Night in Bilany Wood Echoes Polish Heroic Tale
An 1897 narrator recalls Casimir Pulaski and Count Kolinski in a dramatic Warsaw street abduction led by Stanislaus, with their perilous flight through Bilany forest and a tense bond forming between captive and captor. The tale culminates in a moral about humanity surpassing kingship, then closes with a separate railway excursion note for Topeka convention attendees.
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Clinton Ross
America
Washington
Alexander
New Jersey
Stirling
M. Lafayette
Barren Hill
Casimir Pulaski
Savannah
Wasp
Warsaw
Count Pulaski
Confederation of
Boyars
Poland
Bitany
John
Charles Stuart
Stanislaus of
Louis XVI
George III
Capuchins
Stanislaus
Felix
Count Kolinski
Kolinski
Heyduc
Bilany
Southern
Dickens Reading Tours Recalled by Dolby Reminiscences
George Dolby, once Charles Dickens manager on a reading tour, recalls Dickens as the kindest man who helped old friends with money. He also enjoyed rereading Scott and his own works, laughing at scenes tied to the writing process and past circumstances.
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Stanislaus
Guarda
Kolinski
George Dolby
Charles Dickens
London
Chicago Record
Dolby
Quondam
Dickens
Joey
Liverpool
Walter Scott
A Slender Thread of Mercury Explained
A Boston Transcript excerpt explains thermometer science noting the mercury column in a bulb is infinitesimally thin yet would rise miles high if stretched into a single tube. It describes the slit at the tube end that reveals the mercury's path and why the slit is kept tiny to maximize expansion.
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Boston Transcript
Odd wedding gowns and a gentle ex-major father helper
A London firm rents wedding gowns and provides a “professional father” to accompany brides at distant weddings. The ex-major, from an old family, is poor yet willing to give away brides for small fees, described as a model father and charming speaker. DeWitts Little Helpers touted for health, while Seattle widows form Klondike society for wives of prospectors. Cough cures and salves endorsed by advertisers.
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London
Wool increase from 1788 sheep to world’s finest flock
Article notes 29 sheep brought to Australian colonies in 1788 are now represented by 120 million wool sheep. It promotes One Minute Cough Cure from J H Bacher Co for coughs and lung troubles and quotes Josh Billings. Also mentions De Witt's Little Early Risers and a Klondike sun detail.
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J. T. Bacher & Co
J. Tf. Bacher & Co
J. H. Bacher & Co
de Witt
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Memphis
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H. M. Carpenter
Richardson
The
Lovell State Bank
George L Lovell
C. Stirton
R. U. Riecklers
J. 8. Hall
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Herman Sandhouse
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D. E. Pond
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North British and Mercantile
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Typewriter Essentials
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Syracuse
N. Y
Chicago
Monroe Street
Hawkeye Merchant Tailoring
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Second St
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Each Ear
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Gount
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Vick’s Sons
Rochester, Rt. Y
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Illustrated Monthly
Triak
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Klondike
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Castoria
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Richmond
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Leipzig University
Leeft Germany
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University of Cong
Chiscago
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Trinity College
Conn
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Wood Presbyterian Church
George C_orimer
George C_orimer, LL.D
the Temple
Henry O
Monticello
Toan Gibbon
First Street
Bateman & Millhglen
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Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
W. M. Bharnsikar
Ames
Hawks Nursery Company
Milwaukee
WIN
Om, & ST. Epapaces
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Cit
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Farley
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