The Love of a Sad Little Boy and Miss Hattie
A reflective tale follows a frail boy who loves his teacher Miss Hattie after a classroom incident. He forms a minor romance with her, survives a severe beating during a burglary attempt, and endures heartbreak when Miss Hattie marries another man John. The narrative threads a coming of age through imagination, loyalty, and early affection.
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Mr. Brown
Miss Wheezle
Dora
Miss Hattie
Miss Hatties
Dunse
Hattie
Opks
Griscom
John
Twofer
Owly
Griscom House
Jones, Brown
Miss Hattle
Mr. John
Eve
First European Cremation in Siam of Dr. Gowan
Dr. Peter Gowan physician to the King of Siam and longtime resident joined the Buddhist priesthood before dying. His cremation was marked by a gilded state car, royal floral tributes, and a solemn Buddhist ceremony attended by Europeans and Siamese.
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Peter Ggowan
Siam
Gowan
Corfin
Choose Your Friends The EDGAR B WarD, 2d WY. Pres't and Counsel
A Prudential policy is presented as a trusted ally, promising steadfast support through adversity and lasting until death, emphasizing the security and loyalty of life insurance as a prudent choice.
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Edgar B Ward
WY. Pres’t and Counsel
Forrest F. Dryden
World railways length redrawn while canals feed rice fields
Half a million miles estimated for global railways. In Texas and Louisiana over one hundred irrigation canals and pumping stations supply water to rice farms. Several scientific notes follow: black light described by Le Bon resembles X rays but differs fundamentally. Cornell tests show liquid air production from one horsepower per hour with potential in power systems. Mount Jodwins-Austen ascent aims to top 23,000 feet, with Fitz Gerald's Aconcagua climb as record. Consul Mason cites German chimney practices reducing smoke and favors scientific firing and briquettes to cut pollution.
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Texas
Louisiana
Gustave le Bun
French Academy of Sciences
le Bon Frst
Uuperd
Himalayas
Martin Conway
Sve
Jacotdiuilemot
India
Jodwin-Austen
Mount
Dapsang
Fitzgerald
Aconcagua
Anides
Mason
Berlin
Mopd
Germany
Masoun
Business Ups and Downs Jubler Partner
A dialogue between a Jubler partner and a senior partner about marital calls. The senior partner notes his wife called six times today and predicts she will call about twelve times tonight during dinner. The exchange highlights light workplace humor about personal life and business tension.
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Jubler
Bold Merchant Refuses Partial Sale of Daughter
Dialogue depicts a merchant offering a daughter for sale, insisting either full possession or none, as a timid youth negotiates. The scene frames a mercantile contempt for partial transfers, highlighting transactional authority and coercive language.
Noted Sayings on Praise and Fish Reproduction
The dialogue contrasts gendered praise after death with a skeptical remark on merit. It then shifts to a factual statement about lake trout and whitefish egg counts, noting the large numbers laid by each season.
Advertising as a Paying Merchant Practice
A Rolla merchant notes advertising cost at 45 cents per 100 dollars of sales. He uses a weekly half page for business notices. The text views advertising as essential, urging honesty, persisting effort, originality, and careful plans to attract readers and customers.
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Rolla
Bottineau CN. D
Courant
Depth of ocean cables and submarine bed maps
Submarine cables cross deep oceans with depths up to 40 236 feet. Cable routes hug favorable submarine features off Newfoundland Bermuda and Ireland France, guided by mapped table lands and expert surveys for safe and economical laying. Specialized cables and careful surveying ensure precise paths along mountains valleys and plains.
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Atlantic
Spa
South Atlantic
Tristan d’Acunda
Rio de la Plata
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Bermudas
United States
Europe
Ireland
France
Lippincott’s
Australia tightens immigration with dictation test rule
The Immigration Restriction Act, enacted late last year, targets labeled yellow labor but could bar any entrant if they fail to write a 50 word European language passage dictated by an officer. The clause aims to weed out various non natives, with widespread impact on labor groups including Kanakas Chinese and East Indians.
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Australia
Labor Party
Tailors Warn On Proper Overcoat Care And Fit
An uptown tailor warns New York Times readers that many men wear coats wrongly causing misshapen shoulders and poor appearance. He advises fitting to a normal posture, using help when first trying on, buttoning straight, and letting the coat mold to the wearer’s everyday figure.
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New York Times
Torzh
Too Many Lawyers Overcrowding as Motto Across Sectors
The piece notes overcrowding in factories theaters and bars, contrasting with sparse conditions elsewhere. It cites 1891 data of 6,073 students in 55 schools and a Hoffentz Cornell estimate of 14,000 students across unnamed schools, plus about 114 thousand lawyers in the United States according to the last census, highlighting professional excess.
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New York
Coemi
Afty-eig
Hoffentz
Cornell
United States
Solous
Stout Show Reflects on Talk and Row Tension
An unclear fragment discusses a stout show and talk, noting pleasure in a row and repeated scolding. The text lacks concrete names or dates, but hints at conflict and audience reactions.
Mourning Service and Pyre Ceremony Described
An account details a Buddhist funeral with kings brothers sending a deputed envoy, European and Siamese attendees help place zanda sticks and flowers on the pyre, followed by a grand fireworks display. The Newark News poem laments piracy’s decline and recalls ruder, braver days.
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Thes
No Ordinary Washerwoman at Oyster Bay
A New York newspaper recalls a colorfully dignified washerwoman at Oyster Bay, long associated with the Roosevelts. As Theodore Roosevelt ascended politically, her fees rose beyond local reach and she openly declares she charges three times standard rates for washing the President’s clothes, asserting she will not do ordinary work.
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Oyster Bay
Long Island
Dee Roosevelt
Alice
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