Struggles and reunion on a Boston-bound railway car
A nervy stranger on a moving train shared a plan to hide a fortune of 500000 from his wife who waited with two children at home. He reveals his wealth only at the depot and, amid comic and tense scenes, his long-separated wife is finally embraced as tears and relief spill over.
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Pat
Aineelf
Europe
Hothen
Cain
Boston
T'yo
Aoa
Tasid
Terongt
Varions
Herord L
England
London Bridge
Avpot
Queen Victoria
Broadway
Peart
Theayen
Jli
The Lime Kiln Club Meeting Ended Bitter Essay Fight
A Lime Kiln Club meeting featured Pike Root Perkins and the Honorable Justified White in a dispute over life worth living. Brother Gardner urged tolerance, stressing that opposing views exist and conflict harms many, as accusations and slander threaten the community. The crowd, including Judge Merriweather Tompkins and Mrs. Johnsing, heard calls to respect differing beliefs and avoid personal attacks.
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Pike Root Perkins
White
Brother Gardner
Oddera
Bradder Perkins
Brother White
Bradder White
Gem'len
de Whart
Dee
Sorenge
Johnsing
Merriweather Tompkins
Bekasa
Management of American and English Hotels
The piece contrasts American hotels where staff greet guests warmly with English hotels that feel hostile and unwelcoming. It describes a slow, tedious entry process, a private cramped hall, and a two-step papered admission after patient, polite insistence, often by women, during initial and higher examinations.
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Detroit Free Press
Veiled Treasury Clerk in Philadelphia Telegraph Mystery
A Washington Lotter piece recounts a tall veiled woman in the Treasury department, a decade-long presence whose face remains unseen, sparking speculation about beauty, age, and a possible disfigurement from smallpox. It also notes Louisiana’s capital is Baton Rouge, not New Orleans, per the 1879 constitution.
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Washington Lotter
Philadelphia Telegraph
Treasury
Department
Clerka
Ias
Louisana
New Orleana
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Horse thief detective society in Worcester county farms
An 19th century rural column notes rampant horse thefts in Worcester county Massachusetts prompting organization of a horse thief detective society. It blends farming tips with rural life reflections on drainage, manure use, pruning, and house upkeep to improve farm and home aesthetics and resilience through seasons.
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Worcester County
Mass
Ewart H. Scott
Mity
Fruit-Growers’ Association of Ontario
Norfolk County Farmer
Virginia
New Rural Home Comforts and Fresh Feminine Style
The piece argues farmers should improve home comfort and beauty to boost livestock well being and morale. It describes orderly Winter farms with tidy barns and feed stacks. It notes a Pittsburg shoe dealer discussing a new walking style for young women, favoring brisk, healthful movement and outdoor exercise.
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Galt
Pittsburg
Colonial Candy Recipes and Baby Care Notes
A fragmented supply of kitchen guidance and infant health advice appears. It includes old time candy making with coconut caramels and molasses variants, a brown chicken pie recipe, and Dr. Edward S. Hock on infant eye hygiene and light exposure, stressing cleanliness to prevent styes and tear duct catarrh.
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Byron
Edward 8. Hock
New
Debate on Gambling in Dominoes and Backgammon
The article argues that playing games of chance like dominoes and backgammon can tempt gambling but distinguishes innocent pastime from wagering. It calls for common sense, condemning gambling only when a valuable stake is involved, and notes shifting social conditions affect attitudes toward such games.
The Verted 1 Ability to be a perfect housekeeper
Mrs Pavlos states the ability to be a perfect housekeeper is not given to every woman but with practice one can master it without sacrificing all other life interests. The text notes the role of cooking, household order, and careful selection of tasks as stresses rise with perfection.
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Auttumn
Indolgoin
Paper City Sketches A Vision Of Shrinking Realities
A wandering observer notes distorted city plans of a newly founded metropolis. In drawings the avenue lines, streets and public buildings loom large while actual residents and progress lag. The agent laments misalignment between imagination and real development.
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Siowar
Cerritory
Broadway
Fife
Commonwealth Avenue
Hermis Michigan Avenue
Wabash
Daly
Pronea
Hazeldon
Waite
Connote
Jina
Tacitus
Minny of Tin
Aii
Weil
Sisters in Different States Duplicate Births on Same Day
One sister living in Y. and the other in Liich igan each bore a daughter on the same date. Both mothers kept the event secret and surprised the other. On the birth day each child was named by her mother and letters were sent between the families with the child’s name. The letters crossed on the sea and were read by both families simultaneously. Each mother had given birth to a girl.
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Liichigan
Ravently
Strang
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Partners & Traders Bank
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D.E. Wells
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