AN OPERATIVE LIFE AND The Young Family's Struggle In Debt
In Fall River a mill family shares a crowded tenement, wife works to help debts while husband keeps steady labor. They hire a baby-sitter, dream of collective childcare, and note mill-backed hospital beds, budgeting to $16.22 weekly after child care. The piece highlights frugality, early rising, and potential community support to lift operatives toward home ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
England
Episcopal Church
Mills
Pall River Mills
Bouston Commonwealth
No Wonder She Smiled Alimony Revealed in Court
An exchange between Brown and Green ends in emotion as Brown recalls the court order granting a woman $10,000 in alimony. The remark about a passing lady leads to a brief, comic pause before they resume quiet conversation.
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Brown
Green
Detroit Free Press
Birds and Their Nests in a Bankea Wood Warbler’s Secret
A bankea wood warbler built a nest among dead leaves, using camouflage to hide its domed home. A passerby frightened the bird, revealing the clever nest design. Later, the bird altered the entrance by blocking the old opening and creating a new doorway on the opposite side.
Portiere Crafted From Coastal Shells Novel Decor
A seaside collector fashions a unique portiere from about a bushel of small flat yellow shells. Each shell is pierced and strung on wire, laid from floor to curtain pole, then draped with sea green silk. A second piece forms a scarf with shells and seaweed accents, fringed by shell strings on embroidery silk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Worrying Over Trifles and the Plaid Obsession
Colonel Calliper recalls Seth Blooty a healthy wealthy man distressed by not wearing large plaids. The tale argues that even prospering men fret over trifles, wasting happiness. a New York Sun sentiment on misplaced worries.
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Seth
Colonel Calliper
New York
Sun
Cockney Riddles and Sparrow Grass
A note on a Cockney riddle about a crane and an oyster hoister and a costermonger written riddle. The puzzle uses a three part charade where the first is a little bird, the second needed in hay crops, and the third goes with mutton chops, yielding sparrow grass, i.e. asparagus, as favored by Dr. Parr over politer language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parr
Indignation Aids Digestion Sometimes
A Buffalo News quotation extols the value of well tempered indignation as a refreshing tonic. It urges keeping wrath within bounds to avoid loss of dignity and promotes honest indignation as sunshine rather than morose mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo News
Slightly Acquainted at the Club Scene
A visitor at the club is described with wary tone as a pale youth seen as a hard case. An old member admits limited knowledge of the youth's habits and reveals the boy is his son, highlighting local social tensions within the club.
President Harrison Sees No Bright Outlook for Business
Ex President Harrison criticizes the Chicago tariff platform and Sherman act as partly to blame for low business confidence. He warns that a shift to revenue tariffs could plunge industry into prolonged convulsions, and notes distrust across agents of government, finance, and commerce. He also blames current administration for policies that unsettle trade and prices.
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New York
the World
Harrison
Chicago
Democratic Party
Washington
Moses
Cleveland
Freight Robbers Bound Over in Minnesota
In Wasasua and Pine City, Minnesota, multiple suspects linked to box car robbery are bound over to grand juries or fined. Otto Burkhardt bonds out while Henry Simith August Singer and Fred Trichler remain jailed. Henry Schneider also bound over after receiving stolen goods. More arrests expected as investigations continue. In Pine City a railway conductor and engineer fined for violating a stop law face an indignation meeting to push the case to a conclusion. In Pint Crry, masked assailants who robbed Mrs Wavercock near Rutledge are still at large with a swamp search underway and officers supervising the hunt.
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Wasasua
Minn
Otto Burkhardt
Henry Simith
August Singer
Fred Trichler
Burkhardt
Henry Schneider
Pine City
St. Paul and Duluth
Neenhoven
Waupaca Man Arrested For Perjury In Mead Murder Case
William Hanscomb, held as an accessory in the Mead murder since March and released on a 2000 dollar bond last Saturday, was rearrested on a perjury charge filed by District Attorney Benjamin A. Goldberg.
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Waupaca
Wis
William Hanscomb
Mead
Benjamin A. Goldberg
Woman Arrested for Stealing Horse and Phaeton
Mrs. Henry Dane of Sioux City was arrested here for stealing a horse and phaeton from a Sioux City liveryman last week. The horse and phaeton were recovered and she is jailed awaiting removal to Sioux City. She formerly lived in Huron.
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Huron
Henry Dane
Sioux City
Section Thirty Case Solved Before Land Commissioner Lamoreaux
The oil claim near Ely in the famed Section Thirty case was argued to a close before Commissioner Lamoreaux. Attorneys have thirty days to file briefs before the matter is decided. The contested land, valued by some as highly valuable, has a complex history dating to 1883 involving F. W. Eaton, Hyde, McDonald, and multiple Secreteries, with many forged and disputed documents cited in the extensive 3,000-page record. Northwestern lawyers R. W. Marble and John Brennan were present.
