A Bunch of Letters by Hattie Whitney
A bundle of letters reveals Fioretta Glen Alder and friends recount a camping trip plan to help Penelope Dusenberry, a red headed girl, and the entangled romances of Tom, Zellie, and G. V. as affection shifts amid teasing, jealousy, and tested loyalties. The notes hint at impending marriage between G. V. and Penelope, with social drama threading through the group.
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Hattie Whitney
Daily Story Pub
Cool Glen Auer
Jeni
Tom
G. V
Ilyite
Eno
John
Aulnt Allen
Exyanehmin
Penelope Dusenberry
Fioretta
Glen Alder
August Fith
Jen
Zellie Waters
Zellie
Ikere
Dusenberry
Old Chum
Flo
Veon Joatous
Dusenberryt
Zelile
Penelope
Floretta
Zollie Waters
Pen
Sliver Spring
Jon
Dreas
Penelope Qousenberry
Death mask of President McKinley sent to Washington
The death mask taken after President McKinley’s death at Buffalo travels to Washington to join the capital’s sacred mementos. A duplicate will go to Princeton University for its celebrated collection started by Lawrence Hutton, featuring masks of Cromwell, Napoleon, Washington, Lincoln, Booth, Sheridan, Brinsley Sheridan, and other notable figures.
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McKinley
Buffalo
Washington
Princeston University
Lawrence Hutton
New York
Cromwell
Napoleon
George Washington
Lincoln
Huwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The Wedding Ring Through Time and Tradition
The article traces the wedding ring's symbolism from ancient times to modern practice, noting its sign of eternity and fidelity. It highlights Jewish betrothal customs, the ring's certified value, and its role in securing marriage, with Shakespearean references and the belief that the fourth finger leads to the heart.
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Verona
Julia
Protess
Europe
Potatoes From Yakima Reservation Scented For Export
An immense irrigated potato crop grown on the Yakima Indian reservation in Washington is projected to yield about 40,000 tons worth roughly one million dollars. Export volume is estimated at 2,000 carloads and a single farmer may net around 10,000 dollars.
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Washington
Yakima
Alcohol Production in Germany in 1897 Realized
In 1897 Germany produced 95,592,300 gallons of alcohol. Two thirds came from domestic potatoes. About 12,500 country distilleries operated, with 4,226 producing only from illicit sources to 2,042 gallons. Words may shake a man's convictions but seldom shatter them.
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Germany
Cleptoscope for Submarine Vessels Invented by Roman Engineer
Roman engineer M Triulsi has invented a tube with crystal prism called the cleptose, enabling photography of surface objects from beneath a submarine. Experiments on board the Delphine and in Sig Morin province claim success, revealing surface activity from undersea.
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M. Triulsi
Delphine
Sig. Morin
Marina
Rummage Sale Surprises Share Laughs and Mixups
A Wilmington News item reports rummage sale anecdotes sparked by a citywide sale event. Stories include a manager losing and finding her coat and a man’s silk hat rescued from sale, plus two men sharing shirts leading to mistaken ownership and a cuff reveal with identical initials.
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Palex
Mr. A
Small Rooms in New Hotels Driven by Expenses
The Washington Post interview notes a shift to smaller hotel rooms with lower ceilings. Charles Logan, New York, explains higher building and operating costs and stable patronage force the change. A single large room now split into two increases daily revenue from about $3 to $5 or $6. A hotel of 150 rooms once cost $200,000, now ranges near $1,000,000 to build.
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Rory Inch
Apacs
Charles Logan
New York
Washington Post
Most Disappointed Man In Jailyard Faith Heals The Dream
Balti more man recounts witnessing an execution in Maryland where a prisoner awaiting reprieve receives a telegram from a minister urging trust in the Lord. The messenger delays the march, the telegram fails to save him, and the condemned man proceeds to the scaffold as the crowd watches in tension.
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William J. Casey
Baltimore
Maryland
Washington Post
Tower Dinner Set At German Exhibition Impresses Guests
At the Whalls porcelain manufactory in Germany the dinner service for Charlemagne Tower United States Ambassador to Russia drew high praise. A blue border with gold ornamentation framed an oval crest bearing the ambassador's tower initials. Nearby lay a perforated china dessert service made for Archduke Leopold Salvator. Experts called Tower's set the most notable display among the exhibit items.
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Whalls
Germany
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Russia
Prostrate with Rheumatic Fever Six Times in Twenty Years
A Wis man from Landadown Terrace recounts twenty years of rheumatic attacks and prostrate illness. He endorses St Jacob's Oil after trying many remedies, noting immediate relief and stating he would recommend the product widely and continue to support it.
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Dh Witchire
Landadown Terrace
Wis
St. Jacobia Clan
St. Jacob's Old
Milkfire in Barn and Canadian Trip Plans
A New York farmer used milk from forty cows to put out a barn fire, drawing nine gallons in the surprising act. The Western Canada Prose association plans a transcontinental trip in early 1902, leaving Denver for Los Angeles on January 9 via the Santa Fe, with Canadian writers joining a Grand Canyon side trip. The old saying about the house Jack built reflects changing social norms.
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New York
Wale
Williams
Grand Canyon
Arizon
Jack
Magnetic Starch Co. promises rejuvenating wash aid
A patent medicine style claim touts De fi ance starch as restoring clothing to new. The advertisement notes a 16 ounce package sold by grocers for 10 cents and asserts one use makes garments look like new. Made by Magnetic Starch Co. Omaha Neb.
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Defiance
Magnetic Starch Co
Omaha
Neb
Handsomest Calendar of the Season Advertisement
An advertising notice promotes six Moran paintings printed as a calendar by the General Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway, priced at twenty five cents mailed to F A Miller. An aside mentions Mother Gray’s powder for children and jokes about women’s skirts, with a brief jab at a patent medicine and a local quip about attracting attention.
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Moran
General
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chi- Caeo
Random Historical Ad Fragments Spark Strange Claims
A collage of vintage ad copy and odd statements references various products and figures. It mentions Defense Boarch and Putnam facial products, Wizard Oil, and a doctor’s dropsy cure, mixing sensational health claims with quirky lines about love letters and ships’ logos.
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Kellie
Gearaes
G. Vie
President “ McKinley
Dikisent
Perron
Mother Gray
Allen
LeRoy
N. Xs
Annie
Adam
Eve
Putnam
Druggista
Maude
Grwan
Atlantin
Pound
Witig
Bewlies
Meither
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