A Comedy of Errors Ends in Romance at Dinner
In a London drawing room a dinner spirals into farce as Jessica Nevill’s affection for John Farquhar collides with her engagement to another. Amid mistakenings and moonlit garden talks, Jessica confesses true love, John reveals a richer suit, and the couple wed in autumn. The tale closes with Mr Nevill’s lonely next move and a comic twist of marrying younger partners.
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John
Jessica
Mr. Nevill
Talbotides
Flora
Miss Talbot
Jessica Nevill
Farquhar
Mrs. Williams
Talbot
John Farquher
Snow
Fiora
John Farquar
Papa
Nevill
Miss
Lora
Jess
Tangier
John Farquhar
Miss Snow
Distress in Chicago After World's Fair Unemployed Crisis
Following a riot at City Hall and a flood of unemployed crowds, Chicago housed and fed thousands in the City Hall corridors. A Central Relief Association formed, establishing a Lake Front soup kitchen at Randolph Street feeding about four thousand daily, while lodging remained unmet.
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Columbus Monument
Lake Front
Central Relief Association
Centri- Relief Association
Randolph Street
Ottawa Personalities Parade Courtly Etiquette
PERSONALS describes Ottawa society with notes on honours for officials the royal names debate Queen Victoria etiquette at Sandringham and a Halifax opening of the Nova Scotia Legislature. It highlights General Montgomery Moore in morning dress and Lord Aberdeen’s State dinner with Lady Marjorie and train-bearers.
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Humbert
Italy
Europe
Victoria
Duke of Clarence
Prince Eddie
Prince
Princess of Wales
Prince Albert Victor
Princess Maud of Wales
Sandringham
Duchess of Albany
Prince Leopold
Earl of Rosebery
Duke
Princess Alice of Albany
Lord Rosebery
Hannah de Rothschild
Montgomery Moore
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Sir John Thompson
Abstainer
W. A. Henry
Supreme Court
Lord Aberdeen
Rideau Hall
Marjorie
Archie
Dudley Gordon
Ottawa
Capital
A Japanese Tailor Visits Grand Hotel Yokohama
A correspondent in Japan describes Ah Shing, a Chinese merchant with forty three tailors, who called at 6:20 and 6:39 at the Grand Hotel Yokohama to measure and fit a suit for $2.50. He notes Ah Shing’s long business in Japan and ability to advise on prices and promptness.
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Japan
Grand Hotel
Yokohama
Ah Shing
Prince of Wales Tour Through Canada in 1860
The Prince of Wales visited Newfoundland on July 24, 1860 with the Duke of Newcastle as his governor. He then toured Halifax Quebec and Montreal in late July and August, arrived in Ottawa September 1 and laid the Parliament building corner stone the next day. He crossed into Detroit September 2, visited Washington October 3, Philadelphia October 9, New York October 11, Boston October 17, and sailed from Portland, Maine on October 29 for England.
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Prince of Wales
Newfoundland
Duke of Newcastle
Halifax
Quebec
Montreal
Ottawa
United Provinces of
Upper and Lower Canada
Parliament House
Detroit
Washington
Buchanan
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
England
Portland
A Capital Sportsman in Parson Sharpe’s Gloried Blinds
A rustic reminiscence from Spare Moments recalls Parson Sharpe as a remarkably blind yet fearless hunter. The old gamekeeper laughs at his extraordinary shooting while recounting how the party chased birds and dogs around the Red Lion Inn parlour. He jokes that Sharpe sometimes hit a cow or a man, yet generally struck something.
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Red Lion Inn
Sharpe
Parson
Canadian Heir Near Fortune From New York Estate Case
John H. Hill of Toronto a carter with Jolliffe & Co. pursues a claim to a vast New York estate once leased to Trinity church. The 62 acre tract in Broadway between Trinity church and the Battery could yield millions to 300 heirs, with Canadian relatives rallying since a lease disappearance was recovered.
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John H. Hill
Woolsley Street
Toronto
Robert Edwards
New York
Heaven
Canada
Hill
Empire
Carter
Jolliffe & Co
Queen Street West
Collingwood
Mr. Hill
Broadway
Trinity Church
the Battery
Trinity Church Corporation of
Nillips
Muskoka
Joseph
John Cooper
Bracebridge
Robert Hill
Gravenhurst
Joseph Cooper
Rachel Cameron
J. Natworth
Detroit
London
Sam
The Condor of the Andes
A vivid account of the condor’s size speed and predatory behavior high in the Andes. It describes its hunting method, flight weakness after meals, a miners’ failed capture, remarkable endurance, and the bird’s long life. It notes nestless but wind sheltered roosts and the parents training fledglings to fly.
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Andes
First English Bible Printed in 1535 and Ancient Text Facts
A compilation of notes on historic books and printing. The first complete English Bible appeared in 1535. The most valuable illustrated book is a Bible owned by Theodore Irwin of Oswego NY valued at 10000 dollars. The News of Cochran GA claims to be the smallest weekly paper in Georgia. Uruguay leads in newspapers per population. Early European almanacs include Kalendarium Novum from Regimentanus. Paper from rags dates to the 14th century with a 1315 Joinville to Louis X letter cited. Scriptural writing moved from skins and papyrus to ink on parchment and later Hebrew vowel marks.
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England
Theodore Irwin
Oswego
N.Y
Cochran
Georgia
Republic
Uruguay
Europe
Regimentanus
Buda
Hungary
Joinville
Louis X
France
Resolving New Year Resolutions in Odd Fragments
A fragmented OCR reads as a group of incomplete lines about New Year resolutions. It mentions attempts to be quiet, lists varied small aims, and references a persona or student named Bogan amid mixed phrases. The readable text resembles scattered poetry or notes.
Master Corwin and the broken ladder lesson
Peter Schuyler, a pupil, clings to a broken ladder in a classroom scene as Master Corwin disciplines the students. Grandpa Schuyler repairs a ladder in his shop, and the lesson centers on honesty diligence and temperance as Peter learns the value of patience and effort. The tale traces the boy’s day, his father’s works, and a reforming drill that rewards correct conduct with money.
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Peter Schuyler
Schuyler
Gter
Peter
Clarente Smith
Peter Ladder
Grandpa Schuyler
Grandpa Sc
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the Prince of Wales
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A. Edwards
Milton, Uni
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Capt
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Komoxa
W.D. Edwards
P. McPhillips
McPhillips
W. D. Edwards
New
Frank Dubois
Dubois & Ballou
Family
Peter Schuyle
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