Mollie Hillacre Wins Big From Old Homestead
Mollie Hillacre quarrels over the Hillacre property but chooses not to sell. She renovates the old house with boarders Mrs Hull and Professor Tallman, discovers rock quarry value in the pasture, negotiates a lucrative lease, and plans a September wedding while Uncle Dabney Mellen cheers.
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Dabney Mellen
Dabrey Mellen
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Welle
Hull
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Miss Tufton
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Alwasa
Wollie
Steve Wimble
Mr Kimble
Pucks Modern Cookbook Oddities and Questionable Pastries
A garbled list of absurd kitchen steps and improvised ingredients describes strange recipes and methods. Instructions include celery baths and bizarre cake and bath items, with nonsensical substitutions and whimsical, impractical guidance.
Grand Ceremonies at St. Peter's
The pope plans closing his pontifical jubilee with grand ceremonies at St. Peter's, noting his unusually good health. A hint about secrets and self-knowledge frames the message.
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St. Peter's
Lessons on Conversation in Education and Society
The article argues conversation deserves serious study in schools alongside languages and sciences. It notes uneven teacher availability and urges steady effort to cultivate this soft skill as a civic duty, highlighting social expectations and gendered debates on education and suffrage.
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New York
Todas
Cy Petent
Novel balloon propellers and tidal power plan outlined by engineers
The article describes De T. D. Cooke's balloon propellers using twin end placements and a rudder for direction. It notes electric trolley wagons in France and Germany, animal pedometers from horse hair, a tidal power station at Ploumanach with four acres storage pond, water wheels driving dynamos, and James Swinburne's forecast on tidal energy prospects.
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Brrth Aeronautical Institute
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Germany
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Fontainebleu
Samois
Walter Svidd
Zoolurical Society of London
Vploumanach
James Swinburne
Cleeahie
Artful Parlor Decorur and Practical Comfort Advice
The piece argues women are natural decorators prioritizing cleanliness and comfort over costly showpieces. It promotes graceful wicker furniture over leather settees, plain framed pictures, long draped curtains, and affordable substitutes for Persian rugs, while warning against clutter and impulse purchases. It closes with hunting lore and labor dispute anecdotes, including hog-hunting feats and wage arbitration.
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Bethass
Fannie Brown Seeks Old Bureau Finds It Damaged
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes Fannie Brown drove twenty miles to view an old mahogany bureau from a farmer’s family. She discovers the piece is stained pine with a warped front and broken leg and ends up paying for milk and horse feed after a costly ride.
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Fannie Brown
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Plenty on Hand
A calm man chides his irascible friend for getting excited and urges temper control. The fiery companion boasts he stores more temper in a day than the other has in a year.
Have No Religion Said Arctic Explorer Hanbury
Mr. Hanbury, a recently returned Arctic explorer, says the Eskimos have no religion or belief in a supreme being. He notes their culture and practices reflect a nonreligious worldview.
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Hanbury
8SHAar city Bact the Tie has tie
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a city Bact and a tie situation with unclear details. The fragment provides no verifiable people, organizations, dates, or outcomes.
Untitled Fragmentary News Sketches and Cries in Turmoil
Fragmentary OCR shows scrambled phrases about a violent incident and a train wreck with unclear names. Mentions include prosaic references to a prosecutor, insanity claims, and various scattered details of a public upheaval. The text is garbled and non-cohesive.
London West End to be Hotelized as New Luxury Lodes Rise
The London Mail notes a wave of hotel construction reshaping the West End from St James to Mayfair. Historic inns like the Bath and the London Hotel give way to modern luxury, with sites on Piccadilly and surrounding streets slated for upscale properties and a shift toward a hotel-centric district.
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Strand
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Savoy
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Ritz Lovereneh
Arningten Street
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Chasvenar Square
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Chinidae
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Huytioneer Chase
BUILDS A CHURCH FOR ITALIANS
A fragmentary report describes Italian Catholic church building in New York with references to pastors and local families. The piece notes funding and construction details, mentioning Pelham and New Rochelle areas and the Catholic community's efforts. A digressive aside recounts a Bohemian bar scene with a musical joke.
On the Spanish Main Booters Speak of a Crufty Landlady
A Chicago News item records a quip from a freebooter who says a landlady reminds him of a crusty figure because she can repel 480 boarders. The exchange features a bearded pirate and a dark-eyed companion.
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Mate
Chicago News
Americans Buy Belgian Glass Plant For One Million
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company acquires the Courcelles plate glass factory in Belgium for 1 million dollars. The plant is described as the largest in Europe and plans call for doubling its capacity, reflecting expanding American ownership overseas.
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Belgium
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Courcelles
Europe
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