The Sea Bride Marina of High Rock
Marina, a shipwreck survivor with amnesia, is adopted by Mrs. Trenholme at High Rock. Ralph Trenholme, Lynde Graham, and Imogene Treton become entangled in a class and romance drama as Marina grows into a beauty valued by all.
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High Rock
Trenholmes
Traels
Ralph
Agnes
Marina
Lynde Graham
Helplus Age
Ao Darling
Treton Lodge
Imogene
Imogene Treton
Ralph Trenholme
Agnea
Graham
Mom
James
Fishers Vattage
Harvard
Dr. Hudson
Portlea
Chaptier
Piaces
Joliet Neck
Trenholme Llonse
Asherman
Meno
Wanihork
Ralph Trenkalime
Ble
Treg.holme
Lidson
Imogene Iroton
Imogene Ireton
Miss Lreton
Trenholme
Watch Adjusters and a Botany Remark in One Text
The article notes watch adjusters as highly skilled earners in New York, shaping timekeeping by precise regulation and practical advice on watch value. It also reports Prof G Macloskie’s Princeton finding that seed pods and plants can twist left or right, a trait called antidromy, with implications for botany and physiology. Above Mannheim the Rhine will be navigable to Strasbourg, prompting river improvements.
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Ho Inn
Garge Experiedea
Mach Sil
New York
Pro. G. Macloskie
Princeton
American Association
Dappareharad
Mannheim
Strasbnee
Head-Hunters of the Nagas Keep Sacrificial Traditions Alive
The Nagas of the India China border region are described as continuing ritual head taking, with skull posts along paths and baskets holding trophies. The piece details the ceremonies, harvest beliefs, and shifts toward ornamentation as heads give way to other offerings, while noting the persistence of head collecting in February and March and its social significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Peal
Borneo
Scott
Head Hunters Tales From Naga and Was Regions
The article describes head hunting among Naga and Was groups north of Patkai near the Disang and Dekha rivers, noting cross tribal rivalries, tattoo marks, and parallels to other cultures. It details skull groves, methods of acquiring heads, and prices in silver, with comparisons to Borneo and Djaks, and mentions how female charm influenced hunting intensity.
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Patkai
Disang
Dekha
Manipur
Cachar
Sumatra
Formosa
Borneo
Australia
Scott
Tsawha
Monghan
India
Burmah
Annala
Kingdom of
Ava
The Forgotten Orator and the Corbett Recall
The St. Louis Star editors debate a famed modern orator who traveled through Texas and faded from impact. After playful guesses including Huntington and McGinty, the managing editor reveals James J. Corbett as the remembered figure, sparking amused chatter among the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Star
Sancartor
Demosthenes
Texas
Huntington
McGinty
Republic
O'Brien Moore
Corbett
James J. Corbett
Horses Stolen From Oregon Bound for Kentucky Sold at Shoshone
Several carloads of horses starting from Oregon for Kentucky were halted at Shoshone Idaho by the owners and the horses were removed from custody and sold for fifty cents each. The brokers found quicker profit than paying heavy freight for shipment to Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Kentucky
Shoshone
Idaho
Plating Paper Dishes Hits Market With New Machinery
A new mechanical process shapes paper pulp into dishes by compression using heavy plungers with shaped flanges. Dishes are cut and formed in one pass. A novel enamel from waste silk plates the paper dishes to resemble porcelain or silver, using cocoons and factory waste.
Southwest Breezes Finds Wit In Prose On Life And Love
A column of aphorisms jokes about sermons, friendship, mischief, and social mores. It rib-pokes amid light philosophy on ambition, luck, sympathy, grooming, snow storms, and marriage while noting human foibles and gendered expectations.
Salzer Seed Co. Potato Sale Advertised Prices
Advertisement promotes Potatoes at 1 dollar per bushel and 2 dollars per barrel for 11 big peaks, 8 barrels for 5 dollars. Offers Triumph varieties and late potatoes with mixed bundles and discounts. The offer is valid until April 25, 1896, and directs readers to mail to John A. Salzer Seed Co. in La Crosse Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Salger
W. N
Riley Works Sued by Bowen Merrill Firm for Book Royalties
Indianapolis publishers Bowen Merrill sue James Whitcomb Riley’s works listing Neighborly Poems Sketches in Prose and Occasion al Verses Afterwhites Pipes o Pan at Zekesbury Rhymes of Childhood The Flying Islands of the Night Green Fields and Running Brooks Armazindy and related titles Clot h bindings priced 1.25 with a boxed set option 10 20 or 40 The ostrich fact also noted.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Bowen-Merrill Company
Inedianapolis
Benjamin F. Johnson
Boone
Zekesbury
Green Fields
Coth
Armazindy
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Das i
Alita
Clara Augusta
Muring
Mrs. Trenholme
Italy
Circassia
Earnest Mesa
Sue Toeplia
British India
Naga
Manuel
South Seas
Orator
Southwest
Isaac Lewis
Sabina
Ohio
Clinton Co
Sabina Bank
Hood
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Hood’s
Webster’s International Dictionary
D.J. J
Senda
U. S. Gov't Printing Office
U. S. Sue Pres Court
Chicago Times-Herald
G.& C. Merriam Co., Publishers
Springfield
U.S.A
Weite
Alabastine CO
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ras
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Frea
Inghamton,n. Y
THE
Hypo CO
la Salle St
Chicago
John Ww. Morris
Guy
Prosegutes
Atty Alnoe
THS
Mechem Investment CO
Jackson St
Chicago, UK
Thompson
Fatima
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