The White Violet and Suen Mol Legend
In Nantal near Fabehan, Suen Mol tends flowers and buys a violet from a mysterious benefactor who gifts a gold knife shaped coin. A forbidden romance follows, a fatal fever strikes, and Suen Mol dies. The flowers turn white at her funeral as mourning violets remember her across time.
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Far Catlay
Nantal
Fabehan
Suen Mol
Hir
Bawkela
Worme
Tanbor
Ste
Fubeban
Becauen
Abe
Coupl
Mareket
Avery
Famiae
Bien Mol
Bins
Toronto
Seeen Genil
Temple
Thermee
Not of Much Consequence Story Told by Ian Maclaren
Dr Watson tells a Yale lecture tale about a railroad trip. An elderly man asks if the Bradford express goes to Liverpool, and another wonders if heaven or hell is the destination. The exchange shifts the misinterpretation to a joke about ultimate fate.
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Tray Times
John Watson
Ian Maclaren
Tle
Yale
Dr. Watson
John Bull
TI Bay
Liverpool
Bradford
Heaven
Hell
Mystery Lockup Ends With Missing Wage and Belongings
Bob, suffering hay fever and asthma, woke in a station cell next day with $0 in his pockets. He had been detained to sleep off intoxication while his possessions including $37.59, clothes, umbrella, collars, and grapes were returned by the stationkeeper. Police and the Laneville Commercial board show interest.
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Collins
Bob
Heb
Dod
Police Department
Laneville Commercial
Died Like Heroes on Hite as Storm Rips Ship
The German gunboat Hite and her 13 man crew faced a savage storm near the Chinese coast on a voyage from Chefoo to Nagasaki. Captain Braun urged the crew to sing "The Flag," and as the ship broke apart eleven of the survivors were saved after a brutal night.
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Hite
Chefoo
China
Nagasaki
Japan
Canton
Cota
Asia
Capitain Brown
Germany
Gunner Raehin
Ils
Mosiohner
Capt
Braun
Itx
Victoria Baptism Name Shifts as Duchess Receives Title
The baptismal name for the young Victoria is recorded as Alexandr Victoria, a name bestowed by her father the Duke of Kant for the emperor of Rus, reflecting dynastic ties and royal tradition.
Catching a Deer's Tail Tale From Milwaukee Sentinel
A hunter on a Wisconsin farm tries to capture a fawn by its tail. The fawn darts after a log, then dives into a thicket with the hunter clinging to its tail, finally letting go as the mother deer reappears and vanishes into the woods.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Mission and church notes from global groups in 19th century press
The report lists missionaries leaving Grand Rapids for China under the In foreign Reformed Board, with Rev Banninter in Foochow baptizing eighteen lepers. It notes ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker as president of the Pennsylvania Sabbath School Association. Other items include Salvation Army zeal in winter, Norwegian Missionary Society work in Natal Zulu land Madagascar with dozens of stations and thousands of communicants, and a Sterling J. M. A. state convention adjournment with heartfelt farewells.
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Grand Rapide
Mich
China
Foreign Board
The
Reformed Church
Banninter
Foochow
John Wanamaker
Pennsylvania Sabbath School Association
Carlisle
Headland
Peking
Buffalo Methodist Union
St. George's
Southwark
London
A. Elliot
Lancashire
Abe
Salvation Army
Wiliam Brewer
Norwegian Missionary Society
Natal
Zultland
Madagascar
Africa
Sterling
First Presbyterian Church
Herrick
Queer Hospital in New York Treasures Animal Patients
An article describes the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons running a city hospital for animals under university aegis. It recounts unusual cases at zoos and traveling shows, including dental work on a tiger and tying up a lion, with methods to restrain and treat animals and notes on dogs and horses adapting to care.
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New York
Torl
Harper’s Round Table
Inventions of Women from a Patent List
A historical catalog lists numerous inventions and improvements by women, including a diesel skirt nonrefillable bottle improved dustpan window lath medicine glass adjustable quilting frame fastener for containers and jugs self heating iron miner's lantern and many other devices. The items reflect innovation in household tools apparel and structural fittings with emphasis on practicality and single seam construction and portable applications.
Pyramid of the Theba or Cheops as grand ancient site
The great Pyramid of Cheops is described as the largest structure ever built by man. Its base measured 764 feet square with a height of 448 feet. The monument covers four acres and twenty two rods, with estimates placing cost at no less than $165,000,000.
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Theopa
Cheops
Philanthropy and public welfare notes mingle in early 20th century page
A collection of charitable gifts appears from Mrs Hannah J Bailey leader of the Maine Woman Suffrage Association donating 5000 to a Chicago temperance temple. Des Moines donors contribute 100000 to a local Home for the Aged and Infirm while Wm W Smith a prohibition advocate parcels College Hill School property to Poughkeepsie for 12000. Buffalo Lutheran aid reaches 1528.88 in four months. A stray medical tip recommends cinnamon tincture for influenza. Africa’s sugar cane expansion and a parable about building on sand close the roundup.
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Hannah J. Bailey
Maine Woman Suffige Association
Temperance Temple
Chicago
James Callaman
Des Moines
Waverly
Home
Wm. W. Smith
Prohibition
New York
Poughkeepale
N.Y
College Hill
Oliabed the Mount Climb Draws Fifteen Thousand
Fifteen thousand people scaled Mount Washington in the last season drawing large crowds to Oliabed the peak. The event highlighted the summit’s appeal and drew attention from local observers and visitors alike.
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Oliabed
Mount Washington
Missing Links and Jamestown The Strawberries Across News
MISSING LINKS Henry Porter of Johnson Vermont gathers a second strawberry crop. More than half the world’s quinine is sold in the United States. Philadelphia County leads in snama beans production. James H. Hillis, populist governor candidate of Missouri, tours prairie. About five thousand workers are in Maine’s wood pulp and paper industry with a 12 900 ton yearly yield. Two Saco youths plan a race from Biddeford to Old Orchard and back with a prize for the winner.
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Henry Porter
Johnson
United States
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
James H. Hillis
Missouri
Maine
Biddeford
Old Orchard
Cleveland mansion cost record from Parvooue era
In Cleveland Lendon records a mansion built last summer at a cost of 820000. The note mentions a formal proposal after a sudden turn of events and reflects on honorable ties within the Ming Bobeanite-Indeede Parvonue family.
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Ming Bobeanite
Miss Parvonue
Papa
Cleveland Lendon
Uncomfortably Conk and the Harper’s Basar Ad Saga
A fragmented passage references a chaotic scene with a shop named Harper's Basar and a claim about curing a cold in one bay. Mentions of Bromo Quinine tablets and a dubious refund hint at a scam or misprint. A throwaway line about a colonel and a vague question about gentleman patrons appears, leaving unclear events or dates.
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Queer Hospital
Mown
Tou
Cincionati Enquirer
Edith
Harper's Basar
Ain Way
Monte
Chesyo
Walt Rhoutn
Slyapel
Sivan
Sarsaparilla
Webster's International Dictionary
Merriam CO
Publiahere
Kanes City
Pitta. Org
Gulf Hallroad
Port Arthus
Arkansas
America
Ben Weker
Sunshine
Mena, Polk Co. Ark
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Principe
Astern
Ist
Asth
Ation
A. Hornbeck
Land Commissions
Kmndas Cue la
Alia
Tor
Kansas
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