A Woman's Revenge In a Mining Camp Rival Plots Discovered
A frontier melodrama set in Fly Gulch and Rat Gulch centers on rival mining camps. Mrs Wilber the new schoolteacher stirs loyalties as Ben and Dill contend for her hand. Love, betrayal, and a tragic wedding night lead to a fatal conflagration and a climactic rescue.
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Ben
Lill
Dill
Bill
Pard
Tmay
Kevin
States
West
Vly Gnich
Humes
Wilber Graham
Jie
Tithe-Tattle And Witty Maids In A Photo
A humorous column quotes Boston Transcript remarks on women toilers and appearances. It notes inequality and social expectations about women working and cosmetics with mock dialogue among Mrs Brown and Mrs Fogg. The piece satirizes propriety and gender roles through a photographed Indy subject and contemporaries.
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Indy
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Fogg
Fogg
Boston Transcript m
Parisian Beauty Through Ages and Fashion Ideals
The passage traces a changing ideal of Parisian women from youth to grandmother, praising sustained charm at 40, luxurious dress, and evolving style. It describes age-appropriate attire and jewelry, from lilies of the valley on a 15 year old to satin gowns at 30, noting a regal simplicity and permissible elegance at peak beauty.
Sioux Reservation and Indian Land Rivers Beyond Dakota
A Minneapolis Tribune piece extols the vast Sioux Reservation spanning Nebraska to the 103d meridian, with 45,000 square miles and a potential cattle economy of 3 to 5 million head. It notes few whites on the land, warns of tense frontier clashes, and contrasts Eastern wheat country with Western cattle ranges.
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Nichnesa and
Leauty
Great Sioux Indian Reservation
Pierre, Dak
Minneapolis Tribune
Dakota
Black Hills
Sioux Reservation
Niobrara River
Nebraska
Missouri
Cannon Ball
Lawrence, Pennington
Custer
Ohio
Connecticut
Northern Pacific
Vermont
Massachusetts
Western
New England
Montana
Reading Stockinn
M. C. Connor
Cheyene
Moreaux
Bad River
Powder River
United States
Babylon
Prank Traps Senator Vance With Paper Roll
A Southern Senate prank substitutes a manifold paper roll for Senator Vance of North Carolina's tobacco leaf. He bites the roll, jaws seize the paper, and he reddens with disbelief as colleagues watch the comic mishap unfold on the Senate floor.
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United States
Senator Vance
North Carolina
Senate
Mr. Vance
Voice power fades with age says Mackenzie and Bright
Dr Morell Mackenzie notes the speaking voice weakens between 50 and 60. A Dublin Ro tunda speech by John Bright on November 2, 1886, at age 55 quotes him regretting his voice is not what it was and fearing age will slow his work.
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Brunet
Zalvsnie
Estelline
Estelline Bell
Devi
Jenpore Cor
London Telegraph
Dr. Swan
Morell Mackenzie
Mackenzie
John Bright
Dublin
Bright
Soldier and Gentleman Hero of the Car
A Washington corresp reports General Joe Johnston, famed Confederate leader, helps a crippled, fair-faced girl onto a streetcar in a gesture of quiet courtesy. He assists with her crutches and returns to his seat, offering respectful care amid his travel.
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Gen
Joe Johnston
Washington Cor
Cleveland
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Jas
Caugeil
Scott
Turru
Gus DeSmith
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Judge Pennybunker
Hall
Pennybunker
Teras Sistinas
Thone of
Paress
France
Michigan Christian Advocate
Boston Transcript
San Francisco Chronicle
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Tur
New York
Gashby
Prork
Sue
Texas Siftings
Loamacre
Brooklyn Eagle
Joun Jones
Harper's Magazine
Ron
Tam
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