The Bravest Battle Silent Women Face
A poem praising the steadfast courage of women who labor unseen in family, home, and virtue. It declares their battles last from infancy to death, fought with silent strength rather than sword or speech, and honors their kingly, spotless resolve. Joaquin Miller’s lines exalt female endurance and moral heroism.
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Joaquin Miller
Lazy Dora and the angelic wife in a Chicago tale
A neighbor recounts the district story of Dora the nightingale wife and her husband Rufus Chandler. Dora, once seen as idle, manages home and work with help from a wire reading frame while Chandler proudly calls her his angel. The tale contrasts past judgments with present devotion and hints at social expectations.
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Sparkie
Dora
Mrs Billings
Rufus Changler
Jaca Billings
Hint
Rufus
Aunt Sally
Eunice Billings
Jack
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Sally
Mrs. Billings
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Chicago Daily News
Mexican Ambassador Creel Poised Among World’s Richest
Enrique Creel acting governor of Chihuahua and newly named Mexican ambassador to the United States is set to join the world’s wealthiest ranks by inheriting a share of Gen. Luis Terrazas fortune. Creel, born in Chihuahua in 1854, is a leading Mexican financier who helped establish the nation’s monetary system.
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Chihuahua
Alexico
Gen
Terrazasio
Mexico
United States
Gary
Cruel
Gen. Terrazas
Creel
Diaz
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Fioy
Questionable Origins of Billiards in Louis XV Era
The text claims billiards gained fashion in France during Louis XV's reign due to a doctor ordered exercise. It mentions Billiteds and seventeenth century while referencing Louis XV and exercise directives, but the passage is unclear and garbled. No verifiable events or dates are provided.
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Billiteds
Louis XV
France
Electric Pen Takes Ink From Wire Written with Battery
A Californian invents an electric pen using a metal plate and a sheet of paper spiked in water. The sheet is connected to a 4 battery negative lead while the positive wire is held in the writer’s hand to trace letters. Brown traces appear on the paper as the pen writes.
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Philadelphia
Old Times Recalled by Two Friends Over Lunch
Two old friends who had not seen each other in ten years share memories over a meal. They discuss a mutual acquaintance named Vixen Luisa and speculate about her marriage to a fool. The excerpt appears as a translated tale fragment from Transatlantic Tales in RI Diario.
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Mesel
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RI Diario Dea Miatina
A Good Short Justice in Farmer Auction Row
A terse report notes a local dispute where a farmer demanded removal from a site and a bystander offered to pay for a steer, but the farmer remained unreasonable. Cleveland News records the brief confrontation and its unresolved tension.
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Teanter
Cleveland
The Brazilian Jangada and Peculiar Vessels Explored
An excerpt discusses regional boat design, praising the Brazilian jangada used by Pernambucan boatmen. The craft is a light raft with a bamboo mast and triangular sail built for rough Atlantic waters near Pernambace, contrasting with bulky Dutch sloops.
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Pernambeco
Brazil
Helmstean
Soral Reef
Pernambace
Dare Yen
Editors in the Cabinet and Newspaper Advisers
Presidents from Jackson’s era to modern times relied on newspaper men as advisers. The article notes Duff Green Blair and Rives as Washington figures in past cabinets and mentions Amos Kendall as an official adviser. It contrasts old and new “Hickory” administrations and references Oklahoma’s Roosevelt era.
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Jackson Hed Duff Green
United States ‘Telegraph and Prancis
Blair
Jobo ‘Rives
The
Globe
Washington
Amos W Kendaik
Kendail
Oklahoma
Perilous Sea Crossings and Rescue Rafts In Vicious Weather
In rough seas steamers struggle to reach harbor as rugged jangudas venture out to rescue mail and passengers. The improvised rafted crossing offers hope but risks a disastrous spill if the voyage fails.
Breaking of the Colt and Training Tips in Historic Paper
The piece discusses baby horse halter training with step by step commands, then shifts to a political-press roundup listing several journalists and ex-journalists associated with presidents from Jackson to Roosevelt, citing Leslie’s Weekly. It names Simon Cameron Carl Schurz James Blaine Hoke Smith and others among cabinet and newspaper figures.
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Ian Days
United States
Jackson
Simon Cameron
Liscoln
Carl Schurz
Etayes
Janes & Blaine
Garfield
Arthur
Harrison
Frank Hatton
William F .Chandier
Daniel Manning
Daniel 8. Lamont
Sterting Morton
Hoke ‘Smith
Norman ’. Colman
Hin Gierdlant
Tinka Hay
Charles Boory Smith
McKinley
Iilgo
Roosevelt
Robert J. Wynne
Leslie
Quick Growing Fungus Tale In Lively North Memoir
In a recollection Miss North recalls a youthful passion for collecting and painting English fungi. She describes an outing with a fungus the size of a turkey egg. She carried it home and kept it under a window sill where it hatched a strange five inch creature, releasing a horrible odor and flies. The fragment ends with miscues about language and a chauffeur term.
Editorials on language reform and literary critique in a 19th century North American review
A fragmentary discussion on Esperanto as a universal language and European influences. The piece references editors' failure to examine manuscripts, quotes William Dean Howells on poetry submission standards, and notes Chesterton on modern fiction. It mentions Coleridge residencies and a proposed memorial for preserved sites and works.
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Norway
James Hunteker
Shaw
Churetiil
Eas
North American Review
Wiliam Dean Howells
the Atlantic
Sean
Howells
Hoiwells
Tentus
Chesterton
Invan
Oder
Scott
Furgiliax
Sagny
Teneaie
Thomas’ PL. Waar
Omly
Cornell University
Fragmentary OCR Note on Botany Study
A garbled passage describes devotion to botany, mentioning focus on the study and authority, with unclear surrounding text and names. The readable elements emphasize scientific study and personal dedication within a historical newspaper fragment.
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