Mabel and the old mother in a winter scene
Amos recalls a tea visit at Mabel's home and a haunting memory of a dead father while contemplating love and money. He notes Mabel's cold mother, the rumor of an arranged match with Mr Cruce, and suspicions about debt to a moneylender. The mood turns on whether love can endure wealth.
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Mabel
Tam
Ned Mabel
Maybel
Mabal
Atmos
Amos
Indies
Denry
Ike
Dave
Pinafores
Tehall
Cruce
Amon
Ule
Tikely
Mr. Drace
Ames
Pasy
Napoleon Learns Business Indifferent About Letting Subordinates See His Tenorumes
A vivid memoir passage recounts Napoleon Bonaparte visiting Gen Krieg at the Rue Neuve des Capucines. The future emperor, with hat askew and sash slung, questions officers with striking ignorance of routine military matters, revealing indifference to exposing subordinates to his own gaps in knowledge.
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Krieg
Dreasent Poultry Territorial Insight Quoted
A citizen notes that expert poultrymen claim to identify a dressed chicken’s origin by sight. He adds he would trade such refinement for the ability to judge tenderness before purchase, citing familiarity with western poultry regions like Ohio and Illinois.
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Philadelphia
Ohio
Iiola
Bartender Threatens to Soak Intruder Over Dispute
A stout Indianapolis scene unfolds as a bartender warns a persistent patron that he will be forced to soak him if he does not leave. The exchange turns comical as the patron questions whether the confrontation is an external or internal matter, revealing a wary but humorous tone.
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Indianapolis Journal
The Totler's Corner and Fashionable Needlework
A fragment describes Mev Flavine J. Mronat promoting Chicago diving and fashion charm. It extols sewing and the needle as magical tools guided by beauty, praising ladies of fashion, drawing, painting, and musical performance in a genteel domestic scene.
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Mev
Flavine J. Mronat
Chicago
Hix American Taitroads
Mave
Notus
Feauty
Beauty Wn
Women's Wage Labor Sermon in Chi tago Sparks Applause
Dr Heabst and Rev Flavius Brobst spoke on wage labor for women at Chi tago, arguing women’s work is honorable, detailing past oppression and current abuses, including long hours, low pay, and unsafe conditions. They urged men to support family duties and fair wages.
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Flavius Brobst
Chi+tago
Jesus Christ
Aimes
Pagea
Momn
United States
Chicago
Paris
Worth
Tan
Women workers demand equal pay and independence rights
The piece condemns employers for paying women half the wages of men for the same work and urges organization and justice. It argues women are becoming more self reliant, seeking liberty, and may eventually gain broader social equality and independence.
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Wonwin
Kollel Department Pensions for Wageworkers Rise in Rail Firms
A Cincinnati Tribune summary notes that many large U S corporations and railroads may adopt nationwide pensions and relief for wageworkers, the disabled, and families of deceased workers. It highlights Germany as a model and lists six railroad systems with active relief departments, led by the Baltimore & Ohio for pioneering employee support.
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Kollel Department
Saya
Heart Ware
Cincinnati
Germany
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
Iiner
Pittsburg and
Erie
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Philadelphia & Reading
Baltimore & Ohio
Railway and labor news mix in late 19th century update
A collage of items notes ex-president A G Wines turning to selling for a type foundry, a U S railway system earning 968 676 047 on 172 369 miles, and a Hamburg dining hall of compressed paper. It cites belt strikes and closures in Woonsocket, reports on arbitration opposition, a Corea rail contract of 1 850 000, and coal price fears by the so called coal trust. It also covers women entering textile work in Berlin Ghent and Belgium, plus wage figures for several rail systems in Chicago and nearby towns.
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A. G. Wines
R. 1
New Haven
Nauga
Tuck
Seoul
Soya the
Cleveland Citizen
Coal Trust
Detroit Free Prena
Grand Rapids Typographical Union
Prescott
The
Typographical Journal
Berlin
Ghent
Belgium
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Avenge
Chicago Great Western
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Rock Island
Town Central
Perjury Trial of Hofrath Zeller Grips Vienna Court
The London Daily Telegraph reports Hofrath Karl Zeller, a famed operetta composer, on trial for perjury in Austria. He swore to a disputed will while a widow contested the gift. the case led to his suspension, mental collapse, and temporary insanity, with courts insisting on trial in his absence cannot proceed. His innocence remains declared by himself and counsel.
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Vogelhaendier
Therstsiger
London Daily Telegraph
Karl Zeller
Nocn
Austria
Herr Zoller
Tmout
London
Free Paimuy
Wtar
Zeller
Hofruth
Zoller
The Good O18 Daze in Indianapolis Journal
An elderly man laments modern excess and formalities while praising past neighborliness when women visited unannounced, claiming today’s decorum lacks true courtesy. A young man disputes this view, insisting neighborly visits always involved a knock and social exchange.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hints for Housekeepers From Frugal Cleaning Tricks
A fragment lists methods for cleaning glass, porcelain, and lamps using egg white, raw potato, hair dust, and baking soda with ammonia. It notes shaking bottles, drying whites, and extending lamp wick life. Mentions a method for whitening adornments in sun and soap water, plus stove polishing with soap and pollah. It ends with a line about Maine's spruce gum output for 1894 being larger than ever.
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Fryory Ornatlenta
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Napoleon
the Totler's Corner
Dr Heabst
Maine
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