Sailor John Hansen Pursues Lost Love in New York
John Hansen, crew member of the Mary H, leaves his ship to seek a pocket-knife and later pursues Fannie in New York. After a long pursuit through Coney Island and a dim bar, he tries to bring her back, but she pushes him to settle vows and face a costly past.
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Jolin
Jola
Christina
Sean
Fannie
Psardsport
Sebn Viansen
Jehu
New York
Fannie Tang
Heape Christina
Shire Catet
Coney Island
Bowery
Hardypoarty
John
Barberi Hills
Goa
Placidis
Hess
Goa P
Sen
Orrain
Jeston
Ler Twardyporto
John Thunsen
Porte Cresser
Harbor Street
Beau
Gero
Tee
Todi
Seven Seas
Pannie
Job Hanser
Tor
Tie
Jatin
Does a Dog Love a Blind Man
An expert claims dogs feel real affection only after seeing their owner’s eyes. He argues a blind dog may still love, while a seeing dog without eye contact to the owner cannot form a deep attachment.
Power of Sentiment in Reconstruction Debate
The speaker warns that reform without sentiment will fail and urges rebuilding with a moral appeal to the public. They argue sentiment guides reconstruction and that critics call for tangible results, lamenting loss of the finer aspects of national rebuilding.
Fragmentary verse on reconstruction and food
Fragmentary lines discuss sentiment aiding reconstruction and the need for proper food distribution. The text laments overprovision but emphasizes the right kind of provisions as vital for rebuilding. It blends poetry with scattered phrases about nourishment and renewal.
Free lip cure joke from Crosby in Thanks News
Crosby the veteran correspondent offers a humorous home remedy about sore lips. He recalls an old woman advising to turn bread butter side down after every bite, claiming it cured his sore lips for three weeks and cost nothing.
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Crosby
The
Thanks News
That Didn’t Suit Her, Either Bride Remarks
A quirky newspaper snippet notes a bride’s sigh that Dick should kiss other girls first before kissing her. The exchange, quoted from the Boston Transcript, reflects playful banter about weddings and romance.
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Boston Transcript
Crisp Cool August Wear Guides Fashion Choices
The article praises crisp fabrics for hot weather including organdie dimity swiss and taffeta. It highlights dark blue dotted Swiss frocks trimmed with organdy collars and the appeal of chiffon and taffeta for cool skirts and coordinated ensembles. It notes practical, non frilly options and outfits suitable for country or street wear.
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Sven
Hats of late summer showcase varied millinery styles
The passage describes a selection of hats including a black marines model with a curtain edge and cellophane accents, a pink crepe georgette hat with a georgette scarf and yarn embroidery, a simple satin ribbon hat with interlaced tucks, and a raffia brim hat with a taffeta crown and satin ribbon sash.
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Mipsummer
Bednuta
Sumners
For Dancing Frocks Gold and Silver Cloth Favored
A fashion note highlights preferred fabrics for dance outfits with gold and silver cloth favored. The article notes gleaming textures and festive appeal for current season wear.
Color Trends Show Expanded Autumn Palette
The article notes American colors for autumn expanding to 66 silk tones and 12 woolen colors. Evening wear features shades like coral, Jonquil yellow, vivid pink, turquoise blue and deep flesh pink. Guests arrive in afternoon frocks with sleeves reaching near or above the elbow, paired with long gloves.
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New York
Wrinkled Glove Wrists Fashion Noted By Aofter Event
A recent fashionable event highlighted a short sleeve paired with a long wrinkled glove that covers the hand. The style was emphasized as an approved vogue among attendees.
Feathers for Fall Millinery Choice
Feathers for autumn hats described with ostrich, cog, hackle, and blondine options for millinery. Readers are invited to pick preferred feather types for seasonal headwear.
Peculiar Umbrella Becomes Bishop in Colonial Africa
A World Outlook piece describes a tall aging African known as “The Bishop” who travels with missionaries and embraces heathen pride. He lacks an umbrella during rain, then improvises with a Prince Albert coat to cover his loincloth, a bold monkey skin garment.
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Prince Albert
St. James
Va“uti
Hartzell
Tom Sawyer
Jim
Wes
Will
Vworld
Ancient and Modern Names Speak in New England Genealogy
The Nomad notes that seventeenth and eighteenth century names showed more snap and flavor than modern ones, citing Betsey Keyes Patty Volbrook Susanna Cites Polly Arnold Darius Dewey Prudence Rand Thankful Sawyer and others from recent columns. It also recalls harder to pronounce names like Leafy Sullard Lenfy Hatsel Higgins Sparrow Higgins Abigail Nash Zeruiah Jewel Aly Lockwood Content Brown Tabitha Loldredge Wetumah Bassett and Camilla Scudder and Hepzibah Hathaway of New Bedford from Emery's book.
