Starving Mother and Child Find Aid in Paris Street
Marjorie, a Scottish mother with her son Leon, wanders Paris with little money and no home. They are saved by Mother Jeanne, a strong, rough woman who gives milk and directs them to bread distribution near Madeleine and the British Embassy for help. The encounter restores hope as Marjorie plans to seek shelter and aid.
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Papa
Aviao
Armisi
Merjorie
Leon
Luther
Falm
Suth
Land
Scdtland
Marjorie
Sutherlana
Nave
Uttle Leon
Léon
MarjJorie
Jeanne
Scotland
Paris
Mother Jeanne
Madeleines
Mother
de' Caporal
Rue de Capora
Poul
Starving Marjorie Pleads Bread In Cold Paris Night
On a bitter November night in Paris, a gendarme frightens a cold, starving mother named Marjorie sheltering with her sick child in a doorway. She wanders to the Champs Elysées and rouses at dawn to find bread impossible, as frost and hunger pin her worn face. The tale follows months after her exile from Cauasiadiere, showing her decline to beg or starve.
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Champs Eybees
Marjorie
Anman
Paris to London Night Mail Journey Startled by Hunger
Two travelers bound for London by night mail, Misa Hetherington of Junés Castle and John Sutherland, wander hungry in the streets of Paris, chapter XXXII recounts their quest.
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Marjorie
Paris
London
Misa Hetherington
Junés Castle
John.Sutherland
Marjorie Triggers a Parisian Passage of Fear
In a night carriage the old mother reads a desperate note from Marjorie begging help for her child. Johnnie Sutherland learns the letter is over a month old and worries what has befallen the penniless woman and child in Paris as Miss Hetherington’s past actions loom.
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Marjorie
Sutherland
Parly
Miss Hetherington
Edinburgh
Paris
Johnnie Sutherland
Johnnie
Mysse
Indomitable Mrs Oliphantys Courage and Humor
A fragmentary obituary sketches Mrs Oliphanty as indomitable and compassionate. Her courage, humor, and kindness sustained her through suffering while her family remained the core of her strength. Her refined charm and graceful presence left a lasting impression on visitors and friends alike.
Bicycle crank reads coal strike patches in Wheeling time
A Chicago newspaper item notes a quirky reader who devours every coal strike patch with Wheeling dates, implying a focused interest in local labor news and schedules.
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Chicago
Breton Dairy Ways Show How Butter Reaches England
An observer visits Brittany farms to compare home butter with imported Breton butter. The piece details rustic conditions, milk handling, and traditional practices, including feeding, milking, and cider drinking, noting sanitary gaps and the contrast with modern English dairies. It discusses swill-fed hog diseases linked to kitchen waste, soap in dishwashing as a possible factor, and calls for improved farm sanitation.
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Hutter Farn
Globe
Brittany
Denmark
England
Quimperli
W. F. Davey
J. A. McCrank
Piattaburg
Davey
McCrank
Swifit-Fed Hogs Killed By Soap in Bulletin 141
W A Moore reports in Bulletin 141 from Cornel Experiment Station a common observation among those working with hogs. The note outlines how swift-fed hogs were killed by soap and discusses implications for handling and safety in animal husbandry.
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W. A. Moore
Cornel Experiment Station
Birds' Odd Courtship Dances Captivate Exmoor Birds
A London Daily News excerpt describes striking bird courtship in spring. Lapwings perform coordinated dances and drum-like clattering with three birds advancing in step, while blackgame roosts and limns its ritual moves. The piece notes social dynamics, rival males, and curious displays across the moors.
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Dixon
London Daily ‘News
Clackcock
Exmoor
Dunkery
Iportant
la Plata
Mr. Hudson
Thrifty Convict Delano Keeps Family Fed from Prison
Convict Delano, serving fifteen years in Detroit, has worked overtime for the contractor and crafted watch charms from onyx and agate. He has earned 91,500 in proceeds, applied them toward a home, and kept his family from hunger despite imprisonment.
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Delano
Detroit
Wind toppled man from chicken coop in Wellington joke
A Wellington Kansas paper recounts a humorous scene where a man sat on a chicken coop in front of a store and the wind blew the coop away sending him to the ground. The paper notes the event as a mild, amusing anecdote rather than a marvel.
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Wellington
Kan
Swept the Deck Timkins Claims Trade of Diamonds
Timkins asserts he bought a tray of diamonds for 50 cents this morning and adds he acquired the tray plus fifty one additional cards. The exchange centers on a bold claim and a surprising return.
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Timkins
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N. Prreantas Oal Press Association
MRS. Oliphanty
eWell
Frankers Statesman
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