Consular Complication Draws Three Hats Tony Smith
Anthony Smith of Hakeport while serving as postmaster and agent for Spain and France faces a tangled choice as Don Serafino Garcia seeks his daughter Manuelita. Needing neutrality, Smith weighs a Cuban marriage proposal amid three diplomatic loyalties and a town’s curious gossip.
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Anthony Smith
Hakepor
Maine
Senor Antonio
Monsieur Antoine
Johnny Foote
Juan
Jean
Johnny
Smith
Antonie
Antonio
France
Nine
Manuelita Garcia
Matanzas
Consular Agency of
Spain
Captain Soper
Tony Smith
Ezra
Mirandy
Byram
Tony
Zebedee
Don Serafin
Garcia
Manuelita
Cuba
Senor Garcia
Baseball Nine
Gee
Miranda
Hakeport
Mrs. Soper
Byram House
Don Serafino Garcia
Senor Antonio Smith
U.S. A
Don Antonio
United States
Mr. Smith
Stop These Leaks in Household Management
A quotation from L.S. Hamilton denounces wasteful habits in kitchens and homes. The speaker calls out scraps of meat, souring potatoes, unhung brooms, reused spoons, decayed fruit, spoiled mustard, uncovered tea and coffee, washed-out soap, misused towels, and discarded bones and frames that could yield soap, urging careful sorting and reuse to make meals more appetizing and nutritious.
Ice Chest at Crystal Could Host Music Band
The city’s largest ice chest sits at the Crystal on Worthen Street opposite City Hall. It will hold 5v barrels of ale and 49 barrels of chest lager plus 30 tons of ice. Summer cooling comes without venturing to the seashore.
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the Crystal
Worthen Street
City Hall
Umbrellas and Parasols Show Elegant Silk Varieties
The feature outlines sun umbrellas and parasols with changeable silks in plaid striped and plain varieties. Parasol coverings include silk, gauze, and tulles with lace insertions, and many are lined in light or bright silk. Rustic wood handles carved with fruit and floral motifs are popular, with durable French imitations and novel animal or clown head designs.
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France
New Skirt Styles Emphasize Extreme Hip Tightness
Fashion notes describe radical skirt updates for the season with two construction methods. One uses a top yoke and a curved flounce to flare below the knees, the other builds nine bent breadths with concave back edges to create outward fullness. Seams are often hidden with straps or embroidery, and fabrics like gray satin or white mousseline de soie are paired with contrasting trims and accessories.
A Truthful Native and the Settler’s Question
The Detroit Free Press recounts a candid exchange where a prospective settler asks why the native remains if the land is so productive. The native replies that age makes handling the abundant crops difficult, noting the crops are exceptionally large and require more work than he can manage.
New Haven & Hartford R R Schedule at Lowell May 1
Old Colony system announces updated departures from Lowell Middlesex Street depot starting May 1 189s trains to War Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro and South Framingham with connections at South Framingham for Worcester Springfield Albany and the west. Evening 6 25 train links to the Sinnnington line for New York City and the south. Sunday trips include War South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence with return in the evening. Staffing listed: EB Chamberlain Kendall Marshall Miller and Geo. W. Miller. Ticket office at Middlesex street station.
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Old Colony
Lowell
Middlesex Street
War Taunton
New Bedford
Newport
Providence
Pawtucket
Marlboro
South Framingham
Way
Boston
Albany R. R
Worcester
Springfel
Albany
West
Concor
Fitchburg R. R
Stonnington
New York City
Pramingha Mansfield
W. EB. Chambierlain
A. C. Kendall
Ibaac N. Marshall
Nadir
Geo. W. Miller
Boston and Maine Railways Western Division Schedule
Corrected timetable for October 4 1897 lists multiple daily departures from Middlesex Street Depot Lowell and extends to Salem Haverhill Exeter Dover Rochester and Portland with numerous listed times for weekdays Sundays and specific routes including Bangor St John Halifax Montreal and Quebec and seasonal steamer connections noting April 1 start Wednesdays and Saturdays only
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Lowell
Boston
Lawrence
Haverhill
Exeter
Dover
Rochester
Alton Bay
Somersworth
Saco
Biddeford
Old Orchard
Porteland
Augusta
Bath
Waterville
Lewiston
Skowhegan
Rockland
Bangor
St. John
N. B
Halifax
N. S
Montreal
Quebec
Eastport
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgewick
Bat Harbor
Jonesport
Machias
Sport
Frank Jones
Southern Division
Merrimack Street Depot
A. mi
Woburn
Bedford
Ayer Junction
Amherst
Milford
Wilton
Greenfield
Peterboro
Trenning
Hillsboro
Beene
Yle
Nashua
Mancee
Concord
Nauhiea
Lyndonville
Wells River
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Central Vermont Line
Boston Air Line
Quebec Express
Plymouth
Sherbrooke
J. Flanders
Gen. Pass
H. C. Taft
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Puller Avenue
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Merrimack Street
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Russell
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Pawtucket Bridge
A. J. Howe & CO
Pawtucketville
HM. Elliott
East Merrimack
Nesmith
Chelmsford
Chelmsford Centre
W. E. Dodge
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