A Downtrodden Dreamer Seeks Love in New York
A girl from Milliken's Falls travels to New York seeking a rich mistress and a fortune as an upstairs girl. She befriends a dreamy eyed traveler on the train, enters the Mareau household, and falls prey to a polished confidence man who robs the house, lands her in jail, and leaves her humbled and returning home to rural life with Uncle Solon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzalban Mantalembert
Solon
Mrs. Fudgeby
Helen Maria
Aunt Peris
Mrs. Fudgeley
Milliken’s Falls
Web
Maine
New York
Paris
Fifth Avenue
Yonkers
Jelen Maria
Mrs. Maurice
Julius
Europe
Uncle Solon
Millikin Falls
Helen Maria Fudgeley
Mrs. Marcati
Living Means Acting To Use All Our Faculties
A philosophical statement asserts that life is defined by action and the full use of our organs and faculties, not mere breathing, as the source of conscious existence.
Fort Worth Judge Seeks Weight Loss Yardstick
Fort Worth Texas judge Gerald Cummings, famed for his heft, travels to Hot Springs Arkansas to lose weight. On returning, he jokes to a butcher, asking for twenty pounds of pork to see how much he has shed, then declines the meat, saying he has fallen off by twenty pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Cummings
Fort Worth
Texas
Arkansaw
Independence Day Signing Questioned by Boston Librarian
A Boston Public Library chief librarian's study concludes the Declaration of Independence was read and agreed to on July 4 but not signed then. It was ordered printed, engrossed on parchment, and signed by most members in August, with two later signings in November and 1781. The nation will keep July 4 as the celebration date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
William Ransom
New Haven
Conn
Foot Guard
C. V
Hawley
Richmond
Reds
Richmond Gazette
California
Loa
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Continental Congress
Boston Public Library
Thornton
New Hampshire
McKean
Jefferson Medical College graduation marks sixth annual
At the sixth annual commencement held at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Jefferson Medical College graduated 176 new doctors with 89 graduates from Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Medical College
Academy of Music
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Crushed Boré Train Talk Sparks Odd Exchange
On a westbound Michigan Central train a refined woman and her intelligent husband engage in a running, surreal conversation. A talking machine and a patent breath incubator are mentioned amid jokes about coughs, air volume, and chaotic fits, ending with a quip and a titter from the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yves
Jerusalem
Bere
Chicago
Bates
England
Louisville Courier- Journal
Paris to erect tallest tower ever at the next exposition
The Paris exposition plans a tower over 1,100 feet tall surpassing all prior structures. Builder M Bourgnais, famed for the Trocadero Palace, proposes a multi piece ascent using porphyry foundations and a cylindrical form to reach unprecedented heights while limiting costly marble use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St. Peter’s
Rome
Cheops
M. Bournais
M. Bourdais
Advertising in Home Newspapers Proves Best Medium
The author argues advertising via posters and circulars wastes resources. Newspapers read in the home are the most effective, as they reach families and are consistently read. Wenig emphasizes choosing mediums that are respected and faithfully used by readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Wenig
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H. Reifsnyder
R. John F. Harter
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Main Street
Millinem PA
D. D. H. Mingle
Geo. L. Lee
Geo. S. Frank
Rebersburg, PA
DE. W. P. Ard
Woopwarp, PA
O. Deininger
Journal Office
Penn St
W J. Springer
West Millheim Banking House
Springer
Main & North Streets
Millheim
Jno
H. Orvis
C. M. Bower
Rvis, Bower & OH
Woodings Building
Ellis L. Orvis
D. H. Hastings
W. F. Reeder
Astings & Reeder
Attorneys-at-Law
Bellefonte, PA
Allegheny Street
Yocum & Hastings
Co, Meyer
Hoy
W. C. Heinle
Centre County
A. Beaver
J. W. Gepharts
Gephart
Alleghany Street
High Stree
Rockerhoff
Allegheny ST
C. G. McMillen
Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
Ivis
Main and
Jay Streets
Lock Haven
Woods Caldwell Proprietor
6Th St
Chestnut
Walnut St
W Paine
M. D
D UH. Musser
Sylvania
State College
Allegheny
Geo. W. Atherton
LL. D
President State College
Centre CO
Lyr
Sarah A. Zeigler
Penn Street
Race Bridge
G. A. Harter
Grocer
Main St
Higvest
Sally
Maria Fudzeby
Grant and
the Sergeant
General Grant
Journal
Chadermergienes
Aottiane
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