Hotel Clerks Trials at Continental as Guests Demand
A night shift at the Continental hotel shows clerk Hewes managing a flood of requests from anchors, agents, and travelers. Bell boys shuttle trunks, rooms are assigned, trains and telegraphs arranged, and even dog meals debated as Hewes handles endless commands and questions.
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Continental Hotel
Register
Achors
Hewes
291
Clerk Hewes
Barrett
Braymond
New York
Washington
Mr. Hewes
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Times
Going to School Army marches to roll call to learn
A cheerful poem by Mrs. Margare EB. Sings praising the schoolgoing army of children. It describes their bright mornings marching to school, their trials with decimals verbs and conjugation, and their return after playtime with renewed hope and joy in learning.
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Brooklet
Mrs. Margare EB
He Wishes He Hadn't A Comic Country Visit Gone Wrong
A young man visits a country girl twice weekly. After a late night in the snow, he feigns injury to stay over. The mother-in-law uses a mustard planter on his kidneys, leaving him in pain for hours as he repents his ruse. From a Hudson Republican report.
Impression Near the Quid Leads to Favorable Moment
A fragment notes a person making a favorable impression as she neared the quid, signaling a positive interaction or reception in an unclear context. The brief text suggests a social or ceremonial scene without explicit details or outcomes.
The Mint's Talking Women and a Famous Quiter
An old Philadelphia mint employee recalls Rebecca Davia a striking young woman of 1854 1856 who could speak with her fingers causing a panic at work and later entered a convent Anna Dickinson a war era talker faced censure for anti Lincoln views and later drew fame as a lecturer. Judge Kelly and ex Governor Pollock figures figure in a stage moment. A 50 year old veteran notes a longtime chief adjuster known as the Mint herself possessing vast knowledge of the business.
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Anns Dickinson
Mint
Philadelphia Times
Rebecca Davia
Becky
Tompkins
Chestnut Street
Eleventh
Twelfth
Birch
Druk
Rebecca
Anna Dickinson
Lincoln
Pollock
Academy of Music
Judge Kelly
Miss Anna
The Pen and The Boy's Design by Edward McIntyre
A poetry excerpt reflects on preserving ancient voices in written form and resisting violent ruin. The piece praises keeping languages and memories intact, likening them to a jewel in a casket. A second brief excerpt from the Eastem Record reports a three-year-old Lonzo’s humorous answer about growing up and shaving like his father.
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Messaros
Mangasarian
Edward
Washington
Howes
New York City
Tompkins
Evermore
Edward McIntyre
Lonzo
Papa
Eastem
Lawrence Real Estate Boom Flares Across Douglas County
Real estate ad notes improved farms and city lots for sale in Lawrence Kansas and surrounding Douglas County. Offers include 2 room frame houses with lots, five room homes, and 160 acre farms near Lawrence with terms, urging buyers to act before spring. Mentions Oklahoma territory chance, land loans, and agent Hoadtey of Douglas County Bank.
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Kanena
Douglas
Lawrence
Kansas
Oklahoma
Lene
Daugina
United States
Hoadtey
Douglas County Bank
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Mexico
Juarez
N&legal
City of Mexico
People of the City of
Lawrence and
Douglas Co
Staff OF Life
Royal Standard
Kaw Valley
N. B
Bannock Mills
D. L. Hoadley
Real Estates Loan
Frank C. Clark
National Bank Building
Gleason & Whitman
Eldridge House
Lawrence, Kansas
J. J. Kunkel
Steinberg
Western Farm Mortgage Company
National Bank
Winthrop Street
Over City Library
L. . Perkins
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