The Eviction of Monsieur Grande on Raggett Street
Mrs Raggett orders the old French boarder Monsieur Grande off the premises over unpaid rent. Capt Raggett, mocked by neighbors, delays but delivers a twist when a stray letter reveals a 3000 franc draft and a promise of more in two months, sparking a dinner and gifts for local children.
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Capt. Haggett
Simon Baud
Dollay
Mrs. Raggett
France
Capt. Raggett
Chere
Monpeiour Grasce
Een
Mamet
Monsieur
Mra
Rapeort
Monster Iraude
Frasee
Mr. Raggett
Sam
Miesus
Capelain
Bond
Mister Grande
Mala
Mre. Raggett
Howse
Monaleur Grande
Leate
Peto
Pete
Bie
Rageet
Howe Monaloir
Rien
Raggett
Agalnet
Anlemply
Ada
M. Francois Grande
Time When the City Felt Wistful and Far Away
A nostalgic March of memory with rural images of a sunlit June day. The speaker recalls a past urban scene with fields beyond a plastered wall and a winding country highway. Perfumed messages drift from distant places as the dreamlike voice longs for a transformed city and a clearer, calmer life.
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Purpin Clower
So American duchess wins divorce and resumes maiden name
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a South American duchess has secured a divorce and resumed her maiden name, a record-breaking personal change. The paper notes Mexico’s railway system shows a mileage total of 10,078 miles.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Mexico Dow
Norway maple traits and varieties for landscape use
The Norway maple Acer platanoides is widely used in parks streets and avenues across the county and Europe. It grows 40 to 70 feet tall with broad spreading branches and broad leaves. Early spring flowers in yellow racemes attract attention. autumn foliage turns yellowish. Three varieties are noted: var Schwedleri Purple-leaved with dark red branches and large leaves. var Mollenhbach similar with reddish-purple young growth. var laciniata with longer willow-like leaves and yellow-green color. An accompanying cut closes with a note on milky sap and buds.
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Norway
Europe
Italy
Russia
Britain
United States
Maryland
Erelogs
Epring
Deme
Eich
Kreen
Goa
Acre
A. Py
George
Atp
Notes on Needlework for Gift, Decor, and Fashion
This excerpt guides needlework projects for girls, including a brown denim spray outlined in gold, a “floes book” handbound in patterned fabric, and a braided, color rich pillow stuffed with curled hair. It suggests kimono crepe fabrics, borders for collars, and delicate Japanese-inspired patterns, plus a decorative ribbon framed picture and dressing-table baskets adorned with tiny roses.
Birds Run Show on Fruit Crops Avers Free Theft
Farmers' Review argues birds provide benefits to fruit growers by eating pests and leaving some fruit, urging balanced harvesting. It condemns harsh measures and suggests larger plantings with partial protection, noting small plots can be covered to reduce losses.
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Scaine
Irish cooperative dairies era and 1902 1908 growth
Irish cooperative dairies organized about 17 years ago. In 1902 there were 322 societies with 2 009 members and by 1908 these societies handled a business totaling 6 300 000.
DANGER IN SODA SIPHONS RAISES EXPLOSION WARNINGS
The Withington Times warns that soda siphon bottles can explode under heat or temperature changes. Do not store near heat, avoid sudden temperature shifts, and handle by the metal head. Empty bottles pose less danger but all defects from manufacture could yield harm.
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Botojors Ateletly Poliatte
Fruit Beverage Recipe from the Washington Star
A recipe for a fruit beverage combining ripe berries with sugar and lemon rind juice, pineapple pulp, and raspberries. The instructions mix the fruit with sugar, steep the lemon rind, mash berries and pineapple, then strain, add water, dissolve sugar, chill, and serve in sherbet glasses with pineapple lemon and raspberries garnish.
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Washington Star
Potted Ox Tongue Recipe From Home Journal
A recipe advises preparing tongue by rolling and cleaning, cooling, mincing finely, and mixing with four ounces of butter per pound, then seasoning with mace, nutmeg, cloves, paprika, salt, and pepper before packing in a jar and pouring melted butter over the top.
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People's Home Journal
Eel That Eats Ducks Terrifies Philadelphia Zoo
An eel at the Philadelphia zoo allegedly plundered a duck family over five days. Five mallard ducklings hatched on the tile, then dwindled to one as keepers tracked sounds of a struggle. The surviving duckling vanished, swallowed by a large predator.
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Philadelphia Zoo
Gao
Mattard
Secret of a Forged Gold Substance Revealed by Prisoner
Ailing convict Holy Mason clings to a deathbed secret said to alter the color of gold when refined. Mason, serving his fourth term for counterfeiting in Columbus Ohio, reportedly learned the method from Milan Ogle. Despite years at large losses and reports of his handiwork fooling Washington assays, Mason refuses to reveal the secret. A Chicago woman also asserts love proves itself by sacrifice, per a New York Mail account.
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Old Holy Mason
Columbia
Milan Ogle
Aine
Mason
Washington
Dodds Kidney Pills Credited In Pain Relief Story
A sensational item claims Mrs. Davison used Dodds Kidney Pills to cure rheumatism after two doses, praising the product and noting similar reports. The piece also includes a snarky aside about a man’s hat size and a random Yonkers remark, all in a clipped quasi-news style.
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Davinon
Hat Dodd
Laie
Rick
Sean
Aly
Gsere
Dodd
All Aboard for Boston G A BR National Encampment
Fragmented text lists a Boston event with mentions of a national encampment and a journey to a lake, mixing names and places. The readable segments reference a travel route, a special committee, and medical remedies, interlaced with unrelated ad-like phrasing and garbled names. The piece resembles an OCR fragment from a period newspaper page with scattered notices and product blurbs.
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A. BR
National
Anish Psion
Nigirata Pade
Chauhinque Lake
Reno Rwanda
General Agus
Chistione Il
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