Conscience’s Tie Weighs on Colonel Newsome and Daughter
A troubled planter, Colonel Newsome, faces a hidden past as his daughter Eva reveals her identity and seeks a future together. The family circle reopens as Eva urges reconciliation and a chance to travel abroad, while Newsome contemplates leaving town with her for a fresh start.
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Treante
Col. Newsome
Aleak
Tle
Evlonel
Bea
Eva
Grandpa
Mimma
Danuel
Mne
Alon
Mamma
Livinly
Fva
Asear
Shadow
Homeward Bound Poem and Agriculture Notes
A fragment poem titled Homeward Bound expresses longing for reunion as a train speeds home. The text mixes a personal verse with a Chicago Record-Herald note by B. Is in 1900 about a departing family, plus an Agriculture Department estimate of livestock on January 1, 1900, projecting future declines in horses and mules due to automobile traction, and a short exchange about fashion accessories from a Brooklyn item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington Star
Exploding Locomotive Recalls Narrow Escape and Deaths
A Baltimore Sun reporter recalls a West Virginia locomotive explosion tied to low boiler water. He describes the blast that killed the engineer and fireman, the engine's ascent above telegraph poles, and the absence of visible white steam before the blast.
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Old Railroad
Baltimore Sun
West Virginia
Dunker Meeting Scene Reveals Stark Divisions and Observers
A description of a Dunker meeting showing two sides. One group features solemn white prayer coverings and serious preachers. the other, bearded men with great hats. Lights cast shadows as onlookers crowd at the doors, while animals stir in stables below and townsfolk in bonnets watch the scene.
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Tang
Catitle
Anilor
Pay of Writers and Artists Raises Newspaper Earnings
A newspaper report notes writers and artists receive substantially higher pay than authors, detailing a widening gap in reinberition rates and the financial impact on literary professionals.
Tattoo marks reveal tattooed skin depth at Mount Washington
A Baltimore hospital autopsy shows tattoo marks penetrate deep into flesh and bone, with a surgeon confirming a coat of arms design etched to bone. Separately, an ocean liner’s boiler tubes could stretch nearly ten miles, and a stroke at the ship’s main structure contains about 40,000 steel pieces. A New York illustrator earns varying sums from comics and magazines, while writers see modest returns for short stories and novels.
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Mount Washington Hospital
Baltimore
Cus Rone
Philadelphia Record
New York
Blank
Mi Docs
Two Indianapolis Scientists Claim Diamond Creation Process
Lovin H Schulmeyer and Henry Reitz, chemist and electrician, announce a five year effort to create diamonds in a lab on Virginia Avenue. They describe using an electric furnace and high pressure to form stones up to three quarters of a carat, with color control by additives. Early tests produced small stones or dust, but they claim scalable potential with larger, perfect diamonds.
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Pytifiela
New York
Lovin H. Schulemeyer
Henry Reitz
Moth
Inina
Tian
Virginia Avenue
Wa Alwa
Schulmeyer
Seitz
Afteer
Schuulmeyer
Reitz
Schulemeyer
Furmie Schulmeyer
Ormore
Schulin
The Vanishing Elephant A Stage Illusion Explained
A magician performs The Vanishing Elephant using a silver elephant statue frozen in mercury and a glass shade. The act hides the figure on a stand and reveals it later in a spectator’s coat pocket, with audience participation and a scientific twist explained as the secret. The narrative notes the trick, potential sleights, and a humorous aside about a forthcoming marriage engagement.
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Anyx
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
East India
Sam
T Nave
Ike
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Hery
Foo
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Pye
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Kiser
Chicago
Iorald
Brooklyn
Habibullah Khan, Amber
Afghanistan
Nerewith
DegUlir
Fither Abdo Raton Kha
Witnenn
Newapaper
Vatican
Whyna
Indianapolis
Toy
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