Silent fields honor the nation's war dead in timeless vigil
A rhythmical, anguished tribute recalls fallen soldiers and sailors, urging continued reverence. The poem invokes Farragut Sherman and a nation enduring grief, with flags and graves as enduring monuments. It calls for courage, memory, and renewed faith.
Wheatfield Half Holiday Dream Turns To Meeting
A man seeks a quiet country escape on a warm Wheatfield afternoon and stays for a potential life change. A woman in a muslin dress dreams of flirtation and a chance encounter as a summer mood shifts with fate and a lingering romance.
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Justin McCarthy
Emma
Wheatfield
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Paris Rothschilds and Ephrussis in high society marriage
The article details the planned marriage of Beatrice de Rothschild to Maurice Ephrussi, noting both families’ wealth and influence. It outlines their origins, connections in banking and art, and the social orbit around Paris and London, including how the unions reflect cross‑family alliances and the power of European finance.
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Alphonse de Rothschild
Maurice Ephrussi
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Maurice
Ernest
Ignace
Odessa
Michel Ephrussi
Meyerbeer
France
England
Ernest Ephrussi
Ignace Ephrussi
Rue de la Victoire
Gustave de Rothschild
Lambert
Brussels
Frankfort
Goldsmidh
City
Lady Roseberry
London
Duchess de Grammont
Princess de Wagram
Europe
Christendom
Laffitte
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild
St. Petersburg
Bank
Rossini
James de Rothschild
Friedland
Baron James
Union Generale
Rue Laffite
Paris Dry Goods Store Reveals Benevolent Work Drive
A Paris shop notes its charitable drive as part of its fashion courier correspondence. The piece emphasizes the store's benevolence and community support through benevolent work.
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Paris
Indian Policemen at Standing Rock Agency
At Standing Rock Agency there are thirty Indian policemen in blue, praised as efficient peacekeepers. Maj. McLaughlin imposes fines by wood-sawing and plans an agriculture overseer system with eight districts led by native superintendents. Running Antelope and High Eagle supervise plowing efforts as Indians work in gangs with growing houses and agricultural tools.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Standing Rock
Calaboose
Maj. McLaughlin
Gall
Antelope
Grand River
Agence
High Eagle
Omaha Markets Report for Wheat and Produce Prices
The Omaha market shows Wheat No 2 at 94½ cents, Barley No 2 at 68 cents, Barley No 3 at 40 cents, Ryot No 3 at 48 cents, Corn as and Oats No 1. Flour and butter prices are listed, with lemons and apples at various box and barrel rates. Beef and pork figures appear with creameries and dairy products noted. Chicago and St Louis prices for wheat, corn, oats, pork, lard, cattle exports, and hogs are included, reflecting regional trading.
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Burrer
Carrie
Musical Toys and a Striking Portrait in The Arts Review
A feature describes nickel top toys that spin and emit distant organ like airs and a singing bird toy that responds to water in a receptacle. It also portrays a seated woman in striped dress strumming a guitar while nodding her turbaned head as the audience watches.
Scientific Discovery Promises Cure for Consumption
The article argues pulmonary consumption is a blood disease caused by diseased kidneys or liver. It cites Dr. Felix Oswald and Bishop Jesse T. Peck, endorses Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as the key remedy, and shares a testimonial from W. C. Beach about dramatic health restoration after use.
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Queen Elisabeth
London
Sir Walter Raleigh
North Carolina
Felix Oswald
Popular Science Monthly
Jesse T. Peck
Warner
W. C. Beach
Buffalo
N. Y
Hypothetical Husband Worries About Wives Conduct
A humorous tirade from the Wheeling Sunday Register questions a husband’s tolerances for a wife’s supposed infidelity and misbehavior. The speaker imagines nightly returns at 1 a.m., flirtatious winks at theater crowds, and brutal chores while criticizing his own conduct.
What She Was and the Swede in the High School Tale
A fragmentary newspaper item recalls a high school girl asking if a singer was a mezzo soprano, with another remark guessing she is a Swede. The text then shifts to various tonic and patent medicine advertisements mentioning Meneman’s Peptonized Beef, Buchu-Paiba, Allen’s Iron Tonic, Samaritan Nervine, Brown’s Iron Bitters, and Brough on Corks, interspersed with aphorisms and quotes.
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J. P. Allen
St. Paul
Minn
H. W. Hines
Boston
Farmington
Ill
M. T. Gamble
Emia
Grace at Hotel Tables and Other Items
Correspondence from the Dubuque Herald notes General Wiltse and Charles Lyman as men who bless their meals at table in a hotel or boarding house. The piece recalls Wiltse at Pickwick Mill and Lyman’s punctual grace at breakfast, describing their character and homes.
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General Wiltse
Charles Lyman
Civil Service Commission
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Pickwick
Minn
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Millers
Grace
Lyman
Hop Bitters Advertises Across Many Ailments
An ornate promotional claim asserts Hop Bitters cure stomach and bowel disorders nerves kidneys blood liver and skin complaints across a broad audience. It promises relief for fever miasmatic districts and even bedridden relatives, urging purchase as a remedy unseen in medicine.
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Gilead
Brighit
Grand Union Hotel Advertises Grand Central Vicinity
Visit New York and stay at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. Six hundred rooms created at a cost of one million dollars, offered at $1 per day and up, European plan with elevator and restaurant. Horse cars and elevated railroads connect to all depots. Families can live better for less than other first class hotels.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Omaha
Metropolitan Hotel
Douglas
Fat versus Sean The virtues of a plump public image
An unsigned editorial extols fat as a mark of dignity and success. It laments crime among the lean and praises fat men as affable, intelligent, and well connected, noting fat people often win offices and are popular. It endorses Burdock Blood Bitters as a medicine to gain flesh and vitality.
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Nasby
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