A Home Picture Age
A poem by Anne Punter depicts an elderly man by a fire in a grey coat and stout oak chair with his wife beside him knitting a sock. He recalls past years as his wife speaks softly of aging eyes and world news, urging kindness to the old and their quiet battles with life.
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Ant
Sister
Kitty
Jack Robinson
New York
Bob
Vouk
Polly
Mother
George Washington
Rod Dullin
John
Lincoln
Andy Johnson
John Morrissey
Lewis
Turkey
Minasian
Sublime Porte
Mussulman
Morris
United States
Bosphorus
Ayers
State Department
Columbia Republican
Edward A. Wilson
South Second Street
Willameburgh
Wransfowls
Grand
C. A. Hill
Court Street
Boston
Doca
Hill
Evers
Rena
Court Etreat
Charles A. Stuart & CO
Massachusetts
Divine interposition saves child during sleigh ride fright
A skeptic recounts a winter incident where a sudden dread prompts a trip home to rescue Eddie, a ten year old left alone at a house. A locked door and smoke reveal the boy unconscious but alive after a dangerous oven fire. The event strengthens faith and frames the episode as a divine safeguard.
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Jeft
Aupper
Clara
Mr. A
Eddie
Mibbe Roee
Modern Surgery Progress and a Vermont Divorce Note
The Atlantic Monthly discusses anesthetic advances from ether to chloroform and modern conservative surgery. A Vermont Supreme Court term grants twenty one divorces amid judge remarks on unfit matches, reflecting wider patterns from Indiana.
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Supreme Court of Vermont
Windsor County
Barret
Vermont
Indiana
Ancient Rome marble discoveries spark Vatican led dig
A Rome excavation near the Marmorata reveals marble blocks from imperial monuments. Signor Visconti heads a government commission as workers uncover cipolline and Porto Santa marble while probing Via Marmorea and river levels to corroborate classical accounts. The hunt attracts German antiquarians and local laborers amid hopes of new context on Rome’s ancient layout. The note also mentions a Boston paper’s reader heiress after an uncle’s death.
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Rome
New York
Ladte
Tiber
Prince Torlonia
Aventine Hill
St. Pauls Beyond-The
Marmorata
Imp
Domitiano
Jassus
Caria
Porto Santa
St. Peters
Signor Visconti
Old Home
Colosseum
Visconti
Euboea
Negroponte
Seio
Asia
Africa
Greece
Via Marmorea
Pliny
Cavaliera Visconti
Tél Cardinale
Antonelli
Fire with Loss at Agency City Claims Dudley Family
A deadly house fire at the Dudley home near Agency City destroys the residence of Hon. Charles Dudley. Six thousand dollars in property lost. three younger sons perish in the blaze while Lewis is found among the ruins. The tragedy prompts legislative and senate committees to support the bereaved family.
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Ottumwa
Coutler
Agency City
Charles Dudley
Agency
Upstaire
Lewis
Charles
Thomas
Otis
Mother
Dave Sterner
Edward Dudley
Des Moines
Caldwell
T. Caldwell
John P. Grantham
Henry
John Hayden
Jefferson
Dudley
Senate
Doud
van Buren
Aith Woolson
Edward
Antwerp Dog Disappearances Lead to Two Thief Arrests
In Antwerp Belgium over a year two hundred dogs were stolen by professional thieves. The skins were sold to toy makers for children’s drama, the grease used as pomade, and the carcasses processed in sausage machines. Also noted is a fire in Lews, Wapella County, that claimed three of Hon. Chas. Dudley’s stones.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Earth
Polar
Tropics
Perry Davis
Barnum on the witness stand in Cook v Barnum case
The Cook v Barnum affair unfolds with testimony about an ice house on mill pond land and water displacement. Barnum defends title by marriage Charity and faces cross-examination about wealth and money making. The judge allows delayed accounting to the court.
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T. Barnum
Cook Vs. Barnum
Aeenree
Cook
P. Pi Barnum
Beckwith
Mr.Barnum
Moag
Barnum
Counse
Sturges
Barrum
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Punter
Abraham
Isaac
Philadelphia Ledger
Atlantic Monthly
Morton
C. Jackson
J. Y. Simpson
Edinburgh
Scotland
Theodoric
Faraday
Henry J. Bigelow
King’s College
Dagland
Chas. Dudley
Town
Meath
Chas, Dudley
Wapella County
Lews
Venice
Bayard Taylor
New York Tribune
Italy
Northwestern Mutual Life Incurance
Companyi Ice
Main Street
Milwaukee
Epchap
B. Dagewrs
Prom
Huan Burry
E - A.W. Katiega
Tropic of
Qanoer
Europe
Euroa
Veystaolu
Petienca
Bostetter
Roote
Burke
Allien
Lung Balsam
J.N. Harris& CO
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hottoway
Canao
Ail Druggiste
S Lottie
Phalon
All Drugeista
Tho F, Chapman
Obewiét
Broadway
Zrrora
Gqhuntleman
Denvs
Ogden
Cedar
Ikumahrey
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