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Lamoreaux
Waasshingtos
Ely
United States
F. W. Eaton
Thomas W. Hyde
Angus McDonald
Secretary of the Interior
Vilas
Hyde
McDonald
Secreary Noble
Duluth
Emil Hartman
Bishop Iron Company
Hartman
Alden
James
Minnesota Iron Company
Register Nichols
R. W. Marble
John Brennan
West Superior
Northwestern
Cholera Reported Across Piedmont Regions in Italy
Despite official denials, reports indicate cholera is prevalent in Alexandria capital of Piedmont and spreading to several nearby towns. Daily cases are rising as authorities note new infections across the province.
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Italy
Rome
Alexandria
Piedmont
Davis Will Case Postponed Again in Montana
Helena July 26. The hearing of the Davis will case, originally set for Monday, was postponed by agreement to a later date. The delay advances no disclosed reasons and leaves the contested will unresolved as legal proceedings continue.
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Davis
Helena
Mon
Arctic explorer Dr John Rae dies in London
News in brief reports the death of Arctic explorer Dr John Rae in London after a prolonged illness. The item notes his significance and the unexpected timing for readers of the period.
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John Rae
London
Butte
Alexander Hamill
Ashtabula
United States
Chicago
Huntington
Ind
Market Prices At St Paul Union Stock Yards
Latest prices show hogs 10 cents higher with a range around 35.40 to 5.50. Prime steers 2.70 to 2.75, prime cows around 2.50, veal calves 3.50 to 4.50. Heavy stockers and feeders quoted near 1.50 to 2.00. Sheep dull with muttons 8.0 to 9.0, lambs around stockers and feeders 2.00 to 3.0. Receipts hogs 500, cattle 200, calves 40, sheep 65, market quiet with fair demand.
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St. Paul Union
South St. Paul
Minneapolis Market News and Grain Prices July 26 1903
Chicago grain and provisions data show Wheat closing July at 69 cents and 61 September opening, with mixed livestock futures. Receipts: Cattle 7,000 hogs 10,500 sheep 10,000. Open prices list Wheat August 67 to 68 cents, Corn July 40 to 34, Oats 28 to 25, Pork and Lard futures elevated with July pork around 20 dollars and lard near 2.79 to 3.10 per hundredweight.
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Aio Ee
Chicago
Ocuienco
Where The Comet Is At In Ursa Major's Dipper
The present comet visible these evenings lies near the Great Dipper in Ursa Major. A finder guide uses Mirza and Merck to draw a line through the dipper to locate the comet. It is bright with a widening tail about eighteen degrees, visible to the naked eye. A later note lists unedited Mitchell post office recipients as of July 22, 1803 and reminds to call advertised items within two weeks or they go to dead letters.
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Appa
Jota
Mirza
Mirzi
Merck
Merek
Mirai
Kappa
Mitchell
Brown
John Iris
Lon Rdgton
Geo Heald
WL Johnson
Olive Jackson
Foreclosure Sale Notice in Mitchell South Dakota
The sheriff will sell the mortgaged premises at the Mitchell courthouse front door in Davison County South Dakota on August 1 1803 at 10:00 AM by order of the mortgagee under the power of sale to satisfy the debt and costs of the proceedings. Antact T. Winai Mortgagee A E Hivencock Attorney for Mortgagee.
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David O Sweet
Arthur T. Wright
Son Coanty
South Dakota
Register of Deeds
Davison County
Sid
Dl Bt
Noti
Mitchell
South
Dakots
Antact T. Winai Mortsigee
A. E. Hivencock
Mortyngee
George B. Everitt
Miartha Doveritt
R. Mosher
Uhirty-three
West Fifth
U.S
Duylson County
State of
Dakotat
Geo. R. Mosier
A.B. Wireucock
Samuel J. Olson
Georschk
Mosher
Section One
Ft Township
Staite
Register of Deeds of
Davison Ssounty
KR. Mosier
A. &. Hirencock
Sari E. McDonald
Martin J. Me
Vermont
Priiel
United States
Inson County
Mare
Davison
Daylson
Mitchel
Tnvest T and Guaranter CO
A. E. Hirencock
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Hy Qmea
Rye
Mts Pinances
Minneapolis
Cuicacyu Union
Stady
CGPS
Castoria
Castorini
Pitcher
J. W. Beatrir, P.M
Sioux City Tribune
Republican
Bro. Nash
N.C
Apvicz
Sradfield
Cartersville
Bradfield
J. W. Strangi
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Land Ofice
S. D
Mitchell, S.D
Sehlingen
James Erving
A. W. Davis
Joseph Schelch
John Glesraven
N. Kratz
Register
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