Knickerbocker Wooing and a Swindler in Gramercy Park
A tall Vermont inventor rises in New York with portable step ladders in Varick Street. Beatrice Henning, a strong-willed daughter, shapes his future as Dr Whitfield’s family hides a troubled past. Rudolph Swensen, a handsome swindler posing as a Swedish nobleman, darkens the tale as Alice confronts a broken marriage and a perilous romance in the Bowery and Gramercy Park.
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New York
Vermont
Varick Street
George Fletcher
Express
Dr. Whitfield
James Henning
Gramercy Park
Chatham Square
Duane Street
Alice
George
Mr. Fletcher
Central Park
Mr. Pletcher
Rudolph
Bowery
Miss Henning
Henning
Rudolph Sweigen
Ella Palmer
Ella
Elizabeth Street
Rudolph Swensen
Cincinnati
Purification of Drinking Water by Citric Acid Additives
Experiments at the Pasteur Institute in Paris show that citric acid can fully purify drinking water by killing bacteria. Six decigrams of citric acid add pleasant taste, killing cholera bacilli in 15 minutes and typhus bacilli in nine decigrams. Citric acid is cheap in pharmacies and mixes well with wine. Koch previously noted that cholera bacillus is acid-sensitive.
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Pasteur Institute
Paris
Koch
der Pharmaceut
Ex-Husband Dropped by New York Club Over Dues
Liz Wirpe reports that Mrs Frank Les lie’s ex-husband has been expelled from a New York club due to non payment of dues, severing his final ties to the country. The text notes the sale of an 1804 silver dollar for 855 dollars and suggests altering the date of the present silver dollar.
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Winliz Wirpe
Frank Leslie
New York
The Grace of Liberality Sunday School Lesson
A Sunday school lesson from 2 Corinthians 8 1 12 extols liberality as a grace learned from God and rewarded by spiritual returns. It urges practical benevolence through systematic giving and self giving, with illustrations from church life and noted preachers. It ends hinting at next lesson Imitation of Christ.
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Christ
Paul
God
A.T. Pierson
Pastor
Baxter
Wesley
Spurgeon
Washington
Evanston
Dialogue in Scots on whisky limits between patient and doctor
A brief, humorous Scots exchange shows a patient denying whisky intake and a doctor urging moderation with phrases like ye ought tae. The dialogue highlights cultural speech and a social tension over drinking.
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Mesrkker—Aweel
Meikker
Groom Frou CurraAH-I Tail Dock Smoother
A transcription note describes grooming a horse or animal named Frou CurraAH-I. The groom reports feeding the animal and docking the end of its tail, noting this as a beneficial addition to the baste in the process. The text preserves a dated, regionally styled voice.
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Sur
Air Castle to Rise Over Berlin Exposition Grounds
Civil Engineer Toby anski plans a spectacular air castle to float above the Berlin Exposition, carried by a 74 079 cubic meter captive balloon weighing 130 837 pounds with 150 people aboard. The 90 foot long castle will be lifted by a 600 to 1500 foot high ascent and can be lowered within thirty minutes, using aluminum and bamboo with an elevator for access and extensive safety measures.
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Tobyanski
Homemade Kitchen Scale and Samoa Change Dominates Page
A DIY kitchen scale uses a twine knot and hanging boards to weigh items like poultry. Also reports Malietoa’s supremacy in Samoa, Mataafa’s expulsion and deprivation of his laundry revenue, plus notes on governors’ staffs and a quip about frowning in the mirror from the Dallas News.
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Malietoa
Samoa
Mataafa
Marshall Archipelago
Apia
Dallas News
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Knickerbocker Wooing
Julian Ralph
Matriara
Beatrice
Fletcher
Mr. Henning
Papa
Mgr. Fletcher
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