Alphabetical Experiment in Bohemia Ends in Romantic Twist
Miss Sheldon uses an alphabet speaking game at a Bohemian club dinner to charm Gerald Lahey, an Irishman, but struggles to say yes to marriage. He presses for a single word, she falters on N, and he leaves in doubt. News spreads as she discovers her friend is engaged to the same man.
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Jesse Llewellyn
Daily Story Bunb, Co
Peter
Miss Sheldon
Bohemia
Lahey
America
Jiis
Cate
Gerald Lahey
Gerald
Andre Moore
Amos Churchill
Shelly
Oura
Longfellow
Evangeline
Pranes
Casuarina Tree Proposed to Fix Sand at Suez Canal
The New York Sun notes the casuarina tree as the best plant to stabilize blowing sand along the Suez Canal. It endures drought and humidity, its deep roots reach subterranean water, and trees planted decades ago now exceed forty feet, supporting extensive planting to curb sand movement.
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Suez Canal
New York Sun
Icemen Known For Happy Polite Service
An observant matron notes icemen in her circle are uniformly cheerful polite and well educated. She reports friends share the same experience and wonders at the reason behind this consistent courteous service.
Washington Cabinet Faces Repeating Rifle Reporters Outside
Washington Letter notes a crowd of reporters waiting on the House portico as Secretary Hay, with his leather portfolio, leads the cabinet out. Gage and Attorney General Griggs follow, joking about the crowd being “repeating rifles” and ready to grill them.
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Washington
Hay
Gage
Griggs
Washington Letter
Britain Loses Supremacy in Hardware Production
The article notes a shift in worldwide dominance from Great Britain to the United States, which now leads in the manufacture of hardware after years of British preeminence.
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Great Britain
United States
Boiler Improvements Raise Pressure Noted
The boiler system shows increased pressure and significant improvements to the boilers.
Treasure legends and odd names surface in Port Richmond tale
The Port Richmond saga centers on Mel Wygant and John Redmond amid claims of a $40,000 gold pot found during demolition near the Hatfield house. The tale weaves treasure legends, legal threats, a famed liveryman, and odd name lore including Airs and Graces and Nun Niver.
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Melville E. Wygant
John T. Redmond
Staten Island
Wygant
Someset House
London
Nun Niver
Kill von Kull
Redmond
Thomas Brown
Port Richmond
Mel” Wygant
Hatfield House
Hatfield
John D
John J. Hatfield
Charles Rosenberg
New York
Spiders and Tarantulas in Folklore and Fact
A writer on science notes many spiders bite but warn against panic. The piece compares tarantulas to mosquitoes in danger, cites cases of bites from Berthau and Blackwall, mentions tarantulas in Italy and a tame tarantula kept by Dufour.
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Berthau
Blackwall
Russia's Navy Heads in Armament Count
The article notes Russia's fleet includes 23 battleships and 23 cruisers, with 16 coast defense ships and various cruisers and smaller vessels forming a strong backbone. It asserts Russian heavy guns and quick firing batteries are unmatched and claims the warships are the most numerously armed in the world.
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Russia
Hill's Rise from a Day Laborer to Railroad Magnate
James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, born of humble means, once worked as a day laborer in St. Paul Minnesota. He is described as a stalwart American with a growing fortune and influential status.
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Acsapostle
Thomas
Elizabeth Pegden
Richard
Phebe Kennett
Spero
Robert Alma Balaclava
Inkerman Sebastopol
Delhi Dugdale
Richard Coeur de Lion Tyler
Walter Hill
Sarah Grand Lectures in England Delight Audiences
Mme Sarah Grand’s winter lectures in England drew large crowds with witty, graceful delivery. Audiences expecting grim social critique found humor and charm, especially when she joked about 2,000 wives from Australia and the response of English bachelors.
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Sarah Grand
Mme
England
Babs
London
Australia
Pale Rose Clothes From Summer to Next Season
The piece notes a shift from pale blue to pale rose attire seen at premier resorts. It describes fabrics like flannel cloth and taffeta with a tailored air that hints at pretension despite color.
Wellington's Frugal Tastes and the Cook's Resignation
The Duke of Wellington kept austere habits and a fine French cook. When the chef resigned, the duke asked why and learned the cook felt underappreciated and overworked, saying he would cook a kingly dinner himself but was ignored.
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Duke of Wellington
Passing of the Big Ranch in Texas Panhandle
Charlies S. Goodnight, pioneer ranchman, argues that the era of large single ranches is ending in Texas. He notes that this generation has seen the 000 acre ranch disappear and that ten men with 10,000 acres each can run operations more efficiently than one man with 1,060,000 acres.
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Charlies S. Goodnight
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Mr. Goodnight
Respectability versus freedom in a rural exchange
In a diálogo style exchange, Pete and Meandering Mike debate the value of respectability. Mike questions whether respectability equals a license to work hard for what one earns, challenging the idea that it brings something for nothing.
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Pete
Mike
Dan
Pale rose moede dress described with delicate tucks
A pale rose dress named one nel features three quarters length with shoulder tuck detail. Fastening at the throat uses ecru guipure, long narrow ends hang to the cloak hem anchored by flannel straps and decorative buttons. Sleeve is wide and shows a full under sleeve like a scarf. Unlined sailment.
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Jace Lke
Mission Chain Across Africa Guided by Rev George Grenfell
Rev George Grenfell was commissioned by Leeds philanthropist Robert Arthington to establish a chain of Christian missions across Africa. Grenfell, a confidant of King Leopold of Belgium, was made a commander of the Royal Order of the Lion and later appointed special commissioner for Congo frontier delimitation. He traveled 1000 miles on oxback over two years, enduring shared tents and dangerous conditions throughout the journey.
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Africa
George Grenfell
Robert Arthington
Leeds
England
Grenfell
Leopold
Royal Order of the Lion
Congo
Distinction Between Help and Servant in 1645 Massachusetts
The Massachusetts records of 1645 show help and servants as distinct. Help denotes a free person, while servant implied a dependent status. The term reflects social and legal differences of the era with servants considered not sui juris.
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Massachusetts
Gervant
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Manitoba
Hil
Prairies
North America
Dufour
Pale Rose Cloaka
Wellington
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