
Madeline Meriman
New York Ledger
Painter Sir William Allan and the Waterloo Payment Tale
A review of Sir William Allan’s painting The Battle of Waterloo from the French side recounts the lengthy payment negotiation with Duke of Wellington at Apsley House. The duke’s wary insistence on a check proves costly in time and method, prompting Allan to leave with a grin. The piece then shifts to quirky Virginia names, a Tennessee ex-governor anecdote about an exhorter, and a closing quip on aging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allan
Duke of Wellington
Apsley House
Allan
Sir William
Frightful kidney disease warnings and bitters remedy
Frightful and nothing less are the ravages in kidneys and bladder from disease. Progressive to death if unchecked, begin with inactivity and end in kidney destruction. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters urged as a diuretic tonic to arouse and regulate inactive kidneys and expel impurities causing rheumatism and dropsy.
Must Have Their Sea-Legs On
A train employee discusses the danger of working inside a fast moving passenger locomotive. He recalls swaying, jolting belts and a fireman being thrown from an engine on the Fort Wayne route, then found unharmed with no serious injuries.
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Fort Wayne
Ife
Transcontinental Great Northern Line to Start Daily Service
The Great Northern will begin daily passenger service from Sioux City St Paul and Minneapolis to Spokane Washington. The line, shortest from the East to Western Montana and Idaho, features low mountain grades and opens vast agricultural land and mining country through the Flathead Valley and Kootenai region. It passes forests and mountains rich in minerals and provides access to rivers and lakes with notable attractions.
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St Pau
Minn
Great Northern
Sioux City
St Paul
Minneapoli
Spokane
Wash
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Flathead Valley
Kootenai
Wonders of an Insect s Eye and Harvest Excursions
An article describes insect eyes as a mosaic of facets and cites Leuenhoeck counts of 181 facets in a beetle eye and 8017 in a horse fly eye. It also details Northwestern railroad excursion fares for trips to multiple western and southern states. Additionally it explains the expression setting one s teeth on edge from dental nerve reactions to harsh sounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leuenhoeck
Des Moines State Fair Excursion Tickets Sold
Excursion tickets for the Des Moines State Fair will be sold Aug 25 to Sept 2 with return until Sept 5, via the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Through trains leave Sioux City daily. for details visit the city ticket office at Fourth and Nebraska or Union Depot.
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Sioux City & Pacific Railroad
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Utah
Missouri
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Louisana
H. C. Cheney
Fourth Street
Sioux City
Town
G.ff. Wheelock
Union Depot
Des Moines
Chicuzo & Northwestern Railway
Oisaom
City
Fourth and
Nebraska Streets
Cnarney
Boschee's German Syrup Proves Broadly Effective
The paper notes Boschee's German Syrup as a superior treatment for consumption. It claims success across climates from North to South and among diverse nationalities, used through all stages of the disease and relied on by millions. Mention this paper.
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California
Boschee
New England
Middle States
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Washington, D.C
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Florida
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Georgia
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New York Press
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