Youngest clerk romance on a mountain cottage
Mrs Troop hosts a consumptive young clerk Browne in a New England cottage for two dollars weekly. Barbara and Mrs Troop grow fond as Browne recovers, then reveals he is Augustus Browne a firm partner not the poor clerk he pretended to be. Barbra forgives him and plans a future with him and Barbara.
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Jane
Mrs. Troop
New England
Barbara
Browne
Browne, Brownson & Browne
Messrs. Browne
Brownsen & Browne
Mr. Browne
Barby
Brown
Mademoiselle Barbara
New York
Mr. Brown
Bermuda
Ferdinand Brown
Augustus Browne
Fifth Avenue
He Took the Hint from the Goats to New Gloves
Mr and Mrs Jones hurry to church after a humorous morning. She asks him to fetch her goats from the bureau and returns with two kids, prompting a clash over what to call them. The gag lands as they head out. The next day she unveils six pairs of gloves in a lacquered box, adding to the comic domestic scene.
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Jones
Jack
Winter Palace splendors and Dutch flood defense legends
A San Francisco Chronicle letter from St. Petersburg tours the Winter Palace Moscow style interiors and crown jewels guarded by Cossacks while noting imperial pomp and a sea of idle courtiers. It then shifts to Holland erosion battles, detailing dykes, windmills, and land reclamation by patient, resilient Dutch settlers and the Zuider Zee project, highlighting a lion carved on their heraldic arms.
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San Francisco Chronicle
St. Petersburg
G. M. Hutton
United States
Winter Palace
Peter
Union Hall
Alere
Lazaroff
Holland
W. A. Croffut
Europe
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Meuse
Zuider Zee
Waterloo
Great Lakes
Rhode Island
Lake George
Pearls of Thought Reflections on virtue and wisdom
A collection of aphorisms on happiness slander generosity and knowledge. Notes include that investment in knowledge pays best interest and that ungratefulness poisons manhood. It urges charity humility friendship renewal and the deep power of love and music.
Burglars Loot Peterhof Summer Palace in Major Theft
The St Petersburg Viedomosti reports the czar's Peterhof summer palace was broken into in a recent night. Burglars shattered doors and safes, stealing gold and silver medals, vast jewelry of the empress, and the special bread and salt dishes from the emancipation era. Police have arrested about twenty suspects, but thieves remain at large.
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St. Petersburg
Brave Benn Bow? Old Benbow Battle of Carthagena Hero
The passage recounts Admiral Benbow also known as Old Benbow who fought off Carthagena in 1702 alongside Admiral Du Casse. Despite a shattered leg from chain shot and captain desertion, he remained on deck to direct engagement until the French withdrew. The enemy admiral later sent a letter expressing astonishment at surviving and Bendon died of wounds two months later.
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Benbow
Beau Ben
Sally Brown
Hood
Carthagena
Admiral du Casse
Bendon
A Cool Wave Signals A Respectful Meeting
An elderly man greeted Hernandez at the door with a courteous gesture and sent him toward the front gate. Hernandez noted the signal service predicted a northwest cool wave and remarked it arrived sooner than expected as he walked down the deserted street.
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Hernandez
Royal Routine in Park Showcases Princess of Wales
A spectator admires the Princess of Wales in Hyde Park as she bows continuously to passersby from Marble Arch to Kensington, noting the royal performance as a blend of duty and restraint. Her eyes linger on faces, while conversation is limited by etiquette, as she travels with her eldest daughter and a German duchess. Alexandra’s simple, neat attire and girlish air are praised as charms.
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Princess of Wales
Marble Arch
Oxford Street
Park
Prince Consort
Kensington
Alexandra
Parting and Memory by H Sewall
Poem about friends parting and enduring sorrow. reflects on youth, laughter, illness, and lasting memories. Evokes deep emotion as time and distance heighten the ache of farewell and the enduring note of love.
Humorous snippets tumble from a Victorian looking glass
A collection of witty quips and social gibes on marriage luck barber nerves and dental politics. A Ohio dentist turns to campaigning and a bride recounts her husband turning out late morning and night. A fortune lies in novelty pens and mucilage gadgets as playful banter unfolds among youths and uncles.
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Ohio
Ireland's National Color Through Heraldry and History
A historical note traces Ireland's flag color origins from blue to green. Early heralds record Ireland with three crowns or and a blue harp banner, while a British Museum drawing from Elizabethan times shows the harp argent on azure. The piece concludes the national flag was blue in early periods.
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Ireland
Pall Mall Gazette
Richard I
Robert de Vere
Dublin
Edward IV
British Museum
Elizabeth
Insult to the Profession Inspires Doctor's Retort
A physician complains of a butcher's unkind remarks about billing. The butcher claims mutual aid in their trades as the doctor recalls his pig purchase story. The friend wittily suggests the doctor should have prescribed for the butcher.
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James H. Hoadley
Russias
H. Sewall
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