Ship of Dreams Ends in Shoreville Farewell
Captain Abraham Rose and Angeline give up their home after Abe’s bad stock gamble. They move toward the Old Ladies’ Home with their possessions, torn by pride and fear of neighborly judgment. A stray gift from Ishmael, the village wanderer, is declined as they seek dignity in sorrow.
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Abraham Rose
Angeline
Fitite
Abe
Alley
Angy
Olse
Abraham
Shoreville
Ishmael
Captain Rover
Cap’n Rose
Cain
Cap'n
Rover
Terbacey
To The Poorhouse Or A Family Tombstone
Abe and Angy face departure with love in a garden scene as the clock nears a train. The couple contemplates sacrifice and separation while fragile hope lingers under a willow. Aunt Nancy and the matron reflect on hardship as the scene shifts to future whereabouts.
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Abe
Angy
Abraham
Ange Hne
Abigail
The Auction at the Old Ladies’ Home
The butcher’s boy reports the suction sale news at the Old Ladies’ home as Angy and Abe linger over their plunder. Inmates await the welcome for the old wife while two members recall girlhood days. A brisk bid tops at one hundred dollars and two cents.
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Angy
Abe
Abigail
New York
Have Lived Without Brains Says French Surgeons
French surgeons including Destot report cases challenging brain necessity. A Lyons boy survived after losing brain matter from a fall and gas lamp strike, regaining full faculties after ten days unconscious. A mason lost part of the frontal brain yet recovered, and an Algiers patient died after two months with no brain remaining.
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Etienne Destot
Tribunal
Seine
Daniel Molliere
Lyons
Destot
Bruch
Algiers
Bee Color Preference Revealed by Sir John Lubbock
The late Sir John Lubbock showed bees prefer blue flowers, then white and yellow, with red, green, and orange following. He found bees visit about 25 flowers each minute and stay with one flower species per field visit.
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Sir John Lubbock
Sir John
His Kind. Dentist Orders a Chicken Across the Way
A brief exchange notes the dentist across the street ordering a chicken and the reply to send him a pullet. The line reflects a domestic or humorous street scene without further context.
Girl Helps Mother In Kitchen Missionary Work Idea
A girl might explore small missionary tasks by assisting in the kitchen with her mother. This domestic example frames service as family activity and informal outreach beginning at home.
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Sarah
INE Century Cob
Tommy
Ellie
Waal
Nancy Smith
W. L. Douglas Ea
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
W. J. Doakins
Yulf
U.S
Spark St
Brockton
Mass
Sir Korndyke
Hal
Philo Hay Specialities Co
Newark
Adar
Marine Eye Remedy Con
Chicago
Fatima
Fatima Cigarettes
Fatima Dept
Liggett My
Wisconsin
Iiners
United States
Wolstein
Greta White
DEKOL
UXIAH
Starlight
A. L. Dunning
Genoa Junction
Hebron
Illinois
Big Florida
de Soto Co
O. W. Walter
Arcadia
Florida
Dulith
Minn
Burgel
Canton
Lil
South Dakota
John Maxson
BuffaloGaps
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