Pruliette Kelly and the Lake Ontario Rescue Tale
In a New York Independent tale set at a Lake Ontario camp, Pruliette Kelly, sharp tongued yet capable, saves Olive Loring during a violent storm while family tensions unfold at the Kelly farmhouse. A charity-minded sister and a nosing community witness the storm’s toll and Pruliette’s final, poignant reflections on Mandy and the old blue hen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Larned
Pnmp
Larned
New York
Lake Ontario
Kelly
Hiram
Kelly Farmhouse
Kelle
Olive
Miss Kelly
Olive Loring
Rafe
Auie
Hart
Mrs. Loring
Secret Signs of the Pullman Porters
A Washington Star report quotes Philip Welch describing a secret society among Pullman car porters. He claims ritual signals are hidden in shoe heels, marking travelers with coded judgments. The piece notes spotters and cabalistic marks as part of porter lore and vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Car
Great Secret Society
Philip Welch
Willard’s
Pullman
Axau
Washington Star
Blind Letters Show U S Post Office Skill in Reading Foreign Addresses
In a Philadelphia Times report on the Dead Letter Office, 1894 sees 599662 letters from abroad undeliverable. Many are opened only with special stamps, and the staff can decipher odd handwriting and foreign addresses. The article notes cases of misaddressed letters to famous figures and Santa Claus, the handling of unclaimed mail, and the exchange of returns with 87 countries, with about 1,000,000 foreign pieces arriving annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Post Office
New York
Levi P. Morton
Paris
France
United States
Walter Besant
Alesmon Swinburne
England
Charles Reade
Robert Browning
Chili
Santa Claus
Hartz Mountains
Germany
International Postal Union
Postoffice Department
Ofice
Saint Ste Marie
Susanm
America
Grand Rapids
Mick
Unio
Canada
Great Britain
Switzerland
South American
Australasia
Italy
Russia
Spain
Portugal
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Belgium
Philadelphia Times
New Giraffe Variety Reported by Explorers
Major Wood and party report seven sighted specimens of a strikingly marked giraffe in South Africa with a uniform chestnut body and fine creamy lines. Authorities await more skins and a complete skeleton before classifying a new variety or species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Soudan
North Africa
Major Wood
Zoological Society
Natural History Museum
Africa
Sondon
South Africa
Saturday Review
Peculiarities of Meerschaum and A Long Electric Railway
A St Louis Globe Democrat item explains meerschaum clay, its origin in Turkey and Hengars, its white soft primitive form, and how pipes darken to brown as tobacco oil is absorbed. A second note reports a proposed electric railway about 300 miles long tying Boise City to Lewiston Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saga C. E. Carter
Terre Haute
Turkey
Hengars
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Bgise City
Lewiston
Idaho
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Laocestal Pines
Reni
Boent Rivera
Pruliette Kelly
Sterna Palmer
Jie Kelly
Hiram Kelly
Prenlatte
Sumer Beck
Lit Jin Lane
Mandy
Lont
Jim
Pruliette
Ascold
Prulette
Jim Lane
Wii
Prunette
Father
George Harker
Sarah
Kansas
Jane Harker
George
Jane Same
Bai
Prohiette
Prakette
Aulielle Kelly
Mrs. Goring
Penliette
Lake Ostairo
Pralette Kelly
Avery Sea
Theent
New York Independent
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