The Chrysanthemums and a Neighborly Garden Plot
A woman in white gloves tends a flower bed of chrysanthemums and selects bulbs for prize plants. She chats with Mr Ware, a neighbor from the next cottage, and he offers to supply bulbs while they bond over gardening lore. A local worker mentions stolen produce as a final warning.
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Mr. Ware
New York
Manhattan
Miss Richardson
Forty-second Street
Olga Richardson
Miss Trelawney
Olive Trelawney
Olive
Miss Olga Richardson
Michael
Eagle riddle stumps Sunday class in village tale
A village clergyman tests scripture pupils on The eagle fluttereth over her young. A child recalls Blackpool and gulls, hinting at a hegull pun, prompting amused discussion about how she identified the eagle.
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England
Blackpool
Lion of Lucerne Crumbling Threatens Historic Monument
Anxiety rises in Switzerland as the Lion of Lucerne, carved in 1792 by Aborne to honor the Swiss guard massacre, faces destruction from damp sandstone. The statue, set above a pool in Lucerne's glacier garden, risks crumbling as water seeps into the rock and an expert recommends isolating the sculpture by cutting away surrounding rock.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Aborne
Glacier Garden
London Chronicle
Tattoo marks aid in identification and survival at sea
The article cites Pearson's view by an English tattoo expert who argues tattoos help identify individuals after death or capture. He recalls a Royal Horse Guards captain killed in the Matabele conflicts identified by his tattoo and a client saved by a back devil design. He notes sailors bear two color designs as self inflicted passwords and life identifiers.
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Pearson
Royal Horse Guards
Talis
Far East
Jack Tars
Ant Shows Reasoning In Path Choice At Penn
A University of Pennsylvania student built a two foot metal roadway with red and blue paths to cake. The red path heated after a lamp was placed underneath, and the ant chose the blue path to the second cake, recalling the previous discomfort of the red route.
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Biological
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Record
The Value of Kindness in Cold Times
A reflective poem questions duty and personal sacrifice then shifts to a Washington Post notice praising newspapers as warmth for the poor. It urges practical aid, noting many lack bed clothing and heat, and suggests wrapping beds with pages to combat cold and sickness.
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Sunday Post
Washington Post
Aristocracy Rampant and the Four Hundred
A Life magazine excerpt recalls Van Dilpan as a notable yet controversial figure. Major Cairo Sinn argues that modern aristocracy rewards achievement over birth. The piece cites his role in wrecking P. D. Q. and his scandalous personal and legal history, including divorces and a high Saratoga winnings night.
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Young van Opan
Johnny
Capt. Pipelion
Cairo Sinn
Young van Dilpan
Saratoga
Pity of It Shaw Confesses Loss in Own County
Secretary Shaw recounts his second Iowa gubernatorial bid and failing to win his home county. A witty Irish cobbler jokes about pity, saying it would be better if Shaw lived in every county, delivering a sharp quip on political luck.
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Shaw
Iowa
Pat
Begorra
Sailing Away and Other Fragments From Chambers Journal
A poetic fragment recounts journeys at sea and a hopeful homecoming, mentioning wind, dawn, and longing. Interleaved are blasts of prose about a model explosion, a siege, and craft hints with matchbox tricks and frame making. The pieces read like a compiled miscellany from a periodical.
Chalk Boats and Patriotic Crafts Featured in Holiday Page
A miscellany of period crafts and demonstrations appears, including chalk boats powered by vinegar, glassware tricks, and decorative bark and pasteboard holiday stands. An article on Grand Army of the Republic notes its yearly gathering to honor veterans and preserve their memory for future generations.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Chester Cathedral and the ancient walls of Chester
A Colonial era correspondent describes Chester as a quiet old walled city with the Roodee race course, Grosvenor Bridge, and Caesar’s Tower ruins. He tours the walls, cathedral, cloisters, Phoenix tower, and Rows with timber-fronted shops, noting notable buildings and legends from St John’s church foundations to Bishop Lloyd’s house and Stanley Palace.
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Liverpool
Chester
England
Cestrien
Julian Agricola
Roodee
Chester Race Course
Grosvenor Bridge
Caezar
Armory
Marius
Britain
Ethelfida
Old City
Old Chester
Elymas
Raphael
Abbot Ripley
Phoenix
Painters and Stationers’ Company
Dridge Gate
Pepper Gate
East Gate
Albert Smith
Watergate Street
St. John’s
Ethelred
Mercia
St. John’s Church
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Enchantment
Postsnina Co
Rome
Nome
God
McManus
Theiden
Ae Woodward
Chambers’ Journal
Gen. Kutsky
Sebastopol
Gen. Kuteky
Washington
New York Heavy Artillery Veteran Volunteers
Lincoln
Congress
Gettysburg
Hartshorn
Old Chester Cathedral
Chester Charlies I
Rowton Moor
Watergate
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