Family Thanksgiving Pastimes and Preparations in New England
Recollections describe Thanksgiving celebrations in earlier New England days. Preparations began weeks ahead with baking and sewing. Families gathered for a communal feast featuring roast turkey and rich desserts, followed by games, storytelling, and carols, before evening socializing.
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New England
Therons
Cnstant
Cork
Che Itin
Mietheer
Soung Phialde
Prutan
Seriman
The House on Thanksgiving Make It Beautiful
A long reader piece describes preparing a Thanksgiving home with careful cleaning, polish, and tasteful autumn decorations. It recommends natural greens, flowers, and modest priced accents to evoke festive warmth suitable for the season. Also included are brief, scattered notices about World and European events and a couple of local reports.
Honest Publisher Finds Johnson Letter Hidden in Book
A North American publisher purchases a Ballantyne edition in a secondhand shop and discovers Dr Johnson's handwriting tucked inside. The seller and buyer agree to share the book’s value after considering the find. The tale ends with both parties satisfied and a celebratory drink mentioned.
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Fiddalls
Northwern Antory
Callenter
Ballantyne
Johnson
Kobe
Remarkable Banquet Led by Depew at Union League Club
In New York City on November 10, a notable Union League Club banquet honored Chauncey M Depew. Republican district captains from the Fourth and Sixth wards attended, with 109 club members present. Depew led singing, praised the party’s history, and pledged to welcome all without regard to race or color.
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Union League Club
New York City
New York
Chauncey M. Pepew
de Secund
Henry Clows
General Tracy
Cornling
Thomas L Jamea
A. K Whitney
Cherry HN
Mulberry Bend
Depew
Thanksgiving feast described in early household scene
In an antiquated account a turkey roasts by a mantelshelf with a string and stick mechanism for even heat. A later note mentions an Anglo Armenian association meeting in London with Francis Seymour-Steventon and other attendees. A New York blurb reports Rosario Marceg Moe killing his brother Genarro in Mulberry Street after a quarrel in a saloon.
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Wilde Fuwle
Kupplind
Chicago Tribuns
Jasuax
Anglo Armenian Association
Francis Seymour Steventon
Rye Hliveseatoft Suffolk
Prscat
Peofissor
Anangs
G Hagoptan
Armenia
New York
Rosario Marceg- Moe
Genarro
Mulberry Streat
Ronearlo
Rosario Clas
Extraordinary romance ends in marriage after land claim contest
An Arkansas City special reports John Bell of Bloomington Illinois and his divorced wife Sarah Bell, both racing for a Cherokee strip claim, contested the filing. After weeks of delay the pair traveled to Perry for a ruling, reunited in marriage en route and settled on a new home near the Chillicco reservation.
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Cherokee Strip
Saya
Arkansas City
Kan
John Bell
Bloomington
Lls
Chillico Reservation
Sarah Bell
Land Office
Illinois
Perry
Newkirk
John
Chilicco Reservation
Boy ponders if flood will drown the world again
A six year old watches heavy rain and fears a repeat flood. His mother reassures him with a Sunday school promise that God would not drown the world, prompting the boy to wrestle with faith and doubt during the deluge.
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Archibald
A Chance for Georgie Buy Devonshire House and Nob Status
The item discusses Georgie’s opportunity to buy the Duke of Devonshire’s Piccadilly townhouse for £750,000 to elevate social standing, comparing with Astor purchases and noting the duke’s negotiations amid death duties and political influence. It then shifts to a Sir William Gull anecdote about balancing patient confidence with prudent medical advice.
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Vanderbilt
Duke of
Devonshire
Piccadilly
Bing
Bagatello
Astor
Cliveden
Georgio
Devonshire House
England
Ig 8 Shining Light
Boston
Harald
Sir William Gull
William
Loudon
A Sarcastic Minister at Temple Ribs Communion Ironies
Rev Robert J Burdette at Broad and Berks Temple mocked the pew communion system. He warned believers with germ filled minds are absent from service as chalices wear out napkins tables and deacons may end up with nickel waiter badges.
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Robert J Burdette
Temple
Broad and
Berks Streets
Burdatte
Philadelphia Record
Easel
Peytonia Wins at Santa Anita After Child Bets Two Dollars
Earl Lowrey of Chicago recalls an odds defying victory when Peytonia, a long shot in the first race at Santa Anita, surged to win as a child’s two dollar bet paid $800 while Lowrey gained $300 as her adviser. The tale frames the turf’s ups and downs as life’s wider reflections.
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Littles
Peytonia
Peytonis
the Park
Lowrey
Chicago
United States
Divorce Court For Freedom
San Francisco Chronicle
Tobacco and its curious consequences across society
A dated broadside on tobacco uses and abuses noting accidents and odd anecdotes from New Orleans to Indiana and Detroit Free Press. It weighs moralizing views and jokes about smokers dogs and goats while lampooning future human evolution and cycled mobility per a Paris correspondent and Professor Yang.
