Fortune, Family Feud, and a Ride to Leadville
A disowned nephew resists an old uncle’s demand to marry a society woman while decades of debt and a looming fortune unfold. In a snowbound escape to Leadville, Jack Howard faces a deadly choice as a friend stays behind to ensure the others’ safety, with a final telegram announcing the uncle’s death and the heir’s claim.
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John Howard
Howard
Jack
Kendal
Chrysolite
Charley
Charley Grant
Delmonico’s
Brown Brothers
Old Trinity
George
Leadville
Grant
Kate Sheldon
Kate
Charlie
Agale
Charey
Dreamland
Snan
Remark on Weddings and Mockery of Bride and Groom
A pointed rundown of sly jabs and gibes at a wedding couple. Observers mock the bride’s dress and wealth, question motives, tease appearances, and disparage the ceremony with sharp, humorous asides. The mood shifts from amusement to fatigue as the wedding progresses.
Jefferson’s friend recites his life at Monticello era
Squire Henley recalls knowing Thomas Jefferson through business at Jefferson’s Monticello estate. He describes mills run by water power, the French burr grindstones, and Jefferson’s plain handwriting. Henley recounts Lafayette’s visit, Jefferson’s late retirement to philosophy, and the July 4, 1826 death news at Charlottesville.
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St. Louis
Squire Samuel Henley
St. Charles
St. Louis County
Homas Jefferson
Hunley
Mr. Jefferson
Jefferson
Washington
Lafayett
Charlottesville
Lafayette
John H. Craven
Sangamon County
Ill
Monticello
As to Wives Time
A satirical study of marriage argues that a wife reveals true character after marriage, breaking from convention like a butterfly or bee. It depicts husbands as surprised by female independence, notes women’s wit and control at home, and claims wives steer the household while husbands drift as figureheads.
Wounded man’s breathing rates discussed in health text
The article explains that normal respiration ranges 14 to 18 breaths per minute, can drop to 7 during illness or surge to 100 in extreme conditions, and notes some readers may need the explanation repeated for clarity.
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Philadelphia Ledger
White House
Pilgrim Dance Revival Amid Luxembourg Tolerance
A description notes dancers performing two hops forward and one back, likening them to heavenly visitations. The 1793 French occupation banned the procession, yet Luxembourg’s lax governance now allows its revival. Observers remark nightlife and drunkenness among pilgrims after fasting, doubting the revival's wisdom.
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Luxemburg
Sam
Dancing Procession at Echternach Remembers St Vitus Dance
Berlin correspondent reports on the yearly dancing procession near Echternach close to Luxemburg. Thousands of pilgrims attend, led by priests, as dancers circle the church steps to honor Saint Vitus and memorialize a fifteenth century epidemic.
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Berlin
London
Echternach
Grand Duchy of
Luxemburg
Whitsuntide
Abraham
St. Willerod
Ancient cliff dwelling complex found in New Mexico
Colonel Stephenson of the U S geographical survey reports a large cliff dwelling village between the Jemez mountains and the Rio Grande in New Mexico. Cliff heights range from 55 to 500 feet with multiple dwelling lines stacked above each other. Top cliff houses are circular ten to fifteen feet across with arched roofs. Excavations reveal many small rooms and foot imprints on ancient pavements. Rock faces bear pictures and hieroglyphics.
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Colonel Stephenson
United States Geographical Survey
American Antiquities
Jemez Mountains
Rio Grande River
New Mexico
Cincinnati Man Disappears as Ta Hy Sworn In by Mayor
A Cincinnati man who vanished for nine weeks defied search efforts by seven detectives. A savvy politician prompted the mayor to appoint the missing man to a new office, while two sisters accompanied him as he was sworn in.
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Cincinnati
Facts and Fancies from a Bygone Era
A collage of historical notes and curiosities. Mentions Plato death at 81, iron ships since 1787, Da Vinci ahead of his time, coal gas in ancient China, Napier on land fertilization, early beekeeping, Caedmon in Bodleian, tea in England 1666, Rome’s sixteenth siege, Baghdad’s early public acts, kaleidoscope idea in 1814, lake-dwellers, 3 000 witchcraft executions, England 30 000 deaths, New York floating population 200 000, and musings on temper and venom.
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Plato
Leonardi de Vinci
John Napier
Thebes
Caedmeen
Bodleian
Oxford
England
Holland
Rome
Bagdad
David Brewster
Herodotus
Barrington
New York City
A Cruickshank Co Ad and Local Notices in Omaha
A Cruickshank & Co announces its large stock of dry goods and millinery at 15th and Douglas Omaha with fifteen departments and prompt service. Also notices promote cures, salves, forbidden remedies, pest controls, and cash buyers for popping corn.
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Chicago
Butterick
Harris
A. Cruickshank & Co
15Th and Douglas
Omaha
Neb
Timothy Lewellan
Johnson City
Drs
Dickerson
Stark
Kansas City
Timothy
Remedies and cures advertised in a late 19th century broadside
A dense list of patent medicines and tonics claims to cure kidney and liver troubles female complaints bowel issues coughs and colds malaria and worms. It promotes Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure Scovill’s Sarsaparilla and Stillin Gia Carter’s Liver Bitters Hae’s Honey of Horehound and Tar Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffeners and Dr Rogers Vegetable Worm Syrup among others.
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Phy Miun
Thirty Sixth Street
New York City
Wm. McKee
Pateron
Warner
Reon
Lupra E. Pinkway
Western Avenue
Lyno
Maras
Penny Davis
Lyon
Carter
Baker
Roger
Sole RY
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