Marriage Doomed by Pets and Sleep Clash
Old bachelors and maids exchange ends with Frederick Hornblower and Sophia Gilbert agreeing to marry after a year with no results. They clash over pets, a large house, and incompatible sleep habits, finally compromising on sharing the house and sleep while each keeps their beloved animals. They marry and are happy.
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Frederick Hornblower
Sophia Gilbert
Mr. Hornblower
Gilbert
Sophia
Frederick
Map
Rosie
Trip
Charles
America
Columbus
Daddy
Jack
Ponce de Leon
West Indies
Bimini
Porto Rico
Ponce Ge Leon
Florida
Cuba
First Woman in Wireless Room Aboard Mohawk
Miss Graynella Packer of Jacksonville becomes the first woman to command the Mohawk wireless room on a voyage to Jacksonville and back. If the experiment succeeds, the company will assign women to other vessels.
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New York
Jacksonville
Kemble
Graynella Packer
Ste
Stram
Stowaway on Whitney Yacht and Snuff Box Tale
A fragmentary account recalls a stowaway found aboard Harry Whitney’s yacht during an Arctic trip, unable to work and kept onboard. It also mentions Czar J and Kapioff over a sacred snuff box, plus Jacob Riis discussing police reporting and the intensity of charity stories in New York.
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Czar J
Kapioff
Paul L
Paul
St. John’s
Harry Whitney
Whitney
Mpl
Jacob A. Riis
New York
Erea
Life Aboard Ship Described By Sailor J. W. Aide
A reader letter in Leslie's describes naval life aboard a warship. The writer counters rumors of brutal conditions, noting open scratches from powder cause minor infections, ships are well fed, bread is good, and crew camaraderie and defined duties reduce jealousy.
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J. W
Lesile’s
Fossilized stag unearthed by railroad builders
A fossil stag was found in clay 100 feet underground during French railway construction workers digging a trench. The discovery occurred as builders exposed a fossilized step in the subsurface layer.
Scots centenarian James Grieve dies at 110 in Loch Eckside
James Grieve, reputedly Scotland’s oldest man, died at Ceramtee Loch Eckside after claiming birth in 1800 Invernessshire. He recalled Waterloo era as a boy, worked as a shepherd, and stayed mentally sharp until a few weeks before death. A note mentions U S decorations held at the state department.
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Wellington
Waterloo
James Grieve
Scotland
Ceram-tee
Loch Eckside
Inverness-shire
City to Run an Ice Rink with Shelters and Chaperons
The city plans floodable ice surface from the public water system to create a rink with shore shelters for skates and warm rests. Police will guard the area and women’s clubs will provide chaperones on regular duty. Also a Bangor resident reports a fifty three point Maine deer head brought by FE K Smith to a taxidermists firm.
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Bangor
Maine
FE. K. Smith
Benger
Grand Lake
E. S. Clark
Mae Bee Ek
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Women's World
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Cincinnati Times
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