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New Orleans
Indiana
Detroit Free Press
Paria
Yang
Geneva University
Lonilon News
Portraits and gossip mingle at New York society show
New York society patrons rush to view portraits offered for a design academy exhibit. Noted works include Mrs Vanderlip t portrait by Mailrazo and others by Sir Job Mullain Eliot Chery and Dantes Huntington. A Gould book recounts a voyage and vigil amid clipped newspaper tales.
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Coorg
Goulds
Charly Knickerbocker
New York Recorder
Portland's Smallest House With Three Rooms In Tiny Lot
A Portland feature recalls a tiny 10 by 12 foot residence on Northrup street, a former seaman's shiplike home with kitchen dining parlor and a compact bed chamber. The quirky dwelling rises about nine feet high, with lodgings including a stove, table, couch, and lace drapery concealing a raised berth.
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Portland
Northrup Street
Wortland Telegram
The Marriage Market and Odd Matrimony Prices
The article outlines a brisk but uncertain matrimonial market with barge stock lingering from last year and foreign fascination fading. It notes prices for different classes, mothers in law and fathers in law dulled, and a humorous närrative about an old bachelor who encounters the seventh woman, who asks for support of a constitutional amendment.
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Washington Post
Aueucau
Papa
Alia
Jove
Humorous Exchange From The New York Weekly
A fragment from the New York Weekly quotes a joke about married life with a quip on misplaced items. It also notes the Chemung River in New York named by Indians and references fossil horns and a brief tally of Waterloo veterans in France, England, and elsewhere.
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New York Weekly
Chemung River
New York
Waterloo
France
England
Street Car Hero Sparks Moral Clash on the Route
A small, bold man boarding a crowded street car challenges a larger passenger for mistreating a standing woman. The confrontation ends when the woman reveals the big man is her husband and restrains the altercation. The little man exits at his stop murmuring about life.
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Hare
Moosent
Peck
Ferris wheel proposed as New York roof garden elevator
The World’s Fair Ferris wheel is to be moved to New York and repurposed as a 200 foot high evolving platform roof garden observatory. Four steel columns rise to a pyramid tower, with a glassed winter enclosure and a stage for an orchestra.
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New York
Pope
Roow Garden
Chicago
Trejiis
Tasumuur
Forria Bulieves
Philadelphia Ledger
New York Navy 17 The Will of Josephine Peyton Filed for $3.1 Million
The will of Josephine L Peyton a New York Navy 17 heir refuses to honor her husband proposes a $3.1 million probate bequest as filed with the probate court.
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New York Navy
Josephine L. Peyton
Free medical letter cure ad and social event notice
An old style appeal promotes Dr Greeny of 35 West Fourteenth Street New York City offering free medical correspondence and treatment guidance for nervous and chronic illnesses. It also notes a private dance by Onward and Columbia hose companies at Mueller's Hall with about fifty couples and a seafood supper.
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Art
Greeny
West Fourteenth Street
New York City
Greene
Onward
Columbia Hose
Mueller’s Hall
Consultation and Examination Free for Successful Treatment
Patient received a consultation and examination free as part of a treatment plan. Describes the approach and symptom assessment with emphasis on safe care and follow up recommendations.
Business and Professional Cards Ad List
A fragmentary collection of business cards and notices shows names and services like attorney at law notary public real estate dealer and various trades including electrical plumbing medical and shipping. The legible items reference C G Gyllenback a manufacturer of desks secretaries and office furniture and others such as Odell Weick and Elbe Bros with general service mentions.
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Odell
Publc
Tricity Cedetion Agenc Reference
Firet National Bank
Moline National Bank Rony
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New York World
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Danube
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Hin
Heather Howe
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Theo
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Mesa
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Tod
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Turkey
Persis
Tolstoi
The
Uxar
Alexander II
New York Journal
Poldowiczi
Horgennt Hewisesi
Highnessovich
Fronskoff
Olnst Rosortaki
Indy Elocuthonistovich
Milwaukee
Sta
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Signor Foli
Dr. Holmes and the Reporter
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Harvard
Homelf
College
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Sonny
Dr Holmes
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Amazment
Amazment oLo Tase Known It Entertained Thas Ides
Christie
Patrick
Brian
Celine
Ora
Ohio State Journal
New York Times
Oseph A. Daniel, A. 0
Oommeen
Brady
Davenport
1Uwa
Omer
le Teu
Bru Sunfays
Gyllenback
W R. Moore
Attocnoy Uwtaw
Notary
Sisteenth Street
Searle
Staten
LSON
Electrical Contractors
Wiklow T Weick
Frank B Weine
Elbé Bros Electrical Perce Library
Bullding Lass
Minow
Terry
Eimer Keiners
Tehacee
Erta Branda
Jharlies
M. Rodertson
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