Yellow Streak Delivers A Parsonage Mishap And Affair
In a Philadelphia to New York trip, Gridley’s plan to marry a girl is thwarted by a stubborn horse and fate. Ellsworth discloses Gridley’s past engagement while noting Gridley’s alleged yellow streak and Gridley’s attempt to woo Mrs Ellsworth behind her husband’s back, revealing a web of deception and motives.
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Ellsworth
Mra
Gridley
Hileworth
Ellaworth
Gridiey
Eiieworth
Eileworth
Philadelphia
Broad Street
New York
Cortlandt Street
Hikeworth
Big Bay
Sam
Mranworth
Fota
Mowlly
Gritley’s Engagement Allegations Stir New York Gossip
Emma M Wise reports in the New York Times about marital missteps and a shed of deceit. Mrs Ellsworth accuses Mr Gritley of jilting a suitor while a horse caused delay. Ellsworth contemplates the affair and calls the fiancé cowardly as revelations unfold in New York Society circles.
Brave American Sailor Saves 600 From Burning Ocean Monarch
An American clipper hero, Frederick Jerome, aided the rescue as the Ocean Monarch burned after leaving the Mersey. Amid strong winds and a near head-on position, Jerome boarded the blazing ship and stayed amid flames and smoke to save every passenger and crew member, suffering severe burns in the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mersey
Frederick Jerome
New Invention Uralite Promises Vast Use In Building
A Russian artillery officer chemist named Imachentezky unveils uralite, a composite sheet made from asbestos fibre with silicate and bicarbonate of soda. It is waterproof with paint, heat and electricity non conductor, weather resistant, nail friendly, and can be veneered, painted, grained, or colored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imachentezky
Rural Reverie of Village Life and Harvest
A playful verse sketch contrasts city lights with countryside scenes. Cows feast on buttercups while hens crow in cheerful rural mornings. The poem celebrates simple farm life and seasonal abundance in bright, musical imagery.
First Schoolhouse Flag Recalled In Colerain Mass
Patriotic residents honor the first flag raised on a schoolhouse on Catamount Hill Colerain Franklin County Mass claiming it occurred in May 1812 A stone slab marks the site of the old log schoolhouse to be inscribed and unveiled with ceremonies The flag raised in 1818 was crafted by Mr and Mrs Amasa Shippee Mrs Alden Willis and Mrs Stephen Hale using home spun materials.
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Catamount Hill
Colerain
Franklin County
Mass
Amasa Shippee
Alden Willis
Stephen Hale
Ahead of Time and the Wilson Baby Pants Remark
A 26 year old Weat Philadelphia man expresses disdain at seeing a three year old neighbor also dressed in fine trousers. He exclaims about the Wilson baby being put in pants before gender is known, noting the unfamiliar fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Philadelphia
Wilson
Labor Notes on German and American Labor Trends
An analysis of German and American labor efficiency and wages. German strikes are uncommon with the piecework and low pay in Germany versus the U S. reports of wage scales, arbitration plans, and recent settlements in Chicago and other cities. Verbatim account of union leaders, strikes, and arbitration efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Carpenter
United States
Germany
Maxwell
Labor News Roundup From The Working World
Items show unions expanding across crafts and regions, with 16 new locals for commercial telegraphers since May 2 and large joinings by cigarmakers in Porto Rico. Indiana strikes down a weekly payday law, while arbitration gains support in many unions. A wage agreement at American Unite Company covers 15,000 workers, and Cleveland brickmakers settle after nine weeks. The Philadelphia textile strike spotlights child labor laws, and corruption charges against New York contractors draw calls for justice.
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Richmond
Fred Tcads
Malo
Lombardy
John Bates Clark
University of Chicago
J. A. Onyon
Peoria
Springfield
Chauncey M. Depew
Snid
New York Building Trades Employea’ Association
Elgin
Joliet
Eastern
Awitchmen
Chicago
New York
Chicago Board of Arbitration
Railway Express
W. A. Walker
Boston
American Foundrymen’s Association
Milwaukee
Dubuque Union
Dubuque Club
Devereaux, Noonan and Hennessy
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Carnegie Steal Company
American Steel Hoop
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Daniel J. Keefe
Longshoremen and Transport Workers’ International Union
Minnels Steel Company
South Chicago
International Organization
Teamaters
Niagara
Teamsters’ National Union
International Team Drivers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Porto Rico
International Union
New England
Carpenters’ Uniony
Manchester
N. H
Boxmakers and Lawyers’ Union
Supreme Court of Indiana
International Hod Farmiers
National Union of Potters
National Association of Manufacturers
Virginia
National Boot and Shoe
England
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Ohio
A Great Exhibition Gossip Amid Odd Banter
In a lively drawing room exchange, Stave ggine praises a selection while a neighbor complains about a “sole nerve” display. Branary and Stauggina banter over meaning of a man’s better half. A father explains a spoken line as a boy asks about a ball costume.
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Staveggine
Branary
Stauggina
Housekeeper Buys Butter Eggs Raisins Then Seeds Electric Currents
A humorous old newspaper snippet shows a customer asking for two pounds of butter, a dozen eggs, and a box of seeded raisins. She then requests two pounds of electric currents to try in a fruit cake,Mockingly contrasting with the traditional ingredients.
Ice Plant Idea From Farmer Corntossel
In a rural exchange Mrs Corntossel argues they could save money for summer boarders by growing their own ice through an ice plant, suggesting a city plant be sourced or built to cut meat and ice costs.
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Corntossel
Not for Him in New Neighbor’s Library Joke
Mrs Oldcastle asks about a book plate in the new neighbor’s library. Her hostess replies her husband Josiah has none and would rather keep the plate in the cases to avoid dust.
Letter Prompts Wedding Plans in Mary Scene
A brief dialogue shows Mistress noting Patrick's marriage proposal to Mary. Mary replies that she will save for wedding preparations once her wages rise next month, indicating a future plan rather than immediate action.
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Patrick
Mary
Divorce case looms as Wedleys quarrel over split
It may come to this, Mr Wedley, as the divorce dispute unfolds. Mrs Wedley declares the split sudden while Mr Wedley asks if he will become the defendant in the case.
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Mr. Wedley
Mrs. Wedley
John
Carnival Costumes Spark Banter Between Binks Couple
In a lively exchange the couple banters about costumes and whiskers as Old Binks jokes about removing his whiskers while Mrs. Binks mocks his appearance in knickers. The light quarrel adds humorous color to their carnival display.
Irish woman arrested for striking husband with poker sparks new tax
A reported incident describes an Irish woman arrested after striking her husband with a poker. The dialogue mimics a courtroom or police transcript with remarks about explanations and biblical allusions, suggesting a humorous or fragmentary OCR passage rather than a clear legal outcome.
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Galt
Gibraltar
Emma M ‘Wise
New York Times
Trident
Acotties Furntah
Eolipan
Igent
Edwin L. Sabin
LABOR
Mlant
News OF the Labor World
Adolphue
Pillar
Lot
Nickolar
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