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New England
Transcript
Betsey Keyes
Patty Volbrook
Susanna Cites
Polly Arnold
Darius Dewey
Prudence Rand
Thankful Sawyer
Thankful Newcomb
Hannah Pike
Deborah Clark
Jonathan Rich
Camilla Scudder
Hepzibah Hathaway
New Bedford
Emery
Howland Weirs
Nomad
Boston Transcript
Sand at Six Thousand Dollars A Ton In Wilmington
Wilmington Delaware hosts a dozen costly sand piles worth 86000 per ton says the Portland Oregonian. A leather merchant explains the process that sprays sand on skins imported from China to add weight during drying at glaze centers. The practice creates large sand piles at receiving plants as hides are prepared for manufacture.
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Wilmington
Del
Portland Oregonian
United States
China
Origin of Surnames Through History
The article traces how surnames evolved from early personal names in ancient cultures to descriptive nicknames and household or occupational names in England. It notes Greeks and Egyptians lacked surnames, Romans used one personal name with occasional cognomena, and Norman influence spread surname use from elites to common people over time.
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England
Armstrong
Smith
Jackson
Fish and the Ancients Relish of Roman Banquets
The ancient Romans valued fish highly at feasts. Aquatic delicacies were shown alive as a relish before cooking. Apicius offered a prize for a new marinade from red mullet livers. Lucullus cut a canal to move fish to ponds near Naples. Hortensius mourned a pet turbot. Drusus’s daughter wore a gold collar on a favorite fish.
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Apicus
Lucullus
Naples
Hortensius
Drusuy
Jury Duty Echoes From A Boston Exchange
A brief Boston exchange recalls a week on jury duty. One speaker notes the tedious experience was certainly trying, capturing the public mood about service.
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Boston Transcript
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The fragment seems to express a generic sentiment about a man’s practical qualities in a relationship rather than reporting a specific event or person.
New Buffalo Mogul Baffles Dominance At Golden Gate Park
At Golden Gate Park San Francisco a two year old buffalo named Mogul defies the usual court of challenge. He initially stays apart then circles the reigning bull Ala eus in a tentative confrontation before disengaging. Mogul removes a cactus thorn from the elder bull and both return to their routines.
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Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
Mogul
Alaeus
First United States Coins and the Fugio Cent Design
The fugios were the first U S copper coins authorized by Congress in April 1787. The Treasury was directed to contract 300 tons of copper coinage with a 15 percent premium and have it minted under U S inspection. A July 6 1787 resolution described the coin with a “Thirteen circles linked together” design and the motto Mind your own business, featuring a dial and meridian sun with Fugio and 1787 on the reverse.
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United States
Congress of the
Board of Treasury
James Jarvis
Congress
Autograph Hunter's Coup
French bohemian Ludovic Picard profited by posing as a distressed admirer seeking counsel. He drew celebrities like Beranger Heine and received ten pages from Lacordaire converted into cash. Dickens answered in French before Picard was exposed by Jules Landeau and forced to change occupations.
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Ludovic Picard
Beranger
Heine
Lacordaire
Dickens
Picard
Jules Landeau
Englishman on Papal Throne
Pope Adrian IV was born Nicholas Breakspear in Langley Hertfordshire and is the only Englishman to hold the papal chair. He left England as a beggar joined a French monastery near Avignon, became abbot in 1137, cardinal bishop of Alba in 1146, traveled to Denmark and Norway, and was elected pope in November 1154 serving at Anagni until his death September 1, 1159.
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Adrian IV
Langley
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
Nicholas Breakspear
England
Avignon
France
Alba
Denmark
Norway
Rome
Nicholas
Anagni
Alarm Clock for the Deaf Patent Aids Sleepers
A new patented alarm clock helps the deaf and heavy sleepers by ringing the bell and tapping the sleeper with a wooden ruler until the cease action lever is pulled. It has the support of the American Association of the Deaf and Dumb.
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American Association of the Deat and Dumb
Should Be Reciprocal In Wives Salary Movement
A humorous dialogue notes a movement to require husbands to pay their wives salaries equal to any other worker. The wife supports it while the husband calls it fair only if the husband can fire unsatisfactory workers.
Cork demand in Britain tops seventy thousand tons yearly
It is estimated that 70,000 tons of cork are needed annually in Great Britain to bottle beer and mineral waters. The figure highlights corks as a major material for the country’s beverage industry.
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Great Britain
Hippos at the Zoo Share Creaky Dialogues on Drafts
In a zoo tale Miss Murphy and Miss Fulton, two hippos, debate drafts and mood while Caliph Second, the baby hippo, entertains visitors. Miss Murphy jokes about fluency and traits as the keeper manages doors and spray baths.
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Caliph
Miss Fulton
Life's Battle Motto in Merriman Quotation
A brief quotation attributed to Merriman stressing that life is about seizing luck and enduring hardship, with the question why people should have heart and nerve. The excerpt frames perseverance as central to living boldly.
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Merriman
Church outing boy quietly spots miscounted nickel
A boy named Clarence accompanied his mother to church and was given a nickel to place in the collection plate. After dropping it in he whispered that the conductor had not rung it up, revealing the error in the collection.
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Clarence
Meat Problem Solved and Parable Jokes
A playful exchange contrasts a Sunday school teacher with a humorous misinterpretation about the prodigal son. The second speaker quips that the lesson teaches how to obtain fresh veal, highlighting a lighthearted pun.
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Albred
Alfred
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