Raght to stand well with Montane and fortune sought
Fragmentary reminiscences mix with ads and society notes. Mentions Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure, a recital by Josef Hofmann, Mina Dillwyn in Swansea with varied roles, fashion debates on women's copying men, a violent apple incident, a record pump in an American mine, and Henry Bussin aging model status in New York artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamons
Henry Bussin
New York
Mowbray, Low, Castalgne
Wendell
Appleton Clark
Potter, Reinhart
Smedley
Granville Smith
Charles Dane Gibson
Son Hying
Boston
Eleanor Chooses Love Over College Presidency
Emma and Harold discuss Eleanor’s choice to marry William Struthers, turning down the college presidency to follow love. Eleanor writes she will wed soon, wants the ceremony at the college, while Harold and Emma weigh social expectations and the fate of Eleanor’s career. Harold praises the decision, Emma frets about arrangements, and the family eyes a simple wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otter
Harold
Reuben
Prof. Struthers
Emma
William Struthers
Cherub
William
New York
Willam
Eleanor
Fragmentary talk on Eleanor and love and truth
The passage presents fragmented dialogue about Eleanor, love, and honesty. Characters discuss what to tell Eleanor, noting she loves a man and the difficulty of giving or withholding truthful admission. The scene hints at social expectations and discretion in romantic confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherub
Eleanor
Hom
Harold
Buried in One Grave Kingdon’s Strange Funeral
London Chronicle reports a curious tale of Kingdon who wished his mother and wife buried on his own death day. He kept three sarcophagi and a room for curios, with plans to bequeath his collection to the British Museum. Neighbors questioned his mental fitness given his oddities and will changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Éon
Kingdon
China
British Museum
London Chronicle
Speaker Henderson Sings Hole in the Bottom of the Sea
Philadelphia Press reports that Speaker Henderson led a caravan of lawmakers and guests from a Blue Ridge club in singing There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea. The party, about thirty strong, stayed in a railroad official's private car and sang until morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Statesman
Blue Ridge Club
Edward's Ferry
Sleepy Creek
North Mountain
Blue Ridge
Philadelphia Press
Metropolitan Traction Chief Vreeland Linked to Yorkes Underground
HL H Vreeland of the Metropolitan Traction company famed for rising from street railway roots to London bound work with the Yorkes underground. He banters with an aged New York conductor and recounts a joke about hanging while quizzing a Boston scholar. He later asks a woman to the theater amid her dashed hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HL. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Traction Company
London
Yorkes
New York
Mr. Vreeland
Griscom Denounces Misers In Sharp Tales From Wealth
Clement A. Griscom head of the shipping trust scorns misers. A rich young friend losing a snowfilled cellar asks for help. Griscom retorts that he got the snow for nothing. In a dying miser tale he asks what the man can get out of hat, signaling disdain for thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement A. Griscom
Shipping Trust
Misers
Mr. Griscom
Harvard President Echoes Aim for Broad Intellectual Training
A recent remark by President Eiot of Harvard stresses a library that will extend access and provide an intellectual training to every human being born into the world. The comment frames a vision of inclusive education tied to strong library resources and learning opportunities for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Eiot
Harvard
Potatoes hailed as world’s greatest single crop
Potato production described as the world’s largest single crop with about 4,000,000 bushels produced annually, claimed to outweigh the bulk of wheat and other crops in scale and value.
Fragmented OCR: Tales of Victim, Probate Question, Animals
The text references a victim, typographical errors, and a character named George W. Perkins telling a tale of a lam tribhnan while walking with a friend past a jewelry store with precious stones. It also notes an incomplete probate query and a list noting 366,000 living animal species with hundreds of fresh discoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Perkina
Lam Trihnan
Ite
Pamend & Jewelry Store
Not Gentlemen In her personal account of her capture and sufferings
A fragmented Victorian style column mentions a woman at Macon who died by her own hand after destroying her fortune by burning securities, tearing bank notes, and discarding coins. It also references various period notices on farming, exploration, and commerce, plus ads and items about Boer prisoners to the Seychelles and Chinese war medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Josef Hofman
Jess
Macon
Mira Stone
Prehistoric Remains Found in Grimaldi Caves
Recent exploration near Grimaldi, on Monaco property, uncovered remains of several prehistoric animals and enormous human skeletons. The finds are believed to belong to the diluvial period and are of significant scientific importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimaldi
Fragmentary Historic Note on Boston Baked Beans
A garbled excerpt mentions Boston and baked beans and laments past restrictions and losses. The text compares thefts and deprivations, noting a contrast with a potted lamb, but the meaning is obscured and specific facts are unavailable.
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Konaas
Mostana
Clark
M. Kenharw
Dodd
Termetiie Wemss
Great Britain
Swansea
Mina Dillwyn
Hocvital
Pegro
Horace
Fieldensville
TME
Omaha, Neb
Harold Stagg
Viet Bar
Leasor
Uke
Abe
Aparous
Struthers
Mma
Slse
Elven
Man
Nee
Raat Texas
Misspuri
Kansas
Texas
Old Mexico
Katy
Wainwright Bldg
St. Louia
Carioas
Ian Ea Oom
Pino
Jous F Boree
Trinity Springs
Ind
Kaiser Wilhelm
Pekinn
Pekin
Fisherias
Norway
Greece
Blanchard
Tean
Lydia E. Pinkham
Onis Rynand
Te Earasu
Dr. Caldwell
Caldwell
Sallet
Sabcenns Bey Boy
Thomas Dewar
Kirkcaldy
Auechtertool
Dewar
Hall
Vienna
Joseph
Carta
Ian Fu
Canada
Crawford
Taw
Kanane City
Ton
Quincy
Chicago
SVE
Rave
Buckel
New Yom
Lewis
the Defiance
Stara G
Omaila
Es Masahwction
Tun B
Fakton CO
Desten
Mass
W.W. U. ST. Louis
Whee
Sap Beation Thin Mags
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