End of Jean and John Niel saga in Natal frontier tale
A melodramatic tale unfolds on Mooifontein with Jean sacrificing herself for John Niel, dying beside him as Boers arrive and Daniel Muller contends with ruin. John awakens grief stricken, the couple laid to rest, and English life resumes under somber memory. The ending notes John’s quiet, enduring longing and a possible final reunion beyond this life.
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Bessie
John
Johin
Jover
Frank Muller
Frank Mallat
Fate
John Niel
Mooifontein
Fanti
Janije
Frica
England
Ohn
Silas
Standard Bank
Newcastle
Natal
Jess
Jos
Jean
John Kiel
On Ee
Tarantula Hunt in California's San Gabriel Valley
Pasadena correspods New York Post describes a tarantula pursuit through orange groves and adobe ground in the San Gabriel valley. The party uses a demijohn of water to drown spiders, finds tarantulas in gopher holes, notes their red and black forms, and discusses behavior, diet, and local myths about the trapdoor spider.
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San Gabriel Valley
Lebanon
United States
California
Nesta
Pasadena
New York Post
Mrs Shepherd's Chinese Lunch in San Francisco
A party including Mia and her husband dines at a top Chinese restaurant in San Francisco. They sample bird's nest soup and shark's fin soup along with other delicacies at moderate prices, with Emperor's tea highly praised for its aroma and rarity. The account notes thefts from west coast shops targeting open transoms.
Attar of Roses and a Margaret J Preston Poem Fragment
Fragment from a poem by Margaret J Preston describing attar of roses and a Persian love theme. Obscure lines reference a sandal box vial and a Cashmere garden with imagery of inhalation and longing. Ends by noting a thousand roses distilled into one.
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Margaret J. Preston
Female street car conductors in Chile amaze riders
Wives or women workers take up fares on double decker street cars in Chile. The war era experiment with Peru proved successful, making female conductors a permanent feature. They wear blue flannel uniforms with Panama hats and multipo cked pinafores. Passengers receive yellow tickets and must surrender them. deficits are docked from wages of 25 dollars a month.
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Chilie
Chili
Peru
William Eleroy Curtis
Harper's Magazine
Petersburg Crater Battle Recap and Curious Psychology
The narrative describes a Civil War mine explosion at the Petersburg Crater and the Union retreat as the earth and debris filled a vast crater. It then shifts to a discussion of self-talk, citing examples of how people speak to imagined others, concluding that true self-directed speech is rare.
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Petersburg
Maj
W. H. Powell
Water Fort North of Petersburg Rouses Soldier Curiosity
A Federal patrol near Petersburg spots a city reservoir atop The Heights and mistakes it for a fort. The reply is a terse “Water,” sparking a brief moment of confusion as troops consider the structure a defensive work. The incident underscores the war’s screening operations around the city.
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Petersburg
Death Amid Blizzard: Eight Indians Perish Near Missouri
From a December day near the Missouri River a small party of Indians bound for Great Falls faced a sudden blizzard. Struck by the Arctic storm, eight men in boaters and blankets died on the treeless plain as the wind roared, snow blinded, and relief stayed thirty miles away.
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Fort Benton
Fort Shaw
Martaa River
Great Falls
Rocky Mountains
Acros
Arctic Circle
Missouri
M. Qued
Detroit Free Press
Weekly Capital and Farmers Gazette Subscription Offer
Percectly phrased ad promoting subscriptions to The Weekly Capital and Farmers Gazette for one year at two dollars, with a joint offer including The Capital and Farmers Journal at three dollars. Encourages cash payments and aims to reach every county citizen with affordable local papers.
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Capital
Farmers
Armal
Gasette
Farmera’ Journal
Tae
Bustling Trade at Innes Car Pet Dept
Car pet department claims to offer new colors and low prices that outpace competitors. GEO INNES markets a bold display of styles and value, inviting consideration from shoppers amidst busy retail activity.
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Geo
Innes
Bargains in Underwear and Cloaks at McIntire and Weaver
See L. O. McIntire for bargains in gent's ladies' and children's underwear and Ilossery. A. D. Weaver reports a wonderful trade on dockets and cloaks and short wraps. All new garments with no old stock.
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L. O. McIntire
A.D. Weaver
Life of Dr Edward Eggleston and Ironic Rowing Inventions
Lake George cor respondent reports on Dr Edward Eggleston his daily routine literary work three to four hours in library outdoor exercise rowing and fishing with grandchildren. He decorates a peculiar umbrella driven rowboat to sail when wind favors this year he expects others to imitate the umbrella propulsion and claim priority. Twenty newspaper men will occupy seats at the next congress.
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Edward Eggleston
Exgleston
The-Hee
New York
Lake George
New York Tribune
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Boston Transcript
Bethecy
Midland
Conin
Utais
Fiock
Attar OF Roses
Ehomega
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Blinnard
Honest Goode
A. D. Weaver
Parry
Seathee
MM. HE
Et al Qyster Pavior
Mn. P. E. Guesacor
W. Goodhue
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