Memorial Day in a Western Town Brings Romance and Reconciliation
On Decoration Day in a western town Miss Jean Charteris and Rosine Raymond honor gravesides with flowers while a stranger reveals Rosine’s true parentage. Jean confronts a past filled with deception as her former husband learns of their child. A new life and forgiveness unfold as the town observes Memorial Day.
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Jean Charteris
Keven
Charteris
Billy
Rosine
Billie
Jean Charterin
Jean
Nora
Relief Corps
Miss Charteris
Chilton Cottage
Rosine Raymond
Rose
Will Clement
Clement
Boeing
Hildie
Origin of Memorial Day and Rufus P Parrish Hero of Kewanee
Rufus P Parrish of Kewanee Illinois urged memorial day for the dead influencing Senator John A Logan. Parrish led a large 1863 graveside decoration in Kewanee years before national action. His family history includes Revolutionary War and 1812 service plus abolitionist and YMCA founder work. He died recently, survived by his wife of sixty four years.
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Rufus P. Parrish
Kewanee
Ill
John A. Logan
Congress
Logan
Parrish
Senator Logan
Canada
Mr. Parrish
New Hampshire
Illinois
Found Xerxes Fleet by Hydroscone Probe Plan
A historical note describes using a device named the hydroscone to locate Xerxes fleet resting at the sea bottom for about 2300 years. It also mentions a search for a Pompey chartered vessel carrying Roman art treasures sunk 1960 years ago in the Aegean Archipelago.
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Xerxes
Pompey
Atheny
Archipelago
Rothschild Descendants Number in England
A historical note discusses the Rothschild family, estimating that after over a century the English branch founded by Nathan Mayer Rothschild has only thirty to forty descendants. It contrasts rapid family growth with the modest English lineage.
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Nathan Meyer Rothschild
Murphy Portrait Of McKinley Hangs At White House
Murphy's portrait of President McKinley has been received at the White House and hangs to the right of the north vestibule door. Painted from a photograph without meeting the sitter, the oil likeness is highly admired and deemed the best likeness by the late president's friends.
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Murphy
Me Kinley
Mer Kinley
White House
Sargent
Roosevelt
McKinley
A Reporter Deals With Morgan’s Butler Provocation
At the Lotus club Charles W. Price recalls J Pierrepont Morgan tale a reporter waited at Morgan’s Madison Avenue residence to ask if he was in. The butler claimed he was out Morgan emerged and asked the reporter to visit his office next morning to suggest changes in his establishment. The reporter did so and maintained pleasant relations thereafter.
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Morgan
Lotus Club
Charles W. Price
J. Pierrepont _ Morgan
Wo. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Carraige
Madison Avenue
Mr. Morgan Crome
Jever
English Disdain for Peanuts Noted in New York Press
A Tip in the New York Press contrasts British views of peanuts with American usage. It cites terms like ground-nut, ground-bean, and goober in the South and notes a peanut industry worth about ten million dollars annually. A courtroom anecdote mocks a lawyer's ridicule of a peanut vendor.
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England
Tip
New York
North America
South
Sensational Case In Alston Michigan
A long illness ending in triumph for Mr James Culet after twenty years of rheumatism and kidney trouble. He tried many doctors and medicines before discovering Dodd s Kidney Pills. After using forty two boxes he reports complete relief and urges others with rheumatism and kidney issues to try the pills.
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Alston
Mich
Houghton County
James Culet
Culet
Dodd
Defiance Starch Promise and Odd Old Time Adage
A fragmented ad offering Defiance Starch with a return promise if not pleasing, claiming shoppers gain a third more value for the same money and satisfaction with no stick to the front. It includes a misquoted education proverb and a stray medical note for throat affections, dated 1900 with odd editorial fabric.
Men Accept Bribe Shielding Offense From Court
A small group accepts a bribe to overlook an insult against a public official. The act reflects corruption in local affairs and raises questions about integrity and accountability. Police investigations are ongoing to identify all involved and pursue legal action.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Gains National Praise
Skeptics once doubted Lydia E Pinkham's remedies for women's ailments but over time a growing number of cured women have driven widespread acceptance. Scientists and physicians now note the merit of the Vegetable Compound and related treatments as a reliable cure in American women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Wise
Upcn
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E. B. Browning
Hall
Columbia
Fisg of the Brave
Christian Intelligency
Aurora
Mitripalt
Bronx City
Pino
Pinkham
Frances Stafford
114Th St
N.Y. City
Avuruiers
Larles EB
Wires Co
Malvertt
Libby
Libby's
McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Congumiera
S.D. Confer Medical Company
Orangeville
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