Ellen Declares Love for Art Over Meadville Matrimony
Ellen renounces marriage to Elton Maxwell and pursues an art career in Meadville. After heated scenes and a near accident, Elton consoles her, and her parents accept a plan for a Meadville matron, altering Ellen’s hopes and the town’s view of ambition.
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Moses
Meadville
Elton Maxwell
Meadville County Fair
Ellen
Fanny G
Chicago
Jane
Maxwell
Elton
Old
Financial Genius and Favorite Recitation in Pearsons
A Pearson's anecdote imagines a promoter teaching his son a dishonest trick to secure advance payments by fabricating buried treasure. The boy plans to plant a sixpence and claim high profits, then admits he might pocket the money himself. The second tale has a guest praising Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight, noting it’s rarely recited today.
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Sonny
Pearson’s
Mr. Biykins
Home remedies and ancient heating found in odd sources
The article discusses a home prescription for catarrh using dandelion extract karyon and sarsaparilla for relief. It also reports on a Roman villa at Caerwent with four sided courtyards, basements with hypo causts and blue tiles for central heating and Roman paving.
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New York World
Britain
Caerwenot
Poetical Deaths Across Histories and Moments
The New York Tribune recalls poets who faced death with verse. Adri an addressed his soul as death sealed his lips, Marga ret of Austria wrote an epitaph at sea, Philip Strozzi carved Virgil’s line before suicide, Montrose vowed lines as he faced execution, Patris at Caen composed, and De Barreaux penned a farewell sonnet on his deathbed.
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Adrian
Margaret
Austria
Philip Strozzi
Virgil
Marquis of
Montrose
Europe
Patris
Caen
de Barreaux
New York Tribune
The Tall Ship and the Faithful Little Wife
A narrator compares a grand ship to a genius backed by a devoted wife. He notes the ship’s majestic progress masks the hidden steam tug with a heart of fire pulling it forward. He cites examples of geniuses saved from ruin by their steadfast spouses, preventing downfall and oblivion.
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Lfe
Oliver Weniell
Lolmes
Sleepwalking Scot Hugh Miller and His Restless Years
Scottish geologist and writer Hugh Miller was noted as a prominent sleepwalker. Once prone in youth to somnambulism, his restlessness resurfaced during his work on his Tes- text, reflecting a lifelong pattern of nocturnal wandering.
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Hugh Miller
Miller
New Spring Fur Goods and Fabrics Show Early Selections
Closing prices on furs and spring offerings highlight a fine lot of gingham at 8c, valued at 10c. New gross fabrics in fancy and plain cloths, some with single patterns, available as early selections.
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Wilton
A Night Wanderer Ends in Tragic Self Destruction
In a chilling report the St James Gazette recounts a man who woke in torment, claiming a night wind and witches rode him. He died next morning from a bullet to the breast after writing that his brain burned and he could not bear the horrible thought. He had torn his clothing to place the pistol to his flesh.
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Timony
St. James’ Gazette
Short Stories and Historical Notes Stir in March
March 81 event speeds up this year clocking faster than Easter 1906. A carved war god found in a Colorado cave is dated over 1,000 years old. Colombia has about 4,000 lepers, one per 1,000 inhabitants, with most isolated. Deukhobors in Winnipeg recover mental balance and stop untethering animals. Cuba’s legal tender currency issue fuels discontent over coinage shortages for trade.
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Colorado
Colmbia
Winnipeg
Cuba
Hearts of Birds Have Heavy Proportionate Hearts
Birds have heavier hearts than mammals because their high activity requires more blood circulation. Active birds like swallows and falcons demonstrate exceptional endurance, with the falcon carrying three pounds while flying. This explains why avian hearts develop more with greater work.
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C. H. Sutcliffe
Sant Lane
Jprer 1
George
Grim Reaper
Little Guide
Butterfield
H. D. Butterfield
Home Journal
Ennedys Ae
Kennedy’s
Scallin Bre
the Hearts of Birds
The
Minneapolis Journal
N. W. Agriculturist
Journal
Sanford & Bennet
the Daily Journal
Great Northwest
the Sunday Journal
Northwest
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