Emma and Emilien: a convent love found in marriage
A sister recalls Emma Rosilis who loved Emilien from youth while in a Breton village. Emma joins the convent, endures years of self denial, then confesses her feelings to a kindly chaplain and ultimately marries Emilien after he recognizes her plight. They share forty years of happiness and eight children.
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Emma
Emma Rosilis
Emilien
Esma
Sarcely
Panions
Aoris
Emilies
Anna M
Ursa
Areulines
Anna
Eailien
Aone
Nao
Hersel
Emilion
Pacific
Remnant Sale Irony in Arkansas Joke
A Texas Siftings item recounts a shopkeeper offering cheap remnants. An Arkansas man asks for remnants for his dog, explaining a neighbor cut the dog's tail off and he hopes a yellow bulldog remnant might fit. The humorous exchange highlights rustic frontier wit.
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Wal
Stereotypes of Chinese endurance and indifference to worry
An article depicts the Chinese as able to stay in one position indefinitely and sleep anytime, claiming they have no nerves and are impervious to noise. It asserts they lack consciousness of monotony yet are highly industrious and untroubled by worry, presenting a biased cultural stereotype.
School Hygiene in France Public and Private Schools
In France recent years emphasize school hygiene with compulsory physical culture in public schools. Plans of all school buildings must be approved by authorities and schools are subject to systematic medical inspection.
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France
Luncheon Origin Traced to Noontime Nuncheon
In a luncheon note the term derives from nuncheon or noonchun when workers paused at noon for refreshments to escape the sun. The explanation reflects older customs as cited in the column.
Lands Comeback for Claimants in Wyoming and Colorado
The Denver land office lists expired filings by limitation in Weld Elbert and Larimer counties in Colorado and adjacent Wyoming. Many claims by cattle men failed to prove up and may be opened to bona fide settlers once the list is published. A lively time is expected as entries begin.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Denver
Terrifying Snowslide Destroys Mines In Mullan Idaho
A massive snowslide Roared down on Mullan Idaho last Saturday crushing miners cabins and burying occupants. Cornelius McGrevey and John B Olsen died in their cabins and others are feared trapped under the immense snow. Officials say the full toll will be known only after spring.
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Mullan
Idaho
Cornelius McGrevey
John B. Olsen
Western News Notes on Dams Mines and Incidents
Reports from Eddy and El Moro show irrigation works completed to replace washed out dams. 1895 coal output at Crest ed Butte totals 47 855 coke 154 958 bituminous and 75 992 anthracite tons. A Mexican near Las Vegas feared for his sick baby buys a coffin to bury it when the child revives. A Lamar elopement ends in marriage as the couple fled western Kansas. Lander Wyoming votes down a district bond for a new school amid hard times and high taxes. In Garfield county a hunter Williams gets 20 days jail for five deer. William Brown, missing near Saratoga, heard from in England. employer suspected. El Moro coke ovens expand. Santa Fe orders 15 cars daily and Bessemer works resume full capacity. Colorado penitentiary guard Cassidy accidentally shoots fellow guard James. Cassidy’s shotgun discharge fatal. Gold found east of Albuquerque by A A McCreary in a 20 foot thick cement vein.
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Eddy
Crested Butte
Las Vegas
Lamar
Kansas
Lander
Wyoming
Garfield County
Colorado
Williams
William Brown
Saratoga
England
el Moro
Santa Fe
Bessemer Steel Works
Thomas A. James
Colorado Penitentiary
Thomas Cassidy
Cassidy
Albuquerque
A. A. McCreary
Cripple Creek
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