A Corsican Voyage and a Cunning Courtship Gone Wrong
A traveler recalls a Corsican steamer journey where he eyes a mysterious Paris-reading wife of an Ajaccio officer. He flatters with poetry and schemes to meet again, later sharing a carriage to cross mountains where her attack and her husband’s embrace reveal his social misreadings and a sharp moral reminder.
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Turin
Corsica
Nice
Bastia
Mona
Monsieur
Ajaccio
Baslia
Ajeccio
Bestia
Paris
Min
Hercules
Imperial
Horses Will Not Disappear From Use And Fashion
An article argues horses will endure despite bicycles and cars. It cites demand for fast or large horses, notes gardens of change with golf and trolleys, and envisions farms using storage batteries while keeping horses for conversation and status. It warns scarcity could hurt horse breeding but asserts horses will persist long term.
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Harper's Weekly
Horoa
Aml
Flouris
The Useat Program and Wry Civil War Anecdotes
A garbled clipping mixes a shoe shop farce about wrong sizes and instep notes with a comic intrusion about West Virginia mountaineers and untaxed whisky beliefs. It then shifts to a balcony scene about revenge and a random remark on army desertions, noting 1,073 desertions in the year ending June 30, and 3,672 in 1884, crediting improved rations rack and promotion chances.
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West Virginia
United States
United States Army
Wardrobe Uncovers Hidden $75,000 In Pittsburg Home
A Pittsburg family removing an old wardrobe uncovered seventy five thousand dollars in bank notes and government bonds that had been hidden for decades. The treasure was found after the bottom panel gave way, surprising the grandmother and relatives.
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Pittsburg
Financial crisis message urges swift gold rescue plan
The president informs Congress of a shift away from the Carlisle Dill proposal and calls for prompt action to restore gold reserves. He warns of looming credit loss and a possible need to sell government assets to secure gold, stressing the urgency of preventing a national financial disaster.
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Wasmisatox
Congress
Fred
Loust
Presbyterians Mark Fiftieth Anniversary in East Liverpoole
A three day celebration opens for the First Presbyterian church of East Liverpoole Ohio to commemorate its fifty year organization. Notable clergy from several states attend, including Rev. Dr. Marshal and Rev. Ti mage, among others assisting in the observance.
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East Liverroor
Ohio
First Presbyterian Church
Marshal
Des Moines
Iowa
Frank Timage
Pittsburg
Metfaryland
Mr. Milligan
Freeport
Fashionable talk and oddities in early New York life
A miscellany reports on a fashionably active New York scene with notes on women preachers in the United States, a new guard for purses, a Bathing club in Oakland, and a bath house project in Orange County. It mentions Siamese wives hair, a rubber-soled foot aid, Greenland hair ribbon signs of status, London tattooing, and Brooklyn burglary alarms triggering nightly awakenings.
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New York
Oakland
Cal
United States
Orange
Greenland
London
Brooklyn
Heights
Legislative roundup of January Senate actions on Nicaragua canal and sugar duties
A series of Washington reports details senators Jones of Arkansas and Smith of New Jersey opposing a Nicaragua canal finance plan, while bills on sundry civil appropriations and sugar differential repeal move through committees and votes. The House considers and passes a one tenth of a cent sugar import differential repeal after amendments, with various resolutions and oaths noted.
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Hex Ats
Washington
Jones
Arkansas
Smith
New Jersey
Barrows
Michigan
Turple
Nicaragua
Senate
White
Sicaragua
Allen
Hawaiiea
Pritchard
North Carolina
Commie
Betat
Nicaragum Canal
United States of American
Ava Wastangton
Finance Committee
Mandeson
Nebraska
Commerce
House
Legislature elects Knute Nelson senator over Washburn
Maxinsor January 24 reports the legislature has elected Gov. Knute Nelson as senator defeating Senator Washburn in a high stakes vote. Nelson succeeds in securing the seat amid partisan tension and regional interest in the appointment.
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Knute Nelson
Washburn
Press Comment on Preat Message from English Newspapers
English papers discuss American policy with caution and wit. The Standard predicts cheerless prospects but notes Americans can act decisively once minds are made up, while the Times doubts banks will buy a new loan without gold-payment guarantees. Patent notices include Hohensbehn’s centrifuge cream separator and E Fox’s grading and ditching device, with details and pricing.
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Standard
Times
Congress
Mores
Jan
Hardin County
Fox
Hancock County
H Nepin Canal
Iowa
Tuomas G.axpn
Ratu Oxwie
Solicitors of Patents
Defaulter Taylor Reported Hiding in Crawfordsville
A Crawfordsville resident claims to know where Taylor, the defaulting treasurer, hides and seeks the reward for his arrest. The Minneapolis Journal confirms the tip but notes the informant will not reveal the location until the reward is paid. The tipster says Taylor is sick and can be captured soon.
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Aadfield
S. D
Crawfordsville
Ind
Taylor
Minneapolis. Journal
Crawfordsville, Ind
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