Love and War at Drury's Bluff Reunion Hope
Philip Jatvts recalls a long widowed love with Mildred Graves, then Carl Maxam’s fatal clash at Drury's Bluff. Wounds of jealousy fade as Carl's dying note and a misdirected letter reunite Philip and Mildred, proving true love endures beyond war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip
Ingi
P Mildred Graves
Ared
Thorsndsoms
Indy
Inch
Ant
Per
Washington
Mildeed
Efurs
Ani
Tio
Millie
Oltia
Therain
Carl
Drury’s
Mel
Har Ines
O Philp
Phillip
Phil
Thore
Mrum
Mille
Bnet
Crud
Reducing a Big Head in a Stage Farce
A stage director demands doubling salary from the manager while the Little Lord Fauntleroy refuses to perform. The manager, grim, strides to the greenroom and the play proceeds. The star assumes his part as the curtain rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Fauntleroy
Sharp
Wnacks
Sheillerles
Puck
A Har a Heart Softened by a Funny Encounter
A humorous quip from a New York Weekly column describes a young woman seeking approval for marriage and a father deciding after a drink haunted by a scandal. The father recalls a man of suitable standing, yet the tale ends with the man being wheeled away in a wheelbarrow by a helper, leaving the couple unsure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P'Heeman
New Yorke Weekly
Sahara Desert Not So Black as Rumor Describes
An 19th century compendium notes the Sahara varies in relief with Upper and Lower zones, peaks above 1800 feet, and water in ancient lake beds saltier than seawater. Moving sand covers about one third in some areas, while oases and date groves punctuate rock and clay regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert
Sahara
Sabara
Dartmore
Derbyshire
Essex
Leicester
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Lambert Playfair
Algerian
The Knees As Mirrors Of Character In 19th Century Thought
A fragment from a Detroit Republic Press piece argues that knee strength reflects character, linking firm walk with willpower and suggesting leg action reveals truth about a person. It warns unreliable leaders drag their legs or walk as if asleep, using bodily habit as moral measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
Detroit Rep
Various Domestic Goods And Transatlantic Travel Offers
A fragmented advertisement mix promotes De Pierce's Pellets and Dobbins' Electric Soup for health plus energy comparisons, tobacco and cigar mentions, and travel ads offering round trips to Michigan New York Vermont and across Europe. It notes a Californian honey shipment to Europe and lists G. N Crayton as N W P and Ticket Agent in Omaha Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Michigan
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Maryland
Virginia
United States
Canada
Liverpol
London
Paris
Europe
Furnam Street
Omaha
Nob
Castoria and far Alps in a fragmented reminiscence
A garbled, era-spanning passage hints at Castoria product mentions and romantic Colorado scenery, referencing Moran the artist and the Great Shoshone Falls. It interleaves stray notes on naphtha use in Russia, imagined medical names, and a line about Russian breech loading rifles. The text reads like a cluttered newspaper clipping with editorial fragments and stray quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran
Grand ‘ American Alps
Colorado
South Park
Colon Pacific
Middle
Russia
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DRURY
Anita
Jong
Jaca
Woral
Car
Ilsa
Mildred
Lisa
Hatren
Drury's Bluff
Carl Maxom
Bin
Prain
Mildro
Ieee
Texas Siftings
University Place Cay
New York World
Seventh Avenue
Twelfth Street
Dogsie
Thirteenth Street
Kelfer
Lamar
A. Keller
Bank of Commerce
St. Louis
Walladeside
Japan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Joh Wesley
George Whitfield
JB Parker
Fredonia
Wall
Deug
Plata
Kitty
Nettie
Little Jo
Trene
Annette
Nell
Diantha
Bertha
Dr. Pierce
Prof
Braun
Ubingen
Ling
Tansul
Homestead
Omaha, Nob
Castoria
Cro
Tenac Thompaup
Americam Alpe
Switzerland
South
Prk
Union Pacific
Vienna
Chaillo Ata
Perry Davis
Ita
Carters
Carter
Cincinnati IF
Apt
Davconts Axp
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Dulclubs
St. Albans
Gil Ingita Riad
Dragr
Mexico
U.S
Vustment Co
Menrea St
Ienne
St.iasen
Pension Bureau
Iaoe
Tom Os
Weston
Ntvo
Johnson & CO
Johnstown
Stetz Jowoctian
Natizem Toke
Clark Street
Chicago
Grammaen Develession Bureau Co
Arende
Ciacinaat
Drake University
West
Stade Dame
Carpenter
Frances E. Willard
Pete
Wwe
Philadelphia
Acents
Chlentor
Gaia Oagm
Bend Fore
Gorp Bey
Gen
le Secre
Theo
Wag
Plainfield
Aday
Brewster Safety Hein Holder Co
Holly
Elien
W.N. U
Joseph H. Hunter
James Pyle
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