Jane's Postage Stamp Dilemma and Secret Violets
A struggling writer Jane Gaylord resents a lack of 50 cents for postage. She schemes to raise funds by selling magazines with a hall boy, John, and secretly sends violets to an ill editor Peter Gleason. The gesture leads to romance as Jane reveals the truth and gains support with his proposal to supply her postage stamps.
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Jane
Jane Gaylord
Sigger
Peter Gleason
Carter’s
John
Mr. Gleason
Hall Boy
Gleason
Peter Giesson
Mollie
Peter Gleaggo
Peter
Carter's
Wise Ostrich and the Desert Strategy
The article discusses the ostrich’s habit of burying its head in sand as a protective strategy. It notes the male hatches eggs, guards the brood, and emits a warning call. Camouflage by sand color can fool hunters and predators, making detection difficult despite motion.
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Cape Horn
Pampas
Glass pane relics and prison hymn tale of saints and scholars
The article recounts Harriet Auber writing Our Blessed Redeemer on Hoddesdon glass today lost after her 1862 death. A curios dealer failed to buy the pane. It also notes Theodulph of Orleans composing All Glory Laud and Honor on his prison cell window in Metz, triggering release when an emperor heard the hymn during Palm Sunday.
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Harriet Auber
Hoddesdon
Curios
Metz
The Rose of Jericho Resurrection Plant
Describes the rose of Jericho a resurrection plant from the Dead Sea region. It rolls into a dry ball when dry and revives in water in about ten days. Legends call it St Mary’s rose and the Christmas bloom. It can be grown from its seeds after unfolding.
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Jericho
Dead Sea
Holy Land
St. Mary's Rose
Joseph
Mary
Egypt
Pere La Chaise Cemetery and Its Notable Graves
Article surveys Pere-la-Chaise in Paris noting its vast scale with 800000 interred, historic background from Champ Leveque to Mont Louis, famous occupants like Rossini and Balzac, and the perpetual pilgrim activity around Heloise and Abelard. It also includes a Vermont epitaph and a column on the value of the business woman combining ambition with practical work.
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Mont Louis
Pere-la-Chaise
Rossini
Bellini
Chopin
Carnot
Moliere
la Fontaine
Delacroix
Balzac
Heloise
Abelard
Paris
Tents to the Land and a Mock Panel of Giants
A Plaindealer report describes a hotel sitting room gathering where J Lee and five other men, all oil operators, discuss parentage and physical stats. Names Fulton Lowry Lowry Mance Williams McGill and John Lee are listed with ages weights and heights. The six men total 1615 pounds.
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Giana
Merlin Speeitiy
Fa Lee
Marquis Hotel
J. Lee
Ti Tilbury
Lee
Avoirdupois
Fulton
R. R. Lowry
W. M. Lowry
Mance Wiliams
Charles McGill
John Lee
Wintering At Hudson Bay Arctic in winter quarters
A crew letter from the Canadian government steamer Arctic, wintering on Hudson Bay’s north shore after docking at Ponds Inlet on Sept 29, reports landlocked harbor, mountains, and finds of copper coal and iron on local islands. It mentions Franklin relics, plans to reset monuments at Point Beechy, and remains of Franklin's house with nearby boats. Nine crew members hail from Newfoundland.
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Hudson Bay
Arctic
St. John’s
Mid.) Herald
Dundee Whaler
Eclipse
Ponds’ Inlet
Canada
Franklin
Quebec
Franklin Monument
Point Beechy
Newfoundland
Heir of Alfred Beit Chooses To Keep Park Lane Palace
Otto Beit plans to remain in his Belgrave Square home and save Alfred Beit's Park Lane palace, once restricted to a single storey to maintain Hyde Park views. The Duke of Westminster forced that design, but modern traffic has made Park Lane noisy and stinky, decreasing nearby property values.
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Alfred Beit
Otto Beit
Belgrave Banare
Alfred
Park Lane
Beit
Duke of Westminster
Hyde Park
Motor Omnibus
London
Burglar confronts family during attempt ends with loot list
A burglar confronts a family as a dark lantern flares and a revolver is shown. He admits burglary and names the loot including a pug dog a parrot a phonograph loose change and a punching bag prompting the family to chase him away with threats of further action.
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Scott
Care of Milk and Dairy Utensils By State Instructor
Practical guidance on milk handling from milking through storage and delivery. Emphasizes clean stable conditions, rapid cooling and aeration, proper canning, and separate tanks for cool water storage. Details utensil sanitation, avoidance of contamination, and maintaining pure water and air for safe dairy practice.
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Restrecter
S. C. Thompson
Maine
Strive For the Best in Calf Rearing
The passage stresses high standards for calf rearing including housing, strong bloodlines, consistent feeding, health care, and dedication. It argues dairy calf improvement offers great potential and profit, urging owners to set ambitious goals and strive for superior calves.
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H. O. Danels
New England
The Study and Atelier in Language History
The piece discusses the English word study as a loan from Italian and its usage as a reading and writing space, contrasting it with studio and workroom. It notes atelier as the French equivalent meaning a carpenter's workshop and reflects on distinctiveness in naming workspaces.
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Italy
Johnson
Middle Class in Novels Reflects Broad Reader Taste
A London Lady argues that modern English novels increasingly feature middle class characters such as clerks ministers journalists and artists rather than focusing on the rich or great. She notes many successful works center on pisters Scottish ministers actresses and writers, highlighting a shift in literary focus away from aristocratic figures.
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Disraeli
London
New Suitor Visits Miss Maud In Whimsical Exchange
A playful dialogue has a terrier noting a young man visiting Miss Maud and a bulldog joking that she said he was nice enough to eat. The exchanges set a light humorous tone on a suburban lawn scene.
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Maud
Woman Comic Line Highlights Language Lesson
A humorous exchange plays on grammar as a parent tells a child that a woman is not a part of speech but the whole speech, turning a classroom moment into a playful quip about language and identity.
Rich in desire or poor in covetousness quote
A terse aphorism notes true wealth lies in contentment. The speaker contrasts rich in desire with poor in covetousness, highlighting inner value over material gain.
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Mr. Finnerty
Michael
Micky
Arrah
Ol. Solem
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